The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-21
WASHINGTON IETIER
.ewS From the Nations Csp-
itai by Correspondence

! mat live breezy state. lie says
nat owinr to his astute management
IN ~Spdingield he =, now a subject
.or unive. sal e~xecration." He claims
% have jumped upon his Weep s-
Dental boom n fiattened 1t out.
Many attempts were made to STAIN
pede the convention after the old
fashioned methods, and Mr.. a..no
| lac to suppress horns and drums; all
orts of Wild gyrations. banners. mot
.oes ard bowling de vis..es, befo.e the
delegates would sober down and get
o work. And now he says. there
is not a man IN Illinois who will
vote for me-" The President was high
~ amused at this recital. lie knows
speaker Cannon, and the romantic
way he has of telling of his exper-
ences. But Chicago is the place to
% be the next Weep esident and
here are many who believe Mr.. a
ION will be nominated.
1t is understood that as soon as At
orney Gene al Knox fece yes from the
Governor of Pennsylvania his appoint
nent as United States Senator. he will
etire from the cabiet and spend the
umner leisurely. And it Is now an
bounced that Mr.. Moody. the Secre-
airy OF the Navy. will become the new
Attorney General, to nold the place
intil next March. After that time it
will be in order to DISCUSS the chances
# Ambassador Chosie takin- the
place, giving Whitelaw Reid an OPP
90 tunity TO go to tie court of st.
lanes. The President will reconstruct
lis cabinet after his election. and all
'peculation as to WHO will remain and
Who will come in is premature. The
name OF the new Secretary of the
Navy has not been announced. 1t is
thought that If a strong man can be
found in New York State who will
AXE the position he can have 1t.
Moody is pleased with the transfer.
He pu poses to resume the practice of
law at the end of his administra-
ion. And IL is said that he has fol-
owed up all the questions with which
VI. Knox has had to contend since
he took the office. All opposition to
having Secretary Cortelyou become
the chairman of the National Repub-
lican Committee has disappeared and
ne will soon resign his portfolio. Those
who know HIM best claim that he is
4 strong but silent man, and much in
alined to have his own way. He has
a delicate method of getting what he
wants. but the main thing is to get
1t.
Whatever discomfort was caused
among the neg voters by the action
or inaction of the Pres lent or Sem
ate in the Crum case. seems certain
to be offset BY the generous number
Of neg oes admitted to the Chicago
convention mostly from the South. Not
less tnan ffty-e. ght are already
elected. including eleven from Geo.
gia. thirteen from Mississ. ppi, and a
al ge majority of the membe.s from
South Carolina and Alabama. The
Lily White faction will contest. but
it will be sem to the rear and SUBJ
merged in the enthusiasm which the
name Of Roosevelt evokes.
Strange that as soon as Attorney
General Knox. who has been BOOKING
after tie trusts. vas made a senator
f ON Pennsylvania and MIR. Gai field
of the Depai tment of CONNIE. c. ami
Labor was about to hand to the Pres
ident his report on the beef trusts the
price of beef should suddenly advance
. cents a pound. Exactly why the
COW decided to jump over The moon at
this juncrure is far from clear One
Of the wise government oaac.als SAYS
cattle cost more because they are
scarce. But the census returns ana
the estimates of the Depa trelt of
Ag. icultuae show that there ase as
many cattle in the land now as at
any other time. and the freishs rates
cha ged for transporting live sto,x
and d.essed meats from Chicago 10
eastern cities were 5 cents lower Iva
April per 100 pounds than las; Jan
uary. The butche S in Wash ngtpn
expect to see the price of beef tai. in
a week or two to the usual mark.
The little b. own men. the Fiiipinos.
have come and gone. They listen-.i
to tbs usual speeches. which they cv,.ld
not undei stand: attended a reception
at the White House and were duly in,-
pressed with the beauty of American
women: shook hands with the pras-
dent: heard Secretary Taft say the
Philippines for the Filipinos'': went 10
the navy yard and peeped cautiously
the big guns and tool a ride all
over Washington with red sosettes
pinned to their coats. Altogether thew
Wee "lost In wonder" at VIVA; they
saw. They 10 a Gu .ous int. est in
the home tomb Of Washington
the man whom they have been taught
could mol tell a lie. One of them
asked your correspondent what II is
that crowns the donna of The Cauifpl.