The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-05
FROM THE CAPITOL,
Our Correspondent Talks in q s.,,
Manner of Things in General,
About Washington.
from our Correspondent

tFrom our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July |. 1Ss
The Democratic party looks mn,
like a winner to-day than it bas .,
any time since the disastrous Conu,.s
sional election last November III.
country is daily becoming more mn.
porous, and just as the floating yoen
held the Democratic party responsH.
for the "hard times" which were
natural consequence of the thirty yesr
of Republican class legislation, tbs
same class of voters will next year gw
the Democratic party credit tor tbeIr
increased prosperity, and in that hey
will be right. The treasury too, Is be.
ginning to feel the increase 10 the
country's prosperity. The revenues r
the month of June were S2,OOO,OO in
excess of the expenditures, somethiu,
that has not occurred for quite awhile
before.
But the principal reason why tho
Democratic party is looking like
winner is that its members are in ali
directions announcing their intention
to get together. The split which many
foresaw and others feared as a result Of
the silver fight within the party lines
will not materialize, unless the shrewd.
est men in the party are mistaken 10
their calculations. The fight isn't over
by any means. but it is asserted by
prominent silver and anti-siver Demo.
Gratis that it will be over when tho
National Convention shall have acted
upon it, and that the platform adopted
by that convention and the NatiOnA
ticket nominated will be Loyalty sup
ported by both silver and anti-slva
Democrats. In other words, both
sides will fight to carry the convention,
and will accept the decision of the COl.
vention.
Another reason why the Democrats
party looks like winner may be found
IN existing Republican dissensiOH
Inc Republican party in the great
States of Pennsylvania, Ohio ni
New York, is divided into two bitten!
hostile camps, warning not for phnsI
pie, but for the supremacy of person
bosses. While Democrats are hard
sanguine enough to expect the fgNl
between the Quay and dnti-Quay fac.
lions in Pennsylvania to result in the
electoral vote of that State being cast
Tor the Democratic candidate, they eel.
talnly have good reason to hope lhal
the wrangllng between the followers d
Foraker and those of Sherman and
Mckinley, in Ohio, aud of the Plat
and anti-Platt Republicans in New
York will result in landing both Of
these States in the Democratic column
next year.
Secretaries Smith, Morton aud Her.
bert are just at present the big three
they being the only membes
OF the cabinet now in Washing
ton. Acknowledgement Harmon isef
pected this week.
With the fiscal year, beginning "
day, many changes provided for y
Congress went into effect in the depart
ments. In addition to the material n
ductlon of force in the Pension Oflls,
seventy-six clerks in that office hal
their salaries reduced in order to bring
the salary total inside of the appropn'
alton.
My! what asputter those lame dues
are making in the pond of the Co.'S!
ana Geodite Survey, although Genela
Duffleld's gun was not heavily chals,
ed. Everyone who is at all falnlila,
with the different phases of official lls
In Washington has noted the air o.
proprietorship which is assumed y
many of the men who are employs
IN the alleged scientific branches oil lu'
government. These men draw sss
rles running from $1,000 to s6WV !, |,
year, have been in office from ten !.
forty years, and are mostly well'ledS'
ana some of them are actually rlCn
Ihey have succeeded pretty wen y y
the past in muzzling criticisms BY Ca ns
ing the critics ignorant and accusing
them of being unable to appreclaIe. i
understand the Importance OF the wo .s'
done by the scientific employees Of W y
government, but that cry is beglnnii"''
TO fail and criticisms are beconlu'
more frequent. The majority OF ln 0nl
come and go as they please aud sps tS
more time working for private pal,"
than they do working for the COVER,
ment. But to return to those i a0o,
ducks and their spluttering. In acv II
dance with authority conferred Dy y. al
last Congress, General Duffield, oup p,i
lntendent of the Coast and Geou 1ar
Survey, has re-organized that pule'S
He dropped six employees, TWO o.r
whom have been in office forty yeSni,
and they and all their numerous III sU''a
connections have begun to ye, IL,
though somebody had pulled the Fl n
out of the bottom of the world anu n n
whole business would be settled ln "a "a
muddy bottom of Oblivion in N
hours. The scientific branches ol II
government are thoroughly alaril'r :,
discover that their employees uu ,a nj
own the whole outfit. But the gos'Ir
still lives, and General Dufiield 1a' /,
idea Of reinstating anybody. n fle II
lieves the changes made were lJ To- I
good of the service, and he oug'i' :
l know