The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-15
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Corresponds t Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
communicated
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL, 1896.

The last plays in the little game ar
ranged by Mckinley and Hanna to
freeze John SHERMAN out of the Sen
ate and out of Ohio politics by COM
pelling him TO become a member of
McKinley's Cabinet will be made this
week at Canton, whittier Sherman has
been summoned. 1t is believed in
Washington that Mckinley and Han
ma hold all the trumps and that Sher-
man will bow to the inevitable and 90
into the Cabinet, although he makes
no secret OF preferring TO remain in the
Senate, because he would rather do
that than to retire to private life at the
end of his term in the Senate. Should
he enter the cabinet, Hanna will sue
coed him in the Senate, BY guberna-
torIal appointment, aud be candidate
for full term at the expiration of this
one. If the Republicans retain control
of the Ohio LEGISLATURE. The attempts
to put the Mckinley collar upon other
Senators have been dismal failures.
Allison and AldrIch have both refused
the Treasury portfolio, which had first
been refused by Representative dug
ley. 1t is difficult TO get men of self
respect who are willing TO bliudly
pledge themselves. to support McKin-
ley for Reelection in return for cab
met portfolio
1t seems that a backyard speech has
to be made at every session of Congress.
Representative Johnson, Of California,
who was working with the Hunting
ton lobby for the Pacific Railroad Fund
inU hill u hif.h xuao Aicn,Sau e h., ~,
House to-day after four days discussion,
is entitled to The belt for having made
one of the dirtiest and most Indecent
attacks ever made on the floor of the
House-the speech was so dirty that
no newspaper would print il all. The
niau attacked was VIM. r. Hearst,
who has fought the bill in his New
York and San Francisco newspapers;
and who, Johnson thinks, was instru-
mental in getting him defeated when
he was candidate for reelection last
November
a Senator who is close friend of
Justice Field of the Supreme Court,
said OF the revival of the runner that
Justice Field, who has long been elig-
ible for retirement, would retire on the
promise of President Cleveland to NOM
mate Secretary Carlisle 10 the vacancy:
There isn't word Of truth in the
story. Justice Field has said that he
would not give Mr.. Cleveland an Cd.
portunily to name his successor, aud
the old gentleman has long and un-
broken record for living up to his word.
But even if he should re ire or there
should be another vacancy in the
Court, ii would not he filled by Secre-
lary Carlisle; he might he Nominated
by the President, but there would be
no possibility of the nomination being
conf med Ivy the Senale.n
Senator Jones, OF Arkansas, has gone
home to be present at tue election of
his successor by the Arkansas Legisla-
tuIe. AS he has no opposition, there
isn't the slightest doubt of his being
his own successor, and the Democrats
of Arkansas Will make no mistake in
sending Senator Jones back, as no man
in the Senate has more rapidly come
to the front in power and influence
than he has since he became proni-
nent in the Wilson tariff bill fight in
the Senate. The work he did in the
last campaign as Chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee is known.
Whether the speech of Senator Mills
to day. on his resolution declaring that
the expediency of recognizing the in
dependence of foreign state belongs
to Congress, and that the President
shall act in harmony with Congress;
AID further declaring that the Jude.
pendence of Cuba ought to tie and is
hereby recognized, aud appropriating
$4,000 for the salary and expenses Of
a Minister to Cuba, will open the flood
gales of Cuban Oratory remains 10 be
seen. 1t was plain aud 10 the point.
Mr.. Mills thinks the matter should not
be longer postponed, and short time
ago a majority of the Senate Thought
with him, but influences haIFe been Ut
work. which, ii they Nave flal ehnnned
opinions, have .at least bF6unht H.,'.Iik
an apparent WiIIinNness to leave the
whole business for ihe nk8 ,|'n&|4ss
and administration "a dea| 81 II Hep-
resentative Monev 0f 0Iizs has re-
turned from his trIxfS| ting trip to
Cuba, but says IL IBn't ready yet to
talk for publicationtof what he found
out. I-E 90
The House passed the Loud DILL and
it is now in the hands of the Senate
Committee. with chances of action in
doubt.
There is a disposition on the part of
Denocrats IN the House to crilicise the
tafdiness of Speaker Reed in filing the
two Democratic vacancies ON the Ways |
and Means Committee. They should |
unquestionably have been filled before
the tariff hearings, but although the /
hearings are now over, they are still |
fulfilled. 1t looks like bit of pure
cussedness on Reeds part. The places
are merely honorary now. as the DEM
ocralic members will not be allowed to
have any hand in making the tariff
bill.