The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON,
(Communicated).
December 10, 1900.

men who b0SSed the Mckinney
campaign and Mr.. McKinley'S
cabinet. The men who bossed
the campaign compelled the Re
publicanS on the House Ways
and Means Committee, to make
Il reduction of % cents net, a
barrel, in the beer tax, although
it made the total Of the Revenue
Reduction bill, now before the
House. exceed 80, 100000, in
stead Of keeping it inside Of $780,
600, 600 as recommended by Mr..
Mckinley. The cabinet objects
and has been even talking of
fighting the bosses in Congress,
but a word from Mr.. Mckinley
will probably result in making it
plain to them that the bosses are
not doing more than they were
bound to do. One Republican,
speaking of the cabinet kicks,
said: "Why instead of kicking
these men ought to be thankful
that the brewers are not demand
ing the 81 barrel reduction they
were led to believe before the
election, that they would get;
these men in the cabinet would
know a whole heap more about
practical politics if they would
work for while with the men
who raise the money for a nat
ional campaign. OF course, Mac
will quiet them; he knows"
Some are predicting that the bill
will be allowed to fail in the
Senate. Representative Richard
son presented the minority re-
port on the Revenue Reduction
bill. 1t does not oppose any Of
the reductions made, but favorS
a more extensive reduction in war
taxes.
The Senate has always been an
eXtravagant body, especially in
its expenditures for its own lux
urY, and the fact that the Com
mittce ON Finance has just paid
-, 100 for rcturniShing and redec
Grating the room in which it
meets, shows that it is growing
more so.
1t was an unexpectedly large
1DA TO
House gave the Circuit Oleomar-
garime bill. Political lines were
not drawn at all. If any line
was drawn, it was the agricult-
ural against the manufacturing.
That everything is being done
that can possibly influence votes
for the Ship Subsidy bill, is APP
parent to yerybody. Even the
bidding for the construction of
the six armored cruisers and the
five battleshipS authorized at the
last session of Congress, was
utilized for that purpose. In
order to create the impression in
Congress that the ShipyardS of
the country were all on the hunt
for work, which the Ship Sub
sidy bill would give them if en-
acted into law, these schemers
had Il whole lot of small fry es-
Establishments, which would be
taxed to their utmost capacity to
build a light draft gun boat, put
i'll bids Tor cruisers and battle
ships.
Senators are not showing much
anxiety to rush the Army Reor.
ganization bill through the Sen
ate, which was railrOaded through
the House last week. To give
the Senate Republicans a chance
to rush it, the House leaders
made the bill substitute for one
that was passed by the Senate at
the last session. The Senate
could have sent the bill to a CON
ference at once, but it didn't.
The bill was referred to the Mil
itary Committee, and Senator
Hawley, Chairman of that Com
mittee, says that the usual rou
tine will be followed in the con.
Sideration Of the bill which began
today. The anti-canteen amend
ment, adopted by the House to
please the w. g. Il. u. is already
being made the basis of much
contention. The chances favor
its being struck out by the Sen
ate.
The story of Rathbone's ex-
trayagance with Cuban funds.
which was quite as diSgracelul
as Neeley's SteallngS, is fully told
in pamphlet Of 292 pages, now
in the hands of the Senate Com.
mittee on Relations with Cuba.
Although Rathbone paid the
money out on vouchers, they
were vouchers which he knew
that no honest auditing officer
would pass. In fact, vouchers
amounting to 500, 61O.21 have
been thrown out by the auditors
because of the nature of the goods
for which they were charged,
such as $110 a month for rent for
coachman's house, enameled
bath tub and other house fitting