Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-30
Washington Letter.
(From Our Regular. correspondent

Washington, d. c., March, "a, 1904.
Even if there are differences of opini-
on among Republicans in some of the
great states, as Ohio, and New York, re-
garding who shall control the political
policy of the state, there is but one man
spoken of for the Presidential nomina-
ton. Foraker or Dick, Platt, or Odel],
all will go to Chicago prepared to vote
for Theodore Roosevelt, who is already
considered as good as elected for another
four years. Up to date, out of 23O dele
gates chosen. 1875 have been instructed
to vote for thess president, Missouri, Tex
as, Mississippi, and Illinois have already
Joined the Roosevelt column, and the
chances are that not single state
will be found missing when the final
delegates are selected. The question OF
who shall be vice-president is yet unde-
termined and may not be decided until
the convention meets. Many states
have favOrite sons who would like the
place, and a number of gentlemen are
booming themselves for the position.
The nominations at Chicago will be
merely enthusiastic registerings of the
will and wishes Of the Republican party.
At present the opposition, the Democrat
ic party, is all at sea, having neither
platform nor paramount candidate
The dust the agents of Mr.. Hearst are
raising in spots over the country at
tracts considerable attention, but
it is agreed that it is not the
fOrerunner of cyclone. He has won
few delegates in unexpected places.
This seeming success has alarmed the
regular conservative wing of the Demo-
cratic party, and it is making despair
ing effort to get in line for somebody
who is at least both intelligent and re-
spectacle.
The important decision in the Merger
case, for which the President is Justly
being congratulated, has produced the
result expected, and the Northwestern
Securities Company, which held the
shares of the great combining railroads,
has fastened to distribute them to the
individual stockholders. The company
wisely decided to fully and promptly
comply with the courts decree F.. 1t is
announced that the Beef Trust will be
promptly prosecuted and other trusts
will be proceeded against as soon as
sufficient evidence can be collected upon
which to found good indictment. This
is work OF time and patience; and if
the government moves slowly it is, be-
cause the facts warrant caution.
The first full meeting of the new
Panama Canal Commission was held on
the 22nd., in this city, when a notable
able letter of general instructions
from the president was received
and read. He told the commits
sioners very plainly that he did not
know their politics and that the canal
was not partisan work but for the
benefit of the whole country. He ad-
mitted that the engineering feat to be
accomplished is the most formidable
ever attempted; and he warned the
commissioners that if they did not rend-
er the best service which it is possible
to procure, he would discharge them and
find some one who could. He also ex-
poets all subordinates who do not come
up to the standard to be at once dis
missed regardless of any backing they
may have. After these admonitory
warnings the President entertained the
commissioners at luncheon. It will not
be his fault if the canal is not properly
and economically constructed.
The Supreme Court is taking a vaca-
ton for the Easter holidays. 1t has
again decided that railway passenger
travelling on a pass cannot recover dam
ages for injuries received. The court is
to decide upon the constitutoinality of
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