The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07

In the Throws OF the Push at Wash
ingtoB.


since the adjournment Of the specl-
al session of Congress. Already
signs of the advent of another ses"
sion--the first regular or long ses-
sion OF the 55th Congrcss-are
everywhere apparent here, and
there Is life and hustle where erst-
while allswas dormant. Probably
Washington will never be so large
that the coming and going Of Con-
gress will not be felt throughout
its length and breath and In every
department Of its life. Aside from
the hustle Of preparation in the
Capital building itself the hotels
and boarding houses are most af-
fected by the incoming of Congress
and its train. Washington il city
OF boarding houses of various sorts
and degrees, but they do not four
ish as well as in former years. The
Congressman loves comfort and
the conveniences Of life, and these
he finds in greater perfection at q
good hotel; besides at the hotel he
Is In reader touch with the cur
rent OF events and the rise and fall
of the political tide. Twenty years
ago, when the writer first came to
Washington as a newspaper cor
respondent, the rotunda's of Will
lard's and the National Hotel were
the great political rendezvous
where all the buttonholing aud
logrolling was done, and where ii
was necessary to go at night to
find anybody OF consequence or oh
tain Information OF probable moves
on the chosSboar1 of politics. 1t
has been so ever since, except that
the Riggs House, little furth.
er up town, has been added to the
centers of attraction, and is easily
taking the lead in patronage and
Importance. These three houses
usually shelter more public men,
members Of Congress, etc. than all
other hotels at the Capital combin.
ed.
The session Of Congress now
about opening will be one of un-
usual Importance, as it will be
brought face to face with questions
of the gravest consequence per-
tanning to both foreign and Gomes-
tic politics. First of all the Cuban
question is certain to come up for
some action at regular stage of
the session, and it is not believed
that any consideration or conser.
walton can prevent some sort OF re-
cOgnition for the struggling insur-
gents. AT the extra session large
majority of both houses favored
such action, and it WAS only re-
strained in the Houses because
that body was not fully organized,
| being without laws or rules and
wholly under the control of the
Speaker. The fact that the admin
istration has favored delay, and is
still exerting itself in favor of that
policy, does not signify that Presi-
dent Mckinley is opposed to Cuba
or more friendly to Spain than be-
comes the head of the Government
towards another nation with whom
we have no quarrel. l predict,
however, that beliigerency will bp
recognized before the session of
Congress is many weeks old, and
that there will be no war. The out
come OF the Hawaiian annexation
question Is far more doubtful. Al
the extra session many Influential!
Senators OF both parties were op
posed to the treaty, and it Is under
stood that they have gainud rather
than lost strength since all ,urn-
/ ment, though Senator Morgan h ~
just returned from Il tour of inveS-
tigation prepared to strongly adj
v0cate annexation. The vote of thu
Senate will he close, unless some
unexpected veiGpment intern a
cs, and there is quite as much
danger Of troublesome complica,
ITEMS growing out of that affair az
from our course towards Cuba.
or the other leading subjects
which will occupy the atteniion.of
Congress perhaps the Nicaragua
canal, the British boundary in
AIaska and the Behring seal fish.
cries, the Pacific railway deIin-
quencies, the bankruptcy bill and
the money question are among the
most important. That the latter
subject IL destined To come In for a
large share Of attention at this ses.
son IL a foregone conclusion. II
will not down. Those " no iInagine
bimetalliSm Is dead or that the ad.
vocaies OF double standard are
discouraged hy the events uf the