The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-08-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., August 9TH
MR. ED1ToR:-The Hanna Platt COM
bine against Teddy's Presidential aspira-
tions is the newest thing in the political
field. 1t was intended to be strictly a
secret affair, but somebody leaked. The
story, as told in Washington, says that
several trusted lieutenants of Senators
Hanna and Platt met in hotel, not a
thousand miles from Washington, and
entered into a deal, pledging their re-
spective principals to work together in
taking whatever steps that might be made
necessary by Teddy's Western trip to head
off any boom that might be started for his
tried to get Hanna S men to commit their
chief to the support of Gov. Odell as Mr..
Mckinley successor, but that was further
than the Hannaites were willing to go.
They agreed that no other New York man
would be put forward by Hanna as a can
didate for the Presidential nomination,
and that if Roosevelt could not be kept
out of the nomination IN any other way
than by nominating Odell, Hanna would
throw his influence to him. Meanwhile,
Platt's men are to boom Odell and insist
that he will have the solid support of the
New York delegation to the National
Convention and that the name of no other
New York candidate will be presented.
The game is not to openly fight Teddy,
but simply to ignore his candidacy and
undermine whatever strength he may
develop elsewhere, by making it apparent
that he is not seriously considered as a
candidate in his own State. At the Platt
end of the deal they regard it as advan-
tageous to Odell, but the Hanna men do
not take that view of it. They think that
they have made deal that will give them
the help of the Platt machine to kill
Teddy at home, but do not believe that
Odell will show enough strength outside
of New York to give them any trouble
when they get ready to spring the name
of Hannas candidate. They are all
little bit afraid of the hurrah which the
younger republicans associate with Ted
dS's name.
Captain Parker, one of Admiral Schley's
counsel, who spent nearly all of last week
searching the records of the Navy De-
partment, and who will resume the work
this week, filed a formal protest with
Acting Secretary Hackett against the
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the work. Mr.. Hackett's explanation was
that the Naval regulations required an
officer to be present when person not
connected with the service was allowed
partment, but Capt. Parker did not think
that the Naval regulations required an
officer to be on each side of him, making
note of everything he lied from the
records, as was actually the case. The
truth of the matter is that the clique which
has been bounding Admiral Schley ever
since the beginning of the war with Spain
are thoroughly ightened-they know
that the country will not stand for such
methods as they have been guilty of i'll
their efforts to disgrace Admiral Schley,
and fear the exposure that will be brought
about by the evidence before the Court of
Inquiry, unless stubborn facts can be
juggled out of that evidence. Capt. Par
ker has discovered several important facts
in the official records, which support Adj
miral Schley's intentions concerning his
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Flying Squadron which was searching for
the Spanish fleet, and he expects to find
more.
If Mr.. John R. Garrison, Auditor of
Porto Rico, who was formerly Deputy
Comptroller of Currency, isn't more care
full in the interviews he gives out about
Porto R;can matters, during his present
visit to Washington, he may soon be hunt
ing for new job Think of such admis-
sions as the following, in an interview
intended to show the great and glorious
things we have accomplished for Porto
Rico: The American system of govern
ment is proving more costly than that of
the Spaniards." "Thus far the influx of
American money has not been so rapid or
prolific as was generally expected"
Comptroller Tracewell, of the Treasury,
whose @. K. is required before any doubt
full rcquisition on the Treasury can be
paid, evidently does not stand in fear of
the party bosses, as he has just rendered
decision which breaks up a little scheme
of Director Merriam, of the Census
Bureau, to put 81 800 year in the pocket
of a fayorite who already draws that
amount through sinecurc position in the
Geological Survey. Comptroller Trace
well has decided that the Act of Congress
prohibiting the drawing of two Govern
ment salaries by one person meant exact
iy what it says. Something like year
and a half ago Henry Gannett, who is on
the payroll Of the Geological Survey for
$4,000 Il year. was appointed Gcographer
of the Census at salary of $500 a year,
but he has not been allowed to draw the !
latter salary. Commissioner Merriam |
wrote to the Comptroller to know why |
and received an exhaustive opinion, the /,
SuoJcct ol WHICH was tnat MT. Iannett |
had not been allowed to- draw salary as n |
Census official because his appointment |
was illegal.
President Theodore J. ShaTcr, of the
Anal amated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers, Tuesday night issued a
call for a general strike at the mills of the
United States Steel Corporation. to take