The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-02-05
Washington Letter.
rom our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, February LII there is any
thing in the old superstition, MCkinlcy's ears
must have been burning ever since il was an
nounced that he had chosen Lyman J. Gage, of
Chicago a man who voted for Cleveland. sign
ed the petition upon which Governor Alleged
pardoned the Chicago anarchists and who has
for years been known rs almost II free trader
i'll his tariff views, for his Secretary of the
Treasury. 1t is great effort for the Republl-
caas in Congress to keep from expressing pub
licly the disgust they feel for this break of Nc
Kinley's, but in view of the official pie that
Mckinley will soon begin to distribute, they are
making the effort.
After all that has been said and done about
the intention of the Republicans of the House
Ways and Means Committee to give lis new
and thoroughly conservative tariff bill, they
are proceeding to give us the same old Mckin-
ley bill, having already adopted several entire
Mckinley schedules.
The arbitration treaty has been amended and
favorably reported to the Senate, although
every silver man on the Committee voted
against it,
Although it is the policy of the Republican
leaders in both House and Senate to keep the
Cuban question in the background, there are
some men who refuse to be gagged. One OF
these is Representative Hardy, Of Indiana, who
got the floor to speak on the Agricultural Ap-
preparation Bill, and proceeded to make Il red
hot fve-minute speech for Cuba, which he
would have continued had not his request for
unanimous consent for an extension of time
been refused. He made Il direct attack upon
the administration. and these Senators ard
Representatives who, he said, were dining
with the Spanish minister too often TO be able
to hear the appeals of the people struggling
for liberty.
1t was brought out during Il debate in the
House which resulted in the rejection of the
Conference report ON the bill to confer the
rights and franchises of the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroads upon the purchasers under the mort
gage foreclosure, that at least two OF the New
England Republicans in the House do not en-
terrain exalted opinions of each other. They
are Mr.. Powers. of Vermont who as Chairman
of the Pacific Railroads Committee, had charge
of the report, and Mr.. Barrett, of Massachusetts
who opposed the report as :; stock. jobbing
scheme. Mr.. Powers started by poking fun al
the dudish dress of Mr.. Barrett and wound uL
by slurrng at the whole MaSsac husetts delega.
ton, and charging that Boston was the place
where railroads were wrecked. This aroused
the ire of Mr.. Barrett, who said II am q
young man. ! came here with no reputation
beyond service in the legislature OF my State
but the gentleman from Vermont came here
after long term of service on the Supreme
Court of his State. What was the record OF
that Court Ask any one of the shareholders
of the Central Railroad of Vermont, who were
robbed by the DEGREES of that Court, and then
OF m n tu IN IN pf 1cnt
wrecking railroads" Attempts were made to
Speaker Reed with grim smile ovcrruled tho
point.
According to Republican gossip, one of the
surest ways to get an aspiraut for Cabinet
honors turned down by Mckinley, is to gel
him endorsed by Senator Chandler 1t is SAID
that Mckinley breads nothing SO much us tina;
he may by accident do something that Chand.
Ter wants him TO do, or appoint somebody
whom Chandler wants appointed.
Senator Alien took occasion to reply TO the
various rumors, saying HAT he would vote fol-
the Republican tariff bill, by saying: ~ have
said that believe the proposed tarH measure
of the Republicans ought to he permitted t.
pass, if il has sufficient votes, after reason& bic
debate. This does not mean, however, that
will vote for the Republican tariff bill. On the
contrary ! shall vote against it in O:hcI
words, Senator Allen occupies the same posi-.
ton towards the tariff bill that Senator Jones
and other prominent Democrats do-that &c
fillbustering shall be INDUCED in TO prevents
its coming to Il vote. 1t was just the same with
the Monetary Conference Bill which was passed
last week.
Although it was considered matter OF
doubt, the Republican manager had hoped
that some of the silver Republican Senators
might be persuaded TO vote with their old
party when the new tariff bill comes up for ac,
t on at the extra session OF Congress They no
longer indulge such hopes. They know that
not only will the silver Republicans not vote
for the tariff bill but that they will vote against
it If their votes can defeat it. This has been
fully determined upon since the Rcpubl cans
resorted to such extraordinary tactics to de-
feat Senator Dubois, of Idaho, as Il punishment
for having followed his convictions and the
wishes of his constituents by having supported
Bryan and silver in the late campaign.