Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
AT THE White HOUSE
Senator Proctor Says Ver-
mont is Safe.
THE STATE ELECTION
WILL GIVE THE REPUBLICANS
OVER 5000 MAJORITY.
Gossip About Brigham's Successor
Today's Cabinet Meeting-No
Call on the Banks.
THE STATE ELECTION

today that the Vermont republicans will
not fall behind what they regard as thei,
safe majority OF 5000 when the election
for members of Congress and governor IL
held the first Tuesday in September The
tradition is widespread that If the majority
in Vermont is below $4,000 the republicans
are almost certain to be defeated through
out the country in the November following
while if 1t is above $4,000 the party nomi
nees for President and Vice President will
be elected The Vermont republicans de-
not propose, Senator Proctor said, to give
the leaders of the party in other parts OF
the country any scare by failing to roll uI
their usual figures
Our campaign is soon to open," said
Senator Proctor, land 1t will be lively fol
awhile Secretary Wilson of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture has promised to visl,
me at my home and to make some speeches
throughout the state. He will make his
first speech at Proctor, August 22d. Speak
er Cannon has also promised to make two
speeches in the state-one at the home OF
each of the republican nominees for Con-
gress. The first of these will be on the 18th
of August. We shall try to have Senator
SpOoner make a few speeches. as well as
others.
1.-The republicans have nominated a splen-
did man for governor. He is Charles }. Bell.
and the republican badge is bell. Owing
to the popularity of Mr.. Bell with the farm
erS We nope 10 DTlllS OUT d Id Sci NOtC tHdA
usual among the farmers. The democrats
| have not yet non mated a candidate, but
will do SO in short time so lar as me re-
suits are concerned 1t Will make no oiler-
erce who they nominate.
| Senator Proctor admitted that the demo-
| Gratis of Vermont were more united now
| than they have been at any time since 1S92
! The gold democrats have returned to the
| party with the exception of those who Will
| ren ain with the republicans. BRAD
| Smaley who has for years been the main
! spring of the democratic party of Vermont,
| is now member of the democratic national
/ committee and far more active than he has
| been since 1892. In both the years that
! Bryan was nominated for President Mr
Smalley's health necessitated trips to Eu-
| rope but he has jocularly informed the re-
| publicanS that he is in SO much Detter
health this year than in the past he Will
| remain here What the democratic national
| committee will do about making cam
| paign in Vermont is not known here, but
| as the election is so near they may not at
| tempt to do much Senator Proctor SAID
| the republicans always entered the cam
paign with the same spirit they would If
| they knew the election was likely TO go
against them-that is, make hard hight.
| By many the Vermont election each year
| is considered the best political barometer
| In the country. In every year in which the
democrats have carried the country the re-
publican majority in Veromnt has fallen be-
low 25,0OO, but in every year In whlch
| there has been republican success the ma
| torty has been in excess of that hgure Inc
Vermont election is considered better
barometer as to the November electlo on
| than the Maine election, which Is held a
few DAYS after that in Vermont. Both the
years that President Cleveland was elected
| Vermont's republican majority fell below
%, 900. and in 1876 1t was also below that
! figure.
Gen. Howard on the Stump.
Gen. O. o. Howard was among the vis-
itors to chat with the President this morn
ing before the cabinet began its meeting at
| IL o'clock. Gen. Howard has determined to
! go on the stump for President Roosevelt in
| the coming campaign, and will offer his
| services to Secretary Cortelyou. The places
| where he will speak will be determined by
! Mr. Cortelyou. Gen. Howard said that
| while in the army he had taken no part IN
! politics. believing that a soldier should not
| do so, but since his retirement he had en-
tered into politics with zest. His first cam
! paign was for Mckinley in 1886.
| Eugene F. Ware, pension commissioner,
| paid his respects to the President.
Have you resigned this morning." Mr..
Ware was asked.
| NO, not this morning, and l have about
| decided now that l will remain in office
| until pulled out by horses" was the laugh
ing response of the pension commissioner,
| who is confronted often with reports of his
| resignation.
Some Ohio Visitors.
| Two republicans who will be members OF
| Congress from Ohio after the November
election and Ohio representative,
Charles Q. Hildebrant, spent a short time
with the President. William Aubrey
Thomas. who will take the seat in the
| House made vacant by the election OF
Charles Dick to the Senate, and James
| Kennedy, who will succeed Representative
R. w. Taylor, are the two men. They have
both been nominated by the republicans OF
their districts Mr.. Thomas lives in the
town where President Mckinley was born,
Niles. and Mr. Kennedy is from the district
that Mr.. Mckinley represented In Congress
so many years. Mr. Thomas will also rep
resent the district that President Garfield
| represented so many years
Mr.. Hildebrant, who Is the representative
for the sixth congressional district OF Ohio.
In the Cincinnati Times-Star that Senator
| Foraker had been requested to take charge
of federal patronage in his district pending
the Hildebrant-Scroggry embroglio. The
such order had been made. Postmaster
General Payne assured Mr.. Hildebrant that
he knew of no such request.
An Assistant Secretaryship.
Representative Hildebrant called with
Melville Hayes and they discussed the ap-
pointment of a postmaster at Higginsport,
Ohio. about which there is squabble.
The Ohio politicians are saying a good
word for Prof. Beal of Scio, Ohio, who
WANTS tO DS appoiHtcu dSsiStdut SSSFctdTy VI
agriculture to succeed the late Col. Brig
ham of Ohio. There are number of ap-
plicants for this position. G. F. Thompson
of Manhattan, Kan, is candidate. He
is the editor of the publications of the bu-
reau of animal industry Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture and has been In the
department a good many years. He is said
to have the backing of the Kansas delega-
ton in Congress.
The probability is that the President
will announce an appointment in a short
time 1t Is said that he desires a practical
farmer and stock raiser and the indica-
tions are that he will select a man from
New York state.
Presidents Return.
President Roosevelt got back to Wash
ington shortly after Q o'clock yesterday
afternoon. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, and they drove at once to the
White House. The President expects to
stay here until some time near the 18th