The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-04
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON,
(Conlnunicated).

uOW Gu0 UdCk UOH6 VI Jil6 mC'
Kinley administration, the ex-
hibitiOn of which Disguised so
many Americans during the
weeks which Immediately pre-
coded the war with Spain. is
again III full view of the world.
The present exhibition is con-
nected with our relations with
Turkey. Only a few days ago,
all of the well-known dissemina-
tors of semi official news in
Washington, were singing a song
of jingoism and filling the news.
paper men with thrilling stories
OF the red hot demand the admin
istrtaion had made upon the Sui.
tan of Turkey, to settle those
long standing missionary claims
at once, and intimating that if
the SponduliX were not at once
forthcoming, an American feet
would be sent into Turkish wa
ters to forcibly collect it. These
stories were duly sent out, but
they did not fire the country
even little bit, the people not
being bit in the jingo humor.
But they did something else.
They brought an intimation from
Russia i'll the most polite diplo-
matte language that there were
reasons which made it incumbent
upon Russia to object to any for
chile collection of claims from
the Sultan. That threw Secre
tary Hay into a blue funk, al
most as bad as would have follow.
ed snubbing by an English
lord, and straightway the yellow
streak in the administration
backbone was uncovered, to add
to the gaiety of nations and to
the humiliation of the Americans,
and the official announcement
made that this government had
at 10 time intended to go beyond
diplomatic insistence in trying to
make the Sultan pay that claim.
A famous American wit once
commented upon an exhibition of
a yellow streak in public man,
by saying: "God Almighty hates
a gutter" and it is we'll known
to every observing man that the
American people also hate a quit
ter.
The Senate seems to be pretty
near unanimous in one thing at
least-that the United States
Senate has authority to investi.
gate a State legislatures quail
tication to elect United States
Senator. Although the tempta.
ton to go behind the action of
the West Virginia Legislature
which elected Nathan b. Scott,
to the Senate was great, there
being plenty of evidence of
crOokedness, only three Senators
I-Pettus and Morgan, of Ala.
bama, and Turner, of Washing
ingtOn, voted for the motion of
Senator Pettus to send the reso-
luton declaring Scott entitled to
his seat back to the committee
with instructions to further in.
vestigate his election.
Senator Allen rebuked Senator
Chandler for his apparent anx
iety to railroad the resolution
reported from the Elections Com
mittee, declaring Senator CLARK,
of Montana, not entitled to his
seat in the Senate, when he
said: every man must realize
that it is asking a good deal of
anyone who occupies a place in
this chamber to take the mere
conclusions OF committee,
without all opportunity of read
ing the evidence upon which the
conclusions are based. l am not
interested in this case one way
! or the other, but the Senate can
not expect to dispose of it in two
or three days when it has taken
the Committee three months to
hear witnesses and reach a judg-
ment. That would be ridiculous
in any tribunal" 1t is strongly
believed that the resignation OF
Senator Clark will make a vote
unnecessary on this resolution,
he still declines to talk for pub.
lication.
Democratic Senators have de.
cided that the army reorganiza
ton bill contains so many objec.
tionable features that they will
not allow it to go through the
Senate, and notice to that effect
has been served upon the Repub
licans. Among the striking fea
lures of the army bill are prOvis
ions for making General Miles
Lieutenant.General, (put in tt
catch Democratic votes) anC
General Corbin Major General
for the increase of the regular
army and for doubling the mum
Der of cadets at West Point
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, thu
Democratic leader, who never
mlnces words when he has any
thing to say, declared the arm,