The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-02-05
Washington Letter.

Washington, January 30th, 1897.
The senate did a wise thing when II de
feated the amendment offered to the mil
ary appropriation bill approprlatlng
the cost of transportation of the West
Point Cadets to and from Washington,
in order that they might be allowed 70
appear in the Inauguration day parade
In the first place, spending money for
such purpose is an extravaganza al
any time and dOubiy so at this time
when, as Senator Stewart pointed out,
thousands Ot our people are IN need OF
the actnal necessities OF life. In the
next place. the military forces OF the
government should not be allowed to
take any part in the inauguration OF a
president The presence OF the I. :
troops no doubt adds to the pleasure oI
those who view the parade, but all the
same they ought not TO be there. 1t Is
bad idea, and the precedent OF having
a few L ; troops in the parade to give
~ varietv which we have been setting
in this generation, may some day De Ia
ken advantage of by unsCrupulous men
by bringing enough of them to WASH
| ington to forcibly inangurate some man
who has not gone through the tormalty
| of being elected by the people. In my
humble opiniOn il would be a wise pre-
| caution for congress to pass bill pro-
| hibiting armed troops, whether state or
national. from coming inside the cor
| porate limits of Washington on lnau'
| guration day The Inauguration OF
| president isn't a military function ana
| the military should nave nothing what
| ever to do with 1t.
That arbitration treaty has not yet
! been reported to the senate from the
| committee on foreign relations, not
withstanding the public meetings and
| showers of kilograms and letters In Its
behalf The general impression Is that
| the committee will recommend several
amendments to the treaty, setting forth
| clearly that it is not to be allowed to IN
| terfere with our maintenance OF the
| Monroe doctrine.
The house this week passed the Inn
migration bill as reported from the con-
ference committees
Senator Daniel made a speech against
| the Nicaragua Canal bill this week, open
ing with this dramatic language: The
| bill is dead. The speech of Senator
| Turpie killed it, and Rodrigo has expos
ed Its corpse in the public morgue.
He expressed doubts as to whether the
canal would be a commercial benefit to
| the the L. 5. if it were constructed, and
declared that the passage of the pend
ing bill would in effect put the L. .
into the buncO business. He further
pointed out that after pouring the pro-
posed hundred million dollars into the
canal the L. ). could not maintain ex-
don't ~
the Clayton -Bulwer Treaty between the
T. 5. and England, there is a treaty be
tween England and Nicaragua that give:
the armies and navies of England free
access to the cadal. The speech OF Sen
} ator Daniel was made after Senator Nor
gan had introduced amendmedts to th'
Canal bill intended to meet objections
raised by Minister ROdrigez in behalf o
Nicaragua. 1t is generally believed IL
Washington that Senator Daniel wa
5 right when he declared the bill dead.
! Some of the senators appear to hav
taken second thought about the bill au
thOrizing the president to appoint repre-
! sentatiyes to an international monetar
conference, which il was at first suppOs
e ed was to be allowed to go through jus
J. as was reported. Senator Cameron ha
# offered an amendment directing tn
D., president to call a conference, and Ser
= ator Stewart has offered another, pro
viding that the United States govern
e ment shall, in case the conference fai
9 to reach an agreement in favor of lntel
h national blmetallism, within thirty day
after the adjournment of the conferenC
open the mints to the free coinage of a
y gold and silver presented.
& The semi-Cfficial annOuncemeI
that Mckinley has already selected h
, friend, William F. Hahn, of Ohio, to
L ), Marshal of the District OF COlun
o' bia, has aroused much resentmel
~ among the Washington Republican
e who gave literally of their time al
n money to help elect Mckinley and wi
believed that he would live up to Il
home rule plank of the St. Louis pla
10 form, Notwithstanding a hint drops
ed by Mark Hanna some weeks ago IN
of mating that the federal offices in Il
~ District of Columbia would he given
voters instead of nOn-vOtiug resident
hs The resentment is as yet quiet, but
III cannot be kept so If Mckinney fills t
offices with carpet baggers.
EX-COngresSman and Ex-GOvern
,Ly Long, of Mass, is about to find hims
in the same class with Bliss, of N
y York who after having virtually acce
CT ed cabinet portfolio was compelled,
100 the red hot opposition to him, to rec
no his acceptance and to try to let hims
Il down easy by saying it was on accou
of his wife's health. Massachuse
lu- men headed by Senator Hoar are ms
in log fight on Long. and the friends
er- every other New England man who |
tv cabinet hankerings are helping it alor
- and present indications are that all t
will be too much for Long and that
les will soon be letting himself down ca
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