Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington Nav % 1900

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day Peace Jubilee, which began
last Tuesday, and the additional
beauty given by nature furnishes
another argument in favor of chang
ing Inauguration day from March
to about this season Of the year,
when Washington 10 at its best,
both for looks and for the comfort
of visitors.
Mr.. Mckinley is finding the hot
water ia which he has been ever
since be has got back to Washing
ton much more uncomfortable than
thas IN which he bathed at the Hot
Springs. The mess in Cuba, where
the Cuban army 10 almost on the
verge of open revolt, 10 not condu.
Give to his peace of mind, but it is
no more than might have been ex-
pected from the policy that he has
allowed Alger to attempt to carry
ont over there. Some 90 as far as
to charge that Alger is trying to
drive the Cuban army into revolt
ing for purposes of his own, al
though it 10 difficult to imagine
what purposes he could have that
would be served by such q misfor-
tune as that would necessarily prove
to be.
When Mr.. Mckinley went away
he expressed the opinion that Agui-
naldo would surrender and peace
be established in the Philippines
before his return, but he found
things very nnch as they we're when
he left Washington. Aguinaldo
10 still trying to negotiate and is
still being refused by Gen. Otis.
Friends of the several candidates
for Speaker are trying to force Mr..
Mckinley to declare himself and
there is a sort Of understanding that
in order to square himself in both
the East and the West, he has said
that either Sherman or Henderson
would be perfectly acceptable to
him. This understanding has re-
suited in the formation of COM
bine Of Henderson and Sherman
supporters for the purpose of shut
ting ont all other candidates, but
that is not satisfactory to the other
candidates. Payne is in Washing
ton kicking hard against being left
ont in the cold, and declaring that
he intends to remain in the field,
regardless of orders from Platt,
Mckinley or anybody else.
The friends of Hopkins also declare
that he will not allow himself to be
frozen out. 1t is all very we'll for
these gentlemen to talk, but the
question is how can they help them
selves ? As soon as it becomes gen.
orally known that neither is wanted
by the ADMINISTRATION, neither will
have any supporters left.
The most amusing feature of the
Speakership campaign is the frantic
efforts of what may slangly called
the "Reed push" to retain their
grip upon the plums in the House
organization. Their latest was an
appeal to the ex-Czar to defer his
resignation until after he is elected
Speaker and has named the CON-
mittees. Whatever else he may be,
Mr.. Reed is not fool. He knows
that at best his election to be Speak
er again would have been doubtful
not few believe that to have
been his real reason for retiring:
and that neither he nor Any other
man would stand a ghost of show
to be elected Speaker when it would
be known that his only object was
to put the organization of the Com
mittees into the hands of his friends
aud then get out.
Although everybody knew that
Senator Kean, of N. j., was q rail-
road and corporation lawyer, and
therefore naturally inclined to ia
vor trusts Of all sorts, he surprised
many by publicly declaring, while
he was in Washington a day or two
ago, that the people of New Jersey
would not support any party that
condemned trusts, because the
trusts organized under their State
laws paid so much money into their
Treasury. Surely it is time to do
some hasd thinking when a Sena-
tor publicly states his belief that
his State has been bought by the
trusts-to be exact, Mr.. Kean's
words were: "The annual reye.
nue. from the tax on the capital of
all corporations created under our
laws now amounts to between $780,
600 and 100000 You can readi.
~ see that the people who benefit
from this influx of wealth are not
apt to be antagonistic to the COR
porations that contribute it,"
According to current gossip, Sec.
rotary Alger is ungrateful along
with his numerous other faults.
He has announced himself a candi-
date for Senator McMillan's seat.
and the latter has announced his
candidacy to succeed himself, it is
said at the request of Mr.. McKin-
lev. So the country is likely to see
the man who has been kept in the
Cabinet against the almost general
protest of the country, running for
the Senate as an anti-Mckinley