The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-01-29

our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, January % Senator Gray,
of Delaware, will this week present the credcn-
tials of Mr.. kcnney, who was last week elected
Senator by the legislature, and whose creden-
tials are properly certified by the Governor OF
that State. A hard fight is going To be made by
the Republicans to keep Mr.. kennCy out o. his
seat Inasmuch as MIR. Kenney. who is Il silver
Democrat, will receive the support OF all the
silver Senators, it is expected that the Repuh
icans will devote their efforts to trying to stave
off vote until after the 4th of March, when
they will be stronger in the Senate. 1t is said
that Little Billec" Chambers scheme of re-
opening the Dupont application will be aban-
doned because of the refusal of some of the
Republican Senators to support it, and that in
stead the claim of the gas millionaire, AddickS,
which has already been presented to the Senate
by Chandcr-he is always around when any
thing dirty in the political line is needed-will
be urged against that OF Senator-elect kenney.
Addcks has got plenty of money and if there
are any votes in the Senate that can be bought,
he is willing to spend it.
Senator Turpie called up the Cameron Cuban
resolution and made spirited speech thereon,
in which he made it plain that while he was
Just as strongly in favor of the independence
of C aba as ever, he was even more strongly in
favor of action which would declare the Sem
ate to be independent OF executive authority.
Senator Morgan has not any time been over
friendly towards the arbitration treaty, and
since the Nicaragua Canal bill, of which he was
anardent supporter, was given its death blow by
the notice from the minister of the Greater Re-
public of Central America that Nicaragua,
which is part of that republic, would not a.
low the concessions granted to the Canal Com
pany to be controlled by the United States, as
proposed in the bill, but would be willing to
open negotfatiations on the subject with this
government direct, he seems disposed to even
up things with England by trying to defeat the
arbitration treaty. Senator Morgan says that
England is merely making a catspaw out of
those little Central American governments,
and that one of its reasons for wanting that
arbitration treaty enforced is to get hand in
the control of the Nicaragua Canal. This it
would do, if the arbitration treaty were in
force by getting up dispute with us over the
canal and then rererrying it to arbitration,
with the certainty that King Oscar, OF Sweden,
would name an mpire who would decide in
England's favor. Senator Morgan is fighting
mad about it, and that isn't going to help the
arbitration treaty any.
Miss Maud Stalnaker, young lady of Wash
ington, D. c., was recently an applicant for Il
position under the civil service rules. and prob
ably passed the most difficult examination that
has ever been pref AIRED by tho Civil Service
Commission. She was the only one who was
able to pass the examination, but the de-
partment refuses to appoint her to the vacant
clerkship on the ground that she Is Il woman.
The examination required translation into
English of Technical Military works in French,
German, Spanish and Italian; typewriting in
all of these langua ses; and ability to do proof
readi and prepare manuscript for the press:
a knowledge of modern library methods; CatG-
loguing indeNing and of the English languaa
and literary composition. The aaary of the
position demanding all these requirements is
$1,000 year.
Some very interesting, although ra Der tardy
talk about the methods 10y winch President
Cleveland shut members of Congress out of
presence, thus depriviug himself of Informal
ton ne should have had ami would have. had
about legislation asked for 10y the people who
are directly represented by the members of
tie House. preceded the passage by the House,
over the Presidents veto. OF the bill providing
for tnc establishment of new division of tine
Eastern judicial district of Texas. RcTrescn-
taiive Cooper told the House OF several trips
he made TO the White House for III. purpose
of explaining to MI Cleveland why his const!-
tuents wanted this legislation, and Of his final Y
being told by private Secretary Thurber ttat
it was us less for him to continue his efforts
to see the President, b:cIuSe lie had already
made up his mind to veto the Iii l. Ii is he
eyed that the Senate will indorse this act on
of the House.
Representative GrOsven0r, CT OH, as
alarmed those who are interested in his wei
fare by stating the floor OF the Hon that he
was not McKinley's representativ" and could
not speak for him. AS modesty has never
been a part of Grosyenor's make Tp,it is fear
ed that his mental faculties are getting ii :
ordered.