Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-27
Political Forecast Regarding Presi-
dent McKinley's Running Mate.
SOLDIERS Send MONEY home
Underwriters Yearly Statements
Affected by Slump in Stocks.
THE l.. A. W. PRESIDENCY

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NEW YORK, December 26, 1899.
| 1t is the general tax about the Fifth
| Avenue Hotel, the stopping off place of
! all politicians in transit and the rendez-
| vous of the "resdenters,' that Lieutenant
| Governor Timothy Woodruff's candidacy
| for the second place the national ticket
| is not smiled upon by the administration.
| In fact, 1t is freely asserted that the party
| will go west for its vice presidential tim
| ber rather than accept Woodruff from
| New York. And the talk has it that Sec
| rotary Root was not sure of the cordial
| backing of the republican organization of
| this state as it is to be represented at
! Philadelphia next June and consequently
| his prospects for the nomination are said
to be not so bright as are those of Cor
| nelius n. Bliss.
| Other observers, however say that there
| ought TO be some better reasons advanced
for preferring Bliss to Root. Especially
| was this true because Mr.. Root, though
! sometimes condemned by the few independ-
| ents in the Union League Club group as
| being entirely too polite and devoted
to harmony, had certainly earned the
| gratitude of the organiza ton by this very
| quality, lending it strength and counte-
| nance by his attitude: Mr.. Bliss, the
| other had, was thought to have lost caste
with the Independents by his right-about
| desertion of them. and not gained the real
! friendllness of the organization either
Governor Roosevelt is said to favor
General Francis v Green for the place.
| and it is claimed that such nomi-
| nation. would please the orfianizauon,
| though, to be consistent, it should rec
| ognize that the objections urged against
! MIR. Root, that of relations to great corpo-
| rations, just as readily applicable to
| General Greene, who has business connec-
lions with several, and who is said to have
| been ordered home from Manila in order
| that he might become the candidate for
| governor, approved by Mr.. Platt and his
| corporation friends, though this plan was
| spoiled by the popular strength of Colonel
| Roosevelt, which forced the organization
| to accede to his nomination, and by 50
| doing to seek to gain strength as his
| sponsor in politics.
Soldiers Send Money Home.
According to the local post office authori-
ties, the American soldiers in the Philip
| pines are sending money to their
| relatives at home now than they get from
| them in return. According to the depart
6ents figures, more than three times as
| much money comes from the soldiers as
| goes to them. The lot of the American SOL
uier In the field, however has been made
| somewhat SWeeter since the Span Sh-Amer-
| lean war by the addition of CANDY to his
| regular ratlons One New York firm has
| shipped more than sixty tons of con1ec-
! tlonery during the past year to the troops
| in the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico
A single shipment has sometimes been as
| large as hfteen tons. The candy bought
| ny me government Is OF good quality
would retail for 30 or 40 cents a pound 1t
| consists OF mixed chocolate creams, lemon
| drops, cocoanut macaroons and calculated
| fruit drops. These are put up in sealed
ohe-pound cans, of a special oval shane
designed to mt the pocket of a uniform
coat. Inc use of candy an army ration
| originated IN some experiments on the diet
| OF troops conducted by the German govern
ment some ten years ago.
1t may also be noted that the Brit
tin war once at the special request of
hoe
pounds of chocolate in half-pound pack
ages as a Christmas treat for the troops
IN me Transvaal These are in special
PACKAGES, stamped with the seal of the
queen. American Jam manufacturers are
considering movement to add lam to the
army ration 1t has been found wholesome
Tor the British army, and 1,45O, 900 pounds
nave been dispatched to South Africa as a
Tour months supply for 10000 troops
stump in Stocks Affects Underwriters
Underwriters are exercised over the
slump in the price of Stocks which prom
lses TO Affect seriously the annual state
ments now being compiled for the insur
ance department. On the market value
of securities week hence depends the
showing of all companies operating in New
ofk state for the law compels the yaIua-
ton on the basis of December 81 prices
an officer of one company reports thar
me oecuhe IN prices VIII decrease his sur
Plus TINS year by half a million dollars.
a
IRE losses, but hoped for handsome profits
from the banking branch of their business. |
should TINS be cut down the smaller COR
Germs with large expense rations might |
nave dlfhcuIty in meeting requirements and |
satisfying stockholders in the matter of |
ulNdehds. one company which cleared ~ |
per cent last year derived hat its profits |
from the banking branch of it's business 4
The concern was well managed and had its |
fund carefully invested Another comLany
represented throughout the United States
a 10,
ton because its managers were fortunate |
in their investments. Losses this year nave |
been far in excess of twelve montls ago,
and premiums generally have been below
last years average. The companies will.
1t is believed, clear nothing on local busi- |
ness, and in the Greater New York dis |
trlct some may lose heavily. The present |
schedule of rates is said to be lower than |
loss records justify, but on account of |
competition and general unwIlirsness to |
order advances readjustments may ue ,l,fi- |
cult to inaugurate. Reports from other
trade centers indicate much the same con- |
dition of affairs.
MOIineux Trial Proves Extensive.
The Adams poisoning case, or the MoIi- |
neuX trial. promises to be the longest and |
most expensive ever held in this coun-
try. Conservative men allege that the OK |
penses of Molineux's trial will exceed $780, |
600 and may reach $250,O0O. Even if the |
jury should acquit the young man CHARGED |
with the murder OF Mrs. Adams the prob
abilities are strong that he will have served |
full years Imprisonment. Eleven wit |
nesses have been examined in part . of |
the court of general sessions since the trial |
began, and the prosecution has eighty |
more on its list. Many of the examina- |
tons will be very brief but as Cornish |
may be kept on the stand for week and |
several of the others may occupy two or
three days each, 1t is fair to assume that |
the average time for each witness would |
be one day With five court days week |
on this basis 1t would require sixteen |
weeks before the prosecution can complete |
its case. 1t would require extraordinary |
endeavors to cut down this time one half. |
Then will follow the Defense rehuttal, |