The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-04-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
d or Regnlar Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspo
WAsHINGroN, April 3, 1899
4 bomb was exploded i'm admnistra-
ton circles by prominent New York
Republican who came 10 Washington
for the purpose, when il was announced
that Gov. "Toddy" Roosevelt was in
the field for the Republican Presidential
nomination, next year, and that there
was am understanding between lied
dyn and Gen. Miles, who has been
credited wi h entertaining "A similar
ambition himself Some of Mr.. Nc
kiuley's friends appear to think that
ne is bound to be renOmnated and re-
elected, but those Of them who are
long headed and who have had eX-
perience in politics, do not look at
things that way; they know that both
Roosevelt aud Miles have qualities
which are calculated To arouse the
enthusiasm and support of the young
men IN their party. aud that with good
management {. mOiuati0n Of their
following might give the Hanna-Mc-
Kinley machine "A hard fight, if not an
actual throw-d0wn. If this announce
meut is straight, Boss Plat must have
failed in hi, eTlrts TO keep Teddy"
of the Mckinley track
With all Gar Reeds faults, aud he
has enough and to spare, he has never
been sneaky fighter, which is more
than can be said for the administration
crowd, which is afraid to come out in
the open ana try to defeat Reed for the
SpeaSership, but is engaged in trying
to bluff him into not being a candi-
date, by stating that the admInistra-
ton has determined To throw its in
flu,uce for Reed, but with the express
understanding that the rules Of the
next House shall be changed so as To
cut out all the Gar business. The
idea is that Reed would not care To be
speaker, if he is to be shorn Of the
power he has welded. This
is on a par with the talk which has al
times been heard ever since Reed first /
became Speaker, about Republicans /
who were going TO unite with the /
Democrats to change the rules and /
curiail the power Of the Speaker. /
They never did 50, and if the Republi-
cans elect Reed Speaker of the House
again, as they will almost surely do, he
will be the same old Gar.
1t has been brought out in the testi-
nouy before the Military Court Of
Inquiry that Gen. Eagan told a Boston
and Texas cattle raiser,
who had in bid for furnishing beef
IN the hoof that Secretary Alger had
ordered him to try the re-
rigerated beef, which Swift & Co..
claimed to have a secret process of
lreser ing, a an experiment. The
Onger the Court sits, the worse things
ook for the Alger- Eagan crowd, and
'oj. Lee, who is repres nting Gen.
lilies says he has lots more witnesses
M his list But a. the meat has
lready been fully proven to have been
'ad, the court may decide that it is
10 hear all these witnesses.
Mr.. Mckinley has apparently at last
ecome aroused Is the danger, to his
WI political fortunes, of retaining
.lger in his Cabinet, and, unless all
he political "wise men" are at fault.
he "Ex" is hot on the trail Of Alger
nd cannot fail TO catch up with him
cry soon. 1t has been, these men say.
lily determined by Boss Hanna and
he other directors OF the administra
on machine that Alger must 20.
hey prefer that he should do so will
ngly, but If he declines to tender his
ssignation without being requested by
lr. Mckinley to do so, Mr.. Mckinley
Ill make that request. From a strictly
sifish point of view, Democrats would