The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-10-25
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October 2is'
Mr.. EDITORIALS was to be expected
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 together 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 Sc
cure the nomination for himself at the
next national convention that the success
sion of Mr. Roosevelt was a 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 a second
term, which he certainly has. During
Mr.. Mckinley 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 convention. President Roose
welt has upset all this good work and pro-
poses 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, Il 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 APP
pointments, but even more by his ex
pressed sentiments, made most favor
able 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 lui.ding up quite a
respectable party, but he concluded with
the sage advice that Mr.. Roosevelt and
his party must talk protection and let
the negro alone" This, unfortunate.
for Mr.: Roosevelts ambitions, he could
not do, and with that love of the spectacu
lar which led him to appear at the Natio
nal 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 appointment Of eX Governor
Jones, DR.. Clayton and others, has been
extingusLed, and the Southerner feels
that Mr.. Roosevelt is no better than any
othe. republican President, and that the
first act of a successful local republican
would be an att empt at his humiliation by
the exaltaton of the negro.
Secretary Gage has not added in the
least to his popularity by the expressions
of his views to the bankers at Milwaukee,
Whatever the republican party leaders
may think on the subject Of the retire
ment of the greenbacks, they are not PIE
pared to defend any such issue before
the country and they are annoyed with
the Secretary of the Treasury for having
given utterance to 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 H. 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 submit and resigned. l can find no
confirmation of the report, however,
and simply state it for what it is worth