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The Washington times., 1903-06-09
GOING TO THE BOTTOM.

Let not the President or any other
man think that the bottom will be reach
ed as soon as the last Postoffice thief
has been sent to Jail. Much more is
necessary than the punishment of few
criminals. They are but parts of huge
system. They but share spirit of cor
ruption which pervades the whole official
atmosphere. Some Of them stole out
right and took brides. but that was only
pushing over the borders of crime GER
tain practices which are common
and held to be even reputable In
many branches OF the public SER
vice. To regard Office as sine
cure; to put unfit men in place as a
convenient means of paying political
debts; to ask personal favors Of those
whose duty it IS, not TO oblige their
friends, but to see that the country is
we'll served; to treat the civil service
laws as something merely to be beat
en- not obeyed; to make Government
positions party spoils; to terrorize and
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Raging Scandal Will Not Down.

Lord Roberts evidently expected that
he had put an end to all the contro-
yersy in connection with the now famous
''Is gging" scandal in the Grenadier
Guards regiment when the other day
curing a debate in the house of lords
he bitterly resented the imputations of
the Dukes of Bedford and of Northum-
terland, which he described as '.sinis
ter" and then went on to declare ION
my honor as an officer and as a mem
her of this house no person, man or wo-
an, has ventured to approach me OF
attempted to advise my Judgment in this
case"
But unfortunately the scandal will not
down. and attention has been called
cree more 10 the affair by the extra
ordinary reappointment of Lieut.. Leve-
sou Gore to the Grenadier Guards. with
the announcement that he had been sec
onded for service with the African rifles
that is, given change for distinguish
ing himself which other officers have for
months past sought In vain. Lieut..
I.eveson Gore was one of the three VIC
TINS of the Raging" whose com
plant to their relatives brought about
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
POSTOFFICE SCANDALS
COULD NOT Be STIFLED
Technical Defenses to TuIloch Charger
Could Not Suffice.


Complete failure has attended the at
tempts of Postmaster General Payne tc
st:fe the scandals which have been ex-
posed In the Postoffiee Department and
In the Washington city postofice. He
Las. TO be sure secured what seems to
hc technical defense to some of the
| charges made by Seymour TuIIoeh. for
m'er cashier of the local possofice In
Washington.
Mr. Tracewell. Comptroller of the
treasury, says that Mr. Tulioch Is mis-
taken IN asserting that any conversation
tcok place between them, and Auditor
Castle points out that, as a mere ac-
Counting officer. he was Obliged to trust
to the scrutiny of department officials.
and could not possibly know In each
case whether service was actually per-
formed or not Nobody has charged
Auditor Castle with personal response
tiltty for the enrolment of men and wo-
sr who performed no services.
The fact that men and women were
placed upon the payroll with the un-
Outstanding that they should give no
services is not denied.
There is reason to believe that all the
in portant allegations of corruption
made by Mr.. Tulloch will be confirmed
ey the report which Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow=the name
Is of good augury-is expected soon to
make. 1t is believed that Br. Bristoy
VIII bring home to Machen. Beavers.
Iyner. and their accomplices the guilt
OF running the Postofice Department for
| the benefit OF those directly in charge of
the free delivery service. and of those
| members OF Congress who were willing
TO make unheard-of appropriations for
this branch OF the Postoffice Depart
ment.
THANKS to the Independent press IL
has proved impossible to carry out the
original intention, which was to shield
the guilty parties and to deny the exist
ence of any corruption N the postal
service. Tyner. the Attorney General
for the department. has been summarily
| removed: Beavers has been allowed 10
| resign; Machen has been suspended, ani
fourth official, Daniel v Miller. has
been arrested for accepting a bribe
There is rumor that, when President
| Roosevelt returns to Washington. an ef-
fort will be made by Postmaster Gen.
| eral Payne to secure tho removal OF
Robert ]. Wynne First Assistant Post
| master General, on the ground that tho
latter has not evinced the proper esprit
de corps. and has given information to
| newspaper men who have desired to
| learn the inside facts about the manage
ment of the Postofflce Department.
1t is not rebuke, but sympathy and
support, that Mr. Wynne deserves, If he
believes it to be the duty of the Federal
Government TO punish embezzlement and
TO turn the rascals out" Mr. Roose-
welt did well to retain in Office the good
men appointed by Mr.. Mckinley. but he
will not honor his predecessors memory
by shielding the unfit. He should treat
them as Mr.. Mckinley would have done
-relegate them promptly to private life,
II not TO the 9enitentiary.
II choice must be made between
Postmaster General Payne and First AS
sistant Postmaster General Wynne, we
opine that the latter VIII not be the
first TO go.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
The Walking Delegate.
A Natural and Legitimate outgrowth
of Trades Unionism.

