The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-05-28
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, May 2I.-The House of Repre-
sentatives presents an object lesson to the
world showing how easily Il supposedly free
branch of Il supposed popular government can
be muZzled Three-fourths of the members of
the House would like to vote for the Morgan
resolution, adopted by the Senate last week,
for the recognition of the belligerency of the
Cubans, but they are not allowed to do 81. Mr..
Mckinley says the adoption of that resolution
by the House would interfere with the myster-
ious Cuban policy that he is engaged in hatch
ing out, by compelling him 10 show his hand,
as it is joint resolution which would have to
be either signed or vetoed, and not II concur
rent resolution, like the one adopted by the las
Congress and pigeon-hOled by Mr.. Cleveland
the sugar trust says the resolution must not be
adopted, and Car Reed says it shall not be,
and there you are. The Democrats kick to the
full extent of their power, but the Republican
members OF the House swallow their convic-
tons and vote against the will OF their constit-
Lents because they are afraid to offend Mr.
Mckinley and Mr.. Reed, lest they should fail
to land an office or two or to get the committee
assignments they want, and the farce of call
iagrAe Aieusela lesislatiFe body goes on, like
TIE tafghhrias in Cuba! ma 19bao ~ s.
91NETD-WlltlDc E10 l0G2oH D104EJIt1hE1lkS Ut llaH
poor, nor any additfonafs tax up6n beer, The
peer mssf,ss beuerara. or i1afaccasf q he Demo
Gratis can prevent it, as 9 caucus of democratic
Senators unanimously dbeiaei To tif6tettiat the
entire internal revenue section of the amended
tariff bill. now being debated in the Senate, be
struck out Whether that motion is carried
will depend upon the vote of the POpulist Sem
ators 1t was also decided at the caucus that
the Democratic Senators would only antago-
nize the tariff bill to the extent of exposing its
enormous and unnecessary increase in taxa
ton, a would interpose no objection to TAX
ing a final vote in reasonable time. The Re-
publican Senators are having regular monkey
and parrot time among themselves over some
of the amendments TO the bill. The EXPLAIN
ton of Senator Aldrich was not ut all satisfnc-
tory, and there was lots of the painest sort of
talk at the Republican caucus held today, and
although they are making Il strong effort to
settle their differences in way of the floor
of the Senate, there is little prospect of their
succeeding, and an open fight among them is
expected to he an early and interesting feature
of the tariff debate They are going to pass
the bill, of course, but not until it has been
much changed. The agents of the sugar trust
realize that the present sugar schedule has no
show at all, and are scheming for another that
will bamboozle the public long enough for it
to become law.
There have been numerous things showing
the hold of the negro pol ticans of the South
upon Boss Hanna, as a natural result of
Hannas method of securing Mckinley dele
gates in the South, prior TO the st. Louis Con-
ventiOn. The latest example was the with
drawal from the Senate of the nomination OF
S. S. Matthews, to be Register of the Land or
fee AZ Jackson. Mississippi. Matthews is Il
white Republican, " ho was strongly backed by
such men as Senator Foraker, Pension Com
missioner Evans and Gen, Powell Clayton, but
the negro member of the Republican National
Committee from Mississippi, Jim Hill, didn't
like the nomination, SO he went to Boss Hanna
and told him it must be withdrawn, and Mr.
Hanna lost no time i'll getting Mr.. Mckinley to
withdraw it from the Senate.
From all directions come authentic news of Il
change in sentiment since last November.
For instance, Mr.. S. W. Peters, of w. Va, sal J.:
West Virginia cast its electoral vote last year
for Mckinley, but if the election We're to be
| held over again right now the verdict would
| be reversed / am satisfied that free silver
would win if the fight were to be made over
| again. OF all my Democratic friends who yot-
| ed the Republican ticket last year or for Pal
| mer and Buckuer, doubt il there is one who
would fail to cast his ballot for Bryan, if the
| opportunity were again presented. The next
Legislature will be strongly Democratic, and Il
Democrat will be chosen to succeed Senator
| Faulkner"
The interest in the successor to Senator Earle,
| of South Carolina, who died last week, is by no
| means confined to South Carolina Democrats.
AS the Legislature will not meet until next
! January, the Governor will appoint Senator
| to serve until an election is held. South Caro-
| linians in Washington think that representa-
| tive McLaurn's chances for becoming Senator
| are excellent.