The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-04-25
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Our O.cm Correspondent.


Tie belief is growing that Admiral
Dewey will accept the secnni. place
with Mr.. Bryan ON the Democratic
ticket. 1t is we'll understood that lie
will go into the Kansas City Conven-.
tion with the backing of a number of
influential Eastern Democrats, who
will ask for his nomination as Presi-
dent. But before they do 30, or before
the convention consents to even con-
slider his name for the honor, it will be
essential that he state his intention to
support the platform and candidate
selected by the convention. Unless he
will do this, even he must realize that
there is absolutely no hope for him,
and that he might as we'll stay out
from the first. Indeed, he would make
better race as an independent by 80
doing, as the treachery involved III
such action would certainly lose him
votes which he might otherwise OBJ
tain. Possibly he might prefer to re-
main in the woods and not state his
position, bnt this will not be permitted.
Willis Abbott, in. BEHALF of the press
bureau of the Democratic party, has
given out an interview welcoming the
Admiral into the party and adding that
"Of course" he is too honest man to
ask the support of the convention un-
less he is willing to abide by its de-
cisions. Further, q member of the
National Committee has written let
ter to the Admiral, which he cannot
we'll avoid answering before the con-
vention meets, asking him fatty for
information on this point. If he does
pledge himself, there is said to be no
good reason why he should not accept
the Vice Presidency after losing tho
Presidency. BY 80 doing no could
achieve his dearest purpose of defeat
ing Mckinley, who, he firmly believes,
has conspired to "kill" his popularity.
He believes that nearly all the slurring
remarks about him which are printed
in the papers under Washington date
line. are inspired directly from the
White House. Whether he is right in
this supposition or not, it is certain
that he is firmly convinced of the fact
and that both he and Mrs Dewey hate
the President with bitter hatred.
A good many interesting reports of
the attempts of army officers to track
down and capture Aguinaldo are com
ing in from the Philippines. They all
hive had only nne result result, ana tnat is
failure. The belief ie, however, that
Agnlnaldo Is not at Singapore, nor in
LuzOn. In fact it is said that he ss n0t
:sT fTyIn Manila and frequently visits
thst place, assuming for the purpose O.
Disguise. at which he is said TO be spe-
cially clever. 1t would be an easy
matter. say army s.4fsSars eti Manila, Ec;
AguiHaid0 TO come into that tnwn on
frequent visits without running the
risk of detection, iii fact, about the
safest place fov him to stay would be
Manila, which is the last place likely to
be searched with the expectation of
finding him. It is supposed that if he
visits Manila it is in the garb of beg
gar or q destitute Filipino.
The present Republican Congress,
which so exerted itself to please the
trust in regard to Porto Rico and as
well as on other subjects, will almost
certainly go home without even for
mulating any plan fer relieving the
country of WAR taxes, which, according
to the Secretary of the Treasury, will
have yielded q surplus of over @50, ,0OO.-
600 by June, 1900. There is some diff
Guilty i'll deciding which taxes TO re-
peal, emphasized by the insistance of
the people for relief from stamp taxes
on the one hand and the Claims OF cer-
tain interests for favOrs on the other,
and between the two, the Republicans
is an advantage ia retaining q huge
surplus, which will amount by next
June to some S75, ,000, 600 inithe govern
ment repositories. The governments
OF course, gets no interest for this, but
there is no doubt that the favored
banks will contribute largely to the
party this fall. One per cent on the
mnney leaned out to them would even
now amount to over q million dollars,
which would be o very nice nest egg
for the campaign. 1t would all be per-
fectIy straight fOrward. toe. That is
the beauty of it. The Secretary lends
the Treasury and the banks contribute.
to the fund ont of pure patriotism.
Further, by declining to reduce taxa
ton at present the Republican party
gets into an excellent position to prove
the Democrats in the wrong. Next
fall, il the taxes have not been before
reduced, the Republicans can make
Kinley, is reelected it will retain plenty
Of revenue for the needs Of the coun-
try, while If Bryan is elected, the Re-
publtcans, who will still be in power
next winter, will reduce taxation until
the revenues are insufficient for the
country, leaving the Democrats with o
Treasury which must be rapidly de-
pleted unless they adopt the always
unpleasant alternative OF putting back
some Of the tases once more. Then
the Republicans will eay that they left
the Treasury OVERT lowing, that, they re-
dncea taxation to suit the demand Of
the eountfy, and that the inoompetant
u H..ncsal dfalc1lfies. Tt is q beauti-
fu1 Hchem6, and there seems no. way of
preventing ita going through.
Some OF the m0nBtrcsitiea az the
special legielatiOn. occasionally leak
out. Here is one. Representative
kftzpa trick OK Kentucky, recently re-