The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-10-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., October 9th.

Mr.. EDITOR:-There is a possibility
that Admiral Dewey will be the republi
can candidate for president, ..ext year, in
stead of President Mckinley. A move
ment has been started by prominent re-
publicans which has that object in view
under certain contingencies Admiral
Dewey has not been consulted and has
nothing whatever to do with it. The men
in this movement are not after honoring
Admiral Dewey or turning Mr. Mckinley
down. They are after keeping the rcpub
lican party in power for another Presi-
Dental term. They are afraid that Hanna
ism and Algerism will handicap Mr.. Nc
Kinley to such an extent that it will be
| impossible to re elect him. Their idea is
to get as many prominent party men as
possible to agree that if after looking care
fully over the ground, Mr.. McKinley's
reelection should be thought doubtful,
they will nominate Dewey, with or with
out Mr.. McKinley's consent The success
of this movement will depend largely upon
the outcome of the next campaign against
ended soon Mr.. Mckinley will be still
| furthur handicapped.
Although he has more than once de-
| clared that he would not accept the nomi-
nation for Vice President, it has all along
been believed in Washington that Gov
"Teddy" was after that very nomination,
| and that Boss Plat, who is anxious to get
him out of New York politics, was active
ly assisting him. The announcement that
Roosevelt was to make a flying trip
through Nebraska, speaking almost con-
tinually from the rear platform of his
train, has added strength to- that belief.
Republicans who know the situation in
Nebraska are preparing ii soft spot to fall
| on Ivy saying that State Pride in Col. Bryan
may cause the State to go anti-republican.
In view of Col. Bryan's enthusiastic re-
ception in the State the use of may is
really considerate on the part of those
who know that the republicans are prac-
tically certain of defeat in the State. In
addition to Roosevelt they are trying to
get Mr.. Mckinley to go to Omaha while
he is in the West, ostensibly to review the
First Nebraska Volunteers, recently re-
turned from the Philippines, but really to
try to stir up little republican enthusiasm
Atlanta, Ga, sent delegation of its
most prominent men to Washington to
invite Admiral Dewey to visit that city.
and Representative Livingston introduced
q dnIonofinn hn cd, al Il Eo
would accept the invitation and would go
about the first of November, and would,
himself, gladly make the presentation of
the sword, which has been bought for his
flag officer, Lieut.. Brumby, a native
Georgian. Dewey has gone to New Eng
land, where he will be about ten days
That imperialism is costly will be shown
by the estimates which will be submitted
to Congress for appropriations necessary
for the Army and Navy for the fiscal year
beginning July list, 1900 Although all
the estimates of the War Department are
not complete, enough is known to make it
certain that the aggregate amount that
will be asked for the support of the army
and navy for the coming session of Con-
gress will reach, and probably exceed.
$500, 000, 900, which will be about 50 65 or
$2.7O per capita. War Department Off
Gals say the total amount will be consid-
erably reduced if the war in the Philip
pines is brought to a close before the appro-
priations are made, but that is very doubt
full, in a double sense 1t is doubtful
whether the war over there will be ended
should be, whether the American army on
the islands can be materially reduced for
long time afterwards, if our present
policy is to be continued. Every govern
ment which has tried to govern alien peo-
pie by force has found it expensive, and
there are no good reasons for believing
that the experience of this country will
differ in that respect from that of Others
The state of Ex-Secretary John Sher-
mans health may be plead by the admin
istration as an excuse for his having been
absolutely ignored in the Dewey cere-
monies, but the old gentleman has given
out vigorous interview against the sug-
gestion that the United States should at
tempt to mediate between England and
the Transvaal Republic to prevent the
war which now seems almost certain to
come, which shows that his intellect is
still in good working order. The Trans
vaal authorities thought they made
shrewd move when they selected Col J.
r. O'Beirne, prominent republican poll
tician of New York, to be their diplomatic
| representative in Washington, but it hasn't
accomplished anything, because of a rule
of the State Department forbiddng the
| recognition of an American citizen as the
diplomatic representative of a foreign
government. O'Beirne is in Washington,
but he has received no official recognition
He intimates that he intends bring
political pressure to bear upon Mr.. Nc
Kinley when he returns, and expresses
the belief that Mr.. Mckinley will overrue
the State Department and recognize him
in his diplomatic capacity. If he does,
look out for squalls.
The Democratic County Convention for
Anne Arundel met at Annapolis Monday
Truner r. Anderson in the chair, and
Frank T. Hancock, secretary W c.
Crane of the Fifth district nominated Dr.
Elijah Williams for Senator, vice William
G. Gischel, declined The nomination
was made by reclamation, and DR.. Will
liams subsequently accepted it. A mass
| delegation to cast the five votes of Anne
| ton to nominate a successor to Chief
| Judge Roberts, and was instructed to vote
for Judge Jones.
| Chairman Murray Nandiver, of the