The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-19
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
(Comnunicated).
WASHINGTON.
July 10Th. 1901.


That there are number of Re.
publlcans, some of them promi.
nent, who would like to prevent
the election of "Dave" Hender.
son, Speaker of the next House.
is certain, but it is equally Ger.
tam that there are not enough Of
them to do it. Consequently. the
stories of an organization to Try
to defeat Henderson. are moon.
shine. Politicians do not know.
ingly butt their heads against
stone walls. 1t there were even
a lighting chance TO beat Hender.
son, the fight would be made. but
there is not. The men who dis
like him most are likely to be
found shouting the loudeSt for
his nomination by reclamation.
i'll order that they may not be
left out when he distributes the
committee plums. Personally.
Henderson, favors tariff reform of
some sort, although he probably
does not 90 as far as Representa-
tive Babcock. but what his per.
Sonal opinions are will not affect
the result as he has record
showing that there is never any
difficulty of his being completely
controlled by the party bosses.
That is one reason why his re-
election was assured before the
adjournment of the last Congress.
The bosses know his measure and
do not care to take any chances
with new man.
Democrats have done a great
deal of talking among themselves
about the Ohio Democratic plat
form, but few of them care to ex.
press opinions about it for publ
cation. One of the exceptions
is Representative Bank head, of
Alabama, who said Of it: "The
Ohio platform is all right and
should receive the support of
every Democrat in the Buckeye
State. 1t conforms to existing
conditions and states the issues
OF the campaign in language clear
enough for anybody to under
stand. [ suppose the Republi.
cans thought the Democrats
would reat1irm the Kansas City
platform and renew their allie.
glance to Mr.. Bryan and all that
sort of thing. But they were
fooled. Mr.. Bryan. | am salts
fed, is as popular with the Dem
ocratS Of Ohio, as he was in 1896
and 1900, but there was no need
or necessity to discuss him in the
State Convention. 1t would have
added nothing to have placed
free silver i'll the platform, and it
might have caused division in
the ranks. AS it is, the Ohio
Democrats have agreed to bury
the past and have formed line
of battle on conditions that have
arisen since the last campaign.
l believe as conventions are held
III other States, the people will
witness the Democratic leaders
following in the footsteps of the
ONO Democrats. The Democrats
OF the South have the greatest
respect for Mr.. Bryan and he can
always depend upon a royal vel.
come when he comes among US.
1t does not signify that he has
lost popularity, when the Demo.
Gratis i'll convention decline to
mention in State platforms the
issues as set forth in the late
National Convention. We must
meet changed conditions and that
cannot be done by sticking to the
issues of the past" AS to imme-
diate national issues, he then
said: The Republicans seem to
be divided on the question of tar.
if revision and the adoption of
reciprocity treaties. | am in
favor of tariff revision and it
must come sooner or later. | am
opposed to trusts and ] believe
that the only way to kill the
trusts is to pass a revenue tariff.
Hayemeyer says that the tariff is
the mother of trusts and he ought
to be good authority"
The charges against the Col
lect0r of Internal Revenue at
Louisville, Kentucky, of having
violated the Civil Service law,
together with the opinion of the
Civil Service Commission that
the evidence Sustains the charges.
have been referred to Mr.. Nc.
kinley. AS it is well known that
the violations of law, of which
there is no doubt, was instigated
by the Republican bosses in Ken.
lucky, under ordinary circum-
stances, Mr.. Mckinley would
deem it advisable to take any ac.
ton that could be regarded as a
rebuke to them, but rumor saws
the circumstances in this case are
not ordinary, and shat there is
fA N no Hold