The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

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 From Our Regular Correspondent
 WASHINGTON, October l, 1897.
 Mir. Mckinley and Boss Platt hay
 made deal which will kill Seth Low
 candidacy for mayor of Greater Ney
 York, make Ex-Secretary Tracey tn
 republican candidate backed hy all tn,
 influence of the administration, and senC
 Platt and his henchmen to the next re
 publican national convention as McKin
 ley shouters. Boss Platt did not relisl
 the latter part of the programme. but i
 was case of must" with him and Mir
 Mckinley knows it as we'll as he did
 and knowing it would accept nothing short of an iron-clad pledge of support
 in exchange for the administration lnflu
 ence in favor of Tracy against Low. The
 dea was kept very quiet, but it leaked out even before Mr. Tracy, who had pre-.
 viously declared that he would not be
 the candidate, announced his willing. ness to accept the republican nomina. tlon. Ac ording to democratic advices, 1t will make no difference who the re- publican nominee is--a democrat will be elected. It is understood that Vi. q 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, McKin- ley and Hobart. It is also said that got Mir. McKinley's promise to make him secretary of the treasury, the posi- ton he has vainly sought for so many years, if he is reelected.
 Getting r'ch quick is all right, pro- vlded the methods by which it will be done are legal and legitimate. The temptation to do so by fraud at the ex- pense of others. is often too strong 10 be resisted by men of weak wills and e'. sti. e.0sciena7a hut rl'ers is eOrsola- ton for the man who is too honest tO trIu-ayt his business uDon any other than legitimate basis, in the knowledge that fraudulently acquired money sel- dom sticks, and never carries respect with it. The business career of John Wedderburn, head of the concern of John Wedderburn & Co , which will be next week officially disbarred from prac- tice before the United States patent of fee. for gross fraud, furnishes an object lesson of the danger of trying to get rich quick by questionable means. The only capital he had when he started was the idea that the newspaper men of the country were ready to be caught by almost any old thing of a scheme, and to-day many of them have nothing to show for the advertising given to the Examiner Claims Bureau, The Press Claims Company tbOth dead) and John Wedderburn & Co.,, all representing Wedderburn's get-rich-quick schemes, except worthless certificates of stock in the several companies. He adopted lottery and other deceptive methods of attracting business, and now finds him. self, instead of rich, branded with fraud by the United States government, and not allowed to practice. and the postal have been requested to put his paper the National Recorder, on the fraud list. The facts tell the story and need no comment
 Although no official admission has been made, it is known that the admin is much disturbed by it's latest advices from Hawaii The ratification of the annexation treaty hy the Hawaii an senate has caused much excitement among the Japanese residents of Hawaii aud the administration fears thata state of instruction may be preeipitated at almost any moment, the result Of which may be the overthrow of the present Information iD -l- .te department leaves little donbtthat many apanese soldiers are OH the island, haV- ing gone there in the guise of laborers. II is also very clear that these soldiers are armed and that they have talked among themselves of what they intended to do after overthrOwing the government and taking possession of the islands. New and urgent orders have been sent | to the United States minister 10 Ha- waii, and to Admiral Miller, in command 1 )f the United States vessels there. The | feeling of uneasiness on the part of the | is not about the final re- ,ut of a scrap with Japan, but about what might happsn to Americans and merican interests on the island should | he Japanese make an attempt to over | hrow the Dole government.
 The disposition to poke fur at ex-Sen- .tor Edmunds and his ten associates, who have met in Washington and organ zed themselves into a sO-called mone- ary commission. has been more pro- bounced than ever since MT. Ed'unnds ssued an explanation of why they aie n sessonr He admits that they have 10 authority and that they cannot even