The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27

% Washington, June "a, 1901.

p Washington, June "a, 1901.
VI the cabinet may properly be con-
sidl e as the administration, and that Is
my idea, the administration has no can
didate to succeed the president" Those
remarks were made by gentleman whose
relations with the administration are close.
Continuing, he said: "At recent cabi-
fun that each member of the cabinet
should write his preference for president
ona slip of paper and drop 1t In hat,
with no mark to distinguish the writer of
one slip from another. Eight slips were
prepared - the president was not, of
course, asked to join in the game, al
though he was an amused spectator-and
distributed. Upon each a member of
h6cabinet wrote name and dropped 1t
into hat. After shaking them up they
wera turned out upon the table, and the
laughable fact was discovered that the
cafgie had eight candidates, instead of
ole, each member having chosen differ
ent >man. There was much enjoyment
i ONOt luO OplOOuO, ttlO IL WhS
agreed that the cabinet would have to
get together if it hopes to name the win
ner,s | would like to tell the eight names
wrihten, but that would never do. / have
only. told this much to show that the ad-
mistration, at this time, has no candidate"
Confidence is expressed in official cir
clesiwith the explanation made by Secre-
tary Hay to the Russian ambassador, to
put a stop to the tariff war with Russia,
before 1t goes any further, but the same
confidence Is not felt by the general pub
lie.
| TIE fight to GUST Commissioner Evans
beiIlg pushed with renewed energy, but
tn commissioner still holds the fort and
apsears to be backed by the president,
and'says he will not resign.
Secretary Hitchcock says preparations
for the opening to settlement of the In
dian~reservations In Oklahoma are about
Completed, and it is understood that work
on the presidents p1 reclamation, announc-
ing the date for the opening, has been
started.
Mistakes in sizing up what Is coming
to one in the way of privileges are COM
mon enough everywhere, but they are
not all as costly as those made by John
McQYade. Johns father is Secretary
Roots coachnAn, and through that fact
John got his name on the pay roll of the
war department Then John made the
mistake of supposing that he was privi-
/ legged, to ignore all the rules and regula-
tions made to govern the employees of that
department. He was called up and dis
- Jed, and to emphasize the matter on
IE hind. he was furloughed for few
That might have reduced Johns
I mead fo It's norman size had nesnot fii1ed
himself with the juice that Mrs. Nation
likea spill. That gave him some new
ideas about the privileges coming to him,
which he proceeded to try to enjoy. One
of thdse was the right to lick the appoint
ment clerk. John being big and burly,
and the appointment clerk little fellow,
he was having everything his own way
, until other employees stopped the fight.
: John now has the privilege of finding an
|, other job, as his name has been crossed
off Uncle Sans roll.
u Senator Butler of North Carolina, chair.
: man of the Peoples Party national com.
} mittee, expressed some ideas on the in.
/ dustres of the south and the tariff that
= = will attract more than passing attention
For instance, he said: "Every business
man realizes that the industries of the
south cannot be built up, cannot success.
fully cope with the long established in
dustries of the north without protective
tariff. In five years New England, in my
opinion, will send men to congress in
structed for free trade, while the south
will probably demand a protective tariff
The manufactures of the south are the
only infant industries In the country to
:, day. The policy of the south on this
question has been short-circuited, anG
southern legislators in congress have
voted year after year, decade after de
cade, for policy that was detrimental t.
q that section"
u Many stories of the late Gov. Pingre,
" of Michigan are being told In Washing
. ton, where he was we'll known, since hi
y death. Ten or twelve years ago frient
introduced Gov. Pingree to Col. John T
Il Mosby in the corridor of a Washington
> hotel, and the following conversation
. took place: "Pingree - well, hello
> Colonel! l haven't seen you for twenty
Il five years, but remember very we'll tn
: last time we met" Mosby-"Ah, wha
20 incident recalls 1t to your mind? reall
= fail to remember you, much to my re
IL greet" Pingree-"Oh, we'll, you wouldn'
be apt to remember the date. was cap
tured by your men, and, happening to b
wearing very good, nearly new uniform
you confiscated it on the spot and CAV
. me your old ragged butternuts. Let
- have cigar" They had those cigars an
- Gently for more than an hour. 1t ma
not be generally known that Gov Pingre
started the foundation of the fortune
~ afterwards made In the manufacture c
shoes in the little shop of Washingto
y shoemaker. 1t was his duty to come ir
to Washington daily for the mail of hi
= regiment, which for a part of the civ
war was stationed on the Virginia side G
= the Potomac, and while waiting for tn
: mail he learned to cobble shoes, and use
to make pocket change by cobbling fo
his comrades.
Eczema, salt rheum, tetter. chafine
Ivy poisoning and all skin tortures ar
quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Haz'
SalVe. The certain nile anra w