Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-11

expenses" Ia the personal accounts
Of Roger O. Spooner, Special In
dian Agent Temporarily" in charge
Of the Indian warehouse in Chica-
20, because the aforesaid travelling
expenses we're incarred by Spooner
in going between his home in Wis
consin and his Office in Chicago,
and are not considered to have been
necessary to the proper perform.
ance Of bic public duties. Spooner
10 O brother Of Senator Spooner
and holds his position by trick.
The position Of Superintendent of
the Indian Warehouse 10 supposed
to be ander Civil Service Rules !;
also to be vacant. Nearly Q year
ago, Senator Spooner carried On
order TO Secretary Bliss from Dir.
Mckinley, telling him to provide
good place for his brother. Il was
done BY appointing him as special
Indian Agent and putting him in
temporary charge Of the warehouse
in Chicago, where he has been ever
since, filing q position that il in
the classified service. without ever
having even taken an examination.
Still. there are some otherwise lev.
el-hesded men who will get snutty'
when the Civil Service Rules are
spoken of % the humbug they
really are.
Mr.. Mckinley seems to be devel-
oping 9 disposition to play Gear.
He ordered Representative Hen
derson, Of Iowa, Chairman Of the
Republican Caucus Committee that
recently completed q financial bill,
to change it before il was submit
ted to the republicans Of the Sem
ate Finance Committee, who it
seems must approve it before it 10
made public. Col. Henderson is Q
peppery sort of q fellow occasion
ally, but being Q candidate for
Speaker Of the House, be did not
care to quarrel with Mr.. Mckinley,
so he only called his attention to
the fact that every clause in the
bill had been put there by the
unanimous vote Of the committee.
The order to change it was reiter.
ated by Mr.. Mckinley.
It has been decided by the repub-
lican leaders that an extra session
Of Congress shall be called, proba-
bly, early in the fall, but in order
to give themselves an opportunity
to change their minds, should it be
deemed advisable later to do so,
they will not say more than that an
extra session 10 probable. The fact
Of the matter 10 that they are get
ting uneasy over the political out
look. A short time ago they we're
figuring on q walk-over for McKin-
ley next year, but now they are
frightened. One of them said i:
"Mr. Mckinley will, Of course, be
q candidate for denomination, but
it 10 by no means certain that he
will win. The scandals under his
administration have made it diff
cult for his friends to defend it.
Alger, Shaf.er, Eagan and others
who have figured prominently in
the administration, have not added
to NJ. McKinley's reputation or
improved his chances for renomina-
ton. Conservative observers be-
lieve that Algerism and Eaganism
will prove heavier load than Mr..
Mckinley can carry, and that even
if renominated he would be de-
feated.
The Philippine situation con-
times TO be o combination of dick
II
! ering and fighting, although the
administration claims that the sub
mission of Aguinaldo is now fully
assured, but they do not say when.
His subjugation has been sure
thing from the first, but it has 81
ready cost more, both in money
end blood than it will ever be worth
to the people Of this country.