The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-01
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QUARTERS.
| Secretary Shaw Assures Roosevelt
That It's All over But the Imag-
inntiOn-But the President is Not
Telling Anybody to Go to sIeeu
Around His Headqunrters-ParI1
Cleveland and other Democratic
Speakers Are Keeping the Admin
istratton Explanation Bureau
Busy.
By r. NJ. Larner.
Washington, Oct. 81, Secretary
Shaw made brief visit to Washing
ton last week on his way West to
wind up his spellbinding pilgrimage
at his own home in Iowa. The distin-
guished Secretary of the Treasury has
been absent from his office so long,
since the campaign opened, that some
one remarked, facetiously, that he
had to be vouched for at the door of
the department" before the watch
man would allow him to enter the
building.
When he put in an unexpected APP
pearance at cabinet meeting Friday
morning he was fairly boiling over
with confidence that the election of
Roosevelt and Fairbanks is assured,
and the only work left for the Repub-
lican managers to do from now until
election day is to hold the party in
line. and devote the surplus energy
and unexpended campaign funds to
securing a majority in the House. To
hear Secretary Shaw tell it, the battle
is already won.
Working for All They Are Worth.
While Secretary Shaw's expressions
of confidence may have been entirely
sincere, and at the same time graft
flying to President Roosevelt, the lat
ter intends to work the men under
him for all they are worth until the
polls close on the Sth Of next month,
For professed apostle Of civil service
reform who would scorn to give Off
cial countenance to anything SAVIOR
ing of pernicious activity in politics,
President Roosevelt is a record break
er. No occupant of the White House
in previous campaigns has played pol
itics with the same determination and
unflagging energy as President Roose-
welt.
OMceh0Iders Active.
Every member of the administration,
from the highest to the lowest who is
capable of doing anything to advance
the interests of the Republican ma
tional ticket, has been and Is now
working over time to elect Roosevelt
and Fairbanks. Republican otficehold-
ers are now travelling all over the
country making speeches and perform
ing other campaign work, which
would have been condemned had such
thing occurred under Democratic
administration. 1t will be recalled what
a row the Republicans made over Eu-
gene Higgins of Baltimore, while he
was appointment clerk in the Treasury
Department, during Cleveland's first
administration. SO bitter was the at
tack upon the administration for the
appointment of Higgins that President
Cleveland requested Higgins to remain
at his desk and not go to Baltimore on
election day.
However, conditions change and men
frequently change with them. At pres
ent the President is carrying on his
personally conducted campaign from
the White House, and the indications
are that he may be successful. He has
hit upon clever plan for unmuz-
cling himself whenever he thinks the
occasions requires contradiction of
any statement by his political oppon-
ents.
Explanation Bureau Kept busy.
Judge Parker, Grover Cleveland and
other Democratic speakers have kept
A atufr ffraV1 Ia rasa Tlra
reau exceedingly active during the past
week or ten days. II President Roose-
Welt consulted his personal inclinations
he would go upon the hustings and
do little withdrawing on his own
account. AS it is he is pledged to keep
off the stump and refrain from making
speeches until after the result is an
nounced at the polls.
The President is a close reader of
the morning papers. The moment ne
reads that a Democratic speaker has
made a statement, which he thinks
needs contradiction, cabinet officer,
or a senator or some public official is
summoned to the White House and the
President dictates a statement which
is fathered by the person selected for
the purpose and the Associated Press
sends it forth as an authorized inter
view with the person who happens to
be named.
The Presidents MOuthpiece.
At headquarters it is known that
the statement originates with the Pres
ident and the managers govern them
selves accordingly. In this indirect
way the President relieves himself of
his surplus strenuosity and takes al
active hand in the fight, over the shout
ders of Secretary Hay, Senator Knox,
Secretary Taft, Senator Lodge, Secre-
tary Shaw, or any man of sufficient
strength to carry an inspired" state.
ment. These observations, however
are simply to show the Presidents tact,
in introducing the Tom Sawyer" sys-
TEN to get his political fonce white
washed by his play fellows.
Bank President-'T hear that our
cashier has turned Chrfstfan Solar