The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-02-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
w AsuINGToN. Feb. !. 1889.


President Clevel and and Secretary Bayar,i
II We every right to be proud over their action
IN the Samoan matter. They have made the
.'"tlest bully Of the nineteenth century
! !, nark-get down on his marrow bones and
acknowledge himself i'll the wrong and prom
Use 10 do better in the future What is to come
out of this Samoan squabble remains to he
seen, but up 10 the latest date American rights
and honor were intact, and likely To remain
So.
The refusal OF Senator Allison to bury his
presidential aspirations by becoming Secretary
at the Treasury for General Harrison. has
Knocked The cabinet makers silly. They do
cot seem able TO pull themselves together yet.
a. - KNOW what TO say next. 1t is believed
Vat john Sherman chuckles to himself every
time he gets in dark place over Mr.. Harrison's
iI'hible III making up his cabinet.
Representative Springer is happy man. AZ
ter working for many weary mouths against
determined proposition he has the satisfaction
at seeing the Oklahoma bill passed by the
H"use with good healthy majority. The
nlil now goes TO the Senate where the fight
will begin again. but. owing TO the shertness
OF The session il will have to be made sharp
and quick by the friends of the measure or it
will he lost. John Bushyhead. ex- Governor
oil The Cherokee nation. saws the President
60 through the Senate
\ stro: appeal to the public i'm favor of
American shipping, was made by the Ameri-
eau Shipping League which held its annual
session herr last week. Friday evening pub
Tic meeting was held at which number Of
prominent Democrats and Republicans made
>peeches commanding the work undertaken
bv the League. \ notable feature of the
Il" eciies was the complimentary manner in
witch The Republican speakers alluded to
Secretary Whitney. representative Boutelle.
81 Malne, called him the "enterprising and
Mlde-awake Secretary Of the Navy" etc
men one who Is at all familiar with the Ma.
w department under previous administrations
LOOKS al what MIR. Whitney has accomplished.
aad how little 1t has cost, comparatively. he
cannot help commenting the Woodworking
secretary Tor the good he has done. and re-
sfe'tihs That The country is so soon To lose the
services Of such a man.
he number of nominations Enacted upon
and now pending before the Senate is over
40. When Republican Senator is asked
whether his patty proposes to ''hang up" all
these nominations for good, he will begin TO
iaih Win great interest about something else.
The Agricultural Department bill is now
ready for the Presidents signature and there
IS little doubt about that being promptly affix-
ed. If President Cleveland appoints a Secre-
tary OF Agriculture Commissioner Coleman
will be the man.
Representative Houck. of Tennessee who
Is trying TO boom Malone into the Cabinet,
has received a letter from Ben Butler endors-
ing Mahone for Pos,masterI;eneral Stop a
moment and think. dear reader Of the COM
hinaiion. Butler and Malone. What a pair
they would make? 1t would he exceedingly
hafd 10 make il three of kind. and to make
IL iours it would he impossible. Butler en-.
dolses Butler, that's the interesting question.
lhe House committee OH Ways and Means
VIII endeavor t"eet up a compromise tariff
bill embodying those features OF the Mills and
Senate bills that both sides can accep. without
toa great a back-down. But owing TO the
hort time left to the Fifiieth Congress il is
doubtful il anything comes of it. IL is SAID
that John " anamaker, the mauw no Is to get
seat in the coming cabinet because he raised
S30O0W for the Republican corruption fund,
as bought residence in this city for $50. 900.
He IS making politics quite an expensive lux
ury.
The advance guard of the grand army of
Republican bread-and- hutter patriots has ar
rived in Washington. Every man of them
wants an office. In less than six months
some ofthem who are ow asking for big po-
sitions will be trying to compromise on
place as messenger or Waterman in one of
the Departments.
The House committee on Territories will
decide on Wednesday as to the ACCESSIBILITY of
reporting the bill admitting Utah also. Mr.
Sp-ingers second .tomnhus' bill admitting
Arizona, Wyoming and Id tho.
Speaker Carlisle says he looks forward with
pleasure to giving up the cares of the Office
he has held so long. 1t is generally conceded
that he has made one of the most impartial
Speakers the House has ever had.
Mr.. Cleveland has had to send in another
veto. He could not see why widow whose
husband died in 1888 oftyphoid fever could be
entitled to receive pension.
The Senate's rejection OF the British Extra
dition taeaiy was bv the decisive vote of So 10
H. nor WAS the division on party lines.