The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETT Err

WASHINGTON, d. c., September eth.
MIR. EDIToR:-Mr Mckinley and Boss
Plat have made deal which will kill
Seth Lows candidacy for Mayor of Great
er New York, make eX-Secretary Tracy
the republican candidate backed by all the
influence of the administration, and send
Plat and his henchmen to the next Repub
lcan National Convention as Mckinley
shoutcrs Boss Plat did not relish the
latter part of the program, but it was
case of must with him and Mr.. McKin
lev knew it as well as he did, and knowing
it would accept nothing short of an iron
clad pledge of support in exchange for the
administration influence in favor of Tracy
and against Low. The deal was kept
very quiet, but it leaked ont even before
Mr. Tracy, who had previously declared
that he would not be the candidate. an
nounced his willingness to accept the re-
publican nomination. According to dem
ocratic advices, it will make no difference
who the republican nominee is; Il demo-
crat will be elected. 1t is understood that
Vice President Hobart is also in the deal,
and that the next republican ticket is to
be, if the parties to the deal have their
way, the same as the last, Mckinley and
Hobart 1t is also said that Plat got Mr..
Mckinley'S promise to make him Secre
tary of the Treasury, the position he has
vanly sought for many years, if he is re-
elected.
Although no official admission bias been
made, it is known that the administration
is much disturbed by its latest advices
from Hawaii. The ratification of the an
ncXation treaty by the Hawaiian Senate
| has caused much excitement among the
| japanese residents of Hawaii, and the ad
| ministration fears that a state of insurrcc
| ton may be preclpitated at almost any
| moment, the result Of which may be the
/ overthrow of the present government. In
| formation in the State Department leaves
| little doubt that many japanese soldiers
| are on the island, having gone there in
guise of laborers. 1t is also very clear
| that these soldiers are armed and that they
have talked among themselves of what
they intend to do after overthrowing the
| government and taking possession of the
islands. New and urgent orders have
been sent 70 the United States Minister to
Hawaii. and to Admiral Miller, in COM
mand of the United States vessels there.
The feeling of uneasiness on the part of
| the administration is not about the final
result of a scrap with Japan, but what
might happen to Americans and American
interests on the island should the japanese
make an attempt to overthrow the Dole
| government.
The disposition to poke fun 1T ex-Sena-
tor Edmunds and his ten associates, who
have met in Washington and organized
themselves into So called monetary com
mission, has been more pronounced than
ever since Mr. Edmrnds issued an expla-
nation of why they are in session. He
admits that they have no authority and
that they cannot even approach Congress
with a suggestion to legislation, except
through the right of petition, possessed
by eve-v citizen. In the face of that adj
mission, the star chamber meetings of
these agents of the indianapolis Gold
Bankers Convention of last winter, ap-
pear to be farcical i'll the extreme, and the
result of their deliberation is likely to be
Just about as influential with Congress as
would be resolution adopted by the
Thompson Street Poker Club.