The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
communicated
WASHINGTON. Feb. %. 1897.


Hon. w. j. Bryan will visit WASH
ington this week, but he will not
probably stay until Inauguration day.
He will be the guest of Mr.. John r.
Mclean, who will give dinner to
about one hundred guests in his honor.
This dinner will not be political
event, as the guests will in
clude a number of personal friends
of Mr.. Bryan in all the parties. But
during Mr. Bryan's stay there will be
conference, perhaps several, to dis
cuss the immediate future OF the DEM
ocratic party.
Senator Daniel, of Va, is one of the
best elocutlonlsts In the Senate, coGse-
queutly Washington's Farewell Ad-
dress, which, III accordance with the
usual resolution, was read immediately
after the Senate convened in honor of
WashingtoTs birthday, was much
better rendered than usual, and was
listened to by an unusually large num-
Der of Senators, in addition to the
crowded galleries.
1t Is unfortunate in more senses than
one that there should be an investiga-
ton at this time into an act of the adj
minlstratIon by which the step.father
OF the Presidents wife will be largely
benefited. And everybody sincerely
wishes that the Senate Committee on
Public Lands will find everything
straight about the Florida land patent
for $1,000 acres, which was recently
issued TO Mr. Periiue, the husband Of
Mrs. Clevelaud's mother, and which
the committee is now Investigating.
EX-Congressman Brookshire, of Indi-
diana, Is counsel for the settlers on
this land, who claim that the grant
was forfeited many years ago.
The civil Service Commission has
made answer TO Senator Aliens reso-
luton adopted by the Senate last
week, as to the alleged dismassal of
two women from a branch of the Ag-
flcultural Department, at South Oma.
ha, Nebraska, for displaying pictures
OF Mr.. Bryan in the late campaign.
The answer says the commission in
vestigated the complaint when first
made and that Secretary Morton de-
MED that the discharges were made
for the cause specified, or that he
knew the politics of those discharged.
The most significant portion of the
answer, especially TO those in office
who regard themselves as being pro-
tected by the Civil Service Commits
sion, is the following: 1.-The commits.
sion is not an appointing. or reinstat
ing, or removing body"
Representative McRae, of Arkansas,
who was one of the Democratic MEM
bers of the Coinage Committee who
voted for the favorable report, with
amendments, of the Senate bill au-
thorizing the President TO appoint del
egates for any International monetary
conference, called by any nation or
by himself, took occasion to britley
state the attitude of the Democrats to-
wards the bill. He said the Demo-
crcts had TO faith whatever in such a
method of bringing about the free
coinaga of silver, but that they ha.i
no desire to place any obstacle in tue
way of the Republicans trying to carry
out the promise made by their nation
al platform; on the contrary, that
they were anxious for the next admin
istration 10 demonstrate to the couu-
try what could be done along that line.
Notwithstanding Senator Kyle's as
sertion that he did not get the Repub.
lican votes which reelected him by
making promises, the Republicans in
Washington are now counting upon
his voting with them to obtain control
OF the Senate organization aud to fill
committee vacancies that will exist
March All. This confidence of the
Republicans is not based upon any
vauge expectation or hope; they do
not say Senator Kyle may vote with
us, but that Senator Kyle will vote
with us. In voting with the Republi-
cans in this particular case, should his
vote settle the question, Senator Kyle
will betray the principles he has pro-
fessed ever since he entered the Sen
ate. AS most people know, the Sem
ate Finance Committee is at present
made up, is controlled by silver, al
though seven of its thirteen members,
including the chairman, are Republic
cans. There will be two vacancies in
this committee on March 4th. Sena-
tor Sherman will enter the cabinet
and Senator Voorhees, Will retire to
private life. The Republican leaders
consider it necessary, as this is the
committee which will handle the new
tariff bill, that both of these vacan-
cies shall be filled by men who can be
counted upon to support the new tariff
bill and to oppose any silver legisla-
ton that may be proposed; and they are
saying that Senator Kyle, whose advo-
cacy of silver and of free trade is wide
~ known, will vote with them. If
he does, what will be the natural in-
ference?
Representative Walker, of Mass,
could not upset the Reed rules, but he
could and did express himself very
vigorously on the subject, saying in
part: "Under the rules of this House,
we get mighty few rights. When you
go to see about bill, you are referred
TO subcommittee, and then you may
cool your heels there day after day be-
fore you can get so much as one MEM
Der of the subcommittee to hear you.
And when you do, he tells you he
knows all about it and intimates that
you are boring him. Then when he
reports against you and you try to APP
peal TO the full committee, you get no
satisfaction" He called this "a system
of tyranny" and added much more to
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