The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-29
POLITICAL GOSSIP.


who are going away to VOTE said one Of
that multitude of officeholders in this city.
ARE men who have exhausted their leaves
of absence, but they can have all the time
they want chargeable upon next year, pro-
yided they are going home TO vote the Re-
publican ticket. Their expenses are paid
by the National Committee, and they are
having a fine jaunt No matter who is
elected, however, said this observer,
| these same men who are claiming resi-
dences in various States : II never leave
the District of Columbia as long as they
can make living here. There are some
men who are going home to vote who will
have difficulty because of their long alb
sence from home in finding the precincts
in which they reside"
! Mr.. Odell, the Republican candidate for
| Governor Of New York, emerged from his
platt-imposed obscurity long enough to
make few remarks at the Roosevelt
| meeting in New York last Friday night
Mr.. Platts candidate, whether instructed
OF not, carefully avoided the main issues
OF the national campaign and devoted him
self mainly to State issues What ne did
have TO say about matters concerning the
General Government referred to the cur
rency. ~--s
1t is said that since last Friday about
seventy printers have been put to work
| in the Government Printing Office. They
were appointed on the emergency roll, and
will continue at their cases as long as the
rush Of the departments copy for the
various annual reports keeps up.
| 1t was but a few weeks ago that some
| sixty printers-aH Democrats it was charg-
/ ed-were dismissed by the Public Printer
/ on the ground that there was scarcity
of work. But it was claimed by the vic
| Tins that the dismissals We're made for po-
| litical purposes, because il there was q
scarcity OF work at the time, which was not
! denied, the men could have been furlough-
! ed for a week at a time the same as was
/ done with the men in the specification
/ room. large number of printers who are
! Republicans have been granted leaves of
! absence to go home to vote. and the force
in the Printing Office is therefore some
what depleted, hence the appointment OF
| the emergency force,
The Free Delivery Division of the Post
office Department, it is charged by persons
who ought 10 know, has been run during
the campaign as an adjunct TO the Repub-
ttSi-il -\dllOndi committee IN OIneF NOTCs,
it IS claimed that the machinery con-
nected with the establishment of rural
| free delivery has been used in the interest
OF the Administration Democrats point TO
! the fact that the record for October will
| show more rural free delivery service or
/ dered to be established beginning Novem-
Der l than any previous month this year
The one significant fact connected with
/ the orders issued establishing this popu-
lar service il is said is that the bulk OF
the service is distributed among the States
| known to be doubtful-that is, States which
are placed in the doubtful column by the
Democrats Indiana, il is pointed out has
been most fortunate in this matter She
leads all OF the doubtful States in the
number of rural free delivery routes es-
| tablished, thus showing that the Admins
tration realizes that the Hoosier State is
indeed doubtful. Ohio, Illinois, and New
York have come in for a good share of the
rural free delivery service. while Wiscon-
sin. Iowa, and Michigan have not been
overlooked Of course, some of the States
that are known to be sure for Mckinley
are not neglected by the Free Delivery Di-
vision, as orders are issued every other
day establishing a rural free delivery
route; but it's in the doubtful States that
the free delivery routes are established in
lunches
For some cause the Southern States
seem TO have been overlooked in furnish
ing this service TO thu people II NAV
be that the force of the Free Delivery Dr.
vision IS not sufficient to meet all the de-
mands made, but the requests for rural
free delivery from the South. If is said.
viii receive attention after the election
The Statistical Bureau of the Treasury
Department has never since it was organ
lied exhibited SO much solicitude for the
newspapers as at the present time This
is perfectly proper, since the press is the
medium of communicating information
from the Government and other sources
TO the people. The people are entitled to
know the doings of the Government, while
they are taxed to support it But the in
| formation to which the people are en-
| titled is supposed to be trustworthy, and
not misleading and distorted. Attention
has been called on several occasions to
the manner in which the head of the
| Statistical Bureau, manipulates the
meaning of the bulletins which are given
! out by him to the press The Bureau ap-
pears to have degenerated into div
ision Of Mr. Heath's literary bureau
of Hanna's machine. The value Of the in
formation which it gives to the public is
almost entirely questionable, if not alto
gether lost.
The Rome (Ga) Tribune" is OF the
opinion that one of the potent reasons
why the solid South remains solid is
found in such screeds and diatribes as
the New York Sum published against
that pure and perfect Christian soldier
statesman. and gentleman, Gen. Robert E.