The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-13
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

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| Washington d. c., July 8, 1900
The Treasury surplus for The fiscal
year ending with Saturday, exceeded
| $S0,000,0O0 This alone is reason
enough, II there were not score of
others, for the continuation of the
republican party in power. This is
the first annual Treasury surplus since
1898, although there would be a sur
plus both last year and year before,
had it not been for the enormous ex-
penditures made necessary by the war
with Spain.
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, who
was Acting Secretary OF War, during
the ten days absence of Secretary Root,
has gone to his Nebraska nome. He
declined to discuss the rumor that he
was candidate to succeed Senator
Thurston, but his friends say that he
will be candidate and strong one.
In accordance with recommends
tions Of G0v. Allen and Gen. Davis,
Secretary Roo, has ordered the latter
to discontinue the free issue of rations
to the hurricane sufferers OF Porto Rico
on July 18th. Gen. Davis thinks that
ali those who are industrious are
beyond the need uf charity and that it
is time to begin 10 teach the lazy that
the free rations were only to help
themselves, aud not intended 10 60 on
indefinitely to enable them to live in
| idleness.
Representative Dick, of Ohio, who is
Secretary of the Republican National
Committee, and who will probably be
reelected to that position at the COM
ing meeting of the committee, in
Cleveland, gave the following outline
of campaign, before leaving Washing
| ton for his home: Active work will
begin about August j, and will be
more vigorous and aggressive, if pos
sible, than it was four years ago.
The date for the Cleveland meeting of
the National Committee has not yet
been chosen, but it will probably be
shortly after President Mckinley is
notified of his nomination, which will
be July II, at his Canton home,
where he now Is. Headquarters will
be opened in Chicago, after the meet
ing of the National Committee, as the
heavy work of the campaign will be
directed from there, as it was in 1896,
although Eastern headquarters will be
opened in New York City, and the
| Washington branch headquarters from
which preliminary work is now being
| directed and literature sent, will still
be maintained. Although nothing
but good news of the enthusiasm evok-
ed by the ticket and platform has been
received, the committee will work just
as hard as though the result were in
doubt. Its members figure that the
best way to insure continuance Of
the country's great prosperity IS to
give Mckinley and Roosevelt such
an overwhelming majority that will
convince the most skeptical doubters
that no change Will be made for years
to come in any of the republican poll
cies which have made that prosperity.
Col. Dick said of one effort the demo-
Gratis are making speciality of: "Our
friends, the democrats, are trying to
make everybody believe that the Ger
man vote this year will go to the DEM
ocratic party, but there is not the
slightest likelihood of this being the
case. In 1896, the Germans voted for
President Mckinley. They are strong
believers in the advantages of a gold
standard currency This the repub-
lican party has given them and they
know it. They know also that the
democratic party would gladly take it
away from them If they had the op-
portunity. The German voter is
hard man to fool"