The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-04
The President and Mrs. McKin-
ley Go to Lake Cham
plain, N. Y.
INDIANA SITUATION
AS Viewed by Representative Lands.
Senator Elkins Speaks About
Secretary Alger.
Special Correspondence to The Gazette.

Special Correspondence to The Gazette.
Washington, July 3l.-Presiden
Mckinley will enjoy his well.earnet
vacation all the more because Of the
knowledge that he left public business
in a very satisfactory condition. He
has secured a man for secretary of war
in the person Of Hon. Elihu Root. who
will take charge of the department
August /, against whom no word OF
criticism has been said even by his
partisan opponents; Secretary Hay has
succeeded in getting the troublesome
Alaskan boundary question fairly on
the road to any early diplomatic settle.
ment; more than half Of the volunteers
wanted in the Philippines have enlist
ed, and Gen. Otis has oabled that SO
many Of the volunteers already in the
Philippines wish to reenlist that Il
third regiment-two have already
been enlisted-oan be enlisted from
them. The length of the presidents
stay on Lake Champlain will depend
upon Mrs. MoKinley's health and up.
on the state Of public business.
Representative Lands Of Indiana
who was in Washington last week.
looking after some business for his con-
%stituents, said Of the situation in bis
state. "Our people are too we'll sat.
isied with the prosperity under this
administration to desire a change.
Everybody 10 happy and prosperous.
Farmers are paying of their mortgages
and loaning money. They have seen
that the price of wheat il not Deepen.
dent upon the price OF silver, and they
have abandoned the belief that free
coinage Ia necessary for good times. II
the democrats have a spoke left in the
wheels of their political chariot I do
not know 1t. don't believe one hun.
dred democrats will march to the same
music in any county In Indiana. Ex.
pansion IL very popular in Indiana, es.
peoially among the country people.
The farmer generally likes to hold OIL
to all he can get, and no carries that
idea into national matters. The demo.
Gratis will make q great mistake II they
attack the administration for deter.
mining to hold all We have IN the
Philippines,
Notwithstanding Bryan's attempt TO
get all the Kentucky democrats to sup.
port Goeble, Kentucky democrats who
were in Washington last week admit
that the state will probably 90 republi.
can, Representative Berry said that 1t
seemed probable a new convention
would be held and q ticket headed by
Ex-Governor Brown TO be nominated by
the independent democrats, and that II
the probability became q fact the re,
publicans would almost surely carry
the state,
Senator Elkins, who was once score.
tary Of war himself, had this to say of
his retiring SUCCESSOR. Secretary Alger
has bean compelled to endure a series
OF undeseryed, not TO say brutal, ~,
saults, He did not deserve the harsh
things which were said Vt him, but he
bore them bravely, standing manfully
under the abuse which might otherwise
have been thrown At tho president,
Time will vindinate him, There will
be a reaction In his favor, say these
things MI the more readily because
Secretary Aigar and have not been of
the same way Of thinking in our party,
| am no apologist for him, do not
want 10 BIO drawn into any controversy,
hnt | hope | may never hesitate To do
justice 10 any man Secretary Algep
has gone TO New York on private bust
ness and will not return until next
Tuesday, when he viii formally turn
oven tho war department. 10 Secretary
Root, Iha latter was in Washington
several days this week, and nothing
hnt favorable words are heard from
those who meet him
The slight changes Announced last
week IN the plans NJ the batrleships
Maine, Missouri and Ohio, now In
COURSE pf construction, by the navy
board ~ bureau chiefs, were not made
necessary by effpTs IN the original
plans, as the yellaW Journals Insisted
npNn publishing They Were made
simply W increase the efficiency Qf tho
vessels, ny giving them u speed Rf Is
knots, instead NJ ~, ~ under the
original plans, Che contractors agreed
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