The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. s, IS

WASHINGTON, Nov. s, 1897.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, Chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittee, arrived in Washington in de-
eidedly jubilant state of mind over the
results of last weeks elections. He
said on the subject: "Well, you bet
Pm tickled. 1t makes me feel Is years
younger and makes me understand
that the American people have not
been bought or blinded this time. The
results are an omen of coming and
greater good. 1t just takes opposition
and sorrow to develop the full strength
of the Democratic party. This result
convinces me that the silver sentiment
grows, grows and grows. and that Dy
the next Presidential election, it will
have grown to an irresistible strength,
Just mark my words. Error dies from
a pin scratch, but truth survives the
cyclone. The Democratic party is
Truth. When it comes to long race
and hard race, the Democratic party
| gets there. l am very sorry because of
the turn matters have taken in old
Maryland, but hope for her is not dead
IN my bosom yet. Of course, it would
have been more desirable had Mark
Hanna been inhumed under an avail
anche of Democratic votes, but when
a great man saves his seal Up only by the
skin of his teeth, it is virtually de-
! feat"
One of the most interesting stories
growing out of the Ohio election is now
being told on the quiet in Washington,
and 1t finds believers, too. According
to this story, Secretary Sherman has
! been approached 10y Foraker Repubii.
cans and offered an opportunity to get
even with Boss Hanna and Mr.. Nc
Kinley for the shabby treatment they
have given him, not only 10y prevent
| ing Hanna's election to the Senate
but by securing his own return to that
! body Mr.. Sherman is too ola bird
to gotble up everything tempting that
| is placed before him, but ne is said tn
have this proposition under considera-
ton and to be making quiet investi-
CATION, through trusted agents, as to
the probability of success should he
II
bine. The scheme, in brief. is for the
Foraker members of the Ohio Legisla-
ture to stay out of the Republicans eau
Gus, which will, ofOcOurse, nominate
Hanna for the Senate, and to nomi-
nate Governor Bushnell or some other
| thick and thin Foraker man as the
anti-caucus candidate. The Foraker
ties claim to have members enough to
hri ln, cor I,E
mite period deadlock in the Legisla-
ture, and they argue that after Hanna
SEES his own election to be an impossi-
biIity, be will be willing to join Bush
nell in withdrawing aud in agreeing
upon compromise candidate who can
get the entire Republican vote and be
| elected. That Is where the Foraker
ties tell Mr.. Sherman that he can come
in. They say that they will suggest
him as compromise candidate for the
Senate, and that much as they would
like to, neither Boss Hanna nor Mr..
Mckinley will dare to object. There
are too many "ifs" in this scheme, but
IT indicates how harmonious the Ohio
Republicans are.
! Consul General Lee has received his
| final instructions and will this week
return to Cuba. He is as careful as
ever about discussing Cuban matters,
but there are good reasons for saying
that he is confident that there will be
peace in Cuba in few months. 1t
was because of this belief on his part
that he agreed, when urgently request
ed to do so by Mr.. Mckinley, to re-
main in Cuba until the trouble was
over.
The army of pensioners still steadily
! grows in numbers, Notwithstanding
the assertion of several Com missioners
of Pensions that it had reached high
water mark and was ABOUT to start on
the down grade. The annual report of
Commissioner Evans shows that there
were 1886 more names on the rolls on
June 30th, 1897, than there were one
year before, Notwithstanding the drop
ping, during the fiscal year, for death
and other causes, of 1922 names.
There were 976.0l4 names on the roll
at the close of the last fiscal year, and,
unless death claims an unusually large
number, it is probable that the million
mark will be passed before the close of
the present fiscal year.
From all directions come complaints
about the tremendous rise in the price
of almost everything, excepting the
only article that more than half of our
people have to sell-their labor. An
expert says of the effect of the Dingley
tariff upon the price of mems clothes
"a suit of clothes that could be bought
last year for $500 cannot be dupli.
Gated now under $1,000, and thai fact
is an annoyance to dealers and Gus.
toners alike. With men of ample
means, who have their clothes made
by fashionable tailors $500 or $1,000
advance on suit is hardly noticed
and if noticed evokes no complaint
1t Is very different, however, with
those who have to be careful in theil
expenditures, for to this class IS. 90 rep.
resents considerable sum. The mum.
Der of men who duy $500 and $50 OC
suits is largely in excess of those who
pay tailors $4,000 aud $4,000 for suit,
and it is from the poor and the middle
class that the kick against the Dingley
tariff is sure to come"
Seems as if all the things we like dis
agree with us, and all the things we
don't like, agree with us. Dyspepsia
turks in most of the good things we
eat, and Indigestion follows the gratifi.