The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-07
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON,
Decem Der 3, 1900.
(Conmunicated).

sell lmelltdl fumOGS connected
with the Isthmian Canal question.
Some of these Iumors make
charges entirely too serious to be
repeated without proof of their
truthfulnesS as to what has been
accomplished by the lobbyists,
employed by the Panama Canal
Company in their efforts to delay
Congressional action authorizing
the construction of the Nicaragua
Canal But there are some facts
which speak for themselves.
Sometime ago it was announced
in a semi official manner that the
report Of the Canal Commission
would be strongly in favor of the
Nicaragua route; now it is al
lowed to become known that the
report of the commission will not
specify a preferable route but will
give its estimates of the cost Of
the canal by the Nicaragua route,
and the cost of the completion of
the Panama Canal, together with
the terms upon which this gov
eminent can secure control of the
latter and leave Congress to de
eide for itself. What brought
about this change! That is the
question that the rumorS deal
with. The president of the Pan
anna Canal Company had a long
conference with the Secretary Of
State, and, of course. everybody
knows what the gentleman is in
Washington for. Although the
Nicaragua Canal bill. which
passed the House at the last SEES
sion, was. by resolution of the
Senate, made a special order for
Wednesday of this week. IA pro
gram has been arranged by which
the Ship Subsidy bill will be
used to side track the Canal bill,
unless the program is upset by a
majority vote of the Senate. The
Panama Canal Company has
caused one great national scandal
which diSgraccd eminent French
men, and from present indications,
il may cause another, that will
disgrace some prominent Ameri-
cans.
Nominally the two branches of
Congress met today and adjourn
ed without waiting to get Mr..
McKinley's message, as a mark
of respect to the late Senators
Davis and Grear and members q
the House who have died since
the last session, hut in reality the
adjournment was for the purpose
Of giving the Republicans a little
more time to try to reconcile their
numerous differences and to get
together on legislative program.
The jackson Democratic AS.
ISOLATION, of Washington, is ar
ranging for its annual celebration
Of Jackson Day, January s, next,
with as much enthusiasm as its
members could possibly have dis
played. had the party been vic
tors in the late campaign. The
JackSonians are of the same I'M
daunted brand as was "Old Hick
DRY" himself, and the result of
campaigns cuts no figure in their
calculations when compared with
the principles they value far
more than triumph.
Representative ShaffrOth, of
Colorado, said of the contest for
the seat which will be vacated
March 4th by Senator Wolcott:
at promises to be the most in
tereSting and the closest call ever
known i'll that section. Three of
the strongest men in the State
are now candidates-Governor
Thomas, former Governor Adams
and Thomas f. PatterSon-and it
is just possible that Mr.. Charles
j. Hughes, prominent mining
lawyer, may enter the field as the
fourt h."
Although all knowledge on the
subject is denied at the War De-
partment, many persons in Wash
ington believe the correctness of
the story that "Embalmed Beef"
Eagan will shortly be restored to
duty as Commissary General of
the army by Mr.. Mckinley.
Representative Neville, of Ne
braSka, who was re elected, says
he thinks Editor ROsewater has
too many Republican enemies to
succeed in getting elected to the
Senate.
Notwithstanding his previous
humlliating experiences in that
line, Secretary Root has again
SmOthered an important public
document on the ridiculous ground
that it is a confidential matter not
intended to be made public. The
document in question is the re-
port made by an expert account
ant from the Treasury Depart
ment, who was sent to Cuba at
Secretary Roots request to go
thoroughly over the accounts of
Rathbone and Medley. The real
reason for not making it public