The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-16

n our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July I2.-"Wahhling VIII
ii;!El'' is the rather uncompiimcntary mare
that has been applied to Sir. Mckinley by
prominent members of h;s party, because ~
| his lightning changes Of mind in cpuucct:ou
with thar special message to Congress asking
for authority to sppnint n currency commits.
sion. One day he would tell the prominent
members of his party who called to protest
against his sending il the message AT this scs-
sion that he had made 10 his mind {" with I'd
it uItii the regular session aad make the re-
commentator in his annual message, hut the
next day, when the agents of the rau..iGa in
terests put the screws 10 him and remind, q
| him Of his campaign promises and their cam
piiEn contributions. he would aunOUGce to
them that the message should 90 IT,, lie kept
this up for several days much 10 tue disgust of
tn1s' who applied the cpithct III 'Nub1l!n@
William t. him and DID not finally decide the
| matter until rcrctarv Gage, the personal rep
re.entatiVc of the bank rs ind secured the as
sistance OF the rest Of III" C,thiIoIt 10 help brac
h backbone up. The authority to appoint 1t
currency commission will net b: given 10 MI.
MCKINLEY at his session Of Congress, nor at the
next. Ii is possible that bill creating such Il
COMM sion may b passed at the next session,
but il VIII not give MIR. Mckinley the choosing
of It's ulemhers. If Their IS 10 be such COM
mission, the silver Democrats viii see 10 it chat
il Sbal! not lie packed III the interest Of The
single gold standard.
Mr.. c. {. SOmcrs, who was Sergeant-at--t-ms
of the Kentucky Senate ut the time that COY.
Bcadicy ordered out the militia to preserve
order, and who is conceded to DC good author
ity on the politics Of his Slae. j. now visiting
Washington. In reply to questions, hc SAID .
THE silver Democracy, which is the regular
Democracy, will win 10y p 900 majority. Our
majority MAJ be much higher for the Demo-
Gratis are determined to administer IA stern re
Duke to THEN enemies within the party us wei.
as without. The present State administration
has been Il rank future, and the voters viii
take advantage of the coming election 10 give
it u F.tEsimmnus blow. BY 1900 tncrc wont
be left enough of single gold standard Demo
crazy in Kentucky to utilize as Il historical
"Reminiscences"
The Republican Senators and Represents
tives have succeeded i'll convincing Mr. Nc
Kiney that something must he done for their
office seeking constitucnts,aId he has promised
10 shortly issue an executive order removing
number of desirable Federal positions from til,
control of the civ il service rulers. Mr.. McKin-
ley w..s not hard to convince, as he has been as
anxious as anybody to let down the bars to the
offices, but having always posed as a civil ser
vice reformer, he wanted Congress to or,ie,
him to act. There are reasons substantial.
tOo-why Congress has not done SO, and is net
likely to do so; hence his agreement to act IL
dependcntly.
The death of Senator Harris, of Tenn. whose
funeral took place ia the Senate Chamber on
Saturday, removed Il striking figure from The
arena OF National politics, one whose ideas e
personal integrity were as olG-fashioncd and
straight-iacrd as his ideas of party teaty. and
who didn't have one set Of IDEAS for public use
and another set to govern his private Gctiun-
During uis half century of public l.Ie, ISham G..
Harris was credit to his State and to the Dem
Ocratc party, aud was never guilty of aa
act that even his most bitter political enemy
he had no personal cncmes-could cas-, sils-
picon upon. Having said THAI much it is
needless 20 add that senator Harris died Il poor
man.
The Democratic Senators and Representa-
tivcs, who are members Of the Confrcrsu nee
committee on the tariff bill, know no more of
what that committee is doing than the rauErat
outsider does. The Republicans informed
them as soon as the Conference begun that
they wished 10 nght thelr differences out
among themselves without having anybody
else present, and, OF course tine Democrats re-
tired and will remain out Of the Conference
until sent for. The Republicans evidently TO-
gar Jones, of Nevada, one Of themselves.
a. he not only was not asked to retire, but IS /
taking Il prominent party ia the conference ',s
an abe ASS. tlut t. senator AtGrich in caa,up-
iUn'ng tae nE"rets 0f tha siIEtr trust Il Is sad
the Repu )laan, expect 10 rrach an arrecu mt |
by the middle OF the week. Ii they do, the I.
tariff bill VIII become Il law before the end of |
The week, and Congress will at once adjourn. )