The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-26
LATE HAPPENINGS IN
WASHINGTON
Items of Interest of the
Capital City by Special
Correspondence

Democrats are greatly disappointed at
the notification speech of John Sharp
Williams at the White Sulphur Springs
camp meeting. Impertinent where 1t was
meant to be funny. and merely weak
where 1t was meant to be sarcastic, II
must have shocked the businesslike
Grandfather Davis" a good zeal. IL
ought to have been blue penciled by
Judge Parker or even Perry Belmont be-
fore utterance was permitted.
Last Tuesday the president submitted
to his cabinet. for suggestions and crit
icisms, his letter OF acceptance. 1t may
not be made public for a week or ten
days. His views are so well known upon
all the great questions now before the
public that 1t would be easy to guess
pie This letter may not be as"juoicial''
as the recent speech of an eminent DEM
ocrat. but 1t will certainly be to the
point and unmistakable in Its meaning.
What the administration has accom-
plished, even very recently. is a matter
of public record. There has been no
mishap. no miscarriage, during the whole
of It, II the attempt is made by the OPP
position to ignore what are called party
issues" and confine the campaign to a
personal criticism of the president: II
will prove to be fatal mistake. Tha,
sort of fault-nnding has exhausted it.
self. The people viii ask themselves: Are
we content with the Republican party
and its professions as well as its per-
formances? Is the pres dent safe. ener-
getic. representative man? AS Speaker
Cannon says. Thus far he has secured
our ends In Turkey. In Morocco. In China
and In Panama. We have not become in
volved In any foreign war or European
auarrels. nor are we likely To be. No
quarrel with u.s." The speeches the
president recently made to the visiting
Filipinos and Porto Ricans must have
convinced them of his sincerity and good
intentions. He impressed upon them the
necessity OF doing practical work with
all their might. That is what has given
the American people their great up-lI,'
And that Is the secret of the prosper
ity which continues in the land. even IL
har H..
The president has decided to follow the
example of Mckinley I'm 1900 and re-
frain from making campaign political
speeches. But there will be enough
sueii-bnders to charm the public Among
those who will stump the country for
Mr.. Roosevelt are Speaker Cannon. Sec
retaries Shaw, and Taft. Senators Fair
banks and Lodge. Corporal Tanner. and
many others whose names are yet to be
announced.
All the prominent Republicans who
visited the white house the past week
brought cheering news of the determlna-
tion and contentment of the people. Mr..
Foss OF Illinois, chairman of the commit
tee on naval affairs. is confident that his
state will give the usual majority for
the Republicans. He says the Chicago
strike will have no influence upon the
election. Governor Chatterton, of Wy
oming, has assured the president that his
state Is safely Republican. prominent
editor from Nebraska. who was in this
city yesterday. reports that the Repub-
lican situation in that state Is good. The
Republican Campaign Book has appeared
and Is full Of interesting and reliable
reading matter. Among the speeches 1t
contains are the best by Mckinley. Hay.
Even the Democratic and Populist plat
forms are given. The leading subjects
discussed are the tariff Ito the extent of
rs pages). labor. wages. prices. trusts.
expansion. the Panama canal. Cuba and
reciprocity. irrigation and the punish
ment of offenders who have been in the
service of the Government. The book
claims that the Republican party has re-
deemed its pledges that prosperity has
followed. and that the Democratic con-
tentions are fallacious.
The unexpected and threatening situa-
tion In Europe recalled Secretary Hay
from his New Hampshire country seat,
and he has been very busy with Turkish
and Japanese Russian affairs. His dip
lomatic success. while a surprise to Eu-
rope. is regarded as a matter of course
by his codntrymen. Secretary Taft has