The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-02-26
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, February 22.-Hon. W. J.
Bryan will visit Washington this week, but he
will not probably stay until Inauguration day.
He will be the guest of Mr.. John X. Mclean,
who will give dinner to about one hundred
guests in his honor. This dinner will not be II
political event, as the guests will include a
number of personal friends Of Mr.. Bryan in all
the parties. But during Mr.. Bryan's stay there
will be q conference, perhaps several, to dis
cuss the immediate future Of the Democratic
party.
Senator Daniels, of Virginia, is one of best
elocutionists in the Senate; consequently WASH
ington's farewell address, which, in accordance
with the resolution was read Immediately af-
ter the Senate convened, in honor of Washing
tons birthday, was much better rendered than
usual, and WAS listened TO by an unusually
large number of Senators, in addition to the
crowded galleries.
1t is unfortunate in more senses than one that
there should be an investigation at this time
into an act of the administration by which the
step-fatber 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 %, 900 acres, which
was recently issued to Mr.. Perrine, the hus-
band of Mrs. Cleveland's mother, and which
the committee is now investigating. Exon
gresham Brookshire, of Indiana. is counsel
for the settlers on this land, who claim that
the grant was forfeited many years ago.
The Civil Service Commission has made an
swer to Senator Aliens resolution, adopted by
the Senate last week, as to the alleged dismissal
of two women from branch OF the Agricul-
tural Department, at South Omaha, Nebraska,
for displaying pictures of Mr.. Bryan in the late
campaign. The answer says the commission
investigated the complaint when first made and
that Secretary Morton denied that the dis
charges were made for the cause specified, or
that he knew the politics of those discharged.
The most significant portion of the answer, es-
pecially to those i'll Office who regard them
selves as being protected by the Civil Sert ice
Commission, is the following: THE commits
sion is not an appointing, or reinstating, or re-
moving body"
Representative McRea, of Arkansas, who
was one of the Democratic members of the
CoingRge Committee, who voted for the favor
able report, with amendments of the Senate
bill authorizing the President to appoint dele
gates for any international monetary confer
ence, called by any nation or by himself, took
occasion to briefly state the attitude of the
Democrats toward the bill. He said the Demo-
Gratis had no faith whatever in such method
of bringing about the free coinage of silver,
but that they had no desire to place an obstacle
in the way of the Republicans trying to carry
out the promise made by their national plat
form; on the contrary, that they were anxious
for the next administration to demonstrate to
the country what could be done along that
line.
Notwithstanding Senator Kyle's assertion
that he did not get the Republican votes which
reelected him by making promises, the Re-
publicans in Washington are now counting
upon his voting with them to obtain control of
the Senate organization and to fill committee
vacancies that will exist March 4th. This con-
fidence of the Republicans is not based upon
any vague 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 Republicans in this peculiar case, should
his vote settle the question, Senator Kyle will
betray the principles he has protested ever
since he entered the Senate. As most people
know, the Senate Finance Committee. as at
present made up, is controlled by silver, al
though seven of its thirteen memt ers, includ-
ing the Chairman, are Republicans. There will
two vacancies in this committee on March It'll
Senator Sherman will enter the Cabinet and
Senator voorhees, will retire to private life.
The Republican leaders consider it necessary,
as this is the committee that will handle the
new tariff bill. that both of these vacancies
shall be filled by men who can be counted upon
to support the new tariff bill and to oppose any
silver legislation that NAV be proposed; and
they are saying that Senator Kyle, whose ad-
vocacy of silver and of free trade is widely
known, will vote with him. II he does, what
will be the natural Inference
Representative Walker, of Massachusetts,
couldn't upset the Reed rules, but he could and
did express himself very vigorously on the SUBJ
ject, saying in part: Under the rules of this
House, we get mighty few rights. When you
go to see about a bill, you are referred to
subcommittee, and then you may col your
heels there day after day before you can get so
much rs one member of the sub ICON mittee TO
hear you. And when you do, he tells you he
knows all about it and intimates that you are
boring. Then when he reports against you and
you try to appeal to the full committee, you
get no satisfaction" He called this IA system
of tyranny" and added much mere to he same
effect.