The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-28

the Civil Service Rules.
Washington, D. c., June M.-Secre-
tary Alger met the usual batch OF ru-
mors concerning himself and the War
Department upon his return to Wash
ington. The rumor of his early resig-
nation has become such a regular
thing that he would really be disap-
pointed if it failed to meet him after
any little absence from his desk. The
rumor that Gen. Miles was to be sent
to the Philippines to command the
army was an entirely new one, and en-
titled to medal for utter absurdity
and senslessness. Secretary Alger and
the entire administration are entirely
satisfied with Gen. Otis conduct Of af-
fairs in the Philippines and have no idea
Of placing such an indignity upon him
as the sending Of the Commanding
General of the army to the Philippines
would be. There were a lot more
senseless rumors about what had been
decided about the army in the Philip
pines, which are not worthy of specific
mention, for the simple reason that
persons Of average intelligence should
have known that with the President
and the Secretary of War both away
from Washington there was no one
left with authority to decide upon
anything important connected with
the army, but of course, every one
knows that the yellow journals, which
originate these rumors, are not printed
for persons OF average intelligence.
More or less amusement was caused
in Washington by the solemn an
nouncement Of one of the big Chicago
dailies, which was duly telegraphed all
over the country, that it had succeeded
in getting trustworthy information
that Rspresentarfee. fayne- -wouidc COM
tinue at the head Of the House ways
and means committee. Representa-
tive Cannon at the head of the COM
mittee on appropriations, and Repre-
sentative Hit at the head of the COM
mittee on foreign affairs. In Washing
ton this great bit of news was fully
known from the day that a republican
majority of the House was elected.
Those men would have retained their
chairmanships no matter who had been
chosen Speaker Of the House, simply
because their extensive experience
made them the right men for the
places. There has been discussion
about other chairmanships but none
about these, except by those who we're
seeking to create pickering in the re-
publican ranks by saying that it exist
ed.
Mr.. Charles H. Mullen, a we'll known
Pennsylvania republican, who is visit
ing Washington, said Of politics in the
Keystone State: "The larger part of
the delegates to the republican
state convention, which meets
in August, have been elected.
The Philadelphia men have not yet
been chosen, but they will not be a
very large part Of the convention, no
matter what their affiliations may be.
1t is safe to say from the delega tes
already selected, that the entire con-
vention OF 203 members will not con-
tain more than 40 anti-Quay men, or
insurgents, as the regulars call them.
The sentiment Of the party is really
with Senator Quay, no matter how
much noise the ants may make"
Col. Dick, who has been chosen to
be chairman Of the Ohio state COM
mittee, has a host Of friends in Wash
ington who value him as friend as
we'll as admire him as political man.
ager. He smiles when anybody asks
him about the extent OF the all eyed
republican revolt in Ohio, which the
democrates are 80 fond of talking
about, and says wait until the votes
are counted. He declined to discuss
the alleged republican kicking because
he was made chairman of the state
committee, but said of the head of the
ticket: "The nomination Of Judge
Nash was the best that could have
been made. He is popular and Streng
man all over the state, and his name
on the ticket will be worth many votes
to the party" Col. Dick seems ia
take very little interest in who the
democrates nominate for governor,
because he dosn't think that it will
make the slightest difference in the
result.
Postmaster General Smith has made
public letter from F. w. Vaille, dir
ector OF Posts, at Manila. concerning
the absurd story that volunteers let
ters in the United States were being
opened and censored before being for
warded. Following is an extract there
from :Q" 1t is not necessary to assure
you am not risking personal liberty
by allowing any letters to be tampered
with, and it will be useless to assure
the originator Of the absurd story Of
censorship Of the mails that he is mis-
taken, because he knows the story was