Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington. April 10. 1899.

the purpose, when it was announced that
Gov. Teddy Roosevelt was in the field for
the republican presidential nomination,
next year. and that there WAS All under.
standing between Ted y and Gen. Miles,
who has been credited with entertaining
II similar ambition himself. Some OF Mr..
McKinley's friends appear to think that
he is bound to be renominated and re-
elected, but those of them who are long.
headed and who have, had experience in
politics, do not look at things that way;
they know that both Roosevelt and Miles
have qualities which are calculated to
arouse the enthusiasm and support Of the
young men in their party, and that with
good management a combination Of their
following might give the Hanna McKin-
ley machine hard fight, il not All actual
throw down. II this announcement is
straight, Boss Plat must have failed in
his efforts to keep Teddy off the McKin.
ley track.
With all Gar Reeds faults, and he has
enough and to spare, he has never been
a sneaky fighter, which is more than can
he said tor the administration crowd,
which is afraid TO come out in The open
and try to defeat Reed for the speaker.
ship, but is engaged in trying to bluff him
into not being q candidate, by stating
that the administration has determined
to throw its influence for Reed, but with
the express understanding that the rules
Of the next house shall he changed 30 az
to cut out all the car business. The idea
is that Reed would not care to be speaker.
il he is to be- shorn Of the autocyatic
power he has welded. This il on a par
with the talk which has at times been
heard ever since Reed first became speak.
or, about republicans who were going to
unite with the democrats to change the
rules and curtail the power Of the speaker.
They never did 30. and If the republicans
elect Reed speaker Of the house again, as
they will almost surely do. he will be the
same old GEAR.
it has been brought out in the test.
monv before the military court Of inquiry
that Gen. Pagan told Boston contractor
and Texas cattle.raiser, who had in
bid for furnishing beef on the hoof, that
Secretary Alger had practically ordered
him to try the 'efr gerated beef, which
Swift & Co. claimed to have a secret pro-
GERS Of preserving, as an experiment. rho
longer the court sits, the worse things
look for the Alger-Eagan crowd, and Mai.
Lee. who is representing Gen. Miles,
says he has lots more witnesses on his
list. But az the meat has already been
fully proven to have been bad, the court
may decide that it is unnecessary to hear
all these witnesses.
Nj. Mckinley has apparently at last
become aroused TO the danger, to his own
political fortunes, Of retaining Alger in
his cabinet, and, unless all the political
"wise men" are at fault, the EEK" is hot
on the trail Of Alger and cannot fail to
catch up with him very soon. 1t has
been, these men say, fully determined by
Boss Hanna and the other directors of
the administration machine that Alger
must 20. They prefer that he should do
80 willingly, but If he declines to tender
his resignation without being requested
by MIR. Mckinley to do so, Mr.. Mckinley
will make that request. From strictly
selfish point Of view, democrats would
prefer that Mr.. Mckinley should keep
Alger in the cabinet, for then it would be
impossible for the administration to deny
responsibility for Algerism and all it's
horrors, but democrats are too patriotic
to wish to see man filling the response.
BILE office OF secretary of war, who deserves
to be kicked out. just to make political
capital for their party; they wish, above
everything else, to see the affairs of the
government properly administered, and
know that they will not be in the war
department, as long as Alger is ut it's
head.
A group of army officers were discuss
ing the cost and results OF the campaign
OF Gen. Otis against the Filipinos, which
has just closed with the taking of Aguin.
aldo's capital, and the driving OF him and
his army into the interior, when one of
them said: "For my part, don't think
the game worth tie candle. After con.
siderable loss of life, We have the Philip.
pine insurgents just where the Spaniards
had them. That is, we have possession
Of the coast and all OF the towns and thew
are in the interior. 1t is true, that if We
start after them, our pursuit will be very
different from that Of the Spaniards, and
that in the end American grit is bound
to win, and We shall succeed in killing.
capturing or subduing them all, but it
will be no picnic l assure you, and know
what the country is; we shall pay dear
far too dear l think-for our triumph
over them.''
Tho Gs,houc uhr oo,x1n J.,