The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Oct. Z. 1916

appreciate the wonderful adaptable
ty to changed circumstances and sur
roundings he is displaying in filling
the eXacting duties of President.
This is no surprise to those who have
known his character and capacity;
they have contended all along that
he would creditably fill any position
in which he should be placed. He
has certainly done that up to this
time. He is daily surprising his
prominent Republican callers by his
knowledge of political conditions in
their several States, and best of all,
in the eyes of many, he is showing
that his head is not swelled even a
little bit by the honor that has come
to him so Unexpectedly, and through
such great national sorrow; he not
only receives the most humble of his
old Washington acquaintance as cor
daily as he does his most prominent
callers, but he invariably invites
them to call again.
The Ohio Republican Association
held a Mckinley memorial meeting
yesterday afternoon in the largest
theatre in Washington. So great was
the desire of the public to attend that
it was necessary to limit the admis-
sion to holders of cards. Among the
speakers was Gen. Grosvenor, and
Justice Anderson, of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia,
both,life-long friends of President Nc
Kinley. A unique feature of the
meeting was the invitation to those
in the audience to make minute
speeches-an invitation that was
taken advantage of by a number of
gentlemen and that added interest to
the meeting.
Our foreign commerce still grows at
both ends. The official figures for
eight months ending August 81, 1901,
show an increase in exports of $685.
100000 and in imports of $4,000, 900
over the same period of last year.
Another death in the administra-
ton circle to add to the unusually
long list furnished by the official fam
lilies since the beginning of the Nc
Kinley administration. Although it
was known to be only a question of
time when Miss Helen, second daugh-
ter of Secretary Long, was taken
home from Colorado, where she spent
two years in an unsuccessful attempt
to arrest the progress of the consump-
ton, the announcement of her death
carried shock to the residents of
Washington, many of whom had
learned to love her during the several
years that she represented her father
in the social affairs of the National
Capital. There will be no official
mourning on account of her death.
Secretary Long is expected to return
to the Navy Department in few
days.
The deficit for the postal service for
the last fiscal year was smaller than
1t has been at any time since the pos
tai service has been the mammoth af-
fair it is now-in exact figures it was
$3,9S1 ,520.71. During the last five
years the revenues of the postal SER
vice have incurred 35 per cent. 1t is
regarded as certain that the saving
through the new regulations for sec
ondclass mail, which went into effect
the first of this month, will wipe out
the deficit during the present fiscal
year.
Senator Spooner is in Washington,
and naturally he has had a talk or
two with President Roosevelt, but
he says there was no foundation for
the story that he was sent for and
asked to consider a proposition to fill
prospective vacancy in the Cabinet.
Unless Mr.. Spooner has changed his
mind there is no place in the Cabinet
that he would leave the Senate for.
1t is well known to his friends that
President Mckinley was anxious to
have him in This Cabinet, but failed
in his attempt to persuade him to ac-
cept portfolio.
The investigation of the charges
against Lieut.-Col. Heistand of the
army, by Major Hawkes., formerly of
the volunteer service, which is being
conducted by the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs has so far resulted
in showing Hawkes. to be black
guard-he called Heistand a liar, in
the committee-soom-and arousing
he suspicion that he is something
worse. 1t has not been altogether
creditable to Col. Heistand, either.
The evidence shows that he exercised
very poor Judgment in ever entering
into negotiations with Hawkes. for
the formation of a company to deal
in hemp in the Philippines. He dis
covered that himself and broke off
the negotiations before the formation
OF the company. Several other off
Gals promised to take stock in the
company, on Col. Heistand's repre-
sensations, but later withdrew their