The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-12-31
Washington Letter.

From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON December 27.-Up 10 this time
the most marked feature of the Congressional
recess in Washing ton, has bscn;thc unconct alcd
anxiety of the administration as 10 the prubI-
Ole action of certain Senators when Congress
gets together again and the attempts made to
aiole them with patronage aud promises into
doing as Mr.. Mckinley desires, or into nothing
and keeping quiet, The two principal CAUSES
the minor ones are too numerous to mention
of Mr. McKinley's anxiety are Finance and
the Treaty for the annexation of Hawaii. He
wants the treaty speedily ratified and he wants
the silver Republicans to keep quiet and not
attempt to carry out the intention announced
! by some of them of forcing Mr.. Mckinley's
band by compelling him to come out in the
open and declare himself TO Toe i'll sympathy
with the outspoken efforts of Secretary Gage
10 secure legislation to strengthen the gold
standard or else to declare in favor OF the re-
st Dration of bimetalism, which he has all along
| ID them to believed he favored. The Senators
who have been put in the doubtful column on
| the annexation question and the silver Repub-
lcan Senators can have anything at MIR. Nc
Kiuley's disposal in the way of patronage, II
| they will pledge themselves to do as he wants
them. The effect of this caiolery of Senators
cannot be told to a certainty until the questions
! affected get up in the Senate. Soon after ths
| debate on the annexation treaty opens 1t WI |
become apparent whether any of the doubt
fur Senators have become advocates of an
| nexation, and the explanation that Senator
| Wocott, who is regarded as the leader of the
| silver Republicans has promised to make OF
| his trip 10 Europe in behalf of international
himetalism. about the middle of January, will
l probably indicate the attitude of the silver Re
| publcans, at least one of whom has told Mr..
| Mckinley in plain words that unless ne muZ-
Zles Secretary Gage the silver Republicans
/ would publicly rcpudiate the financial policy
OF the administration.
/ The Navy Department will re- establish the
| Marine Guard at Pensacola, Fla, which was
Il discontinued a few years ago, Il detachment OF
o. 5. Marines having left Washington Sunday
1 Tor the Pensacola station.
| 1t is practically certain that nearly all the
| Democrats in both branches of Congress will
| vote for the bill providing for the publication
| of Il complete list of those drawing pensions
from the government and the amount they
| draw, which Commissioner Evans says he will
/ have introduced when Congress resumes work.
! In fact, it is difficult to imagine any good rca-
SON why the vote in Congress should not be
| unanimous for such bill. The publication
would serve several good purposes and could
\ not possibly injure any honest and deserving
! penSoner. Some of the Il. y. X. men are OPP
posing the idea, and arc trying to work up SEN
| tment against it.
Representative Rhea Of Kentucky, whose
| seat is being contested by Dir. Hunter the Re-
publican who thought he had Il cinch on the
senatorial toga that was captured by heboe,
| and who i'll that connection WAS charged with
| bribery and some other little things of that
| sort isn't ut all afraid of being unseated, not
| withstanding the big Republican majority in
| the House. The evidence in favor of MIR. khea
| vas Overwhelming before Dr. Hunter virtually
.,hnowledged that his claim to the seat was
not IL valid one by accepting the position of
Minister to Guatemala and Honduras. The
| contest has not been abandoned, but the hope
of getting an allowance for lawyers fees and
other expenses is probably TIE only reason that
i. has not been.
| The money pull with the present administers
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