The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
Communicated. J

ley and his advisers do not regard
next years campaign as Repub-
lican walk-over. They are dill
gently studying ways and means
for coralling electoral votes that
they consider doubtful. The trip
that Mr.. Mckinley is now arrang-
ing to make this summer to the
Pacific Coast is one of the ways
that has been decided upon. They
do not expect to be able to carry
Delaware. Maryland, or Ken
lucky again, but they hope for
Kansas and Nebraska. both of
which States are likely to be Wis
tied on Mr.. McKinley's western
trip. They are also beginning to
realize that some sort of a bluff
against trusts must be made.
Representative Lands. of Indi
ana, has come TO Washington eS
pecially to urge upon the admins
tratlon theneceSSity of doing some
thing to convince the voters of
the middle west that the admin.
istration is antagoniStic to the
trusts. Mr.. Lands has done
some very plain talking about the
danger to the Republican party
and it is evident that he has
frightened some of the admins,
tration men.
Atty. Gen. GriggS, doubtless
acting under orders from Mr.
Mckinley, has made a play to
shift the responsibility for his re.
cent queer letter about trusts
upon the shoulders of the admin
i>tration, by proceeding against
the Chesapeake and Ohio Associ
alton, generally known as the
soft coal trust. under the Sher.
man antitrust law. The suit
was instituted in Cincinatti. and
will be directed by the Solicitor
General of the United States.
The public will watch the prose.
cution of this case closely. owing
to the Attorney General having
50 recently stated. in writing.
that trusts could not be reached
by Federal laws
Evidently Admiral Dewey is
not one of those who believes
the end of the Philippine trou-
bles TO be in sight. OF course,
he is too diplomatic to discuss
such a question where his opinion
is likely to get out. but when
he cabled the Navy Department
to send him six months enei
neerlng supplies for his fleet.
every employee of that depart.
ment knew that it was lust as
though he had cabled that if
would not, in his opinion, be safe
to materially reduce the strength
OF the fleet at Manila for some
time to come.
The latest Philippine news
seems to Justify the opinion of
those who believe that the fight.
ing over there is is likely to 90
on for an indefinite time. Gen
eral Lawton has started on cam.
palgn with a picked force, with
the intention OF trying to run
down the FilipinoS.
Democrats are not the ONLY
ones who regard the PHILIPPINES
as an undesirable possession.
Representative Steele, of In,
diana, Staunch supporter of the
administration, who pass ed
through Washington a day or
two ago, said of them: $50 far
as | am concerned. | would like
to trade the Philippine Islands
for yellow dog, and then kill
the dog, if there were NOTHING
else involved but possession of the
islands,"
In naming one of the new bat,
tleships Georgia, although no pc.
tition had been sent from that
State, while they had been sent
from dozen other States. Mr..
Mckinley is said to have been
actuated solely by a desire to
show his appreciation of the cour-
teSy with which he was treated
during his recent visit to that
State. This is creditable alike
to the President and to the peo.
pie of Georgia. The other names
chosen were, for battleships-
Pennsylvania and New Jersey:
for arm0red cruisers, West Vir.
ginia, Nebraska and California:
for ordinary cruisers, Denver.
DeS Moines, Chattanooga, Gal
weston, Tacoma, and Cleveland.
After taking several days to
consider the matter. the Military
Court of Inquiry, wisely decided
to admit as evidence the reports
submitted to General Miles on the
beef issued by 147 officers who
were in Cuba and Porto Rico.
just to give an idea of the nature
of these reports, the following
phrases, each from a different of,
ticer's report, are quoted: "a mis-.