The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-01-28
RsnInSIOn Letter.
From our regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent.
wAsHINGroN. January 2I.-CzIr Reed has
one commensurate trait-frankness. When he
learned that the Co .nmittce on Territories was
inclined to fayorably report bills for the adj
mission of Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa, as States, he told the members fiat
footed that it was useless for them to do so,
he did not intend that those Territories should
be admitted, so long as he had the power to
prevent, and the present conditions continue
to exist. He added that it was simply u ques-
ton of gold against silver, it being well-known
that each of the Territories named would send
two silver men to the senate, if they had the
opportunity.
The hot fight made for recognition of Cuba,
by the Democrats OF the House. has frightened
the whole administration outfit very badly.
The fake news of Spanish success in Cuba also
Indicate that the fright has extended to the
SpaniardS. The fighting ism over yet. Repre-
Bailey proved on the floor of the House that
the efforts of the Democrats were thwarted for
the time, only by Il breach OF faith on the part
of Car Reed and Mr.. Hit.
Senator White, Of California, who is leading
tie fight against ratification of the annexation
treaty, is so confident the treaty cannot be rati
fled that he proposed to Senator Davis, who has
charge of the treaty, that day be set for tax
ing the vote, and the proposition was declined.
That little incident tells he story of the situa-
ton as well as il could be done in column of
space.
The refusal of the House Committee on
Banking and Currency, which has been hold
ing daily sessions in order to hear everything
that Secretary Gage, members of the monetary
conference, and other advocates of the single
gold standard, might have to present in the
shape of gold argument, TO grant hearings to
representatives of the American Bimetallc
Union. was an unprecedented aud an uncalled
for insult. The Executive Committee of the
American BimetalI-c Union sent very manly
and digniied protest to the Com mittee, closing
with the following appeal to the love of fair
play that every properly constituted Americ an
has: So far as we are aware, this is the first
Tine that in IL matter of so much Importance,
u great Congressional Committee engaged in
giving hearings on a proposition before it, has
refused to accord a full and fair hearing to
both Sides
In marked contrast to the action of the House
Banking and Currency Committee was that of
the silver Senators, whose majority gives them
the power to prololg the financial debate in
the Senate, us long as they might wish to do so,
ON the Teller resolution, declaring U. s. bonds
to be payable in silver at the option of the gov
ernment. They merely desired to adopt that
resolution, as notice to the gold standard adj
mjnStratIon that gold standard legislation is
an impossi5ility during the life of the present
Congress, and to put certain Senators on record
for the benefit of their constituents, and in or
der to show that they had no desire to I'M
necessarily prolong the financial debate, Sena-
tor Vest, VINO has charge of the resolution,
submitted an agreement that the vote be taken
on Thursday of this week. which was adopted
The adoption of the resolution by the Senate is
u certainty; the House WILL. of course, i'll defer
ence to Car Reed allow it to be pigeon ho oiled.
The Republicans who started out to throw
down some of the bars to the Federal Offices
| are up against sDag in the shape of the in
ability of the House Civil Service Committee to
agree upon bill. To conceal this difficulty
and to gain time the committee has started an
indefinite series of hearings, such as the Senate
Committee has been conducting off and on for
months
1t will be lamentable if Mr. Mckinley allows
the scheming Republican politicians to dictate
the successor to Hon. Ben Butterworth, late
Commissioner of Patents, whose funeral last
week. drew together so many sorrowful public
men, regardless of politics. Mr.. Butterworth
did the country great and valuable service in
reforming abuses in the practice before the
Patent Office, and he was ably assisted in that
work by Hon. A. P. Greeley, Acting Commits
soner of Patents Mr.. Mckinley could not
show his sympathy with the reform work done
by Mr.. Butterworth in more practical way,
than by making Mr.. Greeley Commissioner OF
Patents.
The election of Senator White. of California,
to be Chairman of the Democratic Congress
sional Campaign Committee, and the adoption
OF strong resolution, endorsing the Chicago
platform, ended the career of numerous very
foolish fairy tales