The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-20
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspond nt Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Especial to the Citizen.J
WASHINGTON. March 10th, 1895.

WASHINGTON, March 10th, 1895.
Another week of Cuban speech max
ing in the Senate has brought out
nothing new and has not practically
the situation. Whether the
Senate votes again to-day, tomorrow,
or continues the speech making an
other week, the result will be the same
The Senate will accept the House res.
olution. President Cleveland has not
indicated what he will do, but those
who are familiar with his opinions
will not be surprised if he takes adj
vantage of the opportuni ty offered by
the Senate resolution asking for any
Cuban information in possession of the
administration. to accompany that in
formation with message defining his
position on the question of recognizing
the beligerency of the Cubans. .
Naval officials do not regard the pro-
posal to estab ish government plant
at Washington for the manufacture of
armor plates for war ships with favor.
Commodore Hichborn, chief of the
Bureau of Construction and Repairs,
told the Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs why he opposed the idea. He
said it would cost $4,000, 900. exclusive
of the site, to establish suitable plant,
and that there would not he enough
work TO keep tie plant at work all the
time, while 1t would be impossible to
secure the necessary skilled labor un-
less the men were given permanent
places and paid whether they worked
or not
Those who are fond of legislative
problems have been trying to figure
out, taking the vote of the Committee
on Privileges and Elections as basis,
what the Senate will do with the reso-
luton providing for a constitutional
amendment for the election of Senators
by the people, which the Committee
by vote of 5 to ordered favorabIy
reported to the Senate. The committee
has nine members, five Republicans
and four Democrats. Three of the Re
publicans voted for the resolution and
two against it, while the Democrats
divided equally, two for and two
against. If the division of Democrats
and Republicans in the Senate be in
the same proportion, the resolution
will be adopted, as it will be supported
by all the Populists.
Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, who is
regarded as in line with the Democratic
presidential lightning, if he doesn' get
struck, is in Washington on business
He has been observing the Mckinley
boom and thus sizes it up: "It's a
pretty strong boom, very healthy and
vigorous just now, but whether if will
pan out next June is another question.
/ hardly think it will. If the conven-
ton were held tomorrow or next
week, doubtless Gov. Mckinley would
be the nominee, but there is lot of
time for the other people to develop
counteracting booms. Then, there are
the Southern delegates that some peo-
pie think will bear watching-they are
a factor in the st. Louis Convention.
Secretary Morton has been doing
some figuring in connection with the
items which have been placed i'm the
Agricultural Bill against his within
fact, against his vigorous protest. He
finds that in addition to the $163, 900
appropriated to buy seeds for free dis
tripution, it will cost the Postoffice De-
partment $4,000 for carrying the seed
through the mails. That three books
for exclusive Congressional distribu-
tion-"The Report on the Diseases of
the Horse" 1.-The Report on the Dis
eases of CATTLE" and Consular Re
ports on Cattle and Dairy Farming"-
will cost $l47, 500, and will cost the
POstotfice Department $4l 900 more to
carry them, making total of $l88, 500.
AT the conclusion of his figuring on
what he regards as extravagances, be-
cause there are no adequate returns for
pertinently asks: us it any wonder
that the receipts of our postal service
fail to equal its expenditures"
The Republican Senators have been
counting noses or the question of seat
ing Col. Dupont as Senator from Del
aware, and they have discovered that
If the report of the Elections Commit
tee in favor of Dupont was voted upon
to-day it would be defeated. This is a
surprise to the radical Senators. They
had counted upon the vote of every
Republican Senator for Dupont and at
least two POpulists. Some of the Re-
publican Senators have up to this time
refused to put themselves on record as
endorsing what they believe to be lille
gal and unconstitutional. Unless they
can be influenced to change their
minds, Col. Dupont will not write gu.
s. S." after his name until he can pre-
sent better credentials than those he
now has.
The same old talk about the Repub-
licaDs of the House revolving against
Speaker Reeds programme of curtailed
appropriations is heard again at this
session. While there are doubtless
many Republican members of the
House who would regard their chances
of being re-nominated and reelected
as much better than they are if they
could land an appropriation or two
for their districts, there has has been
nothing in their previous conduct to
show that they possess the nerve to re-
volt and l shall not believe they will
until they do. No school master ever
had his school under better control
than Mr.. Reed has the Republican
side of the House.