The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
(Conmunicated)

w AOhiNNAON LOo' N0s 1OVV'
The Democrats of the House
have right to claim the amend
ment of the Porto Rican tariff
bill, which the Republicans were
compelled to make at the
eleventh hour in order to get the
Republican votes needed to pass
the bill as a party triumph. The
firm and united attitude of the
Democrats was what enabled the
Republican directors to force the
amendment of the bill.
AS predicted, the gold stand
ard bill, reported from the Con-
ference Committee is a 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 Objectionable. AS
the Republicans have the votes,
the conference bill will probably
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 a matter of principle.
Senator Butler, Chairman of
the POpulist National Committee,
expresses the opinion that the at
tempt to create friction between
the Democrats and Populists,
will fail. Speaking of the nomi-
nation of Colonel Bryan, Senator
Butler said: "Bryan will be the
choice of three elements, the
Democrats, the Populists and the
silver Republicans. The two lat
ter 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.
Representative Richardson, the
Democratic leader i'll the House,
has by a new resolution, added
the steel trust to the sugar trust,
the paper trust, the tin trust, and
the oil trust, the products of
which previous resolutions au-
thorize the Interstate Commerce
Commission to prohibit the trans
portatiOn of on Inter State
Transportation lines whenever
they have knowledge that the
prices asked for the goods pro,
duce profit in excess of 4 per
cent. on the actual capital invest
ed in the trust which controls
them.
Mr.. Mckinley has rendered
places OH the new Philippine
Commission, to two gold Demo
crats-General Luke L. Wright,
of Tenn, and Mr.. Henry 9. Ide,
of Vermont. Inasmuch as both
of these gentlemen are supposed
to endorse the financial as we'll
as the foreign policy of the Re-
publican administration, it is far.
cial to label the new commission
bipartisan, when everybody
knows it to be thoroughly imper-
ialiStic.
Although the Wisconsin Dem
ocrats made strong and almost
winning fight for Milwaukee,
none of them have shown the
slightest disgruntlement over the
choice of Kansas City for the
National Convention by the Dem
ocratic National Committee. Like
all other good Democrats, they
believe in the majority rule, and
accepted the vote of the commit.
tee as ending the controversy. 1t
is the same with those Democrats
who advocated holding the con.
vention ahead of that of the Re-
publicans. Upon second thought,
every Democrat recognizes how
fitting it is that the party which
stands for the true American con-
struction of the Declaration of
Independence, and of the Con.
stitutiOn, should hold it's Nat.
iOnal Convention on Indepen.
dence Day.
Indianapolis has been named
as the place and September 5, as
the time for holding the National
Convention of the Association
of Democratic Clubs, by the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Associ.
alton. AT the same meeting the
resignation of Hon. Chauncey f.
Black, of Pa, as President of the
association, and of Representa-.
tive Sibley, of Pa, as a member
of the Executive Committee were
accepted. The new President
will not be announced until April
18th, Jefferson Day, when the
association will give a big ban.
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