The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-12
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
communicated. \
WASHINGTON, May s, 1899.

returned 10 w dSulHSlOhi 10 lawn
ing in many of the characteris-
tics that 60 to make up an ideal
Secretary of War, but he at
tempts to make up for all of them
with gall, Of which he has about
as much as any man that ever
held cabinet portfolio. And his
latest is little beyond all his
previous exploits in the gall line.
He has actually gone so far as to
dictate to Mr.. Mckinley, if the
public talk of his henchmen can
| be believed. According to the
Algerites, Alger is not satisfied
with the whitew ASKING given him
by the War Commission and the
alleged vindication given him by
the Military Court of Inquiry,
which Mr.. Mckinley has just APP
proved and ordered to be pub
lished, but demands that Gen.
Miles shall be deposed from the
! command of the army. In addi-
ton to having demanded this
of Mr.. Mckinley, Alger is said
to have told him if he did not is
sue the order transferring Miles
from Commander of the army to
one of the military divisions, he
would, as Secretary of War, issue
it himself, thus forcing Presiden-
tial action one way or the other.
1t is not surprising that Mr.. Nc
Kinley should have concluded to
go to the Virginia Hot Springs
and try to clear out his system
by few hot baths. But it is
Algerism he will have to clean
out to accomplish anything.
Boss Platt's edict has gone forth
that New York shall have but
one candidate for the Speaker.
ship, and that Payne, Ray and
possibly other members of the
delegation, who have either posi-
lively or partially announced
themselves as candidates, will be
forced out of the way to give
Sherman the unanimous support
of the delegation This, and ru-
morS that Sherman had made a
deal with Hanna caused quite a
marked boom in Sherman stock,
and Sherman is now in favor in
sporting circles.
Treasury Officials have refus-
ed to allow an item headed "trav-
cling expenses" in the personal
accounts of Roger G. Spooner,
Special Indian Agent "tempOrar-
lily" in charge of the Indian
warehouse in Chicago, because
the aforesaid travelling expenses
were incurred by Spooner in go
ing between his home in WiScon-
Scin and his Office in Chicago,
and are not considered to have
been necessary to the proper per
Torrance of his public duties.
SpOoner is brother of Senator
Spooner and holds his position by
a trick. The position of Super
intendent of the Indian ware
house is supposed to be under the
Civil Service rules, also to he va
cant. Nearly a year ago, Senator
Spooner carried an order to Sec
rotary Bliss, from Mr.. Mckinley,
telling him to provide a good
place for his brother. 1t was done
by appointing him as Special
Indian Agent and putting him in
temporary charge of the ware
house in Chicago, where he has
been ever since, filling a position
that is in the classified service,
without ever having even taken
an examination. Still, there are
some level headed men who will
get ''nutty" when the Civil Ser
vice rules are spoken of as the
humbug they really are.
Mr.. Mckinley seems to be de.
velOping a disposition to play
Car. He ordered Representa-
tive Henderson, Of Iowa, Chair
man of the Republican Caucus
: Committee that recently complet.
ed financial bill, when he called
: at the White House with a COPY
of the bill, to change it before it
was submitted to the Republicans
of the Senate Finance Committee.
VINO 1t seems must approve it be.
fore it is made public. Col. Hen.
derSon is peppery sort of fell
low occasionally, but being can.
didate for Speaker of the House,
he did not care to quarrel with
Mr.. Mckinley, so he only called
his attention to the fact that
every clause in the bill had been
put there by the unanimous vote
of the committee. The order to
change it was reiterated by Mr..
Mckinley.
1t has been decided by the Re.
publican leaders that an extra SEES.
sion OF Congress shall be called.
J probably early in the fall, but in
; order to give themselves an CD.
portunity to change their minds,