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Washington. n. C., May 25.-(Speclal Correspondence of The Republican)- As long as federal officeholders con fine their political activities to work within their own party. they are not likely. apparently, at least. to be sub ject. to 8 rcbuke from the president. A distinction appears to be drawn between ante and post convention work on the part of -officeholders. The proposition appears to be simple. In taking part in the preliminaries leading to the se- lection of delegates to the state and national conventions, officeholders are merely exercising theis rights in their own party. Eut snouid they. being servants of the whole people employ their office 10 further the election of a choice of ouly part of the people. then bccofis. easlty of pernicious ac- tivity: Secretary of the Interior Gar field. who ike MT Roosevelt. was for merly member of the civil service commission. said that it. was possible the president might call attention to this feature of the civil service regu- la t-uHs before the election. lnIeren- tially he is not likely to do so before the convention.
 The part to be played by federal officeholders in selecting the next re- publican nominee promises to be an important one. all through the south there are evidences of their activity. Ohio is also a storm center. There is no disposition. however, on the part of the administration to interfere with ofiiceholders in states having "favorite haA to bear in Indiana, illinois or Pennsyl- vania as far as known, to prevent fed eral officeholders from Loyalty support ing MT. Fairbanks. MT. Cannon or MT. Knox. In Ohio the case Is somewhat different for there Is contest between the president and the senators In that state and the federal ofticeholders are lining up for his candidate. Whatever doubt may exist as to the assistance the president may give Mir. Taft in other states there is none whatever that he will help him to the limit in Ohio.
 The disposition of the administration is to let things in New York strictly alone for the present. Governor Hughes appears to be hoeing his own TOW with considerable success and does not appear to want or need any as- sistance from the federal administra- ton. Whether his record as governor vii. make him a sufficiently promi- nent figure before the next republican convention to endanger the chances of other cadidates is problematical. For d while at least the administration will not make any more removals or ap- pointments in New York.
 The activity of q certain group of self-appointed guardians of the public morals and welfare promises to cause the president considerable annoyance. This combination is backed by two periodicals. a weekly and a monthly. which are securing considerable free advertising thereby. It is composed principally of writers in the employ of these periodicals together with some | office holders and others. The writ CTS boom the officeholders and the l others and the latter help the writers. | Ever since its organization the com bination has been actively supporting | the president and everything he has | done. Several of them are almost | daily visitors at the White House and | in a note accompanying q recent ar ticle from one of them the periodical l
 
 son obviously so closely in touch with | the administration that 1t was impos- sible to give his mamie. The article was devoted to praising the president It | Is now stated that these periodicals and. inferentiaIly, their employees and | representatives. propose to attack Fairbanks. Foraker and Knox. and I probably others. holding them up to !, .t. tions. Already one of them has at | tempted to show that MT. Fairbanks exerted improper influence in connec- tion with certain government con- tracts. and it Is announced the other will shortly contain an article on the same subject from the same writer. At tacks on the other leading candidates are scheduled to follow. While 1t is not even intimated that the president approves of these attacks or Is even cognizant of them. the relations be- tween the White House and the repre- sentatives of these periodicals are close enough to cause considerable comment.
 The government is about to pur- chase live stock on a large scale The Bureau of Indian Affairs is to buy | 126S mares. 126S milch cows. 24.I51 heifers and 775 bulls. to be divided among the Indian agencies. The total purchase will amount to about. a mill lion dollars. The specifications call for Durham. Shorthorn or Hereford | stock and the breeders of other cattle are making a loud roar. It is stated that under the treaty with the Indians | the commissioner is bound to supply the breeds mentioned and A. H. | Laughlin. of Ransom. North Dakota. | claims the Breeders Associations mak- ing a speciality of these breeds. had | hand in causing the selection to be | made. Mir Laughlin favors the Gallo way breed and says its shaggy hide is more valuable to the Indian than his | old friend the buffalo.
 In testifying before the Interstate | Commerce Commission recently. Geo. | H. Crosby. freight traffic manager of | the C. D. & e. railroad. said there Is | no definite basis for the reasonable ness of a rate. Among the elements | considered in making a rate were the | length of haul. service performed and | value of the product. He was a lit tie vague as to just where the value of |