The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-19
Washington letter.
From our Regular COrresDondent.

WASHINGTON, January 16.-If the Rcruhll
| can grumblers In tie House had NJ rye in pro
| portion to their d satisfaction, the McKinIC.
nuzzles would be Il ,ickly thrown aside
and the House would do business, in
stead OF wasting time, rs has beer
has been done ever since the ro-assembling O
| Congress, waiting until the Committees haV'
prepared some bills in accordance with the
| instructions, as the Democrats stand ready t,
help them at any time to restore the prOpc
functions of the House. They nearly all hav'
bill In which their constitute his are interested
| that they would like to get action upon, bu
| they dare not move without permission. WheI
| the Republican floor leader elects to move
| an adjournu ent promptly enough, Speah ei
Henderson prods him by saying: "The gentle
| man from New YorA moves that the House
| do now adjourn" AS Mr.. Mcknley's agent
| Speaker Henderson is out-Reeding Tom Reet
right along.
That the Republican leaders do not feel sure
/ of their ability to Jam the ship subsidy jGl
| through Congress is shown by the presence il
Washington of ex-senator Edmunds, who has
been employed, he say S by the shipping inter
| ests, to lobby for the bill. Mr.. Edmunds hal
| made elaborate arguments before the commit
| tees of the House and Senate in favor OF tn.
bill. but those arguments were not intended
| for Il C committees, q majority of both having
been persuaded to support the bill long ago By
/ Boss Hanna and his assistant pushers. Mr.
| Edmunds is not cheap man, and he would
not have been employed if his services had not
been considered necessary. His arguments
| are expected to brace up the weak -kneed Re
publicans who have candi1ly acknowledged
| themselves to be afraid of the ship-3ubsidy
bill, as well as to furnish texts for the Repub.
| lican editors to preach from.
Democrats in the House were by no means
satisfied with Secretary Cages alleged cx-
| PLANTATION Of his relations with two National
| Banks in New York city, and Representative
Sulzer offered q resolution, providing for Il
committee OF nine to investigate, The Repub-
licas had the resolution referred to the Ways
and Means Committee, where they can either
smother it or fix it up as their orders may be.
By the way. speaking of Gage and the National
Banks one of his assistants,-Mr. Vanderlip,-
has had the nerve to say that such letters as
the one from a New York National Bank, call
ing attention to the political status and work
of the members OF its Board Of Directors, as a
reason for demanding favors from the Sccrc-
tary of the Treasury. are OF ten received. II
Mr.. Sanderlip's statement be correct, it I'M
covers a shameful state of affairs. which
furnishes the strongest sort of IN argument in
favor OF the Democratic contention that the
United States Treasury should be absolutely
divorced from the banking system of the
country. and the Democrats in Congress
should demand copies of every such letters re-
ceived by tho Secretary of the Treasury, in
- L. ~
ers may be known to the people of the coun-
try.
1t begins to look as though the opposition to
the reciprocity treaties negotiated under the
Dingley tariff act might be strong enough to
defeat them all. Mr.. Kasson, who represented
the U. s. In negotiating them, and who has
been active in trying to get favorable action
on them. has gone to Florida for his health,
and they are now at a standstill. 1t Is said
that he Will return later in the session and re-
sumo his efforts In behalf Of the treaties, but
their opponents claim to be getting strength
all the time.
Senator-elect Blackburn spent Sunday in
Washington. receiving the congratulations OF
his friends, but returned to Kentucky today
SO as to be present at his second reelection,
tomorrow. which will be gone through go as to
leave no room for casting doubt on the
legality of his election. When he comes back
to Washington, to resume his duties as Sena-
tor. he will be given com plimentary dinner,
which promises to be an old-fashioned Demo-
cratic love-feast, participated in by all the
Democrats in Congress and by many others.
The friction between General Miles ard Ad-
jutant General Corbin has reached an acute
stage, and Miles has filed vigorous protest
with Secretary Root, in which he asked whether
he or Corbn was in command Of the Army, and
cited instances where Corbiu had pigeon-holed
orders which did not suit him, instead Of isSG-
ing them.
1t seems that one of Boss Hannas chief
literary agents, First Assistant Postmaster
General Perry Heath, has also been sharing in
the administrations financial favor. Last June
Perry Heath became the largest stakeholder
in the Seventh National Bank of New York
city, of which his brother became vice-prcsi-
dent, and Immediately that bank was made the
depository for postofice funds in New York.
Of course. neither politics nor Heath's official
position had anything TO do With it. Whoever
heard of one of the Hanna school of politicians
working his official position for his pcrsonai
profit?