The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-27
WASHINGTON LITTER
N,ws From Washington by
Special Correspondent

tent of President Roosevelt. as Tar as III
him lies, and of Chairman Cortelyou, OF
the Republican national committee, 10
on quiet, sensible, digniied and enlight-
ened lines. They will appeal to the IN
telligent masses or the people, avoiding
sectional Issues and all sensationalism.
1t is not expected that this will be g cam
paign of large disbursements, and IL Is
likely to be free from personalities, a,
least so far as Republicans are concerned
The character of the candidates on BON
sides forbids the throwing of mud. VIZ
tually the only issue before the people Is
whether they prefer a continuance of the
Republican administrator and policy or
wish for a change to a Democratic al
ministration. While many government
officials and prominent politicians are
away from Washington the administra-
ton machinery keeps in motion, and
thre is always much t~ranspiring at the
capital of interest to the public.
Chairman Cortelyou has returned to his
desk at the Arlington, where he often
works as late as 10 o'clock at night, and
receives a host of callers. He expects to
put not less than forty good speakers
upon the stump during September and
nation to give out, as the work Is still
In its inception, and there are no special
facts to be published. On the 9th ms.
he will return to oyster Bay to be pres
ent when the President is informed of his
nomination, and thence he proceeds TO
Chicago. There are a number Of facts
confident and prosperous. The general
advance In the stock market is ore Of the
surprises of the day. The increasing az
tendance at the st. Louis fair shows that
the people have money to spend. A day
in advance for the time CT payment fhe
treasury officials were gratiied by the
receipt of half a million of dollars from
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition com
pany. Thus far the amount of the sum
loaned by the Government which has been
refunded is 1905, 149, and 1t Is now thought
that possibly the remaining $4,000. 900 win
be paid before December /.
Senator Scott, of West Virginia. has
paid a recent visit to the Republican
headquarters. He does not believe his
state will go Democratic, since the peo-
tective tariff. He says that at the time
the late William l.. Wilson advocated a
low tariff and c~anvassed the state the
verdict went against him. Besides. the
Republican party has agreed to readjust
the tariff where 1t can be done without
injury to American interests. And this
is quite as much as the Democrats could
do If they were in power. 1t VIII be very
difficult to interest the people in the So
called race issue. or the question of i'm
perialism. As soon as the Filipinos are
capable of self-government along Repub
lican lines, they will be granted autono-
my. These who have been travelling in
this country admit that the time has no,
yet come. and that much educational
work must be done before 1t arrives.
Secretary Hay has gone to his summer
home at Sunapee Lake. N. H., where he
expects to remain until the list of Octo-
Der. unless seine unexpected foreign com
plication, growing out of the eastern war
arises. The recent o~verhauling OF Brit
ish and German ships by Russian wat
vessels in the Red Sea, which has caused
considerable in Europe. has had
the effect of setting our state department.;
to studying precedents involving the step
page of neutral ships by belliggerents In
the exercise of the right of search. AS our
flag is seldom seen in the Red sea there
is little danger of the United States be.
coming involved In any controversy, but
the contention of this government has
been that a neutral flag covers neutral
goods. The action of the Russian ships
presents a grave issue.
A strike is threatened in Washingo on
which will affect every man at work for
the Government The issue is raised by
b~ricklayers at the arsenal, who struck
because a non-unicn man, certified by the
civil service commission. was put to work
according to law. Captain Sewell asks
the President whether he shall obey the
rules of the union or the constitution Of
the United States.
Those who are interested in long-range
forecasts, as they are called, of the
weather. have been looking up Prof. Eos
ter's predictions. which he issued the LIST
of July. He did say that there would be
a material rise in temperature about
July l5." 1t came a little later, but il
was hot enough TO make up for the de-