The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-30
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ingtOn.
tComnlunicatPd).
WASHINGTON,
November 2G. 1000.

"Whatever else is left undOne,
hurry with the army bill" That
Is the sum and substance of what
Mr., Mckinley says to every prom
inent Republican Senator and
Representative who goes to the
White House. The reason he
wishes the legislation for the in
crease of the army hurried is,
that he has received a hint that
the decision of the United States
Supreme Court would be against
the constitutionality Of the Porto
Rico Act, which would mean that
the United States would have to
relinquiSh ownership of the Phil
ippineS, and would consequently
have no use for a large standing
army. He wishes to get the big
army provided for before the
court hands down its decision,
and it will not be surprising if
the Attorney General so manip-
ulateS the case as to prevent its
conclusion until after the end
of this Congress, as Mr.. McKin-
ley might prefer not having Con-
greSS in session should the deciS-
ion be adverse. This story sounds
incredible, and it is being ser
iouSly talked about in political
circles. and there have been other
cases in which administrations
have been given advance hints
Of important decisions of the Su-
preme Court Any member of
the court can usually make a
pretty nearly correct guess of
/ how his colleagues will stand
upon important decisions from
their talk in a general way to
each other. Whether the whole
story is correct or not, ii is abso-
lutely certain that Mr.. Mckinley
is plainly showing his anxiety for
the speedy passage by Congress
Of the army bill.
The Isthmian Canal Commits
sion las handed Mr.. Mckinley
its preliminary report. As eX-
pected, il layors the Nicaragua
route for the canal. The Pan,
anna Company's lobbyists are
moving heaven and earth to pre-
vent legislation by Congress, in
favor Of the Nicaragua Canal
According to Representative
Hull. Chairman Of the House
Committee on Military Affairs,
which is ROW trying to put to-
gether an army bill that will he
supported by the Republicans,
many Of whom have publicly eX-
pressed widely differing opinions
Of what the bill should provide
for, especially as to the number
Of men, the volunteers i'll the
Philippines will not be brought
home until regulars, enlisted
under the bill not even yet writ
ten can be sent to take their
places. At least, that is fair
construction to place upon Mir.
Iull'S own words" The army
now in the Philippines will have
to be brought home in the sum.
mer, that is. those of the men
who do not care to re-enlist. The
transports which go out for them
should depart laden with troops
who are to replace them"
Representative Champ Clark,
of Missouri, returned to Wash
ington feeling as chippy as usual.
He said: 81 am not dOwmcaSt or
discouraged by the licking we
got. The most unpleasant fea-
| ture is it will take us six or eight
years to get control of the Sen
ate. AS to the proposition to re-
organize the Democratic party,
it is fact in natural history that
the tail cannot wag the dog, and
the same is true in politics. The
party does not need reorganiZa.
ton to commence with. 1t is
thoroughly organized, and even
if it were to be reorganized, it
would not be from the outside.
We want everybody to come in
that feels like helping us, but we
have perfect organization of our
own" OF the probable work of
this session of Congress Mr..
Clark said: 81 think this will be
an extremely busy session. The
main thing the Republicans will
do will be to ratify the Hay
PauncefOrt treaty and pass a
Nicaraguan Canal bill, in accOr-
dance with it, and to pass Mark
Hanna's Ship Subsidy bill. If
the Supreme Court decides the
Porto Rican act unconstitutional,
then the Republicans will run
races with us as to which will
drop the Philippines first. But
if it is declared to be cOnstitu-
tional, then this session of Con
gress will have to pass some kind
of a bill for the control and gov
eminent Of the islands. This,
with the routine measures and the
new apportionment under the
last census will make it an ex-
ceedingly busy session."
The reception of the PROPOSE