The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-28
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspond ent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Especial to the Citizen.I

WASHINGTON, Feb. "A, 1896.
President Cleveland dropped hint
to a gentleman who was talking with
, him day or two ago that will not be
enjoyable news to the Republican Pres
idential candidate who presides over
the House, and who has been lately
concentrating himself on the appar-
ent success of the dO-nothiDg program
he arranged for Congress many months
ago. President Cleveland made it
plain to his caller that he thought the
! country was to-day as badly in need OF
! financial legislation as when he sent
that special message to Congress ask
| ing that no Christmas recess be taken;
also, that if Congress adjourned with
out some legislation for the relief OF the
Treasury, be would not hesitate to call
| an extra session at once for the purpose
of providing that relief. OF course,
Mr.. Cleveland knows that he cannot
make Congress pass remedial legisla-
ton by calling an extra session, but he
can focus public attention upon the re-
fusal or inability of the Republican
| Congress to adopt legislation that
would relieve the Treasury, and intel
ligent people will not be slow in plac-
ing the responsibility or locating the
reason. The Republicans are afraid
that if they should help to put the
Treasury in good shape it might lessen
their chances for carrying the Presi-
dental election by making the coun-
try too prosperous. They don't wish
the country to get too prosperous be-
fore the election.
The Republican Senators are still
| frIi in. III
week Senator Carter, of Montana, will
call up the same motion that Senator
Quay once made and then withdrew,
to send the bill back to the Finance
Committee, and will make speech in
favor of it. The Democratic Senators
will probably vote solidly for Carter's
motion, or for any other that. promises
to aid in killing the tariff bill.
Speaker Reed is even greater than
the rules he has made for the govern
ment of the House. BY those rules
ex-members are entitled to the privi-
leges of the floor, but they are not al
lowed to exercise that privilege until
they have procured pass signed by
Mr.. Reed, as all the dOorkeepers of the
House have positive orders not to adj
nit eX-memDers who cannot show
Gar Reeds pass This regulation ex-
plains why so few eX-members have
been seen on the floor of the House the
present session. They don't care to
apply for Reeds pass.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has
succeeded on putting g. p. Hunting
ton, the Pacific Railroad magnate, on
the defensive. After failing to get any
important direct Information out Of
Huntington, in the examination before
the Senate Pacific Railroad Committee,
Senator Morgan produced copy of the
report made 10y the United States Com
mission, more popularity known as
"The Patterson Commission" owing
to EX-GOv. Patterson, of PennsXlva-
MIA, having been at the head of it, con-
corning the roads in question, and pro-
ceeded to call HuntingtOn's attention
to statements of fact therein. Hun
tingtOn tried to poopoo the whole thing,
including the testimony of one of his
| former partners. the late Stanford, of
California;, as amounting to nothing.
But that didn't go. Senator Nor
gan called him down at once, and
giving him a copy of the Patter-
son report, told him that the commit
tee was disposed to be entirely fair to-
wards him and would give him a week
to present evidence disproving the
Statements in that report. and that in
the absence of conclusive evidence to
the contrary, the country and Congress
| would accept the report as containing
the truth in full, and that he had no
doubt Congress would legsiate accord
ingly. This brought Huntington to
bay, aud he promised to prepare his
answer to the report.
The Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee was organized for
business tonight, and will soon begin
the work of the campaign.
Considerable interest has been arOus-
ed among the friends of the other can
didates by the report that deal had
been made by which the friends of Mr..
Harrison, Gov. Morton and Senator
Allison, are to try to make the ticket
Allison and Morton.
Three of the Republican representa-
tives form Pennsylvania refused to
put their names TO the endorsement of
Quay's dickering candidacy, and they
do not hesitate to say that Quay can
not control the entire Pennsylvania
delegation either for himself or for
anybody else.
Not few Democrats express the be-
lief that Secretary Carlsle's Judgment
was at fault when he wrote that letter
to the Democrats of the Kentucky Leg
islature who are trying to elect Black
burn Senator, and that he will see it in
that light himself before many months
have rolled around.
Congress is getting warmed up on
the Cuban question and will verv
shortly take action which Ia generally
believed will result in fhe recognition
of Cuban beligerency.