The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-12-11
Washington Letter.

WaShln2ton, DecetDeI fths i0''
The Whit, House is about the only
place in Washington one can go now
without meeting one or more senators
and representatives Secretary oiney
has been overruu with congressional
callers. especially since the circulation
of the rumor that he had short time
ago notified the government of Spain
mat this government intended To bring
about peace in Cuba if the revolution
was not put down in three months, ali
anxious 10 know the exact status #
Cuban matters Members of the senate
and h,use foraign committees are said
tn have received some definite Informa-
ton bat to all the.rest Ii WAS stated In
general terms that no immediate change
was contemplated in the pollcy OF the
administration towards Cuba, and 1t Is
expected tina the presidents message
will treat the matter in about the same
STYLE The other members ofithe cabin
ct have also had numerous congreSslon-
ional callers, some on business for their
constituents and some merely to pay
a friendly visit; but President Cleveland
has not had much Of h s time taken up |
by them and is not likely to have.
The presidents message is all ready to |
| be sent to congress, and the usual pre- |
| cautions have been taken to prevent it |
premature publication. Ii 1t be fair To |
| Judge from the lack of curiosity as to the
| contents of that document this year, |
those precautions were hardly necessary
! 1t will, of course, be printed as matter /
| of news when 1t goes to congress, but II
| Is doubtful whether an advance copy of
it could be sold to any paper In the
country, not because of the belief that II
will be any less interesting than MIR
Cleveland's previous messages, but be
cause of the knowledge that the situa-
ton in congress Is such that no matter
how wise the recommendations of the
message may be there is no possibility
of their being carried out by legislation
at the present session.
There are all classes of men in most
professions. but the increase of men who
conduct their buainess upon the green
! goods mans theory that "a new sucker
is born every minute, in The ranks of
the patent solicitors has aroused the hon
orable patent lawyers to the necessity of
taking some action that will protect the
| inventors of the country and their own
profession from the degradation and de-
, liberalization of the methods adopted to
caiule money from the pockets If the in
ventors without any intention of giving
any equitable return therefor Under
present laws and rules the commissioner
I of patents can do nothing TO protect
either the honest patent lawyer or the
inventor, except In cases OF the most
hagrant nature, and then 1t must come
under MS personal notice after an applI-
cation has been filed in the patent office;
but it is thought that patent bar to n
proper extent under the jurisdiction of
the commissioner of patents, could east
( ly compel the lottery patent solicitors
and the delusive cicular patent solicitors
to either reform their methods or get
out of the business. In either case the
: inventors and the honest patent lawyers
| would be gamers.
Speaking of the probability that one
or more senators may be asked to join
! McKinley's cabinet a veteran Repuhli-
: can senator said Well, everybody
d must Judge for themselves, but the SEN
n ator who has been in office for more
than one term who is willing to enter
the cabinet must either have been blind
L to what went on under his nose or i'm
& agine that he pt 'eSSes the ability to
: make his experience different from that
!, of other men who have tried the same
thing. Many senators have been per
suaded into presidents cabinets. but
y don't believe there was ever a siugle
one of them wLo did not regret it. Sen
# atOr Lodge, OF Mass, who has been
mentioned as a cabinet possibility, says
he would not leave the seuate for any po-
sition in McKinley's gift. Lodge may
J, not have level head on everything but
: on this subject he has There is moth
,s ing in official life, except the presidency
better than a senatorship.
There is alarm among the Republi
's 0ans over a report that Teddy" Roose-
is welt is firing of his New York Job and
wants TO come back to Washington as
,. assistant secretary of the navy under
the Mckinley administration. They
don't want TEDDY" to come back tc
n Washington, but he has knack of ge:-
Is ting what he wants; hence their alarm.
f. They know what a wonderful capacity
D. Teddy has for stirring things up and
keeping them stirred up. They think
the extra session of congress and othel
l. Mckinley infections will be trouble
le enough without Teddy" The news
re paper men are a unit in desiring Ted
dy's" return to Washington as a mem
of McKinley's administration: as an all
around copy understandable copy, too
ty he beats the band, as the yellow kiC
a says
10 Senator Cullnm. the gentleman who
was candidate for the Republican presi
dental nomination because of a fancie,
facial resemblance to Abraham Lincoln
and who has been mentioned for tn
cabinet. has set up as financial oracle
= He said: The Republican party wi
ne settle the silver question within the mex
he four years to the satisfaction of every
al body" When asked to state how thi
wonderful settlement was to be hrough
Vi about the oracle replied: Just wha
W plan will be followed l cannot say, but
is feel sure it will be settled" Now ism
se that convincing NJ.
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