The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
Communicated.
WASHINGTON,
Aug. 18th, 1901.

opinion of his friends, regard the
letter OF censure written him by
Acting Secretary Hackett. for
telling the truth in his book
about the manner in which "Little
Billy" Chandler treated him be.
cause he would not wink at the
dirty political bargains that
Chandler made while he was Sec
rotary OF the Navy, as All honor
rather than a disgrace. Admiral
Evans is Democrat. That was
why Chandler officially mis-
treated him, and that was why
he found it so easy to get him
cenSured by the present admins
tration. But there is another
reason why Admiral Evans should
consider this censure an honor.
1t was given him for telling what
everyone knows to have been the
truth, by department which has
not had one word to say of the
lying abuse of Rear Admiral
Schley. by one of its employees.
If Maclay las its approval, as he
appears to have, any honest man
ought to be proud to have the
diSapproval of the Navy De.
partment, as at present con-
Quoted.
In official reports, just publish
ed by the War Department. Gen.
Chatfee has written some very
plain language concerning a
"Scheme of Settlement' for dam
ages done by Boxers to Chinese
Christians connected with the
American Congregational Mis-.
sion submitted to him by Minis
ter Conger, asking both money
and land indemnity from the
Chinese Government. 1t may he
inferred from the official expires.
sion of his opinion, which follows:
The settlement, as it appears to
me is very much in the line Of
business called squeeze, which we
hear great deal about in China"
Col. q. b. Hoti, a prominent
Ohio politician, told the follow
ing story in Washington. to illus,
trate the difference between then
and now in the Republican party
of Ohio: The S0llcitude Senator
Hanna has recently shown for
the reelection Of Senator For
aker, is in striking contrast to
the attitude OF the Junior Sena-
ator assumed toward his present
colleague before the Cleveland
man had political fish Of his own
to fry. The late Col. \. l.. Con.
ger, formerly National Commit.
teeman, and a friend Of James
u. Blaine. told the story in a Sc
ries of public letters in 1897, at
the time Mr.. Hanna was making
his campaign for election to
the Senate. after having been APP
pointed by Governor Bushnell
to succeed John Sherman. The
chief evidence of Hanna's hatred
for Foraker was shown during one
Of the latter's campaigns for cleo
ton of GOvernOr-yOu will re.
member that Foraker was three
times candidate for Governor.
Colonel Conger was Chairman of
the State Committee and For
aker'S closest political friend.
According to Colonel Conger's
story, as Chairman of the State
Committee, he went to Cleveland
and raised money for the cam.
paign, and among other men saw
Mr.. Hanna. Hanna was then
unknown i'll national politics, but
he was a rich man and had been
liberal contributor to campaign
funds. When approached on
this occasion, however, Colonel
Conger said he announced that
he would give mot a cent for For
a&er, his declaration being pune
tuated by adjectives both pictur-
esque and expressive. Today,
1t is different. Hanna has prob
ably no more love for Foraker
than he had when the latter
wanted to be Governor, but the
eXigencies of politics have com
PEELED these natural enemies to
make their bed together, and
thus there is harmony among
Buckeye Republicans"
The Knights of Labor have
combined with the American
Trust League, and employed a
ell-knOwn Washington lawyer
to prepare a plan for helping the
steel strikers by starting legal
proceedings against the steel
trust under the antitrust laws of
every State i'll which it operates.
EXAttorney- General Monett, of
Ohio, has been instrumental in
starting these organizations after
the big trusts. In a letter to an
official of one of them he said:
"Gou have the correct idea.
Under the Ohio Anti Trust Act
we can reach them in Ohio right