The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-14

rom our regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April lott is daily becoming
palmer to close observers that Mr.. Mckinley
and his advisers do not regard next years
campaign us Republican walk-oyer. They
are diligently studying ways and means for
coraling electoral votes that they consider
doubtful. The trip that Mr.. Mckinley is now
arranging to make this summer to the Pacific
Coast is one of the ways that has been decided
upon. They no not expect to be able to carry
Delaware. Maryland or Kentucky, but they
hope for Kansas and Nebraska, both of which
States are likely to be visited on Mr.. McKinley's
western trip. They are also beginning to realize
that some sort of bluff against trusts must be
made. Representative Lands, of Ind, has
come to Washington especially to urge upon
the administration the necessity of doing some
thing to convince the voters of the middle west
that the administration is antagonistic to the
trusts. Mr.. Lands has done some very plain
talking about the danger to the Republican
party and it is evident that he has frightened
some of the administration men.
Acknowledgement Griggs doubtless acting
under orders from Mr.. Mckinley, has made a
play to shift the responsibility for his recent
queer letter about trusts from the shoulders of
the administration, by proceeding against the
Chesapeake and Ohio Association, generally
known as the soft coal trust. under the Sher-
man antitrust law. The suit was instituted in
Cincinnati and will be directed by the Solicit
| tor General of the IS. The public will watch
| the prosecution of this case closely, owing to
the Attorney .Geveral having so recently stated
| in writing, that trusts could not be reached by
Federal laws.
Evidently Admiral Dewey isn't one of those
who believes the end of the Philippine troubles
to be in sight. OF course he is too diplomatic
| to discuss such question where his opinion
| would be likely to get out, but when he cabed
| the Navy Department to send him six months
| engineering supplies for his fleet. every en-
ploye of that department knew that it was just
as though he had cabled that it would not, in
| his opinion, be safe to materially reduce the
| strength of the fleet at Manila for something to
come.
| The latest Philippine news seems to Justify
| the opinion of those who believing that the
| fighting over there is likely to go on for an
indefinite time. Gen. Lawton has started on
campaign with picked force, with the inten-
ton of trying to run down the Filippinos.
Democrats are not the only ones who regard
the Philippines as an undesirable possession.
Representative Steele, of Ind, staunch sup
porter of the administration, who passed
through Washington day or two ago, said il
them: $50 far us am concerned, l would lik >
to trade the Philippine islands for yellow dop,
and then kill the dog, if there were nothing els
involved but possession of the island"
In naming one of the new batteships Georgia
although no petition had been sent from tha t
State, while they had been sent from dozen
other States, Mr.. Mckinley is said to have been
actuated solely by u desire to show his appre-
citation of the courtesy with which he was
treated during his recent visit to that State.
This is creditable alike to the President and to
| the people of Georgia. The other names chosen
were, for battleships, Pennsylvania and New
| Jersey; for armored cruisers, West Virginia,
Nebraska and California; for ordinary cruisers,
| Denver, DesMoines, Chattanooga, Galveston,
Tacoma and Cleveland.
| After taking several days to consider the
matter, the Military Court of Inquiry wisely
. decided to admit as evidence the reports SUR
mitted to General Miles on the beef issued hy
l47 officers who were in Cuba or Porto RiC De
| Just to give an idea of the nature of these r..
ports, the following phruscs.each from Il. :
. ferent officers report. are quoted "A misc.
| able apology for food" "Nomor unpalataI .e
food could be issued" IAN unsuitable artic q
of food" "a distinct failure" ut WIS
nauseRting." prefer going without meat "a
eating it," WAS soft, watery, insipid and uH.
satisfactory to the men, WAS stringy, touc h
; and unpalatable" .'Tasteless, and the mcu
would not eat it." Caused Il great deal OF
, sickness, and a ration was a failure" ''Was
j unfit for use and many of the men said it had