The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
(Coiumunicated).
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 1899.

over in Ohio this fall has been a
hollow pretense from the first and
it has grown follower every day
since the Democrats nominated
Hon. John r. Mclean for gov
ernor. 1t will not be denied that
Mr.. Mckinley knows Ohio poll
tics thoroughly. 1t is significant,
therefore, that the first thing he
did, after his return to Washing
ton, was to hold a conference
with several Ohio Republicans
and that one of the results of that
conference was 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 a strong and dan
gerOus candidate and he knows
that if Ohio goes Democratic this
year, it will give such a boom to
the already rapidly frightening
Democratic prospects, that the
election of Democratic Presi-
dent will become well nigh a GER
tainty. He is determined to pre-
vent this if he can possibly do so,
and in addition 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 to-day,
when he went to Philadelphia to
attend the G. A. II. encampment,
where he hopes to put in some
good political ticks and incident
ally to prevent fight being
made upon the present manage.
ment of the Pension Bureau by
the old soldiers, he found time to
see some of the capitalists who,
for purely selfish reasons, are try
ing to get the government to mix
itself up in the revolution in Santo
Domingo, by declaring a protec-
tOrate over the most turbulent
and belligerent mob of "niggers"
ever known to exist in any pOr-
tion of the world. With all his
anxiety to please these capitalists
it is not believed that Mr.. Nc
Kinley 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
Department, which has been able
to keep Sampson in command of
the North Atlantic Squadron,
when other officers were entitled
to that honor, will have him
ordered to shore duty, after the
Dewey reception, in New York,
and it will also endeavOr to pre-
vent the arrival of Admiral How.
ison, who is SIMPSONS senior of.
ficer, in New York, whittier he is
bound from the South Atlantic,
on the cruiser Chicago, in time to
participate in the Dewey cere.
monies. Not satisfied with hay.
Ing done so much for Sampson,
the clique is still working to pre-.
vent Schley getting an important
command, although he is clearly
entitled to the sea duty he asked
Tor many months ago. There are
three men eligible to succeed
Sampson as commander of the
North Atlantic Squadron .Schley,
Remey, and Farquhar-but if the
efforts of the clique are success.
full, as now seems likely, Schley's
name may be considered out of it.
Gen. Fitz Lee gave the War
Department little more than it
expected when it asked him and
the other Department Comman.
ders in Cuba, to make reports on
the condition of affairs under
their Jurisdiction, by adding the
following recommendations i'm his
report: "That a census of the
island be taken as soon as possible
that the question of suffrage be
carefully considered and a decis.
ION reached regulating the same;
that modern system of jurispru-
dence be introduced, so that cleo.
tive officers can be voted for; that
a general election be ordered fol-
a President or a Chief Magis.
trate, a Vice President and a
Congress and Legislature, to con.
sist of two branches, and all
other officers of a republic, as
we'll as municipal elections; all OF
which can be determined, regu
lated and prescribed by conven.
tiOn of delegates in prone,
proportion from every one OF
the different provinces, which
shall meet as soon after the con,
vention as possible. In this way
the pledged faith of the United
States government to Cuba car
be kept" Orders were given in
the War Department to suppress
this report, but somehow it col
out.