Middletown transcript., 1899-07-01

| QaSl AHJqH a so,1asp' ~asts Da' OF Ii tins Is
and energy. President Mckinley is
no more likely to take sides in that
contest than is any other citizen Of an
other state. Senator MCMILLAN, who
is candidate for reelection, is his
warm personal friend, and so is Secre-
tary Alger, who has announced his
candidacy. It is ridiculous to say, as
some are doing, that the contest ill.,
wolves the control of the Michigan
delegation to the Republican National
Convention. 1t does nothing Of the
sort. 1t has been stated for months
past by every Michigan Republican in
Congress, and by Secretary Alger, that
the Michigan delegation to the next
National Convention was bound to be
unanimous for the denomination of
President Mckinley, because that is
the sentiment of the voters. What
then could be President McKinley's
object in interfering in the Senatorial
contestP That contest will be settled
by the Republican voters of Michigan.
Whether it will cause the resignation
of Secretary Alger is a question that he
can answer better than anybody else.
It will not necessarily do so, but he |
may consider it expedient to resign, to
remove any restraint that his candidacy
might have upon the actions of the
President, and also In order to better |
look after his own interests. That !
President Mckinley would ask for his
resignation because he was candidate
for the Senate is improbable. There
is nothing about Cabinet portfolio
that operates to deprive its holder of
any right possessed by private citizens.
If there were, it would be dificulE for
our President to get Cabinet as it is
for the President Of France to get one.
Secretary Alger is now In Washington,
having just returned from a vacation,
but he says he has nothing to add to
what he has already said about his
candidacy for the Senate.
Gen. Leonard Wood, former Com
mander of the Rough Riders, and now
Military Governor of Santiago, has
furnished additional proof that he is an
man, by declining an
,ffer Of $30, 900 year to become Presi-
lent of the big syndicate which has
bought nine of Washington's street rail.
ways and its two Electric Light Com q
,anies and is preparing to put them all p
lnder single management, although
he salary offered was more than five Il
lines the amount he receives as Brig. 81
General of Volunteers. Gen. Wood
will return to Cuba at once, because he =, -
elieves it is his duty to do so. He :,
peaks of his doing so in the most mat
Or of fact tone. He said: "I intend to al
emain in the military service of the W
Government as long as the service needs g
1e. I feel in honor bound to return to n
now that yellow fever has y
roken out there's Gen. Wood has :,
oubts about the sickness at Santiago -
eing yellow fever, recalling his exper-
'nce there last year with pernicious
lalarial fever, which caused men to :.
rop in the streets, and which nnm,
er Of experts pronounced to be yellow
'ver. Speaking of the Cuban situ- :,
lion, he said: "It is an easy matter to
st along with the Cubans. You
,uldn't stir up riot in Santiago to, oy
~, if you tried. Everybody is con. H
nded for the first time in years. We wt
i've only to give the Cubans good tn
,vernment, so good that they will be
luctant to do without it, and that Is
! easy matter" sn
pit
1t is expected that when President th'
cKinley returns to Washington, he sm
III issue orders for the recruiting OF a
'lunteer force, not necessarily to be
ut to the Philippines, but to be or
nized, drilled, and kept In readiness SIC
an emergency force, in case Gen. SUI
lis should decide at any time that be Lii
eds more men than have already been Re
dered to him. The administration die
1T bit worried about Gen. Otis, ins
twithstandiDg the rawlings of the On
ir-trigger editors about the danger
is in, by reason Of Aguinaldo's al
red preparation to attack Manila with
3 largest Filipino army that has vet ism
On in the field. On the contrary the bot
ministration knows that Gen. Otis Yo
'uld regard it as the greatest good vor
tune for Aguinalio to march his
ny against Manila, as 1t would give
q exactly what he has been trying so
rd to get-an opportunity to light ask
ched battle with the entire Filipino plie
ny, and put an end to the revolt In dor
'rt order. A little patience is some- cosI
les good thing to have. Gen. Otis
an experienced commander. He p
ows what no wants to do, the OBJ q
cles before him, and that be can q
7e anything be asks for from the sd-
to accomplish what be is q
re to do. he has not had q single q
erse since assuming command il
PHILIPPINES. Therefore, there is not
lngle valid reason for supposing that 6
~ Tom, Dick and Harry knows s
ter what be needs and what be ought
have than he does himself, while
re is every reason for confidently n
sting that he win succeed Ia due time =