The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-03-24

dental election of next year as already settled.
nan intery inw Mr. Thurston said The Pres.
ideutial battle next year prom SEES 20 be lively
| and exciting. Mckinley will probably he re-
nominated and presume that Bryan wi | head
| the Democratic ticket I believe that the Re
| IIbcans will win il stand together and
| work hard, but our Democratic friends will I'M
| doubleday put Up stiff hight. Wemusr not i'll
| dulge ourselves with the dcluson ttat we are
| going to have Il walk over
| Secretary Algcr doe sn't appear to care any
| more about being consistent Than he did about
| the welfare of the soldiers during the war.
| Several days before Congress adjourned
| Agcr announced that the iunlIct he had
intended to conduct to Cuba ahd Porto
| Rico WAS Off, because his official duties
would prevent his leaving Washington.
OF course, it was we'll known that Ager ahan-
dOned the intended junket b Cause he fai' ed to
get II sufficient mum, cr of Democratic Senators
ard RI representatives. 10 accept invitations tn
accompany him. But for cOnsistcncy's sake,
it was supposed that Algcr would remain on
duty and make Il bluff of being busy. Not lie.
He left immediately after Mr.. Mckinley did,
for L trip to New England, which was extended
to Canada, and this week he is going to start
for Cuba and Porto Rico, but he won't carry
any Congressman with him. He says he is
going to pay the expenses Of himself and the
two men who will accompany him, BUTT would
require the vouchers FOR the payment to con-
vince the public.
If any proof be needed that MIR. Mckinley
sn'tin the South solely for rest and recreation,
it is furnished by the fact that he will, during
the present week, meet Car Reed in person, on
Jekyl Island, where ,'r. Mckinley will be the
guest Of ex-Secretary Bliss, and Mr.. Reed will
he the l-uest of rich Wall street banker, both
at the same club house. Ii is stated by NJ r.
Reeds friends that the meeting is his idea, and
that he intends to compel an immediate show
down on the part of Mr. McKinley that wi!
make the position of the administration on TIE
Speakership of the next House perfectly clear
The queer part of the whole business is that
two men who have spe t the winter within Il
stones throw of each other, in Washing ton,
should find it necessary to meet in the Surfing,
on an island off the coast of South Carolina, i'll
o, der to come to an understanding.
Private news from the Philippines indicates
hat the administration is again Juggling with
the public in regard to the situation. While no |
official dispatches have been quoted, officials |
have talked so as to leave the impression that |
the reports of Gen. Otis, since the victories Of |
tine past week, have been to the effect that |
Aguinaldo's army is about ready to ask for |
terms, and that general collapse of the rebel |
lion may be looked for at any time. Owing to the |
strict censorship, no private kilograms dealing |
with the conditions existing, can be sent from |
Manila direct. but some have been sent to |
Hong Kong by boat and cabled from there,
which do not take such rosy view of the stua- !
ton. According 20 these, the is long
WAYS from being over, and the only effect IiIdt
will follow thrashing Aguinaldo's army. which
our troops do every time they come in contact |
with any portion of it, will be to transfer the
fighting ground to the hills and bushes. where
1t will be difficult for our men to get ut them
except when they choose to he got at, and pos
sibly to other islands of the group. There is
nightly panic in Manila, and most of the white
women and children have been sent away for
fear of Il native uprising Time will tell which
is correct. the official or the private view of the
situation. The Oregon has arrived in Manila
Bay.