The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-06-28
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.

/ Protests from business organiza-
lions and influential individuals
have brought the administration "a
IA realizing sense II The blnnder
secretary Gage made in inviting The
present tariii war wi'h Russia. H.
q not, = course. acknowledge } i0
have been a case Of blnnder. On
.ihe contrary, il has been officially
announced that Mr. Mckinley and
lail the cabinet endorse Secretary
Gage. But, that IT J. really recng-
lnized as blunder, l. shown from
the fact also officially announced
that Secretary Hay has, under in
Siructions, explained the matter to
the Russian government, with The
lhopr Of being able "a bring about
satisfactory re-a,llusfmen' 81 tie
matter. II Secretary Gage was
right, why should the diplomacy II
the Stale Department be called ia
TO straighten out what has followed
nghliul acts? This administration
very frequently makes the mistake
of undertaking the Intelligence cf
the public.
Mr. Mckinlcy's dilatoriness in
naming a new Commissioner OF PEN
sions has put the republican oppo-
nents Of Commissioner Evans in
very ugly humor and they are let
ting out campaign secrets. "Cor-
poral' Tam, r. who has been prom
inent in the fight against Evans.
said: ~ do not kaow whether IL
l. a fact that i known to the pub
lie or not, but 1t is true neyelthe-
less That the National Repub-
lican committee, prior to the last
election, promised faithfully that
Mr.. Evans would be retired from
the Office OF pension commissioner
upon the beginning Of President
MckInley's second administration,
in case Of his reelection. We have
that promise in black and white.
1t is in the form OF a letter written
by the national committee 10 Gen.
Slckles and he still has that COM
mun:cationr The Corporal IN
timated that it was only by making
that promise that the CON mittee
succeeded in keeping the soldier
vote in line for Mckinley, and that
If the promise was not soon re-
deemed, there would be trouble,
and lots Of it, in the ranks OF the z.
o. p. Evans says he won't resign.
and Mr.. Mckinley seems disin-
clined 10 push him out. There the
matter now stands.
Senator Deboe is engsg ged in a
job that should be repugnant TO a
gentleman and doubtless is TO him.
although be lacked the backbone 10
refuse 10 undertake it, when ordered
to do 50 by the Republican Central
committee Of Henry county, Ky.
The job is to prevent the re appoint
ment Of Mrs. Gertrude Saunders. a
widow who has served two terms as
postmaster at Newcastle, Ky, and
made an official record without a
law, and to get DR.. Gray, a re-
publican politician, appointed. To
he credit Of the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Blistow, under
whose jurisdiction the matter is.
his political fight upon a widow j.
lot likely TO succeed. He told
senator Deboc that il was not the
lolicy OF the department to remevc
,ostmasters with good records
hat was stretching the truth per-
iaps, but it was in a good cause.
ind when Deboe tried TO get Mr..
to act, be was told that
lc rever inteifered in The appoint
nent Of fourth class postmasters.
The place only pays $50 month,
ut the widow wants it, and she
ught 10 have it.
Representative Burleson, Of Tex
:. said: "This talk of repnbli-
ans Of tariff reform and antitrust
sgisla'ion, il all for effect, in my
pinion. When you speak Of the
-usts you inslinctiyely think Of the
spublican party. They are syn
nymous terms. The trusts own
ie republican party and hat being
-ue il is absurd t. say that the re-
ublicans will enact legislation that
lay prove inimicable to the irnsts.
don't mean to be understood a.
lying that the republicans viii not
Iscuss the tariff at the nfxt session
congress, for 1 believe they will
AXE a pretense in that direction,
1t it will only be preiense. The
publicans viii have all they want
attend to in legislaiing for the
lilippiucs and Porto Rico. "
G. A :.