Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1898-11-01
Al Inside View.
or THINGS POLITICAL.
Hanna Orders. mckinley obeys.

The republican bosses are hot after the
republican Office holders in Washington.
/ both voters and non-voters. The voters
have all been given to understand that i
they do not go home and vote they vii
be blaeklisted, and 10 remove their las
excuse, the republican Congressional
Committee Is Offering to furnish then
with transportation when they say the,
are unable 10 pay for il themselves. Bu'
this transportation is not to be gift.
Every voter who ayails himself OF tbs
Committees offer is told that he mus
make voluntary contribution, within
given time to the Committee, of al
amount equal to the cost Of his railroad
ticket or take the consequences. Bos
Quay's man in sending letters to WASH
ington to bnldoze the Pennsylvania of
ice-hslders into only not going home to
vote but contributing fifteen dollars each
to tn campaign fund. In his letter ask
ing for the money he says, "unless Wig
orons and aggressive campaign * waged
we may loose three or four districts.
Unless the reports made to Ex-Repro
sentative Kerr, Secretary of the Demo
cratic Congressional Campaign Commit
tee, are wrong, the republicans viii loos,
those Congressional Districts in Penn
sylvauia. regardless OF what sort Of cam
paigu they wage, and hey stand 10 lose
many districts u other states az well.
II Is a little Ii pnzzling why the ad-
ministration allows time to be wasted by
the Peace Commission, at Paria. IN dis
cussing saioas propositions Of the Span
ish Commissioners concerning our pay
ing or guaranteeing the payment Of any
portion OF tie Spanish bonds, charged
against Cuba. II IL be trae, as has been
claimed right along, that the American
Commissioners had positive instructions
before theg eft Washington, 10 the effect
that this Government would under no
circumstances either pay or guarantee
the payment Of one dollar Of Spanish
bonded indebtedness of any kind. j
seems as though even Spaniafas could
have been made to clearly understand
that position without wasting nearly four
weeks discussing it, IL that really DO the
position Of The administration
Young jim Blaine. who By grace Of
pull holds captains commission IN the
volunteer soryiee, has sal. # be has
nothing else The whole country knows
lhat he was ordered home from Manila,
whittier he vent as a staff officer. because
he was fonier q intoxicenis than Of duty
and the optli9n has been frankly expire
ed by officers that he ought 10 be court
martialed aud dishonorably dismissed
from the army N the interest of dieipline
That being the aiiun,iou il WIS thought
that favorifism of the rankest kind was
shown when the War Department or
dered that Capt James O. Blaine shoull
be honorably discharged because there
was "no further need FOR his services v
and that Jim would jnmp at the chance
OF being let down SO easily. Not be. As
soon as he arrived in Washington, be
succeeded in having the order of the
War Department held up until he coull
see Mr. Mckinley and try 10 have it with
drawn entirely. Great as Jims pull nm
doubtedly Is, ii is doubtful whether Mr..
Mckinley viii consent 20 hls remaining
in the army
Col. Ike Hill, whose long connection
with the House has made bis judgment
good on Congressional politics, said; I'VE
have got the republicans sure. Nothing
short Of miracle can save them. Why
believe that we will gain four Congress
men right in the Presidents own state"
Col. Hill says that General Grosvenor's
recent offer 10 bet $4,000 TINT the dem
ocrats would not gain Congressional
District in Ohio WAS only a blaif, aud
that he will gladly undertake TO mako
Gen. Grosvenor present of $1,000, if he
will put up the money to back his offer,
There is n wide gnlf between the civil
service commission and Perry Heath
First Assistant Postnasier-G General
Perry issued motto the other day 10 all
Federal office holders at there was
nothing IN the Civil Service law to pre-
vent their jumping in aud whooping UP
things for republican candidates, ana
the administration expected them to do
il. or words 10 that effect. Tho Civil
Service Commission has issued a circular
10 the members Of the seven hundred
boards Of examiners throughout the
country. warming them AGAINST ''pernic-
ious political activity" under penalty of
removal from the Boards. inasmuch as
the m mbers of these Examining Boards
are. in amost every instance, Federal
Office holders and that their removal from
! the boards would not affect their offices,
the penalty Is not "A severe one by any
means.
Mr.. Mckinley knows the correct thing
when he sees IT, even if he does not al
ways do IT, He rs said to have done some
very friendly kicking about the eastern
political tour that Boss Hanna has ar-
ranged or him. beginning with his ap-
pearance at the Philadelphia Peace cere-
monies, and extending to New York City
and possibly Boston. tt Is creditable to
Mr. Mckinley that be should have kicll-
ed at being used for such purpose, but
the credit he will get viii dlop to zero II
he makes the trip after all, aud it Is the
understanding in Washington that he
will IT will show that he dare not re-
fuse TO do what Hanna directs him TO do
even when he knows 1t ID not right