The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-06
FROM The CAPITOL.
Or Correspondent Talks Il SAGE
Manner q Things II General
Aoc11 Washington

ASs-S.sT0S. lee :. ->e5
[-= ~ 1eC-,-e.Ll= --I-c 2.oa: -
clec1E Of Cog = % Deu4e-A,.
xls --= a--=--e u = many o. TIE ma
NO lave &C. = many year. :.-sa, 10
-1= fra. -A-z. u the Deloerstle ar
r. -LogE --= .--e1-se- in the >-u-
A. az b --r. gE >aC.1 Carolina wbo
a. -e=- ,-ccee,1=,t " Ex-G yvetaor
ElA- E1a.a1. y Virginia. who.e
s-.ts>-. 8. Martin, : good Democrat:
1cP1=rso1. = y J.. s-ccee.i-d by :
E-p-c eau aud Ra1som, of North
L2r1.l-A- E-le= >-o-e-s1r ! Popu
- Bat h &. 10 TIE House that the
19l= il tl= Democratic ranks i the
a-zz=>. /, SENS strange to hear
:a-- - ID EiiloIt the uames Of such
H=tersls il Cyugressioual harues. a.
h nan AID Byuun, Of Indiana;
Springer, Of Illinois; Ki.gore, Of Texas;
H4tcn aud Heard. Of Missouri: Outh.
vale nfOhio. and score # others
> DO have won houors aud scars bat
ting ior Dem, cratic principles.
EA->peak-r Crisp viii, Of course. be
TIE iraGer Of the Democrats of the
H"usr during tue preseui session, the
man who vii call down Gar Reed ev-
cry time he attempts 10 trample on the
iignts OF the minority. There ha, bsen
10 thought among Democrats that this
would ue otherwise. a. was shown by
the votes Of the Democratic CAUCUS
all cast for Mr. Crisp. The stories
about the administration desiring an
other man for leader had their origin
with Those who wished TO add to The
uhioftunate d'fferences aread Aexist-
ing ~ the Democratic party bW max
ing II appear that President Cleveland
Was demanding that no silver man
should be given post of honor. 1t is
Deediess - say To any intelligent Dem
ocTat that President Cleveland never
bought OF such thing "a debating to
or interfering in any way with the
Democrats IN he House.
Representative Otey, Of Virginia.
has scheme that viii iuiure no one
and may greatly dement, needy ex-
Confederate soldiers, if it cau b. carried
through. III the Treasury there is all
accumulation Of money seuuestered
during aud directly after the late
war Tor want Of evidence to show
is proper owners, amounting to about
50 10000 lua-much as this money
belongs ia the South and that lis
nghiful owners will probably never be
found. Nj. Otey PROPOSES 10 try TO get
& L..
the Interest Of this money shall be dis
tribuied among Deedy ex-CoufedeIate
soldiers, aud that when they no longer
need such aid the principal shall revert
To the government, to be used as any
other money provided By Congress.
In order To AVOID any charge Of parti-
sanship, even by Implication, Mr..
Oiey proposes to have .the bill intro
duced uy a Republican, If he can get
one u do it.
The calm which now prevails among
the Republicans of the House is asum-
nous IN It's way as that which pre- cedes
a storm at sea. To the inexperienced
onlDOker, Speaker Reed is a Car in-
deed. But iuere IL a reason why every
thing seems 10 be going Mr.. Reeds
way among his party colleagues in the
House. He has not yet announced
the committee assignments. Until he
does the calm is likely to last; all the
Republicans like TO get as good COM
mittee places as they can. But after the
assignments are announced the disap-
pointed ones will be numerous and
Mr. Reed cannot let them down easy
by saying that he was bound by PROM
lses made before his election To disap-
point them. as his friends have for
weeks been making a special point of
Claiming that he would become Speaker
without having made single promise
and that he was free to arrange the
committees just as he wanted them.
Therefore every disappointed man will
know Just who to hold responsible.
1t is charged also that Mr.. Reed took
band in naming the minor officers of
the House who were elected to-day,
which made him some more enemies
in his own party. On the whole the
outlook for him can hardly be consider
ed a pleasant one.
President Cleveland's message was
ready to 90 in to-day, but as has
often been done at the assembling of a
new Congress, ii was held back To give
the House a chance TO organize, and
will go in tomorrow.
Secretary Hoke Smith has gone to
Atlanta, where he will, by special in
vitation, deliver a financial address
before the Georgia Legislature. He is
expected to return to Washington this
week.