The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-03-20
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

FROM our meg Correspondents
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Another week of
Cuban speech making i'll the Senate has brought
out nothing new and has not practically
changed the situation. Whether the Senate
votes again today, tomorrow, or continues the
speech making another week, the result will be
the same. The Senate will accept the House
resolution. President Cleveland has not inui-
Gated what he will do, but those who are ia
mIlar with his opinions willnot be- surprised if
he takes advantage of the opportunity offered
by the Senate resolution asking for any Cuban
information i'll possession of the adlninistra-
ton, TO accompany that information with Il
message defining his position on the question
af recognizing the bcligcrency of the CuhanS.
Naval officials do not regard the proposal to
establish Il government plant at Washington
for the manufacture of irmDr plates for war
ships with favor Commodore liichhorn CHIEF
of the Bureau of Construction and Repairs,
told the Senate Committee ON Naval Affairs
why he opposed the idea. He said that il would
cost 81 OOU, 900, exclusive OF the site, to eStab
lish suitable plant, and that there would not
be enough work to keep the plant ut work all
the time, while it would he impossible to secure
the necessary skilled labor unless the men We're
given permanent places and paid whether
they worked or not.
have been trying to figure out, taking the vote
of the Committee on Privileges and Election rs
IL basis, what the Senate will do with the reso-
luton providing for Il constitutional amend
ment for the election of Senators by the people,
which the committee, by vote of D to 4, order
ed favorably reported to the Senate; The com;
mttee has nine members, five Republicans and
four Democrats. Three of the Republicans
voted tor the resolution and two against
it, while the Democrats divided equal
ly, two for and to against If the
division of Democrats and Republicans i'll
the Senate be i'll the same proportion, the reso-
luton will be adopted, as it will be supported
by all the Populists
Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio, who is re-
garded as in line with the Democratic Presi-
DENTAL lightning, II he doeSnt get struck, is in
Washington on business. He has been observ-
ing the Mckinley boom and thus sizes il up
Its pretty strong boom, very healthy and
vigorous right now, but whether it will pan
out next June is another question. | hardly
think it will. If the convention were held to-
morrow or next week, doubtless Governor Nc
Kinley would be the nominee, but there is a lot
Of time for the other people to develop coun-
teracting blooms. Then there are the Southern
delegates that some people think will bear
watching-they are a factor in the st. Louis
Convention"
Secretary Morton has been doing some figur-
ing in connection with items which have been
placed i'll the gricultural bill against his will
in fact i'll spite of his vigorous protest. He
finds that in addition to the S163,000 appropri-
ated to buy seeds for free distrbution,it will cost
the postoffice department,Sl12.0 900 for carrying
the seed through the mail. That three books
for exclusive Congressional distribution-'rhe
report on the diseases of the horse" The re-
port on the diseases of cattle" and Consular
reports on cattle and dairy farmlng''-will cost
S147, 500, and will cost the POstoflice Depart
ment SAL 900 more to carry them, making Il
total of SlSS, 800. At the conclusion of his
figuring on what he regards as eNtraVaganccs,
because there are no adequate returns for the
money spent, Secretary Morton pertinently
asks: rs it any wonder that the receipts Of
our postal service fail to equal its expendi-
lures "
The Republican Senators have been counting
noses on the question of seating Col. Dupont rs
Senator from Delaware, and they have dScov-
cred that if the report of the Elections Commit
tee in favor of Dupont was voted upon today,
it would be defeated. This is surprise to the
radical Senators. They had counted upon the
vote of every Republican Senator for Dupont
and of at least two Populists. Some of the Re
publican Senators have, upt to this time, refused
to put themselves on record as endorsing hat
they believe to be illegal and unconstitutional.
Unless they can be influenced to change their
minds, Col. Dupont will not write ~. s. s.
after his name, until he can present better ere
dentialS than those he now has.
The same old talk about the Republicans Of
the House revolving against Speaker Reed
programme of curtailed appropriations ut this
session is heard again. While there are doubt
less 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 been nothing
i'll their previous conduct to show that they
possess the nerve to revolt, and shall not be-
lieve 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.
G. A. 5.