The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-06-19
CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Regular Correspondence OF the WING.


WASHINGTON, June It'll, 1897.
President Mckinley is naturally of an
obliglng disposition and nothing would
please him more than to accept all the
invitations that have been extended tD him
by cities and towns through which he will
pass on his way to and from the Nashville
Exposition, but it is absolutely impossible
for him to do so, as the time set aside for
the trip is necessarily limited He will
leave Washington next Wednesday morn
ing, accompanied by distinguished party
made up OF members of Cabinet, Senators,
Representatives and other officials, many
of whom will be accompanied by the ladies
of their families. The party will be in
Nashville on Ohio day at the Exposition.
While the progress on the tariff bill in
the Senate is not altogether as rapid as
republicans would like it to be, it is, Cir
cumstances considered, satisfactory. More
so, in fact better than many republicans
expected it would be when the amended
bill was reported to the Senate. The
original Dingley bill was far more satisfac-
tory to republicans of the rank and file
correspondingly pleased at the tendency of
the steering committee of the Senate to
restore the House schedule, or at least to
make them nearer them than to the sched-
ules of the amended bill. While it cannot
be officially announced that the sugar sched-
ule of the original bill will be restored, it
seems 10 be almost certain that the Dingley
schedule will be made the basis for the
sugar schedule that will be inserted in
place OF the one prepared by the Senate
Finance Committee, which many republic
cans considered one of the most objection
able in the amended bill. All of this
makes it certain that the prophecy in this
correspondence that the bill as finally
passed would be ii good one will turn out
to DE true.
The Postmaster crop will rpen early tbs
year aud big harvest is expected. Post
master General Gary has announced that
the commissions OF all postmasters that
expire between this date and July 18TH
will be considered as havingalready expired,
and their successors appointed as early as
possible, be in c arge of their offices at the
beginning OF the new fiscal year, July |.
The first result Of the investigation OF
the wo kings OF the civil service rules il,
the unanimous report of the Committee on
Reform in the civil service in favor OF Sen
ator Gallnger's amendment to the general
deficiency Appropriation Bill, abrogating
all civil service rules which apply to any
class uf laborers. This amendment is in
ine with common sense, and will he sure
to become law. Talk with Senator
Pitchard and other members of the com-
mittee makes it reasonably certain that
Other and more important recommendations
aS to exceptions from the civil service rules
will be made by the committee Il llttle
later.
In accordance with "A decision arrived at
soon after his Inauguration, President
Mckinley has nominated Ellis A. Roberts,
vi New York, to he treasurer OF the t. ).
and Conrad y. Jordan to be Assistant
Treasurer of New York. Mr.. Jordan $
nomination is for second term, as he is a
gold democrat and held the position under
the Cleveland administration.
There is another 3 in the field for the
democratic free silver and free trade pres
dental nomination in 1900. 1t is Bailey,
of Texas, who has the support of a majority
of the democrats in the House in his efforts
to be their leader. Mr. Bailey figures that
he is quite as much of an orator as Mr..
nomination. After the nomination of
Bryan, no sensible man would donbt the
possibility of any action by democratic
convention. Neither OF them are fitted for
so a responsible place as the Presidency,
but Bailey has been regarded as less of a
demagogue than Bryan, although getting
the Presidential fever may cause him to
out-Bryan Bryan in that direction.
Attorney General Mckenna is going to
try his hand at enforcing the Sherman anti
trust law, which the Cleveland administra-
ton declared could not be enforced. He
has directed that suit be entered in the L.
S Circuit Court against the Traders Live
Stock Exchange, OF Kansas City, for viola
ZION of the antitrust law by boycotting
commission merchants who sold stock to
those who did not belong to the exchange.