The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
AFTER R00sEvELI's SCALP
Republican Leaders Want TO Get
Rid of Rough Rider---Taik Of
Postal Scandals.

Postal Scandals.
Washington, April q. There has
been, within the past week, open
ayowal Of the determination on she
part of certain influential republicans
Co defeat Mr. Roosevelt IN the nation
al republican convention. This op-
position is based on his alleged ezra
ticssm and the ground that he is not
safe man. - It is an Ill wind which
blows nobody gond. however. and the
same men who are opposing Mr.
Roosevelt are contemplating the sup
pors Of ths democratic ticket If a
careful and conservative man should
Be the Gomines. a prominent New
Yorker who has been recently IN
Washington said, on this subject, . We
do NOS want q man in the White House
Who IS always looking for a new sensa-
tiau and who is willing to abandon
even she things OF his own Invention
as soon as shey cease to be novel The
enforcement Of laws which exist and
the advocacy of more effective leglsia-
Sion to a desired end is not to be OBJ
iected TO IN a President, but We clio not
want President to whom the sensa-
tionai appeals and who, Would 90 a
thing IN the wrong way rather Tran IN
sne right IN order to appear IN the
glare Of the lime Light. e This is only
a sample of the arguments advanced
against Mr.. Rooseveit's candidacy by
that element Of New York business
men known as conservatives and 1t
is heard so frequently as TO occasion
serious concern TO the supporters OF
the President.
The weak and half hearted manner
IN which the Postmaster General has
been conducting the invest cations
ordered By the President has produced
startling results during she past week.
The wife Of the Assistant Attorney
General for the Postofhce depart
ment, with the asisstanceof her sister
and safe expert, has abstracsec from
She safe which con5ained. presumably,
the private and confidential papers OF
the division, all the documents it
contained and refused TO surrender
shem 10 the Postmaster General when
demand was made. The sister OF
Mrs Tyner, who accompanied her In
The EXPEDITION, is Che mother of l1amll-
toni Barrett, late law clerk OF the
Po5sofRce, whuse conduc5 IS nov under
inyestigation, because OF his known
association with g. turf investment
company some OF whose officers have
sbeen recently sentenced to terms In
the penitsnsiary FOR fraud. u is al
legged IN some quarters that the object
sof the raid was the abstraction OF pa
pers which would have lncriminased
young Barrett. 81,
The loose methods pnrsued by the
Postmaster General are shown 10 that
notwithstanding the fact shat this
diyisfon has been under Investigation
feor over month, by order OF the
Presidens, there Is no record OF the pa
pers III the Tyner safe and aoW that
tEae case has been turned over TO the
Astorney General for prosecution ne
Eas no evidence with which to refute
the claim Of Mrs. Tyner that she re-
neTed only private papers Belonging
Ca herself and her husband. 1t IS al.
legged that practically the same thing
occurred IN the case of Superb intendent
MacheH' IS safe which. wheE examined
by the inspectors, was found TO con
tain very few documents. Another
remarkable feature Of the yner incl
dent is that Assistant and Acting ATT
Sorney General Christiancy failed TO
notify the Postmaster General OF what
Eas going on, although aware OF the
nresence OF Mrs. Tyner and her as
sociates, FOR Fifty minutes, and not I'M
III Mrs gyner had had ample time to
ieaye The building. 1t Is predicted
that there viii be further sensational
developments after the Presidents
visit to Saint Louis, this week.
There is CONSERVATION IN the State
Department as q result OF adylces from
4C6ira to The effect that Russia has re-
Manehuria, has demanded partial
sovereignty over the province and has
further demanded the exclusion OF all
ether nations. This IS regarded as In
direct violation Of treaty pledges made
to the United States. as well as to
European nations, and the situation is
REGARDED as serious although it is not
likely shat this country would 60 to
war with Russia even il the latter
violated her treaty obligations. It is
more than possible, however,, that the
United States will join with the Euro
pean powers IA an emphatic protest,
but that remains for the President GO
decide. Secretary Hay says he will
subnit the case to Mr.. Roosevelt at
Saint Louis.
a party Of forty-six German agricnl-
turists viii arrive IN New York the
first week in May and make q 10, ,OOC
mile tour Of the Unite States, studying
the agricnltGSsl methods OF this coun-
try. The expected visitors are mem
bers of an tup-to-dats. German agri-
cultural society whose members make
an annual excursion TO some foreign
country with view to learning i'm
proved methods and being able to es-
innate the competition which confronts
them in the various departments ol
agriculture. The. party will be ac.
companied in this country by repre-.
senfatives of the Department of Agri-