The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-12-15
FROM THE CAPITAL.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHTNGTON, ID. G., Dec. II, 1884
The most striking thing of the first week
of Congress has been the apparently con-
rerted effort of the Democrats and mus
wumi to stir up jealousy and bad feeling
between the friends of those Republicans who
are prominently mentioned rs Presidential
possibilities, by distorting their replies to
questions and in some eases bv actually
putting words into their mouths which they
never thought of using. Representative
Boutelle OF Maine, rightly calls this IAN old
trick OF the democracy TO invent phrase or
catch word which they seek to make odious
10y iteration, and then to use it as IL bug
aboo with which to scare timid and feather
Drained Republicans The trick consists in
asking some unsuspicious Republican whether
the party will rc-enact the Mckinley tariff
law, when it returns to power. If he answers
III substance, that changed conditions may
make some changes necessary as most
sensible men are apt to do, he will find his
remarks distorted and published under "A
scarc-head, ''McKinleyism is dead. - or somc-
thing with "A similar meaning. The object is
so plain that Republicans in Congress smile
at the attempts, but this mention is made to
put Republicans in your vicinity on their
guard against accepting us true any interview
purporting to have been held with any Re
publican Senator or Representative, in which
protection is slightingly spoken Of There
nave been no such interviews. If there is a
Republican in either the Senate or the House
who Is not a protectionist he is not known to
the leaders of the party
Mr.. Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle have
apparently captured the Democratic members
OF the House Committee on Banking and
Currency. Ten days ago Chairman Springer.
OF that Committee publicly declared that it
would be impossible for the Committee to
agree upon any currency bill: to-day, he saws
the committee will before the HOLIDAYS report
a currency bill to the House, and that it will
be along the line proposed by Secretary
Carlisle and endorsed by Mr.. Cleveland. This
week is to be devoted by the commttc to
hearings, the list including Secretary Carlisle,
Controller Eckels and a number of Bankers.
Secretary Carlisle, has at the request of the
committee submitted rough draft Of the bill
giving his ideas Of what it ought to be in
oder to carry out his recommendations.
whether this bill can pass the House after
1t Is reported will depend largely upon the
attitude of Speaker Crisp who dominates
the committee on Rules, which must report
an order limiting debate thereon, if it is to
have any chance for getting through. Mr..
Catchings, of Mississippi, is the only member
of the committee on Rules who has publicly
committed himself to the arsle-Cleveland
plan.
The caucus Of Democratic Senators in
cluded a "Currency bilr in its directions to
the steering committee to provide an order
OF business for the session. but that is long
ways from an indication that the Democratic
Senators are ready to accept whatever cur
rency bill the House may pass and send over.
Those who are disposed to believe that the
Senate will pass House currency bill with
out amendment should turn their memory
back to the Wilson tariff bill for few minutes
But even If the democrats were willing to
accept a House bill that would make no differ
ence in the result The decision not to change
the Rules of the Senate leaves the decision
as to what bills shall pass the Senate in the
hands of the Republican Senator's who are
not likely to favor hurried legislature on
such an important question as the currency