Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-06-12


for Nomination - Dismissal Of Unfit Army
Officers - Baron Won Sternburs will Be
Germany's Ambassador to This Country.
(rrom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 4, 1903.
So great is popular interest in Wash.
ington in the Postoffice investigation
that it is difficult to find anyone will.
ing or prepared to talk on any other
subject. While no remarkably sensa.
tional developments have occurred
since the arrest OF Machen, many mi.
nor incidents have happened which 60
to make up convincing evidence OF the
reluctance of Postmaster General
Payne to make a clean breast of the
rottenness which has permeated the
Republican Administration of one oil
the most important departments oil
the Government. Just at present
Payne is severely criticising First AS.
sistant Postmaster General Wynne, tC
whom belongs the credit OF exposing
Machen, Miller. ct al, getting rid Of
Beavers. Tyner, Christiancy and 9th.
ers. The purging of the Department
of these officials has occurred only as
a result of the power OF the press and
doubtless Wynne has awaited himself
of that power to accomplish what he
regarded as q most laudable end. Be.
cause, however, the press has also
placed ex-Postmaster General Smith
ex.Assistant Postmaster General Perry
Heath and others in q most unenvia
BILE light before the public and is on
the high road 10 showing that Hanna
was not above the most practical oil
practical politics." Payne consider.
that Wynne has been guilty of grave
partisan disloyalty and will urge the
President to get rid of him.
Postmaster General Payne, after
characterizing the charges Of ex-Cash.
Ter Seymour TullOch as "hot air,
L" wind" a "stump Speech" ETC., has
FASTENED to publish the replies Of
Smith, Heath and other officials who
deal in generalities and fail in every
instance to "make good" as Mr.
Payne expresses it. In fact, the chic
motive OF all their letters is personal
animus towards Tulloch. The one re-
ply to the Tulloch charges in which
the public is interested, Payne keep.
on his desk and refuses to make pub
lie. 1t is report made by Fourth
Assistant General Bristow, going very
thoroughly into the conditions which
have existed in the Washington Post
Office and supporting, it is understood
Tulloch in many details.
According to the most confidential
reports received from Columbus this
week there is weeping and wailing and
CRASHING OF teeth in the Hanna camp
ct the State Convention. The Grid.
iron Club of Washington once greeted
German with q song which ran. Ar
thur Pue, Arthur Pue, What in the
world is the matter with your We've
heard of you downed, unseated, un-
seated, uncrowned," etc.. and those
words would appropriately apply to
Hanna. It is gall and NORWOOD to
the Hannaites TO see their peerless
leader beaten and compelled to SUI
pinely accept the Foraker resolution,
but such is the situation and they
dare not take any steps to get even
with Foraker because Hanna's re-
election to the Senate is close al hand
and that election depends on peace
and harmony. Senator Hanna him
self has little difficulty in concealing
his resentment and acting in harmony
with Senator Foraker but the Hanna
lieutenants, henchmen and grafters"
are bewailing the situation.
With Hanna out OF the way, the
nomination of Roosevelt by the Re-
publicans is regarded as certain, and
the fight of the Democrats is al cut
out. They must nominate man who
can beat the President. That such q
man must be conservative is admitted
by all. He must command the re-
spect OF that large element in the east
which regards Roosevelt IS cratic
and unsafe. He must command the
support OF the independent voters,
that large and constantly increasing
number which refuses to accept bra.
vado for bravery. shouting about Amer
icanism for loyalty, militarism for pa.
triotism. The most astute Demo.
cratic politicians do not regard it as at
all essential that their nominee be
named at this early date. He would
only become the butt of Republican
ridicule and invectivs. So the policy
will be 10 keep the Republicans guess.
ing for while longer and then nomi.
nate q strong man, conduct a whirl.
wind campaign and land the proper
man 10 the White House.
Representative Richardson OF Ala.
be- ma talked Interestingly Of the situa-
ton this week. He said, al do not
believe Mr.. Cleveland will be candi.
date and feel sure that he will so de-
clare himself in due time. On the
other hand, believe the wave of pop.
ular sentiment in favor Of Mr.. Cleve-
land should be regarded as an indica-
ton OF the kind OF man who could
win and that this wave Of popularity
can be turned TO good purpose in max.
ing stronger the actual nominee.
There are plenty Of good men in the
party who could command the respect
and support Of oil factions and would
serve to unite the members OF the
party in every section. Such Q man
should be selected and then, il we all
put our shoulder to the wheel we shall
win. Undoubtedly the conduct OF a..
fairs in some of the executive depart.
ments will be considered in the cam.
paign. The people will never be salts.
fed with half way Investigations de-
signed primarily 10 protect the Repub.
lican party and its leading politicians"
There are indications that the army
is being gradually purged OF the unfit
officers who. through political influ.
ence, obtained commissions during the
war with Spain. Several second lieu.
tenants have already gone out because
they failed in their examinations for
promotion and within the past week