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leaving Washington, that it was a
complete back down for Senator
Hanna but that it evidently arose
from the fact that the Senator
found that he would be unable to
control the Ohio convention. This
is the second time that Mr.. Roose
Welt has signally defeated Mr..
Hanna the first instance having
been at the Republican convention
at Philadelphia when Mr. Hanna
spent two hours at a long distance
telephone trying to persuade Pres
ident Mckinley to permit the de-
feat of Roosevelt's candidacy for
the Vice Presidency, but could not
secure Mr.. McKinley's sanction.
Hardly less sensational and per-
haps more important is the latest
development in the postoffice scan
dial, August w. Machen, the
"Congressman's friend" and Gen
eral Superintendent OF the Free
Delivery, having been dismissed
from the service for malfeasance
in office, arrested, charged with
having received a bride of 1922, 900
and released on bail to appear for
preliminary examination June s.
The entire case against Machen
was worked up without knowledge
of Postmaster General Payne, who
has protected him from the first,
and only when the entire and I'M
equivocal evidence had been Sc
cured, as a result of information
filed by First Assistant Postmaster
General Wynne with Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General Brls-
tow, was Mr.. Payne acquainted
with the facts. As Machen and
his cohorts have been proteges OF
Senator Hanna, and as Payne is
recognized as the loyal servant OF
the Ohio Senator, some significance
NAV attach to the fact that Ma
chen's arrest came Immediately af-
ter Hanna had demonstrated mis-
sustained hostility to the President,
it being known that throughout
this investigation Wynne and Bris-
tow have acted on the direct in
suction of Mr.. Roosevelt and have
frequently incurred the displeasure
of the Postmaster General for the
zeal with which they have prose
cuted the investigation. The ar
rest of Machen was proceeded only
two days ago by the arrest, on a
similar charge, of Daniel V. Miller,
who, it is claimed, accepted a
bride of approximately $4,000 in
return for which he rendered de-
cision for Ryan & Co., of St.
Louis, "get-rich quick" concern
which wished to use the mails for
fraudulent purposes. The case
against Miller was worked up by
Attorney Robb of the Department
of Justice, who is now acting At
torney General for the Postoffice
Department, vice,Judge Tyner,
whom Mr.. Payne deposed on or
der of the President, with evident
reluctance, not until two months
after Mr.. Roosevelt issued the
order for Tyner's dismissal, and
not until Tyner's agent had re-
moved from the office safe, papers
which it is believed would have
aided materially in prosecuting the
frauds which have long been a
scandal to the service, in the law
department of the Postal service.
1t is freely intimated that the Ma
chen arrest is only the first OF
many sensational developments
which will soon follow and which
in the aggregate, will rival the
famous Star Route cases IN the
extent to which the Government
has been swindled and the promi
nence of the officials involved.
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IL is of interest to learn, on tn
authority of close friend of Sen
, ator Martin, of Virginia, that Sen
ator German will not be candi
| date for the Democratic Presiden
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