The times., 1899-02-09
GENERAL WA SHINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

said. does not accuse the Administration
leaders of bad faith He cannot do that
very well. as the opposition to taking
vote on his resolution comes mainly from
the men who fought against the ratification
of the Peace Treaty. Apparently they are
actuated by petty spite; they wish to pun
ish McEnery for joining the patriotic side
and voting for the Treaty. While the Re-
publican leaders do not regard the NC
Emery resolution as Of any earthly conse-
quence and would just as soon vote LOT IL
as not, they will not shed any tears II the
resolution is never brought TO vote. They
do not intend to permit the resolution TO
be amended in any way; if it pass the
Senate at all it must be in its original
form. Even if the McEnery resolution
should pass the Senate. which is regard
ed as extremely doubtful now, it is not
likely that it would be acted on by the
House. Speaker Reed has got his hands
full with important matters and he VIII
not. il Is said, be disposed to bother with
a perfunctory resolution that means nolh-
; ing.
senator GOrmRn's Neracity.-ln his
final appeal in the Senate to his Democratic
colleagues to stand firm and vote against
the ratification of the Peace Treaty Senator
German disclaimed ever having cherished
any ambition TO be President of the United
States. 1t is not believed that Mr.. Cor
man was strictly accurate in making this
assertion In 1892 the Maryland delegation
went to the Democratic National ConVen-
ton al Chicago instructed to vote for Cor
man for the Presidential nomination. He
only captured the delegation after hard
fight and by invoking the unit rule. Men
who have no Presidential aspirations as
a rule do not go to the trouble OF making
fight and spending money to get dele
cation instructed for them. The charitable
| view placed upon Senator Germans state
ment is that in the excitement OF the mo-
ment he forgot all about 1892.
Peace Commission Correspondence.
| I'm justice to the members of the Paris
| Peace Commission said Senator yes
! terday. Il hope that the seal of secrecy
/ will be removed from the Commission COR
respondence that transmitted to the
Senate by the President. The impression
| obtains throughout the country today that
| the Peace Commissioners were mere pup
/ pets: that they were allowed no discretion
! and did not make O move In the negotia-
! tions at Paris without first receiving in
structions from Washington. This is en-
| tirely wrong, as the correspondence VIII
| clearly show. The Commissioners were al
! lowed the fullest discretion. and as a mat
{
take the whole of the Philippine archipel
! ago first came from the Commissioners
| themselves The President never contem-
| plated taking more than the Island of Lu-
I Zon at the most. His subsequent CONVEX
sion to the acquisition of the entire group
| OF islands was due largely to the argu-
/ ments and representations made by his
| Commissioners The correspondence dis
closes this fact plainly.
When the Commissioners reached Paris
! they were divided the Philippine ques-
| tion. They stood three to two on the ad-
visibility of laying claim to the Philip
| pines. Senator Gray and Whitelaw Reid
| were opposed to the proposition. Judge
| Day, Senator Davis. and Senator Frye IA
vored it. As the negotiations proceeded
| Gray and Reid were won over 20 the view
| taken by their colleagues. | am advised
that Spain insisted upon our taking the
| whole group, and that IL the American
| Commissioners had not agreed to do so
the negotiations would have been broken
| Off. The public is entitled TO have 4 look
| at the correspondence that passed between
the President and his Peace Commissioners
at Paris. and for one shall urge the re-
moval of the seal of secrecy from 1t before
| the adjournment of Congress. In the light
! OF the correspondence. as will be demon
| strated when 1t is made public. the course
! of the Senators who voted against the rati-
fication of the Treaty will appear all the
more unpatriotic and incomprehenslble
than it Is at present
Standardized W. A. CInrk.-AI
though Senator Clark of Montana will
probably be the richest man in the new
Senate after March 4. he is said to be a
| very modest and retiring man and very
methodical in his habits. He is engrossed
| in his business and apparently cares very
little for the ordinary diversions of mil
lionaires. In fact it is said that he works
harder and puts in more hours in his office
than anyone in his employ
Several years ago" said Washington
man, Il had business in the West and
made trip to Montana. among other
States. | carried letter of Introduction
| to Clark When | called AT his Office to
present it the office was plainly furnished.
| don't suppose that everything in it cost
over 800. Mr.. Clark was seated at his
desk in his shirt sleeves and seemed to
be working as though his life depended
on his getting through with the matter
in hand. He received me pleasantly
! enough, but | could see that he had no
lime to discuss the matter | had in hand.
He invited me to return in an hour-at
l. 3O-and take lunch with him | did so.
We repaired 10 little restaurant. The
bill of fare not very elaborate. Mr..
Clark asked me to order what | pleased;
for himself he ordered chop. baked po-
tatoes. and a cup of coffee. The lunch
| was over in less than half an hour, hut
managed to get him TO make an appoint
ment when ! could discuss my business
matter.
All right he said; come around in
the morning.
What hour would suit you. Mr.. Clark
asked.
Say o'clocI, IA, answered
He saw the surprised look on my face
and smiled. Yes. he said, am rather
an early riser. II is a habit | have got
into do not ask my employees TO get
around any earlier than | do myself
am always at my office at : o'clock every
morning when l am here
Il found subsequently that mis- office
hours were from ! a. TO { p. m. with
the brief interval of half an hour in the
middle of the day for refreshments, And
they say that he is worth over $50 .000 900. "
Nelson ". ildrich.--A large share of
the credit for securing the ratification of
the Peace Treaty at the present session of
Congress is accorded TO Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island By hard work and paying
a strict attention to business Mr.. Aldrich
has made himself one of the most iniiu-
entiai members of the Senate. He had had
| no previous experience in legislative af-
fairs when he entered the Senate. His
training had been that of II merchant and
a man of business. He is not an orator
and has never made any pretence in that
direction. He owes his present prominence
and influence in the Senate to patience