The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

efforts to break into the Senate
himself. 1t is said that his cam
palgn has cost him not less than a
million dollars. Senator Hanna
always supported his ambitions
and during Mr.. McKinley,s in
cumbency, the administration at
least rclralned from taking any
part i'll the state fig Int. AS a re
suit, d.. VIM. Ii. Cooper, IA hold
over Democrat has held the
collectorsulp until the present
time. y very cursOry eXamina-
ton OF Mr.. Addicks' methods sui
feed 10 decide the President, and,
notwithstanding Hanna's plead
ing Tor his millionaire friend.
with whom he could doubtless
Sympathlze, he appointed Dir.
Houston, on the recommendation
of Representative Ball, the only
representative Delaware now has
III Congress. 1t is believed that
the Presidents action will result
III the diSintegratiOn of the AID
dicks faction and that Delaware
viii hereinafter have its normal
representation i'll Congress.
Commissioner OF Pensions
Evans has issued his annual re
port and although it is we'll and
carefully prepared paper it con
talnS some lncOntIoNertible facts
as TO the Injustice tnat is being
done to the people OF the United
States 10y the present pension
laws. Commissioner Evans very
iearleSsly denounces the pension
attorneys, of whom the number is
twenty thousand, aotWithStand
Ing the facts that only the sue
ossSlOn of Mr.. Roosevelt saved
from them this official scalp. lie
points out Gnat the present law
encourages IAN army OF attorneys,
solicitors, and drummers, prac-
tically licensed by the govern
ment, with the promise OF so for
each claim allowed" And he
goes on TO say that No blame or
criticism should be attached to
the soldiers who are impOrtuned
and persuaded that it is their
duty to file claims whether diSabl-
ed or not" Although the Civil
War lasted four years and the
casualties were faighttul and The
Spanish W al lasted four months
and the casualties were com
paratively few, three years alter
the Spanish War twenty per cent
OF the soldiers engaged have filed
claim Tor pensions, while III 1872,
seven years after the close of the
civil War, Gully SIX per cent OF
the soldiers engaged III that war
had done 50.
The death OF the famous Earl
LII Hung Chang is u matter of
sincere regret Ill aShlngton for,
though he was regarded as Il very
willy politician it was recognized
that he represented the more pro-
greSSlve faction i'll China and it
was believed that his influence
could always be counted on to
protect treaties and those foreign
ers who happened to be within
the limits of the Empire. Tie
latest news IN regard to his death
is that his demise was immediate.
~ plecipitated by terrible rage
into which he flew while in con.
sultatlon with NJ. Paul Le>sar.
tue Russian Min ster to China.
Mr.. Rockhill, who was special
commissioner to China for the
United States, gives it as his
opinion that Yuan -Shi Kal, who
has been selected to succeed Earl
Iii, is the best man that could
have been chosen for the position.
The Schley Court of Inquiry
held its last public session on
Thursday and the admirals com
posing the Court have now retir-
ed to formulate their decision.
AS a matter of fact the Court will
afford comparatively little salts.
faction to the public because the
dreaded ''precepto prevented the
development of precisely the in.
formation the public desired.
Who was actually responsible
for the Maclay history? to what
extent Admiral Sampson was in
volved in what the public CON
sidered to be persecution of
Admiral Schleys and a hoist of
other questions are entirely be-
You'd the jurisdication of the Court
and can only be answered, if at all,
by a Congressional Investigation