The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondent Gives Political and Other News
from National Capital.
Washington August 3, 1902.


Representative Hay of Virginia was
seen at Democratic headquarters last
night. Mr.. Hay deplores the lack of can
dor of which the Republicans are guilty
in the present campaign. He said that
it was absolutely untrue that the Demo-
Gratis had ever attacked the army and
that the Republicans knew it. They had
attacked blameworthy conduct the
part Of certain army officers and the
President had, in at least one instance,
so far approved Democratic criticism as
to retire the offending officer. Another
instance of the insincerity of the Repub-
licans Mr.. Hay cited, and that is the
statement that the army in the Philip
pines has been reduced to 1900 troops.
This he stated. is one of those half truths
which are almost worse than falsehoods
In addition to the 1900 troops which are
in the islands there are between II 900
and $1,000. Filipino scouts. who are act
ually a part of the army and who have
beeen trained to a considerable state of
efficiency. This force should be added to
the $4,000 American soldiers and then it
will be seen that the troops In the is
lands number about 10000 men and this
is quite exclusive of the native constabul-
arly who number about 1000. making a
total fighting force of upwards of 81 900
men. Mr.. Hay declared that the trusts
and the tariff were the leading issues of
the campaign.
Much amusement is expressed here at
the reports coming from Illinois to the
effect that the Republican machine is
waking from it's fancied security in re-
gard to the Senatorial contest. Some
time ago the claim that Senator Mason
could make any impression on the Re-
publicans of the State was laughed to
scorn by the machine Republicans but
now they are beginning to realize that
the election OF Representative Hopkins
to the Senate is not so certain His
condemnation by the Typographical
unions is bound to prove serious OBJ
stacle. There are some Democrats who
express the hope that the Senatorial
contest may end in a deadlock which
will result In sending a Democrat to the
Senate from Illinois.
Ben T. Cable passed through
Washington on his way west this week
and stopped at the Democratic head
quarters long enough to say few pleas
ant words to everyone there. He desig-
mates the tariff, trusts and the Phil
ippine question, I'm the order named. as
the important issues of the campaign
He said that a corps OF speakers would
be sent out by the Democratic committee
In addition to the large amount OF lit
erature which was being distributed and
expressed the hope that Messrs. Bourke
Cochran, Tom. johnson and Richard Oh
ney might be prevailed upon to take
the stump at some OF the more important
points.
Senator Carmaek. who has Just re-
turned from his trip through New Eng
land with Mr.. William ]. Bryan. says
that the Associated Press was totally in
error In its report that Mr.. Brvan exploit
ed the silver question in his New England
speeches. Mr.. Carmack says that Mr..
Bryan never touched upon the currency
questions. In fact, all Mr.. Bryans
speeches, which were well received. were
very similar to the one delivered at
Nantasket and which was so widely
published.
The action of Secretary OF Agriculture
Wilson at the Iowa convention has been
watched with a good deal of interest
from Washington 1t is we'll known that
the Secretary is an arch-protectionist
and that he was heartily opposed TO the
Presidents Cuban reciprocity policy, and
yet that he went out TO Iowa with ex-
press instructions from the President to
stand by the Cummings faction In the
Iowa convention and labor for a plank
committing the party to tariff revision.
Since the resignation of Secretary Gage
there is probably no other man in the
cabinet on whom Mr.. Roosevelt would
have dared impose so unwelcome and
humilating a task.