Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-12
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER u, 1899
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent I

From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, September 8. 1899
President Mckinley and the other
Ohio Republicans in Washington are
simply amused at the ridiculous
bluffs the Democrats are putting up
about their expecting to carry OHIO.
Said one of them: Why, there isn't
a fairly well-informed Democrat in
Ohio who really believes that Mclean
can come within 10000 votes of car
rying the state. All the hluffing is
for a purpose, however. If Mclean
can be made to believe that he has a
chance to win he will spend money
literally, but so long as he regards
himself the leader Of a torlorn hope,
as he does at this time, he will be
niggardly IN his expenditures"
Those who have for months been
engaged in trying o create discomfort
among pensioners in the hope that
1t could De used to secure action from
the @. A. r. annual encampment
that would reflect upon the pension
policy of the administration had
their pains for their trouble. There
are doubtless pension laws which
might be improved by amendment,
but the veterans did not see any rea-
son IN that for casting reflections
upon an administration as friendly
to them AS they know that of Presi-
dent Mckinley has been.
Owing to the mobility OF the steel
works Of the country, all of which
are working night and day, to fill
orders, several contractors have been
compelled to ask the Navy depart
ment for an extension of the time
within which their contracts bind
them to complete torpedo boats.
No action has yet been taken by the
Navy department, but it is not likely
that it will be disposed to be hard on
the contractors who are unable to
procure material because ofthe great
prosperity of the country-a pros
perity due largely to the administra-
ton of which the department is a
part.
Each week the amount of gold in
the treasury grows and a new record
is made. The total amount of The
gold reserve has now reached the
comfortable sum of $249, ,254
With that amount of loose change
in reach 1t is not surprising that
Uncle Sam should laugh at the stories
invented by alarmists of financial
difficnl' les ahead OF the government.
He knows the government finances
are all right and that there is no
danger Of any trouble in that line as
long as Republican administration
is kept in power.
Secretary Gage, who has been on
duty during the entire summer, has
arranged quite a trip, beginning on
the 18th INST, for vacation for
himself and Mrs. Gage, which includes
visit to the Grand Canyon of Col
orado. They will arrange to be in
Chicago during the autumn festival,
and on October II Secretary Gage
will deliver an address to the stu
dents of Ann Arbor university, Michi-
gan,
War department records show
that orders had been issued TO pro-
mote the late Col. Hawkins, Of the
Tenth Pennsylvania regiment, to brig
adler general, and that news of the
death of Col Hawkins was the only
thing that prevented the carrying ut
of these orders. This effectually dis
poses of the story that Col. Has kins
was not promoted because of the
animosity of Gems. Otis and Green
His death was the only cause for his
not being promoted
The industrial commission, created
by the last congress, has resumed
business at the old stand. and is
again daily hearing evidence. 1t is
trying to elicit some information
about the big corporations known
as trusts, and made a start with the