The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-04
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON,
October 4th, 1901.
(Communicated).

ate at every stopping point that
his faith in Mr.. Roosevelt grew
stronger hour by hour. No doubt
Mr.. Hanna still has his weather
eye on the Ship Subsidy bill.
Some of the planks of the New
Jersey Republican platform are so
thin that theywould pass for diaph-
anous.
The Senate COmmitte on Mill
tary Affairs will soon begin in
earnest an investigation of the al.
ledge hemp scandals in the Philip.
pines, involving comb blue in
which certain Army Officers are
said to have been illegitina tely
interested. Nothing will retard
the genuine pacification of the
Filipinos more than sensational
disclosures of dishonesty among
the man who claim to be filled
with the high purpose of regenera
ting the natives. The islanders
may be woefully ignorant, accord
ing to American standards, but
they are not imbecileS and can
as readily identify hypocrisy as
the Caucasian in uniform. Deceit
once practiced on them will lead
them to believe that the Ameri
cans are at heart inSincere and
avarlous, and it will certainly pro.
long their hostility to the new
corners.
Admiral Dewey'S refusal to re-
ceive counsel representing Rear
Admiral Sampson at the Court of
Inquiry was emiuently proper.
While issues of the controversy
are really between Schley and
Sampson. technically. only the
Navy Department and Rear Adj
miral Schley are parties to the in
veStigatiou now in progress. Samp-
son has no right there unless he
chooses to appear as witness.
Although numerous alliances
against The Democratic organiza-
ton i'll New York city have prey
iously been made, few Of them
have succeeded in even tempo
rarilly cagiug The Tiger.
The trust spirit is still uucheck-
ed. 1t continues TO ride rough
Shod through the avenues of bust
ness, crushing all opposition. Next
on the programe is a patent
leather mbination. which pro-
poses to have capital of nearly
500, 600, 900. BY the time it has
become thoroughly organized. Mr..
Morgan may be expected TO step
toward and have loot III 1t.
William j. Bryan'S advice to
Theodore Roosevelt not to become
a candidate for a second term was
apparently delivered in the most
triendlys pirit. There is certainly
deal of truth in the NebraSkan's
assertion that. to build sufficient
strenth for a denomination. Mr..
Roosevelt must sacrifice his in
dependence and bring complica-
cations into his administration.
ertheless, it is quite apparent
that the new Chief Magistrate is
too ambitious to abandon the hope
of further clarifying himself by
building up and organization
that will make him the central
figure OF the next Republican nat
ional convention.
While organized labor lost
fortune in its battle with the Steel
Trust, Mr.. Morgan's combine has
not suffered materially, if reports
from the headquarters that con
cern are to be relied upon. 1t is
semi officially stated that the net
earnings of the United States
Steel Corporation during the past
six months have amounted to
S54 600, 600 and that a dividend
will soon be declared on both
classes of stock issued by the Com
pany. When a trust has grown
SO powerful that it can inflict all al
most fatalblowupon a great branch
of union labor and make half a
hundred millions at the same time,
the situation has become serious
and Americans will appreciate
the gravity of the political prob
lem involving this phase of CAPT
taliStic economy. Unless decisive
steps are take to regulate the evil,
the octopus will have, within the
next decade, so involved the work
ing classes in its far reaching ten
tacleS that the feudal system will
seem veritable Elysium by com
pariSon.
Thus far Mr.. Roosevelt is prac-
tically an unknown quantity even
among the leaders of the party
that placed HIM second to Mr..
Mckinley at the last Republican
national convention. 1t is expect
ed, however, that within the com.
ing two months the new President
will be compelled to declare him
self on the leading issues of the
hour. Whether he will prove to
he more subservient than even Mr..
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