The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03

! Fi0;a our regular correspondent.
WA:HITGTON, February NJ Mr.. McKinley's
backiown from II sarIy Iii! hluT will no down
| i'll Confessional history as the most complete
| ever mad. by IL President. ha Democratic
| victory is complete. TIE icH Army bill is
pr. cticliiy ju I wiat was offered to the admit
i-tratini; 10y - nat, l. CUchrc. in behalf of those
| Senator who opposed lIr-e standing army.
II prDVi1,s for continuing tie present status of
| tb regular army Of G2.Ou0 n,en for two years
| from next July, and Tor cnisIing Is o Ovoluu-
| tccrs for the sam" period. The administration
Senators fairly fell each other in their
| Il: H:ety to ucccit Senator C0ckrell o1Tcr.
| The next Ct MgrCss which will he Republican
in both branches, will probably nilict IL large
| staEdi"g army IN tht c"u try, but that will
not d, pr,e the Senators who .i.led the bill, to
| do nj thi: time, Of deserved credit.
! tar rhipI in .l,licy is hearing fruit quick
| IS. In addition 10 having an expensive war with
/ the t'IiIinCS on hlEda, BCwcy's despatch
! to hurry UP Tie batt!tship Oregon inGicates the
| Urli, f on part that there is danger OF war
ith in ere powerful opponents. Just how great
| this Danger is can only be guessed. because
officials are coucea;ng what Information they
have and pretending that the despatch from
Dewey, which wa. made public by mistake,
|
| gained from private despachcs from Manila as
they hre ali strictly censored, but it il known
that conditions are critical, and that European
consus there are making some stiff claims Oh
accou5 of the recent partial burning of the
| town.
Mr.. Nc kiney has been catching it again from
members OF his own rarty in Congress. Sena-
ter Sewell. who yo ed fer the ratification Of the
treaty and for every thing else that has been
| a. kcd for ly the administration, was SO stirred
up by the pro.reSs of war with the Fnipnos,
that he let out the fact that he had been sup
porting the Mckinley policy against his own
Judgment. He said emphatically: II never
wGs i'll favor OF the acquisition of the Philip
pines" and add. q that lie had begged Mr.. Me-
kiniey to order Dewey away from Manila, after
he wor his victory. Mr.. Scwc thinks the
| FiliIiaos will have to hc practically extermina-
tee before We can control the Philippines He
also thinks that We shall soon be at war with
Cuba, because of the administration policy.
Representative Johnson, II Ind, Hepubli.
car, made long speech, nearly every sentec ce
of which contained All attack upon Mr.. McKin-
ley. He said of those who attacked Alger and
praised Mr.. Mckinley that they have "lackcd
the courage to lay their AK to the root
OF the evil and censure the gentleman
whn TO reward him for his political scrvi s
aud disbursements in the campaign OF '96. aI-
pointed him (A'gerl to his present position, al d
had mainta ed him there ever since, uotwiti-
standing his incnmpctency aud aTainst the
righ e0uI comp an's that haze been made
aRai: 81 him" He said that Mr.. Mckinley'c re-
cent n-ton add 'ess was n"thi y mere n2r
less than a carefully devised III $ atement Of
the i>sue,' and of our Philippine policy: 81
| insist that the whole DOlicy rot simply an
error, but that it is crime. an that the Chief
Executive of this nation is tie one who has
rrrcipita ed upon IIs the omb rrassnents and
| hk Wf. NI IN . n fad
Speaking of the clii;i that Mr. Mckinley acted
| upon the advice of Dewey, i'll demandIur rhc
Philippines NJ. Johnson said: "fhe Chief
| EXC cutrye cannot screen himself behind the
| gold lace of the hero of Munt,a." HeeXpresscd
the opinion that q real reas III for MIR. .ichn-
y'r p licy his concessions 10 the selfish
! CAPITALISTS of the cUuutrJ. his surrender u
their demands. Ti!rSa are The gentlemen who
| furnished the moTey for his nomination and
| clec'i ~. ana who doubt net, rave pledged
| him denomination and re-ri c'iDn. 'ihes
are the gentlemen who are lreadS grG sa!ng
, after special privileges in the Philippines in
| Cuba. and in Poi to Rico 1t was mag ne, for
their es 'ocal heEetit that the Pres dent created
his ADVISORY BOARD To the War Department "
1t is ar open secret in Washington tnat NJ,
, | Mckinley wCuld he glad to rrrt !v' AgCr's
| resignation. The story circ"latcd last week
that Alger US about 10 resign or Giaatcd in
administration crlles. and was DOUBTLESS H.
tended hint 20 Algcr, 1t bruEph; out TITO
defiant statement from Al:r"r that he did moi
intend to r. sign, of his own accord HI is suid
to he ieve lha' MI. Mckinley is afraid 10 II. X
| for his resignation, although lie knows that ht
Is constantly being advised BY prominent Re.
| pm lie ms TO do 50.
when the Morgan Nicaragua Canal Hill Dess
, | q the scaatc. tht re was sever votes cast
aTaiEst it; when the River and llarb + bill
containing an amendment providing for The
| building Of the Nicaragua Canal rGsSCd she
%cni'e, only tnrec votes were c.i az AUST it -
5: nators fettigrew. reIleraud Rawins, neither
Of whom are opposed to the Canal under what
they consider prOEer conditions
MIR Mckinley has nominated cNSecretary
| Day to Il L. 5. Circui. Court judgcShip.