The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-04-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER;
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April eth.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. April 9th.
MIR. EDIToR:-Maior Lee, who has been
the personal representative of Gen. Miles
before the Court of Inquiry, madea speech
summing up the evidence taken during
the inquiry that any lawyer might have
been proud Of He showed that every
allegation made by Gen. Miles has been
fully sustained by good evidence, but if
the Al gerites are correct in their outline
of the report. which the Court Will make
in few days, probably this week, the
evidence is to be ignored, Alger and Eagan
! whitewashed, and Gen. Miles and the Off
GERS who dared to tell the truth about the
| beef furnished the army ccnsurcd. If that
| sort of a report is submitted wave of in
dignation is likely to sweep over this
country that, when compared with that
which followed tie white washing of AL
| ger by the War Commission, will be as a
tornado to summer zephyr The people
of this country have decided this case on
the evidence, and if Mr.. Mckinley is I'M
wise enough to allow his friendship for
Algerism and his dislike for Gen. Miles to
cause him to use his official influence to
get report contrary to the evidence, so
much the worse for Mr.. Mckinley. The
| country has been disposed, through all the
dirty mess, to believe in the personal in
tcg1ity of Mr.. Mckinley, and that he was
the victim of his political obligations to
Ager, but public opinion cannot be made
! to stand too great strain.
The republican managers are trying to
get Mr. Hobart to announce that, owing
to his health, he will not be a candidate
| for denomination, but he has so far de-
| clined to do so, although his health is real
| ly in serious condition. Boss Platt and
that Teddy" Roosevelt would be effectu-
ally shelvetl if made the tail of the McKin-
ley ticket and Mr. Mckinley, who is Il
little bit afraid of Teddy as q rival for
the first place, is said not to be averse to
the idea, provided that Hobart, whom he
| really likes, can be persuaded to volun-
| tarily take himself out of the way.
Politicians have no difficulty in reading
the play made by Gov Stone, of Pennsyl-
vania, when he appointed Quay Senator,
Immediately following his acquittal by a
| Philadelphia jury of the charge of con-
spiracy to rob the state. That appoint
ment was not made with any expectation
that the accompanying credentials would
ever be used in Washington. Gov. Stone
and Mr.. Quay both know that the Senate
has repeatedly, within the last few years,
denied the right of a governor to fill a
| vacancy in the Senate which the legisla-
turc of the state has failed to fill, after
having had an opportunity to do so. The
appointment was made for its moral effect
upon the republicans of the Pennsylvania
legislature, which is likely to be called in
extra session, nominally for other reasons,
but in reality solely for the purpose of
giving Quay another chance for getting
himself re elected.
Admiral Schley is understood to con-
template asking an investigation of the
implied charges and inucndocs made
against him by the Sampson clique in the
Navy Department. If he does he will not
ask it of the Navy Department, but will
| go direct to Congress and ask that 4 thor
ough investigation be made by a non-par-
tisan committee.
The Hanna Mckinley men are already
beginning to see that the retirement OF
| Gar Reed doesn't call for as much re-
| joicing on their part, as they Thought ii
did when it was first made public 1t will
remove power full enemy from the path
way of the administration, but there is
danger that the scramble for the Speaker
ship, which has already started, may create
a number of smaller enemies who may be
able to do more damage to administration
plans and politics than one big enemy like
Mr.. Reed. Boss Hanna is not in any
doubt about his success in naming the
next Speaker, but he is growing very much
afraid of the sore spots that will be left
among the disappointed when his choice
becomes known. A prominent republican
Senator, discussing this matter with &
friend, said: II shall miss my guess il
Hanna and Mckinley do not both bitterly
regret the retirement of Reed before the
new Speaker has got fairly used to the
position" Mr.. Payne, of New York, not
outstanding the understanding that Mr.
Sherman, of the same state, was to be the
Eastern candidate for Speaker. has shiet
his castor in the ring and declared himsel
candidate There will be lots of fun
and possibly some good political capita
for the democrats in the coming fl ght Over
the Speakership.
Owing to a call of the German Ambas
sador at the State Department, Capt
Coghlan, of the Raleigh, has received /;
strong official hint not to repeat the story
he told at New York banquet about the
way in which Admiral Dewey humble,
the German Naval Commander in Manil;
bay, last year, when the Germans tried t.
get little uppish. 1t is denied that thu
German Ambassador made any complain
about Capt. Coghlan's story, but, of course
everybody knows that it is a part o
diplomacy to deny anything and every
thing whenever it is deemed policy to do SO
THE SUBURBAN EXODUS.