The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-24
Gossip in Washington.
Some Of the Things the Pd5
ticians are Talking About.

Washington, April % MIR Nc
Kieley, having talked the matte
over fully with Gen Woes, viii
receive the committee fro9 tn,
Cuban constitutioDsl convention. bn
it will be 10 a cut it short this i9 my
busy-day manner, which will ssov
them at once that be is more ineen
upon his coming pleasure trip tber
upon hearing their requests for im
! possibilities He caapos change az
act of congress and he will blunti5
tell the Cubans 80, and that is abou:
all be will tell them, unless bis inten.
tious have been misrepseseDsed by
| those who ought to know shem
The cablegra@s given oct st che
war Departments as coming from Gen
Macarthur. concerning the stealing
from the commissary depaetmeDs in
Manila, do not square With eiahe.
press news or private advicss Ae.
cording to the former. there have
only been few cases Of petty
larceny, while the latter agree iD
insisting that there hes been O. whole
sale campaign Of lootiDg. and hint
that more effort is being maae, 60
protect the hooters tban to ueeovey
the stealing and punish the thieves,
although a few arrests haze beeo
made Of course. no one can say to
a certainty which ls right or nearest
right but 90 the general principle
that those who are disiosereste6 are
most spt to tell the srnsb the press
and private cablegrams naturally Gnd
the greatest number Of believers
Judge Lambert Tres of Illicois,
who prides himself on being an OLD
fashioned democrat, is visiting Wash
ington, where, by the way, he was.
born Asked about political coedi-
tons in Illinois. Judge Tree saaa ::
Il do not see that there are any
striking developments IN the desc
cratic politics of Illinois. This is a
period of evolution, bat at present
everything seems to be quiescent
There are many question to be looked
into between now and the next
pstionaI campaign ~ Having served
as q. S. minister to Russia Judge
Tree is naturally much interested in
tbe part Russia is- playing in. the
Chinese game aud has some decided
y pointed opinions on the subject,
but no, for publication
Judge Winter of Alabama, WAC is
in Washington on. legal business,
said on a subject.in which the whole
country is Interested /: s'The people
Of Alabama would build bon6pas ard
celebrate if the next congress should
pass bill for the construction of an
Isthmian canal We have bsen dis
couraged by the developments OF the
last few months, and sometimes /
feel that it 0iaa be many yeas before
the work on tbe canal is begun ]
prophesy if canal is ever completed
decade will suffice to make Ala
bama greater State than, Penpsylva
MIA now is.
1t is little early TO begin the
work of making the neSs republican
for president, but notice has already
been pablicly served opon the anti
Hanna republicans thaa the votes Of
the south in the next republican
national convention would be given
to the candidate favored by Mr.
Mckinley The notice was served
by Judge j W Dimmick, federal
Office holder and national committee
man from Alabama, who rs now in
Washington
One sentence of Aguinaldo's re
Gently published manifesto, acknowl
edglng American sovereignty of the
Philippines and calling upon the
Filipioos to cease resistance 10
American authority, has aroused
more or less speculation and curiosity
in Washington 1t is that in which
he refers to the yearniugs of the
Filipino people "to see their dear
ones enjoying theli and promised
generosity of the great American
nation MANY think that the "prom
ised generosity" relates to promises
made to Aguinaldo personally
snd that the willy Filipino
puts it in his manifesto so as TO
make it q matter of official record