Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-01-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Jan u. 1896.

WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Jan 27, 1906
Senator Allison has returned from Iowa
and is receiving the congratulations of his
friends and colleagues on his re election to
the Senate just as modestly as he will re-
ceive them after the St Louis Convention,
should he be fortunate enough to capture
thu prize of the Republican Presidential
nomination. That modest way of wear
ing his honors is one of the many reasons
why almost everybody likes Senator ALI
son, but it is also source of weakness to
him as a candidate for the Presidential
nomination, because it causes some people
to think that he lacks aggressiveness.
Strange to say Gen. Harrlson's visit to
Washington was not followed by flood OF
Presidential talk. One reason for this
somewhat unusual exception was that
Gen. Harrison himself positively declined
to discuss that subject, saying that he was
for the time out of politics
In adopting that Armenian resolution the
Senate gave the world to understand that
Congress is willing to go to any length in
supporting the President in protecting
American citizens in foreign countries.
A lot of tomfoolery has been widely cir
culated concerning the opposition in the
Senate 10 the Davis Monroe doctrine reso-
luton which was last week reported to the
Senate from the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations It can be stated upon the author
ity of Senator Lodge, of Mass, who has
made a careful and thorough canvass of
the Senate, that the resolution will be
adopted, and that at the outside there will
not be more than eight votes cast against
liz in the Senate It may not be voted upon
for ten days or two weeks YET, as many
Senators wish to make speeches upon it,
and the free coinage substitute for the
House bond bill Is still taking up the
greater portion of the time of the Senate.
But that bill will, it is expected, be disposed
of this week, and then there will be clear
deck for the Monroe doctrine speeches, and
for Senator Davis to press his resolution
to a vote
The career of Representative and Sena-
tor-elect Money, OF Miss, as viewed from
the Washington end of the line, furnishes a
somewhat striking picture of the ups and
downs of the Southern politician. Mr..
fernando De Soto Money-isn't to blame
for his name at any rate-made his debut
in National politics as Representative of
the fourth Mississippi District in the Forty
fourth Congress. He remained in the
House until the close of the Fofty-eighth
Congress. Then he became a cheap
Congressional lobbyist, and remained such
his appearance indicated that he had a
hard time too-until he succeeded in get
ting himself elected to the Fifty-third Con-
gress from the same old district. Then
things began to go his way, although some
of those who had employed him as lob;
byist must have given him some bad half
hours after his return to Congress He
was reelected to the present House, and
last week was elected for a full term IN the
Senate, beginning the day his term in the
House expires-March a, 1897. There is
more than one 'ex'' hanging around
Washington, lobbying little, borrowing a
little and drinking a great deal, who would
like to find out how Mr. Money managed
to get up again after his first knock down.
Senator Baker, of Kansas, made good
with his speech in favor of the
coinage of the American product of silver,
in accordance with his amendment to the
free coinage substitute for the House bond
bill, which is now before the Senate. He
divided the money ranks into three classes,
gold monometallists, silver monometallists
and bimetalllsts, and announced his own
allegiance to the last named He said it
was very positive that the question of tar
If and finance would be settled by the Re-
publican party alone. Mr.. Baker isn't a |
great orator, but he seems to have a sup
ply of hard, horse sense that is likely to be
to Kansas and to the Republican
party during his Senatorial term.
It is now practically certain that the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs will
-eport a resolution censuring Ambassador
Bayard for those anh-American speeches
ne made. So much has been agreed to by
he sub committee consisting of Draper, of
Mass, Pearson,o of N. G, and Densmore,
If Ark, to which the matter was referred.
t would be comparatively easy for the Re
on the committee to get any sort
If a resolution passed by the House that
hey might choose to reporteyen to the ex-
ent of recommending Bayard's recall but
is they wish the matter to be shorn of all
by having the resolution re-
,orted unanimously from the committee,
he resolution to be reported will be merely
ne Of censufe and so worded that it will be
Imported by the Democratic members Of
he committee, who agree with their Re-
ublican colleagues in believing that Bay !