Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-11
SITUATION STATED
MR.. LANDTS SAYS THE STATE Is
SOLID FOR PRESIDENT.
Democrats Drawn Into the WHINING
ton, N. c., Post Office Case
Alaska Needs Roads,

ut makes me somewhat tired" said Rep
resentative Lands of Indiana at the White
| House today, Ito see talk about Opposition
| to the nomination of President Roosevelt in
Indiana. 1t is a dead. cold fact that there
| is no opposition to the President in Indiana.
There may be politicians who would like to
see him defeated for the nomination but
these men are held down hard and fast by
the absolute knowledge that they can not
help themselves and that they could not or
ganize an opposition to him If they wanted
to. If the people of the state thought the
politicians were organizing to secretly or
otherwise oppose the President they would
rise and the whole crowd of politicians
would be literally unhorsed and trampled
upon. 1t is all idle talk to say that 1t has
been found necessary to oragnize the
Roosevelt forces so to prevent the oppo-
sition making progress. Such statements
| do injustice to the facts, hoodwink many
people and make 1t appear that some men
of prominence are opposing the President
| This is not true. Not a politician in Indiana
would dare try to stem the tide IL he want
ed. We have pretty clear-headed set of
men in that state, and none of them wish
| to be run over. The effect of this situation,
/ however, has been to cause some men to
| rush In, swim along with the tide and let
| II appear that they were really directing the
whoe business. That tide has never needed
any one to direct it. The whole thing has
been irresistible from the start
Democrats Taking a Hand.
The North Carolina democrats have now
been partly drawn into the fight over the
Wilmington. N. c., post Office. Senator
Simmons. democrat. visited the President
today to lay before him a petition from
business men and others of Wilmington
protesting against the appointment of Mrs
Russell wife OF ex-Gov. ID. L. Russell as
Tina ct tor on hp md shof ha iu
a resident of the city or county and has
citizenship in another county. The sign
ers declare themselves opposed to any vio-
latiOn of home rule principles. Senator
Simmons has taken no part in the fight
however, except to present the petition,
which is said to be strong one in many re-
speets The republican organization OF
North Carolina is supporting Mrs. Russell,
while Miss Darby. the incumbent. hiss
strong support from local and outside per-
sons of influence.
The Most Northerly Post Office.
D. A. Mckenzie. United States commis-
sioner at Coldfoot, Alaska. on the Koyokuk
river, was at the White House today with
Colonel Symons. superintendent of public
buildings and grounds. Mr. Mckenzie II
located at the most northerly of all the In
land pos Offices of the United States. The
postmaster is a woman She receives ten
mails ea ch year and sends that many back
to the world The mails ia and out are e-0ifcel
a month except in May and October These
., ..,o tasieu 80 .no ,s,,%i;l taI - Sap
and when the thaw commences. In these
h,oi..tiS io MAJ ~ ~ " .o 49,
ol MI s 80, - ~ iss. 1t
authorities of the government the needs OF
that northerly portion OF Alaska. Two
Things are oaoiy heeotd, ne says. one oh
ttese IS roau OF some sIhu it1in Gie
Kon river across ue interior 70 tne Soioiool
region Another IS the establishment of a
reindeer station, Where the bfeeulng OF rem
deer, both for food and as BEASTS of burden,
may be carried on. The Americans VINO
live at Coldfoot ana who are engaged in
mining in that faraway region have no
fresh meat except that from the wild AMI
mails that have abounded nut the WHO am
KenZie says it is only question of time
when they will become so scarce that meat
will he unknown article
Provisions cost 34U0 ton for transporta-
ton fro-.1 Seattle to Coldfoot In the sum-
mer long steamboat trip is made to the
mouth of the Koyukuk river which emptIes
into the Yukon From this place small
steamer runs to within sixty miles OF Cold
foot @1oot; IN the "iii'ef Jugs anu 'ieo7 "''
''The bravery of the people who 1--we In
this wild, cod country can no petter pe
shown than IN ths esse o. Difat, IA s. p r. la nIr
NIoE anz;a ..yVith her HUSBAND she travel
ed from Kotzebue sound to Coldfoet, many
>'''<',
had peins on these sleus they i1 weie ;.sI tt.
eiinS over the ice oi tue NY uNuA H9 iiEei.
Unexpectediy theS eHcouute-eu go u IN I nee ae
shaiioW place III tne iiss, diu WI 4 iu.ii
mef went throush ilto .iie wa'eL u, Ills ms
armpits. Inc SEQ also We'll 5 illto ene M tlyeI,
Inc theTmohe,ei MsS >" .1 GIs e peaom
zero, ana they were @ ~. y iilies .iio.n .n any
nVlnS human peii5, h,'ii ',le y, eo,i ~ oI
three all the mdtcies lhey iiao Win thsuh
pecame wei. neg niaiiassu -, " Da'iu " "a, a p,s
Drush nre IN me ILie snoW anu t ~. ~ "a as wei ven &c
tley couiu' ien - ,,eS 81, 'e t o aaoer,ea -
the Wa,ei anu ", W ~. rrto ~ 49, - ~
canI, tniit ,iiiea ,,nI tI; ,,oa s 80
~ nlaileu ,s;,',,s "..n u ~. 1T, ;n,,re, iN
parMS " Ioli,ii'ue ~. t yt e =, a., H.
w nat Aiaska ~ i,eeuS w"is 81 VI a.. al - s, io,.
Ihese VIII oeeeiop INC oou"'iS auicAe'
than any Ilins eiSe. r-r,.o, c.a.os
Mr Mchehlie, az -" Stth'ss .'9.n I'm
missioner, perloiIhs, % utiue, IRE Pesuuar Pi!,a
laws OF the terLleoiy, luous % GU t'' te
1 judicial HNr.3 powers of extensive variety, far