The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINoToN, May %, 1890.
There is something decidedly SUSPECT
Oh, 10 Inc new from The Philippines
MOI line Of PICS, lcWs can be caoed
from Manila Wt,itb o- oeclapHoeed
Dy the L. S. Military Cen ol. aaa j. i-
not likely that hc would ap9v any
thing the administration d'd not wish
public. Hence, ihe publication Of the
statement ihat ii would be impossible
for Gen. Ods to conquer even thc en-
tire Island Of Luzon, noi 90 mention
the remainder OF lhe group. so chat il
would stay conquered, without o large
increase Zoo bis army, was allowed 90
pass the Censor Tor a purpose. Not
being In the confidence OF tnc admiu-
islraiion,-icw persons, even among
the most prominent Republicans, are
lit cannot be positively stated what
that purpose g., but Tine inference IS
that 10 is intended TO pave he way for
one OF two lh.ng.;a col. far volunteers
TO reinforce Ou-, or to make the pe0-
pie Of ,his country satisfied with some
dicker that is about 10 be made with
the Fiiipinos, and which they would
natura ~ he inclined To- be Ct .afi-fed
with. The rrepoudeuuco OF opinion
in Washington is ihaf ii mean more
volunteers Orders have been sent 10
the civilian member OF the Philippine
Commission lhai they must douolhng
20 interfere with the military riaus of
Gen. Oi-, which IS confirmation Of The
reported wrangles .n ,he Commission.
After holding IL back for many
months, Mr.. Mckinley hos ucd hi
much advertised order modifying the
civil service rucs Il docsu'l appear
10 please anybody oyer-mucb. Il e.
cepts total of somewhere in the
neighborhood Of four thousand places
from the operation Of The civil eervice
rule, but as most OF those places are
already filed by Republicans, it will
make comparatively little new paifon-
age for the Republican leaders. rel
doesn't touch the Government Print |
ing Office, which so many Republicans |
have been tting SO hard 10 get thrown |
open 70 them. So far rs the party
workers are concerned, the order is
likely to do more harm than good to
the Republican party.
Representative Dalzcll, Of Pennsyl-
vania, who stand about as much show
rs Payne, the New York, and-Platt
dropped into Washington a
lay or two ego and announced that he
was a candidate forSpeaker. He could
not control three votes in the Pennsyl-
'ania delegation, counting his own, 10
ave his neck. Bingham is the dummy
.andidate Of the Pennsylvania delega-
ion, and viii remain such until Quay
lecides who shall get these votes.
No surprise was caused in Washing
on by Senator Platfs nat-footed
declaration that Mckinley and Hobart
you'd be renomiuatcd. So far as
lcKinley is concerned, Plat has been
lorlgaged since early in the present
administration, his endorsement of
hobart means that If he ever had any
lea of helping 10 get Roosevelt second
lace on the ticket, II has been aban-
Oned, but whether because he wasn't {
leased with Roosevelt or whether the !
liter wasn't pleased with he idea Of
'cond place, Is matter Of conjecture, T.
at the former is more likely to he true.
he declaration Of Senator Penrose.
no is Boss Quay's man and mouth b
ece, in favor Of Mckinley's renomi-
alton is nothing more than u bid for