The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-08-09
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in a Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
From our Correspondent
MAsnING1oN. Aug. ). 1896

WAsHING1oN, Aug. ), 1885.
\ number Of prominent Democrats
who recognize the danger which con-
fronts the party i'll Kentucky and
Mary land, because Of the existence Of
factions IN the party, are quietly but
euergetcally working to bring those
factions together in both states, and
they are hopeful Of success OF course,
everybody knows that with the party
united Kentucky aud VI tryIand are As
reliably Democratic to-day as they
have been at any time during the last
- wears But 1t Is equally we'll known
that if the factional fight now going on
among the Democrats ia both states
j. kept up until election day the Re
pubiIcans viii stand good chance To
carry hem both. To have those states
50 Republican, this year would ue
party calamity that would ieopardiZe
tine election OF Democratic President
next wear, Notwithstanding the pres
eut bright prospects of the party. This
calamity the gentlemen engaged in
this movement desire to prevent
They are not working either for or
against Senators Blackburn and Cor
man, but for the benefit Of the Nat
ional Democratic party. They believe
that the German Democrats, the anti
German Democrats, the Blackburn
Democrats and the auti-Blackbu
Democrats are all alike solicituus for
the success of the National Democratic
party, and upon that belief they based
their hope OF succeeding IL putting an
end TO the tactlonal strlle in both
States 1t would be inpoitlc To say al
this time what those gentlemen have
done or what they propose doing, be-
sides, ii would be violation of conf
dence
Those who Immediately expected the
administration to declare war against
France, because of the Imprisonment
OF the negro, eX-tonsui W aller, VITO
was found guilty by French court
martial Of having given the native, of
Madagascar trea>Ouauie Information
concerning the movements Of the
freuCh troops, ANA VINO Il few days
ago We're going INTO daily conniptIons
because, they alleged, that the admins
tratlOn had decllEed to do anything for
Waller, are now in a different condi-
ton Of mind. The administration has
done IN the case of Waller just what 1t
would have done in the case of any
other man claiming to he All American
citizen who had goI into trouble, not
outstanding the report that Waller
had become a citizen of Madagascar he
fore he was arrested by the French.
1t has neither assumed ms guilt nor
his innocence; has merely sought To
trtst :. IA q
considered it necessary to furnish the
Republican newspapers daily bulletins
OF the progress made. W hen the first
demand was made on the French gov
eminent for the record of Walters trial
aud conviction, il was met by the re-
ply that it had not been received
Later demands were met with other
excuses. Diplomatic business is not
conducted with the helter-skelter of "A
daily newspaper. But what is worry
ing these people, who, without know
ing what was being done, have will
fully misrepresented the administra-
tiou, is the knowledge that Ambassa-
dor Eustis has been instructed to make
a peremptory demand for that record,
accompanying it with the assertion
7 that refusal will be considered by this
government an acknowledgement of
the wrongful treatment of Waller.
! When that record Is examined by Mr..
Eustis he will have an opportunity TO
determine whether Waller has right
to expect anything from the United
States government.
Ex-senator Ransom, now United
States Minister to Mexico, is in Wash
ington. He has been spending few
weeks III the mountains of North Caro-.
lima tor the benefit Of his health, but
while feeling much better he does not
yet feel well enough to announce a
definite tine for his return to Mexico.
Although he has said nothing to cause
it, there is belief among his friends
that lie will not return to Mexico at
all, az the climate does not agree with
him. The prevalent opinion among
his friends Is that he viii not resign,
but will be transferred to some other
post in the diplomatic service. He re-
ports politics quiet ia North Carolina,
aud the crops, with the exception OF
cotton, unusually good.
There was rather heavy draft on
the gold reserve last week, but there
was nothing about it to cause any
alarm. 1t was to meet a legitimate
purpose, the settling of trade balances,
that this gold was shipped to Europe,
and not because of wild scramble in
stigated by fear such as was the gold
raid on the Treasury last winter.
Treasury officials will not be surprised
if considerable more gold is drawn out
for shipment to Europe during the
month of August, but in September
the tide will turn and as much or more
gold will come from Europe to pay for
our crops,
"A local Paper has interviewed num-
Der of the more prominent members of
the labor organizations, on Sovereign's
proposed boycott of national bank
notes. The President of the Fedora
ton Of Labor said: 1.-THE scheme is IA
very wild and visionary one. think
if the working people act as they have
been advised by Mr.. Sovereign, they
will become the laughing stock of the
whole country. think it is better for
us to leave all such matters alone
That is about the tenor of the talk of
all of them. If Mr.. Sovereign does not
know that he made great mistake he
must be very slow to comprehend any