The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-08-04
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks IN
General About Wash
ingtOn.
Communicated \
WAsHINGToN. July 81, 1893.


was on foot to put another gold
| Democratic Presidential ticket Ill
the field next year. No such
movement is known among Demo-
Gratis and no such action is eX
pected to get the support OF any
considerable number of Demo
Gratis, because they all know that
it is not being instigated by Dem
ocrats, but by Republicans, whose
only object is to draw support
away from the regular Democratic
ticket. \ number OF Democrats.
who took part in organizing the
! Palmer and Buckner movement.
have since acknowledged their
mistake and their regret, and eX
pressed their intention to stand
by the regular nominations here
after, because the Democrat party
as a whole stands for most of the
things they believe iii. Although
Republican money is likely to be
freely used to bring about such a
condition. there is absolutely
nothing in sight at this time to
indicate the nomination of gold
Democratic ticket next year.
There is much shaking and
quaking in the old Alger clique
in the War Department, because
of rumor, which seems to have
foundation, that Secretary Root,
who is now in Washington, pre-
paratory to being sworn in to-
morrow and taking charge, in
tends to reorganize the War De
partment from bottom to top.
{ Certainly no other department
the government needs a thorough
reorganization more than the one
over which Mr.. Boot has been
chosen TO preside, but the clique
is powerful and Secretary Root
may find himself unable to over
throw the Algerites. If he i,
wise he will get Gen. Miles on his
side by restoring him the author
itY of which lie was deprived by
Alger.
Attorney General Griggs, be-
fore going Off on his summer vaca
ton, shattered the hopes of mum
tr0us persons who thought thel
had everything fixed to secure
valuable Porto Rican concessions
from the War Department, by
rendering opinions upon three
specific concessiOns-the right tc
use the water power of the river
Plata, the right to build and OPP.
crate tramway and the right to
build and control, for all time,
piers and wharves at Ponce.
These opinions take the ground
that all such concessions were the
crown property of Spain. and
sums them all, and apparently
all other public concessions Oh
he island, up as follows: Gas
crown property, thew were, by
the treaty of cesSion, transferred
by SPAN to the United States OF
America, and are now a part OF
the public domain of that nation
L do not know of any right OF
power which the Secretary OF
War or the President has tc
ALLEVIATE in perpetuity, any of the
public domain of the United
States, except in accordance witt
acts of Congress, duly passed
with reference thereto.n This j,
understood to be a hint to Algel
OF the power of the administra
ton to make trouble for him an(
his business friends, who arr
heavily interested in some Cuban
deals, if he attempts to antago
nize the admiiist
Representative Griffith. whC
represents the Indiana district
which sent the late Judge Hol.
man to Congress for so man,
years, said of politics in his State
and he knows: Indiana will
send to the Democratic National
Convention a solid Bryan dele
cation. The men who were fol
Mr.. Bryan and the Chicago plat.
form, i'll 1898, have not weakened
in their faith regarding either
| am one of those who believe il
the indestructibility of the princi
pies OF Democracy, and though
: the party may suffer temporary
defeat, 1t is sure to regain ascen
dency, for it represents better
than any other political organi
cation the true interests of the
people. The predominant issue
III 1900 is very apt to be war upon
the trusts, and upon this the Dem.
ocrats will be in a far better posi-
ton than their opponents. The
voters OF the country cannot be
deluded by antitrust declarations
OF the Republican Convention
they understand that there is no
real antaSonism between the
leading men Of that arty and
the trusts, but that on the con.
trary, the closest intimacy exists.
seeing that most of the intlnen.