The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-29
AS VIEWED AT WASHINGTON.
Jay c. A. EDWARDs.l

| gossips here In Washington. Just as
expected, now that Alger is gone. the peo-
pie are turning their attention to the
White House. which, after all, is the real
source OF half the misery enjoyed" by
our soldier boys. and the criminal mis-
takes made by the war department or at
leaet attributed to 1t.
1t is now up to Mckinley. He is, how
ever, not going to say word at present.
He will have to talk later In self-defense,
| IL fer no other reason. When Alger gets
into the Michigan senatorial campaign and
gets warmed up, he is going to cut his dog
loose and do some mighty Interesting talk
ing. The redhot interview by Pingree
the other day foreshadows the sort OF cam
paign he and Alger are going to make.
Alger is still tongue-tied, but as soon as
he steps down from the position OF sec
rotary OF war he will be a private citizen
and at liberty to say what he pleases He
may not say word here In Washington,
but 1t is ten to one shot that when he
speaks to the people Of Detroit at the big
! reception they are going to give him on
the Cd of August. he will outline his po-
sition and tell the manner OF his leaving
McKinley's cabinet
| While everybody here looks upon Alger
as weak man and unfit to hold the posi-
ton of secretary OF war, and that he was
simply given 1t because he contributed lib
orally to the campaign fund OF '96, they
still regard him as more sinned against
| than SHINING. He was merely the tool OF
the syndicate that had its headquarters in
the White House. He was the clerk to do
the bidding OF Hanna and his henchmen.
Mckinley knew OF every contract before
Alger did and approved them. Alger had
nothing to do except to put his signature
to them as McKinley's clerk. All these
things are going to come out in the wash
and Alger is going to clear his skirts of
lots of dirt in the eyes of the American
public and he is not going to care the
burnt end of broom straw who 1t hurts
in the cleaning process.
~
| 1t seems strange that Mckinley could
not get man for secretary of war who
was unidentified with the trusts and COM
binations of the country. His man Root
is undoubtedly an able man, but he has
been identified with every big trust and
combination of capital that has attempted
to rob the people of New York for years.
! That is the kind of man this admnistra
/ tion seems to be stuck on and there is no
use trying to divorce 1t from Its choice.
| Mckinley says he wants profound law
yer at the head Of the war portfolio. In
| order to grapple with the troublesome
problems that come up in the course of
the government of "our colonies" That
would seem to indicate that the policy of
| the administration Is to firmly establish
a colonial form of government, and go
deeply and directly into the imperialistic
business. 1t is tuning the instrument for
some very fine music when congress
meets.
| The meeting OF the National democratic
committee in Chicago and the unanimity
with which Bryan and the platform of 90
was Endorsed would seem to put stop
to the anti-B Bryan moves In this country
among many so-called democrats, but It
won't.
/ am in position to say that the move
ments of the tl-silver and anti-B Bryan
men are as active as they were before that
meeting. They are not, however as open
and as loud and for that reason they are
more dangerous. Western and Southern
democrats are hereby warned that the
East is just as anxious for the scalp of
Bryan and free silver In the next con-
vention as it ever was and is working
just as hard II the West and the South
go to sleep for one moment, then they are
gone coons.
The meeting of the committee has set
tied several things. Chairman Jones will
remain at the head of the committee until
the next convention chooses his successor,
although Stone OF Missouri had his resig-
nation in his pocket when the committee
met and was authorized to present 1t II
he thought best to do so. He evidently
did not think it best. Devlin, the man
who conducted an Altgeld, bureau In Chi
cago, instead OF bureau for the dlssemi-
nation of democratic literature, has been
fired and literary bureau for the purpose
of keeping the country press supplied with
the proper kind of democratic ammunition
will shortly be established here in Wash
ington. 1t will run on full time from the
very beginning and when the campaign is
ready to begin in earnest, year from
now, there will be no preliminaries to go
through, and no bitches as there was in
the summer of go
l think 1t was pretty well settled that
Arst-c class democratic paper should be
established in the city of Chicago, and
think the most Of the money was raised
for that purpose. The democratic party is
going into the next campaign much better
equipped than 1t was in the campaign
OF '9s.
General interest in next Novsmber's
elections will center In three States Those
are Maryland Kentucky and ohio-where
governors are to be chosen. and where
there Is a fghtinE chance to reverse the
present political situation, There will be
g,pssSatorial elections In other States. but
,hat ,.anv,t. ara practically foregone con