The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-28
ALL IN The WORD

ALL lN I'LL HUM
The President wiz Not Make
"Political" Speeches.
BUT WILL MAKE SPEECHES
Giving the Governments Point of
r.. view-The Department of
szz, '.$s Commerce. Is
: From, The Journal Bureau, Room z5. Pod
BIiZdd,tg. Wushi1,0ton. .-s~ s. F.
Washington, July 2s.-The seeming DIFF
ference between President Roosevelt and
some of his newspaper friends regarding
the character Of the speeches which he
proposes to make In the northwest and
west this fall, arises over question of
definition. He says he Is lot to- make
any political" speeches; some of his
newspaper friends have said that he is
to make political speeches. Both are
probably right. 1t Is not the intention
of the president to. go over the country,
In response to non-partizan invitations,
and indulge in partizan addresses; but
it is his Intention to make speeches on
the topics which will be most discussed
during the present campaign, notably the
trusts and the Philippines. He will not
state his case as a partizan, but as the
president of the whole people. He will
give the administration point Of view
of these and other questions. and take
the public. fully into his confidence. Not
once will he ask anvbo6y to vote the
republican ticket next November. but
every word he utters, in proportion as it
carries conviction, will be an appeal
of tremendous force in favor of the re-
tention of the republican party in power.
His speeches will be good deal stronger
coming in this way than they would be
as bald appeals for votes.
Several members of the cabinet are also
inclined to resent the insinuation that
they are to take the stump in defense OF
the republican position. They say that
no line OF cabinet campaign has been
mapped out, but their admission that
nearly every cabinet officer is to appear
in one or more public addresses before
election day ought to be enough to sat
isfy the public that the cabinet, whether
as the result Of deliberate plan or
otherwise, Is to present the administra-
tton point of view.
The net result of these speeches, if
they have anv result. will, of course, be
to inspire public confidence in the ad-
ministration, and that is why they will
be heard. The president takes high
ground in this matter, claiming that the
country has right to know. during a
time when the administration is being
attacked on the stump in n>every state, just
what that administration has to say by
way Of defense. There is none so we'll
fitted to state the administration position
8 a w a mar az ri
marily, therefore, the addresses of the
president and Of his cabinet advisers will
not be political" they will. be made
for the enlightenment OF the country.
The Department Of Commerce.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa, on
his way home from a trip to Osyter Bay,
stopped recently in Washington, where
he said that in his opinion congress
would pass the department of commerce
bill during the short session next winter
1t is still believed that Private Secretary
Cortelyou will be given the position at
the head Of the new department. -'
Opposition to Mr.. Fletcher.
The eastern newspapers are making a
good deal Of the opposition which Repre-
sentative Fletcher is encountering in the
Minneapolis district, and of the fact that
Representative Tawney Is to have oppo-
gentlemen it Is understood here, are In
trouble on account of what they did dur
ing the last session to impede the prog
ress Of Cuban reciprocity. and this fact
lends an added interest to the discussion
Medical Inspection of Schools.
Members Of the Washington medical
fraternity are hard up. How hard up may
be judged from the fact that petition
bearing fifty signatures of doctors more
or less prominent, has been sent to the
district commissioners praying that the
undersigned be granted the privilege OF
making free inspections" Of public
school children. The medical fraternity
tried to get bill through congress to
to submit their children to the ministra-
tions of lot Of public M. DIS, and had
the bill squelched. o. course, the doc
tors only motive is philanthropic; but
they can hardly be blind to the fact that
their discoveries of alarming ailments
might accrue to,their private practice.
49, Sentiment Against Bailey.
A Texas politician who was in town
the other day calls attention to the fact
that Senator Bailey was not called on
for a speech at the convention recently
held there. He says that the sentiment In
Texas Is almost as strong against Bailey,
on account Of his assault on Beveridge,
as it is In other sections of the country.
He says Bailey kept in the background
on the advice - his friends, who feared
that he would be hissed. b. -
Wisconsin, ms a Center of Interest
1t is figured in the east, by the news
paper men, that Wisconsin will develop
more live political news this year than
any other, state in the union, on account
Of the Spooner complications. 1t is the
general desire of the east that Spooner be
returned to the senate, and the fact that
there is danger Of his defeat. owing to
local differences between state leaders
will keep Wisconsin we'll in the news
foreground until election times. =
The Police Scandals.
The eastern press is taking very live
ly interest in the Minneapolis police scan
dals, and men registering from that city
are pounced upon by the hotel reporters
here and In New York and Philadelphia
with great persistency. A number of in
terviews have been printed, and all ol
them are given big headlines and good po.
sitions.: II the tide Of travel from the
northwest were at flow instead Of being
at ebb, the results would be even more
noticeable than they are.
w. w. Jermane
i. SHIP BUILDING RECORD y
Record Year on the Lakes With
Great Promise for 1908.
New York, July 2S.-A publication just