Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
From our Cotrespondentl

WASHlNGTON, ttU. 4, 1870.
President Cleveland may in defer.
ence to the attempt of the leaders of
the House to pass the bill reported
from the committee on Banking and
Currency, which was drawn in accor-
dance with the recommendations of
his special financial message, postpone
for few days the official announce
ment of the bond issue for which all
arrangements have been made, but
careful canvass of the Senate has
shown that no bill passed by the House
can possibly get through the Senate;
hence the bond issue Is inevitable.
1t will afford the Treasury that relief
which Congress has so persistently de-
MED, and that relief is necessary is ac-
kuowledged, alike by those that favor
and those who oppose the issue of
bonds. 1t isn't what the administra-
ton would like to do, but what it has
to IN the absence of Congressional re-
lief.
The House committee OH rules will
report an order for the consideration of
the financial bill on Tuesday, Wedues-
day and Thursday of this week, and
when the vote is taken OH that order
it will be seen how much influence
the Presidents special message had
with the Democrats of the House. If
the rule be adopted it is probable that
the House VIII pass the bill i'll some
shape; but ifit Oe rejected there will be
no further hope OF financial legislation.
Senators Caffery and Blanchard, of
La, accompanied delegation of
New Orleans business men IN "a call
upon President Cleveland to ascertain
his views upon the payment of the
sugar bounty for the year 1894 Mem
bers of the delegation We're surprised
| and pleased 20 iind that the President
was thoroughly posted on the subject.
and were still more pleased when he
told them that he WAS in favor of the
payment Of oGe-half of the bo(nty for
1894, aud would gladly cooperate with
them IN securing the necessary Con-
gressional legislation.
Chairman McCreary, of the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, made
few sensible and We'll timed remarks
concerning the disposition of the Re
publleans 10 introduce all sorts Of reso-
lutlous concerning Hawaii, just for the
purpose OF making buncone speeches
thereon. He said that the actions of
this administration on Hawaiian mat
ters had been in accordance with inter
national law and with the policy of
this country for hundred years, and
that II different policy We're TO be fol-
lowed the government might be called
upon to send warshlps all over the
world, and To Interfere wherever there
was trouble.
The dealers in fake designations from
the cabinet had at last real .resigna-
ton 10 handle several days ago. true.
II was not a cabinet resignation, but il
was as near as 1t could possibly have
been not 10 be. The Solicitor General
is next iD rank to the Attorney Cen
eral and draws salary OF only thou
SAND less. Although The resignation of
Solicitor General Maxwell was "a great
surprise outside of the Department of
Justice, there was little or no tounda-
ton for the SENSATIONS which have been
built up around it. There was no
quarrel between Judge Maxwell aud
Mr. Oluey, although there have
been numerous differences of opln-
ion between them, such AS are conI-
mon enough between lawyers who
are the best of friends. Judge Max |
wells principal reason for resigniug |
was that the Illness of his law partner
made 1t necessary for HIM to return TO !
Cincinnati and take charge of their |
large practice. Holmes Conrad, of Vlr. |
glnIa, Was appointed to the vacancy.
Under the alleged divinity which !
doth hedge ali legislation conceruIng |
men who served III the United States |
army during the recent war, there Is a |
vast amount OF crOokeduess. A case in |
point is the bill To place Lieut.. Col.
}. Madison Cuts on the retired list of +
the army with the rauk and pav of |
Captain. THIS man, " hu has for wears |
b-en III 200 CLERK in the War Depar-
meut aud the recipient of so "a mouth /
pension, was dismissed from the army |
III disgrace III 1868, Tor uslug aud wrl- |
tlhg abusive language To brother Off |
GERS aud Tor play lug "Peeping Tom" In
hOtel. Yet lie now comes forward, uu- |
der tile protection OF the aforesaid d. !
vlulty, and makes "a slrlke Tor 81 ,5UO "a |
year for The rest of his life, aud The blll |
giving II to him had passed the Seuate
aud been favoraUIy Reported t. the !
House when Representative Bretz, of !
Indiana, made the above facts known
to the House.
To-day, the first time since the fourth
of March, 1893, the Democrats have
less than majOrity of tue Senate.
There are now 81 Senators, aud the
Democrats have-Ouly AZ. When the
two additional Republicans, one each
from Wyoming aud Washington, take
their seats, there viii be SS Senator'S,
The Republicans having 40 and the
Popuilsts .. Whether the Republicans
aud Popullsts VIII cOmLiue t. reUrgalI-
lze the Seuate. Is as yet unknown, Dut
Ihe probabilities are that they will.
after the 4th Oi March, when the Dem
Icrat.c strength viii he still further re-
tuced.
The House killed the Reilly Pacific
bill by adopting "a motion to
1t. The vote was III to l06.