Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-30
MILLIONS IN IT."
AND THAT is WHATS THE MAT
TER WITH ALGER.


TER WITH ALGER.
Tie Don't Want to Let Go of Good Thing Un-
til Better Is in Sisht-Discourasins Repor.
Of the Agricultural Worth Of the Philippines
New York Safe for Democracy Samp.
son Clique Still Trying to Down Schley.
From our Regular CorrcspOn lent.
WASHINGTON, June 23, 1899.
"Too good to be true" is the gene
raj comment upon the rumOr that
preceded Secretary Ayers return to
Washington, saying that having
made deal with Pingree to support
him for the Senatorship Alger would
soon resign in order to devote his
whole time to trying to get to the
Senate. There are too many pickings
in sight for Alger to voluntarily re-
sign before he gets his share OF them.
Those Porto Rico concessions are yet
to be given out, and the scheme of
enlisting volunteers for the Philip
pines without a regular call for quotas
from the States, which was devised 50
as to leave the appointment of the Of
ficers In the hands of the War Depart
ment instead OF the Governors of the
States, where it would have to 20 if
the usual course was followed, is an
additional reason why Alger isn't
likely to resign in the near future.
1t is denied at the War Department
that Gen. Miles is to be sent to the
Philippines 80 as to have him on: of
reach when Congress meets, as was
rumOred several days ago.
The Agricultural Department made
public report that it has Just re-
ceived from Lieut.. A. p. Hayne, Cali
fornia Heavy Artillery, on agriculture
in the Philippines, which shows those
islands to be anything but desirable
possessions, although the country is
now adding more than a million dol
lars day to the original big price
paid for them. The report quotes
Senior Manuel del Busto, formerly
chief OF the agricultural experiment
station, at Manila, TO show the social
stagnation-the increase in population
from 1912 to 1888 was less than per
cent; also their characteristics-"t the
middle and lower classes are almost
of the worst possible type, irrespon.i-
BILE and degenerate, morally and phys
ically, insensible of any contracts or
obligations, written or oral, ready to
cheat and expecting to be cheated,
and amenable to no sort OF persuasion
except brute force, from which they
are always ready to escape by moving
their habitat" After reciting the diff
ficulties connected with clearing
ground and getting a crop planted,
the report says: "When this is &C.
complished and a luxuriant crop is
raised. it is at the mercy of the first
typhoon, which in the northern part
of the archipelago. is severe. These
wind and rain storms level crops,
uproot trees, demolish houses and
flood with water everything that has
been left by the wind. turning planta-
lions into lakes and swamps, and rem
dering the primitive roads impossible
for long periods" Here is another
extract: Diseases, so far hardly
known to European doctors, result
from the turning up of this virgin
coil. According to competent medic
al authority, many OF these strange
disorders cause death in q few hours
while by Others, even il the patient re.
covers, he is condemned to a wretched
and lingering existence. One OF the
commonest OF these diseases is tempo.
rary or permanent paralysis, with al
most endless complications"
| Mr.. William Ryan, of New York
City, now visiting Washington, said in
reply to questions: "The factional
strife that is going on in New York
City isn't OF much consequence to the
Democratic party at large, for no prin.
, ciple is involved in it, and the whole
struggle is for personal aggrandize
ment. The faint OF commercislism
in fact, ID over everything in New
York, and dominates it's politics abso.
! lutely. The mass of Democratic yot.
ers in New York are for w. j. BRYAN
for President and for q re.adoption OF
the Chicago platform. If Mr.. Bryan
is chosen next year he will carry New
, York State"
i 1t is regarded as significant that the
administration should have considered
it necessary for the Postmaster Gene.
raj to make public an official denial oil
the charge that letters of the volun.
teers in the Philippines were being
censored.
The Sampson clique is still on tor
in the Navy Department and is still
determined to try and down Admiral
Schley, and ne the clique owns Secre.
tary Long it 10 able to use all the ma.
chinery of the department for it's own
purposes. 1t has compelled Lieut.
Commander Hobson to make q mon.
key OF himself by subscribing to an Of
fetal statement showing himself a. a
liar, in order to bolster up the absurd
> claim that Admiral Schley ordered the
Brooklyn to run away from one of the
Cevera's ships, although TO do 80 he
had to come dangerously near to col.
liding with the Texas, and it is even
contemplating the ordering of a court
of inquiry by Secretary Long, to be
made up of officers who can be de.
pended upon by the clique to repor,
against Schley. All of this disgrace
ful mess is part of the scheme of the
clique to lessen the number of Sch,sy's
friends in Congress, they having been
numerous enough at the last session
: in the Senate 10 defeat the schemine
, OF the Sampson clique. The members
OF this clique do not seem to realize
that they have been long ago sized up
by the press and by public opinion
both of which are almost unanimous.
ly ranged on the side OF Admiral
Schley.
i War department officials express
the opinion that Gen. Leonard Wood
will resign to accent the presidencv nj