The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-11-24

The Week in Washington.
| By Our Regular Correspondent.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-What with the races
and the influx of members of the coming Con-
sress, the old town takes on lively aspect this
| week. The glorious weather brings out the
| Oldest inhabitants, who recall e-bellum
| days, and mourns for the times when our law
| makers were not ashamed to hobnob with our
| book-makers. For nowadays, statesmen are
| seldom sports" True, a Senator or two might
have been seen at the races this week, and per-
haps some of them even ventured modest
flyer" on favorite horse. But the good cd
neck-or. nothing days when Daniel Webster
was a well-known figure on Pennsylvania
Avenue, are gone, and the Oldest inhab alone is
| left to tell the tale.
Pretty women, dazzling costumes. flowers
and horse.tiesh combine to show the Capital
City in one of its brightest phases. Among the
swell set the talk is all on the whip, saddle and
spur. The big horse show 10 New York has its
| little reflex in Washington.
| Hotels are full and pocket books empty. 1t
| Is harvest time with the gentlemen of the sign
of the three balls.
Meanwhile, the candidates for the various
Congressional Handcaps are beginning to line
up. Prospective Speaker and Ringmaster
Henderson arrived on Friday from Iowa.
There are lot of lively contests on hand for
the different chairmanships, and the pipes that
| are being laid. and the wires that are pulled,
would delight the heart of a Doodle Alderman.
| Mssourians clsim that Judge De Almond has
| good chance to become leader of the minori-
| ty, and are quietly working up boom in his
favor. New York has a card up her sleeve, in
this connection, in the person of Congressman
| Sulzer. On the whole, the opening proceedings
| in the House promises to be the liveliest in
years.
In the Senate, it is probable that Senator
Frye, of Maine, will be chosen to preside. Even
| if Vice President Hobart fully RECEIVERS. it is
doubtful if he will be able to fill his chair this
| session.
Following the example of the illusfrious
Dewey, Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, took
this occasion to take unto himself wife. The
lady was Miss Lola Purman, whose parents
| reside in Washington.
The report that Senator Hanna will give UP
| the Craftsmanship of the National Republican
Committee is practically confirmed. well
| defined rumor states Henry e. Payne, of Wis.,
consin, to be Senator Hanna's successor. Col.
Dick, of Ohio, Is also thought to be In line for
| the place.
The Industrial Commission ia still busy grind
j ing 'em out. Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, a Pittsburg
gentleman, has very kindly promised to appear
before the Commission and deliver little lee
ture on the subject of TRUSTS Have Trusted"
| Mr.. John Wanamaker is also slated to appear
before the tribunal shortly and tell what he
| knows about combination stores. This will
wind I'D the show and the report OF the Com
| mission will be made to the Congressional
to H.,
| piled up mass of testimony, but what good
will come of it, if any, has not been made ex-
actly clear.
This was the Presidents reception week, and,
| in the language of the streets, he was kept
| busy extending the "glad hand" In addition
to the regular callers, the Postmasters' Con-
vention, which held its annual meeting here,
| was much IN evidence. The postmasters, by
| the way, recommend that letter rates to the
Philippines be made the same as in the United
States. This looks significant. Perhaps it is
one of those straws that show the way the
political wind blows. The convention was at
| tended by about seventy-five postmasters Of
the first-class. representing a majority of the
large cities of the country.
Another conference was that of the general
| missionary com uittee of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. They also recognized our new
possessions by appropriating 81 900 for mission
work in Manila. An unusually fine reception
| was given the committee by President McKin-
| ley and his Cabinet. Cousin and Mrs. George
Dewey were there, too, and were the time
honored observed of all observers"
Cousin George, however, has his little
troubles. The neighbornood of the Dewey
| home continues to be much frequented sec
inf INV oil nf ~ win
get glimpse of the hero and his bride. They
do everything that is annoying. short of actual
ly peeping through the front key-hole. On
fine days, passersby find that part of Rhode
Island Avenue more attractive than other
streets. and hand-organs, succeeding each
other, keep up continual serenade. People
have even been known to camp on the Ad-
miral's door steps, with the evident determine.
ton of waiting, Micawber-like, until something
turned up. The servants have instructions to
request these parties to move on. Uneasy rests
the head that wears an Admiral's hat, would
seem fit paraphrase of the saying. It is
rumored that the title of the Dewey house is to
be transferred to Mrs. D., but this report has
not yet been confirmed.
The Schley home fund is still lively. A COM
mittee Of one hundred, comprising about every
body in town who wants his name in print, has
the matter In charge. All sorts of schemes for
raising the money are afoot, and number Of
donations are coming in.
The loss of the cruiser Charleston" is, of
course, the cause of much regret, but it is a
source Of qualification that no lives were lost.
On Tuesday the Cabinet met and examined the
map where the Charleston went down. Every
body was exonerated. including the sunken
reef which was the cause of the wreck.
An echo of the notorious Carter an sir ensues
In the shape of Gen. McVeagh's visit to the
President this week. The report that Congress
is to investigate the matter of why Carter's
alleged associates were not prosecuted. is be-
lieved to have brought Mr.. McVeagh to WASH
ington. Gen. McVeaRh, however, has nothing
to say. The only thing that is certain is that
he is not in Washington in the interests OF the
new theatre scheme.
We have this fever every year. Plans are
drawn up and we have the finest play house in
the country-on paper. The usual talk-talk is
now on, but that's all that will come of it.
The big show in Paris next year will be well
supplied with exhibits of American grain.
Samples of wheat, grain, and cereals are COM
ing in rapidly. The government has rented a
big warehouse, where, in connection with the
Agricultural Department, samples will be as
sorted and selected for shipment to Paris. If
you have any prz, cucumbers or pumpkins,
now Is the time to send them in.