Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 81, 1901.

From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 81, 1901.
AS was to be expected q split has come
between the President and Senator Hanna.
While those who had the best interest OF
the party at heart wished that these two
gentlemen might be able to get along to-
gether they had little ground on which to
base any such hopes. Mr.. Hanna had so
long exercised dictatorship authority over
| the party and had so carefully laid his
plans to secure the nomination for himself
at the next national convention that the
succession of Mr.. Roosevelt was severe
blow to his ambitions. Mr. Roosevelt with
his positive disposition, his iron convictions
and his forceful method Of putting them
| into execution was almost bound to run
counter to the feelings of the Ohio "boss"
even if he had no ambition for second
term, which he certainly has. During Mr..
McKinley's administration Mr.. Hanna had
complete control of all appointments in the
South and had so used them as to cement
together solid machine which would stand
bound to do his bidding at the next conyen-
ton President Roosevelt has upset all
this good work and proposes to make
Southern appointments to suit himself
The appointment of Ex-Governor Jones
was direct set back to the Hanna machine
and more will follow, therefore Senator
Hanna is sulking and talking of resigning,
a threat which will not have the slightest
effect upon the President.
| President Roosevelt started out with the
determination to build up Republican
party in the South and by his first appoint
ments, but even more by his expressed SEN
timents, made a most favorable impression.
So impressed by the statement Of his plans
was old Col Howell, of Atlanta, that he
expressed himself as believing that the
President would succeed in building up
quite respectable party, but he concluded
with the sage advice that Mr.. Roosevelt
and his party must ''talk protection and
| let the negro alonen This, unfortunately
| for Mr.. Roosevelt's ambitions, he could not
do, and with that love of the spectacular
which led him to appear at the National
Convention at Philadelphia in his Colonels
uniform, he invited Booker T. Washington
to dine at the White House. Washington
came and as he demolished the Presidents
viands, so he demolished his popularity in
the South, and to-day all the good that had
been accomplished by the appointments OF
Ex-Governor Jones, DIR. Clayton and
others, has been extinguished, and the
Southerner feels that Mr.. Roosevelt is no
better than any other Republican President
| and that the first act of a successful local
Republican party would be an attempt at
his humiliation by the exaltation of the
negro.
Notwithstanding President Roosevelt's
desire to be the first to advise the country
of the conditions of the new Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty, the important features have
leaked out and are as follows: The new
treaty will set aside the Clayton-B ulwer
convention, the United States will be the
| sole guarantor of the neutrality OF the
canal and she alone will have the right to
fortify it. These features practically dis
pose of the opposition met with in the
Senate of the last Congress and it is assum-
ed that definite canal legislation will be
enacted by the Fifty-Seventh Congress.
The question of route, of course, remains
to be disposed of. While a majority OF
shose interested seem to think that the
Nicaraguan route will be adopted, the
Panama Canal will not down and M. Hutin,
Of the French Panama Canal Company, is
now in Washington to press the claims Of
ais route to consideration. 1t is M. Hutin's
desire to sell their canal to the Government
and it is understood that the price asked is
$35, 100000. The only cloud on the canal
sky is M. Hutin and his associates, the feaI
being confdentially expressed that the
enemies of canal legislation may use the
Panama Company's proposition as means
of delaying all legislation on the subject.
Notwithstanding Senator Frye's assur-
ance that the new ship subsidy bill would
be amended and presented in form that
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there still seems to be some friction in the
Republican camp on the subject. Repre-
sentative Minor, Of Wisconsin, recently
called on the President to protest against
executive support being given to the bill,
even in its amended form. Mr.. Minor
pointed out to the President that the bill
was so drawn as to convert most of the sub
sidy into the treasury Of the international
Navigation Company and simply for max
ing fast runs which they are now making
and will continue to make, whether they
receive any subsidy or not. Mr.. Minor il
J in favor of bill which will give encourage
ment to the slower class of freight carrying
vessels and states that if the Frye bill il
not so amended as to provide for a fal
wider distribution of the subsidies, he will
prepare and submit a measure which will
do SO. 1t is said by people who have the
Presidents confidence that he was good
deal annoyed at what he considered lack
Of faith on the part of Senator Frye, in
asking his support for the bill and leaving
, him so much in the dark as to the manner
in which it's provisions would work out.
Secretary Gage has not added in the least
to his popularity by the expressions of his
views to the bankers at Milwaukee. What
ever the Republican party leaders may
think on the subject of the retirement Of
the greenbacks, they are not prepared tc
defend any such issue before the country
and they are annoyed with the Secretary Of
the Treasury for having given utterance tc
such views while still a member OF the
Presidents Cabinet.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Frank
W. Hackett, has asked to be relieved, and
it is stated that Judge Charles Fl. Darling,
of Bennington, VT, will be his successor.
There is rumor about that Mr.. Hackett
was to be made the scapegoat for the Bureau
of Navigation, and that he refused to sub
nit and resigned. l can find no confrma-
ton of the report, however, and simply
state it for what it is worth.
Mr.. James Mitchell, of Arkansas, was in
the city recently and expressed himself as
confident that Senator Jones would be re-
elected. He said: "The people of Arkansas
are in favor of Senator Jones for two
reasons; he is recognized as worker in
Congress, and he can be depended upon to
look out for the interests of his own State. 4"
Mr.. Mitchell spoke in complimentary tones
of Ex-Gov. Clarke, but is sure that Senator
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