The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-08-13
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, d. O., Aug. 8, 190

contract and as was expected, practIc-
ally exonerates Congressman Littauer
the Presidents intimate friend and
most trusted political advisor" Mr..
Littauer claims that it was not until
after Lyon had secured the contract
that he became interested in it and then
only because he felt obliged, as a manu-
facturer of the gloves, to charge Lyon
as much for them as Lyon had bid, the
profit being purely incidental and unex-
pected by himself and Lyon IL this
explanation Littauer is practically un-
held by Root. The one point which
Littauer fails to explain is why he ap
peared at the War Department on
several occasions and used his influence
as member oi Congress to secure the
contract for Lyon, especially rs Lyon
was not /. constituent of his. With d
recon- merdation that, as stated above,
practically exonerates Littauer, Secre-
tary Root has referred the whole matter
to the Attorney General, for his advice.
Since last weeks letter the postal
officials have made another generous
haul, securing indictments against
August w. Machen and seven of his
confederates who had, according to the
evidence presented TO the grand jury,
divided among them funds of which
the government has been defrauded
amounting to upwards of $75, 000 BY
his Vaccinations Machen had secured a
a rake off, on every registered letter
case, on every carriers satchel and on
every mail box that had been painted
Among those indicted with Machen
were William Gordon Crawford mana
ger of the Postal Device and Lock Com
pany, Cliff Long and several others.
Long was q protege Of Senator Hannas
and had on several occasions represent
ed Abner Mckinley, attempting to sell
goods, Of which H. claimed Mckinley
was the owner, to the Department and
threatening with dismissal, rs result
Of McKinley's influence at the White
House, those who refused to purchase
the inferior grades of goods he offered
The grand jury is still in session and is
known to be working on cases Postoifice
and some more startling indictments
are promised at an early date
Many of the people of Texas said
Representative S. b. Cooper to your
correspondent this week, ARE not tariff
reformers of the Cleveland stripe; that
is to say, they want some incidental pro-
lection In other words, they are more
on the line of the late Sa muel j. Cam
dalls contention than on that principle
of the Wilson bill, as reported from the
Ways and Means Committee. In south
west Texas the sheep and cattle interests
are important and those engaged in
them are naturally opposed to the free
raw material theory of the tariff. The
same is the case in my district, where
the rice and lumber industries are
thriving This large infusion of pro
| IeCllOulSb lucas VI tlle bculOCIdtlC
variety terms to give popularity to
such candidat for the presidential
nomination as do not wish to push tariff
adjustments beyond n safe point.
Mr.. German is not only popular on this
account, but also because Of his attitude
on what is known as the Force bill and
that not only in texas but throughout
the south ! have some doubt Of the
accuracy of the interview telegraphed
from New York upon his arrival there
from Europe He is not given to saying
things which reflect upon those in the
party who differ from him on public
questions.
Representative Bankhead of Alabama
who is in Washington on some matters OF
interest to his constituents, observed in
regard to the race question in that state
1T is settled" Our new constitutional
provisions as to suffrage give the negroes
who can read aud write. or who own
three hundred dollars worth of property
the right to vote The amendment pre-.
vents some whites, few, from voting.
Time was afforded to all to prepare
themselves from the suffrage, and since
January the permanent voting list has
gone into operation. 1t was considered
necessary to have u constitutional check
on suffrage because we had tried other
checks and found them, for one reason
or another inefficient in the long run
1t would not do to use violence or
people any more than to submit TO the
dominance Of vicious element and the
paralysis Of industry. 1t also would
not do to make false returns in election,
The decentralization caused, no matter
what the provocation and incentive
would have proven AZ bad AZ submissl OF
to the rule Of vice and ignorance 81
the law Of suffrage was put on per
rnanent basis and defended by thu
whi on the grounds OF the preserva