Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-07-27

their cxpIoeiea viii rot make pleasant
music for Dir. Mckinley. II the new
Secretary Of War-Mr Roots merely
20 look after the legal questions con-
nected with our military occupation of
Cuba. Porto Rico and tAe Philippines.
leaving military affairs to be controlled
b. Meiklefohn and Corbin, and that Il
the present understanding. Algerism
isn't likely 10 depart vita Alger
Unless Mr.. EIihn Root, Of New York,
can persuade Dir. Mckinley to shake up
the War Department clique and to give
Gen. Miles the say that properly belongs
to him A. Commanding General Of the
Army, in all strictly military matters,
he viii live TO regret she day he so Gag
erly accepted the War portfolio 10 per-
form duties properly belonging to the
Attorney-General after two members of
the Cabinet, fully conyersant with the
situation had declined to do So, and TO
stand before the country as figure head
responsible for the conduct Of the war
Department.
Perhaps IL was fellow feeling that
caused Corporal Tanner, who was
kicked out Of the Pension Bureau by
Harrison, after few months service as
Commissioner, TO rush into print with
fulsome praise Of AIger and Algerism.
Whatever il was, IL was creditable to
Tanners heart, IL not to his sense OF
thrift, 70 stand up forth under dog, in
this fracas, because he liked him per-
sonally, although he knew when he did
Il that ii was likely 20 lessen his own
pull on the administration.
Mr. n. L. Lockwood, of Pennsylvania,
President OF the American Anti Trust
League, which although non.partisan
organization. purposes TO take an i'm
portant part in the Presidential cam
paign, is strong Bryan democrat, and
he says of the sentiment of Pennsyl.
vania democrats II am in touch with
the true democrats of Pennsylvania, and
It Is safe to say that ninety-five per cent
OF them are loyal to Bryan, and the
principles of the Chicago platform. The
real democracy of the state and the 9TH
or states must be on the alert, for if the
triekesters get one vote more than one
third of all the members of the National
Convention, they will accomplish their
end, which is the defeat of Bryan. The
monopolistic and trust interests will
bend all their energies to defeat his
nomination because they recognize that
no human power can prevent his victory
at the polls, if he be again declared the
nominee of the democratic party"
The statement that Hon. w. G. Whit
ney, whose shrewd manipulation pro-
cured the last nomination for Mr.. Cleye-
land, in spite of seemingly invincible
obstacles, had gone TO Europe for the
purpose of trying to persuade Admiral
Dewey to allow his name TO go before
the next Democratic Convention, as a |
for the Presidential nomina.
ton, while interesting, was not regarded |
in Washington as ofany particular i'm
pOrtance. Mr. Whitney has been hunt
ing for sometime for anybody to beat
Bryan, and has sounded a number of |
men as to their willingness to contest
the nomination with Col Bryan. No
body with the slightest political know
ledge has shown any disposition to try |
to do the impossible, and it is among
the possibilities that Mr.. Whitney bank
ing upon Admiral Dewey's ignorance of
politics and existing political conditions,
may intercept him somewhere in Europe
and try to persuade him ID attempt 1t.
Those who know him best say that Adj
miral Dewey never changes his mind,
after having once decided a question,
and that he will give Mr.. Whitney the
same answer he has already given to
others to the same question.
General Carlos Garcia, son, of the late I
Gen. Calixto Garcia, is In Washington,
rs representative Of the Cuban Eepub-
lican League which advocates eomplete
political independence of Cuba. He
asked Mr.. Mckinley for authority to
hold elections for municipal Offices,
throughout Cuba, In order to demon.
strate the ability of the Cubans to gov
srn themselves. Mr.. Mckinley did not
give him a decided answer, but il had
been previously said by officials that no
elertions would be held in Cuba. until
census of those entitled to vote had been
taken. NFyIs.