The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-11-26
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, November 22.-Czar Reed is
in the field for the Republican nomination for
President in 1900, and his candidacy may play
au important part i'll the legislation OF the
House at this session of Congress. A Reed
machine is already organized, and, III addition
to all the original Reed men, 1t will attract, II
is expected, all of the large number of Repub-
licans who worked tor Mr.. Mckinley's nomna-
ton last year and have become disgruntlcd be-
cause of their failure to get what they wanted
for themselves or theit friends Senator For
aker is understood to be looking after the Ohio
end of the Reed machine, and the light IN the
election of Boss Hanna to the Senate Is beng
used rs a means of weakening Mr.. Mckinley i'll
his own State, with view topreventing his be-
ing able to control the Ohio delegation TO the
next Republican National Convention. The
rivalry between the Reed and Mckinley fac
tons, now secret, is likely to be open and
spirited i'll the near future.
The Democrats do not have to even 20 the
trouble of fighting Secretary Cages gold bond
scheme; it is having the little life 1t has thump-
cd out of it by Republicans. About one-half
of the prominent Republican Senators and
Representatives who have been i'll Washington
since the gold scheme was made public, nav"
taken occasion to publicly condemn ii. As
Mr.. Mckinley has always been known aus Il fol-
lower, not leader, of the opinions of his party,
it will be interesting to what effect this Re
publican condemnation of the issuing of gold
bonds will have upon his treatment OF the sub
iect in his annual message to Congress. AL
ready there are rumors OF his Intention t"
stradde the question by merely calling atten-
ton in his message to the recommendations of
Secretary Gage without indorsing them.
The events OF the past week were contirma-
tory of the suspicion that tine new Spanish MIN
ijtry and Mr.. McknIey's administration are
acting in concert in Cuban matters, for the
purpose of adding to the hands-of sentiment in
Congress. Although this policy may succeed
for time in preventing action by Congress,
the friends of Cuba are confident that the lack
of success on the part of Spain in bringing the
war i'll Cuba to a close, will be 50 apparent be-
fore this session of Congress adjourns that
Congress will be sure to take decisive action.
| Some amusement has been created in Wash
ington by long printed statement given out
by the selt-constituted monetary conference ,
as to its intentions concerning the financial
scheme it is engaged in Matching out These
gentlemen say their report will be withheld
from the public until the annual message OF
the President has been sent to Congress. The
country would survive if it were permanently
| withheld. The statement acknowledges tnat
| they recognize the fact that they have 10
holiday task befC re them in securing the ado :
| ton of the report by Congress" which is ali
| entirely unnecessary Observation-Disclosures
| body knew it all the time. But here is about
| the most amusing sentence in the statement
| sometime will be allowed to pass after the
| publication of the report before any attempt
is m AIDE to force it to vote in either House OF
| Congress c'force'' is good.) This time will be
employed in a campaign OF education, by
means of thorough discussion in the press anG
Il in the popular magazines of the merits of the
proposed financial reforms" The most of the
merit side of the discussion will be paid mat
i ter, but the untrammeled press will make NJ
/ charge for showing up its dement's. In view OF
4 the popular idea of educated public opinion,
the plan of campaign is exposed when the
statement says that the members OF the confer
ence are confident that the great body of edu
| Gated public opinion in the country will COM
| to their support So much of ii as gets it
educational matter from Wall street and Lon
don. probably will.
1t seems to be the general belief in Washing
ton that if Gov. Lowndes had any chance tt
get the seat now occupied by Senator German
he has lost it by choosing Senator Wellington
to manage his campaign. The extent to whicl
Wellington has this year been jumped on b.
the Maryland Republicans, indicates that Iii
influence has pretty much all been lost. Post
master General Gary isn't dong any talking
but they say that he is making still hunt f'
that Senatorship that may surprise somebod.
when that Republican caucus gets together.
The attempt of Ex-Secretary of State Foster
who has made failure of the seal negotiations
of which he has had charge to get himself pu
at the head of a commission to negotiate will
a similar commission appointed by Canada fC
the settlement of all disputes, means nothing
more than that Mr.. Foster is anxious to keel
on drawing big salary for very light work.