The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-03-12

I'M our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, March s.-Mr. Mckinley is
likely TO be much more interested i'll the Senate
than in the soft speeches the army OF office
seekers are now pouring into his ears. if certain
plans now being strongly urged are carried
out. The majority of the Senate is composed
of Silver men. but they represent three sepa-
rate parties, Democrats, Populists and silver
Republicans. The greediness of the Republic
cans in claiming the right the change the hnan-
eiaI complexion of the Committee on Finance
by filling both vacancies with gold Republicans
has aroused the silver men, and the proposition
has been made that they shall combine and re-
orga Mise the Senate by deposing the Republi-
cans from the chairmanships of all important
committees and by giving the silver Senators
control of all committees. In other words, to
put the legislative machinery of the Senate
into the hands of the silver men. This PROPOSE
ton will not be easy to carry into effect be-
cause of the difficulty of combining men who
gree on nothing but silver, but it has fright
efad the Republicans badly.
Senator Teller was speaking from personal
experience, having himself been Secretary of
the Interior from April II, 1882, to March a,
1885. when he told the Senate that Nr. McKin-
| ley had made serious mistake when he nomi-
mated Cornelius N. Bliss to be Secretary of the
Interior. He said that Mr.. Bliss was Il banker
and merchant with an experience which might
have fitted him for the head of some of the de-
partments, but that, in his opinion, the head of
the Interior Department ought TO be Il lawyer.
Mr.. Teller did not speak in spirit of antagon-
ism to Mr.. Bliss, nor did he vote against his
confirmation; he merely called attention to
what he believed to be a mistake.
As might be imagined those Senators and
Representative who are opposed to Gar Reed,
| idea of combining the legislation of the extra
session OF Congress, which meets next Monday,
| to the tariff bill by not appointing the Commit
| tees of the House which would have to act upon
other bills are not grieviug over the failure of
| four of the regular appropriation bills-The
Sundry Civil, Agricultural, Indian and Def.
| cheney. Car Reed already has another scheme
| TO prevent general legislation. Ii is to author
| ize, by joint resolution. continuance of all
| OF the regular appropriations Of the current
year until next December.
| There was a more or less INTEREST," ng Repub.
| lican rumpus in Washington the day after the
inauguration, about which very little has been
| heard. A meeting of Republican clubs had
been called for that day by Col. John Bowles
| for the announced purpose of adopting resolu
| tions advising the new administration what il
| should do to retain the support of these clubs
| Gen. Woodm' nsee, who is Chairman of the
| Executive Committee of the National Organiza
| ton of Republican Clubs, and who claimed
| that the individual clubs represented at THU
| convention could not properly act upon such
| resolutions as were to be offered, succeeded il
| having the convention adjourn as soon as il
was called to order. There was some very
| warm talk about this application of the gag
| but the scent of the pie counter made it mostly
| whispered among those interested.
| Ex-senator Blackburn will attend the extra
| session of the Kentucky Legislature that ha,
| been called to elect Il Senator, and will make
strong fight for his own reelection, notwith
standing the Republican majority in that body
| Nobody expects the Senate TO seat Maidl
| Wood, who has been appointed to the vacancy
| by Gov. Bradley, and whether the gentlemen
appointed by the Governors of Florida ant
| Oregon will fare any better, remains to bt
| seen.
King Hanna has got everything he has reach
ed for up to date, but certain 5. majors who
| think he is now reaching after too much are
| preparing to give him disappointment, and
| there are big odds in favor of their succeeding
| King Hanna is reaching for place on the Sen
ate Finance Committee, in which there are two
vacancies caused by the retirement of Sherman
and VOORHEES,, in order that he may be proper.
ly fixed to boss the tariff bill, which will go tc
| that committee as soon as it gets through the
/ House. No new Senator has been given d
! place on that committee in the memory of the
oldest Senator, but that doesn't make any diff.
ference to Hanna. He wants it and has made
| his want known. 1t is practically certain that
he won't get it. Tom Platt also wants u place
on this committee. but as he has been in the
Senate before, his aspiration is not considere
as audacious rs that of King Hanna, but
whether he will yet the place is very, very
doubtful.
Ex-Secretary Carlisle has been offered the
position of general counsel for the Pullman
Car Co., now held by Gen. Horace Porter, VIII,
expects to go abroad. at salary of $25 900 t
year, and the ex pectation is that Mr.. Carlsl,
| will accept the offer.