The Building Trades Employers
Association, IN formulating a plan of
arbitration for the consideration of
the trades unions, has made a spe-
cial point of the elimination Of the
walking delegate. The theory on
which the employers seek to secure
his suppression is that ne is not prop
trIy to be classed as one of the en-
ployes. Having set out on that line
of reasoning, they naturally find
plenty of occupation in splitting
hairs
Just why the employers draw such
fine distinctions in treating with their
employees, between an actual worker
and worker whose duties as agent
of the employees organization engage
all his time, is one of the most per-
picking questions growing out OF the
labor situation. 1t seems to be purely
a matter of prejudice. The employees
naturally select as their agents men
who are shrewd, vigilant and compe-
tent to guard their interests, just as
the employers IN appointing commit
tees or Spokesman look for intelli-
gence and irmness in their repre-
sentatives.
The titles given to the representa-
tives or agents on either side do not
really affect the merits Of the case.
Yet the employers instinctively bristle
up and manifest their hostility the
moment the name walking dele
gates" is mentioned. If the walking
delegates were called attorneys or
governors or executive committees,
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
The Field of Politics.
Must Get Together"

From the standpoint of Bryan DEM
ocrat it must be admitted that the Hon
Thomas H. Ball, member of Congress
from Texas, presents a rather strong
case in his opinion upon the Cleveland
boom, and, furthermore, as a Democrat
without the descriptive adjective which
denotes his particular kind of Democ-
racy, he gives some good advice TO his
party on harmony and get together"
Mr. Ball has announced his intention
Of retiring from public life, and hence
personal ambition or by animosity to-
ward those who have not agreed with
him. He assigns two reasons FOR strong
opposition to the talk of rendering Mr.
Cleveland fourth nomination. The
first is the one usually offered,
popular objection to a third term
for any man, and the second that
no man can be nominated for the Presi-
dency who, while occupying the highest
position within the gift of his party and
the nation, deliberately deserts his fol-
lowers who placed him there and assists
his party's enemies in the election of a
Republican President.
There are thousands of Democrats who
entertain the same belief Mr.. Ball then
proceeds to show that Cleveland rather
than Bryan demoralized the Democratic
party. He asserts, and the truth of his
statement cannot be denied. whatever
Ill effects Organism may have had upon
the party, that the decadence of De-
mocracy as power began under the
second Cleveland Administrations
The Washington times., 1903-06-09

the employers would have no cause
for complaint, for these are the titles
they apply TO their own representa-
tives and business agents and ad-
viserS.
So long as the walking delegate is
fair and honest in his dealings no OBJ
lection to him will stand In the end
ii must be solely a question of his
personal character, just as it must be
a question of the character of the
agent or representative of the en-
ployer and his association. IN the IN
tegrity and efficiency of its business
agent the trades union has the largest
stake, for the danger of betrayal or
defeat of its cause through his in
capacity is always to be considered.
As a matter of self-protection the
employees need for this delicate duty
the best equipped men IN their orga-
nizations. Nothing is more unlikely
than that they will willfully select as
walking delegates men who they have
reason to think will hurt their inter
ests.
The walking delegate is legiti-
mate outgrowth of trades unionism.
For the employers to deny his right
to serve after proper appointment to
office by his associates is to deny the
fundamental right of labor to or
ganize.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
CAM PAIGN CRY FOR
OHIO REPUBL leans
VIII Be "Hanna, Herrick, Harding, Har-
mony, and Hands Of"

