The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-04-23
Washington Letter.
ON our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-There were proba-
bly, few Democrats present at the last session
of the House who didn't feel little bit asham-
ed of the proceedings. Representative Bailey,
of Texas, rose to question of personal privi-
lege, and after having read an editorial from II
Washington paper. that claims to be Demo-
cratic, calling him in effect IL tool of Mr.. Reed
he denounced the writer an infamous and
malicious liar. Later Representative Dear
mond, of Missouri, arose also to a question of
personal privilege, and made ii speech explain
ing his attitude towards the Republican policy
of semi-weekly adjournments, and discaiming
that he and the Democrats who thought as he
did, had rebelled against the democratic lead
ership established in caucus, and virtually
charging that it was the other democrats who
were acting IN opposition to the caucus. As if
that were not enough for one short sitting,
Representative Burke, of Texas, also made
personal explanation, calling the meetings of
the House great national farce" and saying
that so far as his own action was concerned he
had consulted no one. All of this was nuts for
the Republicans and Mr.. Reed took good pains
to allow the Democrats to do as much talking
as they wanted to do, so long as they talked
against other Democrats. The majority voted
for the three day adjournment just tie same
and carried It.
The treaty negotiated by the last administra-s
ton. with Great Britain, defining portion of
the boundary line between Alaska and Canada
will never be ratified in its present shape. By
pretense of lberality in giving the United
States about fourteen square miles of territory
(Which we already had legal clam to) the
willy English diplomats made trap which was
intended to cost the United States all the terri
tory worth having in that section. by shutting
out our claims within what is known as our
thirty mile strip" and its intersection with the
14lst meridian, and 1t came very near to sue
ceeding too, as the treaty would have been
ratified sometime ago had not S -nator Stewart
objected. Mr.. Stewart objected on the general
principle that the matter was too important to
be hastily disposed of, and now that the con-
tents of the treaty is understood, he is being
congratulated for having prevented the Senate
making blunder.
According to current gossip, eX-Representa-
tive BelIany Storer, of Ohio, must be queer
sort of duck. The story goes that he took
advantage of Mr.. Mckinley's financial obliga-
tons to him to force promise that he should
be appointed Assistant Secretary of State.
When the promise was made, Mr.. McKinly did
not know that StOrer was not speaking
terms with Senator Foraker. or with either of
the Republican Congressman from Cincinnati
and now Storer insists on that appointment be-
ing made, although he cannot get the indorsc-
ment of either Senator, or any one of the Con-
gressrOnat delegation. Tie has refused TO &C.
cept a foreign appointment, because his rich
wife wishes to figure in the official society of
Washington. 1t is said that Mr.. Mckinley has
told Senator Foraker that there nothing
left for him to do but nominate Storer for the
place, and that he added that any fight made
on the nomination in the Senate would not be
regarded by him as a fight on the administru-
ton, The nomination will almost certainly be
rejected. and Storer must know it, yet he in
ssts on being nominated.
Certain Republican Senators, among them
Mantle Carter, ShOup, Warren and Burrows,
have demanded of the Republicans of the Sell
ate Finance Committee that n duty of not less
than two cents pound shall be placed on
hides and that the duty on wool shall be placed
on hides and that the duty on wool shall be
raised to meet schedule submitted 10y them,
and the demand is accompanied 10y threat to
defeat the tariff bill if their wishes are not com
| piled with. 1t is clearly within the power of
these five Senators to defeat the tariff bill, but
| il is not the opinion of those best informed That
| they will make use Of that power to such an
| extent. They are simply eyerCi-in their right
| to make big bluff in the interest of the pro
| ducts of their States in order to get as much Of
| the protection swag for their constituents, rs
| possible. but in the end they will take what j.
give them and vote for the bill.
| Having satisfied themselves that Democratic
| Senators would make no further concessions,
] the Republicans accepted the last proposition