The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-02
POLITICAL WATERS MUDDlED|
Hitchcock Will Remain at
Throttle Of Party Organi-
cation.
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| Washington, November 1.-PoliticaI
and official Washington Is on the move.
| especially that part OF 1t Interested IN
tho outcome Of the elections next week.
President TAFT. the members OF his
Cabinet, bureau chiefs and other high
government officials have already made
arrangements for their exit from Wash.
ington. and 1t is safe to say that from
now until the result Is declared next
| "Wednesday, little government business
Will be transacted here. Getting tns
tip that unless the G. y. p. ship shouid
be kept sailing. trouble nigh: come 10
them. several thousand clerks in the
various bureaus are now either on
their way home working Tor the Re-
publican cause, or VIII leave Washing
ton the latter part OF the wesk. IN
order to be at their homes when the
ballot boxes are opened Tuesday. They.
have been plainly told that the bosses
have their eyes upon them. and that
lit will not be safe to be found around
Washington on election day. Hundreds
OF poor government clerks, with ia tni-
lies to support. and whose salaries are
small. have been forced to pay railroad
fare to far away points In Missouri.
Kansas, Indiana and other Western
States. and one man was held up and
sent to Wyoming at his own expense
Tor the moral effect on other voters. #
Orders Ineffective.
In spite Of the fact that both former.
President Roosevelt and President TAFT
have Issued orders from time to time
declaring that any government emptoye
found politically active would be dis
missed from the service immediate ly.
the Civil Service Commission has prac-
stically ignored these executive orders.
In statement just issued TO voters.
the commission declares that 1t Is the
duty OF every man to take part IN tins
elections OF his state, and that no one
who goes home now to perform this
duty Will be hurt. Not only this but
all possible encouragement Is given
not only to vote. but make others vote
also. In other words, the political ma.
chine Is in such desperate condition
that all rules heretofore laid down for
the guidance OF government employees
are made null and void for the time pe-
Ing, and anything Will be permitted as
long as the voter does tho right thing
and votes for the straight 6. O. T.
ticket. Even the members OF the COM;
mission themselves are preparing 70
hang up the sign N OF At II ONE. |"
Roosevelt AIuddied the Waters
Until two weeks q go there seemed
elect stimson Governors. With thai t,
lead the Republicans Of the Empire
State would get a. good start toward a
national victory two years hence Blu
what has happened? Roosevelt got In
to the fight. talking here and tn ere
hrstSupon one sui jectS and then another,
now for the Western Insurgents and
then for the .'standpatters, until the,
country falls to know what he stands
for, If any one KIN ows It is orl Y Roose.
welt himself. But one thing is certain,
and that Is he has 50 stirred up the
in New York State that even
the wisest 81 men is unable to predict
the outcome, Any 8statement8no now tend
Ing to give a line on the resul tSt he re -!
the merest Fguesswork. ss$s
Ia All the Mig Ones Working. IA q
Can Root and Lodge and the ther
big administration men swing the tide
that Is fast Wash.n gSout the ops from
under the q. o. =. 8s3 II il.ss 5SssS
l While Secretary OF State, Ellhu Root
was onstdered one OF tn 9 wlsestf dip To-;
mats the country ever KIN eve--ey en g, r.
passing the late J ohm Hay and otn--;
tgetter he is a decided failure, He &c on.
Quoted the affairss Of Sta to, Swh ere iplo-3
tmatic secrecy is the stock In trade.
&wlththe most consummate success but
that called for q different kind of abb.
Etty8 than that necessary to be displ ayad
when It is proposed to carry New y orlS;
State in an election where the vot e Is
close as It is now, PERSONAL Root is
cold and formal, and anything but the
kind OF man to swing o. column Q 4
voters $50 the SHIT line. II
Lodge Down and Out, Too,
We're any one else but congressman
Butler sAmes running against Senator
Lodge. he would be counted down and
CUT True, he has been a power 1 IN
In time gone BY, and 10
3reckoned one OF the best Greek
sch GLARS the world has reduced sinces
the days Of socrates but In AIassass
lchusetts. like all q Their States. the peo-S
pie demand something else Of their
ipeopl q han n knoWledg Of Greek and
the other dead Languages they want
to know W OF sI4o dg Il WIN he forced
the robber tart r. on them, & N
II Will thus II be seen that w TIL 81 his
Own head bar ab qYn err, theg
learnad AIassRc ut - stA tasmsn.a Q Ia