The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Communicated
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. 1897.

In view of the officially estimated
deficit in the payment of pensions for
the current fiscal year there may be
some emphatic talk on this subject at
the coming session of Congress. Lest
some of your Republican readers should
say that this idea of a pension deficit
was concocted by the opponents of the
administration, the following language
used by H. Clay Evans, Commissioner
of Pensions, is given II estimate that
the total payment for the year will not
exceed $l47 100000, aud the appropria-
ton for the year is Sal, 1853, $50" Mr..
Evans SPOKE of this probable deficit of
six and quarter millions of dollars as
indiffeIently as though he were talking
of purchasing pint OF peanuts, aud
when bis attention was called TO the
probability that the failure of the new
tariff to produce the estimated amount
of revenue might cause Congress to OBJ
ject to passing a deficiency pension APP
pFopiiation bill for this year. lac gave
away the Republican plan for meeting
such contingency by saying: "If
there should be an unexpected failing
off in the revenue, the pension pay
ments might be curtailed towards the
end of the year"
The Home Rule Plank of the Repub-
lican National Platform cuts DO ice
when it comes to providing for cousin
of Mr.. Mckinley, as was shown 10y the
announcement that Frederick +. Me
Klnley, Of New Mexico, had been APP
pointed Receiver of Public Monies at
Guthrie, Oklahoma. \ cousin OF the
Nite-President was also provided with
an office, but not quite so biz an office
as he applied for. This was Edward
f. Hobart, who aspired to be Governor
If New Mexico. and who was appoint
cd Receiver Of Public Monies at Sante
Fe.
Indian Commissioner Jones hasn't
resigned, and is not likely to do so vol
UNFAIRLY, although Boss Hannas man
has been appointed Assistant Commits
slOner over the protest of Jones. This
is another straw showing the useless
hess of Republican objections to the
carrying out of any of Hauna's wishes.
Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith passed
through Washington day or two ago,
and he was fairly bubbling over with
satisfaction at the bright prospects
ahead of the uuited Democratic party,
which always wins. He thinks the
success of the Democrats in Greater
New York is certain, and that it will
start wave of party harmony that
will result in the election of a Demo-
cratic House next year and of Demo-
cratic President in 1900.
All the talk about Gen. FitZ Lee re-
manning at home and taking part in
the Virginia campaign, was settled for
good and all, when General Lee, in
Difference to a request of Mr. McKin-
ley, made during long conference te-
tween the two men at the While
House, agreed to resume his duties as
United States Consul G-ueral to Cuba
as soon as the leave Of absence upon
which he came home expired which
will be early in October. General Lee
is mum about the situation i'll Cuba,
but his opinions as well as the drift of
his sympathy are pretty we'll known,
and it is not believed that he would
have agreed to return TO Cuba had lie
not been given TO understand that
some action was soon to be taken by
this Government that will put All end
| " luc plcSCHU utJluIdulc COHttlllO1
there
Boss Plat is using all his wiles to
get Mr.. Mckinley to take sides against
the candidacy of Seth Low for Ma or
of Greater New York, aud he is very
sly about it, too. He is trying to con-
vince Mr.. Mckinley, and has almost
succeeded, that if he doesn't help IT,
kill the aspirations of Low, he will
have him to fight as candidate for
the Presidential nomination at the next
Republican National Convention. Mr..
Mckinley is somewhat of a politician
himself, and will not do all that Plat
wants him to do, without eXacting
loyalty from Platt in 1900, but present
indications are that he will join Platt
in fighting Low, which will make it
all the easier for Democrat to he
elected Mayor of Greater New York.
AT last man has been found who is
willing to acknowledge having had
hand in the putting of Section % into
the tariff bill, while that measure was
in conference. 1t is Senator Elkins of
West Virginia, who says that the dis
eliminating duties prescribed are in
tended to shut out freight now brought
into the United States by the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad. But it will also
shut out much stuff brought by other
transportation lines, both by rail and
sea.