The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-03
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks :,
General About Wash
lngton.
(Communicated).
tCommunicated)
W WASHINGTON,
Sept. %. 1900

The President is rapidly 10.
valesciDg after his recent on sUu'
ton and will, it is predicteG e' Z.
able to enter the stand and review w.
the Grand Army parade WHY
takes place on the Sth A@a u
that lie will go to Oyster Bay sn5
take a complete rest of two waot.
and then return to WashinStoS
for his usual duties, includinS tu
review of the reports of his sec ,r'
taries, preparatory to writing Ma
message to Congress.
Last week was all eleh,rol ono
in Republican circles. The =.
turn of the President from Indian
apolis, Immediately followed hv
that of Secretaries Shaw and vii
son, and the cancellation of cer
tain dates for public speeches hv
Secretary Root, was pecnliarly
significant. While there is No
question but the injury from which
the President was suffering was
serious, it is equally true that
great relief was manifested By tba
Republican leaders at his return
to the Capital, and it was in CON-
pliance with their wishes that hia
cabinet officers followed suit. The
great interest manifested by the
people i'll economic questions was
not considered to augur well for
the party. If the Republicans
have majority in both branches
of the Fifty eighth Congress
Legislation radically cur;ailiur
the power and the profits of the
trusts will be expected Of them
and this expectation Mr.. Roose.
welt was encouraging. That such
Legislation will not be f0rthcom.
ing the Republican leaders well
know and they fear that there
will be a revulsion of feeling if
the people are disappointed, which
will mean defeat in 1901 They
know also that there is a strong
tariff revision sentiment in the
West and the President was, at
least slightly, yielding to the de-
mand when he made his speech at
Logansport. That was not at all
in accord with the views Of the
leaders of his party. Therefore, it
has been determined to keep away
from doubtful districts and trust
to the local candidates to pull
their own chestnuts from the fire.
The triumph of General Alger
in the Michigan convention, fol.
lowing as it did, Immediately after
the Presidents sighting of Mr.
ID. Nj. Perry, is regarded as inim-
zeal to the general interests Of the
party. AS is we'll known Senator
Mcmillan had built up a powerful
machine in the State and one
which commanded the support of
the Michigan Central Railroad,
General Alger is no such olgani'
ger and it is questionable if he or
his friends will contribute as lib
orally to the Republican cam.
paign fund as did the late Sena.
tor and his supporters. Tie shat
tering of the Mcmillan machine
is therefore considered a serious
blow to Republican supremacy in
the State. Moreover, the Plesi-
dent has won the support of the
voters to his Cuban reciprocity
policy, and in so doing has weak.
ened the grasp of Senator Bur-
rows and the Republican delega'
ton. 1t is admitted that in rec
ognizing General Alger, Mr..
Roosevelt felt that he was recog.
nizing the cleaner man and the
man who had the greatest claims
on the party, for it must be ad'
mitted that the position OF MI
Ferry is quite analogous to tina
of Mr.. Hanna when the latter was
first candidate for the ONO
SenatOrship, nevertheless, 1t is
often injudicious for a Republl'
can politician to consider who IS
the cleaner man. Moreover, it is
a kind of pot and kettle contro'
versy-dit1icult to decide.
The news from Speaker llender'
sons district is also of most DIS
couraging character. The Selec'
ton of Benjamin p. Birdsall TO
succeed the Speaker is a clear
victory for the Cummings tarlh'
revision faction and a blow at the
national Republican organization,
But the nomination OF BlrdsaH
was not the most alarming feature
of the Third district convention
The actual threat that the Black
Hawk county delegates Woulu
bolt to ex-Gov. Boies was, per-
haps, only a straw, but it clearly
showed how the wind blows III
that quarter and is regarded as
significant of great danger, not
only to the Republican candidate
but to Republican hopes in l9o4'
1t may be said that the SITUATION
throughout the West is the cause
of the gravest apprehension to 'no
Rem hlican leaders.