The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-09
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ingtOn.
(Communicated).
WASHINGTON,
Aug. 5th, 1901,

Aug. 9Th, 1901.
The Hanna-Platt com b i II e
against Teddy's Presidential as
pirations, is the newest thing in
the political field. 1t was in
tended to be strictly a secret af-
fair, but somebody leaked. The
story, as told i'll Washington, says
that several trusted Lieutenants
of Senators Hanna and Platt
met in a hotel, not a thousand
miles away from Washington,
and entered into a deal, pledging
their respective principals to
work together in taking whatever
steps that might be made neces-
sary by Teddy's western trip to
head off any boom that might be
started for his nomination for
President. Platt's men tried to
get Hanna's men to commit their
chief to the support of Governor
Odell as Mr.. McKinley's sue.
cessor, but that was further than
the Hannaites were willing to go.
They agreed that no other New
York men would be put forward
by Hanna as a candidate for the
Presidential nomination, and that
if Roosevelt could not be kept
out of the nomination in any
other way than by nominating
Odell, Hanna would throw his in
huence to him. Meanwhile. Platt's
men are to boom Odell and insist
that he will have the solid sup
port Of the New York delegation
to the National Convention and
that the name of no other New
York candidate would be pre-
sented. The game is not to
openly fight Teddy but simply
10 ignore his candidacy and un-
dermine whatever strength he
may develope elsewhere. by max
ing it apparent that he is not ser
iouSly considered as a candidate
il his own State. At the Plat
end of the deal they regard it as
advantageous to Odell, but the
Hanna men do not take that view
of 1t. They think that they have
made a deal that will give them
the help of the Platt machine
to kill Teddy at home, but do not
believe that Odell will show
enough strength outside of New
York to give them any trouble
when they get ready to spring
the name of Hanna'S candidate.
They are all little bit afraid of
the hurrah with the younger Re
publicanS associate with Teddy'S
name.
Captain Parker, one of Admi.
raj Schley's counsel, who spent
nearly all of last week searching
the records of the Navy Depart
ment, and who will resume the
work this week, filed formal
protest with Acting Secretary
Haskell against the espionage he
was subjected to while doing the
work. Mr.. Haskett's explanation
was that the naval regulations
required an officer to be present,
when a person not connected with
the service was allowed to exam.
inc the official records of the de-
partment, but Captain Parker
did not think that the naval reg.
ulations required an officer to be
Oh each side of him, making note
OF everything he copied from the
records, as was actually the case.
The truth of the matter is that
the clique which has been hound
ing Admiral Schley ever since the
beginning of the war with Spain
are thoroughly frightened-they
know that the country will not
stand for such methods as they
have been guilty of in their eff
forts to disgrace Admiral Schley,
and fear the exposure that will
be brought about by the evidence
before the Court of Inquiry, un.
less stubborn facts can be juggled
out of that evidence. Captain
Parker has discovered several i'm.
portant facts in the official rec
ords, which support Admiral
Schley's intentions concerning
his movements, while in com,
mand of the Flying Squadron
which was searching for the
Spanish fleet, and he expects tc
find more.
If Mr.. John r.. Garrison, Au.
ditor of Porto Rico, who was
formerly Deputy Comptroller OF
Currency is not more careful in
the interviews he gives out about
Porto Rican matters, during his
present visit to Washington, he
may soon be hunting for new
job. Think of such admissions
as the following, in an interview
intended to show what great and
glorious things we have accom-
plished for Porto Rico: "Tht
American system of government
proving more costly than that
of the Spaniards." "Thus faI