The Republican., 1900-05-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May %, 19C

the Senate Appropriation Commit
tee, would be glad to see Congress
adjourn June 9th in accordance
with the resolution adopted by the
House, but he expresses doubt
whether the condition of the regu-
lar appropriation bills, not yet act
ed upon, will permit it, and thinks
it will be necessary for the Senate
to amend the resolution, setting
the date for adjournment a few
days later.
President Mckinley will return
from Fort Monroe. where he went
to observe the total eclipse Of the
sun, Tuesday, and on Memorial
day he will go to Antietam to take
part in the ceremonies of the day.
The Democrats were greatly sur-
prised as well as chargrined when
the Republican Senators to a man,
supported the resolution offered by
Senator Bacon, directing the Com
mittee on relations with Cuba, of
which Senator Platt, of Connecticut,
is chairman. to make an investiga-
ton of all receipts and expendi-
lures in Cuba, since the island has
been under military government.
Republican Senators were perfect
ly satisfied that the investigation
row being made by officials of the
government would cover the mat
ter thoroughly, making Congress
sional investigation unnecessary,
but they had no idea of giving the
Democrats the satisfaction of see
ing the investigation resolution de-
feated.
In their anxiety to find some
thing against the administration,
the Democrats made an amusing
blunder. After making sensa-
tional outcry over the refusal Of
the Comptroller of the Treasury
to allow some accounts of the
Washington City Post Office, ag-
gregating about 5000, for the fs-
cal year 1898, they discovered that
those accounts belonged to Dem
ocratic Postmaster, who was a
Cleveland holdover. Now they
are saying less about it.
Old-timers in Washington recall
the fact that Mr.. Clark and Mr..
Magannis of Montana. who are
now rivals for the vacancy in the
Senate from that State, one having
an appointment from the acting
Governor and one an appointment
from the Governor, and neither
having one chance in hundred to
win, were together in Washington
once before as claimants to seats in
the Senate. Just after Montana
became a state what was known as
the trump" legislation elected
Clark and Maginnis to the Senate,
and they appeared in Washington
to take their seats, but were never
allowed to do so. They are what
might be called by the supersti-
tious senatorial hoodoos.
Hon. H. o. Weaver, chairman
of the Iowa Republican State Cen.
trail Committee, who is in Wash
ington, says that with the excep-
tion of Judge Mcpherson, who re-
signed to accept place on the
bench, the entire State delegation
in the House will be reelected and
that President McKinley's major
ity in the state will be about 90, 900.
He says the people of the state
were never more prosperous or
more contented.
The report of the House Ways
and Means Committee against a
resolution offered by Representa-
tive Richardson Of Tennessee, the
Democratic foor-1eader, for the ad-
mission, free of duty of sugar and
molasses, and everything entering
into the manufacture of sugar from
Cuba and Porto Rico shows a some.
what remarkable friendliness fol
the sugar trust, on the part of the
Democratic leader. After submit
ting figures in detail to back its
contention, the report says: "It