The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-04-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 3rd.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 3rd
MR.. EDIToR:-A bomb was exploded in
administration circles by prominent
| New York republican who came to Wash
| ington for the purpose, when it was an
nounced that Gov Teddy" Roosevelt was
in the field for the republican Presidential
| nomination, next year, and that there was
an understanding between Teddy and
Gen Miles, who has been credited with en-
| tertaining similar ambition himself.
Some of Mr.. McKinley's friends appear to
| think that he is bound to be renominated
| and reelected, but those of them who are
| long headed and who have had experience
| in politics, do not look at things that way;
| they know that both Roosevelt and Miles
have qualities which are calculated to
| arouse the enthusiasm and support of the
young men in their party, and that with
good management combination of their
| following might give the Hanna Mckinley
| machine a hard fight, if not an actual
| throw down. If this announcement is
straight, Boss Platt must have failed in his
| efforts to keep Teddy" off the Mckinley
| track.
| 1t has been brought out in the testimony
before the Military Court of Inquiry that
| Gen. Eagan told Boston contractor and
ii Texas cattle raiser, who had in bid for
| furnishing beef on the hoof, that Secretary
Alger had practically ordered him to try
the refrigerated beef, which Sw fit & Co.
claimed to have a secret process of pre-
serving, as an experiment. The longer
the Court sits the worse things look for
the Alger- Eagan crowd, and Major Lee.
who is representing Gen. Miles, says he
has lots more witnesses on his list. But
AS the meat has already been fully proven
to have been bad, the court may decide
that It is unnecessary to hear all these
| witnesses.
Mr.. Mckinley has apparently at last be-
come aroused to the danger, to his own
political fortunes, of retaining Alger in
his Cabinet, and, unless all the political
| wise men, are at fault, the lex" is hot
on the trail of Alger and cannot fail to
catch up with him very soon. 1t has been,
these men say, fully determined by Boss
Hanna and the other directors of the adj
ministration machine that Alger must go.
They prefer that he should do so willingly.
but if he declines to tender his resignation
without being requested by Mr.. Mckinley
to do so, Mr.. Mckinley will make that re-
| quest. From strictly selfish point of
| view, democrats would prefer that Mr..
| Mckinley should keep Alger in the Cabi-
| net, for then it would be impossible for
| the administration to deny responsibility
| Tor Al gerism and all its horrors, but demo-
| Gratis are too patriotic to wish to see
| man filling the responsible office of Secre
| tary of War, who deserves to be kicked
out, just to make political capital for their
party; they wish. above everything else.
| to see the affairs of the government prop
erly administered, aud know that they
will not be in the War Department as long
as Alger is at It's head.
A group Of army officers were discuss
ing the cost and results of the campaign
OF Gen Otis against the Filpinos. which
has just closed with the taking of Asuin-
aldo's capital, and the driving of him and
his army into the interior, when one of
them said: For my part, don't think
the game worth the candle After a con
siderable loss of life. we have the Philip.
pine insurgents ust where the Spaniards
had them. That is, we have possession of
the coast and all of the towns and they
are in the interior. 1t is true, that if we
start after hem our pursuit vii he very
different fron that If the Spauiar,ls and
that in the end American Grit is bound to
win. and we shall succeed in killing, cap
turing or suhdung them all but il will be
no picnic assure YOU, and know what
the country is; we shall pay dear-far too
dear | think-f"r our triumph over them"
The Cubans who came to Washir gton
to present to the administration r. solu-
tiOns adopted by the Cuban Assembly. left
town in disgust when informed by Secre-
tary Hav that Mr. Mckinley would not
receive them. and that no more money
would be put up than the 5000. 600
promised Gen. Gumcz. and that the AS
sembiy would not be allowed to issue
bonds for the purpose of raising money.
There is trick concealed in this bond
business that nobody has succeeded in
getting entirely /" the bottom of. there
are also some millions of dollars in it, if
the administration can be rupcd into gv-
ing an official consent. Ajthou sh this
the first time, the schcmcrs have not given
up and are still at work and hopeful of
success.
The Latest and Best.