The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-07-08
CAPITOL CITY
DESERTED VILLAGE.
Business Transacted by ST.
800 Department Clerks.
Republican Prospects Have Grown
Brighter Since Congress
Adjourned
; Washington, d. c.. July 4. 1910.

N. washington, ID. T., July 4, 1911.
Since last week tn national capital
has become deserted village. Congress
the President, the diplomatic corps an
society have all scattered. Simultan-
eously with the departure of the Pres
ldent and Congress, the point of ma
tonal interest was shifted to New
York when the ex-President returned,
and it now appears that wherever he
lis there the middle men of the press
are gathered together and from that
point political news is dispersed. Bus
capital, but in an unlnspired hum
drum. mechanical way through the
81 500 clerks who really know the rou-
tine better than Presidents and cabi-
nets and chiefs of bureaus. But until
the first or middle of October there
will be but little to attract the atten-
ton of the public to Washington.
Since the adjournment of Congress.
two Senators. Daniels of Virginia. and
McCumber of North Dakota. has been
McHenry, of Louisiana have died; one
reelected and Representative Gronna
~of that State has also been elected
t. the Senate to fill an unexpired
term of johnson of North Dakota,
who died shortly after he was elected
To all appearances there is a slight
slamp in the insurgency movement.
1t is announced that Senators Cum
minis and Dolliver have cancelled lee
turing engagements, and the Damon
and Pythias relation renewed between
The President and the ex--President
at Beverly is straw indicating poli;-
ical accord and peace. Col Rooevelts
determination to keep his hands off
politics has yielded to Gov. Hughes
solicdtatio and he ISIS mixed an the
New York Legislative fight with a ne
suit that appears to be temporary
defeat. 1t need not, however, be as
sumed that Col Roosevelt's personal
friendship for President Taft means
that he approves his attitude in the
Ballinger-Pinchot affair. or that he IL
not at heart in sympathy with the
progressive element of his party.
Those who are giving the subject
CT the tariff board Investigators at
tention are of the opinion that the
wool and cotton schedules will be
brought urgently before Congress at
the next session. The President has
directed this board to make a careful
Investigation CT all the tariff sched-
ules, and the board has arrnged To do
so. Each schedule is to have the at
tention OF experts and 1t Is believed
that very special attention is to be
given to the wool schedule and to
the cotton schedules. 1t will be re-
enembered that during the special ses-
sion for the enactment of new tariff
/. law, the debates brought out the fact
that the wool schedule was the most
important OF all The most progressive
Senators of the Republican side were
strenuous in their urgency of lower
yates Senator DolIlver of Iowa, elo-
duently assailed the wool schedule. He
made The most positive and pronounced
statements that under he wool sched-
ule there were all sorts of outrageous
abuses. The President himself, while
mainly approving the late tariff legis-
lation as the best that had hereto
fore been enacted, it is said has new
ertheless held that the wool sched-
ule was without defense, and judging
by the facts presented to the SEN
ate by Dolliver and others and by the
Presidents known opinion on the sub
Jet, It is anticipated that the tariff
board will advisee thar both the wool
and cotton schedule be amended by
!, the reduction Of dubies.
There is no doubt that the Repub-
lican party will In the coming cleo
tions have better standing than was
eupected two or three months ago. The
government rs winding up the Esscai
year in good shape. All the figures re-
latiing TO receipts and expenditures
are not yet In but such are now In show
that the Treasury Will get Through the
year with practically no deficit. This
is much better than the financial con-
dition one year ago. A new system
!. has been adopted In the Treasury stat
ment, and the ordinary receipts and