The Washington times., 1901-11-16
CURRENT PRESS OPINION.

Chicago Chronicle-One of the things
which callers at the White House are
quite sure the President Will recommend
in his message is the creation of a new
executive department., to be called the
Department of Commerce and Industry.
Whether the President recommends it or
not We may put il down that the new
Department would be a new taN-ea tlng
establishment for which there Is no good
use. Ii would complicate matters which
are already too much confused.
Boston HeraId-Gorman as Demo-
| cratic leader is very much what shrewd
Republicans desire. He has an ambition
TO he President and if the Democrats
should be fatuous enough to give him
their nomination for the office IT might
save the Republicans some anxiety ana
trouble as regards the next Presidential
election.
Boston TranscTipt-Mr. Bryan is plainly
unhappy, but so are his Democratic op-
pononts. for if Nebraska, his own State,
went Republican. New Jersey, where the
Democrats got together by eliminating
the silver issue. did the same thing The
result in Nebraska is the more note
worthy from the fact that IL has become
almost a tradition for that State to go in
an off-year against the party that carried
II I'm the preceding campaign.
indianapolis news ne fNoOStNtil [Au-
ministra.ion would enforce the lesson
that men are appointed to Office to at
tend to business and not to look after the
interests of any political party.
Hartford Times-It is said that the pol
iticians in Congress will attempt to
shelve the whole reciprocity scheme by
referring 1t TO d commission which would
take several years TO report. Perhaps
this is the only way out for them. 1t is
obvious that the plan which is now be-
ing pursued presents very serious obsta-
Cles and that Andrew Carnegie's sugges-
ton that we should be on terms of COM
mercial friendship with all nations. but
allies of none. points out the true solu-
tion of the difficulty.
St Louis Globe -Democrat-The record
Of the Populists' future ear be told in "A
few words. They have no future The
last roundup which the Fopulists of the
country can ever make in Presidential
canvass was that which they made under
Bryan's banner in 1900.
New York Evening Post-The contend
ing forces in this latest struggle over the
tariff are aligned in a novel way. II is no
longer political party against political
party The tariff sword has gone into the
Republican vitals, and that party sees
itself divided on the issue. Ii may be that
the Democrats are sharply divided
but they can count little more Just
now. than spectators Of the contest II is
interest against interest, manufactures
against raw materials. which the present
controversy has arrayed.
Kansas City Star-.At any rate, it Is
preferable and safer 10 further the ends
of the man who seeks political advance
ment than 10 promote the interests OF the
boss who seeks to help his private inter-
ests through political patronage. The
Roosevelt plan Is the best. which requires
that all recommendations shall be finally
checked off by comparison with the ap-
plicants personal qualifications and char
acter.
Salt Lake Tribune-The despatch which
says that Secretary Root orders the
abolition OF the mental examinations that
have heretofore prevailed at West Point,
so far as graduates of high schools
and students at colleges and universities
are concerned. will strike the country as
good sense. There Is no reason why there
should be anything more than the physical
| examna tiOns in such cases as those af-
fected by the order may properly he sup
posed TO have scholastic attachments
| enough for entrance. The order is d good
one.
Milwaukee Sentinel-Senator Tillman de
clares that no gentleman Of the South
will sit at the table with the President
after the Booker Washington incident but
| they would, probably not refuse to stand
up To his pie counter.