Arizona republican., 1902-08-23
PHOENIX. ARIZONA. AUG. 2S, 1902.
General Russell A. Alg.r.


 to a statement made by him last Mon day that he would inform the Dublc some time this week regarding his can didacy for the Michigan senatorshlp. made vacant by the death of senator McNillan. has announced that he will be a candidate for that high oflce' There are other aspirants. but there IS little doubt that General Alger Will succeed MT McMillan. and there IS no doubt that a very large majority or the renublicans of the country will be glad to see him in the senate. He IS the foremost citizen of the great state in which he has resided for forty years during which he has contributed more than any other one man to its great ness
 Though he had been the governor or his state, and had for years been lore most in the councils of his party, where his wisdom was universally recognized. his chief claim to fame will rest upon his conduct of the office of secretary of war during the conflict with spain. His mana cement of the affairs or the department during that period was the marvel of the war boards of the world. Never before had so large an army been mobilized and cared for within so brief a period. The burdens put upon the war department in the civil war; heavy as they were, were by no means so great. Notwithstanding General Al gers splendid management of affairs. he became the object of bitter attack by an active and fault finding minority. supplemented by an element within his own party. He retired from the cab inet with the consciousness of having performed his duty we'll and with the confidence that time would bring ap- proval of his management of the mill tary affairs of the country in a most trying period.
 Of this episode in the public career of General Alger the New York Sun has said:
 Ut is sometimes the lot of a man in high office to serve as lightning rod That was General Alger's function ip 1898 and 1S99 He had not invited 1t, and his achievements as first-class executive officer in a most important post during a national emergency de- served a pleasanter end; but General Alger accepted the injustice Of it with the quiet dignity of brave man and a self sacrificing patriot. Since the time of General Alger's resignation as secretary of war there has been great ,f,,f. ,iracr h irTl md the character of his services to the government during the Spanish war; and this on the part of many of those who were in the faction of his bitter assailants. The somewhat tardy rec ognition of the truth of history is not confined to the state of Michigan"
 The succession of General Alger to the United States senate would be a matter of qualification to the people of this territory, for he has always been the friend of Arizona, and he has shown his friendship in many ways. Before his retirement from the cabinet the subject of the re-establishment of the post at Whipple had been taken up and it had the secretary's strong ap- proval. Had he remained in office the rehabilitation of the post would have been accomplished much earlier. In other ways the people of the territory have been shown that they had an earnest friend in General Alger. Their hope is therefore natural that they may have ar advocate in the United States senate. where one is so greatly needed at this juncture of territorial affairs.