The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-06-04
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WlsHinGTuN, MAY :il.-A real investigation
al th,. s,.sar scandal one tia; would go to the
bottom of thirgs and rot get frightened oil
when on the rack Of information that would
lncriminate Senators would be Il good and de
s.rablc thing to have, but another iizzle like
the last one would be worse than useless, be
cause il would do more harm than good. The
people recognize u Job of whitcwashing is
quickly when il is done by Senators as 10y hum
bier wieldcrs of the brush. senator Jones, OF
New. d.r, who was mlcrcntialiy charged 10y
Senator Aldrich with having given ont the
sugar schedule before the taritI bill was report
ed TO the Senate, is Chairman of the Committee
| on Contingent Expenses, to which senator Till
| mans resolution for II sugar investigation by
| a committee of five Senators WAS refer
red, and he slys the committee will re-
| y RI the resolution favorably. That makes
| it reasonably certain that the resolution
Mil hC adopted, because number OF Senators
| who would like to vote against il will not dare
| 20 do So. 1t will all depend upon the formation
| of the Investigating Committee whether it Will
mean business farce. senator Ti!lmah
| will be Chairman of the Committee. II he be
given four colleagues as fearless as himself,
I ne guilty Senator'S if there be any such, " i'll
| be brought to book and the sugar trust, tie
| head of which rot cleared on that other iudct-
ment will also bc shown up; but if he be given
| colleagues who are afraid of their shadows,
| nothing will come Of the investigation.
| Tho RcnuIlir,u Steering Committee in the
| senate i slowly lint surely undoing the work
| ,f fine sIIb committee that prepared the uerfG.-
ment To the Dingley titriIr bill, and by the time
| tho hill gets through the Senate, the rate of
| duties irnposed therein will average almost or
| ,,,ito os biyb nc the DinpIev hill The tax on
| 70, and rho increased tax on beer are doomed,
| and we are likely to have an internal revenue
| tax on bank checks mortgages. etc, in their
places. unless the Republicans get frightened
| orIt Of the idea hy protests.
| Mr. T. G. Peyton Il Unknown Virginia gold
Dem ,,.rat thus sizes up the present situation
| at seems TO me now that those of us who con-
tributed TO the success OF the Republican tick ct
have bcen the victims Of a confidence game.
As | view If now Il very great mistake was
| last November. 1t would have been much bet
| Ter for the country to have elected Mr.. Bryan.
| | have not become a convert TO free silver since
the election. my belief in sound money is as
strong as ever, bat am satisfied that if Bryan
| had been elected. the country would have re-
covered more quickly from the ills that have
afflicted it."
| Speaker Reeds readiness to reverse rulings
| made by him Speaker and opinions given by
| him as an authority on parliamentary law
| would be amusing, il the matter was not oil TOO
| serious Il nature to be so regarded. whatever
standing as an authority on Parliamentary
| rules and practice Mr.. Heed had previous 10 lhe
present session OF Congress- has been ioSt by
| his decisions, which have made II plah that ne
| recognizes nothing higher than his own VIII III
making decisions. heretofore many people
who disagreed with ME- lteeu Parliamentary
| rulings in many particulars have been willing
| to give him credit for conscientious belief III
them himself but they are not now. Afterail,
| Mr.. Reed is not solely to blame. y few of the
| Republican members f the Hous could any
| time rebuke the methods pursued by Mr. Reed,
| by voting with the Democrats, but they have
not done aud are not likely to do so. On the
| contrary, if Mr.. Reed should rule that the
| Cbaplains prayer was out OF order ana DEM
| ocrst appeal from the ruling, the Republicans
would almost to a man vote to sustain the
| Speaker. With the Republicans IN the House