The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-29
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in a Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
communicated
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 1895.

NAShlNGiON, JAN ZoA 1850.
Senator Gray, of Delaware, will this
week present the credentials of Mr..
Kenney, who was last week elected
Senator by the Legislature, aud whose
Credentials are pro- erly certified by the
Governor of thai State. A hard fight
is going to be made by the Republic
cans 10 keep Mr.. Kenuey out of his
seat. 1nasnuch as Mr.. Kenney, who
is silver Democrat, will receive the
support of all the silver Senators, it is
expt cied tina the Republicans will de-
'ote their efforts TO trying to slave off
vote until after the A. h of March.
when they will be stronger in the SEN
ate. 1t is said that Little Billee"
Chandler's scheme of reopenng the
Dupont application will ne abandoned
hrcause OF the refusal of some of the
Republican Senators to support it,
ami that instead the clam of the
gas millionaire, Addicks. which
has alre ,dy heen pr sented TO the Sem
ate by Chandler he is always around
when anything dirty in the political
line is needed-wil be urged against
that of Senal Or-elect Kenney. Addicks
has got plenty of money and if there
are any votes in the Senate that can
be bought, he is willing to sp nd it.
Senator Turple called up the Cam
er"n Cuban resolution aud made spir-
lied speech thereon, in which he made
it plain that while he was just as
strongly in favor of the independence
of Cuha as ever, he was even more
strongly in favor OF action winch would
declare the Senate to be independent
OF Execute authority.
Senator Morgan has not at any time
beeu over friendly towards the arbltra-
tiUu treaty, aud since the Nicaragua
Canal bill, of which he was an ardent
supporter, was given its death-blow by
the notice from the minister of the
Greater Republic OF Central America
that Nicaragua, which is part of that
republic, would not allow the cOnces-
siuns granted to the Canal Company
10 be Controlled by the United States,
a. proposed in the till, but would be
willing to open negotiations on the
subject with this government direct,
he seems disposed TO even up things
with England hy trying to defeat the
a duration treaty. Senator Morgan
says that England is just making
ca spaw out of those little Central
! American governments, and that Que
of Its reasons for wanting that arbltra-
ton treaty enforced j. to get hand in
the control of The Nicaragua canal.
This it would do, il The arbitration
treaty were in force, by getting up
dispute with US over the canal aud
then referring it to arbitration, with
the certainty that King Oscar, of Swe-
den, would name an umpire VINO
would decide in Englaud's favor Sem
ator Morgan is fighting mad about it,
aud that isn't going to help the arbi-
tratinn treaty any.
Miss Maud Stalnaker, a young lady
of Washington, ID. c., was recently AN
applicant for Il position under the Civil
Service Rules, aud probably passed the
most difficult examination that has
ever been prepared by the Civil Ser
vice Commission. She was the only
one who was able to pass the examine
ton. but the War Department refuses
to appoint her 10 the vacant clerkship
on the ground that she is woman.
The examination required TRANSLATION
INFO English of Technical Military
Works in French, German, Spanish
and Italian; typewriting in all of these
languages, and ability to do proof-read-
ing aud prepare manuscript for the
press;a knowledge of modern library
methods; cataloguing. indexing ami Of
the English language and literary COM
position. The salary of the position de-
man Ting all these requirements is
81, 500 u year.
Some very interesting, although
rather lardy talk about the methods
10y which President Cleveland shut
members of Congress out of his pres
euce, thus deprlving himself of infurm-
alton he should have had and would
have had about legislation asked for by
the people who are directly represented
by the members of the House, over the
Presidents veto of the bill providing
for The establishment of new division
of tile Eastern Judicial District Of
Texas. Representative Cooper told the
House of several trips he made to the
White House for the purpose of ex-
planning to Mr.. Cleveland why his
constituents wanted this legislation,
ami of his finally being told by private
secretary Thurher that it was useless
for him to Continue his efforts to see
the President, because he had already
made up his mind to veto the bill. 1t
is believed that the Senate will in
dorse this action of the House
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio,
| has alarmed thOes who are interested in
his welfare by stating on the floor Of
| the House tibet he was not McKinley's
representative and could not speak for
him. AS modesiy has never beeu q
part of Grosvenor's makeup, il is feared
that his mental faculties are getting
disordered.