The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-05-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondents.
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from March TO about this season Of
the year, when Washington is at its
best, both for looks aud for the comfort
of visitors.
Mr.. Mckinley is finding the hot
water i'm which he has been ever since
he has got back to Washington much
more uncomfortable than that in which
he bathed 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 expected from the policy that he
has allowed Alger TO attempt to carry
out over there Some 60 a. 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
imagine what purposes he could have
that would be served by such a mis-
fortune as that would necessarily prove
to be-.
When Mr.. Mckinley went away he
expressed the opinion that Aguinaldo
would surrender aud peace be establish
ed in the Philippines before his return,
but he found things very much as they
were when he left Washington.
Aguinaldo is still trying TO negotiate
and is still being refused by Gen. Otis.
Friends of the several candidates for
Speaker are toying TO force Mr. McKin-
ley TO declare himself and there is "a
sort of understanding that i'm order 90
square himself i'm both the East and
West, he has said that either Sherman
or Henderson would he perfectly ac-
ceptable TO him. This understanding
has resulted in the formation of COM
bine of Henderson and Sherman sup
porlers for the purpose of shutting out
all other candidates, but that is not
satisfactory to the other candidates.
Payne is ia Washington kicking hard
against being left out i'm the cold, and
declaring that he intends TO remain IN
the field until the last, regardless OF
orders from Boss Platte Mr.. Mcl[in-
ley or anybody else. The friends of
Hopkins also declare that he will not
allow himself 90 be froze out 1t is an
very well for these gentlemen to talk,
but the question is how can they help
themselves: as soon as il becomes
generally known that neither is wanted
by the administration, neither Will
have any supporters left.
The most amusing feature Of the
Speakership campaign is the frantic
efforts Of what may be slangly called
the creed push" to retain their grip
upon the plums in the House organiza-
ton. Their latest was an appeal to
the ex-Czar to defer his resignation
until after he is elected Speaker and
has named the committees. What
ever else he may be, Mr.. Reed is not a
fool. He knows that at best his cleo
ton to be speaker again would have
been doubtful-not a few believe that
TO have been his real reason for retiung;
and that neither he nor any other
man would stand a ghost Of a show
to be elected Speaker when il 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
Senator Kean, Of n j., was railroad
aud corporation lawyer, and therefore
naturally inclined to favor trusts Of all
sorts, he surprised many by publicly
declaring, while he was i'm Washington
a day or two ago, that the people of
New Jersey would not support any
party that condemned trusts, because
the trusts organized under their st,te |
laws paid so much money into their
Treasury. Surely it is time to do some |
bard thinking when a Senator publicly |
states his belief that his state has been
bought by the trusts-to be exact, Mr. |
Kean's words were: "The annual I
revenue from the tax on the capital Of
all corporations created under our laws T.
now amounts to between $4,000 and I.
$4,000 You can readily see that the /.
people who benefit from this influx of .
wealth are not apt 10 be aniagonistic .
TO the corporations that contribute it.n +
According TO current gossip, Secre- I
tary Alger is ungrateful along with his I.
numerous other faults. He has an .
nounced himself candidate for Sena- .
tor McMillan's seat, and the latter has F
announced his candidacy 90 succeed .
himself, u is said at request of Mr.
Mckinley. So the country is likely 10
see the man who has been kept in the
Cabinet against the almost general
protest of the country, running for the