The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-07
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Especial to the Citizen.I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 189

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 1896.
The talk among Democrats since the
Senate passed the free coinage substi-
tute for the House bond bill has been
more favorable for some sort of a salts
factory financial compromise in the
National platform than at any time
during the present session of Congress,
hopeful feeling among the members of
the party, and in.declarations of sup
port for the nominee of the Chicago
Convention. Representative and Sen
ator-elect Money. of Miss, who repre-
s. nts a strong silver constituency,
says, that while he believes with the
Democrats of his State that it will be
suicidal for the Chicago Convention to
nominate a single standard candidate
or make single standard platform,
that he has confidence in the assem-
bled wisdom of the convention and be-
lieves it will nominate good ticket
and make good platform, and knows
that Mississippi's electoral votes will
be Democratic as usual. EX-Speaker
Crisp, whose silver views are well
known, said: II expect to support the
nominee of the Chicago Convention,
whoever he is" Representative Bal
ley, of Texas, another silver man, said:
eff | am forced to choose between the
Republican party and its well known
policies; the Populist party with it's
vagaries and paternalism, and the
Democratic party, even with gold
standard platform, shall certainly
support the Democratic candidate. AS
important as / consider the silver
question, 1 recognize that there are
other questions of vast Importance.
No wise man would forsake many
agreements on one disagreement, and
embrace many disagreements on one
agreement" Representative Dinsmore,
of Arkansas, also a friend of silver,
said: II expect to stay in the Demo-
cratic party. l believe the only hope
for bimetallism is in that party. We
cannot afford to split, as disintegration
would w1aken the cause of silver"
Representative Owens, of Kentucky,
said: democrats in Kentucky will
support the ticket nominated by the
Chicago Convention. They are already
disguised with Republicanism and
will return to the faith of their fathers,
regardless of whether the ticket and
platform are precisely as they would
have them or Otherwise These
views are fairly representative of those
held 10y Democrats i'll Congress, and
indicate united support for the Chicago
ticket.
The four Democratic members of the
Senate Committee on Elections-Gray,
Pugh, Turple aud Palmer-voted
against the report made by that COM
mittee in favor of seating MIR. Dupont,
of Delaware, but as the Republicans,
Notwithstanding individual expires
sions to the contrary, will all vote for
him, and as they will almost certainly
be able to persuade" enough Popu-
lists to vote with them to make ma
jority. it is expected that he will be
seated, although it may not be until
after hard fight.
Some of the friends of the other Re-
publican candidates in Congress are
not feeling as kindly towards McKin-
ley as they might. This is owing to
news which has reached them from
their homes, concerning McKinley's
attempts to make deals with the sup
porters of other candidates. These at
tempts are being made through per-
sonal letters, written by Mckinley, au-
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in his name and pledging himself to
carry out any promises made by them.
Among the States in which these Nc
Kinley confidential agents have been
trying to work are Minnesota, Iowa,
New York and several of the New
England States. A hint has been sent
to Mckinley to the effect that if he
doesn't stop this sort of business the
other candidates intend to retallate by
sending men to Ohio to help along the
revolt, now reported to be we'll under
way.
Senator German has decided not to
be a delegate to the National conven-
ton and to give up his place upon the
Democratic National Committees. In
short, to give up for time all partici-
patton in National politics. He says
his sole reason for this is that he may
during the next two years devote his
entire attention to getting Maryland
back into the Democratic party,
where she naturally belongs, and that
after he has succeeded in that task he
may resume active connection with
the national affairs of the party.
Ex-Congressman George r. Davis,
of Illinois, has the natural Republican
love for government money. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Davis was
Director General of the Worlds Fair,
and that he drew salary which more
than one person publicly charged to
have been largely out of proportion to
the value of the services he rendered.
Be that as it may, he drew the salary
There isn't the slightest bit of doubt
about that. Yet a paragraph in the
Urgency Appropriation bill which has
already passed the Republican House,
provided that the United States Gov
eminent shall pay Mr.. Davis SIS, 006.-
10 cash, the $6.10 were doubtless put
on to give the claim an appearance of
exactness, for preparing his Worlds
Fair report. Unless some Senators
who have expressed their opinions
shall change them, Mr.. Davis would
better not figure too confidently on
ever handling that money.
President Cleveland has not yet de-
cided what he will do about those
Congressional American resolutions,
but Lord Salisbury has already shown
how useless it will be to send them, by
publicly stating that there will be no