J. H. Edwards. private secretary 10
the Hon. l. NJ. Shaw. Secretary of the
treasury, has returned from Columbus.
Ohio, where he attended the Repuhli-
can State convention He reports that
the State is unanimous for Roosevelt
and that Senator Hanna's campaign crv
OF hands on' insures harmony in the
republican camp. Mr. Edwards be-
heves that Tom Johnson, OF Cleveland
is in control of the Democratic situa.
ton in the State. and will dictate tbe
nominations and State platform.
John l. Zimmerman is said to be the
leading candidate for governor on the
Democratic ticket.
The five HIS" will be the Republican
campaign cry. As given by Mr.. Ed
wards. the cry is Hanna, Herrick
Harding. Harmony. and Hands Of" be-
ing the candidates for Senator gov
ernor and lieutenant governor, the con-
dition of politics in the State, and the
warning issued by Senator Hanna.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
CAPTAIN OF THE SAGINAW
TOO ILL TO TESTIFY

Supervising Inspector General Uhler.
OF the Steamboat Inspection Service. has
re ceived word from Philadelphia that
Captain Tunnel, of the steamer Sagi-
nav, is still too III to give testimony in
an investigation to be conducted con-
corning the recent collision in Chesa-
peake Bay of the Saginaw and the Ham.
ilton.
A report to the same effect had been
made by Captain Tunnels physician,
but Mr.. Uhler. In order to satisfy the
demand for a prompt inquiry into the
cause of the accident. detailed Marine
Hospital physician to make second
examination of the captains condition
The physician says that while deposit
ton might be taken, he would hardly
consider 1t reliable at this time He
recommends that the investigation be
delayed for two weeks, at least, and an
order has accordingly been issued by
Mr.. Uhler
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
SAYS MORGAN AND HILL
ARE NOT IN THE SADDLE

ST. PAUL, June 9.-Judge YOUNG CON
tinued his argument yesterday on pehalA
of the Northern Securities Company In
the suit OF Minnesota against that cor
poration. Judge Young said that mas
much as the so-called Hill-Morgah CO.
terie did not own a majority OF the
stock of the Northern Securities, 1t couia
not be said to possess control
This group of capitalists barely owned
14o 600 600 of the $3.50, 600 900 stock of
the merger company, and therefore, NC
said. by the arguments OF the couhsei
of the State, were not 'in the sadie.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Has a Big pull"

Now after having definitely quilted the
Amy under cloud, he is suddenly re-
appointed to his regiment, and seconded
for active service in Africa. and, of
course, military men and London club
land do not hesitate TO attribute the
consideration which he is receiving from
the hands of the commander in chief
TO the extraordinary social pull which
he enjoys through his many influential
relatives.
Needless to add that he is an object
of intense resentment among his fellow :.
officers, who accuse him, as well as Lord
Douro and the master of Belhaven-aIl
three victims of the raging" episode
of having brought discredit upon their
regiment and upon the entire commits
! stoned corps of the English army by
their complaints. Indeed, the Marquis
of Douro, who is the eldest son and heir
of the Duke of Wellington, has found his
position so intolerable that he has now
severed his connection with the army.
Meanwhile Colonel Kinloch, the COM
mander OF the Grenadier Guards at the
time when the Raging took place, re-
mains on the retired list by order of the
commander-in-ch chief, and with his entire
military career ruined
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
The Anthracite Situation.
Operators Antagonizing Miners Out OF
Sheer Perversity.

The anthracite operators have vir-
tually admitted that their position is
untenable, and that they will be
satisfied If the miners elect the
three district presidents = Nichols
Fahey and Dettry : to serve on
the board of Cancellation. They do
not attempt to deny that the organi-
cations represent a majority of the
nine workers IN each of the three
districts They are simply beating
around the bush when they say they
are under no obligations to recognize
the unions. AS matter of fact, they
have not ventured to demand that the
non-union mine workers be given a
voice In the election of miners repre-
sentatives on the board of eonciha-
ton.
AS Judge Gray, the president of the
strike commission. says, the award of
that body needs no Interpretation. 1t
states explicitly that if there is an or
ganization Of employees in each dis
trict, such organization can appoint a
member of the board of Cancellation.
Nothing is said about the necessity of
holding elections, a condition trumped
up by the operators, it might almost
be inferred, for the express purpose
of antagonizing their employees.
To hold convention will cost the
miners some SIS, 900, wholly unnec-
essary expense. 1t viii also interfere
temporarily with the operation of the
mines. A certain consequence of the
operators policy of obstruction must
be the reminding of the old antagon-
ism of the miners toward their en-
ployers, a condition the operators
should be the last to produce, out of
regard for their own business IN
terests.
A word from Mr.. Baer would settle
the whole controversy happily and
make it possible for the board of
Cancellation to begin the business for
which it was created. If he refuses
10 act promptly it must be taken to
mean that he does not want to see
the differences cf the employers and
the employees adjusted by regular
procedure, but is seeking to devise
some new excuse for postponing a
settlement. IF the mines should be
closed down again as result OF his
perversity, he will be provoking the
public to take action not to his ad-
vantage.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
PROMOTED OFFICERS
ASSIGNED TO REGIMENTS

