The citizen., 1901-05-31
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON,
(Communicated).

on Isthmian Canal question. that,
with the assistance of democrats,
led by Senator Morgan, will
knock out the Panama lobby, if it
has the strength, republicans of
prominence say it has. According
to the talk in eminent republican
circles, in Washington. the revolt
has been thoroughly planned, and
it includes the making of Senator
Lodge, a stanch advocate of the
Nicaragua route for the Canal,
Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, position
upon which precedent gives Sena-
tors Frye and Cullom prior claims.
1t will be easy enough to dispose
of Frye's claim, as he is president
protein of the Senate and is. be.
sides, anxious to give much of his
time, during the next session, 20
pushing a new Ship Subsidy bill;
but Cullon will not be so easy to
push aside, as he would like to
have the honor of being at the
head of the Committee on Foreign
Relations. However, the repub,
lican steering committee, if con
troled as claimed by the revolters,
can probably ''persuade" him that
he would better hold on to the
Craftsmanship of the Interstate
Commerce Committee, and volun-
tarily relinquish his clam.
With Lodge at the head of the
Foreign Relations Committee, a
resolution declaring the Clayton
Bulwer treaty abrogated is to be
reported and at once brought to a
vote i'll the Senate. With the
adoption of that resolution, the
Panama scheme would receive its
death blow. The most interesting
thing about this revolt is the claim
of its promoters that Mr.. Mckinley
is in secret sympathy with its OBJ,
ject, and wishes to see Congress
take the action that will, in ad-
dition to killing the Panama job,
force the hand of Great Britain.
and show to the world that the
lstmian Canal is going to be a
strictly American institution from
start to finish.
If the members of the Naval
Board Of Awards wish to increase
tue number of those who believe
official history to consist largely
of plain everyday lying, done to
boast the record of the whilom
faVorites of the powers that be,
they are Oh the right tract; but if
Mr.. Mckinley and Secretary Long
wish to do so, either can head off
the perpetuatiOn of a historic lie
by this Board. No official an
nouncement of that fact has vet
been made, but among Naval Off
GERS it is understood that the
Board has decided that the head
of Rear Admiral Sampson, shall
appear upon one side of the Off
cial medal to be presented to the
officers and sailors who participa-
ted in the destruction of the Span
ish fleet, off Santiago, Cuba, thus
sending him down to posterity as
a participant in that battle.
when he had no more, personally,
to do with it, than Mr.. Mckinley
did, until after the battle had
been fought and won. 1t would
only be common decency to call
this Board down, and if neither
Secretary Long nor Mr.. Mckinley
will do it, Congress may conclude
to take a hand i'll the game.
An amusing scene took place in
the Washington police court, in
connection with the arraignment
of negro for the theft af game
rooster. The prisoner said:
"Jedge, l jes' seen dat chicken on
de sidewalk, an de chicken acted
kinder friendly. Pse fond oh
game chickens wherever | sees
dem, an | had dat chicken in nv
arms rubin it down an admir-
in it, when dis heah policeman
come up an sez, 'Wher did YOU
git dat chicken2 Den he run me
in. | had no mo- 'tention OBJ
takin' dat chicken dan a saint in
heben." The judge accepted the
plea, but in discharging the pris-
oner, amid the grins of those pres
ent, he said: 81 would advise you
the next time you meet chicken
to take the other side of the street, y
How soldiers, even those of the
regular army, regard service in the
Philippines, is Enthusiastically
shown by bit of official CORES
pondence just made public by the
War Department. A number of
regulars, now in the Philippines,
whose terms of enlistment will
shortly expire, informed their Off
GERS that they would re-enlist. if
assured that they would be allowed
to return to the United States
when the organizations to which
they belong, were ordered home,
and that assurance has been in a
LETTER from tho diutant GanaroI,c