The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
tCommunicatedl
WASHINGTON. Jan. %. 1900.

beyond question, that silver,
trusts and imperialism will be the
foremost issues in this years cam
paign. While willing to talk |
freely on most subjects, Colonel |
Bryan will not express an opin.
ion on where the Democratic Con
vention should be held. or who
should be the candidate for Vice
President. He said of imperial
ism: 81 am opposed to imperial
ism. | am opposed to the perma-
nent retention of the Philippines.
| believe that this government
should at once declare its inten
tiOns to give independence to the
FilipinoS, on the same terms that
independence has been promised
to the Cubans. am not opposed
to all expansion. Each proposed
annexation should be settled on
its own merits. ! have tried to
distinguish between the peaceful
extension of republic and the
change Of republic into an en-
pre- OF his attitude toward
trusts, Col. Bryan said: ~ pro.
pose that a Federal license shall
be required of every corporation
in any State, before it is allowed
to do business outside of that
State. While this license would
permit corporation, so far as
the Federal government is CON
cerned, TO do business outside of
the State in which it is organized.
it should not impair the right of
any State to impose any restric-
ton even to the point of prohibi
ton, as the people deem neceS-
sary for protection. The State
and Federal authorities should be
concurrent. 1t would not be safe
to take from the State any power
which it now has to protect its
people from outside corporations,
even though State protection is
not complete, because if the State
remedy was taken away, the PEG
pie of the State would be entirely
helpless in case the mOnopolies
were able to exert a controlling
influence over the action of Con-
gresS. These remedies could be
eXerted without constitutional
amendment" Republican mis-.
chief makers, or rather would be
mischief makers, were response
BILE for the sensational stories
sent out from Washington, alleg
ing that Colonel Bryan and
Chairman Jones had quarreled
over what should be the policy of
the Democratic party. There
was absolutely no foundation for
their stories. The two men are
in perfect accord politically, and
on the most friendly personal
terms. While in Washington,
Col. Bryan took family dinner
with Senator Jones, and Senator
Jones was one of the party of
prominent Democrats who accom-
panied Colonel Bryan to Balti-
more last Saturday night and
listened to his able speech on the
attitude of the Democratic party
towards the public questions of
the hour.
Now that the administration
has declared for free trade with
Porto Rico, and Representative
Payne, of New York, has intro
duced a bill, drawn under Mr..
McKinley's instructions, provid
ing therefor, all of the wearers
of the Mckinley collar will have
to fall in line and support it. re-
CARELESS of their records as pro-
tectionists. This will be a bitter
pill for many Republicans, but
there is nothing to indicate that
any considerable number of them
will have the sand to vote against
the bill. Already they are begin
ming to ask il the Mckinley pro-
gram includes free trade with
the Philippines.
Representative Bell, of Texas,
took occasion, while the Pension
Appropriation Bill, which was
passed, was under discussion in
the House, to give the Imperial
lists. who are trying to make it
appear that any opponent to the
war iu the Philippines is traitor
to the United States government,
some sharp raps by quoting the
language of Abraham Lincoln,
who was member of the House
at the beginning of the Mexican
war, and who made speech de-
handing information of the Presi
dent about the beginning of that
war, compared with which most
of the speeches made by Demo-
Gratis against the Philippine war
are extremely mild.
Mr.. Norman L. Mack, the Buff
falO Democratic editor, who is
now visiting Washington, is
credited with knowing New York |
politics thoroughly. He says
that with the exception of few