The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-26
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
Communicated \
WASHINGTON. May %. 1899.

=
Washington is decked out in
inauguration toggery for the
three. day Peace Jubilee, which
begins tomorrow, and the addi-
tional beauty given by nature fur
nisheS another argument in favor
of changing inauguration day
from March to about this season
of the year. when Washington
is at its best. both for looks and
for the comfort of visitors.
Mr.. Mckinley is finding the
hot water in which he had been
ever since he has got back to
Washington much more uncom.
Portable than that in which he
bat he'd at the hot springs. The
mess in Cuba, where the Cuban
army is almost on the verge of
open revolt, is not conducive to
his peace Of mind, but it is no
more than might have been eX-
pected from the policy that he
has allowed Alger to attempt to
carry out over there. Some 90
as far as to charge that Alger is
trying to drive the Cuban army
into revolving for purposes of his
own. although it is difficult to i'm
agine what purposes he could
have that would be served by
such misfortune as that would
necessarily prove to be.
When Mr.. Mckinley went
away he expressed the opinion
that Aguinaldo would surrender
and peace be established in the
Philippines before his return, but
he found things very much as
they were when he left Washing
ton. Aguinaldo is still trying to
negotiate and is still being re-
fused by General Otis.
Friends of the several candi-
dates for Speaker are trying to
force Mr.. Mckinley to declare
himSelfa and there is a sort Of un-
derstanding that i'll order to
square himself in both the East
and the West, he has said that
either Sherman or Henderson
would be perfectly acceptable to
him. This understanding has
resulted in the formation of a
cont ihe Of Henderson and Sher
man supporters for the purpose
of shutting out all other candi,
didates, but that is not satisfac-
tory to the other candidates.
Payne is III Washington kick
ing hard about being left out in
the cold, and declaring that he
intends to remain in the field I'M
til the last, regardless of orders
from Boss Platt, Mr.. Mckinley,
or any body else. The friends OF
Hopkins also declare that he will
not allow himself to be froZe out
1t is all very well for these gen.
tlemeu to talk, but the question
is how can they help themselves
as soon as it becomes generally
known that neither is wanted by
the administration, neither vii
have any supporters left.
The most amusing feature O.
the Speakership campaign is til,
frantic efforts of what may bt
slangly called the "Reed push,
to retain their grip upon thu
plums in the House organization
Their latest was an appeal to thu
eX Gar to defer his resignation
until after he is elected Speaker
and has named the committees
Whatever else he may be, Mr.
Reed is not fool. He know
that at best his election to b,
Speaker again would have beer
d0ubtful-nOt a few believe tina
to have been his real reason TO
retiring; aud that neither he no
any other man would stand ;
ghost of chance to be elected
Speaker when it would be know
that his only object was to pu
the organization of the commit
tees into the hands OF his friend
and then get out.
Although everybody knew tina
Senator Kean, OF New Jersey
was railroad and corporation
lawyer, and therefore NATURAL
inclined to favor trusts of al
sorts, he surprised many b. pull
= licly declaring, while he was i
Washington day or two age
f that the people Of New JerSe
: would not support any party tina
g condemned trusts, because til
trusts organized under their Stat
f laws paid so much money int
= their treasury. Surely it is tim
to do some hard thinking when
Senator publicly states his belle
; that his State has been bough
by trusts-to be exact, MI
s Kean's words were: "The annua
9 revenue from the tax OH the car
l ital of all corporations create
under orr laws now amounrS +