The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-23
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
lngtOn.
(Comnunicated).
WASHINGTON,
November 10, 1900.

reduce Southern representation
in Congress and in the electoral
college, which is being urged by
quite number of Republicans,
may be judged from these re-
marks of Senator Money: eff an
attempt is made to reduce the
Congressional representa- o n
from the South, !, for one, will
be willing to talk from the 3rd
of December to noon on the 18th
day OF March. And it won't be
wind, either, 1t will be a speech
worth listening to. | have been
preparing for this fight for some
time. If the Republicans at
tempt that reduction, they might
as well prepare for an extra SEES
sion of Congress. They will not
pass their shipping bill, nor, in.
deed anything else in the way of
legislation" Every Democratic
Senator and Representative, who
has been in Washington, holds
practically the same sentiments
that Senator Money expressed.
Leading Republicans, who see
danger in the matter, are trying
to stop the talk among the small
fry about forcing this sort of leg
iSlation through Congress by re
mindiug them of the Republican
defeat which followed the attempt
to force the notorious force bill
through Congress.
1t seems that the public is not
to be allowed to get on the inside
OF whatever cro0kedneSS there
has been in handling Cuban
money, i'll addition to the known
Stealings of the Nicely gang. if
the Senate Committee Oh rcla
,ionS with Cuba. or rather the
Republican members Of that com
mittee, can prevent it, even when
there is no campaign going on to
be affected. 1t was known, and
stated in this paper, when the
Senate ordered this investigation
to be made, that the committee
would make no pretenSe even Of
acting until after the election,
but it was not believed that the
committee would decline to act at
all. Yet, that is what many Re
now saying and the talk seems 10
be justified. The committee held
a secret meeting, after which
Senator Platt, of Connecticut.
its chairman. refused to even al
low one of the newspaper men.
waiting outside the committee
room, to read any of the infor-
nation furnished by the War
Department, on the expenditures
and receipts in Cuba on the
ground that the information was
"not complete" and stated that
the committee had adjourned sub
ect to the call Of the chairman,
and that he did not know when
there would be another meeting.
If Secretary Gage represents
the Republican financial policy,
and the fact that he has been
asked by Mr.. Mckinley to remain,
at the head Of the Treasury De
partment during the next admin
iStration, is good evidence that
he does, a movement for the alb
solute retirement not only of the
greenbaaks, but of all paper
money issued by the government,
may be expected i'll the near flu.
ture, although the intention to do
so was most vigorously denied
by many Republicans during the
recent campaign. Mr.. Cages
position has been pretty generally
known for some time, and he has
Just emphasized it in a lecture on
finance, i'll which he said: "The
public treasury is a poor agency
for issuing paper money"
There is considerable gossip in
Washington concerning the can
didacy for the Senate, from Ne
braska, of Assistant Secretary
Meiklejohn. He spent Ii e
/ greater part of the campaign on
the stump instead of in the War
Department, and now he is likely
to spend more time in Nebraska
than in Washington, until the
Senators are elected, while his
salary goes right along. In adj
dition to being allowed to neglect
his official duties, Mr.. Meikle-
john wants the administration to
back his candidacy for the Sen
ate. If Mr.. Mckinley does that,
NebraSkans in Washington say he
will raise the biggest sort of a
row among Republicans in that
State.
Another official pOstpOnement
of the bringing Of the volunteers
home from the Philippines has
been announced, which is direct
~ contrary to all the cleo
ton promises. It's now said that
they will not begin bringing them