The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent
Washington. September 4, 1899.
| President Mckinley returned to
Washington Saturday afternoon, but
left today for Philadelphia to attend
the annual encampment Of the G. A.
| B. He kept 80 thoroughly in touch with
! sll important public matters during his
| absence that he found only routine bus
mess on his desk when he returned.
He had informal talks with all the
members of the Cabinet, except Secre-
| tary Long, who is not in the city, and
there was a regular Cabinet meeting to-
day. He also heard verbal report by
President Schurman. of the Philippine
! Commission. He anticipates pleasant
time at the encampment owing to the
large number of old friends he will
meet there.
Commissioner Evans of the pension
bureau completed his annual report be-
| fore leaving for the q. A. X. encamp-
ment, and copies of the document will
probably be distributed among the vet
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the probability of an attack being made
upon Commissioner Evans method of
administering the pension bureau, in
the report of the G. A. r. committee,
months ago, and which will be submit
ted to the eneampment; but Mr.. Evans
is confident that the committees re-
port will show that he administered the
laws properly, and that if there is any
censure. it will be Of the laws and not
of him. The report Of the commission
er recommends ihe repeal of the law
granting arrears of pensions to the
widows of pensioners; He also recon-
mends that the law shall be strictly en-
forced which requires every pension
agent to prepare and mail TO each pen
sioner whose pension Is payable at his
agency, voucher fifteen days preced-
ing each quarterly pension dav. The
fiscal year, the arrears of work will be
greatly diminished and that all claims
will be made practically current. The
report also expresses satisfaction with
the work accomplished during the Y ear,
and says: "The work is in far better
condition than at any time since l as
sumed charge of the bureau, and it is
believed that further progress will be
attained by the system that has been
instituted in the different divisions.
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introduced, but the work has been &C
complished under prescribed rules of
many years Standing"
Uncle Sam did pretty we'll for sum-
mer month, in August, which is usually
dull in official as we'll as in private bus
mess. The treasury receipts were
IS. 15O, 900 more than they were in Au-
gust of last year, and the surplus for
the month was s., ass 1862. The amount
Of gold in the treasury is larger than
ever before. the exact figures being
$24S. 757 .97l. These figures tell their
own story of the prosperous condition
of the government and of the country,
and in the face 'of such a story, how
ridiculous is the.claim now being made
by some democrats, that the democrats
haye a chance to carry the country
next year. To accept such a claim is to
impeach the intelligence Of the voters
of this country. who have too vivid a
rememb rance Of Cleyeland times not to
fully appreciate good thing when they
haye il, and to vote for it's continuance.
The most talked of event in political
circles, just now, is the buying of the
democratic nomination for governor of
Ohio, by Mr.. John r. Mclean, whose
actual residence is in Washington. but
who has large property interests IN
Ohio corporations. and who is also the
owner and nominal editor of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. Republicans. includ-
ing President Mckinley, do not regard
the nomination of Mclean as an i'm
portant factor in the gubernatorial cam
paign, because they believe that it has
been from the day of the nomination of
Judge Nash by the republican conven-
ton of OHIO, only question of how
large a majority he would be given
there has never been and is not now
the slightest doubt Of his election. But
the Bryan democrats are in almost
state of panic. They do not trust Nc
Lean. They believe that he has Sc
cured this nomination as part of the
plot to defeat BRYAN for the democratic
presidential nomination, next year.
They are too badly frightened to talk
publicly, but among themselves, they
are talking as hard as they can. and the
wires have been kept hot to the Bryan
leaders, and to Mr. Bryan himself, con-
tanning plans to head off McLean's am
bi.ion. That Mr.. Mclean is multi
millio naire everybody knows, but why
he should be willing to spend any por-
ton of his millions to get the empty
honor of a democratic nomination for
governor of Ohio, the vice-pres.dency.
or even the presidency, is something
beyond the comprehension of ordinary
mortals. But he has already made a
start in layish expenditures for a very
empty honor, and that is what is wOr-
rying the Bryanites.
Secretary Root hopes and believes
that the situation in Cuba will warrant
the holding of municipal elections not
later than next May.
Millions Given Away.