The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-10
AANNA-BURTON ROW
SENATOR FORAKER ADDS FUEL TO
THE FLAME.
A BAD DEAL GIVEN HIM, TOO.
THE CLEVELAND CLIQUE MUST BE
A HARD LOT.

Friend Burton and Demands an
Investigation of the Cleveland
OmcehOIders-ThisP Puts the Presi-
dent on a Bed of Pins and Needles.
He Docs Not Want to Break With
Mr.. Hanna, but Feels That He Must
stand by His Well known Civil
Service Principles.
Washington, June 9.-Senator Foraker
to-day added largely to the fuel of
the fire which involves the friendly
relations between President Roosevelt
and Senator Hanna by going to the
White House and frankly telling the
President that it was high time to
investigate the influence of the federal
office holders on Chic state politics.
This, in addition to the representations
already made to the President by Rep
resentative Burton, whose friend was
turned down by the quartette of Office
holders in Cleveland, has increased the
interest in what promises to become
an exciting episode in national Repub-
lican politics.
Senator Foraker's attitude in the
matter is not surprising, inasmuch as
he himself has felt the harmful effect
of what is known as the Hanna ring
in the Buckeye State. The President
listened with considerable surprise to
Mr.. Forakers plain statement, but
promised nothing in the way of an in
Vestigation of the Cleveland office
holders.
Another incident of the delay in this
connection was the conference between
Senator Hanna and Civil Service Com
missioner James r. Garfield. Mr.. Gar
field is expected to go to Cleveland
this week and may carry instructions
to make an inquiry into the affair.
Senator Foraker takes the ground
that Collector Leach, Marshal Chan
der Deputy Marshal Hopkins, and
Postmaster Dewstoe have been guilty
of a violation of the civil service reg
ulations, and especially of the recent
order of the President In this he
takes direct issue with Senator Hanna
and thus the President becomes again
involved in a Hanna Foraker factional
fight.
Gave Burton the water Cure
Another development to-day which
has added to the excitement, is the di-
rect charge of Representative Burton
friends in Washington that Senator
Hanna, has been guilty of double deal
ing. They say that the Cleveland
quartette wrote to Senator Hanna and
asked him if it was not about time to
give Mr.. Burton the water cure, and
that the senator assented, while at the
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outcome Of the affair may be the can
didacy of Mr.. Burton for the senator
ship against Senator Hanna, with a
solid support of the entire Foraker fac
ton and the anti-office holding contin-
gent in Ohio.
The President in discussing the sub
ject with his personal friends. is
greatly perplexed at the prospect of
being drawn into a fractional fight be-
tween Hanna and Foraker The Pres
ident has troubles of his own in try
ing to keep in the Republican family
in his own state. He has no desire to
part company with Senator Hanna at
this juncture, nor does he undervalue
the kind offices which Senator Foraker
has rendered him in the Senate. At
the same time he does not intend to
rest under the charge of inconsistency
or insincerity in regard to a strict en-
forcement of his we'll known civil ser
vice principles. 1t is understood that
the President does not admit that Rep
resentative Burton has filed formal
charges against the Cleveland Federal
officeholders. When Mr.. Burton called
at the White House last Saturday he
was laboring under intense excitement,
and he made allegations against the
Hanna ring in an informal way. Up
to date the President has not author
lied the proposed investigation to be
made. but will defer action until Rep
resentative Burton returns from the
Virginia Hot Springs, where he has
gone for a much-needed rest.
III the meantime political circles are
greatly agitated over the subject, and
it is the principal topic discussed here
tonight.