The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-11-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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election about to take place III
eleven States of the Union. 1t is
said that the President is going
over the report carefully and that
before making it public he will
supplement it with some comments
of his own. As it contains over
million words, which would make
1000 pages of an ordinary govern
ment document, it will probably
take Mr.. Roosevelt some time to
finish it. Postmaster-General
Payne is now preparing his letter
of transmittal, to accompany the
report. There seems good author
ity for the statement that Mr..
Bristow makes grave accusations
against Perry S. Heath, the for
mer First Assistant Postmaster
General, and present secretary of
the Republican national committee,
of which Mark Hanna is chairman.
The Tulloch charges accused Heath
of Juggling payrools, giving sine
cures to women and political
friends, and sending politicians
around the country at government
expense ostensiblyon official bust
ness; but it is said that Mr.. Bris-
tow charges him with official cor
ruption similar to that for which
Beavers and Machen are now in
dicted. However, like Congress
man Littauer in the glove con-
tracts, he will probably be saved
by the statute of limitations. 1t
looks as if the Republicans will
hardly dare retain him as secretary
of the national committee; but
perhaps he hopes for something
equally as good" The irregu
larities discovered in the New
York postoffice are of such grave
character that the President has
directed Mr.. Bristow's inspectors
to subject it to rigid investiga-
ton. They will leave for New
York in a few days and will have
month or six weeks to complete
their work. The head of the New
York office is postmaster Van Colt,
close personal friend of Senator
PIatt, who has done all he can to
defend hun and who will fight any
attempt to remove him. Although
no direct charges have as yet been
made against Van Colt, his remov-
al has been so frequently discussed
as to alarm Senator Platt and his
other friends.
The Maryland campaign is the
chief topic among politicians here.
Senator German has taking the
stump and is leading the Democrats
in an attack on the Administration,
which is causing the Republicans
the gravest alarm. He again
scores the President for his inter-
ference in the State campaign and
for his championining the colored
race by dining Booker Washington.
He said in his last speech, 'Un-
fortunately, the President of the
United States-and speak of him
as the President ought always to
be spoken Of, with respect-goes
from one end of the country to
the other intensifying the race is
sue. He we'll knows that all
the thoughtful men of the South
without exception, unless it be pol
iticians who want the votes of the
negroes, and every thoughtful
man of the North, has reached the
conclusion that no greater crime
was ever committed against good
government,no greater crime has
ever been perpetrated against the
women of the South, than the
emancipation of the negro by con-
stitutional amendment. The Pres
ident of the United States, with an
impulsiveness and thoughtlessness
that would hardly be excused in a
small boy in this community, has
faculty of expressing himself
which has become dangerous to
the peace of the community. He
has interfered in our State and has
tried to stimulate the Republicans
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