The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-11-24
Washington letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, November, 90 Representative
Richardson, of Tenn, is the first one of the four
candidates for the Demuc attic nomination for
Speaker OF the House. which carries with it the
Democratic floor leadership during the Fifty
Sixth Congress, to reach Washington and open
headquarters. Mr.. Richardson says he has re-
ceived more pe3ge3 Of support tEan any one
of the other three candidates. ankhcad, of
Ala; DE Almond, of no, and Sulzer, of N.
Y.-and expresses confidence in his success.
but the friends of the other candidates also ex-
press confidence of the success of their man in
this good-natured contest for the Democratic
leadership in the House. Mr.. Bailey, of Texas,
has not yet reached Washington, but he stated
during the last session that he would not again
be candidate, but would support MIR. Bank
head for the honor Some are predicting that
there will be deadlock in the caucus and that
the friends of all the candidates will compro-
mise by nominating MIR. Bailey again.
If there were any doubt about Representa-
tive Henderson having been the admInistra-
TONS choice for Speaker, it would have been
dissipated by what has occurred since his ar
rival in Washington. Almost before he had
removed the dust of travel from his clothes, he
called at the White House to know WHISTLER
udu any OruerS 10 give as 10 INC
Committee assignments, aside from the packing
of the Committee on Banking end Currency in
favor of the single gold standard bill, which
was ordered last summer. Mr.. Henderson is
going to be Mckinley Speaker, and this
House, instead of registering the will of Gar
Reed, as the last one did, will register the will
of Mr.. Mckinley.
In order to get control of the Senate Finance
-, Co..
been silver men, even since the Committee was
controlled by the Republicans, the gold wor-
shippers are going to re-organiZe the Senate
Committee, giving the Republicans nine men,
bers in those consisting OF thirteen, and seven
in those consisting of eleven. Even then the
gold men will only have majority of one 10
the Finance Committee, as Jones, of Nevada,
clsssed as a silver Republican and Wolcott, of
Colorado. who calls himself Republican
bimetallist. can be counted upon to act with
the silver men on the question of reporting
bill to enact the eingle gold standard. The
four Democratic members of this Committee
are Vest of Mo-; Jones, Of Arkansas; Daniels. of
Va, and Chiffon, of Texas, oil staunch silver
men. Unless MIR. Mckinley gets frightened by
those Republicans, who, although willing to-
vote for gold standard bill if compelled to do
so. believe it will be bad policy to pass one on
the eve OF a Presidential campaign, such bill
Is likely to be damned through at this session
of Congress. IL will depend largely upon the
attitude taken by Mr.. Mckinley in bis message
to Congress
Nothing could more clearly show the close
relations existing between Secretary Gage and
the Wall street spectators. and the absolute
control of this administration by the money
L.. L. -, ,,at. 0ka-
Gage went to the rescue OF the Wall Street
crowd, by purchasing S25.OOo.oOo worth of
Government bonds. Not two hours before the
order was officially issued to buy those bonds,
Secretary Gage assured newspaper men that
no bonds would be bought. Later he received
his orders from Wall Street, and promptly
obeyed by ordering purchase of bonds. When
the Wall STREET. gang squeezes the public, the
government never goes to the relief of the
public. but let the screws be turned afew times
on the big SPECTATORS, and the treasury dumps
a big wad of public money iuto Wall Street TO
ease the pinch, and the gullible public is ex-
pected to accept the statement that is is a
patriotic act, dGne to prevent u financial panic,
when it is well known that it is really done TO
prevent loss on the part OF the big SPECTATORS,
who do not hesitate to make situations threat
GulDg q money panic whenever L0ey InlDk u
profitable to do so, because of their knowledge
that the U. s. Treasury is behind them. There
will come tirne-it will have to come-when
Wall Street spectators will not dictate the &C.
tons of the US. Treasury. butt will not come
until there is an administration IN power which
does not owe its election to money put up by
the great spectators of the country. There
will be chance to elect such an ADMINISTERS
ton next year.
Although the election is over, Ohio Republi-
cans are st III getting fat slices of pie from the
official counter. One Of the last to be fed was
Mr.. H. W. Hart, young lawyer of Alliance,
who has been appointed q. S. Consul, at Dus-
selidorf, Germany, considered very desirable
post, to fill vacancy caused by death.
The statement that Boss Hanna had told Mr..
Mckinley that he would not remain at the head
of the Republican National Committee is be-
lieved to be nothing more than a ruse to head
of the fight against Hsnna. by prominent Re-
publicans. Hanna may retire, but if he does,
it will be because he knows it is a choice of
going apparently Of his own will and getting
kicked out.