The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-09-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.



Washington, September Goth. 1897.
President Mckinley has not com
planned because he failed to get any
rest while away from Washington, on
his recent vacation, but he has arranged
for another little trip which he thinks
will give him some rest. He Is going
to tie Berkshire hills of Massachusetts,
where himself and Mrs Mckinley will
be guests at the residence of an old
friend. 1t is not probable that Presi-
dent Mckinley has done q harder
weeks work since be was inaugurated
than he has just completed, but he has
got all the routine work up TO date
again now, and as there are no import
ant matters pressing he feels free to 90
away again and try TO get himself
braced up little for the arduous duties
of winter. He was surprised to find so
many office seekers awaiting him when
he returned, but he saw as many Of
them as he possibly could and made
number of appointments, which, of
course, also made much larger num-
Der of disappointments. He Is very
much interested in the greater New
York campaign, and willingly listened
to those who had information to impart
concerning it, but he SAYS only enough
to draw them out. He has expressed
no opinion on the subject.
1t was definitely settled at a confer
sui General Lee that the latter should
return to Cuba at the expiration of his
leave of absence, or earlier if clrcum-
stances should make bis presence there
necessary. This indicates that General
Lee will continue as CONSUL General to
Cuba for some time yet. His leave of
absence expires early in October.
Pension Commissioner Evans, Ex
Commissioner "CorporaP' Tanner,
and General Baird, accompanied the
Washington members of the Union
Veteran Legion, who left this afternoon
on 4 special train for Columbus, OHIO,
where the 18th National Encampment
of the Legion will be held this week.
Under the new policy of the Pension
Bureau, to give the papers of applicants
for original pension preference, Com
missioner Evans estimates that two
hundred thousand applications, which
have been hung up under the Demo
cratic policy will be disposed Of during
the present fiscal year.
Secretary AIger is determined to find
out az much rs possible about the con-
ditiOn of things in the klOndike region,
III order to carry out his project of
sending food into that region, if it be-
comes necessary to prevent suffering
among the numerous Americans who
have gone there, at his own expense
but in the name of the Government of
the United States. AS step Ill that
direction, he has been comforting with
Mr.. Joseph Ladue, of Dawson City, a
gentleman lately from the klondike
and who has mining interests there.
Arrangements have been completed
for sending a company of United States
soldiers to st. Michael, Alaska, for the
purpose of maintaining order and pro-
tecting property at that point.
The free trade press regards 1t, or
tries to make it appear to the public
that it so regards the matter, that the
compelling of foreign manufacturers,
who have established Il market in this
country for their wares, to start factor
| les here or lose their American trade,
| is a misfortune, but It does not so APP
| pear to sensible people, whether they
are republicans or not. 1t is clear en-
ough that every establishment employ
! ing labor started and maintained in the
! 'nited States must necessarily add to
! the prosperity of our people, and while
! increased prosperity for the people may
/ be misfortune for the professional
calamity yowlers among the democratic
and porulist politicians, it will certainly
not be SO regarded by those who get
additional work and become sharerS in
the increased prosperity. If everything
consumed or used in the United States
could be made by our own citizens, it
would be one of the best things that
could happen TO the country. 1t was
| largely because we bought so much stuff
of foreign production, brought in under
the low rates of the democratic tariff,
that we had such long period of bust
ness and industrial depression. These
are facts that should be constantly kept
in mind by the people of the United
States.