The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-11-27
Washington Letter.
From our REGULAR Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, November 23.-The first
round between the Mckinley and anti-llcl[In-
ley Republicans has been fought, and the Nc
kinieyites nave won, but the victory isn { sub
tantlaI enough to crow over. As quick Is II
was known tnat the Republicans had won the
national election, such men rs Senator Shcr-
man and Speaker Reed began 10 announce the
necessity OF pushing the Dln2ley bill CT some
similar revenue measure through tn" Senate al
the short session, II 1t could possibly be done.
That caused 4 lluingup OF Republicans Tor nd
against the Dinglcy bill. and the contest wus
getting lively when the WORD wdS passed that
Mckinley would not have the Dinglcy blll
put through. That ended tic round. The
Dlugley bill is dead, and the aIIt-hchlnley he
publicanS are temporarily licked, Dut they
VIII have their innings later on, and will do
their part towards showing the country how
badly divided the Republican party IS even on
the tariff question, and the financial division
Will not be overlooked either. he tiith-fiith
Congress promises To De one u tne h'cHSsJ
seen for years. I'D although the Democrats
therein will not be numerous enough to &C
cOmplish much by voting as Il party, there Is
no guessing what they may do toy holdlnE the
balance OF power between the RepAollcan lac
tiOnS in the Senate.
There is no more amusing feature OF the
situation than the talk OF the Popuiists about
the Democratic party having to COME TO chem
III the next national campaign. 1t would be Il
case OF the tail wagglng the dog sure enough,
for the party which cast more than hVe-sINth
OF the votes Bryan received being absorbed by
the party which cast less than onc-slNth OF the
votes.
There are some things in which this country
might take IL few profitable lessons from older
nations and one OF them is il the wording OF
official reports which are intended 70 be made
uubIic A case i'll DOinI is the annual report Of
he Hoard of Ordinance and Fertilization
'rbiS hoard il com posed OF prominent army Of
tirers including cen Miles and has cX-COll-
orcssnIuu Outhwaitc for Il CIVILIAN mem Der.
In its anxiety To impress upon Congress the NJ
cessity for large appropriations Tor coast de-
lenses the board made the mistake Of using
the following language: Should IL conflict
arise we are, liable 10 be c.nUruiiCd with some
power whose navy, i'll the present detenCCiesS
condition of our coast. might destroy or exact
enormous ransomS from chief cities. "
That sort of stuff NAV do very wei i'll the sem
sntionnl newspaper Offices but II Is decidedly
| OIt of uIace in an official document. IL Is the
UubIication of that style OF matter i'll Official
reports for this isn't the first time il has been
done that has made every country owing Il
few modern warshipS COcky IN it, dealings
with the United states, because OF the belel
that fear OF the destruction Of our sea coast
cities will make us stand a most anything from
| a country with a navy. Chilli had that idea
several wears ago and Spain has it now. While
there is no doubt that tucsc gentlemen meant
well in using such language, such report
would never had been maze public by any
European power, and Il should not nave been
publishCd here
Ex-senator Walsh Of Georgia, now visiting
Washington retains the editorial faculty o!
stating the situation in a nutshell. He said
ut is TO be sincerely hoped that prosperity vail