Middletown transcript., 1900-06-02
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, May IS h, 1900.

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WASHINGTON, May 26 b, 1900.
Pre- ,ident Mckinley will return from
Fort Monroe, where he went to OF
serve the total eclipse of sun, Tuesd y.
and on Memorial day he will go to An
tietam to take part in the ceremonies
of the day.
Senator Allison, Chairman of the
Senate Appropriation Committee,
would be glad to see Congress adjourn
June 9th, in accordance with the reso-
luton adopted by the House, but he
expresses doubt whether the condition
of the regular appropriation bills, not
yet acl ed upon, will permit, and thinks
it will be necessary for. the Senate to
amend the resolution, setting the date
for adjournment few days later.
Hon. II. o. Weaver, Chairman of
the Iowa Republican State Central
Committee, who is in Washington,
says that with the exception of Judge
Mcpherson, who resigned to accept a
place on the bench, the entire State de-
legation in the House will be re-alsct-
ed and that President McKinley's ma
jority in the State will be about 60, 900. |
He says, be'people of the State were |
never more prosperous or more confer
ted.
In their anxiety TO find something |
against the administration, the Demo-
Gratis made an amusing blunder. After
making sensational outcry over tht
refusal of the Comptroller of tht
Treasury to allow some accounts OF
the Washington City Pt st Office, ag-
gregating about 5000, for the fiscal year
1898, they discovered that those &C
counts belonged to Democratic Post
master. who was Cleveland holdover.
Now they are saying less about 1t.
Hon. FL. g. Payne, Wisconsu's
member of the Republican Natl nal
Committee, who is in Washington to
attend meeting of the subcommittee
which is making arrangements for
the Philadelphia Convention, says he
has been in every Western state during
| the past two months aud that in every
Gne of them he found the Republicans
preparing to make winning campaign
that the alleged Republicans dissatis-
faction with the administration, is
merely Democratic Campaign myth of
the kind likely to become numerous
but not dangerous, just now.
Old-timers in Washington. recall the
fact that Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Maginnis,
of Montana, who DOW rivals for the va
eancy in The Senate from that State,
| one having an appointment from tie
acting Governor and one an appoint
ment from the Governor, and neither
having one chance in one hundred to
win, we're together in Washington
once before as claimants to seats in the
Senate. j.. st after Montana become
a state what was known as the''rump"
legislature elected Clark and Maginnis
to their seats, but were never allowed
to do so. They are what might be call
ed by the superstitious senatorial hoo
docs,
The Democrats were greatly surprised
as well as chagr.ned when the Republi-
can Senators to man, supported the
resolution offered by Senator Bacon,
directing the Committee on relations
with Cuba, of which Senator Platt, Of
Conn.,, is Chairman, to make an inves-
tigation Of all receipts and expendi-
lures in Cuba, since the island has been
under Military Government. Repub-
ican Senators were perfectly satisfied
that the investigation, now being made
by officials of The government would
cover the matter thoroughly, making a
Congressional investigation unneces-
sary, but they had no idea of giving
the Democrats the Satisfaction of see-
ing the investigation resolution defeat
ed.
The report of the House Ways and
Means Committee against resolution
offered by Representative Richardson
Of Tennessee, the Democratic floor
leader, for the admission, free of duty,
of sugar and molasses, and everything
entertaining iEto the manufacture of
sugar from Cuba to Porto Rico, shows
somewhat remarkable friendliness
for the sugar trust, on the part Of the {
Democratic leader. After submitting {
figures in detail to back its contention {
the report says: "It will be seen that
to place these commodities on the free
listwould if the same amount of sugar
and molasse sshouid be impoI ted during
the year beginning July l, 1900, and
running forward give TO the Importers /
of sugar aud molasses something like |
S14,000,000. This would lie free '
gift from the people of the country and
measures the value of these proposed
yearly gifts to the sugar trust, cal !
culated on the importations of 1899, I
which, of course, will steadily increase 3
from year to year. The tariff of 1897 /
So far as 1t relates to sugar and mo- '
lasses was intended to be both reven- 3
ue producer and matter of protection =
to The beet sugar industry OF the U. S.
To now remove that protection would
be fatal blow to that valuable and