The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

the kaleidoscope of colors few jarrings
and inharmonious tones.
1t has been settled in the councils
who sit at the birthplace of fashions
that there shall be this spring:
Hats like butterfly bows, the bows
formed of stiff narrow ribbons.
Hats of the poke. coal scuttle or Sal
mined to prevent by compelling a% Vtofftt
before adjournment. 1t is probable
that the Democrats will object to the
adoption of the Allen resolution to in
vestigate the Alabama State election.
The Mckinley Republicans are get
ting badly frightened at the determin-
ed fight the A. p. A. is making against
his nomination, but there are plenty
of people who believe it to be about
the most fortunate thing that ever hap
pened for Mckinley and that il has
made his nomination much more likely
than it was before. L don't know
what power the A. p. A. will have in
the ST. Louis Convention, but there is
no doubt of its having controlled at
will the Republican majority of the
present House.
Cubans in this country cannot be too
careful ABOUT the correctness of the in
formation they give out concerning
affairs in Cuba. Every time anything
they give out as true turns out 10 be
false the cause Of Cuba is materially
weakened in Congress. Last week
Representative Sulzer, of New York,
received from Cubans in his district
the positive information that Walter
Dygert, young American arrested
upon the charge of rendering aid to
the revOlutionists, had been secretly
executed by the Spanish authorities.
Mr.. Sulzer aroused considerable indig-
nation among his colleagues by telling
the story as it was told to him. Secre-
tary Olney said he thought Mr.. Sui
Zer's infOrmants were wrong, because
he had the official promise of the Span
ish authorities that young Dygert
should be released and allowed to re-
turn to the United States. Mr.. Sulzer
insisted that bis informants were thor
oughly trustworthy, but before the We, k
closed he was convinced to the con-
trary by the official notification of Dy-
gert's release. This sort of thing is
calculated to cause everything which
comes from Cubans in this country to
be doubted.
There is something significant in
the statement of Chairman Powers of
the House Pacific Railroads Committee,
that Speaker Reed had promised him
that the bill, which has already been
christened the "Huntington-Powers
House whenever he (Powers) was
ready. The significance arises from
the fact that up to the day that
&. p. Huntington returned to Wash
ingtOn, it had been understood that
this bill would not be considered at
this session, because 1T was not thought
it could be passed by the Senate. Per-
haps Mr.. Huntington has changed his
mind about the Senate, or it may be
that he wishes to show how easily he
can, with the aid of Speaker Reed, get
the bill through the House.
According to Senator Tillman, who
has just returned from his western
trip, every State west of the Mississippi
River, with the possible exception of
Minnesota and Iowa, will send silver
delegations to the Chicago Convention.
Senator Tillman says he is absolutely
certain that a majority of the Chicago
Convention will he for silver. He ex-
poets to make another speaking tour in
the near future, taking In parts of the
States of Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi. Texas and Arkansas.
Senator Brice is equally confident
that majority of the Chicago Conven-
ton will not be silver men and that
the convention will adopt platform
upon which all Democrats can stand.
The first general appropriation bill
that ever became law without the
Presidents signature was the Agri-
cultural Appropriation bill passed by
the present Congress. The bill became
law at IL o'clock Saturday night.
President Cleveland did not sign the
bill because he thought it contained
unjust reflections upon Secretary La
mont.