Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-02
Has Been Made the Mark of the
Resigning Rumor.
ALPHABETICALLY DENIES ASSERTION
Secretary of Treasury Asserts That
He Is in Perfect Accord wit, the AID.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Speeches OF
President and Himself as Evidence.
Washington, D. c.. Sept. 80.

Washington, d. c.. Sept. 80.
The recent story that Secretary
Shaw was to resign is the first time
that he has been made the mark of
the resigning rumor and he does not
seem to like it. He vigorously denies
having any intention of resigning. II
denied this rumor in Chicago" he
said ut would seem unnecessary to
refute story that has no author and
that is built upon a false assumption,
and is enlarged upon simply to- fill
space The President and the secre-
tary of the treasury are in thorough
harmony. OF this there need be no
doubt if the speeches made by the
President and those made by myself
are read through and compared, in
stead of the headlines 1t has been
vaguely charged that the President
and secretary were at variance on
practically all important questions, no.
tably the tariff. But the declaration
comes from an authoritative source
that there are no material differences
in the position of the secretary and
the President Those who know Sec
rotary Shaw say that he is too con-.
sentative and cautious to embarrass
his chief and the republican leaders by
putting forth views views not in &C.
cord with those held at the White
House. In his Vermont speech on the
tariff and again in his recent Chicago
speech, it is said that Secretary Shaw
did not speak without the knowledge
of the President. The President has
been aware of the secretary's attitude
on the tariff and, it is presumed, has
given his sanction to it. 1t is also
pointed out that the views of the Presi
dent as enunciated in his Indiana
speeches, just before his operation,
and those of Secretary Shaw are in
such accord as to merit attention.
Secretary Shaw was the first official
caller on the President by invitation,
the morning after his arrival here.
Both republican and democratic
campaign managers are quoted as
declaring that politics is failing to
arouse any unusual enthusiasm over
the country this fall. The fact that the
voters, especially the farmers, are very
busy is no doubt largely the reason
for this condition. The importance of
lessening the size of the stay-aI-home
vote is appealing to all the republican
managers. When in Washington some
days ago, Chairman Babcock said that
the only danger that threatened the
republican success was the sIay-at-
home vote The republican committee
is doing everything in its power to
awaken interest in the campaign, but
the task does not seem to be an easy
one The republican managers, how
ever. believe that the apparent apathy
Is due to the fact that the voters have
made up their minds that they will
continue to support the republican
ticket, and that this decision will be
manifested by sweeping republican
victory at the polls next November.
The Washington Post says: "a few
days ago the valued Chicago Record
Herald had Geographic information
from Walter Wellman to the effect
that President Roosevelt was going to
cut loose on his western trip and adj
vocate tariff revision in his speeches.
How does our Chicago contemporary
like the beginning the President made
just before he had to return to Wash
ington?" MIR. WelIman evidently
wrote this story with the same pencil
that he used at Des Moines when he
wrote up an account of the conference
of the Iowa leaders that was quite a
revelation to those who took part.
Chairman Griggs of the democratic
committee thinks that the cause OF
Speaker Henderson's withdrawal was
the tariff and the tariff question only.
Il regret very much that it should
have been stated that the democratic
campaign managers had been contem--
plating personal attack on Speaker
Henderson, said Mr.. Griggs. Moth
ing has been further from our inten-
tions. | believe that Mr.. Henderson
retired from the race for the reasons
that he gave. To believe anything
else, it seems to me, would be ref1ec-
tion on his integrity as man and his
standing as a republican. / believe
what he says whether his protested
friends believe it or not The cores
pondence that passed between Chair
man Griggs and the speaker on the
apuDIcdIloH VI tHe IuHloF ludI per-
sonal attack was to be made on Speak
er Henderson was conducted by tele--
graph and was as follows:
Hon David B. Henderson,
Dubuque, Iowa:
Statement in New York papers this
morning that democratic managers in
tended or contemplated personal at
tack on you absolutely false as far as
the congressional committee is con-
cerned. am very sure you would not
care about the same and merely send
this message in the interest of truth.
-. M. Griggs.
Hoffman House, New York.
Speaker Henderson's reply to this
readc.