The Southern herald., 1899-03-17
oar Washington Letter.

wires fir a financial fake that i'
expected 10 tide the party over ihs
Presidential campaign. The eau
Gus COMMITTEES Ct Representatives
elected to the next Congress, ehns-
en- To prepare a financial bill for the
republicans ,metinWsshingIOn this
week and agreed TO meet again al
AllanticCity the 17Ih ofnsIt month
How this thing strikes a veteran
polical observer may br judged by
the following words ofex-COngr . .
man Dulliver, of Nc, in sslstiOn
thereto: "Fhe Republican Caucus
Committee is uow engaged in max
ing a pretrnse Of doing that which
they have no intsntion Of doing
the framing Of a measure for curren-
cy rriurm. They will do their beet,
and | guess will succeed in staving
off any change in thr financial stat
utes until after Mckinley has been
a candidate for another term. Their
heroic and vOciferous assertion that
they will do anything At all, does
not fool me" 1t is prubsble that
the committee will get Gp some
sort Of bill, but it will be purpose
iy made meaningless Mr.. Mckinley
has no idea Of allowing any real
financial legislation before thePresi
Dental election.
Senator Jones, Chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee,
has had a second attack of heart
r'uble, similar to the one that laid
him up several weeks before Con.
gress adjourned, but neither his
physicians nor his family regard
his condition as dangerous as il has
been represented tu. be in telegrams
sent to Washington. fhe doctor
thinks the Senator will be all right
if he will remain perfectly quiet for
about month and not attempt To
attend to any business whatever
Those who know the energetic
makeup Of the Senator will under
stand how difficult it will be for
him TO meet the doctors wishes.
Y Gen. Wilson, Chirfoi Engineers
under Gen. Hale, who j. making "a
lighting record in the Philippines,
served from the time be graduated
from West Point with the highest
standing in studies ever attained.
until he resigned from the army To
engage in private business, at Dem
yer, Col, said OF him: "He was
the most remarkable man | have
ever known, both in his studies and
in his abilities and | am delighted
to hear that he has made out so
we'll. He is young enough TO at.
tain almost any rank if he should
s,ay in the army" Gen Hale en-
tered the volunteer army az Colon
el of the First Colorado Regiment,
and was promoted toBrigadirrGen.
eral last August. He is only thir'
ty seven years old,
1t is reported and generally be.
lieved in Washington that Secr'ta.
ry Alger has offered to resigned,
provided Mr.. Mckinley will allow
him to name his successor. How
is that for gall? That such an Of.
fer should have beea made indicates
that Alger has hold upon Mr. Nc.
Kinley that compels the latter to
defer to him. Ii would not change
the situation particle for Algpr tc
retire from the Cabinet, II he wa,
succeeded by a man selected by
himself to continue the system that
has been aptly called Algerism anC
to cover up all its past defects. Mr.
McKinley's wisest advisers ar,
trying to get him to drfyAlger ,forc'
him to resign, and to put a man it
his place whose name will cnnvinc,
the country that be will not allow
a continuance Of Algerism. Thil
advice would have been adopted
long ago, only it has failed to &c,
ihe endorsement Of Boss Hanna
who alone knows how many dam
aging secrets connected with '9t
Alg-r could and doubtless wuulC
tell, if not let down easy.
The report that the Attorney
Ge .eral of the United Stdes wal
about to begin proceedings agains
the Standard Oil Company for vic
lating the antitrust law was Il
q rod to be true. There is no doub
that the Standard Oil Trust AMI I
score Of others are constantly vio
Latino the Anti Trust law. but tht