The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
(Communicated).
WASHINGTON,
December II, 1900.

trOlled by a majority of its OWE
party, than has been administer
ed to the present one Ivy the
amendments added to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty within the last
few days. Instead of cringing to
England, as the treaty originally
drawn by Lord Pauncefote, and
accepted by Secretary Hay and
Mr.. Mckinley did, and begging
the consent of England and all
the other European powers to our
constructing the Nicaragua Canal
with our money and then giving
to all the other countries equal
rights therein with us, the amend
ed treaty serves notice on Eng
land that the Clayton -Bulwer
treaty is thereby abrogated; that
we are going to dig the canal and
control and protect it in our own
way and without asking the con
sent of any other power in the
world. In short, when the Sen.
ate ratifieS that treaty it will be
thoroughly American document,
as the public sentiment of the
country has from the first de-
manded that it should be.
When these amendments were
first talked about the admins
tratiOn toOters INDUCED in con
siderable blui1ing concerning the
fight the administration would
make to have the treaty ratified
without amendment. When the
time came for a show down did
the administration fight! Not
even the tiniest little bit. On the
contrary, Mr.. Mckinley even
gave his consent to the amend
ment and promised to forward
the treaty to England after its
ratification, but he told the Sen.
atOrS who went to inform him
that the amendments would be
added whether he liked them or
not that lie was afraid that Eng
land would never, never accept
the amended treaty that Hay
was positively certain that it
would not. But that does not
seem to be worrying the Senators.
They say that if England rejects
the treaty as amended. Congress
will adopt a Joint resolution de.
claring the Clayton BulwAr
treaty abrogated, and that the
construction Of the canal will go
right along just the same as
though England had accepted
the treaty.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska,
has proposed an amendment to
the Ship Subsidy bill, authoriz-
ing the payment Of bOunties on
agricultural products exported.
The amounts named being, ten
cents a buShel on wheat; fifty
cents a barrel on wheat flour; ten
cents bushel on rye; fifty cents
a barrel on rye flour; five cents a
bushel on corn; seven cents per
GENITAL on ground corn; one cent
pound on cotton; two cents a
pound on hops, and two cents a
pound on tobacco. There is, of
course, no probability that Sen
ntOr 4 HANDS omonAmont will Jo
adopted, but he, and many others,
regard the proposition as on the
same footing with the object
aimed at by the Ship Subsidy
bill, so far as the principle is con-
cerned, and being much better
way to give away public money,
because it would be more widely
distributed.
The Republicans on the Ways
and Means Committee received
two defeats while the House was
sitting as committee of the
whole to consider amendments to
the Revenue Reduction bill.
The House by a vote of "a to 50
defeated the committee amend
ment, abolishing one eighth and
one-siXth beer barrels, on the
ground that it was discrimiha-
ton against. the small brewers of
the country, and by Il vote of 10G
to 50, adopted an amendment,
proposed by Representative IL. G.
Smith, of Michigan, requiring
all railroad and express compan.
les to make sworn statements of
their business monthly and to pay
one cent tax for each bill of lad.
ing and receipt issued. Later
the committee assisted by Sen
atOr Platt, of New York, who is
President of one OF the big eX.
press companies, rallied its forces
and got the latters amendment
struck out just before the final
vote was taken passing the bill.
From being the Gar of the
House to being unknown to a
member of the House is quite q
plunge for man to take inside
of two years, but the drop has
been made by Hon. Thomas b.
Reed, whose law practice now in
cludes little Congressional lob.
bying. Mr.. Reed was just com
ing out of the House when Rep
reSentative Cromer, of Indiana,
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