The evening times., 1899-02-22
GENERAL WA SHINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Mr. Bryan i'm WashinetOn.-Willi
Jennings Bryan will reach the National
Capital some time today. He is scheduled
| to deliver a Washngtons Birthday ad-
dress this evening In his speech Mr.. Bry-
an will endeavor, it is understood, to sound
| the keynote of the Presidential campaign
! next year, and incidentally TO reply to
President McKinley's Boston speech-a
pretty large contract for one short evening
/ Mr.. Bryan is laboring under the impress
sion that the fight against expansion has
only just begun that the decisive contest
VIII come in the Presidential campaign
next year Chairman Jones, of the Demo-
! cratic National Committee, in his recent
! address outlining the issues that would
! predomlnate in next years battle, scarcely
mentions expansion, although he voted in
! the Senate against the ratification Of the
! Peace Treaty, There are a good many in
/ fiuential DEMOCRATS who will take issue
( with Mr.. Bryan's assertion that the fight
against expansion has only just opened;
/ they believe that il has been settled end
! that 1t Will be folly for the Democratic
! party TO ATTEMPT to keep up the agitation.
/ MIR. Bryan will probably remain in Wash
ington for several days, and during his
stay will confer with many of the leaders
of the Democratic party 1t was intimated
!
1 in the fight over the Army bill in the SEN
/ ate, but this is mere conjecture. Many
| Democratic Senators resented Mr.. Bryan's
/ giving them advice in the matter of the
ratification of the Peace Treaty, and they
/ did not hesitate to acquaint Mr. Bryan of
/ that fact. However Mr.. Bryan is not like
! ly in any event to recommend the passage
! of the Hull Army bill.
The Fata Of bc
Army bill at the present session is still
in the balance. Both sides it is claimed
! are doing a little bluffiug but it is be-
! lieved that the opposition to the measure
| will never permit the Hull bill TO go
( through in its present form. The Admin
! istration, ii is said, must yield at least to
the extent of accepting the Proctor amend
| ment, which knocks out the political fea-
| ture of the Hull bill or prepare for an
| extra session number of Senator'S II
| is understood have constituted themselves
/ into a standing committee to arrange a
compromise that will be acceptable to all
! hands. They do not despair yet of accom-
| plishng their object.
The situation regarding an extra ses-
sion" said a Senator today is this
/ There is probably not a man in
either house that personally de-
/ sires an extra session. If each one
| should be governed by his personal incli-
! nations he would vote against an extra
session. All of us are tired out and want
! chance TO rest. We have been almost
! in continuous session for the past two
/ years, and we believe that we are entitled
! to rest. But political considerations are
! involved, and they will probably decide the
/ matter. The Democrats will not consent
! 10 the passage OF the Hull bill in its pres
/ ent form. That is a hard. concrete fact
/ Unless the Administration accepts COM
{ promise the bill will fail and an extra ses
| sion will become a necessity. Personally.
| l believe that the Administration VIII back
| down al the last moment. and that an ex-
! ira session will be avoided"
Democratic Campaign Pnper.-It is
/ stated unofficially that Senator James X
! Jones advisory committee is making ar
/ rangements 10 start q campaign organ.
/ The place OF publication has not been set
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