Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14

which he today made an unusually
strong and able speech. Senator Mills
isn't addicted to the habit Of joking
upon serious subjects, aud it is certain
that when he wrote that Cuban resolu.
ton he had no intention to make any
body laugh. All tho same he has done
so, and the laughter continues, in spite
of bis serious speech. and may prove
more powerful factor than argument in
causing the whole Cuban question to
be shelved for q time. The Mills reso-
luton recognizes the independence OF
Cuba, and declares that the President
should act in harmony with Congress,
but the humor lies in it's tail, which
provides that Minister to Cuba shall
be appointed and appropriates $4,000
to pay his salary and expenses. Sc far
as known, the only capital the Cuban
iunta has established is in the saddle
and the most persistant Office seeker
would hardly care to minister at such
capital.
Everybody is talking about the per-
sonal attack made on Mr.. W. R. Hearst,
the owner of daily papers In New York
and in San Francisco, by representative
johnson, of California, in his speech in
favor of the Pacific Railroad Funding
Bill. Much of Mr.. Johnson's language
was so indecent that the newspapers
declined to print it. Why Speaker
Reed allowed such a speech to be made
on the floor of the House is one of the
conundrums of the hour.
The Loud bill, closing the second
class mail to books. and to sample cop
les of newspapers. got through the house
by majority Of 80, but its opponents
are confidently asserting that 1t is as
dead as a last years nomination, be-
cause it has no possible chance to reach
a vote in the Senate. Whether this claim
is true is yet to be seen, and will de-
pend upon whether the bill is strongly
opposed in the Senate. 1t is perfectly
we'll understood by all the senators that
it will be useless to attempt to get a
vote upon any bill that can muster a
score of Senators who are earnestly op.
posed to it. That is whv 80 many peo
ple do not believe that the Pacific Rail.
road Funding bill, which was voted on
by the House today, will eyer reach a
vote in the Senate.
Somehow the idea has got out that
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, of Ga, late
Populist candidate for Vice President,
would appear before the House Elec :
tons committee in his own behalf when
the contested election case of Watson
vs. Black was called, but Mr.. Watson
was not present. His interests were
looked after by four lawyers, and rep
resentative Black, who was present, had
the same number to help him retain his
seat.
The free Homestead bill has the ri ght
of way in the Senate this week, so far
as the republican Steering committee
could grant it. 1t is thought that a
majority of Senator'S tayor this bill, but
its opponents are making a sturdy fight
to prevent its getting to vote.
While nothing lie perfect, excepting,
OF course, lovers in each others eyes,
the system of handling money in the
United States Treasury is SO nearly so
that it is very rare for any to be lost
Still there are sometimes attempts made
to beat the system. The secret service
is now working upon one of them, Re.
Gently five sheets, each containing four
$40 bills mysteriously disappeared, and
up to this time no clue has been found
to show the way they went. The last
furry Of this sort was fifteen years ago,
and the discrepancy was caused, not by
theft but by an error in the counting
machine. This.time the machines made
no mistake, and unless the missing
money is found. Treasurer Morgan will
have to make it good, as he is person
ally responsible.
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