The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-01-08
Washington Letter.



WASHINGTON, January A great political
sensation may follow the delivery OF several
speeches bearing upon the methods employed
i'll the election of Mckinley, in the Senate be-
fore the close of this session of Congress. Sew
eral Senators, including Jones, of Arkansas,
and Teller, of Colorado, have had agents ut
work ever since he result OF the election was
announced, investigating and gathering facts
to be used in the speeches they intend TO make.
No gold Democrat nominated by President
Cleveland to hold an office from which Il silVc
man was removed will be confirmed, unless the
silver Senators change their minds. This agree
ment was reached by them after mature DELHI
Grafton. If the offices are to be held by gold
men. they prefer that they shall he gold Re-
publicans selected by Mckinley. Although it
has not been fully decided, there are reasons
for the belief that Secretary Francis and some
Of the other men who were nominated to ill
vacancies not created by the removal of silver
men will be confirmed by the Senate, but ifr
failure to confirm his nomination would not
cause litigation by throwing Il cloud upon the
legality of his official acts as Secretary of the
Interior, it would he by no means certain that
the nomination of Secretary Francis would be
confirmed.
the scarcity of Senators and Representatives at
the Presidents reception is stopped. There
were less than dozen Senators present, and
only one of them was Democrat, and out of
about two dozen Representatives not more
than half of them were Democrats.
If the original Mckinley Republicans can
have their way, McKinleys administration
will start out just about as tremendously as
did that of the last Ohio President, poor Gar
field The latest edict of these hog politicians
is that the friends of ex-President Harrison
need not apply for office under Mckinley.
With the friends of Tom Reed, Matt Quay Tom
Patt and Ben Harrison blacEl-listed so far us
official favors are concerned, the new admins
tration would find itself confronted with as
vicious lot of enemies within its own party as
could be gathered together. 1t is possible,
however, that Mckinley is wiser than some of
his would be advisers. and that he will not put
himself up as large for all the stones thrown
by this quartette and their friends, least there
be IL little David among them.
Senator Jones. Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, has written the following
letter to a discouraged correspondent. which
speaks for itself: Il don't agree with the
gloomy view you take of our efforts. When
did four years ago, when he was said to have
carried the country by a landslide, we certain
ly have accomplished good deal especially
when we remember that the feeling of the
party was when the Chicago Convention met.
Another thing is matter of decided satisfac-
ton to me, and that is that we polled at least
two-thirds of all the intelligent votes in this
country. The large Republican vote embrace
4 Of tore
foreigners, who have no conception of the
genius of our government, no appreciation of
the obligations of citizenship, and no idea of
economic questions. In this country l believe
that intelligence is bound to win. and consider
ing the fact that the overwhelming majority
of intelligent men were on our side in this con-
troversy, | see nothing to dshearten the friends
| of Democracy"
Senator Wolcott, who has gone to Europe to
| confer with the leading advocates of interna-
| tional blmetallism, stated before his departure
| that he was not encouraged by anything he
| knew to believe that his trip would be produc-
| tive of results, but that h" was going to make
| it because he had been requ; S:Cd by the IImc-
| tallic League to do so, for the purpose of as
certaining i'll an authoritative way what pros
poets there are, if amy, fer international biIuc-
| Uullism Silver men in Congress while, of
course, hopiHg that Senator Wolcott may bring
back encouraging reports, do not believe that
he will. There is more or less Uneasiness among
Republicans about his trip. They fear that if
| he come back and reports that there is no pres
| pect of obtaining any agreement for interna-
tioual bmetalIisrn, that he and the other silver
Senators who supported Mckinley may follow
Teller and the other silver Republican Senators
who supported Bryan cut of the party, and
that would make the Senate anti Republican
| for IL long period of years.
Senator Vest. vino spent his holiday i'll Wash
| ington. has gone home TO remain until the Mis-
souri, legislature elects his successor. He is
confident that he will be his own successor, and
| unless all the information rcceiv ed in Washing
ton has been wrong, his confidence has Il sohd
foundation.