The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

WASHINGTON. May S.--Sccrciary 4 ger, who
HIS Just returned to WaShir gt"n. is lacking III
mHry of the characteristic that "a to lna&" Gr
it,,nl SfCcTctar, ~ Wan, hut IL; ,iirnriS tu
make Up for ali ni tLcIn with rail-, at VII. Il IA,
has about AS much rs a''y Ti:iu who ever held
II Cabinet portfolio. Aud 1t, latest is 1t ltllc
h you'd all his previous exploits i'll the gall
lac. lie has actually gone So f;r as 20 dictate
t. Mr. Mckinley, il the publ. talk of hi hc,lcli-
men can be believed. According To he Alr, T.
ilcs Alger is not satisfied with the white-wusb
irg given him by the War Commission and the
alleged vlndcation given him by the report Of
tis Military Court of inquiry, which MIR. Nc
Finley has just approved and ordered publish
ed. but demands that Gen. Mics snail be de-
posed from the command Of the army. In a6-
dition TO ha wing demanded iii : ri Mr. McKin-
ley, Alger s said to have told hiu that # hU
4 al not ISsuc the order transferring Niles troIa
!uum:ii:dCr 81 thr Amy 20 ui.c Of the Military
divisions, he Won d, ns Secretary ur W.r, :s3lir
/, himself, thu: forcing Presidential action ur G
way or the other. 1t is not surprising that Mr.
| Mckinley should have concluded to 20 to tire
| Virginia Hot Springs and try to ci.ar out his
system by few hot baths. But it is Ageris,u
| lie will have to clean out to accomplish any
| thing.
Boss PlatL's edict has %oEe forth that New
| York shall have but one candidate for the
| SpcnkrrShip, ana that Payne, Ray and possibly
| other members of the legation, who have.
| either positively OF partially announced them
| selves It's candidates, will Ec forced ont of the
way to give Sherman the unanimous support
! Of the delegation. This. and rum ors that Sher-
! man had made deal with Hanna, caused qui: .
1 Il marked boom in Sherman stOci;, and Sher-
| man is now in favor in sporting circles.
| Treasury officials have refused 20 allow .n
| itsm headed "travciing expenses in the per-
| sonil accounts Of Roger C. SpooCcr, Special
| Indian Agent, Temporarily" III charge of the
| Indian Warehouse in Chicago, because the
| aforesaid travelling expenses were incurred by
| Spooner in going between his nome in Wiscon,
| sin and his Office in Chicago, and are not con-
| sdered to have been necessary to the proper
| performance of his duties Spooncr isa brother
Of Senator spooncr and holds his position by Il
| trick. The position of Superintendent of ;he
| Indian warehouse is supposed to be und, I
Civil Service Rules; also to be vacant. Merry
| Il year ago Senator Spooncr carried an order 10
| Secretary Bliss, from Mr.. Mckinley, telling
him to provide good place for his brother.
1t was dane by appointing him Special ludian
| Agent and putting him in temporary charge CI
| the warehouse IL Chicago, where he has been
over since, filing position that is in the c!assi
fed service, without ever having even taken
an examination. Still, there are some other
wise lcve!-headed men who will get "nutty'
when the Civil service Rules are spoken of rs
the humbug thcSrcally are.
| Mr. Mckinley seem to be developing dis
position to play Gar. He ordered Representa-
tive Henderson, of Iowa, Chairman Of the Re
publican Caucus Commit &c that recently com
plcted financial bill, when he called at the
| White House with Il copy of the bill, to change
it before il was submitted to tn" RrpHhi2un.
of the Senate Finance Committee, who it sc { H.
must approve it before It is made public. Col
Henderson is a peDpery sort Of fellow oCca
sio uaily, but b-ing IL candidate for Speaker o
the Horse. he did not care to quarrel with " ,
| Mckinley. Shc only call, Il his attention tt
tn" fact that every clause in the ill had beer
put there by unanimous vote ct the committee
The order to change it was reiterated by Mr.
Mex inley.
Ii has been decided ny tho republican lead
ers that an extra session of Congress shall ht
called, probably early in the fall, but in ord Il
to give themselves all opportunity to chang:
their minds, should it be deemed advisable late
to do so, they viii! not say more ;han that ~
extra session il probable. The Tact of t't
matter is that they are getting uneasy over The
political outlook. A short time ago ,hcy wcr,
| figuring on walk-uNcr for Mckinley mex
year, but now they are frig tened One OF
them said: Mr.. Mckinley will, of course, bt
a candidate for denomination, but it is by NJ
means certain that he will win. The scandal!
under his administration have made it difficult
| for his friends to defend it A!gcr, Shaiter
Eagan and others, who have figured promi
nently in the adm n;stratiOn, have net added
to Mr.. McKinley's reputation or improved hi
chances for re-nuIninati"n. Conservative oh
servers believe that Algcrism and Epgansn
| will prove TO be heavier load than MIR. Me
kinley can carry. and that even if he should b,
nominated again, ne would re defeated
The Philippine situation continues to be
combination of dckcrinE and lighting
| although the administration clnims that tn,
submits ion of AguinalnO is now fully assured
but they do not say when. His suhugatior
has been sure tEicg from the tirSt, but II ma
| already cost mere. both IN money HId blood
tIan it will ever be worth to the people of this
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