Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-29
INTERESTING wAsmiSGroS GOSSIP
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4 WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Presi-
dent Mckinley has promised 10 WISH
I i aberdeen, >. H., ami Sioux City. Iowa.
after he goes 10 st. Paul and Mime
apolis, where he will be on October
l2th To receive the Minnesota volun-
tecrs on their return from the Philip
pines He expects 10 be az .aiasburg,
! ILL.,. ON the eth Of October, and in Chi
cago from the sth TO 18th, unless the
celebration scheduled for the 10th In
{ hat city is abandoned. He WAS com
PEELED to decline the pressing Invita-
ton extended by Senator Fairbanks
to attend the reunion Of the Blue and
the Gray. TO be held 1T Evansville,
| Ind, rronrthe 10th to 18th.
While the enemies of the admins
| tration were seeking to make itappcar
that Rear Admiral Schley was being
sighted by being offered the command
of the South Atlantic squadron, that
officer called on President Mckinley
and expressed his perfect willingness
TO accept the command, and also ac-
cepted an invitation TO attend the
state dinner to be given by the presi-
dent in honor Of Admiral Dewey. Ad-
miral Schley requested the president,
II IL corLld be done without interfering
with the plans already made, to attach
his old flagship, the Brooklyn, to the
South Atlantic squadron, and the re-
quest will probably be granted.
No special Importance is attached
to the granting permission by General
Otis for two Filipino officers to go to
Manila to negotiate for the surrender
of the few American prisoners ia the
hands OF the Filipinos. 1t is merely
an incident, and will not interfere in
the slightest degree with the prepara-
tions which are being made to whip
the Filipinos into submission just as
soon as the weather will allow agrees
sive military operations to begin.
Senator Davis Of Mimi. chairman
Of the senate committee on foreign re-
tions, is ia Washington. He says Min
ncsota never was so prosperous, and
that goodly portion Of the citizens of
the state will turn out to welcome
President Mckinley, who has been
such powerful factor in bringing
about general prosperity, when he
goes 10 Minneapolis and st. Paul, next
month. He also said that the anti's
were so few in the state that the senti-
ment was practically unanimous in
support Of the Philippine policy of
President Mckinley.
Senator Warren of Wyoming, passed
through Washington recently, on his
way to Boston, but stopped long
enough to say that the good times pre-
valent all through that section had
completely knocked out Organism in
the west. or the political outlook he
said: "In my Judgment Mckinley will
get the delegates of all the western
states and the electoral votes Of nearly
all Of them. do not believe that
Bryan could possibly win ON any issue.
The republican majority will be much
larger in 1900 than 1t was in 1896. The
sentiment regarding the Philippines
is practically all one way. The people
everywhere favor expansion. The
policy of the president to prosecute
the war with more vigor than ever is
especially endorsed"
Representative Dick who, as chair
man Of the republican state commit
tee will have. charge Of the Ohio cam
paign, stopped In Washington long
enough last week to say OF the out
look: 1--WE are quite satisfied with
the political situation in Ohio. We
are convinced that we shall carr, the
state for the republican ticket by an
exceedingly large majority. We have
not done much talking SO far. but we
have been steady at work mapping out
the campaign and organizing the party
throughout the state. anu sure we
have got the party machinery in as
good shape today as 1t has ever been
during the last 30 years. Republicans
In every county are alive to their duty
and they will perform il in the No
semher election To the high satisfac-
ton of the people Of Ohio. believe
that there is now no friction anywhere
IN the party, and am convinced that
We shall elect our candidate for Cover
nor, Judge Nash.
The Bryaa-or-hust democrats are
more thanever convinced that Mclean
means Ia throw Bryan down IL he can.
This statement, seemingly correct,
that Mclean had personally requested
hryan not Ia take the stump in Ohio,
because he feared that his presence
would result in making the silver
question too prominent in the cam
palsn. has intensified their belief in