The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspond ent Talks in a Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
communicated


WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 1896.
A great political sensation may fol-
low the delivery of several speeches
bearing upon the methods employed
in the election of Mckinley, in the
Senate, before the close of this session
of Congress. Several Senators, iuclud-
ing Jones, of Arkansas, and Teller, of
Colorado, have had agents at work
ever since the result of the election was
announced, investigating and gather
ing facts to be used in the speeches
they intend to make.
No gold Democrat nominated by
President Cleveland to hold an office
from which Il silver man was removed
will lie confirmed, unless the silver
Senators change their minds. This
agreement was reached by them after
mature deliberatiOn. If the offices are
to be held by gold men, they prefer
that they shall be gold Republicans So
lected 10y Mckinley. Although it has
not been fully decided, there are rea-
sons for the belief that Secretary Fran
els and some of the other men who
were nominated TO fill vacancies not
created 10y the removal of silver men
will be confirmed by the Senate, but if
failure to confirm his nomination
would not cause litigation by throwing
cloud upon the legality of his official
acts as Secretary of the Interior, it
would be by no means certain that the
nomination of Secretary Francis would
be confirmed
1t will be some time before the Cos
sip about tue scarcity of Senators and
Representatives at the Presidents re-
cepliGn is stopped. There were less
than a dozen Senators present, and
only one of them was Democrat, and
out OF about two dozen r representatives.
not more tbau half of them were Dem
ocrats.
Ii the original Mckinley Republi-
cans can have their way, McKInley's
administration will start out Just about
as harnoniously as did that of tue last
Ohio President, poor Garfield. The
latest edlct OF these hog politicians is
that the friends or ex-PresIdent Harri-
son need not apply for Office under
Mckinley. With the friends of Tom
Reed, Matt QUAY, Tom Platt and Ben
Harrison black-listed SO far as official
favors are concerned, the new admins
tration would find itself confronted
With as vic Gus "a lot of enemies Within
its own party as could he gathered to-
gether. 1t is possible, however, that
Mckinley is wiser that some of his
would-be advisers, and that he will not
put himself as a target, lest there be q
little David come among them.
Senator Jones, chairman of the Dem
ocratlc National Committee, has writ
ten the following letter TO discour-
aged correspondent, which speaks Tor
itself: II don't agree with the gloomy
view you take of our efforts. When
we polled million more votes than
Cleveland did four years ago, when he
was said to have carried the country
by landslide, we certainly have ac-
complished good deal, especially
when we remember what the feeling
of the party was when the Chicago
convention met. Another thing is
matter Of decided satisfaction to me
and that is that We polled at least two
thirds of all the intelligent votes in
this country. The large Republican
vote embraced millions of negroes ami
utterly unlettered foreigners, who have
no conception of the genius of our gov
eminent, no appreciation of the obliga-
tions of citizenship, and no idea of
economic questions. In this country
believe intelligence is bound to win,
and considering the fact that the over
whelming majority of intelligent men
were on our side in this controversy, [
zee nothing to dshearten the friends of
Democracy"
Senator Wolcott, who has gone to
Europe to confer with the leading adj
vocates of international bimetallsm,
stated before his departure that he was
not encouraged by anything he knew
to believe that his trip would be pro.
ductive of results, but that he was go
ing to make it because he had been re-
quested by the Bimetallic League to do
so, for the purpose of ascertaining in an
authoritative way what prospects there
are, if any, for international bimetal-
lism. Silver men in Congress while,
of course, hoping that Senator Wolcott
will bring back encouraging reports.
do not believe that he will There is
more or less uDeasiness among RepnD-
licans about his trip. They fear that
If he comes back and reports that there
is no prospect of obtaining any agree
ment for International bimetallism.
that he and the other silver Senators
who supported Mckinley may follow
Teller and the other silver Republican
Senators who supported Bryan out of
the party, and that would make The
Senate anti-Republican for a long pc
Rod of years.
Senator Vest, who spent his holi.
days in Washington, has gone home &
remain until the Missouri LegislaflIf
elects his successor. He is conlidA2
that he will be his own successor ~ IS
unless all the information reeei4*|i b
Washington has been wrong, 1|s SUIlz
fidence has solid foundatiou