West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-10-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
President Mckinley On The Stump To
Try To Save His Administration.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT STAND
ING By IrS BAD ENTS.
Ne Report From The Peace Commis-
sion TIN After The Election.
Corre, pondouce OF me Argus.

in toe present campaign. Consequently
take IA swing through the East in or
der to arouse the voters in that section.
Like the western trip, the eastern trip
is To be scheduled a. strictly non-par-
tissn, but that did not prevent Mr..
Mckinley begging support for the ad'
ninistration in almost every speech he
made. and II will not prevent his doing
the same thing ia tina east IL may be
possible. of course, that Mr. Mckinley
has made votes for his party among
the crowds that have turned out TO
greet him on his trip to aud from
Omaha, but. Judging from the effect of
similar trips by other Prssidenta, IL Is
not probable. There arc number of
good reasons for crowds turnipg out TO
see the President, entirely aside from
political considerations--resp for
his official position, admiration of his
personal qualities and Last, but by no
means least, idle curiosity. That all
OF these reasons added to tho number
OF persons who turned out 10 see Mr..
Mckinley In the West is certain, and
it is equally certain that they will do
the rame in the East; but there is moth
ing in the sight TO show that the
whole business will enable the Repub-
Leans to carry a single Congressional
district that they would not have car
ried had Mr.. Mckinley remained in
Washington aud attended to his duties.
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Democratic expectation Of wrestling
the control OF the House away from
the Republicans is not based upon Wis
ionary hopes, but upon figures care
fully prepared 70 show how each Con-
gressionsl district ia tho country will
vote on the 9Th OF Novem Der. Accord
ing to those figures, there are sixty-ons
districts which may go either way by
| every small majorities. An attachs OF
the Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee, who came within
three OF estimating the result of the
| Congressional election of 90. estimates
that Al Of these doubtful districts will
be carried by the Rspu ublicAns, and 20
by the Democrats. Should this esti-
mate, which is ultraconservative, turn
out to 10 correct, tho next House would
contain 17O Republicans and 1877 anti
Repu blIcans- Democrats and populists
com Lined. This estimate leaves out
conditions In Pennsylvania and New
York which may result in sending the
anti-Rspublican ma jority as high as 40.
because those conditions are contin-
gent, and may be changed before cleo
| tion.
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The War Department is still extend.
ing all the protection it can to officers
appointed from civil life, who are uE
der suspicion or have been proven 20 be
inefficient or negligent Advantage
was taken OF the absence of Mr. Nc
Kinley, who held up similar order
several weeks ago. to order the honor
able discharge from She service OF
Liest. Col Bush Huidekopsr, the horse
doctor who was chief surgeon at Camp
ThOnhs, Chickamauga Park, and whose
adninistrstiOR of medical Affairs in
that sanP was 80 openly eriticiEed bV
ocieers sud nen. 1t was believed 70
have been Mr.. MsKinley's inten zion
when he prevented this mans honor
able discharge. that he should appear
before the Dodge Co@@ission. Why
he did not, is probably kRown to sscre-
tary Alger aad otker war Department
officials, IL not 70 Mr.. NcKisley. Capt.
Js@ss o. Blaias, tho youag nan who
made sack disgraeefal exhibitions Of
himself sRd bis jsgs At Houolulu and
AZ Manila that he vas ordered home,
turnsd 40 In Washington this week.
and he also is TO be given an honor
able" discharge. Chaplain Mcintyre.
Of the battleship Oregon. must be a
frieadloss poor devil or that court-nar-
tial sentence, disnissinR him from he
service, would be set aside and he
would get an honorable discharges
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a great big bluG is being put up by
the administration by the pretsuce
that Judge Day is making extraordin.
ary efforts 70 compel the Spanish Com
s1issiouers TO hurry up their end Of the
negotiations at Paris. u Is dollars to
ginger cakes that Judge Day is doing
nothing Of the sort No matter how
anxious the spanish Commissioners
should be TO reach an agreement on the
treaty OF peace. they would not be able
TO 40 80 before the Congressional cleo.
tisn. as il was part Of Judge Days
private Instructions 90 prevent an
agreement being reached before that
time. Should the Spanish Commis-
sioners wish to protract tho negotia
tions after election, Judge Day NAV
put the screws on them. but he ISN'T
doing 50 new. for fesr that the treat
might add 70 the probabilities Of Re
publican defeat.
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Secretary Aiger received a hurry call
fro@ Pingree, and has gone 20 Michi-
gan TO see what 40 can do to save the
Repu blicsns Of the state from the do
feat which PinRree fears they are going
to get