Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-10-03

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Danger to Popular Government-The Re-.
publicans Feel Relieved of Grave Appre-
tensions by Suspension Of the Presidents
Tip-The New York Convention - Pen.
| sions Still characterization Of Officers
Of the Army.
Nrom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. rs, 1902.
President Roosevelt returned to this
city last night, having been obliged to
discontinue his western trip because
of an injury received in the accident at
Pittsfeld, Mass. Secretary Cortelyou
states that the President is not suffer.
ing from the operation, which he was
compelled to undergo at indianapolis
as result of his injury at Pittsburg,
Mass, and it is believed that a brief
but complete rest will entirely restore
him to health. There is evident q
general feeling OF relief in Washington
at the excellent condition in which
the President arrived here, as it was
feared that he would prove to be in q
more serious condition than the bulle-
tins stated. Personally, Mr.. Roose-
welt is held in the highest esteem by
the members OF all parties and his
death would be regarded az . national
calamity. Not only is this TRUE be.
cause of the regard which his manly
personality has elected on all sides,
but it is also due to the fact that were
anything 10 happen to Mr.. Roosevelt,
he would be succeeded tn the White
House by that dilletante invertebrate,
the present Secretary of State. The
death Of President Mckinley and the
two narrow escapes of President Roose.
welt, have served to call public atten-
ton to the fact that in the event of
the death of both the President and
the Vice. President, the person to suc-
coed them would be one selected by the
President and who might never have
received the suffrage of a single citi.
zen for any Office, a most anomalous
condition of affairs.
Now that the public is treasured OF
the welfare OF Mr.. Roosevelt, it may
be stated thvt there is considerable re.
lief felt by the Republican managers
that his western trip was interrupted.
Chairman Griggs Of the Democratic
Congressional Committee recently
made. public y statement in which no
said that the President was doing
yeoman's work for the Democratic
party and that opinion is largely held
by the Presidents political associates.
His utterances in regard to the trusts,
in the light of the unwillingness OF the
Republican party to adopt any remedy
which would afford genuine relief from
the trust evils, were bound, sooner or
later, to result in q vastly increased
Democratic vote. His statement on
the tariff question proved entirely I'M
Satisfactory to the western people.
They were pslpably lacking in enthu.
siasm and in certainty OF conviction.
To the most casual observer, il was
evident that the Presidents personal
convictions were not expressed in his
utterances and he is poor dissembler.
1t has reached your correspondent,
from private sources, that the people
ct Logansport manifested their disap-
pointment in the Presidents position
on the tariff most unmistaksbly. His
idea OF submitting tariff revision to .
non.partisan commission 10 not new
but il is chimerical. It was tried dur.
ing the Arthur administration with
entirely Improbable results. It was
demonstrated then that Republican
Congressman would not accept the
cut-and.dried recommendations OF q
civil commission. The tariff is . local
issue, and when tariff revision 10 under.
taken in Congress every Congressman
strives with mighty effort 10 preserve
or increase the duties on these SEIZED.
ules in which his own constituents are
interested.
The New York convention has met
and, as that 10 the Presidents State,
its convention has national interest.
The effort of the Republican press to
make it appear that there are serious
differences between Senator Plat and
Governor Odell il most amusing to
those acquainted with the inside facts.
Governor Odell 10 too shrewd . poll
ticisn to quarrel with the e. easy boss"
into whose shoes he is preparing to
stop. While Senator Plat 10 still a
strong political power in bis State, it
10 evident to all who see him that his
physical condition will soon make his
retirement from active politics imper.
alive, and when he retires Governor
Odell will be his successor. To the
close observer, however, it 10 evident
that, with . view of misleading the
general public, there 10 . pretense of
friction between the Two Republican
leaders. This was first occasioned by
the spreading OF the report that Odell
was the puppet" OF Plat and subse-
quently both have found it matter of
great convenience in opposing meas.
ures urged by their friends, to make
the othor the apparent factor in &C.
completing the defeat OF those meas-
ures. The New York convention in.
dorsed President Roosevelt and recon.
mended his nomination in 1904. The
trust question is referred to in the
most general terms and . statement to
the effect that the bad trusts must be
circumvented 10 included, although
there 10 no Endorsement of Mr.. Roose.
velts's scheme for federal control.
The only reference to the tariff is .
reafhrmation Of the benefits to be de-
rived from protection.
The statement is given out at the
Pension Office that the pension roll of
the United States has passed the mil.
lion mark. At the end of the fiscal
year but 554 names were lacking to
make the figures reach . million. but
those and more have been added since.
the grand total now being over ! c d..
600, this being tho largest number
ever on the rolls of this country.
Pension Commissioner Ware is show.
ing exceptional ability in the admins.
tration of his arduous office but already
there are IL, 6C0 appealed cases on his