The age-herald., 1902-05-05
Washington Day by Day

Washington, May 4-(special.) 1.-The national capitals place in the summer tirae table of the stork. just issued by the publishing house of the Madame Ru- nor Company, is of greater national in- terest than any ether issue of that in tensely interesting publication for fifty years, not excepting the special Cleve- land edition of 1888.
 It is given out that four of the leaders of the last society season here, which was the most brilliant in the century of the city's existence. will for protracted season retire from societys view, seeking some quiet and secluded place of rest un- til next autumn, when they will again re- turn to their Washington homes and be able to take up the social reins at the be- ginning of another official season.
 Naturally the greatest interest is cen- tered in Mrs. Roosevelt, who, in company with her children, will leave Washing ton for Oyster Bay, where she will quietly spend the summer away from the cu- rious public, returning to the White House the latter part of September.
 Interest is also felt in the rumor that enforced retirement will remove the charming young wife of the veteran Sem ator Depew from the capital rather too early for the society people, who have become so fond of her during her short season here. and who will remain in Washington until the close of Congress.
 Just where General Corbin and his charming wife will spend their quiet sum- mer has not been decided, but with the young and beautiful wife Of the Belgian minister, Baroness Moncheur, she will be able to enter upon next winters brilliant social season with new interest and new zest.
 Happy in anticipation of the coming of "our sixth,' the President will have great fun in the Congress campaign.
 The chances now are that the Presi- dents party will in November lose con troi of the House of Representatives, and realizing the extremely dangerous con- dition of his party, Mir. Roosevelt has determined to deliver partisan speeches in many of the more doubtful districts In New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and possibly in other states.
 It is expected that the President will undertake a somewhat extended tour of the south In the early autumn; but 1t Is scarcely possible that he will in the southern states discuss partisan issues.
 The fact that he is to take an active and large part in the Congress campaign is said to be without precedent in the long line of the Presidents and 1t is a confession of Republican weakness and peril that Is fairly startling. Its wisdom from the Republican viewpoint would seem to be more than doubtful, for while the personal presence of the President on the stump will strengthen and letain many wavering Republicans, the necess:- ty for him to intercede directly with the electorate will induce a multitude to vote with the Democrats, or, in other words follow the apparently winning side.
 Yet, wise or unwise, MT. Roosevelt is to go forth to do battle against the foes of Dingleyism; and the condition of his par ty can better be imagined than described in view of his latest conference with his political leaders in Congress, lnclud- ing such stout cam paigners as MT. Hull of Iowa, MT. Overstreet of Indiana and Mir. Sherman of New York, the masters of the House Republican Campaign Com mittee, and with Secretary Root, Sena- tor Spooner and others, all of whom were summoned to the White House.
 The discussion in this conference is said to have been rather general in its character, but the situation in several states where the campaign is expected to be especially interesting was thorough ly reviewed.
 MT. Hull said after the conference that the outlook was regarded as encouraging and that the efforts of the Democrats to make political capital out of certain mat ters of legislation during the present Con gress had failed. He thought the Repub- lican party was in good condition to go before the country.
 Secretary Root and Senator Spooner talked with the President in regard to certain features of the Philippine situa- tion in the Senate. It is expected that