The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-12
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
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WASHINGTON. March 6 1907

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WASHINGTON, March s, 1897.
Mr.. Mckinley is likely to be much
more interested in the Senate than i'm
the soft speeches of the army of Office
seekers are now pouring into his ears
if certain plans now being stronglv
urged are carried out. The maiority
of the Senate is composed of silver
men, but they represent three sepa-
rate parties, Democrats, Populists and
silver Republicans. The greedines 40
the Republicans IN claiming the right
to change the financial complexion of
the Committee ON Finance by filling
both vacancies with gold Republicans
has aroused the silver men, aud the
proposition has been made that thew
shall combine and reorganize the SEN
ate by deposng the Republicans from
the craftsmanship of all importan
committees and by giving the silve
Senators control of all committees. In
other words, to put the Legislative ma.
chinery of the Senate in the hands of
the silver men. This proposition will
not be easy to carry into effect because
of the difficulty of combining men
who agree on nothing but silver, but
it has frightened the Republicans.
Senator Teller was speaking from
personal experience, having himself
been Secretary of the Interior from
April II, 1862, to March 4th, 1885,
when he told the Senate that Mr.. Nc.
Kinley had made a serious mistake
when he nominated Cornelius n. Bliss
TO be Secretary of the Interior. He
said that Mr.. Bliss was a banker and
merchant, with an experience which
might have fitted him for the head of
some of the departments. but that, in
his opinion, the head of the Interior
Department ought to he a lawyer,
Mr.. Teller did not speak in a spirit of
antagonism to Mr.. Bliss, nor did he
vote against his confirmation; he mere
ly called attention to what he consid,
cred mistake.
AS might be imagined, those Sena-
tors and Representatives who are op-
posed to Gar Reeds idea OF combining
the legislation of the extra session of
Congress, which meets next Monday,
to the tariff bill, by not appointing the
Committee of the House, which would
have to act upon other bills, are not
regular appropriation bills-The Sun
N1fii1 anu
Deficiency. Gar Reed already has
another scheme to prevent general leg
islation. 1t is to authorize, by Joint
resolution, a continuance of all of the
regular appropriations of the current
year until next year.
There was more or less interesting
Republican 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 it should do to retain the support
of these clubs. Gen. Woodmanson. who
is Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee of the National Organization of Re-
publican Clubs and who claimed that
the individual clubs represented at this
convention could not properly act upon
such resolutions as were to be offered,
succeeded in having the convention
adjourn as soon as it was called to or
der. There was some verv warm talk
about this application of the gag, hut
the scent of the pie counter made it
mostly whispered among those inter-
ested
Ex-senator Blackburn will attend
the extra session of the Kentucky Leg
islature that has been called to elect
Senator and will make a strong fight
for his own reelection, notwithstand-
ing the Republican majority in that
body. Nobody expects the Senate to
seat Major Wood, who has been APP
pointed to the vacancy by Governor
Bradley, and whether the gentlemen
appointed by the Governors of Florida
and Oregon will fare any better, re-
mains to be seen.
King Hanna has got everything he
has reached for up to date, but certain
Senators who think he is now reach
lug after too much are preparing to
give him disappointment, and there
are big odds in favor of their succeed
ing. King Hanna is reaching for a
place on the Senate Finance Commit
lee, in which thcre are two vacancies
caused by the retirement of Sherman
and VOORHEES,, in order that he may be
properly fixed to boss the tariff bill,
which will go to that committee as
soon as it gets through the House. No
new Senator has been given a place on
that committee in the memory of the
oldest Senator, but that doesn't make
any difference to Hanna. He wants it
aud has made his want known. 1t is
practically certain that he won't get it.
Tom Platt also wants place on this
Committee, but as he has been in the
Senate before, his aspiration is not con-
sidered as audacious as that of King
Hanna, but whether he will get the
place is very, very doubtful.
Ex-Secretary Carlisle has been offer
ed the position of general counsel for
the Pullman Car Company, now held
by Gen. Horace Porter who expects to
go abroad, at a salary of $25, 900 year,
and the expectation is that Mr.. Car
Isle will accept the offer.