The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
CABINET BUSY ON STUMP,
Administration Aids Republican Nominees
for Congress,
Especial to Chicago Chromclel

Especial 60 Chicago Chroniclel
Washington, october 1.-The admjnlstra-
ton viii render all the assistance It can
to the republican congressional committee
and republican candidates for State offices
during the closing days OF the campaign.
Secretary Shaw starts tomorrow morning
for prolonged stumplns tour OF the West.
He has 40 engagement In Baltimore toe
morrow night aud us soon as he can nll t
he will take a train for chicago.
lie will speak IN Indiana, Illinois, Wis.
consln and Minnesota before gelpg Go Iowa
for the last week OF the campaign ia thar
state. Mr. shaw has a number of engage
ments in his own state which were ar
ranged for him by the Culnmtns state COM
mittec.
Administration officials are extremely In
tegeSted in the stand he VIII take 0n the
se-called Iowa idea while ~ home His
speeches thus far do not disclose mrch
sympathy on consideration for the idea ON
his part. He has rCtralned carefully irom
lndorsils 1t where he has not snbtly de-.
pcunced 70. He Is not ennmored OF rue
idea apparently and doubtless VIII Ignore
il In his Iowa SneeepFs, ls r--
his way Eastward by. SLOW Jst9gas. Ne VIII
close the campaign 81 Mas ~ hUsetts.
Postmaster General Payne la IA Wisconsin
oStensihly 10 attend The wedding Of n rela-
ator Spooncr, Who IS lghIlng fer re-elcc'
tiOu. Mr.. Payne viii not make any public
speeches because he Is not a stump orator.
lie is an organiser aud the assistance which
he will render senator SpoOner undoubtedly
win be Invaluable.
Attorney General Knox IS slated for q
series OF speeches Ia PepnsylVaulU. where
owing to the coal strike the republican
state ticket Is IN imminent danger OF g
disastrous defeat. Mr. kuoX Is slated fog
speeches at Philadelphia Scranton and
WtlkCShOvre, in the anthracite region. and
al l4ttshurs and Allegheny, on the west
ern side Of the State,
Secretary Root win 20 TO the assistance
OF the republican organization IN New
York, which also Is in desperate straits
Governor Odell personally has requested
him 10 stump the State for the republican
ticket aud the secretary has acQuiesced
Owing 20 the very prominent part which
he played iu bringing the operators arouut
10 submit proposition To arottrnte IN,
coal strike the New York republicans re
gard Mr. Root In the light Of "a star oi
the frst order. The coal strike has beer
their bette noir. Il has been threatening
them with disaster for thirty days past
They need Mr. Root IN their business am
they purpose 20 have him.
Secretary Wilson has been IN the cam
paign from It's Inception. Indeed he ha,
devoted practically all his time for thirty
days 70 politics ANA he VIII continue 4,
make speeches throughout the middle Yves
until election day.
Secretary Hay may not hr asked 10 tax,
the stump tie does not want 10 do so
Secretary Hitchcock VIII make serlc,
q speeches ~ his own state Of Missouri
All the cabinet members with the possibi,
exception 81 Mr.. Hay VIII be abseut from
! Washington most ~ the time nntu ATTIC
the election. The president wants thcn
90 aid the republican congressional commit
I tee because he IS deslrdus Of a repuhlicai
1 victory and continued republican domina
ton OF the house Of representatives.