The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-10-29

success Of the Republicans in the Con-
gregslonal elections is shared bv all the
party leaders who are in Washington.
In letter received IN Washington,
Miss Lillian NJ. Kratz, who has been a
nurse IN the military hospital at Santi-
ago since July, says; Now, about our
work here among the poor soldier boys
Well. everything is being done for them
within reason IN spite of the many re-
ports to the contrary, as we see in the
! daily papers, and / am sure there is no
room for complaints at this end. They
! have eggs, at the rate of ten cents per
egg: soups, fresh meat; in fact, they
! have comfortable cots and plenty of
/ clean linen, etc, and / really think,
| taking the circumstances into consider
, alton, that they IRE treated as well as
they possibly could be treated" Miss
kratz is not an amateur, but a regular
| graduate of st. Luke's hospital at st.
Louis, and is therefore competent to
| judge of what she writes.
The Board of Army officers appointed
to examine the Spanish small arms cap
tured at Santiago, has made a report
that seven thousand of the Mauser rifles
could be easily put IN condition to be
used. Tie Board did not re port on the
question Of using these rifles ID the
army, but unless there should come a
time when more rifles would be needed
in hurry than we could get, there is
no probability that we will ever use
them. The Mauser rifle requires am
muniton that is not interchangeable
with any rifle used IN our army. That
alone is enough to prevent our making
use of these seven thousand rifles which
can easily be sold.
One of the Civil Service Commissions
ers-M. 5. Brewer-has admitted, very
much to the disgust of certain smart
aleck Democrats, and some others, that
the Ohio Republican state executive
committee violated no law in sending
an agent to Washington with authority
TO invite the Ohio Republicans holding
Federal offices to call on him at a pr-
yate address, even though he solicited
contributions from those who accepted
his invitation. The law saws no cam
paign contributions shall be solicited or
received by Federal official, and that
no person shall solicit such contribu-
tons in public building.
Mr.. Charles Counselman. a member
Of the Chicago Board of Trade, who is
now in Washington, gives the following
as 4 business mans view of the politi-
cal outlook: Just as soon as this cleo
ton is over and the country feels once
more safe, by IoasOn of the success of
the Republicans, there is going to ensue
an era of the most wonderful prosper
ity in our history. The success OF the
Republicans this year, | deem vital, for
1t viii mean the permanent elimination
of the free silver issue. If the Demo
craft should happen to carry the House
they will feel encouraged to once more
try to rouse the people with the fnan-
clai tailaCieS that they failed with in
1896. That would mean q check on re-
turning prosperity, for the mere suppo-
sl:ion of danger of degraded currency
makes business men timid.'
That the Democratic Congressional
Cam paign committee has been conduct
ing this campaign Oh the anybody-to-
beat-a Republican plan, regardless of
such a thing Il thing as political prn-
ciple, has been known for some time,
but eX Representative Kerr, of Pa DO
is secretary of the committee and who
has done about all the managing that
has been done for ii, candidly stated
that it was reasonably certain that
the Republicans would control the
senate a',cr next March, and that the
| campaign was to elect Il majority of the
House that would block Republican
| legislation. He said that even if the
House should be controlled by Anti
| Republicans there would be no legisla-
| ton because of differences in opinion
as to what policy should be followed
| In other words, Mr.. Kerr confesses that
| opposition to Republicanism is the only
| thing upon which the Democrats can
I ne depended 10 act together. Present
| Indications are that the voters will block
| this little scheme.
| Adjutant- General Cowles, Of NC,
says that the state will 90 Republican
| by 10000 majority, and that the party
| will certainly hold its own in the Con-
| gress1onai districts with probability OF
| gaining.