The War Department has announced
the following assignments to regiments
of officers recently promoted:
Capt William S. Valentine, promoted
from first lieutenant, Second Cavalry,
to the Fifteenth Cavalry, Troop D, vice
0verton, deceased
Capt. Henry c. Smither. promoted
from first lieutenant, First Cavalry. 10
the Fifth Cavalry. Troop H. vice Sum-
merlin. resigned.
First Lieut. Ralph c. Caldwell. pro-
Cavalry, to the Seventh Cavalry, Troop
E. vice Murphy. promoted.
First Lieut.. George NJ. Lee. promoted
from Second lieutenant, Seventh Cav
airy, to the Fourth Cavalry, to date
from April %. 1903. vice Arnold. pro-
NOTED.
First Lieut.. Eben Swift. jr. promoted
from second lieutenant. Fifth Cavalry,
to the Fourteenth Cavalry. Troop D.
vice Munro. promoted.
First Lieut.. Edgar n Coffey (promot-
ed from second lieutenant. Twelfth Cav
airy. Troop u, vice Valentine, pro-
noted
First Lieut.. James S. Butler (promot-
ed from second lieutenant. Twelfth Cav
airy. to the First Cavalry. Troop F),
vice Smither. promoted
First Lieut. Henry NJ. Fales promoted
from second lieutenant. Twenty-frst IN
fantry), to the Eighth Infantry, Com
pany NJ, vice Faulkner, resigned
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
How the Stories Started.

Il is perfectly true that some of the
archduke's associates ct Salzburg, where
he has until now been stationed, have
been officers. and likewise civilians Of
bourgeois birth, but clever and brilliant
men In whose society he naturally found
more pleasure and profit than In the
companionship of those who had nothing
but their blue blood and their noble an
cestry to recommend them to his notice.
1t is t1ey, I need scarcely add, who
started these stories against the arch
duke, to whom the Emperor has express
ed himself as deeply indebted for the
tact and the judgment which he has
shown in putting an end to the scandals
provoked by the conduct OF his elder
brother, the ex-Archduke Leopold. and
OF his sister, the ex-Crown Princess u
Tuscany.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Always IN Trouble.

Somehow Don Carlos family seem al
ways to be involved in some unsavory
scandal or another, and just now his SON
in-law, Prince Frederick Schonburg
Waldenburg. is being sued by Adolph
Freund, the son of usurer. who having
the prince in his tolls had insisted on his
taking his, the usurer's, son into his
household as private secretary at an
extortionate salary, which he of course
expected to get through the prince from
Don Carlos. Don Carlos has closed his
purse on the prince. who is suing him
for his wife's dowry. while the secretary
is now proceeding against the prince for
unpaid stipend. and the most extraordi-
nary amount of soiled family linen is
being washed in public in connection
with the affair.
MARQUISE DE FoNTENOY
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Cause of Advancement.

He enjoyed in very marked degree
the confidence of Count Haeseler, and
was his principal lieutenant, and there
is no doubt that it is to the field mar
shal's recommendation that he is in
debted for his present promotion.
The post which he now occupies is
regarded as the most important one of
the entire German army, since In the
event of the inevitable war with France
it is to him that will be intrusted the
first line of defense. as well as the re-
sponsibility of holding the enemy in
check until sufficient time has elapsed
to admit of the mobilization and OF the
rushing to the scene of the remainder of
the German army.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Count Haeseler's Successor.


