Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-06-06
The Speakelship Contest,
New Jersey Friendly to the
Trusto.

| Truets.
Alger Aspirss to the Senate.
(From our regular correspondsnt.)
Washineton, May %, 1899.
Mr.. Mckinley is finding the hot water
in which he has been ever since he has
got back to Warrington much moro un.
comfortable than that in which he
bathed at the hot springs. The meas in
Cuba, whore the Cuban army is almost on
the verge Of open revolt, il not conduc.
i've to his peace OF mind, but II Il NO
moro than might have bssn expected
from the policy that he hes allowed Al
ger to attempt to carry out over there.
Some 60 a. far - to charge that Alger is
trying to drive the Cuban army into No.
voting for purposes Of his own, although
it il dificult to imagine what purpose he
could have that would be served by such
. misfortune q that would necessarily
prove to be.
When Mr.. Mckinley went away he sx-
pressed the opinion that Aguinaldo
would surrender and peace b. estab-
lished in the Philippines before his re-
turn, but he found things very much a.
they were when he left Washington.
Aguinaldo ID still trying to nsgotiats and
is still being refuAed by Gen. OTIS.
Friends of the several candidates for
Speaker are trying 10 force Mr.. McKin-
ley to declare himself and there IL Q sort
of understanding that in order to square
himself in both the East and West he
has said that either Sherman or Hsnder-
son would be perfsotly sscsptabls 10 him.
This understanding has resulted IN the
formation Of combine OF Hsnderson
and Sherman supporter for the purpose
shutting out all other candidates. Payne
is in Washington kicking hard against
being left out in the cold, and declaring
that he intends to remain in the neld un-
til the last, regardless Of orders from
Boss Plat, Mr.. Mckinley or anybody
else. The friends Of Hopkins also do
clare that he win not allow himself to be
frose out II Is all very well for these
gentlemen to talk, but the question is
how can they help themselves; - soon ss
it becomes generally known that neither
Is wanted by the administration, neither
will have any supporters left.
The aAaOst os.aasi..x fv-tur0 or uU
Speakership campaign is the frantic
efforts of what may bs slangly called the
Reed push," to retain their grip upon
the plums in the House organisation.
Their latest was an appeal to the ex-Czar
to defer his resignation until after he is
elected Speaker and has named the com.
mittees. Whatever elss he may be, Mr..
Reed is not . fool He knows that at
best his election to be Speaker again
would have been doubtful-not few be-
lieve that to have been his real reason
for retiring, and that neither he nor any
other man would stand ghost of show
to be elected Speaker when it would be
known that his only object was to put
the organization Of the committees into
the hands of his friends and then get
out.
Although everybody knew that Sena-
tor Kean OF New Jersey was a railroad
and corporation lawyer, and therefore
naturally inclined to favor trusts of all
sorts, he surprised many by publicly de-
claring, while he was in Washington q
day or two ago, that the people of New
Jersey would not support any party that
condemned trusts, because the trusts Or
ganized under their State laws paid 30
much money into their Treasury. Surely
it ID time to do some hard thinking when
Senator publicly states his belief that
his State has been bought by the trusts
to be exact, Mr.. Kean's words were:
"The annual revenue from the tax on the
capital of all corporations created under
our laws now amounts to between $780,
600 and 100000. You can readily see
that the people who benefit from this in
flux of wealth are not apt to be antago-
nistic to the corporations that contrib
ute it."
According to current gossip Secretary
Alger is ungrateful along with his nu-
merous other faults. He has announced
himself candidate for Senator McMil-
lan's seat, and the latter has announced
his candidacy to succeed himself, it is
said, at the request Of Mr.. Mckinley.
So the country is likely to see the man
who has been kept in the Cabinet against
the almost general protest Of the coun-
try running for the Senate as an anti
Mckinley candidate. This il explained
by friends of Mr.. Mckinley by saying
that the President is bound by promises
to keep Alger in the Cabinet. unless he
will voluntarily resign, but is determined
to get even by keeping him out of the
Senate.