The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-23
WERE AFRAID Of D[UEY.
ms POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS n
SOURCE o. ANXIETY.
Circles ~ one T1ne
Mush Concerned oaA Set . watch
% Hl0-Hawaiian ana Perte IA
ean A1nars Confng % the FPons.


WARRINGTON. Nov. IS. Notwith-
standing Senator Proctors statement that
he II rot promoting Admiral Dewey's pos
siois candidacy for = presidential nomina-
ton next year. It Is unquestionably true
tnaf there still exists . feeling of anxiety
IN administration circles respecting
Deweys political future. This Is especial
" true. because 1, is known his brand
new wife Il ambitious and Ii Is altogether
prooaose that she would exercise her IN
nuence-which during the honeymoon days
would De great. OF course-ioward having
Admiral Dewey seek for political honor.
There are those In Washington who are
eossipy enough to say that this might
nave been Que Of the reasons why Mrs.
nazsn found II happiness to become Ad-
mifai Dewey's bride. She knew that as
mrs. Dewey she would receive unusual at
tention, a. being the wife Of the most
famous man OF his day and the greatest
her. doomed the white House. This Il
attractive 10 all women, of course ana
the prospect must have been quite as al
inring to AIRS. Haxen as 1t was to Miss
fUsom VINO became Mrs. Grover Cieve-
land. So much for the feminine part of
the Dewey presidential boom Az to the
Ea1cuiine aspect. while IL may be that the
ADMIRAL. az Senator Proctor says. does not
name, u Ii undoubtedly true, as has been
observed. that the feeling Of anxiety at
tne Mnte House has only been iessened.
The AA.iral was watched.
In this connection there is an interest
Ing story. told upon the authority OF q
United States senator, TO the effect that.
30 graveiy were President MCKINLEY and
MS friends concerned. a regular system of
espionage was established Immediately
upon the arrival of Dewey In New York
narnor. and maintained until after the
was because Mckinley and his fr,enas
feared tnat the admiral might say some
thing respecting the Philippine Situation
when would not correspond with the
also because 1t was desired TO know ex-
actiy now he felt In regard to a presioen-
tial nomination.
Friends Of the administration surrounded
him AZ all hours both during his stav in
New YORK and after he came to washing
toh. rupiic men close TO the president en-
aaeavored by AL possible means to draw
Ing the presidential nomination as wen AZ
the philippine situation. Indeed. A. Ia def
nitely known that before Dewey reached
W Whhnin Hn,l tneie was received at the
mite Rouse a typewriter account az a
conversation with Admiral Dewey, In
which these topics were covered ana in
sy ens De =, pas practically
tatives. While the admiral was no. aware
OF the fact, the whole conversation was
ceeded. GO - wv
These notes subsequently wars tran
scribed and forwarded TO Washington fer
tne presidents rerusai. Seine OF the taings
ne said In that conversation hava since
Deen made public, others are knnwn an1v
10 the gentleman who was n party RI tha
conference, TO the stenoKrapher 10 AsmiS
Tai Dewey himself. and TO President Nc
kiniey, who read the typewritten rsnnrt
~ - not at all probable that Admirai
pewey would be pleased IL ne knew that
ne mad been so industrioalsiy ard instai.
ousiy pumped for the preside;,frs n,,rnoxsa
but this procedure belongs to thnse sna,h
obs which political exigencies are s,,r-
posed 10 make necessary
Politics In Hawaii.
Representatives Of the various political,
factions OF the Hawaiian islands are he.
ginning to gather in Washington pre-
paratory 10 the fight which viii be made
this winter for the enactment OF a sv.-
tern OF government for that part OF the
United States new possessions. They
have been limping along over there as
pest they could, with practically no gov
eminent at all, that Is no government
that was really responsible to ANYBODY
Tor anything. This because congress last
winter, failed TO enact the Hawaiian code.
which mad been prepared and submitted
along with the Alaskan code and after
special commission had visited the Is
lands and investigated the conditions.
President Dole and his colleagues who