The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-17
FROM THE CAPITAL,
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
W ASHINGTON.
May l.. 1901.
Communicated

HtAN HiN 'ACdhS4S dutdu OF ire
Hanna boom for the Republican
Presidential nomination. and they
are republican breakers. too. With
three years of pie distribution
ahead. the average republican of
prominence. doesn't care to risk
his share by offending the chief
distributor at this time. That is
why the boom has not been pub.
licly jumped on by more republi.
cans. Privately prominent repub
licans do not hesitate to say that
Mark Hanna has no better chances
TO become Emperor of China, than
he has 10 become President of the
United States. they say the talk
Of Hanna's popularity with repub.
licans throughout the country. is
precisely like that Of his popular.
lty with republican Senators con.
fined 10 those who wish to use
Hanna to pull the leg Of the ad
ministTation for favorS
The Nicely case was again
brought before the public BY the
discovery that w. ID. Williams. a
4 protege OF Representative Brumm.
OF Pa, who was confidential sec
rotary to Col. Edwards, Chief of
the lnSular Division OF the War
Department, had offered to sell
copies of government records re-
lating 10 Neely's stealing. to
Neell'> council He wanted to
sell cheap, too, only 500 He
was fired
Assistant Secretary of State
Hill read the riot act to Minister
Conger, as soon as that chatter.
ing diplomat reached Washington
and Conger got on his dignity.
also his ear. 1t is understood
that he told Mr.. Hill that he
would not resign. and that unless
he was nominated for Gov. of Iowa.
by The republicans. the admins.
tratIon would have to recall him.
If it did not wish him to return to
China at the expiration OF his
present leave of absence. That
1t doesn't wish him to return
is certain.
Mr.. Edward Atkinson. of Bos
ton, and Mr. Myron II. Holt,
Secretary Of the Tariff Reform
/ Club, Of New York, talked tariff
reform before the Industrial Com
mission i'll a very convincing way.
Mr.. Atkinson started Oft by say.
ing that not more than five per
cent Of the people were benefited
by a protective tariff, while the
other ninety five per cent had to
pay the bills. He said he believ-
ed the time had come for com
plete revision of the tariff system:
that we ought to have free raw
material OF all kinds, and espec-
tally tree wool and free chemicals:
that there was nothing Just in
protecting the l20, 600 persons en-.
gagged in sheep raising at the
expense of ali the other people;
that the experience of the
Spanish war had shown that we
could collect all the revenue need
ed from dozen articles; that a
tariff policy on free.trade lines
would increase rather than lower
wages because it would widen the
American markets, and that the
/ present commercial success of the
/ | ulted States had been attained
III spite OF the protective tariff,
and not because of it, and was
/ due TO our enormous natural re.
sources and the inventive genius
OF our people, Mr.. Holt began by
saying: "The tariff ties the hands
OF the American people, while the
trusts rifle their pockets" He ex
pressed the opinion that the tariff
was responsible for much corrup.
ton III politics and that it was NOT
chance that had landed so many
millionaires in Congress. He
closed by saying that of the
81, 279. 900, 600 stock and bonds Of
I ). Steel corporation (The Nor.
gan Steel Trust about 500. 600, 600
was water, and that it was so.
was, IN his opinion, largely due to
the protective tariff. Mr.. Schwab.
President of the Steel Trust
also appeared before the Industrial
Commission. He made his trust
out to be a great blessing, threw
few bricks at the labor organiza-
tons, and made a slightly yelled
threat TO reduce wages if the
tariff was taken off steel products.
Elk Representative McAleer. of
Pa, who is in Washington on
business, said aprOpos of the re.
cent Wall street furry: "a good
many years ago. when the craze
for buying oil lands was on. | in
vested $500 to get in, as | sup.
posed, on the ground floor. L
found later that | had been badly
fooled, and out Of my investment.
| think | saved eventually only
about 500. But | was entirely