The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, March 80, 1896.
leTonl our Begular correspondent

MIN. The aforesaid "revolt con-
sisted of the House voting to devote
day to the consideration of private
bills on the caleudar, instead Of fol-
lowing the advice of Chairman Can
non, of the Appropriation committee
and going ahead with the sundry
civil appropriation bill. Speaker
Reed had no more to do with the
matter than the reader of this para
graph, and the only reason for the
vote was that many of the members
realizing, especially since the offer
lug of Senator PIatt's resolution for
adjournment on May 2, that the
session is rapidly drawing to a close.
were anxious to try to get action
upon private bills in which they are
interested. That is all there was to
It.
The Cuban business will be fin
ished, so far as Congress is con-
cerned, as soon as the House accepts
the conference report in favor of
Che House adopting the Senate reso-
luton instead Of its own. The
change was made because it became
clear that there was an intention on
the part of a few Senators to prevent
a vote being taken on the original
conference report, which was IN
favor of the House resolutions being
adopted as a substitute for those Of
the Senate. There will probably be
some talk on the subject IN the
House, but no protracted debate is
agreed to- If those who are assum-
ing the right to speak for Mr.. Cleve
land know what they are talking
about, the resolution will not be of
any material benefit to the CT
bans.
The sentiment Of the Republicans
in Congress is practically unani-
nous IN favor Of passing the appro-
priation bills and adjourning as
early as possible, it having been fully
demonstrated that no other impor-
tant legislation can be gotten
through at this session.
Secretary Hoke Smith may find
when he returns from his present
Georgia crusade against the free
silver senatorial candidacy of Ex-
Speaker Crisp that he has got mixed
up in an ugly scandal. just before
lie left Washington he issued orders
reducing Sergeant Perry and Cap
tain Watson, of the Pension Bureau
watch, and their friends intimate
that the reduction is punishment
for not doing what some ofSec re-
tary Smiths friends wanted done,
rather than for any neglect of duty.
It is reported that Senator Voor-
hees and Turpie, of Indiana, who
although they are Democrats are
not in love with Secretary Smith
and his methods, particularly those
relating to Pension Office matters,
will take up the cases of the reduced
men and get them justice if they
nave to have the whole business in
vestigated by Congressional COM
mittee.
Ex-senator Warner Miller, of New
York, told the House commerce
committee that the Nicaraguan
canal company, of which he is Presi-
dent had never asked Congress for
aid and was not now asking for aid.
lie SAID that all the company asked
from Congress was definite answer
as to the position this government
intended to occupy Gin the matter,
and that if the government didn't
want to control the canal and would
say so, the company could get pri-
vate capital to carry out its plan, but
Chat it could do nothing while the
attitude of this government was UNI
CERTAIN.
Congressman were reminded of
the adage go away from home to
hear the news when a telegram
from Mass. was published in local
paper saying that a Democratic
member of the House, now in that
state, was authority for the state
ment that Mr.. Cleveland had written
letter announcing his desire to re-