The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-11-17
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II. 1911.
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON LETTER.
Among politicians, the last aspect Of
the Presidents trip across the country
and back is the one that has 10 do with
its effect on the voters of the country.
Did he gain votes is what they ask.
Impartial scrutiny of the situation
seems TO result in the conviction that the
President made friends everywhere.
Whether the opposition to him in ..in-
surgent" communities has been overcome
is matter of doubt.
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Harmon, Wilson aud Clark; Wilson,
Harmon and Clark; Clark, Harmon and
Wilson The three .democratlc leaders
are seemingly leading the race in the
Presidential sweepstakes. but which is in
lead depends good deal on-the section
Of country one happens TO be in when
making the inquiry. Underwood says he
lis not candidate. Some of those who
think they are candidates are not, in fact,
in the running. But the more entries the
more interesting. as rule, the race
becomes.
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Kumor has been busy again with the
name of the Postmaster General. AS Mr..
Hitchcock is considered particularly
eligible bachelor, aud as his work in the
department is supposed TO have commen-
ded him to the notice of the captains of
industry, it has been rumored that he was
to resign soon from the department, and
also that he was TO marry and Settle
down" The Postmaster General has
thought it wise to deny both rumors en-
phatically.
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At the rate aviators are succeeding in
the completion of the conquest of the air,
there will be little left TO learn by the
time of the holding of the Panama Cali
fornia international Exposition in 1915
San Diego then will offer TO the world, if
the plans of Director-General Collier are
carried out, acomplete exempli6cation Of
the art of aviation from its inception.
Col. Collier is himself an enthusiast on
this subject, member of the San Diego
Aero Club, and one of the chief pro
moters of the sport. He has a firm ally
in Glenn H. Curtiss, who has established
his winter aviation school at San Diego
Curtiss has been made Commissioner of
Aviation for the Exposition He will not
only superintend the gathering of the
most complete collection of aeronautical
apparatus ever got together. but he will
make special study of meteorological
conditions on the Coast, and will do all
he can TO further the success of the &c..
900 flight from Panama to San Diego
scheduled to take place on the opening
Of the canal
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Ohio is ripe for the picking was in
substance the contents of kilograms which
have been sent from tina. State by local
Republican progressive leaders 10 the
leaders of the National Organization of
Progressives, analysing the result of the
Ohio election. Among the men who res
ceived such encouragement by telegraph
were Senators Robert M LaFollette and
Moses E. Clapp.
The exchange of kilograms between
Cleveland and Washington gave further
life to the. plans of the National Republi-
can Progressive Organization to concen-
traie its strength in Ohio in an effort TO
prevent solid Taft delegation to the
national convention from Ohio.
The fight will be carried to the presen.
Republican state organizations. nominally
in control OF Taft's friends, in an effort to
compel the organization to declare for a
voting test Of the sentiment of Ohio Re-
publicans GU Presidential candidates.
The result of such test would determine
the character of instructions of the dele
gates at large to the National Convention
II is also announced that the progress
sive element of the Democratic party will
soon complete plans for placing in the
field anti- Harmon candidates for dele
gates to the national convention.
Ohio will fairly sizzle with politics from
now on until next May. when for the
first time ID the states history delegates
to the national convention will be elected
by direct vote
When President Taft returns to the
White House he will find himself con.
fron.ed. by movement in both parties
for the repeal of the statue under which
the new Court of Commerce was formed
This tribunal was never popular with the
Headers of the Democratic panty nor with
Progressive Republicans like Cummins