The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent J

Republican Presidential nomination,
next year, and that there was an un-
Outstanding between freddy anu
Gen. Miles, who has been credited
with entertaining a similar ambition
himself. Some of Mr.. McKinley's
friends appear to think that he is
bound 70 be re-nominated and re-
elected, but those of them who are
long headed and who have had ex-
perience in politics, do not look at
things that way; they know that
both Roosevelt and Miles have quail
ties which are calculated to arouse
the enthusiasm and support of the
young men in their party, and that
with good management combina-
ton of their following might give the
Hanna Mckinley machine hard
fight, if not an actual throw-down.
Ii tins announcement is straight,
Boss Plat must have failed IN his
efforts to keep "Teddy" off the Nc
Klnlcy track.
With all Car Reeds faults, and
be has enough and to spare, he has
never been sneaky fighter, which is
more than can be said for the admin
istratlon crowd, which is afraid to
come out in the open and try to
defeat Reed for the Speakership, but
is engaged in trying to bluff him in
to not being a candidate, by stating
that the administration has deter
mined to throw its influence for Reed,
but with the express understanding
that the rules of the next House shall
be changed so as to cut out all the
Gar business. The. idea is that
Reed would not care to be speaker,
if be is to be shorn of the autocratic
power lie has welded. This is on a
par with the talk which has at times
been heard ever since Reed first be-
came Speaker, about Republicans
who were going TO unite with the
Democrats to change the rules and
eurtail the power of the Speaker.
They never did so, and if the Repub-
licans elect Reed Speaker of the
House again, as they will almost
surely do, he will be the same old
Gar.
1t has been brought out in the tes-
timony before the Military Court of
Inquiry that Gen. Eagan told Bos-
ton Contractor, and Texas cattle
raiser, who had in a bid for furnish
ing beef on the hoof, that Secretary
Alger had practically ordered himsto
try the refrigerated beef, which
Swift q Co. claimed to have a secret
process of preserving, as an expert
ment. The longer the court sits,
the worse things look for the Alger-
Eagan crowd, and Major Lee, who is
representing Gen. Miles says he has
lots more witnesses on his list. But
as the meat has already been fully
proven to have been bad, the court
may decide that 1t is unnecessary to
hear air these witnesses.
Mr.. Mckinley has apparently at
last become aroused to the danger,
to his own political fortunes, of re-
tanning Alger in his Cabinet, and,
unless all the political "wise men,
are at fault, the "Ex" is hot ON the
trail OF Alger and cannot fail to catch
up with him very soon. 1t has been
these men say, fully determined by
Boss Hanna and the other directors
of the administration machine that
Alger must 60. They prefer that he
should do so willingly, but if he
declines to tender his resignation
without being requested by Mr.. Me-
Kinley to do so, Mr.. Mckinley will
make that request. From a strictly
selfish point of view, Democrats
would prefer that Mr.. Mckinley
should keep Alger in the Cabinet,
for then it would be impossible for
the administration to deny RESPONSE
billy for Algerism and all its horrors,
but Democrats are too patriotic to
wish to see a man filing the respon-
sible office of Secretary of War, who
deserves to be kicked out, just to
make political capital for their party;
they Wish, above everything else to
see the affairs of the government
properly administered, and know
that they will not be done in the |
War Department. as LONG as Aloer is |