Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06

place In eleven states OF the Union.
1t is said that the President is going
over the report carefully and that be.
fore making it public he will supple.
ment it with some comments of his
own. AS it contains over a million
words, which would make 1000 pages
of an ordinary government 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 former First Assistant
Postmaster General and present Secre-
tary of the Republican National Com.
mittee, of which Mark Hanna 10 chair
man. The Tulloch charges accused
Heath of juggling payrolls. giving sine.
cures to women and political friends,
and sending politicians around the
country at government expense osten-
sibly on official business; but it is said
that Mr.. Bristow charges him with
official corruption similar to that for
which Beavers and Machen are now
indicted. However, like Congressman
Littauer in the glove contracts, he will
probably be saved by the statute of
limitations. 1t looks a. if the Repub.
licans will hardly dare retain him as
Secretary OF the National Committee;
but perhaps he hopes for something
equally as good" The Irregularities
discovered in the New York Postoffice
are OF such grave character that the
President has directed Mr.. Bristow's
inspectors to subject it to q rigid in-
vestigation. They will leave for New
York in a few days and will have a
month or six weeks to complete their
work. The head of the New York
Office is Postmaster Van Colt, q close
personal friend of Senator Plat, who
has done all he can to defend him and
who will fight any attempt to remove
him. Although no direct changes
have as yet been made against Van
Colt, his removal has been 80 frequent
lv discussed as to alarm Senator Plat
and his other friends.
The Maryland campaign is the chief
topic among politicians here. Senator
German has taken 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
interference in the State campaign
and for his championing the colored
race by dining Booker Washington
He said in his last speech, Unfortu-
nately the President of the United
States-and l speak OF him as the
President ought always to be spoken
OF, with respect.-goes from one end
of the country to the other intensity.
ing the race issue. He we'll knows
that all thoughtful men OF the South.
without exception, unless it be politi.
clans who want the votes of the ne
groes. and every thoughtful man of
the North, has reached the conclusion
that no greater crime was ever COM
mitted against good government, no
greater crime has ever been perpetrat.
ed against the women of the South,
than the emancipation of the negro by
constitutional amendment. The Pres
ident of the United States with an i'm.
pulsiveness and thoughtlessness which
would hardly be excused in q small
boy in THE community. has a faculty
OF expressing himself which has be.
come dangerous to the peace of the
community. He has interfered in our
State and has tried to stimulate the
Republicans by inviting them to a
harmony meeting and to sit around
the same table at which Booker Wash
ington sat. He declared further
that by his imprudence in interfering
with matters which did not properly
belong to his Office the President had
unsettled business interests. Isidor
Rayner, the Democratic candidate for
the United States Senate spoke along
the same lines declaring himself for
the Acknowledgement OF the negro
as matter of self.preservation. Sem
ator German now stands out as the
leader OF the opposition to the Presi.
dent on his attitude on the race cues.
ton and this will probably be made
the issue Of the coming Presidential
campaign; unless the Republicans re-
fuse to nominate Mr.. Roosevelt who
stands for equal opportunity for black
and white.
According to the official figures our
merchant marine has now reached the
highest point in the history of the
country, and this remarkable growth
was regardless of the fact that there
was no ship subsidy act passed. The
total tonnage amounts to $6,OS7 ,345
tons, which places us second to Great
Britain in the merchant marine. As
her tonnage exceeds 100000 it will
be some time before we can hope to
occupy first place. The growth OF our
marine began in 1900, when the five
million mark was passed for the first
time in many years. Since then the
progress has been so rapid that the ad.
vocates OF ship subsidy will be at q
loss for arguments when the measure
is brought up at the regular session of
Congress.
Gigantic land frauds on the Pacific
Coast have been under secret investi.
CATION by the Interior Department for
some time. Such startling rumors
have escaped that Secretary Hitchcock
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