The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-22
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
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Feb. Is, 1901
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The administration is deter
mined that there shall be an extra
session Of the next Congress.
That is now as plain as the nose
Oh your face. Mr.. Mckinley is
talking up settlement OF the
Cuban question as the reason
but il the Ship Subsidy job had
been allowed to go through he
he would have probably discov.
cred that an extra session would
not be necessary to deal with
Cuba. But there are other
strings to tie extra session bow,
and it would not be surprising If
the Republican leaders in Con.
gress so manipulated things
that one or more of the Dig APP
preparation bills failed to get
through at this session, and then
tried TO raise a howl, that it was
the Democrats who were to blame
for the extra session that the fail
ure would make necessary.
Neither would 1t be surprising
for the River and HarUor bill,
which is TO be reported to the
Senate this week. also failed to
get through. That would reduce
the total of the appropriations
made by this Congress-a total
that has thoroughly alarmed the
Republican leaders since the press
of the country, regardless of pol
itics, have opened up Oh it.
Then there is the bill for the re-
duction of war taxes, which is
deadlocked i'll conference and in
a fair way to fail, because the
House cOnferees encouraged 10y
Secretary Gage and other mem.
berS Of the administration, re-
fuse to accept the cut in beer aud
tobacco taxes made 10y the Sen
ate. The Senate is now consid-
erlng the Oleomargarine bill, but
whether that measure is to be
voted on or merely used as a club
to Kill time is not Yet clear. One
thing Is very certain, and that Is
that the intelligent people of the
country know that the Democrats
will not be responsible for the
failure Of any regular approplia-
ton bill. They have at all times
assisted in diSpOSing of the APP
preparation bills. as fast as they
were ready, and have repeatedly
warned the Republicans that
they were wasting time OH the
Ship Subsidy bill that should
have been devoted to the Appro.
priation bills.
The United States government
would have saved money had
Congress appropriated all amount
equal to what would be received
from the sale OF tickets to the in.
augural ball, toward the ex.
/ penSes OF Mr.. Mckinley's second
1 Inauguration, as the receipts
from the sale of those tickets will
be very much less than $50, 600,
which represents the cost to the
government of allowing the
Pension building to be used for
the inaugural ball, not to mention
the delay III the work for the bu-
reau that will be caused by the
holiday of all of its employees
from February 9th, until March
9TH.
Senator Teller destroyed the
last hope of the looters in their
ability to push the Ship Subsidy
bill through at this session, when
he said: In the interests of pub
lie business, | desire to give no
tlce that this Ship Subsidy bill
cannot pass" Senator Aldrich
pretended to be much surprised
and said that he had not before
any positive notice that no vote
will be allowed on the bill. Sen
ator Teller spoke of three Repub.
lican Senators who had gone to
him and expressed a hope that
the bill would not be voted upon.
and then said: There is strong
sentiment among the Republican
Senators, shared by probably
half OF them, that this bill ought
not to pass. am not surprised.
for no bill, ever presented to the
Senate, carried upon its face
such evidences of jobbery as the
Shipping bill" Senator Hanna
got terribly worked up while Mr..
Teller and other Senators were
saying those things showing the
impoSsibility of passing the Ship
Subsidy bill, and made a speech
IN which he virtually took the
ground that the reelection of
Mr.. Mckinley was a verdict of
the people in favor of the Ship
Subsidy bill and any other meas.
ures he might favor, in plain
words, that he alone had right
to say what appropriations of pub.
lie money should also be made.
Instead of showing that the Sub.
| SluN bill WAS not q 1ootinrr ooho,,,o