The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-01
IN HOTEL LOBBLE.S

sPsnrree's latest declaration i- fav,,
/ nf the Democrats" said Mr. r. J. lyay.
mouth. OF Saginaw, at the Raleigh. o.,
simply another evidence Of his imr-acsb-.
hatred OF Senator Mcmillan II has bee,
known for some time that he would q,
what he could n Michigan 20 secure pa.
election of a Democratic Legislature ri,
only reason for this Is 30 prevent the ,.
turn OF Mr.. Mcmillan 10 tro senate Tfg.
[ bitter personal cnmity between --a..
two strong men has had q demorsEz.r
effect upon the politics of MiehlEs- o..
the last ten years What they ever +sr
out about originally I do not know P-..
| have had their victories. In spite o. o..
/ erything that Mcmillan and his friend.
! could do Pingree remained mayor o. DE-.
/ trolt as long as he wanted TO- and k.s
! been elected governor of the state .v.-.
I Yet 10 make victory compete 90, P.-E-.
/ he would have kept Mcmillan and b..
rows out OF the United States Ss-s..
/ This he has been unable to do.
/ "Pingree IS about 70 retire from r5...f.,
| Before quitting for good he desires 50.
final victory for personal vengeance T,
( do this he is willing 10 turn the S,ata
I legislature over 70 the Democrats ana viii
work 10 that end. \ number ~ t-. OH.
ciaIs of Pingree's administr3uoG age I'M.
! der arrest for fraud. InasmUch as ha Was
/ responsible for their appointment &c =
hard to see how he can lay their crimes tl
I the Republicans. ask 10 have the raSga.s
I turned out. and Democratic ofiice-h5lser.
substituted He has suffered from q grel,
( loss Of prestige in the past fcN months.
stiu he has great recuperative powers, ant
I if he supports the Democratic ticket, n.
will cause the Republicans a lot of trou.
+ bic. He might cut considerable figure in
national campaign II ne began campaign
/ ing for the Democrats
/ IN the theaters OF Havana they have
I q trick of throwing the American Span
/ ish and Cuban flags on stereopucoa
+ screen" said Mr. e. r. lsbel, Of Ha-
vana. at the Raleigh Hotel. The Cuban
and Spanish flags are always wildly
checred. and the American flag is hissat
/ There is no doubt that the natives think
/ the Americans are acting in bad faith
/ l do not mean to say that turrr viii b.
1 serious trouble. but I th,IS II would bs
+ better If some programme was outlined
/ for the island within the next few
months If this is not done there cer-
/ tainly viii be more grumbling than Will
4 he agreeable for American ears"
/ The Republicans will have q merry
/ time in our State convention 10 keep the
/ Porto Rican matter from cropping out
/ In an unfavorable way in the platform.
/ said Mr. T. H. Wooley. Of Minneapolis.
/ at the EbbItt In addition to that the
/ earnest feeling which the Republican
| voters Of our State have on the subject
/ is the fact that they DO not care %
/ submit 70 diCtation. They have head
+ that the national leaders will ask Tor a
blanket Congressional Endorsement, ana
+ the Republicans of our state think that
( they have enough sense to write their
+ own platforms and want to declare so.
/ Furthermore. II the Porto Rican tariff is
/ indo~sei Fl means 4 slap AZ both Of or
/ United States Senators. That will not ha
/ agreeable medicine. We think a great
deal of our Senator'S. and admire their
/ independent stand. / do not know thar q
/ hand-me-down platform will be forwarded
/ to us, but | heard reports 10 that effect
/ before l left home"
! Mr. A. A. GODDARD, attorney general for
, the State of Kansas, Is al the NOrmand-
He will appear before the Supreme
/ Court 10 secure an injunction against the
. State Of Colorado This injunction IS t1
/ restrain the state from permitting the
I tapping Of the Arkansas River IN Colort-
/ DO for irriEating purposes. II Is alleer
l that tho amount of water drawn off for
! this purpose is so great that there is NOT
a sufficient quantity left for the needs of
the Kansas people.
! "The soldiers Of both parties should
! disband ami go back 20 their work" said
/ Representative Boering. Of Kentucky.
VINO has just returned from the Blue
Grass State. There is no need Of the
soldiers being held under arms. The peo-
/ pie Of the state have determined 10 obey
| the law. The Republicans will submit Ia
/ the decision Of the Supreme Court and.
/ presume, the Democrats viii do the
/ same. Business Is at a standstilI. This
/ condition OF affairs will not last. Aft. Z
/ the Supreme Court makes its decision,
/ business will pick up. Things will then
go on as usual. The Republicans are
. looking forward to the coming election
with a great deal Of pleasure. We expect
! TO carry the State by a large majority
There will be a great many new faces
, in the House next session. if the postal
! appropriation bill, as amended, becomes
} a law" said Mr. John y. Wilson, OF Neg
. York. at the ST. James. The letter car
r.ers Will be responsible for the new
/ faces. They are much excited over the
| amendment adopted, which practically
/ Tepedls the eight-hOur law. The amend
/ ment was adopted just before the b.L.
I passed the House. 1t provides that extra
remuneration shall be paid to all letter
carriers who work more than fOrty-eig
hours a week. That is not what the lG,-
ter carriers want. They want the eight
hour law strictly enforced. They don't
/ care for the extra work. That should Be-
given a third man. From a financial
standpoint, IL Is all the one thing But
we don't want IL 50. We want % furnish
employment 10 as many men as We can.
We will all be satisfied with the wages
paid for an eight-hOur day. We Wsl.
. that amendment killed in the Senate II
II is not cut out there will be a great
change in the personnel Of the House
next session. Every man who voted t9r
the amendment will feel the weight "
the letter carriers"