The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-06-14
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
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government by giving the Presi-
dent third term, as a step to-
ward keeping him in office per
manently. by going through the
farce of holding an election every
four years, as the MeXicanS do
with Diaz, has been thrown down
hard enough to have been killed
every time it has reared its head
in this country, but it is not
dead. 1t is now being nurSed by
Senator Chauncey Depew, who
belongs to the class which would
welcome permanent ruler of
the country, whether called
President or by any other title,
provided he held the right view
That class thinks Mr.. Mckinley
holds the right view for them.
That accounts for MIR. Depew'S
announcement of third term
Mckinley boom. Mr.. Depew
may claim that his talk merely
represented his own opinion,
which is true as far as it goes,
but it also represented an under
standing with a number of men
who some time ago determined to
test public opinion on the third,
term idea, with the intention. if
there was not too much kicking,
to start an organized movement
to nominate Mr.. Mckinley again.
These men are now studying the
press comments upon Mr.. De
peW's third term interview. Few
of what are known as the prac-
teal politicians in the Republi-
can party are in this third term
scheme. Its success would mean
the retention of too many men
already i'll office, to please them,
but practical politicians never
but their heads against stone
walls. and if a strong rank and
file third term sentiment can be
worked up, they will follow the
crowd. Some of MI. Mckinley's
friends say the talk of a third
term is very disagreeable to him,
but that statement is not IeaS-
enable one, since he could
quickly stop the talk by announc-
ing that he would not accept
another nomination. SO long as
he fails to make that announce
ment, the public naturally take it
! for granted that he is not opposed.
That Mr.. Charles q. Dawes,
Comptroller of the Treasury,
who poses as a close personal
friend of Mr. Mckinley, should
be neglecting his official duties
to push along his candidacy, for
the seat now held by Senator
"Billy" Mason, of His, is re
garded in Washington as indi,
eating that Mason made a mis-,
take when he declared that Mr..
Mckinley would follow a hands
off policy in the Senatorial fight.
The friends of Dawes openly
claim that he had the full and
cordial support of the admins.
tration and that at the proper
time that fact would be made
clear to the Republican voters of
the State. If they are right, the
country can look for some lively
speeches from Mason on the floor
of the Senate, in which he will
do some more bluShing for the
administration. Mason does not
rank high as statesman in the
Senate, but as a rough and tum-
bic fighter he is an antagonist
that knows how to make things
howl, as he has shown upon sew.
eral notable occasions.
If Senator Pritchard, of North
Carolina, did not land what he
went to the White House after a
day or two ago, it was not be.
cause he did not jolly along one
of Mr.. McKinley's pet ideas.
The day before he called on Mr..
Mckinley, Senator Pritchard got
himself interviewed, and predict
ed that both North and South
Carolina would soon be Republi
can. Mr.. Mckinley may have
taken that prediction seriously
since he is known to have swal.
lowed others equally as wild
about the South, but everywhere
else regarded as humorous.
Republican Representa- lives
who have spoken favorably of
Representative Babcock's bill to
repeal the tariff ON all pro
ducts of the Morgan steel trust,
have received hints from the
party leaders to go slow in sup
porting that bill, if they wish
to avoid trouble and to be again
nominated, and they are getting
more hints from the Protective
Tariff League, and the Home
Market Club, both of which are
fighting Babcock in every way
they know how. Members of the
Pennsylvania delegation appear
to be taklu0 turnS i'm cOminU IN