Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-06-27
TUESDAY, JUNE 81, 1899.
Washington Letter.
= From our Regular Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, June %, 1S99.-Sec-
rotary Ager met the usual batch of
rumors concerning himself and the
war department upon his return to
Washington. The rumor of his ear
iy resignation has become such a
regular thing that be would really be
disappointed If it failed to meet him
after any little absence from his desk
The rumor that General Miles was to
be sent to the Philippines to com.
mand the army was an entirely new
one, and entitled to medal for ut
ter absurdity and senselessness.
Secretary Alger and the entire admin
istration are entirely satisfied with
General Otis conduct OF affairs in the
Philippines and have no idea of plac-
Eug such an indignity upon him as
7the sending of the commanding gen.
,eral of the army to the Philippines
would be. There were d lot more
~senseless runners about what had
Deen decided about the army in the
philippines, which are not worthy
of specific mention, for the simple
reason that persons of average in
telligence should have known that
with the president and the secretary
of war both away from Washington
there was no one clC with authority
to decide upon anything important
connected with the army, but, of
course, everyone knows that the yell
low journals, which originate these
rumors, are not printed for persons Of
average intelligence.
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caused in Washington by the solemn
announcement Of one of the big Chi
cago dailies, which was duly tele-
graphed all over the country, that it
had succeeded in getting trustworthy
information that Representative
Payne would continue at the head Of
the house ways and means committee,
Representative Cannon at the head
of the committee on appropriations,
and Representative Hit at the head
of the committee on foreign affairs.
In Washington this great bit OF news
was fully known from the day that a
Republican majority Of the house
was elected. Those three men would
have retained their chairmanships n Q
matter who had been chosen speaker
of the house. simpI y because Their
extensive experience made them the
right men for the places. There has
been discussion about other chair
man~hips. but none about these, ex.
-cept by those who were seeking to
create pickering in the Republican
ranks by saying that it existed.
Charles III. Mullen, a well-knowr
Pennsylvania Republican, who is
visiting in Washington, said of poll
tics in the keystone state: "The
larger part of the delegates to the
Republican state convention, which
meets in August, has been elected
The Philadelphia men have not
been chosen yet, but they will not bt
very large part of the convention
no matter what their affiliations
may be. 1t is safe to say, from the
delegates already selected, that the
entire convention OF 2O3 members
will not contain more than 40 anti
Quay men, no insurgents, as the reg
ulars call them. The sentiment o
the party is really with Senator
Quay, no matter how much noise
the ants may make"
Colonel Dick, who has been chosen
TO be chairman of the Ohio state
committee, has a host of friends II
Washington who value him as {
friend as we'll as admire him as s
political manager. He smiles whel
anybody asks him about the extern
of the alleged Republican revolt il
Ohio, which the Democrats are 81
fond of talking about, and says wal
<until the votes are counted. He de