The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-01
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
w ASHINGTON.
(Conmunicated).
Jan. %, 1901.


has to he called to pass the Ship
Subsidy bill. as now seems prob
able, the Republicans are going
to make Philippine legislation
the excuse for an extra session.
After leading Republican Spna
tors had repeatedly said that
there was to be no Philippine
legislation by This Congress. and
Senator Spooner had abandoned
his bill, which 10y he way gives
the President about the same au
thoritA over a evil government
III the Philippines that he now
exercises under his authority as
Commandcrin in Chief Of our mil
ltary forces, and announced his
intention to try TO get Congress
Sl0nal Committee sent to the
PhlllpplneS. it was little sur.
pri>lng aud at first confusing for
Mr.. Mckinley to send a report
from the Philippine Commission
to Congress, urging the immrdl-
ate passage of the Spoonrr bill,
reinforcing it with the inIor>e-
ment of Secretary Root and his
own. Mr.. Mckinley knows the
absolute impoSSlbillty of gpttiag
the Philippine legislation asked
for in the short time left of this
session, and only sent the re-
pert and message to prepare the
way for an extra session of the
next Congress. in which some of
the most active opponents of the
Ship Subsidy bill will not have
seats, If it becomes necessary.
Democrats are not Worrying
over the extra session question.
They can stand it if the Repub-
leans can, and neither the fear
of it, nor the desire for it. will
influence single Democratic
vote. or lessen Democratic oppo-
Sltl0n to a single measure which
is opposed on principle.
Mr.. Mckinley has tried to les.
sen the Republican scramble tor
army commissions in the eNpand-
ed regular army, by announcing
that he intended to give those
commissions to men who had
served in the Philippines with
the volunteers. as far aS possible
to do so. The qualifications was
doubtless added because he SHOWS
very well that some Of those com.
missions will he demanded bN
men hose demands he dare not
turn down. y big Republican
row is probable over the distribu
ton of those places.
a single firm of Washington
Patent Lawyers, c. \. SNOW <
Co., the most successful patent
solicitors in the world, obtained
during 1900, l,491 allowances of
United Safes patents. many of
which had been rejected when
previously presented by other
attorneys. Here is Il hint inr the
inventor who wishes his appica
ton for patent To he allowed
Senator Towne, whose sue
ceSSor Is expected to present his
credentials during the present
week, made his farewell Con
greSSional bow i'll what many of
his admirers declare to have been
the best speech he ever made.
The speech was nominalIy made
on the following resolution, Of
tered by him: ,''That Justice. the
public welfare, and the national
honor, demand the immediate ces
Satlon OF ho>tilltieS in the Philip
pine Islands, upon terms recog-
nlzing the independence OF the
Philippine people. and conSelv-
ing and guaranteeing the inter.
eStS of the United States," but it
was not confined to the Philip
pines. 1t embraced the general
political conditions and the out
look for the immediate future. in
cldentially showing how unwise
MIR. Mckinley and his advisers
have been in most of their poll.
cieS.
Senator Bacon has been given
the honor of being designated to
read Washington'S farewell adj
dress to the Senate on Washing
toms birthday. The brewers put
the screws on Senator Hanna. and
he III turn put them ON the Sen
ate Committee on Finance, and
the result is that the amended
bill for the reduction of war
taxes as reported to the Senate,
keeps Hanna'S promise to the
brewers in exchange for their
campaign contributions, and re.
duces the tax on beer to S1.5O a
barrel. And it is dollars to brass
buttons that the House will
agree to this, although when the
bill was before the House. an
amendment fixing the tax at
those figures was voted down.
The House Committee on Bank.
ing and Currency has reported
two financial bills, but whether
nil hap will oro+ oatoI