The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

III
4 nsIepation to the Next Republican
4 National Convention.
Washington, D. G., July 10
| secretary of War Russell A. Alger
I ! Michigan rendered his resignation
| b The President this afternoon. 1t
4 ..s promptly accepted by the execu.
,;,a and a new secretary of war will
= named at an early date.
II will be one Of four men, accord
no to the best informed authorities
,anieht. General Horace Porter,
.nbassador to France; Governor
rhsodore Roosevelt of New York;
Gan. f. V. Greene of the same state,
and Gen. John Wilson of Delaware,
are the four possibilities. The first
three are New York men and because
Nsw York has now no representative
IN the cabinet it is believed that the
rortfolie will be given to one of the
three from that state
Secretary Alger reached Washing
han this morning from Long Branch,
where he has been the guest of Vice
President Hobart. His visit to the
vies president was for the purpose
Of soliciting the good offices of Mr..
Hobart in inducing the president to
hermit him to remain in the cabinet
until he completed his annual report
next December.
The vice president was very frank
with Secretary Alger. He told him
that the president desired to get
him out of the cabinet; his coalition
with Governor Pingree, an snti-ad'
ministration man, made his further
presence in the cabinet very dis
tasteful; it was also hurting the
republican party in the campaign
this fall; it was not dignifed to at
tempt to hold on longer and he (the
vice president could not consistently
ask the president to forego his de-
sire to put new man at the head
Of the war department.
The vice president also suggested
that the present excitement over
conditions in the Philippines was
largely due to the way in which the
war department had conducted mat
tiers there. This arraignment of his
shortcomings by friend induced
the secretary of war to tender his
resignation to the president to day
ACCEPTED WITH PLEASURE.
That it was accepted with pleasure
by the president there is no doubt
Ii is what he has been waiting fol
months. So recently that the inl
upon the declaration is scarcely dry
Secretary Alger announced that h'
would not retire under fire, and We
to-day, with the bushwhackers of thu
administration leading the assault
upon him, he capitulates.
Undoubtedly he was made scap'
goat largely by White house sane
ton, and now that he has gone GU
"under fire" keen interest is felt il
the possible effect it will have upo'
his political fortunes.
It is believed here that he may b
able to defeat Senator Mcmillan, an'
beyond any doubt the Alger-Pingre
combination will exert it's stronges
efforts to send an anti MeKinle
delegation to the next rePubliea
national convention.
Secretary Alger has been almos
constantly "Snder fire" since hi
appointment as secretary OF war,
post rendered him in payment fe
his services on behalf of PresideI
Mckinley during the campaign {
1895. At his own expense he, tt
gether with q number OF general
toured the country in special trai
in the interests of the republics
candidate for president
Criticisms especially harsh bega
with the advent of sickness anon
the volunteers. When the secretaf
announced that no transports woul
be available to bring home the troop
at Santiago. in face of the prevalent
OF yellow fever among them, the
Was rreat uproar raised in arm