West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-08-15
WASHING LETTER.
Teddy Roosevolt's Presidential Boom
Has Been Started In The West.
The Row Between "Fighting Bob"
Evans and "Little Bllller Chandler.
From our regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent.
WAsHINGToN, August 10, IooI.-
Teddy Roosevelts Presidential
boom arrived in Washington this
week. It was brought by Republi-
can members of the Kansas Con-
gressional delegation, who declared
that the Kansas Republicans were
for him and intended to do every
thing they could to get him nomin-
ated. When it is considered that
the administration is dead opposed
to Roosevelt and that those Con
gressmen were in Washington asking
administration favors, it will be
seen that they had their nerve along
with them. Ii is true that none of
tn, big guns of the administration
were in town, and that the small
fry, such as assistant secretaries.
were afraid to tell those Congress
men that they were treading on
forbidden ground, but the telegraph
lines were in good working order
and some of them found it out be-
fore they left, and they will prob
ably hear more about it before
their applications for administration
favors are acted upon. Long be-
fore 1904, it will be a sure way for
a Republican to get on the admins
tration blacklist to declare himself
In favor of Roosevelt's nomination.
There is no longer any doubt that
there is Roosevelt machine and
that it is working for strength in the
West and South, ignoring New
York, where the Platt machine
makes it impossible for Roosevelt
to hope to control the delegation.
Roosevelt's friends are pointing out
that Cleveland was nominated in
1892, although the New York dele
CATION was pledged to Hill.
I'll
Rear Admiral Robley ID. Evans
Fighting Bob"-was this week fur
nished by the Navy Department
with copies of the two letters written
by ex-senator and ex-Secretary
Chandler, complaining of the man
ner in which he and his administra-
ton of the Navy Department are
treated in Admiral Evans book.
ga Sailors Log, and he has gone
out of town for few days, during
which he will decide whether he
will ask for Court of Inquiry, or
let Chandler go ahead and try to
force the Navy Department TO order
court martial. Before leaving
Washington Admiral Evans said
al have no idea of falling into Mr..
Chambers trap, by entering upon a
newspaper discussion of his letters.
/ will only say that the only rela
tons between Mr.. Chandler and
myself are those of private citizens.
He IS not my superior, and l would
not take any orders from him. If
he has charged me with conduct
unbecoming an officer and a gentle
man, well -" As Admiral Evans
abruptly ended and turned on his
heel there was an expression on his
face that was anything but loving.
Admiral Evans but touched upon
the dirty politics of Chambers rule
over the Navy Department, only
referring to his personal experience,
in his book, when there is material
enough of the same sort, and worse.
easily accessible, to fill several
books. Chambers whole political
life has been that of an unscrupu-
lous partisan who never forgot his
own interests. Consequently he is
a rich man, but he is likely also to
be sorry man before Dob Evans
and his friends get through with
him.
TIL
Comment is being made on the
marked discrepancy between the
number Of Filipinos who have been
captured or have surrendered and
the number Of rifles. In an official
document issued by the War De
partment this week the total number
of Filipinos captured and surrender
ed is given as 4I,o2o, while the
total number Of rifles surrendered
and captured is only r,2t7. II can
not be that 4Loz0 Filipinos were
fighting with only 1,ztz rifles. And
If the surrendered Filipinos have
secretcd their rifles It indicates that
they expect to have use for them
again.
III
IF the stories alleging that Mr..
Mckinley has been convinced by
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