Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-20

the odium which the conduct of that
department is bringing upon the
party and the administrator. But
until the present time the president
has stood stsunchly by his war secre-
tary. He has closed his eyes to all
scandals which have clustered SO
thickly about the war Office, and
which have made the term Algerism
an expression of all that was incom-
petent, all that was corrupt, all that
was dIsgraceful to the national name.
Not for an instant would President
Mckinley listen to any suggestions
Of change of secretaries
But Alger has at last committed an
ofense which the president cannot
condone. His alliance with Governor
Pingree in the senatorial contest in
Michigan his had the effect of rup-
turing the cordial relations between
the president and the head of the
war Office. Mckinley could overlook
incompotency, and fsvoritism, and
beef contracts, and camp scandals.
and everything else that was damag-
ing to the conduct of the war depart
ment, but he could not overlook SO
grave an offense as q political com.
btnstion between member of his
cabinet and the present governor of
Michigan. The result, as stated in
the dispatches, is that the secretary
is getng ignored and snubbed, and
that in a few days Alger's resignation
will be offered or demanded. Let
the fact. therefore, be kept clearly in
the public mind. Alger will leave the
cabinet not for the reasons for which
be should long ago been forced out
in disgrace, but because he has form
ed policlcal partnership with
Governor Pingree in the senatorial
business. No credit can be accorded
President Mckinley in making the
change, and Governor Plngree Is re-
minded that he cannot handle pitch
without blsckening his ha1ds.-Rocky
Mountain Newe.
The following excerpt from an in
terview with Ct. A. Lulkart, German
banker Of Norfolk, Nebraska, in the
Rocky Mountain News shows the
drift of sentiment among the sub
stantial foreign born voters of Ne
braska:
THE reason I say Mr.. Bryan is
stronger with the people of Nebraska
now than he was in 1896 is because
have been making some special in
quiries SO as to ascertain if he was,
and have been more than satisfied
with the results. For instance my
business brings me in contact with
the German farmers of the state.
They feared the silver question in
1896 and voted for Mckinley. They
no longer fear the silver question,
believing that if free silver was to
prevail in this country that it would
not affect them dissstrously And
above all they are opposed to militar-
ism and Imperialism. They say they
left Germany to escape militarism
forj themselves and their sons, and if
this country is going into foreign
conquests it will require large army
and the result will be that the very
thing they came here to escape will
be thrust upon their sons. Hundreds
of them who voted for Mckinley will
vote against him next year because
of militarism. And it is not in Ne
braska alone that the Germans feel
this way, bnt all over the west There
are twelve German newspaper in
Iowa which opposed Bryan three
years ago. Recently sounded the
editors of these papers and found
that nine of them would support
Bryan next year regardless of the
money question because of the posi-
ton he has taken against militarism
and imperialism, and two of the
others said they would support him
if the money question was not made
too important. Bryan Is steadily
gaming all over the countr~, and a
number OF the states carried by Nc
Kinley three years ago will go for
Bryan next year."