Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-04-06

sosA1es~W StSsc1 W Pfoutuens
New York repn nbIicsn who came TO
Washington for the parpose, when
il was announced that CIV Ted
DIV" Roosevelt was IA the field for
the republican Presidential nomi-
nation, next year, and that there
sas an understanding between
TEDDY" and Gen. Miles, Who has
been credited With entertaining .
similar ambition himself. S.n.e
If Mr.. McKinley's friends appear
to ahink that he 10 bound 20 be re.
nominated and re. elected, but
those Of them who are long. headed
and who have had experience in
politics. do not look at thugs that
way; they know that both Rose
velt aud Miles hsve qualIties which
are calculated to arouse the enthu-
-iasm and support Of the young
men in their party, and that with
good management = combination of
aheir following might give /. the
Hsnns Mckinley machine = hard
tight, IL not an actual throu-down
IL this announcement is straight,
Boss Plat must have failed in his
II 'r's to keep TEDDY" of the
Mckinley track.
With all Czar Reds faults, aud
he has enough and To spare, he has
never been sneaky lighter. which
- more than can be said f.Ir the
administration crowd, which IL
afraid to come out IN the open aud
try to defeat Reed for the Speaker
ship. but is engaged in trying 4"
bluff him into not being a candi-
late, BY stating that the admins
tratiOn has determined TO throw its
q huence for Reed. bat with tn.
xprrss understanding that the
rules of the next II ,use shall be
changed so az to cut out all the
Ear business The idea is thai
Reed would not care to be speaker.
" he is To be shorn Of the au' ocrat-
&c power he has welded This is
IN par with the talk which has at
f'mes been heard ever since Reed
lirst became Speaker, about repub-
l.sns who were going TO unite with
h" democrats to change the rules
'nd curtail the power of the Speak
r They never did 81. and if thu
npublicans eiec. Reed Speaker of
he House again. as they will al
most surely DO, he will he the sam.
Id Gear.
Ii has been brought out In tbs
issiimony before the Military C,urI
4 lrquiry that Gen. E,gsn told
Boston Contractor, and u Texas
cattle raiser, who had in bid FIR
furnishing beef on the hoof, that
Secretary AIger had practically
ordered him To try the refrigerated
oeef, which Swift & 90 claimed to
nave secret process of preserving
~ an experiment. The longer thr
Court sits, the worse things look
f"r the Alg-r E,gan crowd. and
Msj Lee. who is representing Gen.
Niles SAYS he has lots more wit
nesses on his list. But MS the meat
has already been fully proven To
nave been bad. the court may de-
eide that it is unnecessary to hear
all these witnesses.
Mr.. Mckinley has apparently a,
last become aroused to the danger.
to his own political fortunes. of re-
tanning Alger in his Cabinet. and
unless all the political "wise men"
are at fault. the .'Ex" is hot OF
he trail of Alger aud Cannot fail
I" catch up with him very soon. II
has been, these men say. fully de-
trrminrd by Boss Hanna aud tn.
'ther directors of the administration
that Alger must 60 They
prefer that he should do so willing.
Ingiy. but II he declines to tender
his resignation without being re.
lueeted bv Mr.. Mckinley to do So.
Mr. Mckinley will make that re-
larst. From . stricklv selfish |
point OK view, democrats would pre-.
fer that Mr. Mckinley should keep |
Alaer in the Cabinet. for then il
you'd De impossible for the admin
'tratlon to deny responsibility for
A grr'sm aud all its horrors. but
i-pa"crats are to" ps'rlotic to u tsh
!" see mah filing the respoi sIble
'ffce Of Secretary of War. who de-
serves to be kicked out. Just to
make political capital for their
party; they wish. above evrr.ihimg