The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-26

From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-Washington is deck
cd out in Inauguration forgery for the three
day Peace Jubilee, which begins tomorrow,
and the additional beauty given by nature
furnishes another argument in favor of
changing Inauguration day from March to
about this season of the year, when Washing
ton is ut its best, both for looks and for the
comfort of visitors.
Mr.. Mckinley is finding the hot water in
which nc has been ever since he has got back
to Washington much more uncomfortable
than that in which he batned at the hot springs.
The mess in Cuba, where the Cuban army is
almost on the verge of open revolt, is not con-
ducive to his peace of mind, but it is no more
than might have been expected from the pol
icy that he has allowed Alger to attempt to
carry out over there. Some go asfaras to charge
that Algcr is trying to drive the Cuban army
into revolving for purposes of his own, al
though it is difficult to imagine what purposes
he could have that would be served by such a
misfortune as that would necessarily prove to
be.
When Mr.. Mckinley went away he expressed
the opinion that Aguinaldo would surrender
and peace be established in the Philippines be-
foro his return. but he found things very much
as they were when he left Washington. Agui-
naldo is still trying to negotiate and is still be-
ing refused by Gen. Otis.
Friends of the several candidates for Speaker
arc trying to force Mr.. Mckinley to declare
himself and there is sort of understanding
that in order to square himself in both the
East and West he has said that either Sherman
or Henderson would be perfectly acceptable
to him. This understanding has resulted in the
formation of combine of Henderson and Sher-
man supporters for the purpose of shutting
out all other candidates, but that is not salts
| factory to the other candidates. Payne is in
| Washington kicking hard against being left
out in the cold, and declaring that he Intends
to remain in the field until the last, regardless
/ Of orders from Boss Platee, Mr.. Mckinley or
anybody else. The friends of Hopkins also de-
| clare that no will not allow himself to be froze
| out. 1t is all very well for these gentlemen to
| talk, but the question is how can they help
themselves; as soon as it becomes generally
/ knowl that neither is wanted by the admins
| tration, neither will have any supporters left
| The most amusing feature of the speakershiI
| campaign is the frantic effort of what may be
| slangly called the "Reed push" to retain theil
| grip upon the plums in the House organization
| Their latest was an appeal to the ex-Czar tt
defer his resignation until after he is elected
speaker and has named the committees. What
ever else he may be, Mr.. Reed is not a fool
He knows that at best his election to be speak
| err again would have been doubtful, not few
| believe that to have been his real reason FOL
| retiring; and that neither he nor any other maj
| would stand ghost of IL show TO be elected
speaker when iT would be known that his onl,
| object was to put the organization of the com
mittees into the hands of his friends and theI
| get out.
| Although everybody knew that Senator
kcan, of New Jersey. was Il railroad and cor
poration lawyer, and therefore naturally i'll
cined to favor trusts of all Sorts he SURPRISED
many by publicly declaring, while he was il
Washington day or two ago, that the peopl
of New Jersey would not support any part.
| that condemned trusts because the trusts OF
| ganized under their State laws paid so niue
| money into their Treasury. Surely it is tim
| to do some hard thinking when Senator pur
!iC,y states his belief that his State has bee
bought by the truSts-to he exact, Mr.. kcaE'
| words were: The annual revenue from tn
tux on he capital of all corporations create
| under our laws amounts To between $4,000
and 100000. You can readily see that I'll
people who benefit from this influx Of weali
are not apt TO be antagonistic to the corpora
tions that contribute to it,"
According TO current gossip, Secretary Alge
} faults. He has announced himself a candidat