The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17
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Washington Gossip, Political and
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/ WASHINGTON. April 1s-(special.)-
The positive refusal of Cornelius N. Bliss,
OF New York. President McKinley's first
secretary of the interior. to permit the
use OF MS name as a candidate for vice
president, makes Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff, OF
| New York, the only candidate now talked
OF from the Empire state, and the leader
/ OF all now mentioned for that high office
| Gov. woodruff Is the first Republican for
| Whom delegates to the Philadelphia con-
vention have already been instructed.
| The delegates from the congressional
districts of Brooklyn were elected the
other day. They were formally instructed
| to vote for Mckinley and Woodruff.
| Brooklyn is Coy. Woodruff's home town.
| This action is most significant because
1t is political axiom in New York that
as goes Brooklyn, so goes Kings county,
In which It Is situated, and, as goes
King S county, so goes New York state.
| The electoral vote of New York has set
| tied more close presidential elections than
that of any other state. For instance, In
1884 1t sent Grover Cleveland to the White
house and kept James G. Blaine out, aud
In 1883 1t ousted Cleveland and put IN
Benjamin Harrison. If the election is at
| all close next November, New York's
thirty-six electoral votes are almost sure
10 settle Naturally neither party will
leave any stone unturned in the effort to
mead the three dozen electoral votes OF
the Empire state in its column
The Republican members of the state
senate, over which body Gov. Woodruff
has presided during two sessions, met
when the day for adjournment arrived
TINS year and extended to Gov. Woodruff
thelr hearty and unanimous Endorsement
Tor vice president. Senator Plat and
GOV. Roosevelt, the latter of whom, like
former Secretary Bliss, has positively re-
FUSED to be the vice presidential candi-
date, favor Gov. Woodruff as such can.
dldate with President Mckinley. All the
talk that the president is going to dictate
VINO the nominee for the second place
snail be is erroneous. He will do no such
thing What he wants, and all he wants.
is that the candidate be a man who can
add strength to the ticket, and who is not
personally Objectionable to him. Gov
woodruff fills the requirements to a dot.
WOMEN IN POLITICS.
The Republican national convention, to
be held at Philadelphia in June, is to be
attended, by a women's political club,
winch Is at present engaged in promoting
the interests of the Republican party
throughout the country The first infor-
nation as to this associations plans was
maze public today in the following let
ter received by President j. Hampton
Moore. of the State League of Republican
Clubs:
Washington, D. c., April 9.-Hon Mr.
republican Association of Washington is
Dody OF women who advise together
concerning the political work of women
throughout the country and who organ
lie and help the. organization of women $
pontlcaI clubs for political study and
Wo I ,: VINO understand the possibilities
arlo limitations OF party work and of CO.
operation, with national and state com
mlttees and who do whatever they can
! 10 serve the Republican party.
me majority of these women are dyed
IA the WooE Republicans" Our leader
that peerless woman, Mrs J. Ellen Eos,
ter informs me that we are to have seats
al at t Ppnlladeiphia. and I now write to ask
IL tnere IS any similar club in that city
VINO would be glad to entertain our club
ana former officers, number not exceed
/ ing twelve ladies on that occasion
Ii, so. VIII you kindly advise me as
early as convenient? We are Informed
! that our Democratic sisters are going in
great numbers TO Kansas City by invita-
b'ot g. OF ;. residents of that city. Few,
| put Ut, Will be the number of cur party
very respectfully, Mrs Sara E. Dean.
! The letter rather puzzled Mr.. Moore
! AT f1rst he was at his wits end to know
| what to do about it. As far as can be
learned there is not a similar Organizes
! ton in Philadelphia or in the state of
|
for the convention, as their letter states
they will, accommodations will be pro-
V1ded and they Will receive every courte-
sy the local committee can extend.
TORCHLIGHT FEATURE.
Encouraging reports have been receiv-
! ed from clubs from all over the country
which desire to participate in the great
torchlight parade to be held on the Mon
day evening preceding the day of the
convention. President Moore has re-
ceived word from the j. Edward Ad-
/ dicks Marching Club of Wilmington,
Del, that it will take part In the parade
with, over 800 men. The Invincible Club
| of Brooklyn, n. Y, will also enter the
parade, 700 strong, with two bands of
music. The Worlzingmen's Tariff League
! of Philadelphia decided to parade its en-
tire organization, and the w. j. Centred
Republican Club Of the Thirteenth Ward
also decided to take part in the demon
stration.
The request Of Chairman Marcus A.
| Hanna, of the national committee. to
postpone the. great parade for Monday
to Wednesday evening will hardly be ac-
! ceded to. All arrangements have been
completed for Monday nights demon
| stration and to bring about a postpone
ment at this time would materially in
terfere with the details President
Moore, of the Allied clubs committee,
said that he would communicate shortly
with Chairman Hanna and explain to
! him the impracticability of deferring the
parade, and he said he thought the sena-
tor would see the feasibility of permitting
! the present arrangements to proceed.
APPLE CULTURE.
Mr.. G.. B. Bracket, of the department
of agriculture, gives an interesting paper
on the apple. and how to grow it. He
says:
Every farmer, however small his pos
sessions may be, who lives within the
apple-growing districts of the United
States, should have an apple orchard, the
product of which should be found on his
table in some form every day of the
year. The possible range of apple grow
ing within the territory of the United
States is very great. Perhaps two-thtrds
of the settled portions of our country is
more or less adapted to the growth of
this staple fruit, and within that range
there are but few cases where the farm
er is excusable If he allows his family
to go hungry for apples.
| No fruit known to the cultivator In the
North temperate zone can take the place
| of the apple as a food product. Many
other fruits, indeed most cultivated
| fruits, rank as luxuries, but the apple In
! most parts of the United States is one
/ of the leading staple products Of the
| farm.
In it's numerous varieties It's seasons
| of maturity extends throughout the
year. No other fruit of the temperate
zone may thus be had in continuous sue
! cession without resorting to artificial
means of preservation. It is pre-emi-
nently useful in the household economy.
| Az a culinary fruit none excels IT IF