Emperor Williams new warden of the
Western Marches, who has just been ap :
ported to the supreme command OF IT,.
western frontier of the empire, and of
the Sixteenth Army Corps in succession
TO Field Marshal Count Haeseler, is not
only noble, but likewise wears on his
breast medals conferred upon him for
having taken part in a campaign against
Prussia. He bears the name OF Gen.
Louis StoetZer, and is, l believe, the
only officer of his rank who does not
belong either by birth or by appoint
ment to the aristocracy.
AS native of -Meiningen, and as
lieutenant of the Fusilier Regiment
OF that duchy, he took part in the Aus
TRAN war against Prussia in 1856, con-
fiict in which Sake Meiningen was
among the allies of Austria. \ couple
of years later, when the military forces
of his duchy We're, in consequence OF
the convention with Prussia. affiliated
TO the latters army, he became a mem
Der of the general staff at Berlin, took
part as such in the war with France in
1870. and for the past twenty years has
been stationed in various capacities in
Alsace and Lorraine, his last appoint
ment being that of governor of the fort
ress of Metz
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
THROWING BOUQUETS
At THE PRESIDENT
Party Leader Assures Him His Popu-
larity Is Growing.

President Roosevelt is receiving from
callers many assurances of his popular
ity among the people of all sections of
the country. Representative Bebcock, of
Wisconsin. was one of his prominent
callers yesterday.
Il only asked him il there were any
other worlds to conquer" said the vet
eran campaign manager. If there are
any which have not yet fallen before his
prowess and popularity. have not heard
of them.
The political situation now is all
right. 1t Is in the most satisfactory
condition I have known for some time.
The chief result of the Presidents trip
has been TO show his unusual personal
strength in all the States he has visited.
Personality is what wins the peoples
hearts. and carries their votes to the
party standard"
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Chief Heir to Great Possessions.

Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Aus
tria. the second son Of the Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Tuscany. and who
has become the chief heir to his father s
great possessions, since the remuneration
by his elder brother. Leopold, of his
titles, prerogatiyes, and membership OF
the Hapsburg family in order TO become
a Swiss citizen under the name OF Leo
pold Wolfling, is very accomplished
and brilliant man. who has all along
been his fathers favorite, all the hopes
and aspirations of the old grand duke
being conferred in this particular one OF
his many children.
The archduke, who has until now been
major of the Fourth Regiment OF Ty-
rolese Chasseurs, has just been pro-
NOTED to the colonelcy of the Twenty
seventh Infantry Regiment at Laibach.
Some people have affected to see in this
promotion a token of disapproval by the
Emperor of the princes alleged prefer
ence for the society of the bourgeoisie
to that of the nobility. But this is RI
dicuIous For the young archduke is a
particular favorite of the Emperor, and
just before his promotion spent week
at Vienna at the Hofburg as the mon
arch's guest. Moreover. the very fact
that instead of being merely transferred
from one garrison to another he should
have been promoted to the command OF
regiment indicates in itself that he Is
not in the bad graces Of Emperor Fran
els Joseph.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
MRS. HARRISON'S TRIP
TO JAPAN POSTPONED

INDIANAPOLIS, June st WAS an
nounced at the home of Mrs Mary Liar
rison widow of ex-President HARRISON
that ON account of Illness, Mrs. Harrison
had indefinitely postponed the trip to
Japan on which she was to nave s'ar'eu
today. Accompanied by her little daugh-
ter Elizabeth, she had arranged to speno
six months travelling through japan
visiting the principal cities OF the Is
land. The two were to be members OF
a party composed of Mrs. Harrison's
friends
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
A Fine Soldier.

Lord Mimic took part in Lord Rob-
erts' celebrated march to Candahar, was
in the Egyptian war of 1882, and in the
subsequent Soudanese campaigns, and
while in Canada as military secretary
10 the governor general in 1888 acted
as chief of staff 10 the expedition FOR
the suppression of the Riel insurrectioa.
He is fine soldier and very manly
fellow, and as such the personal pop
ularity which he has won for himself in
Canada is very great, and the news
that his term OF Office has been prolonged
is giving. so I hear. very general salts
faction In the Dominion
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
An Adventurous Life.

Lord Mimic, whose term of Office as
governor general OF Canada has just
been prolonged for another year. IS "a
man whose life has been more replete
with excitement and adventure than
most of his predecessors at Ottawa.
Thus during the Turko- Russian war OF
1876 and 1877. he was attached through
out the campaign to the Ottoman forces.
was present al the bombardment of
Nicopolis, besides taking part in many
other engagements. Subsequently he
served under Lord Roberts throughout
the Kurrum Valley campaign. and 1t was
only by mere chance that he was pre-
vented from Joining the mission of Sir
Louis Cayagnari, who. with his entire
staff and retinue, was massacred at Ka-
bull.