Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-05-22

From our Regular Correspondent

President McKinley's decision to aban-
don the rest of his trip, on account of
Mrs. McKinley's illness, and return to
Washington as soon as the physicians
think she is well enough to stand the
journey, caused no surprise in Wash
ington, where everybody knows the
devotion of the president to his semi
invalid. wife, As soon as her break
down was announced the abandonment
of.the trip was expected. The members
of the cabinet in Washington deeply
sympathize with the president, and
with SecreAEC Long, whose daughter
is i'll at Colorado Springs, where she
has been living a year or two, and
Secretary Gage has an added cause
for sorrow in the serious illness of
Mrs. Gage.
Secretary Root has issued orders to
all the heads of bureaus in the War
department. to reduce their clerical force
to peace basis;as rapidlyas possible, as
it is his intention to dispense with all
employees on what is known as the
temporary roll, - which was estab
lished to handle the increased clerical
work of the department caused by the
Spanish war and kept up by the revolt
in the Philippines, by the close Of the
present fiscal year, of which only six
weeks remain. The army in the
Philippines will make considerable ex
ira clerical work for long time, but
now that there isn't the occasion to
rush things that was necessary while
there was fighting going on, Secretary
Root thinks the regular force OF the
department ought to be able to handle
it.
Ohio Republicans shave been
aroused to Indignation at what they
resent as misrepresentation OF Gov
ernor Nash in recent publications.
One of them w. w. 0. ATolfOrd,
whose home is in COlum bus-said:
1.-Two nonsensical stories have been
circulated about Governor Nash.
One is that the Republicans will not
dare to renominate him because OF his
opposition to that prize fight at Gin
cinnati. Governor Nash will not only
be renominated. but he will be re-
elected Every vote he will lose liz
Hamilton county for having sstopped
the prize fight will be offset by ten
votes gained in other parts of Ohio.
As for the stories of Governor Nash
having been piqued because of lack Of
attention in California, no one who is
acquainted with the man will believe
them. He is most unassuming,1 dis
likes ceremonies and participation in
functions, and is about the last person
who would complain because President
Mckinley had been the chief attrac-
ton to the exclusion of himself. !"
1t might be supposed that John
R. Mclean, who lives in Washington
yet assumes to be leader Of the Ohio
Democrats, would find his Cincinnati
paper the best medium for reaching
the Ohio Democrats, but he made use
of Washington paper this week to
give them some advice about this years
campaign. He told them that he
would not ask the state convention to
endorse him as United States senator.
and that he hoped no one would be
endorsed, and he tossed red rag to-
ward the Bryan bull-pen by telling
them that above all things a platform
must be adopted that will unite the
Democrats. Right there wise Mr..
Mclean stopped. He didn attempt
to say what sort Of platform would |
unite the Democrats, for the very
good reason that he could not If the
national platform is reaffirmed, the |
anti-Bryan Democrats will be exactly |
where they were in last years nation |
al campaign, and if the national plat
form is ignored Mr.. Bryan can be
counted upon to lead the thick and
thin Bryanites in opposing it as we'll
IS the ticket. Consequently Mr.. Nc
Leans advice, while it is doubtless
good, isn't likely to be productive Of
platform that will unite the Demo-
crats,
Englishmen who will admit the su-
periority of anything found outside of
1.-The tight little island are rare, but
Fl. A. Campbell, a wealthy resi-
dent of Norfork, England, who came
to Washington on his private steam
yacht, is one of them. He said: Il
have never been in this country be-
fore. am very free to say that I
think in many things you are far
ahead of US in England, particularly
in your electric appliances. have
much admired your fine street cars,
your lifts or elevators and the mechan-
ical appliances in the shops, notably
the cash registers.
Senator Quay's speech at the recep-
ton of the Pennsylvania State League
of Republican Clubs, in Philadelphia,
in which he said: Il will never
again be candidate for any nor ac-
cept any official position, was not
surprise to his Washington friends
He would have retired at the expiration
of his last term in the senate had his
enemies not made it impossible for him
to do so without loss Of self-respect.
Senator Platt, of Connecticut, chair
man of the senate committee on Cuba,
came to Washington this week for the
purpose Of comforting with Colonel
Edwards. chief of the InSular division