Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-12-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 18th, 18s

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18th, 1899
Mr.. Mckinley, the man who once black
guarded Mr. Cleveland for w0rshipping the
golden calf and being the enemy of silver,
completed the job of jamming the gold
standard bill through the House to-day.
The programme was carried out according
to the advance announcement, in every
particular. The bill has now gone to the
Senate, where Mr.. Mckinley can do DO
tanning, and where this particular bill
will be allowed to slumber in Committee.
But the Finance Committee will report
as substitute, gold Standard Bill that
is even more Objectionable than the House
bill. It is whispered in inside Republican
circles that the party leaders would not be
sorry if this session of Congress adjourn
without final action on gold standard
legislation, because it would be easier to
raise big campaign fund from the money
kings, if the matter is left hanging, by
promising to complete the job at next
winters session, than it will be if the bill
goes on the statute book before the Presi-
Dental campaign.
Congress will adjourn on Wednesday
until January g. The Senate Committees
have been re-arranged, under the Republi-
can grab, and three new committees on
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, on the
Philippines and on Cuba, have been
formed. and Mr.. Henderson will announce
the House Committee before adjournment.
The Roberts committee will this week
hear witnesses that have been summoned
from Utah, and will then decide whether
it will be necessary for the Committee to
90 to Utah to take further testimony. Ii
is now certain that the Committee will not
m. Ike it's report until after the re-assemb-
ling of Congress, in January.
There was lots of behind the door politi-
cal work done by the Committee which
succeeded in getting Philadelphia chosen
by the Republican National Committee, foT
next years National Convention-June 10
Before the Committee met, it seemed prac-
tically certain that Chicago would be
chosen, and so it would have been had mol
the Philadelphians made combination by
which the Southern members of the Com.
mittee were promised help to knock oni
the scheme to reduce the representation of
the South in the National Convention, in
return for votes for Philadelphia. The
combination won at both ends. Philadel.
phia got the Convention by one vote, and
Committeeman Payne abandoned the
scheme to cut down the number of "niggeI'
delegates to the Convention, because o.
opposition to it.
Representative Sims, of Tennessee, who
is Just beginning his second term in Con.
gress, fred a number of questions at the
Republican speakers during the debate or
the gold standard bill, in his efforts to gair
! information as to what the individual Re
/ Al "a
the operation of the bill, if it became {
law, and their reasons for supporting thu
bill. AS a result of those questions anC
the answers, Mr.. Sims expresses the opinion
that very few Republicans voted for thu
bill, because they really favored it as {
whole He thinks they voted for it,simply
because it was party measure, and lhs
the party unanimity should be lesson e
the Democrats to stand together upon al
matters relating to party precepts.
The attempt of Nebraska Republicans t.
prevent the seating of Senator Allen, ap
pointed by the Governor to succeed til,
late SeDator-eleet Hayward, on the ground
that as Mr.. Hayward meyer qualified al
| Senator, his death caused no vacancy tina
could be legally filed by the Governor
aroused nothing but amusement in Wash
ington. There will be no opposition to th,
seating of Senator Allen, because there il
| nothing whatever upon which it could b.
based The gold standard Republican,
would like very much to find some way tt
keep such a stalwart friend of silver on
of the Senate, until the long 6nancia
debate, which will begin as soon after tn,
Christmas recess, as the Finance Committe,
reports its gold standard bill is oyer, bu
they know too much to butt their head
against brick walls. 1t is unnecessary t.
say that Senator Allen will be most cord
tally welcomed by the silver Senators wht
know his fine fighting qualities from
experience.
The Senate Committee on Elections i
considering the Quay case, which is bein,
presented by able counsel on both sides
ex-senator Edmunds, heading the ARA,
against Quay, and the Attorney General o
Pennsylvania appearing for them. eenatO
Penrose didn't appear as Counsel, ant
when be attempted to participate in th
proceedings by asking one of the lawyers i
he was not employed and paid by Johl
Wanamaker, be was promptly called dow
by Senator Pettus, one of the Democrat
members of the Committee, who said tina
the privilege of rudely interrnptiDg counse
was one that should not be extended out
side the Committee, even to a member Q
the Senate.