The times., 1899-04-28
GENERAL WASHINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Mr.. Mckinley Mt PhiiadeIphin.-
The visit of the President to Philadelphia
yesterday to attend the unveiling of Gen
eral Grants statue was. on the face Of ii.
perfunctory. but. all the came, it was not
without political significance. There was
a meeting of prominent men at the Union
League Club. in which John Wanamaker,
MacVeagh, and let of other locally pow
erful people participated. that meant some
thing. 1t is unncc essary to say who was the
spokesman of the party to the President.
Hewas a gentleman who formerly held high
Office in Washington and is in close touch
with the business interests of the country.
He told the President that the load of AL
gerism could not be carried by his Admin
istration with any hope of success in 1900.
He reminded him that due notice had been
given Of public opinion when the volun-
teers came back from Cuba and Porto Rico.
and that should have been sufficient. Since
it was not and the influences around the
White House had succeeded in bringing
discredit if not something worse to the
threshold of the Executive Mansion. he
begged the President to take immediate
action that his skirts might be cleared of
the awful infamy of the beef. Eagan, Car
ter, and other scandals.
Mr.. Mckinley comes home with a bug in
gard to popular opinion of Algerism in
Boston. He has not found any enthusiastic
Alger sentiment in Philadelphia. Among
other things. he has discovered that it is
not popular thing to pack an army court
with violent enemies Of an honored soldier.
If he has not also learned that verdict
in defiance Of evidence will make trouble
for him. the query is how did he ever hap
pen to get the sense to be Governor of
q nH oft he Tn.t tZ1
Is II Snre Thing:-Frierds of the
Administration are not at all pleased with
the outlook for Mr.. McKinley's renomina-
ton, although Senator Hanna was quoted
yesterday as saying that it was a sure
thing. Something must be allowed to
Hanna's personal interest and pride in the
premises. 1t is true that Hanna is work
ing himself sick to convince The .'old
guard of 1896 that the trusts and monopo-
lies will go to the devil il he does not win
again in 1900. but in some way the trusts
and monopolies are not as greatly open to
conviction as they were couple of years
ago. The Administration has not alto
sether redeemed the pledges upon which
somebody gathered in SIG, ,0O0. 900. The
leading contributors to that educational
fund claim they were promised immunity
from the acquisition of Hawaii and from
any disturbance of our friendly relations
with Spain. In short many of them feel
that they have been buncoed. and it Is said
that when Hanna made the rounds a little
while ago he got the marble heart without
even the. glad hand.
Another thing which bothers the Ad.
ministration is that great many former
contributors, who are supposed to be quite
superior to considerations of humanity or
decency, are really making a fuss about
the way in which our troops have been
treated. Most of them are cold d-blooded
speculative, gambling men, but it devel-
opes that they draw line and are rather
angry that certain people have made for
tunes out of the poisoning and murder of
our soldiers. One of the most prominent
OF the Republican trust workers said at
Chamberlin's last night: I'VE might as
well acknowledge the corn. Algerism has
destroyed Mckinley in the minds of the
people. His Alser Relief Commission
would have been bad enough on general
principles. He made It worse by putting
at its head such person as Credit Mo-
bilier Dodge. If he were not crazy he
should have known what that would do to
him. His selections for the other members
| of the board were equally unfortunate
One would think that, after such an ex-
perience he would have come TO his senses,
and SO he would If his evil genius. Alger,
had not been riding on his ear. He made
horrible blunder in convening an Army
Court for the purpose, not of finding out
the truth. but of Furnishing the man who
had stood by the common soldier against
oppression, rascality. and something a
great deal worse
The Next Republican Convention.-
Politicians who are looking forward prac-
fjcaliv IN tho papubtica, -NJa&;or.1 Conyan
ton of 1900. do not seem to believe that
Hanna and Mckinley will have a walk
over. They argue that while the Presi-
| dent has shown manhood and statesman
ship in his course during the Spanish war,
he has done so only when allowed to by
the syndicate that put him in power. and
that he has been weak and submissive
whenever that syndicate desired him to
protect questionable contractors. or men
like Carter. or other men like Eagan. One
of the few prominent Republican states
men at present in town declared last
| night that it was a question whether the
name of William Mckinley would be
| brought before the next convention at all
| He said: mo one not on the inside of the
! situation can begin to understand the re-
! volt against the present Administration.
| Every State has returned volunteers and
each one of them has relatives and friends.
Mr.. McKinley's apparent willingness to
whitewash Algerism and the criminals
who have grown rich through the murder
of American troops is a matter at once
of surprise and indignation all over the
country. Throughout the West especially
his name is received with silence in almost
every gathering. while that Of Theodore
Roosevelt, the man who was not afraid
to say that rotten beef was rotten, is
hailed with enthusiasm. This leads me to
believe that you want TO keep your eye
on the present Governor of New York.
Carter would not be at liberty today, and
another person would not be drawing full
pay as a brigadier general If Teddy was
in the White House There are more Re-
publicans than 1 who are thinking in that
direction"
american ys. Filipino SavaEes.
(From the st. Louis Globe -Democrat)
The Fiiipincs are as savage as the North Amer