The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-06
WASHINGTON,
March 26, 1900.
(COmnlunicated).

whole Republican lmperialiStic
program and the Senate has just
ordered three thousand additional
copies of it to be printed. Rep.
reSentatiye Richardson, the Dem.
ocratic leader OF the House, desir-
ing to get at the truth, has offer
ed resolution calling for copies
of all of the opinions written by
Mr.. Magoon.
The administration program is
to jam the Porto Rican bill. tariff
and all, through both Senate and
House this week. 1t is certain
that the Senate will pass it to.
morrow, and probable that the
House will do likewise later, not
withstanding the talk of Repub.
lican members that they would
vote for free trade if given an
other opportunity.
The Senate and all Washing
ton are still laughing and are
likely to be for days to come at
the humorous speech of Senator
Pettus, in which he held Senator
Beverage, would-be Demos
themes, up to ridicule FOR his
speech declaring his opposition to
the Porto Rico bill and his inten.
tion to vote for it. The Senate
and galleries were in a ontinuous
roar of laughter from the begin
ming to the end of the remarks of
Senator Pettus. After rubbing
it in on Beveridge for charging
all those who didn't agree with
him, with enmity towards the
government, Mr.. Pettus said:
"The government in his mind is
Me and my wife,
My son, John, and his wife,
Us four
And no more.'"
Mr.. PettuS told this biblical
story at the close of his speech:
''The Master once had to select a
man to lead the children OF Israel
out of Egypt and through the
wilderness to Canaan. He did
not select an orator. No, he SCI
lected one of those wise men, and
his name was Moses. And he
was a suffering man, too. But
Moses told his master to his face
that he could not do it, because
he could not speak to the people,
and what was the reply! There
is Aaron, he speaks WE'LL And
they took Aaron along, not in
command, that was not allowed;
but they took him along as a kind
of deputy And when Moses, on
his Masters order, went up into
the mountains for the tables, the
orator left in charge had a golden
cali framed and he put all the
people to worshipping the golden
calf. More people worship the
golden calf now than. they did in
those days. But while Aaron
and his people were all down wor-
shipping the golden calf, the man
OF God appeared, and he pulled
out his sword and demanded to
know who is on the Lords sideY
Then the orator jumped up from
his knees, drew his sword and
got on Moses side and went to
killing the lsraelites along with
Moses. All these orators will do
the same thing, the last one Of f!
them"
Representative Rhea, of Ken
lucky, made rafting good
speech at a mass meeting of
Washington Democrats, in which
he referred to Chairman Payne,
the Republican House leader as
"the statesman with the one
night stand state of mind" and /
to Representative Grosvenor, as
the ''garrulous gabbler, from
Ohio, who acts as a mouth piece
for the White House Sphinx
After picturing various phases of
administration wabbling, which
he likened to the track of q snake,
Mr.. Rhea said: ooh, manhood,
where is thy shame7 Oh, Nc
Kinley, where is thy blushg Oh,
Mckinley, you are the saddest
spectacle that ever ratified help.
lessly around in the seat filled by
Washington, Jefferson and Jack
son, and which will be filed by
Bryan. You are the pitiful crea
ture OF the trusts, the combines
and the monopolies, which have
made you, maintained you, and
still feed you."
The Democrats of the House
will antagonize the Naval Appro-
priation bill, as reported on three
grounds-armor plate, construc-
ton of ships in government yards
and the general extravaganza of
the bill, which carries S6I, 900, 900
against $50, 100000 for the cur.
rent fiscal year. The minority
report favors the establishment
of a government armor plate
plant.
1t is suspected that a desire to
increase the Republican campaign
fund for this year is behind the
announcement that the Cabinet
is considering the feasibility of