The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-04
MusnlngtOm Letter.

". F. BRAND.


WASHINGTON, January 31.-pIaying the
voters for suckers is very old Republican
game, but it is to be played again this year,
and, if it wins, in 1900. 1t Is the regulation
three card monte political trick. The Kcpubli-
can administration, through its President aud
Secretary OF the Treasury, is manipulating the
cards so that in sections where some silver
votes are necessary to win, the cards will show
the Republican party 10 be great friend OF
bimetallisIn and many fairy stories will be told
about what Mr. Mckinley expects to accom-
plish for silver through International bimetal-
ISM and in sections where the gold standard
sentiment is held by a majority, the cards will
show the Republicans in their their true colors
supporters OF the single gold standard. To | e
iOrcwarncd is to be iurcaTmed, and if any real
friend Of silver gets caught il this game, he
will deserve to be caught.
Car Reed cracked the party whip and COM
PEELED the Republican majority of the House
to stand up and be counted against the Teller
resolution, declaring bonds to be payable in
silver at the option of the government. Reed
Is no dodGcr, whatever else he may he. He is
for the gol standard and for gold bonds, and
lie simply compelled the House to endorse the
payment of bonds in gold by defeating the Tell
CT ICSOlullOI, dlluOuBn Inefc are lois OF RGpuD-
licans who would rather that he had killed the
resolution by the pigeon-hole method. If many
of the Republicans of the II ouse had dared to
vote as they thought, there would have been
enough OF them with the solid Democratic vote
70 have overthrow Reeds plan and adopted
the Teller resolution.
Senator Chandler, who has been CONSPICUOUS
in his championship of Mr. McKinley's himetal-
ism, has this to say of the latest attempt of the
latter to carry gold on one shoulder and silver
on the other: The President is trying to
satisfy the gold people and also prosecute i'll
tccnatIonal bimetalism, which is Il very difficult
thing for him to do, because the former are not
in favor OF any kind of bimetaism. So he de-
clarcs in favor of paying the national debt i'll
the best money in the world, in Difference to
the gold people, and rPfrains from saying that
the best money in the world is gold, in order to
avoid disturbing the bimetalists. 1t may be
sagaCious policy, but it will be difficult to pur-
sue it much longer, if Secretary Gage and his
assistants are to continue to declare, on every
possible occasion, that international bimetgl-
ISM is impossible, while the President maintains
that he is prosecuting negotiations with other
nations. The time will soon come for the ex-
plicit declaration Us to whether Mr. Gage or the
President represents the Republican party"
Senator Chandler was the only eastern Repub-
lican who voted for the Teller resolution,
which was adopted by 4 vote of AZ to 81.
Those who have been Safeguarding Spain
for trying to buy the friendship Of the United
States through trade comes sions offered in the
negotiations for reciprocity treaty between
the United States and Spain, to include the
products of Cuba and Porto Rico, which are
now under way, will doubtless be surprised to
earn that the first step in these negotiations
was taken by the United States Minister to |
Spain. under instructions from the Department
State, but such is the fSSt. Just why this adj |
should have gone cut of its way to |
make such a practical demonstration of its |
.riendliness towards Spain, each individual |
must determine tor himself; but it seems to be |
Ill part of the same deal with Spain which |
oacltied Congress and the people for time, by |
sending L. 5. warship to HAVANA.
The House By a vote Of 1SS TO 60 passed the |
bill to pay S2SS, 900 to the Southern Methodist |
Book Publishing Company, for damages sus-
.aincd by the company during the war.
No senator presents more unique arguments |
han Senator TiIman, of South Carolina, and |
his latest, on the silver question, was one OF his
pest. lie said, us he walked down the aisle: |
before ISi 20, we Used 10 20 on TWO legs. one |
eg was gold and the other leg was silver. Then |
We cut one leg OFF, but not content with that, |
We placed the cutoff leg on our shoulder, and |
low we ~ hopping along on one leg with the |
other lee on our shoulder" The Senator illus |
rated his remarks by action and when he end |
ID by hopping around Oh one leg, bending |
over with the imaginary burden on his shoulder |
here was such burst of laughter and APP |
Dlause that the Vice President had to sharply |
demand order.
The only Democrat who voted against the |
Teller resolution, declaring U. S. :bonds pay
able in silver at the governments option, was
senator Caifeay of Louisiana.
The Lodge gold bond resolution having been |
by IL vote of 80 TO 24 in the Senate,
The gentlemen who have been paying board !
bills in Washington with the idea that legisla- |
lion for gold bonds could be secured from this |
Congress have at last got their eyes open to |
facts known to most people from the first day |
Of the session-the absolute impossibiity OF |
gold bond legislation.