Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, June 2ad, 100.

and the war department upon his re-
turn to Washington. The rumor of
his early resignation has become
such regulnr thing that he would
really be disappointed II 1t failed to
meet him after any little absence
from his desk. The rumor that Gen.
Miles was to be sent to the Philip
pines to command the army was an
entirely new one, and entitled to a
medal for utter absurdity and sens
lessness. Secretary Alger and the
entire administration are entirely
satisfied with Gen. Otis conduct Of
affairs In the Philippines and have
no idea Of placing such an indignity
upon him as the sending of the COM
maDding General of the army to the
Philippines would be. There were a
lot of senseless minors about what
had been decided about the army in
the Philippines. which are not
worthy of specific mention, FOR the
simple reason that persons Of average
intelligence should have known that
with the President and the Secretary
of war both away from Washington
there was no one left with authority
to decide upon anything important.
connected with the amy, but OF
course every one knows that the yell
low journals, which originated these
rumors, are not printed for persons
OF average intelligence.
More or less amusement was caused
In Washington by the solemn an
nOuncement Of one OF the big Chi
cago dailies, which was duly tel
egraphed all over the country, that
1t had succeeded in getting trust
worthy information that Represen'
tative Payne would continue at the
head of the House Ways and Means
Committee. Representative Cannon
at the head Of the Committee on
Appropriations, and Representative
Hit at the head of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs. In Washington
this great bit of news was fully
known from the day that q repub-
lican majority of the House was
elected. Those three men would
have retained their chairmanships
no matter who had been chosen
Speaker of the House, simply because
OF their extensive experience made
them the right men for the Places.
There has been discussions about
other chairmanships, but none about
these, except by those who were seek.
ing to create pickering IN the repub.
lican ranks by saying that 1t ex.
listed.
Mr.. Charles H. Mullen, a well
known Pennsylvania Republican,
who is visiting Washington, said Of
politics in the Keystone state: "The
larger part OF the delegates to the
Republican State Convention which
meets in August, have been elected
The Philadelphia men have not been
chosen yet, but they will not be 4
large part Of the convention, no mat
ter what their affiliations may be. il
is safe to say from tue delegates al
ready selected, that the entire con
vention of 203 embers will not con
tain more than 4Oanti-Qay men, OF
insurgents as the regulars call them
The sentiment OF the party is reall,
with Senator Qua. no matter how
much noise the ants may make"
| Col. Dick who has been chosen
to be chairman Of the Ohio State
Committee, has host OF friends liz
Washington, who value him as 9
friend as well as admire him as 9
political manager. He smiles wher
anybody asks him about the extent
Of the alleged Republican revolt ID
Ohio, which the Democrats are sc
fond OF talking about, and says, wait
until the votes are counted. He de
clined to discuss the alleged Repub
lican Kicking because he was made
chairman Of the Republican State
Committee, but said Of the head Of
the ticket: "The nomination OF
Judge Nash was the best that could
have been made. He is popular
and strong man all over the state,
and his name on the ticket will be
worth many votes to the party" Col.
Dick seems to take very little inter
est In who the Democrats nominate
for Governor, because he doesn',
think that IL will make the slightest
difference in the result.
Il Postmaster General Smith hal
: made public q letter from #. w
. vaille, Director of Posts at Manila
concerning the absurd story that vol
, unteers letters to the United State
! were being opened and censored be