Evening star., 1898-09-12
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Some Interesting Paragraphs Taken
From Its Text Book.
LIVE SUBJECTS TREATED

reported satisfactory progress in the cam
paign to date. The President Is hopeful OF
general republican success and was glad
to know that the outlook is good. He
OF the committee.
News from the election occurring in
Maine today is awaited with interest at
republican congressional headquarters. No
snxfety is entertained over the congression-
al or subernAtorial tickets, however. and
it Is not felt that the legislative ticket Is
at all in danger. The politicians are inter-
ested principally from a comparative view
point to see how the vote will compare
with the last election, and whether it will
show ratio to the recent Oregon election
which will be satisfactory
Being Voted for To-day.
Maine today elects a governor four rep
resentatiyes in Congress and legislature.
The legislature will choose a successor to
Senator Hale, whose term expires next
March. Senator Hale expects to succeed
himself. The candidates for governor in
Maine are as follows: Llewellyn Powers re-
publican Samuel l.. Lord democrat: Am
mis- D. Ladd. prohibitionist: Robert Gerry
peoples; Erastus Lermond, national demo-
crat.
The candidates for Congress are as fol-
lows:
First district-Thos. B. Reed. republican,
Luther f. Mckinney. democrat: w. E.
Moulton, peoples; Daniel P. Parker pro-
hibitionist.
Second district-Nelson Dngley. replbli-
can: John Scott. democrat: A J. Wheeler,
prohibitionis'; F. W. S. Blanchard, nation
al democrat.
Third district-E. c. Burleigh, republican;
F.. w. PlaiSted, democrat; O. s. Pillsbury
prohibitonist
Fourth district-C. A. Boutelle republi-
can: A. ]. Chase. democrat: W. u Jittln
1elt, people Geo M irx
The Republican Committee,
Chairman Babcock and Representative
Hull of the republican congressional COM
mtttee have gone to Boston on business fo,.
the committee. They will be absent until
the latter part of the week
The committee will soon open it's trans
portation bureau to facilitate sending vot-
ers home to register and vote. This does
rot mean that free transportation is to be
given but reduced tes will be secured for
legally qualified voters. Mr. William NJ
Bass, who had charge of the bureau in
lo9" took charge today and will enter at
once upon negotiations with the railroads
III IS probable the reduced rates will be in
erect from October / to November II
The committee will try to increase the
transportation facilities this year by max
ing arrangements with New England and
far western railroads. Heretofore rates
have only been obtained over roads running
out of Washington.
To stand for Governor
Information has reached WASHINGTON that
Representative Pitney of New Jersey has
within the past week definitely declared
himself candidate for the guberna torial
nomination. The convention will be held
September -, and Mr. Pitney is doing a
great deal of work in the meantime
At republican congressional headquarters
general regret is expressed at Mr. Pitney's
decision to leave Congress. He was regard
ed as one OF the ablest of the large con-
tingent of brilliant and energetic young
men who have graced the republican side
or the chamber in recent Congresses Never
forgetting to be a partisan when occasion
demanded he was a patriot upon all occa-
sfonS, and as member of the appropriations
committee he found ample opportunity to
exert his patriotism in the proper allotment
OF the peoples money. He was not mig
gardly. although prudent and was not
prone to the mistake of checking national
growth by maDifesting spirit of par
simony in national expenditures.
Representative He'll Renominated
Representative Bell of the second Colo
RADIO district has been renominated by the
populists and democrats and indorsed by
the Teller wing of the silver republicans
The popuists in their state convention ad-
vocated the retention Of all the islands
taken from Spain until a majority of their
n
government for themselves
The democrats of the twenty-second IIli-
nols district have nominated A. 3. Gar
rett for Congress. This district is now rep
resented by a republican, Mr. George w
Smith.
A colcred man has been nominated for
Congress in the sixth Tennessee by the re-
pubhcans. He is ]. c. Napier of Nash
vile. Mr.. John Wesley Gaines, demo
crat. now represents the district. col
ored man, DR. w. T. Scott, has been nomi-
mated in the twelfth Missouri district as
an independent republican.
Republican Text Book.
The republican text book for the cam
paiSn of 1893 will be published by the con-
gressional committee the latter part of this
week. 1t is a volume of nearly 400 pages
prepared and edited by Mr. Frederick F.
Schrader assistant secretary of the COM
n,ittee. The book is one of the most COM
prehensve and valuable handbooks ever
published by the committee. and Chairman
Babcock and his colleagues on the com
mittee are pleased with Mr.. Schrader's
work.
On Annexation.
One of the first chapters in the book
is on annexation. 1t says:
1T has been argued that the annexa-
ton of Hawaii is departure from the ira
Gitions of the country and a foolish experi-
tory, the case of Alaska being set down
as still an experiment. But in annexing
Hawaii there is no departure from the ira
ditions of the country. The country has
already made numerous annexations of in
sular territory.
The United States owns the Aleutian
Islands, extending thousand miles west
OF Hawaii, which it acquired in conjunc-
tlch with Alaska 1t also owns fifty-seven
other islands and groups of islands in the
Pacific and thirteen in the Caribbean sea
winch nave been taken possession of by
American citizens under act of Congress
dated August ID, 1856 which provides for
the registration and protection of Islands
so annexed. The principal object of such
ahheXationS was 10 secure the guano To-
Gated on such islands, but it only makes
the precedent so much the stronger in that
II indicates that SO small a matter as the
securing of limited amount of fertilizer
Is sufficient reason for insular annexation
The traditions of the country. are to
annex whatever territory or country is
needed. The fact that the greater portion
OF the territory annexed was not insular
Is 70 precedent or tradition against fnsular
anEeXatiohs when such annexations wouId
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