Cochise review., 1900-10-31
WASHINGTON ITEMS
Opinions on the Election vary--
 Nothing Certain.
Bank Examiners Cannot Discover Frdud--EnaIand and Germany Act
 ing in Good Faith.
lFron Our Regular CosfesbSndsnt.y }

fbut 1t has the fever now, and little else
 is being talked about. Those who base Etheir opinions on known facts and figures, rather than on hopes and ex. pectations that something unexpected
 will happen between now, and election day, or on that day, regard President
 McKinley's reelection as probable and .basing their opinions on past elections,
 that his party will retain control of
 the house. It is admitted by the sup.
 porters of MT. Bryan that this opinion is on all fours with the surface -indica.
 tions, but they insist that is wrong and
 that tue surface indications are errone.
 ous because they do not. tell, how the
 "silent vote'' Is going to be east, They claim that MT. Bryan is going to- get
 many thousand, votes all over tho
 country that have been put dowa as
 Mckinley votes in the state polls made
 by"' the republicans, and dgthat he is
 going to be elected. They may be
 right, but all the signs which have
 been proven by past campaigns to be
 dependable in sizing up the result of a
 Presidentalselectionsin, in, advance of the casting and counting of the votes are
 now. certainly favorable to the reelec- 'tion of President Mckinley. Of course
 every intelligent man knows that
 nothing Is absolutely certain in politics.
 Commissioner Evans of the Pension
 Bureau made. the following statement
 this week, in answer to numerous in
 quinies: ,!"Thers have been filed S4,. :000:olaiIns ferspsnsion' on account of the SpGnishf American war. o~Galls have
 been made for evidence in 33,424 of these claims. Medical examinations have been ordered in 2s,324 claims. The difference between the number of claims tiled:and the number of medi. cal lysxaminations ordered practically 'rspresSnts the number of widows and dependents claims. 4,237 of these'claims have been adjudicated.
 If national bank examiners cannot discover defaloations through skillful manipulation of bank books, what are they:forP This question is prompted by the comment of Secretary Gage on the defalcstion of S70O, 600 by trustea' ehploys of the First National Bank of New York city, made public this week. Said Secretary Gage: "Our examiners cannot be expected to discover ,,an old defslcation Swhen the bank officers, themselves have not found or, suspected it.' : The general conception of a na-: tional bank sxaminer is that he is an expert who knows how to discover just what MT. Gage says he cannot be ex- pected to discover, Well,: we live and iearn., Of course, ,pdSecretsryo Gage knows the, capacity of the examiners employed by the treasury department better than any mere outsider; but all the same, it is a shock to be toldithat they are no real check upon di,honest bank smployss. ?: t.
 . Any state which has not been hon. ored. by: having a qbattlsship named after it and is willing to compromise by having its name bestowed upon moni- tor can probably be accommodated by communicating it's wishes, to the seere- tsry, of the navy, as. itis understood in the, naxyt department that the first state asks to have its name bestowed upon the monitor, erfow awaiting name, will have its request granted. It is case of first come first served" and only one can be served, .s.
 AS wide awake as Americans gener- ailyNrs iH util zingrsnyam method of ad- vertising that is calculated to increase their business, 1t has probably not oc- cured to any of them that an Ameri. can circus travelling in foreign coun- try was g good advertisement for Amer. fcan goods and methods, but the United States consul at Aix' la Chapelle,s Ger many, writes to the department of state, of the visit of an Americah cir. GUS to that city. r, .|
 'The bill posting was areyslation in this line of works both in magnitude, and ;charactsr;s thes way in which the tents were erected and the ground pre- pared sastonishedthe people, andswheni the circus itself arrived not a workman went tothe factories; the spindles were idle all day, At every performance thel tent was full and the vague, antipathyi toward rthe-United States has, been turued in4os rsspect-and we;sthe peo- people now says Anything is possible to Americans. 'E Agents for sAmerican concsFnswh0 wonldtollor in the wake would find ready sale for rheirgoods.n a' {.
 H'An important scientific discovery has been reported to the department of state by the United States vice consul general ct Frankfort, GermsnyS It is' q rp pnthOa of tpoa4iy, m u,or,d tst ioh ,,,a aa