Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-09-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular correspondent.

OF from our Regular COrreSpOnuent.)
as Washington, D. c., Sept. 21.-Col
of onel Charles J. Bonaparte, who has
On been nominally selected by Secretary
ar Hitchcock, actually by the President,
~ to investigate the Indian land sea ndals
} came to Washington recently to learn
ne the extent of the task he has under
ad taken. To his great surprise Colonel
IN Bonaparte found that Secretary Hitch
v. cock had gone to his summer home in
D. New Hampshire and only Assistant
N Secretary Ryan, who was absent dur
re ing the ventilation of the scandals.
was here to receive him. Judge Ryan,
If could, or would. give the Colonel but
IS little information. nor did he have any
s papers relating to the case to submit
t to him. All these had been carefully
# put away by the Secretary before be
II left Washington and instead of being
|. able to take them up and discuss them
= with the Judge, the Colonel was told
q that, after those the Secretary regard
. ed as private or confidential had been
, slfted out, the remainder would be
shipped to him by express. Colonel
, Bonaparte asked many questions re- |
, garding the scandals and allegations
= out beyond having the fact impressed |
upon him that most of them were due |
to malfesance on the part of subordi.
mates of the Department of Justice, be
received little information.
J, The action of the general Labor
Union OF Washington In appealing, by
a set OF resolutions, to all the labor or
EXAMINATIONS affiliated with the Ameri
Can Federation of Labor for expires
sions of disapproyal of President Roose-
velt's declared ''Open door" policy for )
union and non union labor and of his !,
reinstatement of W. A. Miller, the book +
binding foreman whom Public Printer 8
Palmer dismissed because he had been +
expelled from the union, is occasion :
ing serious anxiety to leading republi. +
cans in Washington. There are 2, 800. G
600 memb ers of the Federation of La v
Dor and if they undertake to defeat .
Mr.. Roosevelt's nomination they will
doubtless prove successful because the
republican politicians will be fright
ened into the belief that the nomina-
tlon of man the Federation opposes
will mean republican defeat. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who has availed him
self OF every opportunity to denounce
the baneful influence of the craven and
the weakling in society will doubtless
welcome this opportunity to practice
what he breaches and to demonstrate
that be is neither. but whatever may
be his course it is doubtful if he can
,xtricate himself from his present DO.
'itlon without losing some votes.
Apropos of the Todd case, the Del .
WARE postmaster or postmistress, who
vas dismissed from the service to
lease Allea, the Addicks Senator,
jivil Service Commissioner Greene has
nade public a statement in which be
Oints out that by virtue of the civil
ervice regulation which was signed
ast March by President Roosevelt and
7hich went into effect on April Is,
ven fourth class postmasters are in
luded in measure, in the classified
ervice. By that regulation it became hib
nlawful to dismiss any federal en- carr
loyee for political or religious reasons. VII
therefore,, according to Commissioner
reene. the dismissal of Miss Todd will
as clearly unlawful. Now it is re- e..
orted from Oyster Bay that the Presi- "a
emit is incensed at Mr.. Greene for ~
lus annoying a cabinet officer.'' &c
here can be no doubt that Postmaster
eneral Payne was seriously annoyed e
y Greene's published interview, but
lat the President should be annoyed
18th Greene is incredible as Greene
as only doing the duty with which
e is charged, seeking to see that the Al
vii service regulations are respected. 81
rObably the facts are that the Presi- ~
emit is really annoyed with Payne for
the entire Todd matter, -
1t being afraid to quarrel with the :
ostmaster General almost on the eve
an election, he relieved his feelings
7 saying few things about Greene.
There have been three more indict-
ents, against two persons, returned
7 the District of Columbia grand
Try, one of these against George W.
eavers, former superintendent of sci
.laries and allowances, the other is -
opposed to be against a New York
'litician whose identity is still con-
,aled. 1t is now predicted that the Nv
and jury will complete it's work by D
ctober 9Th, and that will close the z
oStOffice investigation. 1t is more =
AN likely that several more indict- 3 ,
onf will no =
8 as the inspectors seem to have
armed bis methods and to be tracing 9
is various cOnspiracies to defraud TO Z
cir source. An important decision 8
IS just been rendered by United . I
ates Commissioner Hitchcock in Newi$ Q
ork, whereby Beavers is denied the
ivllege of learning all of the evidence . o
hich the government has against him 2
advance of his trial, and is obliged =
return to the Brooklyn Jurisdiction !
ON which he precipita5ely fed as z c.
on as he learned that be was indict 3 "
|. This same precedent will doubt . h
is stand in the cases of Maurice Run Z 81
e, Isaac s. McGiehn. George H. ! i.
huntingdon and Beavers himself again,
hen an attempt is made to bring z
EN- to Washington on indictments
turned here. This decision is til 3
casion of great rejoicing by the Of Z
als of the Postoffice and the Depart.
ent of Justice.