The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
lFROM THE CAPITAL
n Correspondent Talks in a Sage
Manner of Things in General
Ab1ut Washington.
Communicated

4 WASHINGTON, June %, 1897.
|.sjnator LcLaurin is one of the few
emocrats who is willing to make
|pfediction as to the date of the passage
Of the tariff bill by the Senate, which
nextgy everybody expects to occur
dufiug the latter part of the present or
the first of next week. Speaking on
.tlI6 subject, Mr.. McLaurin says: II
mink vote will be reached on Fri
& That is hangman's day, and, as
f|s bill will bring ruin and misery it
n lid he appropriate to put it through
hangman's day" Some of the Re-
~ 7lican Senators expect the bill to be
teed as early as Wednesday or
|lrsday of this week, but that is
d very probable. Republicans III the
Ionse are very confident that in all
111bortant schedules, the bill as it
1AArges from the Conference Commit
will closely resemble the original
NIngley bill.
lvrSecretary Sherman does not know
what Mr. McKinley's Cuban policy is
.t4De. He so Informed close personal
'epd. 1t has leaked out since Gen.
Ill Woodford, the new minister to
lin, has been in Washington, that
IL not in any particular hurry about
tins 10 Madrid, and that he has no
"a that he will actually open negotia-
nhs with Spain in the Ruiz case,
rich is to be made the stepping stone
lhe introduction Of the Mckinley
Icy towards Cuba before fall. He
llprobably start late in July, bit it
R0t certain that he will go either by
ne most direct or the most speedy
rte.
Ezar Reed has made out his list of
-ommittee assignments and unless
&Qne of his kindergarten, otherwise
2own as the United States House of
representatives, do something to of
6nd him between now and then, he
ID announce them after the House
#ne adopted resolution setting the
Ne for the adjournment of the session.
DE new Commissioner of Patents,
Hon. Benjamin ButterwOrth. is
'l.ying the new broom or pitchfOrk
n'feh has been long needed. Within
- weeks he has disbarred eight pat
NJ attorneys for fraudulent practices.
III. Mckinley and Boss Hanna
re concluded to abandon the idea
frying to get Congress to authorize
epp0lntment of Currency Com
lssfoh at this session.
early everybody except the appli-
nt takes the refusal of the Commit
OF Privileges and Elections to vote
the report prepared bv Senator
PAL, favoring the seating of ex-Sena-
PIX Corbett, of Oregon, on the certifi-
'.Le Of The GoyornOr of that State. to |
nean that Mr.. COrbett will never get |
Il coveted seat. He might have
owen the seat had not ex-senator |
Natcnell and his friends been using
NEiE influence against him on the !
|ElSt, although it is by no means Ger
a'f that majority would have voted
pat him anyway.
$nator "Billy" Mason will be un.
Petcifully guyed by his associates
'4n he returns to Washington. for
'Hflng made big bluff by telegraph
'4 fhe request to have the nOmina
IONS Tor the Southern District of ILL.,
|1is held up by the Senate Committee
Which they were referred, one day.
N4Ifollowing it up the next day bv
giiAdrawing his objection to their con.
4Aation. He will be cOmplimented
z nis skill as lightning change ar
S2me of the applicants for consular
Rppintments are beginning to regard
oPmselves as being up against bunco
4me that is being run by Mr.. McKin.
'Y, and they are kicking as much as
neg dare to as long as they allow
Atnselves to cherish hopes of getting
Experiment berth. These men say
'Nf every time they go to the White
Hrnse to try to push along their appli-
Won, they are told that Mr.. McKin-
is not ready to take up the appoint
pt OF consuls, and yet they see the
LIMITATIONS of cOnsuls sent to the Sem
almost every day, aud some of
pa have been young fellows whose
ny clalm for recognition were the
tketbooks of their fathers, or the So
III pull OF their mothers. 1t is not
Rnge that this state of affairs should
Use kicking.
Ienator Pettigrew is apparently
! pc the worse for his disagreeabie
I berience in the Senate on Saturday.
4 physician says THAI his trouble
x merely temporary paralysis of
Z vocal cords. His sudden cessation
y the midst of the sentence which
p ped part of a vehement speech
|ss ted q sensation on the floor.
. 1ht - 80 j 80. a. KISS