The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-27
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Special to the Citizen. !

! HOt approve e1tner the SenQlng or that
special financial message to Congress
by President Cleveland or its recon-
mendation, they all admit that it was
a clever move on the part of the Presi-
dent, and good politics as well, to shift
the responsibility of relieving the gov
ernments financial distress upon the
Republican Congress. 1t is hardly
probable that Mr.. Cleveland really ex.
poets any immediate relief from Con-
gress, but he will have the satisfaction
of showing the country that the Re-
publican Congress can criticise the acts
of the administration, taken in accord.
ance with Republican laws, to preserve
the credit of the country, but that it
cannot or will not provide better
method. Even if there were no other
reason than the CONSERVATION into
which that message has thrown the
Republicans, especially in the House,
that ought to be sufficient to make
Democrats glad it was sent in. The
Republicans say they will answer the
message with a tariff bill, but that
isn't worrying anybody much. 1t will
hardly have one chance out of fifty to
get through the Senate.
President Cleveland is still receiving
congratulations for his patriotic mes
sage on the Monroe doctrine, and
| while there is less outward excitement
In Washington than existed for the
hrst two or three days after the mes
sage went to Congress, there is a stall
wart belief in the absolute correctness
of the position taken by President
| Cleveland and determination to
maintain it at all hazards. Instead of
being shaken or weakened by the at
tempt of the British Capitalists to
brighten US by unloading their holding
of American securities with the hope
of creating financial panic, those at
+ tempts have strengthened that deter
mination. While it NAV be tempo.
rary misfortune for the United States
to have all the railroad, state and fed
eral securities held in Great Britain
dumped upon the market and sold, it
would be equally disastrous for their
holders, and in the end it might prove
great blessing for us, as there are lots
OF people who think the United States
needs financial declaration of Inde-
pendence more than it needs any other
one thing.
The President has selected the men,
pers OF the Commission authorized bv
the bill that passed both House and
Senate unanimously, to ascertain the
boundary line between Venezuela and
British Guiana, but he will not make
their names public until they have no.
titled him of their willingness to serve.
Speaker Reed is now the Car of the
House sure enough. The chairman of
every single committee of that BODY
winch is at all prominent is a man that
Will do exactly what Reed tells him to
do. Henderson, of Iowa, was turned
down because of his allegiance to Ali-
son, and Cannon, of Illinois, made
Chairman of the Appropriation Com
mittee. But probably the worst treat
ed member of the House, is Payne, of
New York, who was clearly entitled to
the Craftsmanship of the Ways and
Means Committee. He thought that
Boss Platt was backing him for the
place, but Platt had, it is said, told
Reed, he could not be controlled, al
though he pretended he wanted HIM to
have the craftsmanship. Dingley, of
Maine, was given the place, notwith-
standing the selection of Boutelle for
head of the Naval Committee, and Mil
llken, both of the same State, for the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds Three Election Committees
were named, so as to make short
work OF the Democrats who either hold
seats that are contested by Republic
cans or are contrasting seats held by Re-
publlcans. This session of Congress
Will either make Reed the Republican
candidate for President or it will forever
destroy his chances, for he is not only-
| responsible for the acts or failures TO
act of the House by virtue of his office
as Speaker, but he is virtually the
House, itself by reason of his owner
ship of the men who control every
thing in that body.
o.ate senator stafford, OF Texas, who
Is now in Washington, pooh-poohs
the IDEA that there is any danger of
the Populists getting control of his
State. He says: 81 have but little fear
In regard to the continued predomi
nance of the Democratic party in
Texas. The only thing to be feared is
the adoption of radical gold plank by
the Democratic National Convention.
Should this be done, am afraid that
thousands of Democratic voters would
refuse to vote the ticket. They would
not vote any other ticket, hut would
stay at home on election day. How
ever. unless the advocates of gold shut
the white metal entirely out in the con-
yention, it's safe bet that Texas will
| give big Democratic majority as us
ual"
Ex-Congressman Stone, of Ken
lucky, has abandoned hope of Dem.
ocrat being elected to succeed Senator
Blackburn. He says: 1.-The Republi.
cans will unseat enough Democrats i'm
the House in favor of the contest
ants of their own party to give them a
majority, and will elect the Senator.
and Representative Hunter will prob,