The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-01
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON,
(Communicated).

to a Congressional investigation
of all Cuban accounts, as pro-
posed by Senator BacOn's resOlu.
ton, not because thew wanted an
investigation, but because Uney
feared to defy a practically uni
versal public demand for one.
They are now trying to devise
schemes that will enable them to
keep the investigation in their
own hands, but Democratic Sen
atOrs are wide.awake and intend
to participate in that investiga-
ton, and if possible they are go.
ing to have another for Porto
Rico, where there has been great
extravaganza in the payment of
double and in some cases triple
salaries to postal employees, if not
actual stealing. 1t is also gener-
ally understood that affairs are
quite as bad, if not worse, in the
civil branch of our government
in the Philippines, and there are
scandals even in the Washington
City postoffice.
The anxiety of the Republican
leaders to hurry adjournment is
amusing. Although they have
a good big majority in both
branches, they act as though
they are afraid that Congress
would do something they did not
want it to do, if adjournment
was not rushed. 1t is hardly
likely that adjournment will take
place June 6, the date set by the
House resolution, but it will as
soon thereafter as the Republican
leaders in the Senate can get the
appropriation bills out of the
way.
TO appeal from C3ser McKin-
ley to the American people is
row the program of the BOer en-
voys. They have not abandoned
their idea of making a tour of the
country, and arOusing public sen
timent. They will begin this
week in Baltimore, and from
there they will go to other cities
where they have accepted invita-
tons to attend public meetings.
Representative Talbert, of
South Carolina, has been making
another warm speech on the pen
sion question, his text being the
case of the Michigan man who
draws 81, 800 year as a clerk in
the Interior Department, and
81, 200 as private secretary to
Representative S. W. Smith, of
Michigan, and who has been
voted by Congress a pension of
S72 month for total disability.
Representative Ii. g. Smith, cited
the case of Justice Long, OF the
Supreme Court of Michigan,
who draws pension of $40 a
month as an excuse for this case,
and Mr.. Talbert said in reply:
''Two wrongs do not make one
right. The gentleman asks now
because one man is rObbing
and plundering the government
unjustly and unmeritoriously,
that another man may be placed
Oh the pension roll and receive a
high pension. That is the trouble
about this indiscriminate grab
bing of pensions. One man gets in
and another man wants to get in.
Members have their friends and
they will not vote against each
other. They will not have the
reports read because they sit
here like dummies saying: 'Oh,
they will reach my case next
That is what is the matter. You
want to do a dozen wrongs to
make one right and you want to
continue to do wrong in order
that your own cases may be IA
vorably acted upon. | want to
see justice done by the old sol
diers and | will help do it every
time if | can, but l do not want
to give any soldier what he does
not Deserve
Senator Morgan jumped on the
opposition to the Nicaragua
Canal, which has apparently sue
ceeded in hanging up the bill, in
speech in which he did not
mince words. He began with the
six syndicates, organized under
the New Jersey laws for the pur-
pose of controlling canal routes
on the Isthmus Of Darien of
which he said: 81 think the as.
sumption, arrogance, and brazen-
faced audacity Of these people
have reached a climax" He
charged that this government
was submitting to the cutting
and badgering of the new Pan.
ANA Canal Company, which in
conjunction with the trans.conti-
mental railroad, inspired the OPP
position to the Canal bill, be.
cause Presidential election is
pending and that it is afraid to
tackle any corporation that has
or processes to have some great
power, and he asked: SIS it to be
said here that the President is
party to this ambideXterouS and