The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-31
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Oct. 2S, 1901.
rom our Regular Correspondent.

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lew Haven he left behind him a sad
disgruntled politician in the person
{ Senator Platt of New York who
,as nursing his wrath in his appart-
nents at the Arlington Hotel. When
he Senator was in Washington some
seeks ago he discussed New York
,ohtics with the President and, while
Mr. Roosevelt did not actually COM
nit himself, he went home with the
impression that ne was to have things
,retty much his own way. His most
important request had been for the
removal of Appraiser Wakeman who
S said to have shown too keen an ap
probation of his duty to the govern
nent and far too small an apprecia-
ion ofthe allegiance due to the Repu-
)lican dictator of New York. For the
good of the machine discipline it was
essential that Wakeman's scalp should
dangle from the dictator's belt. Mr..
Roosevelt had automatically pro-
missed "to look into the matter" and
Mr.. Platt supposed his object was &C
complished.
On investigation, it is said, Mr.
Roosevelt found nothing to warrant
Mr.. Wake mans removal and conse.
luently no change was made. Fin
ally Senator Platt, Notwithstanding
the fact that he had previously init
mated that Secretary Gage was not
minding his own business in recon-
nending Mr.. George Whitehead for
he appraisership, joined forces with
che Secretary of the Treasury and
wrote to the President endorsing Mr..
Whitehead and still he heard nothing
from the President Finally on last
Sunday he came to Washington and
again he got no satisfaction. That
evening he wired to Governor Odell
and early next morning Odell appear
ed in Washington and breakfasted
with the President, but the President
left for New Haven without giving
the slightest satisfaction to either of
the gentlemen and it is understood
that they held consolation meeting
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel In New
York on Tuesday evening.
Senator Platt has also found Secre-
tary Gage weak reed on which to
ean for the Secretary Of the Treas
nry, whose attitude is, "I'll endorse
lnything if you won't ask for my reslg.
aation," has reconsidered his posi-
tion and expressed himself to the
President to the effect that he ''guess-
IS Wakeman is not SO bad, after all"
The belief that Seth Low stands
little hkrhood of election does not
i'd to Platt's influence and the calm
lignity with which Croker smiles and
keeps sayin' nothin' y is an addition
Il aggravatlon TO the New York boss.
*
While the Republicans are irving
o make the best of the appointment
Of William Dudley Foulke to the
civil Service Commissionershlp, they
are by no means pleased with the ap.
continent. 1t is understood that Mr.
Foulke exacted from the President,
before accepting the appointment,
promise that he should have full SWAY
inder the law in the administration OF
he affairs OF the commission and that
means that a good many of the pre-
ogatives of Republican congressman
Will be cut off. The Commission has.
n the past, been obliged to wink at
many things in order to secure as
much freedom as they have had, but
the future, with Mr. Foulke as
President of the Commission, for it is
tated that Mr.. Proctor will resign the
presidency in Mr.. Foulk's favor, the
commission promises to stand serious
in the way of many of the petty lit
lie patronage schemes concocted by
Republican CoDgr ressmen.
1t tseems as if the Flfty-seventh Con.
ress would be compelled to investi.
;ate the Navy Department. On top
# the Schley-Sampson affair comes
he report from the captain of the AL |
'bama that large percentage of the
hells, which of course had been ms
'ected and marked go. X" by rep !
esentatlves of the Department, was
ound to be defective and that the |
premature bursting of one of them
completely disabled the port, thirteen
nch gun. Morever, the story of the |
Departments permitting the cruiser
Columbia to go to rack and ruin in
ne League Island navy yard will not
ray as completely buried as Secretary
.ong thought it would, as is evidenced |
inquiries into the subject that are