The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-07-28

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July cath.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July cath.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The unsuccessful buffer
is spoken of as Il duffcr by sports. Well,
Al ger is an unsuccessful political buffer,
and the result will he his retirement from
! public life on August LIST Somehow this
bluf1ing phas of the question has been
overlooked. But a close friend of Ayers
| is responsible for the statement that AL
| gers resignation was handed to Mr. Nc
kinley as big bluff, with the expectation
| that he would decline it in nice little
note that Alger could have published to
Iefute the charge that he was remaining
in the Cabinet against Mr.. Mckinleys
wishes, and that Alger was the most sur
| prsed man in Washin Ston when he re-
ceived Mr.. Mckinlcy's note accepting his
resignation to take effect August list. The
same man says that Alger is very mad, al
though pretending to be greatly pleased,
and that he may toss 4 few bombshells ad-
ministrationward after he drops official
harness, and that their explosion will not
make pleasant music for Mr.. Mckinley.
If the new Secretary of War-Mr. Root
is merely to look after the legal questions
connected with our military occupation of
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines,
leaving military affairs to be controlled
present understanding, Algersm isn't
| likely to depart with Alger.
Unless Mr.. Elhu Root, of New York,
can persuade Mr.. Mckinley to shake up
| the War Department clique and to give
Gen. Miles the say that properly belongs
to him as Commanding General of the
Army, in all strictly military matters, he
will live to regret the day he so eagerly
accepted the War portfolio to perform
duties properly belonging to the Attorney
General, after two members of the Cahi.
net, fully convcrsant with the situation,
had declined to do so, and to stand before
the country as Il tigurc-hcad responsible
for the conduct of the War Department.
Perhaps it was a fellow feeling that
! ciU>ed "Corporal' Tanner. who was
kicked ont of the Pension Bureau by Har-
rison, after few months service as Com
missioner, to rush into print with fulsome
praise of Alger and Algersm Whatever
it was it was creditabe to Tanners heart,
if not to his sense of thrift, to stand up
for the under dog in this fracas, because
he liked him personally, although he knew
when he did it that it was likely to lessen
his own pull on the administration.
| ,>f
President of the American Antitrust
League, which, although a non partisan
organization, proposes to take an impor-
tant part in the Presidential campaign, is
a strong Bryan democrat, and he SAYS of
the sentiment of Pennsylvania democrats:
Il am in touch with the true democrats of
Pennsylvania, and it is safe to say that
ninetytive per cent. of them are loyal to
Bryan and the principles of the Chicago
platform. The real democracy of til,
State and of all the other States must be
on the alert, for if the tricksters get one
vote more than one-third of all the mem
bers of the National Convention they will
accomplish their end, which is the defeat
of Bryan. The monopolistic end trus,
interests will bend all their energies tc
defeat his nomination, because they recog
niZe that no human power can prevent
his victory at the polls if he be again de
clared the nominee of the democratic
party
The statement that Hon. W. C. Whit
ney, whose shrewd manipulation procuret
the last nomination of Mr.. Cleveland il
f spite of seemingly invincible obstacles
had gone to Europe for the purpose o
trying to persuade Admiral Dewey to allow
his name to go before the next Democratic
Convention as candidate for the Presi
f dental nomination, while interesting was
not regarded in Washington as of an,
particular Importance. Mr.. Whitney ha
been hunting for some time for anybod,
to beat Bryan, and has sounded Il humble
of men as to their Willingness to contes
the nomination with Col. Bryan. Nobody
with the slightest political knowledge ha.
shown any disposition to try to do the i'm
l possible, and it is among the possibilities
3 that Mr.. Whitney, banking upon Admira
Dewey's ignorance of politics and existing
, political conditions, may intercept hin
somewhere in Europe and try to persuad,
/ him to attempt it. Those who know hin
best say that Admira! Dewey neve
D changes his mind after having once de
cided 4 question, and that he will give Mr.
5 Whitney the same answer he has alread,
given to others to the same question.
Gen. Carlos Garcia, son of the lat,
CaliNto Garcia, is in Washington as
: representative of the Cuban republican
League, which advocates complete politi
: cal Independence of Cuba. He asked Mr.
:, Mckinley for authority to hold election
for municipal offices throughout Cuba il
8 order to demonstrate the ability of tn
Y Cubans to govern themselves. Mr.. Nc
kinlcy did not give him n decided answer
; but it had been previously said by official
. that no elections would be held in Cub
until a census of those entitled to vot
5 had been taken.
"DO l LOOK SICK!!" ASKS