Middletown transcript., 1902-09-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHINeroN september 1st. 1902.

!. Republican side of it is concerned. Pro-
: badly never before has such galaxy OF
able speakers been summoned together
Z as those who have signi6ed their willing
, ness to speak this fall. Ever since the
n adjournment of Congress, Colonel Casson,
3 of Wisconsin, sergeant-at-arms of the
House of Representatives, has been work.
' ing indefatigably with this end in view,
and, judging from letter he wrote re-
! Gently to friend in the Department of
Agriculture, his work has not been in
} vain. The formal campaign will be
! opened by the Secretary of the Treasury
! who will address an immense audience
, in Boston on October 8th. Secretary Will
son will speak in Iowa, and the attorney
general has promised number of bril-
, liant speeches on the trust question, al
thougirtime and place has not yet been
determined. The three great leaders of
the House, Representatives Payne, Dali
zell and Grosyenor, will be heard in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia
and probably in several other states.
Speaker Henderson will be provided
with a private car and will elucidate Re-
publican doctrines in almost every doubt
ful state, if any state can be properly
called doubtful. Representative Little
field of Maine, whose reputation as a
powerful and persuasive orator is WE'LL
known, will go to California to assist in |
the good work. Representatives Landis |
and Watson will take The stump and |
work with exceptional energy. Rep
resentatives William Alden Smith, Cor
liss and Hamilton, all of Michigan, will
be heard in many states outside their
own. The great meetings to be held in
the large cities will be cared for very
largely by prominent senators, Messrs.
Hanna, Foraker, Spooner, Quarles, Nc
Comas and others having promised every
assistance. The Republican committee
has been economical in its expenditure
for literature with a view to conserving
its funds for the purpose of enabling the
leading exponents of Republican policy to
explain by word of mouth the benefits to
be derived by retaining a strong Repub-
lican majority in Congress. Mr.. Murat
Halstead will address New Yorkaudiencss
on the Philippine question and Mr.. Ferd-
inand Ziegel, president of the Commercial
Travellers Club, will address Swedish,
Polish and German audiences, In the
light of the vigorous campaign which
will be conducted by the Republican
leaders the efforts of the Democrats seem
somewhat futile.
~
Mr.. w. A Wishard, Solicitor of In
ternal Revenus of the Treasury, has just
returned from Indiana and describes the
situation in that state in glowing terms.
He says that full corps of state officers,
with the exception of governor and lieu
tenant governor, will be elected and that
he regards the prospects of every Repub-
lican candidate as good, notwithstanding
that the campaign has not actually
opened. Mr.. Wishard bases his sanguine
predictions on the fact that the Demo-
Gratis are badly divided and are fight
ing among themselves. He says the free
silver Democrats and the gold Democrats
can never unite, that they are both abb
solutely tenacious of their own views and
are suspicious of each other. In fact, he
states that in many instances the hatred
by the silver faction of the gold faction
is more bitter than that felt for the Re-
publicans. Under these circumstances,
there will be much scratching of ballots
and the Republican ticket will be elected
by majority of from Il, 900 to 25,0OO.
~
The apparent triumph for Senator Till
man in South Carolina is regared with
certain complacency by the Republican
leaders. They say that reform of the
Democratic organization would have
made for its longer life in the state, but
that TilImanism is disgusting to the better
element and that the sooner the voters
appreciate that their only alternative is to
elect Democratic candidates, the sooner
the state .nlay be placed in the Repub-
lican column. While Senator Tillman's
nephew was defeated at the primaries in
the gubernaterialc contest and in that de-
feat certain amount of prestige will be
lost to the t'pitchfork senator" never
theless the probable successful candidate
will be man after Tillman's own stamp
and for the present there is little hope ,
for reform in the state. The supremacy !
of Tillman IL, too, warning to the gold /.
Democrats who realize that SO long as :
such men can control the party the cur
rency of the country would not be safe in
their hands. h
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A building which promises to be one /.
of the most beautiful in the city of Wash
ington is nearing completion and will be
ready for occupancy in October. 1t is
the Carnegie Library, for the building
and establishment of which Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie donated to the city of Washing
ton $3.50, 900. The building which is an
imposing structure is built on massive y
lines with little attempt at ornamenta-
ton. In addition to reading room for
adults, one for children and newspaper :.
room It contains accommodations for an :. :
100000 books. Every at :,
tention has been given to the lighting I I
and ventilation and the massiveness of !
the walls is a guarantee that it will re- :,
main boon to Washingtonians and q :,
monument to the great benefactor many : :.
years after his generation shall have pas. :,
sed away. The committee which has the
matter in charge is making arrangements
Tor elaborate dedicatory exercises and it
Is anticipated that Mr.. Carnegie will him. n
sslf be present. 7
0ystsr Season Opens g
The oyster season began early Monday S
morning. and there is every nronlise that