The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-20
he HAS RESIGNED.
Secretary Aleer Handed In His Papers
Before Breakfast.
RESULT OF H0BART'S ADVICE.
Vice President Helped the AdminiStra.
ton Out.
1T WILL Be PROMPTLY ACCEPTED.
Mckinley Will Waste Little Time In Turn.
ing Loose.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE A WARM ONE
when the AlEer-Piugree Combina-
tion Begins to Tell Things on
the other Fellows.
(snecial TO The Post.l


ed and devoutly hoped for has come to
pass.
| Alger today resigned by wire. to be-
come effective "at the pleasure OF the
president"
| 1t was noted In these dispatches last
Saturday that Vice President Hobart had
| helped the administration out of several
tight places that Secretary Alger was go
ing to visit MIR. Hobart and that he would
prababy receive some wholesome advice
concerning the proper time for resigna-
tons. 1t is evident that the turn was
called" Alger visited Hobart, and his
resignation followed; so strong was the
advice the secretary couldn't wait for Of
flee hours at the White House before
breakfast and threw up his job.
There was no excitement over the Incl
dent everybody drew long breath and
then began to tell how they knew it was
going to happen; as il there is a man,
woman or child in the country who reads
the papers who didn't know 1t.
The tip is that the resignation Will be
accepted to take effect August l and that
General Horace Porter, now ambassador to
France will be rendered the place in the
cabinet and that he will accept.
Now the fun will commence Alger is
going to "squeal' and the amount of cam
paign material the democrats will get will
be very large indeed. The Alger- Pingres
campaign is going TO be warm one; mark
the prediction.
Washington, July 19.-Secretary Alger
today rendered to the president his resig-
nation of the war portfolio. The resigna-
ton will become effective August I, though
it was rendered at the pleasure of the
president"
Gossip has begun already as to his sue
cessor but 1t is entirely speculative, for.
Notwithstanding the reports that Mr.: AL
ger would not long continue at the head
of the war department. his actual resisna-
ton came suddenly and unexpectedly.
That it would come by the end of the
year was generally believed, but so little
was it expected at this time that some
of the cabinet officers, when the news first
became public were inclined to regard the
announcement as premature, the an
nouncement that 1t was actually in hand
coming to them in the nature of sur
prise.
Formal acceptance Of the resignation
has not been made by the president up to
a late hour tonight. but will be in letter
to be written within the next day or two,
No official statement as to the cause of the
resignation was procurable either from the
president or from Secretary Alger, neither
of whom would talk on the subject. Meth
err was the letter of resignation obtalnable
at this time. For the present nothing will
be made known officially concerning the
official relations between the president and
his war officials, but the correspondence
closing the latter's career in the war de-
partment will doubtless be given to the
press.
The belief had prevailed in Washington
for some time that Secretary Alger would
resign from the cabinet, but the date gem
orally set for 1t was toward tn close of
the year after he had submitte >-Sis an-
nual report, in which he Intended to sum
up what had been accomplished during
his brief but eventful direction of the war
department. Its tender then had been
regarded as almost a foregonc-conclusion
in view OF Mr.. Ayers announcement about
month ago that he had concluded to en-
ter into competition for the vacancy in the
United States senate to be caused by the
expiration OF the term of Senator McMil-
Ian. a strong supporter OF the administra-
ton. that he had enlisted in his active
support Governor Plngree, to whom had
heen attributed free criticisms of the pol
icy that was supposed to be cherished by
the president toward the Filpinos.
There may have been many explanations
and denials OF the facts In that case but