The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. oct. I7.-Since the marriage
OF Senator Thomas 9. Platt and Mrs. Ii
Iian JaneVay. who had the ceremony Per
formed last sunday instead OF on Thurs
day. in order TO avoid the crush" as
Senator Platt put it. Miss Mae Wood,
who was declared to be the New YORK
senators Nemesis. has dropped out of
sight
It is said that when Miss Wood learned
from the Senator'S own lips that he had
anticipated her coming and married Mrs.
Jansway four days in advance OF the date
set. Miss Wood. who Is q very clever
Young woman. and n member OF the oaT'
decided that she was In no position TO
give the Senate any trouble and LEFT
town. but only after vigorously denying
that the object OF her visit here was TO
give the Senator and his bride any an
nOyance.
Mis- Wood said that she was here TO
visit an aunt who WAS very i'll, and that
as soon as she recovered sufficiently she
would take her on trip West Whether
she has gone West with the sick relative
or returned 10 Washington is not known
II Is said. however. that before leaving
New York she said that she would return
TO her desk IN the MOney-Order Depart
ment OF the Post Office.
Miss Wood. by the way. is said to have
been the cause Tor the present upheaNal
in the Post-Omcc Department. and had Il
not been for a dispute with August w
Nlachen. who irCurred her enmity. the
uostal scandal might never have seen the
light
IL il related that Miss Wood and Ma
chen quarreIed following an outing at
which Miss Wood overheard Machen and
a feIlow-oficial talking about the graft
In Government contracts. she went 20
Machen afterWard with her information
and. Il is said. made demands. which were
refused.
ThIrstinC for revenge and being a
trained newspaper woman, a. we'll as
lawyer. she knew what TO do with the
mass OF information and surmise she had
collected while stenographer for a num-
Der OF men whose names have since be-
come involved in the scandal. She visited
a newspaper ONCE and succeeded in hav-
ing some disclosures made
That vas nearly a year ago. A men,
Der OF the arm Of ] P. Morgan & Co. went
TO the publisher of the newspaper which
contained the articles about Machen and
Bcavers. and persuaded him that all the
matter published was bcsl- The man who
had been writing Il was dismissed But
another newspaper man was persuaded 10
interview Seymour W. TuIloch. ex-cGshier
OF the Washington Post Office. He talked
about things he knew; II was not neces-
sary for him 10 do any guessing. Post
master General Payne said the Tulloch
charges were hot air." but a friend Of
the newspaper man who made the first
publication. and who Is a friend OF Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt. went to the White House
been said by his friend Tuiloch was not
hot air"
At the same time Miss Wood began tell
ing things about Machen to one OF First
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne's
confidential men FOR the purpose of hay-
ing them reach the ears OF that Official.
He heard them. From that time forward
Machen, Beavers. Hedges. Rand and the
other mcn involved in the scandal could
not think Of things too mean to say about
Miss Wood. They said that she ought not
10 be retained in the Government service
and that they had done everything POS
sibIe to get her out ot IT, Everything POS
sibIe was done TO biacSen the reputation
OF Aflss Wood. but In spite OF all she has
been able 10 retain her position. and. in
fact. TO practically come and go at Will