Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-06-28
WASHINGTON LETTER
(From our Regular Correspondence

VASnINdIUN LETTER.
CFrom our Regular Correspondent
Washington, June 24.-Protests from
business organizations and influential
individuals have brought the admins
| tratiOn to realizing sense of the him.
der Secretary Gage made in inviting
the present tariff war with Russia. ii
is not, of course, acknowledge to have
been a case of blunder. On the con-
| trary, it has been officially announced
that Mr.. Mckinley and the Cabinet
endorse Secretary Gage. But, that it
| is really recognized as blunder. is
shown from the fact also officially an
nounced. that Secretary Hay, under
| instructions, explained the matter to
the Russian government, with the hope
of being able to bring about a satIsfac-
tory readjustment of the matter. If
Secretary Gage was right, why should
the diplomacy of the State Department
be called in to straighten out what has
follow ed rightful acts !? This admins
tration very frequently makes the mis-
take of under rating the intelligence
of the public.
Mr.. Mckinley dilatoriness in nam
| ing new Commissioner of Pensions
| D1b pun uuC 1eCpuO1iCdu OppOuGuuS OF
COmmiss Toner Evans in very ugly
humor and they are letting out cam
paign secrets. Corporal Tanner who
has been prominent in the fight against
Evans, said: Il do not know whether
it is fact that is known to the public
OF not, but it is true nevertheless that
the National Republican Committee,
prior to the last election, promised
faithfully that Mr.. Evans would be re-
tired from the Office of Pension Com.
missioner upon the beginning of Pres
ident McKlnley's second administra-
tion, in case of his re election We
have that promised in black and white.
It is in the form of letter written by
the National Committee to Gen. Sickle
and he still has that communica tion.n
The Corporal" intimated that it was
only by making that promise that the
committee succeeded in keeping the
soldier vote in line for Mckinley, and
that it the promise was not soon re-
deemed, there would be trouble, and
lots of it, in the ranks of the G. o. P.
Evans says he won't resign, and Mr..
Mckinley seems disinclined to push
him out. There the matter now stands.
Senator Deboe is engaged in a Job
that should be repugnant to gentle
man and doubtless is to him, although
he lacked the backbone to refuse to
undertake it, when ordered to do so by
the Republican Central Committee of
Henry county, Kentucky. The Job is
to prevent the re appointment of Mrs.
Gertrude Saunders, widow who has
served two terms as postmaster at New
castle, KY, and made an Off1c ial record,
without flaw, and to get DR.. Gray,
a republican politician, appointed. To
the credit of Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow, under whose
jurisdiction the matter is, this politi
cal fight upon widow is not likely to
succeed. He told Senator Deboe that
it was not the policy of the Depart
ment to remove postmasters with good
recordS-that was stretching the truth
perhaps. but it was in good cause.
And when DebOe tried to get Mr.. Nc
Kinley to act, he was told that be new
er interfered In the appointment of
fOurth-class postmasters. The place
only pays $50 month, but the widow
wants it, and she ought to have it.
Everybody who has seen copy of
the gorgeous little book issued by the
pink tea masker, par excellence. whose
official title is Adjutant General of the
Army, containing the itinerary of this
petticoat heroes junket to the Philip
pines, has enjoyed good laugh at Cor
bins exhibition of the big head. 1t
was stretch of good taste when Sec
rotary Cortelyou issued printed pam.
phlet containing the itinerary of the
Presidential trip to the Pacific Coast,
hnt tho of nio1 rar II Of 20 IF nd
natural public curiosity to know all
about its goings and cOmings, excused
that, but no such excuse can be made
for the vulgar ostenation of Adjutant
General Corbin, in copying that idea
and issuing pamphlet with the fol-
lowing title page, lettered in gold:
Tour of the Adjutant General of the
Army to the Philippine Islands, from
June Goth to Sept. %, 1907 In addi-
tion to giving all the stops of the train,
bearing the self constituted hero across
the continent, there are blank pages
headed: date" latitude" etc, for the
thrilling adventures that must per-
force attend his trip across the Pacific,
and more blank pages for what will
happen in the Philippines. If some
Filipino mountain brigands should
take a notion to kidnap Corbin and
keep him, the people of this country
would not make flood with their tears
Representative Burleson. of Texas,
said: 'This talk of republicans of
tariff reform and antitrust legislation,
is all for effect, in my opinion. When
you speak of the trusts you instructive
ly think of the republican party. They
are synonymous terms. The trusts
own the republican party and that be-
ing true it is absurd to say that the re-
publicans will enact legislation that
may prove inimicable to the trusts. l
don't mean to be understood as saying
that the republicans will not discuss
the tariff at the next session of Con
gress, for believe they will make a
pretense in that direction but it will |
only be pretense. The republicans
will have all they want to attend to in
for the Philippines and Porto
Rico.