Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-07-10
OUR CAPITAL LETTER.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP GATHERED BY
OUR CORRESPONDENT.
Mckinley and Alger Have Not Made IA
Public Break, But the Latter's Wings
Have Been Clipped -RooseveIt's Deal
for the Presidency In 1904.
Washington, July Z, 1890.

Have Been Clipped-RooseveIts Deal
for the Presidency In 1904.
Washington, July :, 1890.
The break between Mr.. Mckinley
and Secretary Alger, which seemed
almost at hand week ago, has been
postponed for time. But postponing
it does not mean1that it will be avoided
permanently. Notwithstanding his
pnblic' protestations. of loyalty to Mr.
Mckinley, Alger is under suspicion
and If he can prevent a break that will
result in his being kicked out of the
cabinet, he will have to display more
| diplomacy than he has ever been credit
ed with having in his makeup. One of
the results of Mr.. McKinley's suspicion
of Alger will be that the latter will not
be allowed to issue an important order
or to make an appointment, until the
approval of Mr.. Mckinley has been Sc
cured. or course, this approval has
always been necessary, but hereafter
everything is to be scrutinzed carefully
and every act of the war department
will be Mr.. McKinley's personal act.
/
The inventions of Americans have
done more to make this country pros
porous than Republican legislation has
done, Notwithstanding preposterous
claims, and the inventive genius OF
Americans was never more actively EN-
poyed than at this time. This is prov
en- by the heavy increase in the re-
ceipts of the United States patent Office.
now So, 900 u week more than a yeai
ago, and by the fact that the week S
issue of patents, trademarks and labels
was greater than any since April, 1890,
also by the 5000 applications awaiting
action by the patent office.
/
Kentuckians who have been to Wash
| ington since the statesconvention was
held seem to regard Democratic success
| in the state as certain. For instance.
| II. NJ. Lanham said: civilian Goebel
will be elected governor of Kentucky
without doubt. He is a man of the
people and stands for the public against
corporations, trusts and monopolies.
He won out after fight that proved hi
pluck and staying qualities and demon
strated his abilities as one of the great
est organizers of the country"
/
| As the Democratic state convention
of Ohio will not convene for som,
weeks, there is plenty of time to tall
about probable candidates for governor
and it is freely taken advantage of
wherever few Democrats gather to dis
cuss politics. There are number OF
men put forward as favorites, including
| ktlbourne, Rice and Haskell, but the
man whose name has been oftencst
mentioned in connection with the nomi-
nation, during the last two or three
days, is John Il. Mclean, the owner OF
the Cincinatti Inquirer. That the Re
publicans of the state do not feel thu
confidence they express was shown by
the request made of Mr.. Mckinley t.
come to the state and make some
speeches for Hanna's ticket.
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| There is more or less discussion in
political circles as to the influences
which caused Governor Roosevelt to re-
move himself from the path of Mr.. Nc
| kinley and to declare himself strongl,
in favor of the latter's denomination.
Boss Platt is credited with having made
the deal, which is understood to involve
the support of Roosevelt by the ad-
ministration for the nomination in 1904
as well as some fat slices of patronag,
under the present administration. Mr.
Roosevelt may realize on the latter part
of the deal all right, but there al,
several big ''ifs" in the way of his
realizing on the first part, the first and
most important of which is, if McKnlel
fails of reelection next year, how car
he help Roosevelt in 1904?
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In view of the enormous war taxes
still being paid by the people, there is
no valid reason for the Republicans re-
| joicing because the deficit was only
$50, 900 900 for the fiscal year, ending
June 30, instead of being $23 ,000, ,OOC
greater, as Secretary Gage estimated
last fall, that it would be. The Official
balance sheet for the year shows that
pension payments were S1,500,0o0 less
than the appropriation, and about
S6,000,000 less than the payments fol
the previous year, but pension agents
claim that this was on account of the
hold up policy of the pension bureau
and not because their was any reduc'
tion in the number of claimants fol
pensions.