The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-10

pines, but that is the veriest non
sense
The report on the River and Harbor
bill, submitted by Chairman Burton,
contains much information concern
ing the appropriation carried by that
bill, total of $50, 935, 415. The total
number of improvements provided
for are 40S, of which 232 are rivers and
146 harbors. These were selected from
Improvements aggregating 100000,
600, which United States Army engi-
neers had estimated for
Both supporters and opponents of
the OleOmargarine bill passed by the
House, are putting forth their strong
est arguments in the hearings before
the Senate Committee on Agriculture.
Present indications are that the bill
will be favOrably reported to the Sen
ate, but whether it will get acted up
on will depend upon other Legislation
largely.
G. A. Snow & Co, of Washington,
secured the honor of filing the first
application for United States patent,
in the twentieth century, for DR.. Cal
vim J. Pollock, of Kirlyille, Missouri.
Senator McComas predicts the for
nation of a Socialist party in the
United States and that Mr. Bryan
will be its leader and candidate for
President. He cites Mr. Bryans
speeches in the late campaign as proof
that he is already more of a socialist
than anything else.
Those who pretended to see antag-
onism to the Ship Subsidy bill in the
vote of the Senate giving the Army
Reorganization bill the right of way
held by the Shipping Bill are ignor-
ing the facts. 1t was agreed at the
time the Shipping Bill was made the
regular business of the Senate that if
it were not disposed of when the Army
bill, which is an urgency measure,
was reported to the Senate it should
give way to that measure. That the
move was in no way prejudicial to
the Shipping Bill was shown by the
fact that not single vote was cast
against the motion to put the Army
bill ahead.
Some surprise was felt and express
ed by the Republican leaders of the
House, who had long ago decided that
the question of the restriction of suf-
frage in the South should not be tax
en- up at this session of Congress when
Representative Olmsted, without CON
ferring with anyone, and entirely up
on his own responsibility, offered a
resolution providing that such an in
vestigation should be made before
the ReappOrtionment bill was acted
upon. Although Mr.. Olmsted had a
/ perfect right to do this, it was some
what surprising, and of course, could
have but one result-the shelving of
his resolution, by sending it to the
| Census Committee. Even if there
had been no other objection, it would
not be possible to procure the infor-
nation upon which to make even the
most hurried investigation within the
life of the present Congress. There
was a regrettable wrangle between
Chairman Hopkins, of the Census
Committee, the author of the Com
mittee Reapportionment Bill, and
Representative Littlefield, of Maine,
who is supporting the substitute in
troduced by Representative Bureigh,
/ of Maine, in which both gentlemen
used supplementary language, and
had to be called to order by Acting
| Speaker Dalzell. 1t is natural enough
that Mr.. Littlefield and the other
Maine members should support the
Burleigh bill, which retains the pres
ent number of members from their
state, while the Hopkins bill reduces
it by one, but it is none the less re-
grettable that he should have seen fit
to make personal attack upon Mr.
Hopkins in supporting the bill The
fight over this bill is likely to go on
all this week. 1t is entirely outside
of party lines.
Hon. NJ. S. Quay is at his Washing
ton home. When asked whether he
entertained any doubts of his election,
he said in very positive tone: 81
am just as confident of being elected
| to the Senate, if | live, as am if the
Pennsylvania legislature will meet on
January 18TH" Mr.. Quay declined to
discuss the story that he contemplate
ed resigning shortly after reentering
the Senate, but his closest friends say
the story is all moonshine, and that,
unless something not now expected
should occur, should cause him to
change his mind, he will serve the en-
tire term. So certain is his election
regarded in Washington that he is
already being congratulated on his
return to the Senate, where he has
many warm friends.
Baltimore & Ohio ElectrOmObile Service
at New York, Washington and Chicago.