The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-09-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. lth.

grow nollOWtT every ual SllCt tilc Gclil-
ocrats nominated Hon. John r. Mclean
for Governor. IL will not be denied that
Mr. Mckinley knows Ohio politics thor
oughly. 1t is significant, therefore, that
the first thing he did, after his return to
Washington, was to hold a conference
with several Ohio republicans, and that
one of the results of that conference was
a cablegram to Boss Hanna, telling him
to hurry home from Europe, in order to
take charge of the campaign of his ticket.
Mr.. Mckinley regards Mr.. Mclean as
strong and dangerous candidate and he
knows that if Ohio goes democratic this
year, it will give such boom to the
already rapidly Frightening democratic
prospects, that the election of a demo-
cratic President will become well-nigh Il
certainty. He is determined to prevent
this If he can possibly do so, and in addi
ton to Hanna's methods, which will be
worked to the limit the whole power of
the administration will be used to help
Hanna's ticket
Although Mr. Mckinley only remained
in Washington, from Saturday afternoon
until today, when he went to Philadelphia
to attend the G. A. r. encampment, where
he hopes to put in some good political
ticks and incidentally to prevent a fight
being made upon the present management
of the Pension Bureau by the old sol
diers, he found time to see some of the
capitalists who, for purely selfish reasons,
are trying to get the government to mix
itself up in the revolution in Santo Dom
lingo, by declaring a protectorate over the
most turbulent and bclligercnt mob of
"niggers' ever known to exist III any
portion of the world. With all his anX-
iety to please these capitalists, it is not
believed that Mr.. Mckinley will dare to
do what they wish him to do. He has
troubles enough now without hunting for
new ones.
The Sampson clique in the Navy De-
partment, which has been able to keep
Sampson in command of the North At
lantic Squadron, when other officers were
entitled to that honor, will have him Or
dered to shore duty, after the Dewey re.
ception, in New York, and it will also
endeavor to prevent the arrival of Admir-
al Howison, who is SIMPSONS senior Off
Ger, in New York, whittier he is bound
from the South Atlantic, on the cruiser
Chicago, in time to participate in the
Dewey ceremonies. Not satisfied with
having done so much for Sampson, the
clique is still working to prevent Schley
getting an important command, although
he is clearly entitled to the sea duty he
asked for many months ago. There are
three men eligible to succeed Sampson as
Commander of the North Atlantic Squad
ron-Schley, Remey, and Farquhar-but
if the efforts of the clique are successful,
as now seems likely, Schley's name may
be considered out of it.
Gen. Fitz Lee gave the War Depart
ment little more than it expncted when
it asked him and the other Department
Commanders in Cuba, to make reports on
condition of affairs under their jurisdic-
ton, by adding the following recommen-
dations to his report: THAT census of
the island be taken as soon as possible;
that the question of suffrage be carefully
considered and a decision reached rcgu-
lating the same that a modern system of
jurisprudence be introduced, so that cleo
tive officers can be voted for; that a generl
election be ordered for President or a
Chief Magistrate, Vice President and a
Congress or legislature, to consist of two
branches, and all other officers of a re-
public as well as municipal elections; all
of which can be determined regulated,
and prescribed by a convention compos-
ed of delegates in proper proportion from
the different provinces, which shall meet
as soon after the census is taken, as
possible. In this way the pledged faith
of the U. s. Government to Cuba can be
kept" Orders were given in the War
Department to suppress this report, but
somehow it got out.
In view of his close personal relations
with Mr.. Mckinley, the statement in a
report made to the War Department,
by Gen. Leonard Wood, that the Military
Control of Cuba will have to continue for
long time, is regarded as significant.
That sort of opinion from our officers
will be made to justify an indefinite mill
tary occupation of the island, not-with-
standing present talk of municipal cleo
tons over there, in the Spring, if the
people of this country do not compel diff
ferent action on the part of the admins
tration.
The administration is growing loudly
because the August financial statement
millions dollars, but it is not calling any
body's attention to the fact that more
than three millions of that surplus came
from the sale of the old custom house site
in New York City; nor to the compare
tive smallness of some of the regular
government payments for that month.
There is nothing in the present state of
government finances to do any growing
over. There is bound to he another dig
deficit at the close of this fiscal year, just
as there was at the close of the last a
small surplus in several months of the
year will not affect the general result, and
nobody knows that any better than
Secretary Gage.
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