The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.

importance of the elections, and espec
tally of the election in New York, the
news from Washington while not sensa
tional, would be interesting enough, but
all eyes are turned from this city where
the polls are never open, to the states
that will elect new Congress, and to
New York, where until few days ago it
was anticipated the election of COVER
nor might be prognostic of the person
ality of the next president. The number
of Government clerks who have left and
will leave Washington to vote in their
various states, will be probably not more
than half as many as in years past. The
clerks no longer hold their places by in
fuence. Many of them think that they
do, and few perhaps still cling by this
old time cinch, but influence is growing
less and less security for place and the
ability of the clerk to pass the Civil Ser
vice examination and to do his work is
becoming more and more important.
| In political circles there has been no
subject of more interest than Secretary
Roots remarkable speech in Utica The
language of the distinguished member OF
the House of Peers when he said, The
gentleman cannot be severe without be-
ing supplementary I will show him
that can be severe and parliamentary
too," are remarkably applicable to Secre-
tary Roots finished faying of Mr..
Hearst 1t is understood that the Score.
tary represented the President. He was
in fact his proxy and it is thought his
speech will have as much influence as if
the President had made it. 1t is recog-
nized, however, that the President, while
direct and vigorous speaker, would be
quite incapable of forensic effort of such
finish and condensation. 1t is reported
that the effect of this speech and of the
message of Croker from England have
changed the betting so that the odds are
FIVE to one. The Hearstites, however,
continue to claim everything, and are
able to point to the fact that in the late
MAJORITY election the betting odds were
all against him.
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It is reported that the ill.feeling against
the United States is subsiding in Japan,
especially since it is learned that the
United States Government is to use its
best Offices to secure the admission OF
Japanese children to the public schools of
San Francisco. How the United States
Government is to accomplish anything in
this direction is, however, not so easily
understood on this side of the planet.
Here we know something of state rights
and municipal prejWdices, and we know
that caste is just about as we'll established,
though with different eccentricities as in
India. It is not at all improbable that we
will sooner or later have to argue With
the Japanese vi ct arms. News comes
from our Philippine possessions that
Japanese officer has been arrested while
make sketches of the Notifications about
Manila, Cavite and Coregidor Island. Il
will be remembered that some time ago
all Japanese cooks and servants were dis
charged from the United States Naval
vessels because it was suspected that
some of them were educated spies and
were to supplement the naval educations
that have been received at Greenwich,
Annapolis, Kiel and in the naval schools
| n ut he sc fnId
that an American captain, in making
formal, official visit to a Japanese war
ship, recognized in the captain who re-
ceived him in full uniform, his former
cook. The story may or may not be
true, but there is more than one natior
that is watching with interest not un.
mixed with anxiety, the energetic, insin-
uating activity of these irrepressibls
Yankees of the Orient.
~
President Roosevelt who went TO the
country cottage which he bought two
years ago in Albemarle county, Virginia.
in order, it was given out, that he NIGH |
finish his message to Congress before |
leaving for Panama, is evidently not
troubling himself great deal about the |
message. He is taking advantage of the
hunting season and fine weather to brinA
down wild turkey or tree coon. Will.
he has many trophies of his many hunt.
of big game, he has no coon skin. Some
countrymen with the Halloween spiru
still dissatisfied thought to have one or
the President by releasing a flock of tam.
turkey in the course which they knew he
would take in hunting the game ones
But the President was too wary for then