The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-11

bat there are several reasons why he b.
not likely to 80. The first and most
important OF which is the evident IN
tentiOn Of the administration t. leave
the supreme command nOniiuaily ia
the hands of Gen. OTIS. Gen. Nile.
could not serve under subordinate
officer.
The new secretary OF War mas been
asked to pass upon Il question Of law
but ne has not said that he Will DO 20
Notwithstanding all the talk about
that being what he wa taken luin ihe
Cabinet to do. The question involved
Is whether the Secretary OF Wal nas q
right to authorize officers who art his
favOri,es, to draw specified sums. iu
addition to their salary and regular
allowances, Ia be used 90 "mainteln
the dignity Of their positions. Dnung
AlRer's recent isit Co Cubp. he author
lied Gen. Brooke To draW 5000 year
IN addition 10 his pay a. melor general,
Gen. Ludlow, who made break last
week toy suppre-sing "a Cuban news
paper, -. 900 year, iu addition 90 his
pay a. bfifadeg general; Col. Bia,
collector at Havana, - 900 ln addition
TO las salary as colonel, nnd Alai. Davis,
Sanitary Oliccr at Havana, 800, IA
addition 10 his salary as major Alcer
directed that these allowances Oe made
from the Cuban revenues. Only
favOrites OF Alger were authorized 10
draw this extra money, 30 such au-
thority being given 10 Gen. Fit Ice.
Gen. Leonard Wood, and other officers
who would seem 20 have quitc rs much
dignity 70 maintain a. the officers on
duty at Havana II has been pointed
out to Secretary Root that Section
1859 of the Revised Statutes. which
fixes the pay OF Army officers, contains
this positive language no allowance
shall Oe made TO oliice,s iu addition lo
their pay except Is hereinafter pro-
vded.' The provisions referred o. are
for the care of officers horses, The pay
ment for quarters, ana Tor travel pay
but there Is 30 wheie n Nord about any
allowance 90 maintain dignity" II
il very clear that Aiger exceeded his
legal authority in making these aliow-
ances, bu, whether Secfaiary Root viii
say go r. horse II quite another color.
Democrats hcicabouis have pad
very little attention 90 the attempt Of "a
few anu-Biyln Democrats in New
jersey, 90 start tunm foi Hon. Grover
Cleveland a. the Demncroiir candidate
next year, simply because they know
that u is no. worth ANY attention.
Even IL Col Bryan. the man whom
ninety PER cent OF the Democratic party
wishes 10 -ee nominated acaiu were
10 die before the nominating conyen-
ton met, Mr. Clcyeand'- name would
not be- seriously considered. tie has
received AL the hOu0is he viii ever
get fum the national democracy. WITH
which he was never really sympathy
upon more than two or three ~ It's
principles. and even those hc haa q
Way OF Interpreting 10 suit him-sif.
Mr. Cleveland e. sm able man-ono o.
the '.0.es, WHO was ever Precedent
uut 80 seif.1pini0Ditcd as 20 &c uHiil ~
lead q party a. county where every
man is Theoretically, vt least, tie peer
of every other man. ODe aniocrat is
an ample sulliciency FOR The democracy
for a long time to come. The last tine
Mr.. Cleveland was nominated. IL WIS
not because he was ihe choice of the
majority Of the party, hu, because OF
the shrewdnoss Of Hon. W c. WIT
uey.
Against the advice Of expert, Secre.
tary Aeer gave a contract, last yea
for twenty-five Brow .cgFncu'ai wife
wound guns. They are now ready FOR
delivery, bat viii not oe accepted. be-
cause when tested, oae of ihcm blew
out the breech and fractured lis jacket.
under less Than the required pressure.
II they had been ready fot delivery
before Alger went our, they would
have probably been accepted and paid
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