Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-06-27
PINGREE AND ALGER.
Alliance Formed to Advance the
Secretary's Senatorial
Candidacy.

| Detroit, Mich, June 23.-Gov. Pin
gree gave out public statement today
to the effect that he had combined with
! Secretary Alger in the interests OF AL
gers senatorial candidacy. Gen. Anger
will not withdraw under any clrcuh-
stances, nor will he spend any money
in the campaign. The platform of their
campaign will include the features OF op-
position to the trusts and declara-
| ton in favor of senatorial cleo
ton by direct vote of the people.
| The alliance was made at a conference
held last night, at which several Of the
, Pingree state leaders and the general ana
the governor were present.
Gov. Pingree said:
Alger Against Trusts.
81 have avoided committing myself
| heretofore, because | wanted opI0rtunii--
| ty to talk with the general first. But all
| along, Gen Alger has been my personal
| choice for senator | wired him at Re
! toskey, asking him if | could see him IN
Detroit on his way back to Washington
| In reply he arranged to meet me last
evening. OF course | can't speak TOT my
| friends, but those / have talked with are
Alger men beyond all question. Ihey
cannot support Senator Mcmillan. Ihey
| certainly cannot be classed as friends OF
mine if they do. They cannot forget
eight years of political history IN DAY,
| nor can they live with the representatives
| of 'iudicious combinations and unequai
| ia ation. and pretend at the same time
| to be friends of equal and just taxation
and foes to trusts.
cat our meeting last. night Gen. Alger
! told us frankly the history of his rela-
tions with Senator Mcmillan IN the hlaI
| ter Of the senatorship. He has dealt
with Gen Alger the same as he mas
| treated everyone who questions his own
ership Of the Republican party.
Gen. Alger is in the race and to stay
to the end" said the governor, and you
can say in the strongest English you can
write | am with him heartily and pro-
pose to do all l can personally and with
my friends. to aid his candidacy. AS
Gen. Alger put it to me he will be can
didate if he has assurances for no more
than one vote in the Legislature. Alger
is on the right side of the two greatest
questions of the day. L said to him that
l could not personally support a man
who would not declare himself on the
right side of those two public questions.
The two questions on which | wanted to
know his position are those of trusts and
election of United States senators by dl-
rect vote of the people.
Il wish TO say that the general is alb
| solutely sound ON both these questions
Gen. Alger believes firmly that United
| States senators should be elected by dl-
rect vote of the people"
Means Place for Reid.
Washington, D. c., June 23.-Three
movements of Importance to New York
are scheduled to follow the return of
President Mckinley, if present plans do
not miscarry. They are:
1. The retirement of Secretary of War
Alger from the cabinet. This is condi
tional upon his having effected COM
binatiOn with Gov. Pingree of Michigan.
which will give him a fighting show to
cessor to Senator Mcmillan.
2. The appointment of Gen. Horace
Porter, present ambaSsad dor to France, to
succeed Secretary Alger. This change
would give New York representation in
the cabinet. which it has not had since
Secretary of the Interior Cornelius n.
Bliss resigned and was succeeded by
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, at the time am
bassador to Russia.
j. The appointment of Whitelaw Reid
to the post of ambassador to France
Senator Platt, who has heretofore OPP
posed Mr.. Reds appointment to any
thing permanent, would not object now,
it is said, to having him sent out of the
country, thereby removing him from the
political stage in next years campaign.
News was received at the war depart
ment today that Secretary of War Alger
weeks planning a combination with Gov.
Pingree for an anti-McMillan campaign,
will arrive in Washington Friday which
is earlier than he intended to return
1t is claimed that Secretary Alger has
been successful in reaching an agree
standing in the senatorial race, and that
he will, upon his return, shape his af-
fairs for an early retirement from the
cabinet.
Secretary Alger and his friends realize
that his task of defeating Senator Nc
MILAN is big enough to call for the undi-
vided attention of the secretary. Hav-
ing reached an understanding with Gov
Pingree, as it is claimed, be will be en-
tirely too busy with Michigan politics to
discharge even perfuncOrily the duties
of a cabinet member.
Gov. Pingree today vetoed the mil;-
| tary reorganization bill on the ground that
such law would create additional ex-
pense and make but few changes in the
existing law.
AIger Confirms Report.
Chicago, ILL.,, June 23-Secretary Of
War Alger arrived here today from De
troit and confirmed the statement made
by Gov. Pingree, that he would stand
for election to the United States Senate
Secretary Alger declared himself op-
posed to trusts, and heartily in favor of
the election Of senator's by direct vote of
the people.
Il do not believe in the concentration
of wealth. said the secretary. ''Monop-
oily forces the middleman out of COM
mercial existence and the result is dis
astrous to the masses of the people. Gov
Pingree stated my position correctly when
he said that l am also opposed to the
selection of United States senators by
legislative vote. Their election by direct
vote of the people will do away with
much political intriguing and is bound to
come, although it may take years to ac-
complish it. Senator Burrows will doubt
less assist Senator Macmillan in his cam
paign for reelection, but [ shall enter
the contest with all possible strength ,,