Arizona republican., 1899-07-07
LOYAL TO HIS CHIEF
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Washington, July G. Especially Friends of Secretary Alger in admin istraticn circles denounce what they claim to be attempts to put the secre- tsry in q wrong attitude toward the administration in his alliance with Governor P:rgree- They declare that these attempts are being made in order to create p:eju(fca against the secre- tary in the presidential household and to give the impression in Mich igan and elsewhere that the secretary is remaining in the catinet when not wanted and when he is really to be ranked as an anti-administration man.
 It is declared that whatever force this story may Elve in portions of Michigan, it really cannot be credited in Washington, where it is so well known that the secretary's relations With the president are most cordial
 It IS said on authority close to Sec re5ary Alger that the McMillan men would be rejoiced if they could force the secretary out of the cabinet at this time and permit the impression to con tinue that he is hostile to the admin istration in many of it's views. That would simply be to array the admin istTation forces against Secretary Al ger and give them to Senator McMfI- Ian. The Alger followers do not pro- pose to allow this to be done, it is said, nor do they propose to claim that the president is with him.
 An interesting feature of this Mich igan fight is that both men say that Prsident Mckinley is stronger than either of the candidates. Michigan, in ether words, is for the chief first, and will be loyal to him in preference to others. With full knowledge of this loyalty politician easily sees how Perilous it might be to a candidate if he were placed in the position of an tagonism to the president It would msan his defeat. Almost as perilcus would be general impression tEat a man was remaining in a position in which he was not wanted.
 Close friends of Secretary Alger say today that all attempts along these lines will fail. They say that the president himself knows that he has not more loyal friend than Secretary Alger, and that the president will de- cline to be drawn into the quarrel They say, further, that the secretary would abandon his senatorial honors before he would allow his loyalty to h0 T1r-c 1o-,E ArDI ',
 A friend of Secretary Alger declared | today that all these sto1ies have arisen | out of the published interviews with | Governor Pingree and out of the pres ence in Washington of Senator Bur rows, the close friend of Senator Me Milan. The friends of the secretary of war feel bitter toward Senator Bur rows. It IS said that Governor Pin gree has denied a number of the in -erviews reported to be with him and indicating his hostility to the admin strat.on.
 Secretary Alger himsel1 is sad to be 5xnspecated at the work of his enc nies, but he has been advised to say 1othing, and is following this advice 0 the letter. It is claimed that he wants the president to see that he is lot trying to drag the administration ntO the fight
 It is asserted today that Secretary Niger does not believe that there is Lny chain of circumstances which would necesS-tate his withdrawing rom the cabinet, but if he ever does will confound his enemies.
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