The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-30
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
communicated
WASHINGTON, July 26, 1897.

w WASHINGTON, July 20, 1881.
Neither Boss Hanna nor Mr.. Nc
Kinley are entirely satisfied with the
work of the extra session of Congress
Just closed. The tariff bill pleased
them all right, it more than repaid
their campaign obligations to the
trusts, not to mention the So, 100000
made by the sugar trust and its friends
while the bill was pending. But their
efforts to repay their campaign obliga-
tions to the banking interests were a
failure Mr.. Mckinley, in his special
message sent TO Congress only a few
hours before adjournment, asking for
authority to appoint currency COM
mission, quoted the indianapolis Bank
er's convention rs though ii had been
the assembled financial wisdom of the
world, but that didn't bring the legis-
lation asked for. The House railroad
ed through in 90 minutes, bill grant
ing Mr.. Mckinley the authority asked
for, although nearly every prominent
Republican in that body is really OPP
posed to a currency commission, but
the Senate was not So accommodating
aud there is nothing in sight to indi-
cate that il will be more obliging next
winter.
Senator Morgan handled the confer
ence without gloves, in speech made
lust before the vote was taken on the
conference report on the tariff bill, for
its abandonment of the tax on bonds
and transfers of stock-a tax that was
approved by the Finance Committee
and by a Republican caucus, closing
with this explicit language, which no
Republican attempted t. deny: 81
charge that the abandonment occurred
under command ofthe sugar trust"
Before the Ohio Republicans do any
shouting over the result of the colloquy
between Senators Allen and Foraker
concerning the charge of the former
that the Republican vote of that State
was fraudulently increased for Mr. Nc
Kinley, they should arrange for Mr..
Foraker, or somebody else, to accept
the challenge with which Mr.. Allen
closed the little spat-"I will meet the
Senator any time and will undertake
to convince any unprejudiced man
that there was fraud in Ohio"
Senator Tel,er's arraignment of the
Republican tariff bill, now the law of
the land, was one of the bitterest pills
the Republicans have had to swallow
in long time. Mr.. Teller, who is
protectiOnist, characterized this bill rs
vicious, unfair, eXtravagant and unsat-
isfactory: and as having been framed
entirely in the interest of trusts and
syndicates. Mr. Teller also took occa-
sion to criticize in the strongest lam
guage the gold standard policy of fore
ing professors out of educational insti-
tutions because of tho belief in the
free coinage of silver. He denounced
the forced resignation of President An
drews, of Brown University, as one of
The most shameful acls of abase menth
the world has seen, and said in ringing
tones: "Thank God that President An
drews was big enough to refuse to be
stitled."
Senator Turley, of Tenn, cast his
first vote for the Tilman resolution to
investigate sugar scandal charges
which was defeated, and his second
against the conference report on the
trust. made tariff bill, which was
adopted.
The hearings TO determine whether
John Wedderburn X Co. shall be dis
barred from practice before the U. 5.
Patent Office are now on. The Patent
Office claims to have proof TO sustain
the numerous charges of fraud it has
brought against Wedderburn x Co.,
and is giving the accused full oppor-
tunity TO controvert its proof.
A pertinent question often accom-
plishes more than argument. One de-
81 - nj II ~ "a 70
Reeds pets who have been made chair
men of committees to give their favor
ties sinecure positions during the Con-
gressioual recess When Representa-
tive Grosvenor tried TO push a resolu-
ton through authorizing that waste of
public money, he was asked, If the
House could get along while Congress
was in session without these clerks.
why they should be considered neces-
sary during the recess. The laugh
which followed killed The scheme.
Secretary Sherman's departure be-
! fore the adjournment of Congress for a
/ Long Island summer resort, was re-
garded as additional proof that he has
very little to do with the official bust
ness of the Department of State. In
fact, il is limited by some that Mr..
Sherman intended to emphasize that
very thing by his going.
Georgia Democrats are, more pleased
with the nomination of Henry Rucker,
an Atlanta negro barber. to be United
States Marshal for Georgia than Major
Hanson and his white Republican fol-
lowers from that State are. 1t is ex-
pected that all of Fuckers deputies
will be negroes, as no white man will
care to serve under him, and lively
/ times are likely to follow every visit of
the dusky officials to the moonshine
districts of the State. Hanna placed
the "coon.n