The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-24
At Washington /.


today He had contemplated sailing
Aug. 2, and had engaged passage for
that date, but received an invitation
from General Horace Porter, am bassador
to France, to sail with him on the earlier
date and has accepted. Secretary Root
expects to return to the United States
about the middle of August.
The regulations for the enforcement
from Dot. |, Next of the German meat
inspection law of June 1900, has just
been issued from the impartial health
Office and a copy transmitted to this
Government, Consul General Mason, at
Berlin, gives q synopsis of those pro-
visions which are of public interest. The
new regulations, which promise 10 stop
In large part the importation into Ger
many of American meat prod ucts, fill a
pamphlet of twenty four crowded quarto
pages, In which the whole system is set
forth with the thoroughness and min
uteness of detail characteristic of Ger
man legislation and administration.
Secretary Moody of the Treasury De-
partment is an honest man. He has de-
clared that hereafter all employees, him.
self Included, must buy their own news
papers and not be furnished with the
daily news at the expense of the govern
ment, When SECRETARY Moody went
into Office he found large number OF
papers on his desk every morning, paid
for by government money. He is cor.
rect In his position.
Having practically adjusted the ques-
tons connected with the surrender to
the Chinese of the control of the city of
Tien Tsin, this government has been
asked to interest itself in the settlement
of the grave difficulties growing out of
the insistence of some of the powers on
payment of their shares of the gar in
demnity in gold instead of silver The
chinese government is greatly disturbed
over this question, and, as Minister WI
has been 80 successful in his other un-
dertakings, his government again has
called on him to secure an amelioration
of the demands.
When Mr.. Roosevelt became President
the political wiseacres began predicting
an early break between him and Senator
Hanna, who had been President Nc
kinley's most intimate adviser; and the
rocks on which their fellowship would
split were all duly charted and labelled.
But the crash did not come. All through
the late session of Congress the Presi-
dent found no more ardent supporter OF
his policy than Mr.. Hanna. In the final
controversy over Cuban reciprocity, Mr..
Hanna was one of the few senators who
persistently urged action along lines rec
commended by the President, and warn
ed his party that the people wanted this
legislation and would resent the failure
of Congress TO act. But the senator's
closest friends say now that the break
will surely come If General Leonard
Wood is named as the business mem
Der" or manager of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, as sundry newspapers
have announced would be done. This
break, however, is likely to amount &c
no more than the others have, since the
best informed observers here have never
had any Idea that the President expect
ed to name Wood for such an office.
Senator Hanna would undoubtedly have
made an open fight against General Wood
| If he had been named as commissioner
The senator Is firmly convinced that
Rath bone was not given fair trial in
Cuba, and that Wood was to blame fol-
the failure. The only thing Wood can
hope to get without fight with Hanna
will be the ordinary military promotions
| The President knows this; and, though
he would not desist from doing his full
duty to Wood on such An account, thai
| is a different thing from inviting set
to with Senator Hanna quite gratuitous
ly.
Secretary Root has sent to the Presi
dent at Oyster Bay the proceedings ant
| findings In the court martial cases o.
Major Edwin F. Glenn, Fifth Infantry
Lieut.. Julien E Gaujot, Tenth cavalry
and Lieut.. Norman +. Cook of the Phil
ppines. Glenn was found guilty of ad
ministering the water cure to the natives
or permitting it to be done, and wal
sentenced to one months suspension
from duty and fined $50. Lieut.. Cook
was acquitted on a charge of giving or
ders to kill the Filipino prisoners. The
testimony showed that he had giyer
orders to shoot the prisoners. In for
warding the case to the President, the
secretary recommends the sentence anC
findings be approved, but that no Other
action shall be taken. 1t Is not believed
that the President, who Is reviewing
authority in these cases, will make any
comments, such as were delivered by
him In the case of Gen. Smith. 1t II
shown In the evidence and reports tina
Major Glenn has performed excellen
service and has done much to pacify the
country where he has been in command
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