The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-10-29
FREDERICK CITY MD. FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 80 1897
FROM THE C APITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
communicated
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 1897.


Help! help!! help!!r' That is the
sum and substance of the tale of woe
poured into Mr.. McKinley's ear by
Boss Platt, who made flying trip to
Washington to tell Mr.. Mckinley that
everything was going against the Platt-
Mckinley candidate for Mayor of New
York, and that there was also great
danger that the Republicans would
also lose control of the Legislature.
He tried to persua Mr.. Mckinley
to write personal letter for publica-
ton, favoring Tracey, and almost, but
not quite, succeeded Mr.. Mckinley
has the matter under advisemen. and
is rather inclined to do what Platt
wants him to do, but several of the
shrewdest members of his cabinet are
trying to show him that it would be
unwise for him to do so. They tell
him that everybody in New York
knows him to be in favor of Tracey,
and that letter signed by him. max
ing that declaration, would not get
Tracey single vote that he would not
get anyway, while it would be bar to
the administration denying after Ira
cey's defeat that it had sought to force
Boss Platt's man on the people of New
York.
Hypocrisy is the most contemplate
of vices. Only last week 1t was an
nounced with great flourish of trum-
pets that the cabinet had decided To
enforce Mr.. McKinley's civil service
order that no government employee
should not be discharged except upon
written charges and after having been
given an opportunity to answer the
charges, Notwithstanding the decision
of court that the order was not bind
ing in law; and now then those Ohio
Republicans employed by the govern
ment in Washington, who had declin-
ed to go home 10 vote to help get Boss
Hanna back in the Sonata have been
notified that Mr.. Sidney A. Perkins,
who is known as Boss Hanna's per-
sonal representative in Washington,
has put their names upon black list
which is to be turned over to Boss
Hanna when he comes back to Wash
ington after the Ohio election. OF
course, Mr.. Perkins has not told any
of those put upqO the black list that
charged if they do not go to Ohio and
vote for him, but that is what he
wishes them to suppose and some of
them regard the hint as being suffi-
GENTLY strong to cause them to change
their minds and decide to go home
and vote They know that no matter
how much the cabinet may prate in
public about protecting the civil SER
wi low s.f flna.
nod from Boss Hanna is sufficient to
bring about the dismissal of an en-
ployee in any branch of the govern
ment. All the news that comes to
Washington indicates that Boss
Hanna is very badly frightened man
over the prospects of his defeat, and
the latest blast from Col. Conger, ex-
member of the Republican National
Committee and member of Gov.
Bushnelps staff against him and his
methods is not calculated to allay his
fright. If the Democrats of Ohio had
not been heavily handicapped in their
campaign, there would have been little
doubt of their carrying the State, ow-
! ing to the extent of the secret opposi-
ton of Republicans to Boss Hanna.
They may do so yet, especially if the
visit of Mr.. Bryan results in arousing
the amount of Democratic enthusiasm
and courage that it is confidently ex-
pected that it will
Some of Mr.. McKinley's fool friends
may get him into serious trouble if
they continue to add to their gloating
over the failure Of Senator Wolcott's
International Bimetalic Commission
talk about Mr.. Mckinley having lived
up to the promises made by the Re-
publican platform, by trying to secure
international bimetallism through
Senator Wolcott's commission. They
may discover before the coming session
of Congress is very old that there are
silver men among the Republicans as
| well as among the Democrats and Pop
ulists who have the courage to ques-
I tion the good faith of Mr.. Mckinley
in promising Senator Wolcott that the
efforts of the commission to secure the
consent of the British and other Euro
pean governments TO the holding of an
International Monetary Conference
for the purpose of bringing about inter-
national bimetallism would be offic-
tally backed by him and bis admins
tration. A demand may be made
upon the administration from the floor
of Congress for an official explanation
of the stories alleging that while the
WOicOtt commission was England's
CO operation, in the name of the Uni
ted States gave the government of
England to understand that no such
cooperation was really desired. Every
thing considered, the wise friends of
Mr.. Mckinley ought to be able to see
that the less they say about silver
promises having been kept, the better
for their friends good name.