The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-08-15
WASHINGTON.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Aug. ~, 1901

washington, aug IL, I9ol'
Teddy Roosevelts Presidential
boom arrived in Washington last week.
1t was brought by republican men,
bers of tbs Kansas Congressional
delegation, who declared that the
Kansas republicans were for him and
intended to do everything they could
to get him nominated When it is
considered that the administration is
dead opposed to Roosevelt and that
those Congressman were in Washing
ton asking administration favors, it
will be seen that they had their nerve
along with them. 1t is true that none
OF the big guns of the administration
were in town, and that the small fry,
such as assistant secretaries, were
afraid to tell those Congressman that
they were treading on forbidden
ground, but the telegraph lines were
in good working order and some Of
them found it out before they tt,and
they will probably hear more about it
before their applications for admins
tration favors are acted upon. Long
before 1904, it will be a sure way for
a republican to get on the adminisra-
ton blacklist to declare himself in
favor of Roosevelt's nomination.
There is no longer any doubt that
there is a Roosevelt machine and that
it is working for strength in the South
and West. ignoring New York, where
the Platt machine makes it impossible
for Roosevelt TO hope to control the
delegation. Roosevet's friends are
pointing out that Cleveland was NOM
mated in 1892, although the New
York delegation was pledged to Hill.
Fear Admiral Robley d. Evans
"Fighting Bob"-was last week fur
nlshed by the Navy Department with
copies of the two letters written by
ex-senator and exSecretary Chandler,
, complaining of the manner in which
he and his administr alton of the Navy
Department are treated in Ad niral
Evans book, "A Sailors Log" and
he has gone out of town for a few days,
during which he will decide whether
he Will ask for Court of Inquiry, or
let Chandler 40 ahead and try to force
the Navy Department to order a
court martial. Before leaving Wash
ington Admiral Evans said: 81 have
no idea of falling into Mr.. Chambers
trap by entering upon a newspaper
discussion of his letters. | will only
say that the only relations between
Mr.. Chandler and myself are those of
private citizens. He is not my super
ior, and | would not take any orders
from him. If he has charged me with
conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman, WE'LL. AS Admiral
Evans abruptly ended and turned on
his heel there was an expression on
MS face that was anything but loving.
Admiral Evans but touched upon the
dirty politics of Chandler's rule over
the Navy Department, only referring
to his personal experience, in his book,
when there is material enough of the
same sort, and worse, easily access,
ible, to fill several books. Chambers
whole political life has been that of an
unscrupulous partisan who never for
got his own interests. Consequently
he is rich man, but he is likely also
to be a sorry man before "Bob'
Evans and his friends get through witt
HIM.
Comment is being made on tn,
marked discrepancy between the mum
Der of Filiplnos who have been cap
tured or have surrendered and th
number Of rifles. In an official docu
ment issued by the War Department
this week the total number of Filipi
nos captured and surrendered is givel
as 4I.o2o. while the total number n