The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
communicated
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 1896.

Poor Cuba! The formal announce
ment that John Sherman had been
compelled to become McKiuley's Sec
rotary of State, in order to make
place in the Senate for Boss Hanna,
makes it certain that unless this Con-
gress does something for Cuba, it will
have 10 90 on fighting alone. There has
been "a suspicion for some time that
Mckinley occupied very nearly the
same attitude towards Cuba that Pres
ident Cleveland does: 81 do not be-
ieve this government should interfere
between Spain and the Cuhaus. do
not believe this government should at
tempt to settle the war or take any
steps putting upon us the burden of de-
termining The nature of rule in Cuba
in case the Cubans WIN" AS this lam
guage was used when he was lust from
the presence of Mckinley and after he
had accepted the Secretaryship of
State, there isn't the slightest doubt
that ii is an advance statement of Me-
Kiuley's CUBAN policy. 1t is several
shades worse than the present Cuban
least tried to bring about peace. Nc
Klnley proposes to do absolutely moth
ing and to let the butchery continue
indefinitely. This may result in STIR
ring up the friends OF Cuba in Con-
gress. There are now in Washington
petitions signed by six hundred thou
sand American citizens, asking Con-
pgress to recognize the Independence of
Cuba.
1t is evident that Speaker Reed
doesn't expect Representative Boat
ner, of La, who was unse lted al the
last session of Congress aud reelected
TO fill the vacancy and for full term
beginning March 4th next, o b. uu-
seated in the contest which is a gain be-
ing made for his seal. Otlern ise he
would not have selected Mr.. b latuer,
who is one of those rare Dem crats
who favors protection to certain ex-
tent, to fill the Democratic vac ,ncy on
the Ways and Means Committee. Rep
resentative Bailey, of Texas, who was
given the vacancy on the Rules Com
mittee, was, is said, gwen his choice
of the vacancies by Mr.. Reed Charlie
Crisp, son of the late eX Speaker, was
given the vacancy ON the Post Office
Committee, aud Representative Stakes,
of 5. g., that on the Committee on
Agriculture.
The Republican steering committee
of the Senate has given the Nicaragua
Canal Bill the first place in the order
of business of the Sen lie, whicu is
merely another way of killing the time
during the four days a week the leis-
/ urely Senate condescends to sit during
this session, as they know that the bill
has no chance of getting acted on in
the House.
Those members of Huntington's lou
by, who are net regularly on his pay
roll, found themselves out of a lob,
when the House sat down so hard on
the Pacific Railroads Funding Bill.
The question of legislation on the sub.
ject Is still being considered, but Hun
tlugton seems at last to realize that the
numerous lobby he had in Washington
did the funding bill more harm than
good, and from now on, the lobbying
will not be so openly conducted. If
there is any legislation on this matter
il is likely t be along the line of
the bill which has been report
ed favorably 10 the Senate, aud which
is now being considered by the House
Committee. 1t provides for commits
siol of Cabinet officials with authority
to settle the whole business.
If the Free Homestead bill fails to get
through, Speaker Reed will make nu-
nerous Western enemies, who will be
heard from if he is again candidate
for his party's Presidential nomina-
ton. The bill when passed by the
House only provided for free home
stads in Oklahoma, but before the SEN
ate passed 1t, amendments were added.
extending the area of free homesteads.
When The bill went back to the House,
instead OF allowing the House to vote
on the Senate amendments so that the
bill could be sent to Conference, if thew
are not accepted by the House, Speaker
Reed sent the bill back to the Com
mittee on Public Lands, and its friends
are whispering that he did it for the
purpose of having the bill smothered.
Representative and Standardized
Money, of Miss, thus disposes of u SEN
satonal story sent from Washington:
There is not word of truth in the
story that have the slightest misun-
dersiauding with Consul-General Lee
growing out of my letters on the Cuban
question. General Lee and l are the
best of friends, and there is not the
least particle of chance of our dis
agreeing. l was as much amused over
the newspaper publication that there
was to be duel between us as the Gen.
eral will be when he sees it.n
The much talked of bill authorizing
the President to appoint delegates TO
any International Monetary Confer
ence that may he called. has been in
troduced in the Senate. This is meas.
ure for which every body will vote, aud
which nobody, in or out of Congress,
believes will ever amount to row of
pins, so far as increasing the use of sill
yer as money is concerned.