The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-28
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
Communicated

Major Lee, who has been the
personal representative OF Gen
eral Miles before the Court of In
quiry, made a speech summing
up the evidence taken during the
inquiry that any lawyer might
have been proud of. He showed
that every allegation made by
General Miles has been fully Sus-
tanned by good evidence, but if
the AlgeriteS are correct in their
outline of the report, which the
court will make in a few days,
probably this week, the evidence
is to be ignored, Alger and Eagan
whitewaShed and General Miles
and the officers who dared to tell
the truth about the beef furnished
the army, censured. 1t that
sort of report is submitted, a
wave of Indignation is likely to
sweep over this country that
when compared with that which
followed the whitewashing of AL
ger by the War Commission, will
be as a tornado to a summer
zephyr. The people of the coun-
try have decided this case on the
evidence, and if Mr.. Mckinley is
unwiSe enough to allow his friend
ship for Algerism and his dislike
for General Miles to cause him to
use his official influence to get a
report contrary to the evidence,
so much the worse for Mr. Me
Kinley The country has been
disposed, through all the dirty
mess, to believe in the personal
integrity of Mr.. Mckinley, and
that he was the victim of his po-
litical obligations to Alger. but
public opiuion cannot be made to
stand too great strain.
The Republican managers are
trying to get Mr.. Hobart to an
nounce that, owing to ill health,
he will not be a candidate for re.
nomination, but he has so far de-
clined to do so, although his
health is really in serious con
dition. Boss Platt and some
other New York Republicans
think that "Teddy" Roosevelt
would be surely shelved if made
the tail of the Mckinley ticket,
and Mr.. Mckinley, who is a little
bit afraid Of Teddy as "a rival for
the first place, is said not to be
adverse to the idea, provided that
Hobart, whom he really likes.
can be persuaded to voluntarily
take himself out of the way.
Politicians have no difficulty
III reading the play made by Gov.
Stone, of Pennsylvania, when he
appointed Quay Senator, immedi
ately following his acquittal by a
Philadelphia jury of the charge of
conspiracy to rob the State. That
appointment was not made with
any expectation that the accom-
panylng credentials would ever
be used in Washington. Gov.
Stone and Mr.. Quay both know
that the Senate has repeatedly,
within the last few years. denied
the right of Governor to fill a
vacancy i'll the Senate which the
Legislature of the State has fail
Ell to I'LL, after having had an op-
portunlty to do so. The appoint
ment was made for its moral eff
feet upon the Republicans of
the Pennsylvania Legislature.
which is likely to be called in ex.
ira session, nominally for other
reasons, but in reality solely for
the purpose of giving Quay
another chance for getting him
self re elected.
Admiral Schley is understood
to contemplate asking an investi.
cation of the implied charges
and innuendoes made against him
by the Sampson clique in the
Navy Department. If he does he
Will not ask it of the Navy De-
partment, but will go direct to
Congress and ask that a thoron
Investigation be made by a non.
partisan committee.
The Hanna Mckinley men are
already beginning to see that the
retirement of Gar Reed doesn't
! call Tor as much rejoicing on their
part, as they thought it did when
IL was first made public. 1t will
remove a powerful enemy from
the pathway of the administra
ZION, but there is danger that the
scramble for the Speakersbin,
winch has already started, NAV
create a number of smaller enc.
mes who may be able to do more
damage to administration plans
ana politics than one big enemy
ike Mr.. Reed. Boss Hanna Is
not III any doubt about his suc
cess IN naming the next Speaker.
out he Is growing very much
AFRAID OF the sore spots that will
oe leIG among the disappointed