The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-11-19

From our regular correspondent.

WASHINGTON. November 15.-"Teddy"
Roosevelt may soon he out of job, if he
doesn't learn TO bride his tongue when talking
in public upon subjects on which the admins
tration's position is officially unannOunced.
He was given a hint of this when he returned
from New York, where he made an after din
ner speech on the necessity of our having
fighting Navy, if we wished to escape the ridi-
Guile of the world, and having our declarations
concerning the Monroe Doctrine treated as
merely so much buster Teddy" used
Hawaii for dummy in order to give the adj
minstration's alleged Cuban policy two or
three heavy body blows, but the application
was too plain to be overlooked. He has been
warned not To do so again.
The administration is playing horse with the
Canadian Premier, who with party OF officials
is IN Washington, ostensibly to attend the seal
ing conference, but in reality to sound this
government on the probability of negotiating
4 reciprocity treaty. The President has swap
ned '.taffy' with the Premier and given him
dinner; Secretary Sherman has done the same,
md he has been turned over to Mr. kasson,
chief cook of the recipr Jcity kitchen, to confer
On the subject He'll get all the conferences
he wants. but when England really authorizes
her am bassador, or someone else, TO try to nc-
potinte a treaty of commercial reciprocity
which shall embrace Canadian products, it will
be found that SO far as Canada's products are
concerned, it will be an impossibilty. The
Cadadian Premier doesn't seem to know that
N number OF States, one OF the nam argu-
alents used il The last National Campaign FOR
tepublcan success, was that 1t wvuid shut oHt
ranadian competition
l.ts his
ainment OF public men on Il scale which indi
atcs that no matter how bard up spain may
e. it has no intention OF reducing the amount
# money spent in Washington i'll the at:c!npt
- make friends for Spain. The first blowout
II the spanish MiHis:-r WAS an e.egant dime.
1t the swell Metropolitan Club, in honor Oh
spanish editor. The administration o. the
:. Supreme Court were well represented N III
inner, but either the willy Spuniard must nav.
bought it needless TO waste his expensive ..i.
uer on Congress, or the Congressman a>'S''
must have sent regrets. Be that as it may
senator Elkils vas the only member OF In
legislative branch Of tlc government that III
eadci the dinner.
the silk stocking element of the Maryano
| ,pubicans, headed by Senator Wellington.
are strainng every nerve in their efforts I"
| make sure that the Maryland Legislature does
| not elect Representative Mudd 10 succeed Sen
ator German. These men probably know
what they are doing, hIt their activity against
Mudd, who is considered il WASHINGTON rs the
| weakest { all the aspirunts To Senator Cor
mars seat, reminds one of going after reeo
| birds with Calling guns
The Postoffice Department has officially de-
cided that the Interior Department was right
when il disbarred John Wedderburn and John
Wedderburn Co from practice beforethe Pat
ent Office. for gross frauds upon gulllole clients
and has issued fraud order against John
Wedderburn, John Wedderhurn " Co., and the
| National Recorder, Il newspaper owned by
| them. This order shuts them out OF the mails,
and will cause all matter addressed to them TO
be returned to the writers, after being officially
| stamped fraudulent" Newspapers which
coarinue to Sprint Wedderburn Co.'S adver-
| tisement after knowledge of this fraud order
| may also be shut out Of the mails.
| The general opinion among the most promi-
uent Democrats who have been in Washington
| since that Republican fight upon the election
| OF Boss Hanna, has appeared to grow to such
large proportions. is that the Democrats OF
| Ohio should have nothing whatever TO do with
| it. There is, of course, bare possibility that
/ enough Republican members of the Ohio i g
| stature would, if the Democrats would help
| them, be willing to elect some other republic
can to the Senate than Hanna, but the most
powerful microscope made would not show the
| smallest particle OF advantage to the OHIO
| D .mocrats in defeating Hanna and electing
| another Republican to the Senate. AS long As
Ohio has got to have another Republican SEN
ator, Hanna is the best man for the Democrats,
\ both in Ohio and elsewhere, that could be
chosen But even If it would 6e advantageous
| for the Democrats to knock Hanna out and
| help to elect some other Republican, it would
| not be advisable for the Democrats IN the ONO
| Legislature to become parties to a deal with
| the alleged auti-Hanna Republican members
| of that body. for the simple reason that Hanna,
With the aid of Mr.. Mckinley, will almost GER
! .Iinly be able, by the use Of patronage and
i other methods, to get a sufficient number of
| Republican votes to be elected. 1t is 1t fight
| between Hannaism and FOrakerism, and no
| Democrat should interfere.