Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-19
Mr.. Moody on Massachusetts,.

letter in his behalf, commencing his ability,
efficiency and character
Mr.. Moody on Massachusetts,.
Attorney General Moody spent short
time with the President today on g. depart
mental matter. On his way out ne was
asked about the probable vote in Massa-
chusetts election day
my state will give republican plurality
Of not less than $1,000 votes he said.
There will be a republican gain from tne
normal vote, but exactly how much l don !
know The democrats can not hold the
vote of their young men, who admire the
President and intend to support him. This
is especially true of the young lrishmen IN
Boston and elsewhere. The democrats are
aware of this state Of affairs, but can not
help it,
"Will the socialist vote in the state be in
creased this year?"
.There are no signs that the socialists
will materially increase their VOTE At one
time they polled quite large vote In the
state and attained sufficient strength to be
put on the official ballot without the pro-
cess of nomination. The socialists have
some strength in the state. The fact is
that the mayor of my home town was for
three terms a socialist.
Delegations Received.
The President received the principal Off
GERS of the knights of Malta. They were:
David F. Melville of Pennsylvania. supreme
commander: w. E. Higgins of Massachu-
sets. supreme generalissimo; A T. Hamil-
ton of Pennsylvania supreme captain gen.
eral and Frank r. Hayden Of MaSsachu-
sets, supreme prelate.
The President also received delegation
of the Brotherhood of the Union, now N
session here. Harry I, Yohn of Philadel-
phia introduced the members of the party,
which included H! T. Sergeant of Whining
ton. Del; Amos j., Eggleton of Philadel-
phia. Charles Throckmorton of New York.
John +. Harmed OF Camden N. j.; Hilton
Taylor of Camden N j.. and John H. w.
Thrush of Washington
ohio's Huge Majority.
Mai. F. c. Bryan of Ohio, law partner
of Senator Charles Dick. called at the
White House today to see the President.
Mai. Bryan is identified intimately with
the Ohio campaign, Senator Dick, his part
ner, being chairman of the republican state
executive committee He takes an optimls-
| tic view of the Ohio situation.
"Ohio will give Roosevelt the biggest
plurality the state ever gave candidate
| for the presidency said he. In my 9udg-
ment 1t certainly will reach 10000 and per-
laps may run up to really astonishing hg-
ures. 1 have talked to county chairmen
| from every county in the present demo-
| cratic congressional districts. and they in
| sst that they have better than even
puted districts except one-the fifth. The
Bryan democrats are not in sympathy with
| the national democratic ticket. and 1t 1s
probable that there will be a heavy falling
off of the democratic vote In the state.
appearances indicate that we shall make a
gain of at least two representatives In the
state and perhaps three"
Mai. Bryan, who brought his family to
Washington to locate it here for the WIN
ter. will return to Ohio in a day or two.
He will remain there until the close OF the
campaign.
No After-Election Hunt.
A story has gone the rounds of the coun-
try that Immediately after the election
President Roosevelt viii spend a few days
hunting big game in the west The story
said that he would be the guest of Buffalo
Bill and that there would be several En-
glshmen in the party. The Big Horn
mountains was fixed as the place for the
hunt, with a few days in Colorado later
The fact is that the President has not
planned any such trip and Will not make
any such trip. Right after the election he
will get down to active work on his an
| nual message to Congress, which is expect
ed to be a long and important document,
to the country. The President will no
doubt put in a hard winters work, and
next spring he will probably go west or
south for vacation trip after the snort
thing should force an extra session of Con-
gress, which cannot now be foreseen. In
the event of the election of the President
in November and his inauguration IN
March nothing be discerned ahead In
governmental affairs to cause Congress to
be called in extra session.
Panama People Are Pleased.
Rev. J. H. Sobey, who has been mis-
sionary in Costa Rica and Panama for
ctf of fha a
House today He was introduced to the
President by William r, Leaken, assistant
| United States attorney at Savannah. Rev.
Mr.. Sobey said that the change in affairs
| in Panama since the revolution was SO
grateful that the people were highly
| pleased, and that great good would result.
| This is the view he takes OF the causes and
results Of the revolutions:
| Degeneration has SO .demoralized the
people of Colombia that IT seems impos-
| sible for them to live long without It;
certainly they cannot live long with IT.
The recent three years revolution de-
stroyed more lives than Were lost in the
war between the British and the Beers.
| few men back among the mountains near
Bogota, some of them ignorant of condi-
tons on the coast, dictated to the people
there, draining their exchequer dry. The
people groaned under their bondage. When
the Panamans, who longed for progress,
| knew that the congress at Bogota had re-
FUSED TO sign the treaty with the United
| States for the purchase of the isthmian
| zone they became wild with disappoint-
| ment The undercurrent of feeling was
desperate in Panama. They felt that the
only way out of their bondage into lib
! erty and progress was to declare for their
independence. which, 1t is said, they had
| a right to do: and when they knew that
| their action would not be opposed by the
United States they did declare their in
dependence Their action made it possible
for the United States to negotiate with
the new republic for the purchase Of the
isthmian zone. and also to protect the in