The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-13
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Especial to the Citizen.I


The war now raging in the Republi-,
can ranks in Congress, over the Presi-
Dental nomination of the party, is
much more real than any war that is
likely to come because of the Cuban
concurrent resolution adopted by Con-
gress. So bitter has this war now be-
come that the prediction is openly
made that it will take the St. Louis
Convention week to settle the con-
tested seats from the South alone. Ac-
cording to the program as outlined by
the McKinleyites and anti's, there will
be contesting delegates from every
Southern State. 1t will be remember
ed that it was upon a plan somewhat
similar that the Harrison men got
their man nominated at Minneapolis.
Under this sort of scheme it is the
Committee on Credentials, not the
convention, that dominates. The plan
which nominated Mr.. Harrison was so
bad that it made his defeat certain and
resulted in proposition from the more
respectable element among the Repub-
licans to reduce the representation of
the Southern States in their National
Conventions. But the present plan is
lots worse, and if carried out in its en-
tirety will disgust the friends of all the
candidates who get turned down to an
extent that will be worth thousands of
votes to the Democratic party.
McKinley's Republican enemies are
growing more active every day, and if
he should get nominated, they will
have to expend the greater part of the
campaign in explaining stories they are
circulating against him. One of the
latest of these stories charges McKin-
ley with soliciting manufacturers to
contribute money to help to nominate
him, in exchange for his promise that
the Mckinley tariff law shall be re-en-
acted. Whether this story be true or
not, the man who expects to see the
Mckinley law enacted again must be
entirely blind to public opinion.
After going home and spending sew
eral weeks familiarizing himself with
the sentiment of the Illinois Repnbi-
cans, Senator COllum returned to
Washington without raising his Presi-
dental banner, because he don't want
to be one of the favOrits sons who
could not even get the solid support of
his own State. That didn't chime in
with the plans of the Reed-Quay-Plat
combine, so Senator Collum was order
ed to run up his Presidential flag and
to follow Senator Henderson, of Ne
braska, in declaring that he was not a
candidate for the nomination in the
Interest of any other aspiraut, etc
the tune is getting quite familiar now
but familiarity has not caused any
/ hnd xYf nd -.
Senator Collum obeyed orders and took
his place in the ranks of the dummy
candidates being set up in the Interest
! of Reed
Senator Morgan is perfectly wiling
to concede that G.. p. Huntington is a
hard man to get information from.
About the only result of the long cross
examination which Senator Mo gan,
on behalf of the Senate Committee on
Pacific Railroads, subjected Hunting
ton to is that Huntington will tell
nothing that he does not consider il to
be to his interest To tell. The Hunt
ington lobby do not expect to secure
! the legislation that Huntington wants,
but they hope to prevent legislation
that will GUST him from the MANAGE
ment of the roads.
Beginning to-day, President Cleve-
y
midday receptions In the East Room
of the White House. These receptions,
which have always been popular with
visiting tourists, have been suspended
for quite a while. But it is now off
cially announced that all who care to
present themselves at the proper hour
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Satur-
days, will be given an opportunity to
shake hands with the President and
say "Howdy."
Senator Sherman has a scheme by
which he hopes to resurrect the dead
House tariff bill before the session
closes, but his hopes are not shared to
any considerable extent by any of his
sort of way to jolly the silver Republi-
cans; aud the very idea of it is enough
to make horse laugh.
Probably because he didn't get his
share of the spOils, Senator Chandler,
of N. H., has offered a resolution set
ting forth the extravaganza of the pay
roll of the Senate and of Congress and
providing for an investigation looking
towards a reduction, all of which re-
minds one of the devil turning monk.
The Cabinet resignation runlor had
grown quite rusty from long idleness,
but it has been dragged out, oiled up,
labeled with Secretary Olney's name,
and started off.
The most important legislation of the
House during the past week was an
amendment to an appropriation bill,
| abOliShing fees to United States Mar
shals and other court officials and a
bill providing that pensioners shall be
paid by checks mailed to their ad-
dresses, instead of by the present
| method.