The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-14
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspond nt Talks in a Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Especial to the Citizen.l
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10, 1896.


The anti-silver Republican Senators
are about the most Disguised lot Of
men in Washington. They had plan
ned to whip their silver colleagues into
line for the support of the House tariff
bill, and for that reason they allowed
the free coinage substitute for the
House bond bill to go through the Sen
ate without attempting to delay it.
They knew that the House would kill
it, as they will actually do this week,
and thought that they then would be
able to rush the tariff bill through the
Senate without amendment. They
first learned their mistake when the
Finance Committee reported that same
free coinage bill, word for word, as a
substitute for the House tariff bill.
They now want that substitute sent
back to the Finance Committee, but
that will do them no good, unless they
can get Senator Jones, of Nevada, the
member of the committee who holds
the balance of power, to change his
vote, and that isn't considered proba-
BILE. 1t now looks very much as
though President Cleveland would be
saved the trouble of writing a veto of
that tariff bill
One of the best speeches., from
strictly Democratic point of view.
made during the debate on the free
coinage substitute for the House bond
bill, which closed to-day, was by Rep
! resentative Bartlett, of Ga, and it was
not long speech, either. Mr.. Bart
lett is silver man, but he made it dis
tinctly understood that he was above
all things Democrat in his own
words, II want to say that whether in
the minority or majority, wherever
the Democratic flag floats, there will
be my standard" He was still more
emphatic when Mr.. Skinner, of North
Carolina, asked him if he would sup
port gold candidate on gold plat
form, if the Chicago Convention
| should put forth SUCH II WILL" re-
piled Mr.. Bartlett, ''vote for any man
whom the majority of the Democrats
nominate i'm convention"
Senator Frye was UNANIMOUSLY elect
ed President pro tenn of the Senate,
and the Republican caucus has nomi-
mated the other officers, but inasmuch
as there is doubt of their ability to
elect theIf, they have not decided to
make the attempt.
Although the Republicans have not
yet secured majority in the Senate,
they have already begun to fill the
incubator with extravaganza schemes,
to be Matched out with the aid of flu
ture legislation. One of these schemes
was proposed to the Republican Sena-
torial caucus by that eminent grab
bag statesman, George Fill-me-up
Hoar, of Mass, whose cherub-like
cOuntenance never beams SO daZZingly
as when he sees new opportunity to
run his hand into the National Treas
ury. His new scheme provides that
the United States Government, which
| already pays Senators salary of So, 600
year, mileage to their homes, "A clean
pick up to those who ride on
passes, and most of them do
allows them a liberal amount for sta
| tiOnery, etc., and hires clerk for each
of them, shall furnish every Senator
with valet-no, beg pardon, messen-
ger is what Senator HOar said, but
after all valet is probably swhat he
meant. A proposition more needlessly
extravaganza was never proposed to
either branch of Congress, but the Re
publican caucus took it seriously
enough to appoint Senators Allison,
Elkins and Chandler a committee to
consider it and report at the next
caucus.
President Cleveland did not make-
any Recommendation when he sent
/ the repertS;tie Nicaragua Canal
Comnfsnj Congress, but the unfa-
vorable nature Of that report, concern
ing the building of the canal atnder ex-
listing plans. AeaR kes3 b Gers.
tain that nQsis be guar.
! antee of bU8< q g "a Dlae pres
ent Canal Company casa H4Asa law.
The -prizefghtinG III. putting a
heavy penalty upon those who engage.
in fistic contests for money in auy of.
the territories or in the District OF Col
umbia, gave the country an excellent
idea of how easily aud xhOW.q h40lSIy'
Congress can act When ~ NiSFJQAed.
This bill went through u and
Senate without dissenting SAFE and
was promptly signed by the President,
| all within fOrty-eight hours. SO
The results of the bidding for thosR
bonds are in the main satisfactory 10
the administration, but there are good
reasons for the belief that President
| Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle very
reluctantly awarded any portion of the
bonds to the Morgan syndicate; but,
inasmuch as the subscriptions in ex-
cess of the bid of that syndicate only
took about two-thirds of the issue,
there WAS nothing else that could be
f fairly done but to award the others to
that syndicate. Although more than
| three-fOurth of the bonds have been
awarded to New York bidders, that
! does not mean that so large percen-
tage of the bonds as that will go there.
Bidders from all sections of the coun-
try forwarded their bids through their
financial correspondents in New York.
Wherever they go and whatever be-
comes of them it is hoped that these
will be the last bonds ever issued by
the United States in time of peace.
President Cleveland spent Saturday
down the Potomac, shooting ducks, so
another wave of abuse of him may be
expected from the usual sources.
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