The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-19
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
(Communicated).
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 10, 1900.


The entire administration, from
the President down, is playing
partisan politics for all it knows
how, and the public business is
getting on in any way it can.
The White House has been turned
into a political headquarters with
the President filling the duties of
lieutenant to Boss Hanna. Any
thing to keep the Republicans in
power is the basis of all the White
House consultations and confer
ences. That even single votes
are not being overlooked was
shown by the official order sent
from Washington for the i'm
mediate dismissal of a woman
clerk in the indianapolis post
office, who got married the other
day, and the appointment of a
voter in her place. Besides the
political work that members of
the administration are Icing in
Washington, the following prom
inent officials, and this is only a
partial list, are on the stump for
Mckinley, with their salaries be-
ing paid by the taxpayers while
their official work is being ne
elected: Postmaster G ener "a |
Smith, Secretary Gage, Secretary
Wilson, Attorney General Griggs,
Solicitor General Richards, Third
Assistant Postmaster neral
Madden, Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow, Assis-
tant Secretary Meiklejohn, Com
missioner of Pensions Evans and
Director of the Mint Roberts. In
addition to these there is an army
of smaller officials in the field
speaking or pulling wires to in
tluence voters, and the people are
footing all the bills.
Republican speakers and writ.
ers are not likely to exploit the
returns for the month of Septem-
Der from the post -offices of the
fifty largest cities in the country,
Just received and taDulated, to
prove the increasing prosperity of
the country, for the simple reason
that fourteen out of the fifty
show smaller receipts than they
had in September of last year,
indicating that the pinnacle of
the temporary prosperity, made
by the war with Spain, big crops,
and other conditions which put
money in circulation, has been
passed and that the business OF
the country is now on the down
grade, as Democrats have pre-
dicted it would be as soon as the
natural reaction set in.
Senator Wellington passed
through Washington on his return
from speaking tour in the West
and Northwest. In reply to ques.
ton as to the campaign outlook,
he said: "In my judgment Bryan
will be elected. | think the mid
die West will go for him and that
when the electoral college is
polled, he will get the necessary
number of votes. | have not the
slightest doubt that Mr.. Bryan
will carry Maryland. The senti
ment in the State, and | have
sounded it thoroughly, is greatly
in favor of the Democratic candi
date. There are hundreds anG
hundreds of old time Republicans
who will leave the party and vote
the Democratic ticket. On the
other hand there will not be g
handful of Democrats who will
fail to stand by their party's
nominee. | think that Bryan's
majority In my native State will
be anywhere from $4,000 to 90,
000."
More government clerks will &C
| home to vote this year than have
done so since the days when Zach
! Chandler bOSsed the Republican
machine and made them do as he
pleased. Clerks will register and
vote who have not done so fol
twenty years or more. Every
! government clerk residing in