It did not involve itself in state issues very much.
There he received word that the mutiny was about to become a state issue.
That leaves him discussing state issues, with which he appears less familiar.
"It remains to be seen what this will do to the discussion of state issues," he said.
The official added, "There is no real focus on state issues."
The "division of the state" issue continued over the years with an additional plan in 1906.
But disasters like this are not a city or a state issue.
The state issues free software to help them do so.
Some governments are turning this into a state issue, but that is another matter.
"I don't think people vote in presidential elections based on how they view state issues," he said.