The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent


Washington, June 3O.-One OF the
first acts of Mr.. Mckinley after his
return to Washington was to order
the persecution of Admiral Schley by
the Sampson clique in the navy de-
partment stopped. He did not DO so
because of any love he had for Schley,
| but because of statements publicly
made by Maryland Republicans that
they intended to hold the admins
tration responsible for the navy de-
partment's treatment of Schley. That
frightened Mr. Mckinley, who is by
no meaos as confident of his re-elec-
ton as some other Republicans pro-
fess to be- And, in addition to or
dering let up on Schley, Mr. Nc
hinley sent for ex-Postmaster Gen
eral Gary and asked him to help keep
Maryland in line Uul:ss Maryland
ets who ought to know are off in
their judgment, nothing will prevent
Maryland returning to its old place
in the Democratic column.
III his anxiety to remain IN the
cabinet, Notwithstanding his deal
with Governor Pingree, who every
body knows is not an adnirer either
of Mr. Mckinley or of his admins
tration, Secretary Alser is getting
foxey. In order to jolly Mr.. McKin-
ley, he publicly sad that bis deal
with Pingree was solely for the pur-
pose of obtaining the senatorship and
was not binding on either for any
other purpose; that he was AlcKin-
ley man from start to finish and was
prepared to prove it at any time that
it might become necessary, by break
ing with Piugree, if he should show
any disposition to antagonize MIR.
Mckinley in Michigan. How much
of this Mr.. Mckinley swallows no.
body knows, but it is certrin that AL
ger has undertaken a difficult role.
It is known that Senators Mcmillan
and Burrows are hard fighters and
that they will demand that Alger be
put out the cabinet, and their demand
will be backed by many Republicans
whom Mr. Mckinley will not care to
offend Besides, it is believed that
Pingree is only using Alger to try to
get even with Senator Mcmillan, and
considered by no means certain that
he would allow Alger to go to the
Senate even if he succeeded in con-
trolling the Michigan Legislature.
Nothing could more surely prove
the deception practiced by the ad-
ministration concerning The situation
in the Philippines than the orders is
sued this week to all the regular re-
cruiting officers to enlist as many vol
unteers as may present themselves
for service in the Philippines, and
the official announcement that Gen
eral Otis is to have an army of 10000
men by the end of the rainy season.
Iu order to keep the appointment of
ali the officers in the hands Of the ad-
ministration, no organizations are to
be enlisted The men are to eulist
as individuals and the regiments to
be formed will be United States Vol
unteers. Although the announce
ment was made at the same time that
all the officers for these regiments
would be chosen from the volunteers
who have seen service in the Philip
pines, it is safe bet that they will
not be. Ex-Congressman Campbell
of Illinois, who is now in Washing
ton, tells his friends that he has been
promised the colonelcy of one resi-
ment, and he hasn't seen any service
in the Philippines; and there will be
others.
Making virtue of necessity" said
senator, sis what I call the an
nouncement of Thurston of Nebraska
that he would retire from the Senate
at the end of his term. Knowing
that neither he nor any other Repub-
lican has any show to be elected to
the Senate by the Nebraska Legis-
lature, Thulston concluded to save
some of the big wad of corporation
money he has by not entering the
field as candidate. His talk about
being tired of holding Office was
merely little grand stand play"
The adase, "Make hay while the
sun shines" appears to have been
changed by the inventors of the
country into "Make money while the
mercury rises" The weekly receipts
Of the patent office are now averaging
$4,000 more than they did in the
summer of last year, and this weeks
issue of patents, trademarks and Ia
bells was the greatest since April,
1890, the total being 633.
Secretary Long made public a
signed statement, dealing with ru-
NOR that he had made statement to
the cabinet deploring the killing of
Filipinos without provocation and
the looting Of private houses in paci-
fed communities, knowledge of which
he claimed to have acquired from let
ters from sailors, that was as eztraor-
dinary for what it didn't say as was
his open invitation to Schley, day
or two before, to ask for a packed
court of inquiry, in an authorized in
terview. Although he knows that he
is credited with lack of sympathy
with the Philippine policy of the ad-
ninistration, he did not say a word
in the statement, written for paper
he knew to be friendly to him, per
sonally as we'll as politically. He
didn't even deny that he had protest
ed, at a cabinet meeting, against the
Philippine policy, but merely said
| that he hnj never received any letters