The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-07-29
WASHINGTON NEWS.
ALGER TERMED AN UNSUCCESSFUL
BLUFFER TANNER DEFENDS
HIM.
Cubans Ask Permission to Hold
Municipal Election,
Washington, July "a. 1893.
HIAi

Washington, July "a. 1899.
The unsuccessful buffer ie
spoken Of as a duffer by sports.
Well, Alger is an unsuccessful
political buffer, and the result
will be his retirement from public
life on August 1. Somehow this
bluffing phase Of the question has
been overlooked. But close
friend Of Ayers is responsible
for the statement that Alger's
resignation was handed to Mr..
Mckinley as a big bluff, with the
expectation that he would decline
it in a nice little note that Alger
could have published 60 refute
the charge that he was remaining
in the Cabinet against Mr.. Me-
Kinley's wishes, and that Alger
was the most surprised man in
Washington when he received
Mr.. McKinley's note accepting
his resignation TO take effect
August /. The same man says
that Alger is very mad, although
pretending TO be greatly pleased,
and that he may toss a few
bombshells administrationward
after he drops official harness,
and that their explosion will not
make pleasant music for Mr.. Me-
Kinley. If the new Secretary of
War-Mr. Roots merely 10
look after the legal questions
connected with our military oc-
cupation OF Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines, leaving mill
itary affairs to be controlled by
Meikleiohn ana Corbin, and that
is the present understanding,
Algerism isn't likely 10 depart
with Alger.
Unless Mr.. Eiihu Root, Of New
York, can persuade Mr.. McKin-
ley to shake up the War Depart.
ment clique and TO give Gen.
Miles the say that properly be-
longs to him as Commanding
General Of the Army, in all strict
ly military matters, he will live
to regret the day he so eagerly
accepted the war portfolio to per-
form duties properly belonging
to the Attorney General, after
two members Of the Cabinet, full
! ly eonversant with the situation,
had declined to do so, and 10
stand before the country as fig
ure head responsible for the con-
duct Of the War Department.
Perhaps it was a fellow feeling
that caused Corporal Tanner,
who was kicked out Of the PEN
sion Bureau by Harrison, after a
few months service as commis-
sioner, to rush into print with
fulsome praise Of Alger and Al
gerism. Whatever it was, it was
creditable TO Tanners heart, il
not to his sense OF thrift, TO stand
up for the under dog, in this fra
cas-, because he liked him per-
sonally, although he knew when
he did it that it was likely to less
en- his own pull on the adminis-
tration.
Mr.. NJ. l.. Lockwood, OF Penn
sylyania, president Of the Amer
lean Anti-Trust League, which
although a non-partisan organi-
zation, purposes to take an inn
portant part in the presidential
campaign, is a strong Bryan
democrat, and he says OF the
sentiment Of Pennsylvania DEM
ocrats: 81 am in touch with
the true democrats OF Pennsyl-
yania, and it is safe TO say that
ninety-five per cent Of them are
loyal to Bryan, and the princi-
! Piles Of the Chicago platform.
The real democracy of the state
and Of all the other states must
be on the alert, for if the tricks
ters get one vote more than one
third Of all the members Of the
National Convention, they will
accomplish their end, which is
the defeat of Bryan. The mo-
nopolistic and trust interests will
bend all their energies to defeat