The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Washington Letter.


drew jackson Dty could not have been
more enthusiastically observed at the an
nusl tapouet of the Jackson Democrats
ASSOCIATION # Washington had the ce-
fe of lass November been victory
In addition to the large numher OF
prominent Democratic gusts I the as
s,sci4tiun au innovation was ! troduceo
this var by inviting a woman-MTs
Mary - madison Wilcox, d ,ughisr ot a
]. .Doaaldsou, who was private secretary
To President Jackson. This lady ENJOYS
the distinction of having been the nrst |
child horn in the White House, and re
sides in Washington.
Presto! Change, Great Is the power
of public pap. The Republican sena-
tors who were expressing their willing
ness to have American blood-not then
own. of course-shed, if necessary, to
free Cuba from the tyranny OF Spain
when congress adjourned for the Chrs'-
mas recess. came back to their seats this
week as meek ss sucking lambs They
have heard from Mckinley, and as far
as they are concerned suffering Cub
can keep on suffering Senator Call. OF
Florida. not having the fear OF Nj KIN
Iev's anger TO keep him mum, made
speech on lis resolution, which was
apopted. calling for the OffiCial CORE
spondenCe in the case of Julio SauguIliy,
a newspaper correspondent aud citizen
of the L. ; who has been sentenced to-
. prison for life by the Spanish authorities,
in which he did some very plain talking
about the attitude of this government to-
wards Cuba. and the delay of the senate
in acting upon the Cameron res llution.
The house passed the Loud bill de
priving books and sample copies of news
papers of the privilege of second class
mail, and is now wrestling with the Pa
citic Railroad funding bill, which the
Huntington lobby is moving heaven and
| earth to get posed. as their last chance
| to prevent the forecl0sing of Uncle Sans
mortgage on the Union Pacific railroad
Senator Gibson, OF Md Is indignant
over the statement made by the Bait
more SIM that he mad predicted the de-
| feat of Senator German and the oOntIn-
| ned aecendency of the Republicans IN
| MARYLAND. After characteriZing the
publication as false aud malicious, Sen
! atOr Gibson said: "InStead of believing
| that the Republican party is in control
| of MARYLAND for indefinite time. | be
Iieve that it will not he long before tha
| = splendid administration, is recalled to
power Maryland has simply suffered
! from the wave that has oyerspread the
country, and there will come time
when the wave will recede. The bolters
from the Democratic party in the state
| bear about the same relation TO the en-
tire rank and file that the 10000
| Palmer Democrats bear to the 6 500, 900
who voted for Bryan"
Senator Allison, who was chairman of
| the U S. delegation to the international
| monetary conference of 1892 said soon
| after his return: The sending of an
| other American commission in behalf of
silver to the old world will he a farce,
unless it Is invited by great Britain. /
for one, will never go again on such
| bootleSs errand, no matter what Is
urged - Senator Allison has never said
anything since to indicate. that his
mind has undergone any change on the
| subject.
Senator Jones. of Ark and other
| prominent Democrats are now confident
| hat the senate il the next congress will
contain a majority of silver men, not
withstandiug the extraordinary efforts of
Mark Hanna to get a gold majority by
the lavish use of money and of promi-
Ses of patronage under the Mckinley ad-
ministratiOn.
Secretary Herbert's investigation of
the cost of manufacturing steel armor
plates, made by the direction of con-
Cress to which his report was this week
sent, doesn't show the Carnegie and
Bethlehem Steel companies in very
complimentary light.
They both refused to give the secretat
ryinformatiOl until after they found that
he had obtained if from European
makers of armor; then, according to sec
retary Herbert's report, they gave him
misleading information. The report
says the two establishments have made
p combination to force the government
10 pay fancy prices for armOr and shows
: that they can furnish armor for one
third less than the government is now
paying them and then make in the
neighborhood of $3.50 on each ton
Secretary Hcrbert's report is being com
1 mended on all sides for its thoroughneS:
2 and fearlessness What effect it viii
, have upon congress will he seen wher
the Naval appropriation bill is taken up
1t is perhaps fortunate that this week
is the last OF the tariff hearings. Las
/ week, those who appeared before th'
ways and means committee only asker
I that the new tariff restore the MCKin
ley duties, but this week a number o
them had the cheek to ask that the Nc
[ Kinley rates be raised. After all, il is :
/ grab game, and it is human to grab a
q much as you can. NJ.