The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-15
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks IN
General About Wash
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WASHINGTON,
Aug. 11th., 1902.

features Vi luo OluCi lDOhoci"'AS
politicians in Washington when
any reference is made to the
Roosevelt boom for 1904, and OF
late there has been a suggestion
of a similar expression on the
countenance of certain Republi-
can politicians, while others re-
gard the situation with an anxiety
which would hardly seem war
ranted by the facts. As a matter
of fact, there is growing suspl.
cion that the Roosevelt boom has
been prematurely launched, and
is destined to fill an early grave.
1t has long been an axiom with
politicians that boom, like good
lettuce, must be grown rapidly,
that from its first appearance as
a tiny leatlet it must grow and
wax strong without a single check
or otherwise it would become stale
and unpalatable and would be
eventually rejected as too ancient.
OF course, it can be said that
Mr.. Roosevelt has the Endorsement
of such powerful leaders Of his
party as Platt and Quay and so
he has now-but that he has it
now is no guarantee that he will
have it in 1904. Both of these
gentlemen desire, first and before
all else, the defeat of Senator
Hanna, and to that end they are
ready to make many sacrifices but
that will not prevent either the
"easy boss" nor the sold man"
from changing their mind entire
" for the "good of the parity" of
course, when the national conven-
ton of two years hence comes to
be held. Can the enthusiasm with
which the public at p esent re.
CARDS Mr.. Roosevelt last? This
is the question which the more
experienced politicians answer in
the negative. They all say it will
wear out and that the ambitious
young man who now fills the
Whi;e House will find himself
abandoned by the public, which
is tickle in its favor, and by the
politicians who have been his
friends only as matter of expe
diency, when the crucial hour
comes.
An interesting feature of the
political gossip which concerns
Mr.. Roosevelt's political future
comes from persons in position
to know and relates that Senator
Hanna is to be succeeded as chair
man of the Republican National
Committee by Governor Crane of
Massachusetts, who, as will be re
membered, was invited to take the
Treasury portfolio before that po-
sition was rendered to Secretary
Shaw. No sooner had the news
OF Governor Cranes probable in.
cumbency leaked out than Sena.
tor Hanna made public state
ment to the effect that he had no
intention of resigning unless it
was made clear to him that his
resignation was desired by the
President and his advisors. From
this it will be seen that some one
has been clever enough to inspire
doubts in Mr.. Roosevelt's mind as
to the loyalty of the Ohio Sena-
tor, doubts which may be we'll
founded, but which make the
present action of the President all
the more inadvisable. There is
little doubt that the gentlemen to
inpsire such doubts are the two
So gacious politicians above re-
ferred to, Messrs. Plat and Quay.
and only the guileless will place
great faith i'll their loyalty to the
President. On the other hand. if
Senator Hanna ever had any 10y
atty to Mr.. Roosevelt, he will feel
entirely relieved of any obligation
by the intimation that the Presi.
dent desires to name his success.
sor on the national committee.
His announcement places him in
somewhat the light of a MARTYR.
lie is already regarded by the
great capitalists of the country as
a far safer man than the Presi
dent, and the predictions are fire.
quent that Mr.. Roosevelt will be
carried to a point, by his belief in
antitrust legislation and possibly
in tariff revision, which will en-
tail the antagonism of all the
wealthiest supporters Of his party.
Under such circumstances. every
Republican politician will feel
himself called upon to sacrifice
his personal predictions for the
President in favor Of some candi-
date who seems certain to win.
1t has never been a weakness of
the Republican party to stand by
a sinking ship. The extent to
which Mr.. Hanna is the logical
candidate of his party, the per-
feet harmony which exists between
his views and the tenets of the
party, and his ability to avail
himself of political power to
further his own ands 10 he H.