Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETT Err.
From Our Regular Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Feb. goth, 1900.
The democrats of the House have
right to claim the amendment of
the Porto Rican tariff bill, which the
Republicans were compelled to make
at the eleventh hourin order to get the
Republican votes needed to pass the
bill as party triumph. The firm and
united attitude of the Democrats was
what enabled the Republican obiec-
tors to force the amendment of the
bill.
As predicted, the gold standard
bill reported from the conference
committee is little bit worse than
was either the House or the Senate
bill. 1t contains every Objectionable
feature that was in both, and has
made most of them more objectiona-
BILE. AS the Republicans have the
votes, the Confer ence bill will prob
ably be rushed through this week.
1t has already been agreed that the
Senate shall vote upon it Thursday.
Quay is in sight of success. A test
vote has made it sure that he will get
the seat when the final vote is taken.
A number of Democrats will vote to
seat him as matter of principle.
Senator Butler, Chairman of the
Populist National Committee, ex-
presses the opinion that the gttempt
to create friction between the Demo
Gratis and Populists will fail. Speak
lug of the nomination of Col. Bryan,
Senator Butler said: "Brvan will be
the choice of three elements, the
Democrats, the >Populists and the
silver Republicans. The two latter
will meet on the same day, if present
arrangements are carried out, and
will, In all probability unite upon the
same candidate for Vice President"
Indianapolis has been named MS
the place and September 9Th as the
time for holding the National Con-
yentIon of the Association of Demo-
cratic Clubs, 10y the Executive Com
mittee of the Association. At the
same meeting the resignation of Hon.
Chauncey +. Black, of Pa, as Presi-
dent or the Association, and Rep
resentative Sibley, of Pa, as a mem
Der OF the executive committee were
accepted. The new president will not
be named until April 18th, jefferson
Day, when the Association will give
big banquet in Washington. Gov.
Benton Mcmillan, of Tenn, Chair
man of the Executive Committee.
will act as President until then.
The clique of real estate specula.
tors who are after big wad of Uncle
Sans money in exchange for the
south side of Pennsylvania Avenue. |
which, Notwithstanding a quagmire
in which no solid foundation for a
large building can be had without
driving piles through thirty or forty
feet of mud, have been talking up as
Just the place to locate future public
buildings. They received an unex-
pected check when the Washington
Centennial Committee came out
strong for the projected Federal Az
enue, from the Capitol to the propos-
ed Federal Memorial bridge to Ar
ilngton, over the Mall, upon which
all future Federal buildings shall be
located. The Mall is owned by the
government and there would be no
pickings in the erection of buildings
oy the government upon its own
ground.
Senator Vest thus sized up the Re-
publican policy in a short speech:
The proposition that the United
States can hold territory as a colonial
possession and its people as vassals,
s the most preposterous and danger
,ns that has ever been advanced in
he course of my public life"