Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-12-17


noted he would be the head Of |
the Army from 1909 10 1924, and |
would shut out Of that honor every
man named, and in addition those
eminent military scientists. Gems.
Gillespie, Davis, Crozier and O'Reil-
ly.
General Wood may be q good pill
peddler. He showed some admins
trative ability in Cuba. But as q
field commander his experience is
limited to few days in a subordi-
nate capacity in Cuba and to his re-
cent campaign" against the Moros,
who were flushed" defenceless to
bis guns like birds at a battue, APP
parently that he nightmare "a "bag"
to impress the Senate. II heshould
be confirmed what possible excuse
could q Senator voting AYE" make
for so doing?
The recent visit OF Senator Hanna
TO the White House at the invitation
Of the President, and the two hours
conference between the two. has
caused much comment concern here
ing the relations existing between
the two, and the possibility Of q
break in former apparently cordial
feeling. am position to say to the
readers OF this correspondence that
there will be no break In those rela-
tons on account of the opposition of
Hanna to the confirmation of Gen.
Leonard Wood or for any other
reason now apparent. The Presi-
dent is now in the mood to stand
anything from Hanna IL it is not
openly humiliating. Mr.. Roosevelt
just now is engaged in the delecta-
BILE occupation of eating humble pie.
He wants Hanna and he needs Han
ma, and he is going to keep him if
soft words and conciliatory ac-
tons will prevail. Roosevelt does
not look on Hanna's campaign
against Wood as anything directed
toward the White House, and rather
admires Hanna for standing by his
friend Rathbone. The President
thinks Perry Heath should retire
from the secretaryship of the Re-
publican National Committee, and he
thinks Hanna should ask Heath to
retire. for he well knows that Heath
is not going TO retire unless he is
asked to do SO by Hanna.
Ii Hanna does not ask Heath to
retire, and he is not going to do so,
then the President will again eat
humble pie and make no cutlery.
Hanna will win again, just as said
he would in this letter last week.
The President is not trying to fight
with Hanna, Hanna could not pick
fuss with Theodore Roosevelt now
If he tried ever so hard. Thee ditor-
ial in the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune, one of the strongest repub-
lican organs in the State of Ohio,
and one Hanna's personal organs,
which appeared last Saturday and
which warned the faithful OF the re-
publican party that they could not
win with Roosevelt as the candidate
next year, has set the tongues of
sets of politicians here to wsgging
furiously. It has caused something
of mild sensation coming from the
source it did, and many people
affect to believe that it was inspir-
by Hanna. People on the inside,
however. know that Hanna had no
to do with it. 1t was simply the
outcropping of Roosevelt's growing
unpopularity, and many leading
democrats who believed some time
ago that Roosevelt was the strong
est man the republicans could nomi-
nate now are very much worried
because they are afraid he will not
be nominated. They need no: be
alarmed. Roosevelt will be nomia-
ted all right and Hanna knows it.
There is nothing now beyond some
miraculous political contingency that
can head off the fixed program.
And Hanna will be in the band
wagon il the President has to take
pack rope and cinch him to the front
seat. They are scared at the White
House scared and nervous-for fear
Hanna.nay get away, and he won't
get away if there are enough nets
20 hold him, or unless he uses an
axe, and the President in his pre-
sent frame of mind will stand con-
siderable mangling before he lets 90
of the Warwick from Cleveland,
Ohio.
There is considerable talk here
over an article in last Sunday New
York San to the effect that David B.
Hill had come down to New York
from Albany and had seen the demo-
cratic leaders, including the leader
of Tammany Hall, Mr.. Charles F.
Murphy, and had everything cut