The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-07-14
OR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, JULY 10, 1898.

| Speaker Crisp has gone home to get as much
| rest as possible before the extra session.
| which, public opinion here thinks will run in
| to the regular session which promises to be
| longer than the usual long session, and those
| of his friends D." lio are in Washington merely
| smile to see the antics of The Jerry Simpson
| party. which is 50 far only sure Of one vote.
| although it mag get those of all the popul SITS.
| The Jerry Simpsonites. or to be eXac Jerry
Simpson, has matched up wonderful! scheme
| for the defeat of Mr. Crisp by a combination
| of populists, republicans and silver democrats,
who are to support Representative julius =.
Burrows of Michigan, for Speaker. Jerry's
whole structure IS awry. He starts cut by as
Stunning that the silver democrats do not wish
| Mr.. Crisp reelected Speaker, an assumptio n
that there are absolutely no facts to support :.
No Speaker ever presided over the House with
| more fairness than Mr. Crisp; moi once dIn-
| ing the last Congress was he even accused oil
making decision Or ruling linctured in The
slightest degree with predj udice fol- or against
any measure. Therefore it is nonsense tC
| say anybody is opposed TO him on account OF
| a fear that he will be- unfair; he doesn't know
how to be unfair.
| Jerry's next assumption is also wrong. Nc
| democrat, whatever his individual opinion Oh
the silver question, would .olt bis party cau-
Gus to vote for such radical republican as
Burrows during his long Congressional earec-
| has shown hts self to be, cTcU II Burrows
could .at ii,e republican caucus nomination,
which he cannot do as long as Iom heec
maintains his as tendency over the republican,
Representatives, and there is nothing to indi-
| cate that it has been broken. So the Jerry
| Simpson party may never grow beyond It's O.
riginstor, as it is by no means certain that the
other popnlists will follow his lead in any
| thing; those who we're in the las House
didn't do it to any extent.
| The reelection of Speaker Crisp is, GER
| tainty, of course, and it is extremely probable
| that he TIIl enjoy the unusual honor OF re
! ceiying the nomination by The unanimous vote
| of the democratic caucus; and there will be
no split in the democratic party upon either
the speakership or any other matter. The
leaders of the party recognize that e wide diff
erence Of opinion exists in the party as to wha
| financial legislation is necessary, but they art
certain that after d careful ard CAIN discus
sion of the points Of difference a CONNER
ground will be reached pon which ever.
democrat can stand, and which will thorough
lJ restore public confidence and renew TIT
prosperity of the country, now suffering be-
cause of republican legislation which the I'D
mnistration must necessarily obey until it il
repealed The yaporings of demasogues o
| the Jerry Simpson strips WILL cut nc HSure IL
the next House.
Senator Vorhees has not, as has been re
pea:edly stated In republican papers, changed
bis position on The silver question. He fav OF
the repeal Of the Sherman law, but that is NJ
change, as he voted against it in the Senat
and told the friends of silver who vote1 10
it that they had made mistake which the
| would live to regret.
Secretary Gresham says that the admins
trstion has at no time officially criticised any
act of Minister Blount. That ought to put
stop 10 the silly lie apparently originated il
Hawaii that Minister Biount had been censu
ed becaused of his preventing the arrest OF MI
Nordhoff, the correspondent, by the pinch
back government Of laval, because of hi
letters cr;ticisipg that government snt ii
methods.
Another batch of pensioners have bee
dropped from the Philadelphia district, max
ing Total of about 500 dropped in that dis
trict since the examination OF the rolls, wa
commenced. All of these were pension
granted under the act Of 1890, commonl
known as The dependent pension bill.
Owing to change in the contract for print
ing the Patent Office Gazette, which contain
The weekly list of patents granted, the las
number was four days late in getting Oh
and Commissioner Seymour says there ma
be some delay for severa; weeks CT account {
the change.