The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
(Communicated).
WASHINGTON,
January II, 1901.

Shakespeare held up for the
suspicion of all future ages the
man who protests too much and
too often. just now Senator
Hanna is that man. He is once
more protesting that the Ship
Subsidy bill will put no money
in his pocket, and that stories of
his being interested in steamship
lines that will profit by the meas
ure, if it can be jammed through,
are wicked calumnies.
The Senate is still hammering
away at the Army Reorganiza.
ton bill, but it is probable that
it will be passed this week. BY
the aid of a few Republicans, the
Democrats succeeded i'll getting
an amendment adopted making
volunteer officials eligible to
appointment to the grade of Cap
tain in the regular army, as well
as that of Lieutenant.
Why the bosses of the House
have allowed the debate on the
River and Harbor bill, which
every one expected to pass sew
eral days ago, to drag until this
afternoon, when it closed, is one
of the Legislative puzzles Of the
week. lnasmuch as it is well
known from the first that the bill
was to pass. 1t is quite certain
that the delay has been for pur.
pose, although the purpose is not
yet apparent.
Hon. Bird S. Coler, the Comp
troller of New York City, spent
day or two in Washington in the
interest of the Hon. David b.
Hill, as the Democratic candi-
date for President in 1901. Con
trary to the custom, Mr.. COler
publicly announced that the oh.
ject of his visit to Washington
was to get Senators and Repre-
Sentatlves to promise their sup
port to Mr.. Hill. He heard many
kind words for Mr.. Hill, who has
many friends in both branches
of Congress, but few, if any,
Democrats in Congress care to
commit themselves to any candi-
date so far i'll advance.
Senator Bacon said of the dan.
gerous power vested in the Presi.
dent by the Army Reorganiza-
ton bill, which is still before the
Senate: ''The passage of this bill
will mark an epoch in the United
States. Senators may scofl, but
1t Is nevertheless true that the
passage of bill by which the
President shall control the size
of the army, is a march toward
empire. 1t is a great revolution
that will be effected when the bill
is put upon the statute books. 1t
is the evident purpose of the bill
to eliminate for all time the vol
unteer system from the military
establishment of the country, and
create for all time great stand
ing army. The issue is not to
be evaded. Shall it be in the flu
ture the province of the Presi-
dent to raise armies or shall it be
the province of Congress? |
should rather see the party | be
longed to condemned to universal
and never ending Punishment
from political power, than to see
such on authorization of power
placed upon the statute booksn
Many of those who voted for
the Committee bill are glad of
the throw down given the ma,
jority of the House Census Com
mittee, when its bill was knocked
out, and the Burleigh substitute
Reapportionment bill, which has
since passed the Senate and is
now in Mr.. McKinley's hands,
! was passed 10y the House by the
large majority of 63. While par
tisan politics were not introduced
during the discussion, the fact
that the Committee bill was sup.
ported by practically all of the
Republican bosses in the House,
made its defeat a black eye for
| them.
Just before the House passed
the usual resolution appropriat.
ing $4,000 for the employment
of extra policemen, ETC., for Mr..
McKinley's second Inauguration,
Representative Bell, of Colorado,
took occasion to put himself on
record as opposing the appropria-
ton of one cent of public money
to pay for anything connected
with the Inauguration show. He
pointed out facts, well known to
most of his hearers, such as the
usual profits made by the local
committee having charge of the
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