The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ingtOn.
WASHINGTON,
(Connunicated).
December y, 1900.

December "a, 1900.
Will England accept the Amer
icanized Ilay-Pauncefote treaty
which will start for London this
week. or will it reject it, and in
vite something even less palata-
Bile! This is one of the most dis
cussed questions of the hour in
Washington. Another is, will
Congress wait until England sig
mites her intentions, before pass
ing the Nicaragua Canal bill!
No one can answer either with
any certainty at this time, but
the prevailing opinion appears to
be that the refusal of England to
accept the amended treaty would
arouse very bitter anti English
sentiment, which might result in
legislation that would he disaS
trouS to English interests, in
stead Of merely defending Amer
lean interests, as the amended
treaty does. The canal question
is really pulling and is becom-
ing more so. Some of the Sen
at0rS who talk the l0udeSt for the
Canal bill, are under suspicion Of
not being sincere, and no one
need be greatly surprised if there
is no canal legislation at this SEES,
sion, although at the opening of
the session, the Canal bill was
considered one of the certainties.
and it is fully known that the
public sentiment of the country,
regardless Of politics, overwhelm-
ingly endorses the Nicaragua
Canal bill.
The extent Of the fight for re-
election that little Billy Chand-
Ter has on his hands may be judy
ed from his having begged letters
of recommendation from twenty
three Of the Republican Senators,
to be printed and circulated in
New Hampshire, as an answer to
the charge that he has lost the
confidence and support of many
of his Republican colleagues in
the Senate. This would have
been a shrewd dodge, if the in.
dOrSement of a sufficient number
of Republican Senators had been
secured, but when the number is
less than one half Of the Repub
lican Senators, it seems more like
a confirmation than a retutatiOn
Of the charge, and it is certain
that Chandler got all the letters
that he could.
Senator Bacon, just before leav.
ing for his Georgia home, where
he will spend the holidays,
laughingly said to a fellow
Senator with whom he was ex-
changing good-byes: 81 wish you
a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year, but | cannot wish You
a happy new century, because l
believe the new century began on
January /, 1900. | can demon
Strate to you, mathematically,
that | am right, but | won't take
the time to do it, because my
view seems to be at variance with
that entertained by the rest of the
world"
Minister COnger is to be recall
ed on account of his alleged
bOtch work in the negotiations
at Picking, which have at last
resulted i'll the signing of an
agreement by the foreign minis
terS on the demands that shall be
made on China, if close friends
of the administration know what
they are talking about. Others
say that if C0nger is recalled it
will be merely to make him
ScapegOat behind which the ad-
miniStratiOn may conceal its wob-
bling, which ended in a per.
emptory order to COnger to sign
an agreement-itS full text was
made public on Saturday-con-
tanning demands that this c0un-
try had over and over said it
would not agree to. Semi official
statements, emanating from the
State Department, charge Con-
ger with the responsibility of
having placed this government
i'll false position by his blunder-
ing construction of Instructions.
The members of the diplomatic
corps i'll Washington are all laugh
ing at the whole business.
According to a newspaper
guess which may or may not be
correct, but which carries not
only the sign of cleverness, but
of painstaking observation, the
United States Supreme Court,
which last week heard arguments
on one of the cases involving the
constitutionality of the admins
tration's policy towards the is
lands acquired from Spain, now
stands four in favor of the Con-
stitution following the flag and
four against it, with Chief Justice
Fuller in doubt. If that be correct,
the decision will really rest with
the Chief Justice and he is a