Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent }
WASHINGTON. d. G.. Ann. % ,as

President Mckinley is still work
ing about IS hours out of every "a
trying TO get things in such shape
that he can get away from Wash
ington for few days of much need
ed rest. He could not get over to
N. Y. to see the review of Sampson
and Schley's ships, but he was rep
resented by the entire cabinet, ex-
cepting Secretary Day, and Secre-
tary Long. He has, as yet, only
definitely settled upon two mem bers
of the peace commission-Secy.
Day and Senator Davis-but expects
to announce the other three this
week. He isn't pleased with the at
titude of the Spanish either in Spain
or in Cuba, but is biding his time
to bring them to their senses, should
positive action on his part becomes
necessary.
Secretary Alger has been pursued
by the takers of political news for
1
sometime, but none of their misrep-
resentations have been greater than
were contained in the story that he
was to aid Gov. Pingree to defeat
Senator Burrows and that Senator
Mcmillan was to leave the Senate
for the Diplomatic Service and Sec
retary Alger to take his place in the
Senate. 1t can be stated upon the
highest authority that the whole
story was built upon imagination,
started to work by Gov. Pingree's
call upon Secretary Alger, while he
was in Washington and his accom-
panying him to N. Y, to see the
naval review. Unless he changes
his mind Secretary Alger will not
even take an active part in the
Michigan campaign this year, and
he says he has no idea of leaving
the Cabinet to enter the senate.
Those pensioners who have at
tached revenue stamps to vouchers
and other official documents, sent to
the Pension Bureau have spent
money they might have kept. Rev.
enue stamps are not required upon
any pension papers. Commissioner
Evans has taken special pains to
disseminate this information, in or
der that the pensioners may save
their money.
Representative Overstreet, of Indi-
ana, Secretary of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee
has returned to Washington from
a tour of the western states and
will remain at Committee head
quarters until the campaign is over.
He said: The glorious achieve
ments of the war will give the rep
ublican party a good advantage in
the campaign. In Indiana the party
was never in better condition to
Carry the state. There the fight
will be entirely on National issues.
Mr.. Overstreet thinks the republi-
cans will make decided gains all
through the west.
Representative Mudd, of Md,
whose denomination will be made
this week says the fight will be
made in his district under the Slogan
"gold and growth" the intention
being to emphasize the devotion of
the party in the district to the gold
standard and to the policy of hold
ing all the territory over which our
flag has been hoisted. Mr.. Mudd
expresses confidence that Md. will
again go republican and that five
out of the six members of Congress
to be elected will be republican.
An official of the Department. of
State whose position makes it neces-
sary for him to be we'll up in inter-
national law, disposed of all the fool
talk about this or that foreign gov
ernment being engaged in negotia-
ting with Spain for the purch" Sc of
a naval or coaling station in the
Philippines, by saying: by the
terms of the protocol entirely aside
from the surrender at Manila, Spain
parted from her sovereignty over
the Philippine Islands, and the SOW
ereiguity will lie in allegiance until
the work of the peace commission,
which will meet at Paris, Oct. 1, is
concluded.
The American members of the
Cuban and Porto Rican Military
Commission with the exception of
Gen. Brooke, who is in Porto Rico
have been ordered to come to Wash
ington to receive instructions upon
4 such portions of their duties as are
? not necessarily left to their discre-
ton. 1t is not likely that either
commission will get to work before
Z the first week in Sept and it may
! be later. How long it will take
them to complete their work is
; something which must be guessed