Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent)

An extremely difficult problem
confronts the President, who re-
turned to the White House to-day,
and who will Immediately take up
the case of William Miller and the
whole question of reforms in the
Government Printing Office. No
official statement has been made
thus far, but the situation may be
summarized as follows, with rea-
sonable accurancy. The discharge
OF Miller, followed by his reinstate-
ment by the President has, al
ready been told in these letters.
Out of that incident grew the in
vestigation recently completed.
Miller sent a long letter to the
President in which he made vari-
GUS charges as to- the domination
of the Printing Office by the
unions, the extravagant methods
employed, etc. These charges
caused the President to ask Secre-
tary Cortelyon to investigate the
entire Printing Office and Mr.. Cor
telyou assigned the task to Comis-
sioner General of immigration Sar-
gent, and Chief of Corporations
Garfield. Their report, which is
now in the hands of the President,
substantiates many of Miller's
charges and points the way to re-
forms which promise to save the
government thousands of dollars a
year. Meanwhile, the Book
binders Union has secured the
past record of Miller and has filed
many charges against his private
life. Sargent and Garfield also
found that Miller was of a quarrel
some disposition, dictatorial and
arbitrary, and man who, in the
position Of foreman, caused fric-
ton and dissatisfaction. In a
word, he is a man ill fitted to
manage men, quite irrespective of
the union factor in the situation.
There is little doubt that, under
ordinary circumstances, Miller
would be promptly discharged.
On the other hand, there are like
ly to ensue extensive and radical
reforms as result of Miller's hav-
ing brought the matter to the at
tention of the President, and his
interest in his work and in econ
omical administration will secure
for him more than ordinary con-
sideration by the President.
Again, the charges preferred by
union are so serious that it will be
almost impossible for the Presi-
dent to ignore them. In fact it is
generally believed that they will
compel the President to discharge
Miller for the good of the public
service, but from whatever stand
point he looks at it Mr.. Roosevelt
is bound to find the situation per-
picking.
Senator Foraker and Represen-
tative Dick of Ohio have been in
Washington during part of the
past week and brought news of the
Ohio campaign, They say that
Senator Hanna, Notwithstanding
his indisposition, will speak in
fourteen towns during the last
ten days of the campaign, which,
it must be admitted, is pretty
strenuous undertaking. There is
not the slightest doubt in the mind
of either Senator Foraker or Rep
resentative Dick as to the final out
come of the campaign. In fact,
they place the majority for Hanna
in the next legislature at from 30
to 40 votes on joint ballot. AS to
the challenge of John Fl. Clarke,
issued by Senator Hanna to meet
him in joint debate Representative
Dick said that he had not received
the challenge before leaving Ohio
and that he could not discuss it
until he had done so. Senator
Foraker said frankly that, were he
in Senator Hance's place he would
decline it and it lay be pretty
confidently predicted tSat will be
Mr.. Hanna's course.
Cause of Lockjaw.