The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-01-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

W ASHINGToN, Jan. ~, 1877.
Evidently President Clevela and has no hard
feelings towards Mr.. Calvin 5. Brice, who was
the Democratic manager in the recent disas-
trous campaign, whatever some people may
say. Mr.. and Mrs. Brice have been guests a,
the White House for severa; days, and at Mrs
Cleveland's brilliant reception Saturday at
ternoon. her first public reception of the sea-
son, Mrs. Brice assisted.
In order 10 stop Representative Waiver
from fillibusteritg, Speaker Carlisle has agreed
70 recognize him to-day tor the purpose of
making motion TO suspend the rules and
pass the Oklahoma bill. The motion it is ex-
p-cted will be met by fillibustering on the
part Of the opponents of the bill. Mr. Car
isles action i'll making bargain with Mr..
Weaver has been hardly criticised. but what
else could be done Mr.. Weaver had shown
what lie could do by blocking the House for
four entire days, andeYpressed his willingness
10 keep it up indefinitely. There was only
one other way of stopping him; that was to
refuse to recognize him when he made mo-
ton, and that was precedent which Mr..
Carlisle considered entirely too dangerous to
make now of all other times.
The National Wool Growers Association
which was in session here last week, don't
want the earth, alt hough it must be confessed
that they seemed TO be willing to accept a
large part thereof. Not satisfied with the pro-
lection given them by the Senate tariff bill
tt, iS y, han tla,-
prepared a wool schedule of their own, and APP
pointed committee TO present it to the Sem
ate finance committee, with the modest re-
quest that it be incorporated in the tariff bill
in place of the present schedule They will
be left. The Senate will consider the wool
schedule this week, but it won't be the one
fixed up by he wool growers. The election
is now over
l understand that Representative Anderson,
of Kansas, proposes to lead the filibusterng
against the Oklahoma bill.
Senator Morgan is still after anada with
sharp stick. He proposes to offer the following
amendment to the Senate tariff bill this week:
"All laws and parts Of laws which exempt
from the payment of duties any articles of
commerce upon which duties are imposed in
this act, when in transit through the United
States to, or from the Dominion of Canada.
are hereby declared to be inoperative."-
There is little probability tina, the republicans
will support this amendment, as it would prac-
tically be portion of the legislation asked
for in Mr. Cleveland's celebrated retaliation
message.
Senator Plumb struck the New England
brethren in a sore spot when he stated, in a
twin
fish packed in ice. that New England was for
either protection or free trade just as one or
| the other favored her own interests. The Sem
ator certainly had good right to complain of
the fresh fish schedule as it was; it admitted
fresh fish in their ordinary condition free, Civ
| ing New England the benefit of low prices; a
| duty was placed on fresh fish packed for long
distance transportation, thus making the peo-
pie of the interior pay large prices for them.
The result of Mr. Plumb's remarks was the
adoption of an amendment making the duty
on fresh fish of all kinds one half cent per
| pound.
Secretary Whitne keenly feels the want of
enough war ships TO look out for American in
terests just now. They are badly needed in
Hayti, Samoa, and Central America.
| There is general feeling that the rules
governing the House of Representatives are
entirely too compile ted. Some rules are of
course necessary TO protect the rights of the
minority, but there is no necessity or reason
for having rules which enable one man TO
block all legislation whenever he may feel dis
posed for an indefinite period, as Weaver did
| for four days last week. Such things as this
will give the republicans an excuse, when
they control the House, for so changing the
rules as TO deprive the minority of all the
| rights to which they are entitled.
The sudden spasm Of enthusiasm on the
part of Representative Weaver in favor of the
Oklahoma bill is thought to arise from his de-
sire TO be elected delegate to represent that
territory in the House. Weaver is a chronic
aspirant for office, aud having been left out in
the cold by his Iowa constituents, he probably
| wants to catch on somewhere else.
Ex-senator Malone sent a delegation of
Virginia republicans TO indianapolis last week,
to..urge his claims upon Harrison for seat in
the cabinet. He is a schemer from way back,
but the impression here is that Harrison
knows him too well to take him into the Cab
met