The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-18
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.

The adage, THE occasion always produces
| the man." like some other adages, sometimes
lies The President of the United States has
been insulted by Spanish blackguard who
held the commission of his government as
Minister to the United States and our
department of State has been held
up to the ridicule of tine world for allow
ing Itself to be gulIed by Spanish shams labelled
autonomy for Cuba and negotiations for le-
ciprocity trety: the insult was in writing, the
authorship of which was acknowledged by SEN
or de LONE, and has been published through
out the civilized world. Surely this was an "C-
casion, but oman has yet been produced.
ne natural thing to be expected after de LONE
acknowledged having written the published
letter, was that Mr.. Mckinley would send de
LONE his pass ports Instead of that, he sent
re luest TO Madrid that de LONE be recallo d.
and before it was presented to the Spanish Gov
eminent, de LONE had resigned and his gov
eminent had acceptei the resignation, and now
Mr. Mckinley is waiting to learn what Spain
will say about it all. 1t has been proven time
after time by Congress that politics cuts fig
ure in the solid backing always given a Pres!
dent who stand up firmly for any question af-
fecting our honor or rights, and Congress was
and is still ready TO back Mr.. Mcknley,even to
the extent of a declaration of war but he does
nothing 1t is now in order for Congress to
make him do something and its members
in the humor to do it.
Even prominent Republicans ignore the very
existence of Secretary Sherman when discuss
ny anything relating to our foreign relations.
Senator Lodge, who takes a more cheerful
view of the situation than many of his col
leagues do, said Spain is evidently practicing
duplicity towards us, and the administration
will be forced TO this conclusion if Spain does
not express regret for the utterances of
her late Minister, and no matter what Spain
may say officially, the general belief will be
that de LONE told the truth about the use of
autonomy and reciprocity to delude this gov
eminent ! cannot predict what the future
will bring. ! only know that in Judge Day,we
have Secretary who is firm, patriotic and
capable, and that he will see that this country
does not lose cast among the nations of the
world by reason of this incident"
The JUDICIARY Committee has hung up Scna-
ator TIllman's bill to permit the States to con-
troll liquor carried into them in original pack
ages and it will remain SO unless some mem
Der of the Committee who voted against report
ing the bill can be induced to get the matter up
again. Representative Latimer is working with
that end i'll view, and thinks he will succeed
The bill was passed by the Senate sometime
ago and was intended to aid the S. c. authori-
ties to enforce the liquor dspensary law which
was weakened by L. S. Supreme Court de-
cisIon. The principal objection to the Tillmau
bill by members of the committee who voted
against reporting it was that it would he Il
step tow ards giving States the right to control
interstate commerce.
Not having the fear of Gar Reed before its
eyes, the Senate increased the amount carried
by the fertilization Appropriation hill from
S4,14i9l2. appropriated by the House, to
S0,O52, 49I. 1t remains to be seen whether the
Gar can compel the House to insist upon It's
original bill
The addresses of the National Organizations
of the Democrats, the peoples party and the
silver Republicans. have been approved by a
Joint caucus and will all be made public this
week. The keynote of the addresses is cO-Operu-
ton by the friends of silver in the Cnugression-
al campaign.
Unless ali signs fail, as they sometimes do.
the treaty for the annexation of Hawaii will
have its fate settled this week. The Committee
on Foreign Relations, acting upon the express
ed doubt of Senator Teller, one Of the strong
est annexationists, as to their ability to ratify
the treaty, will get test vote in the Senate. If
the vote shows that the twO-thirds are for the |
treaty. its early ratification il certain, the !
opposition would not proiong the fight with |
certain defeat ahead Of Them if the vote shows |
as il probably wall, that the treaty cannot be |
ratited. il will at once De dropped, and joint |
resolution for annexation brought to tie front. |