The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-10-13
CORRESPONDENCE.

New YORK, October Q, 1898.
Editor ENQUIRER-I think l once wrote
YOU a letter in which l expressed myself in a
vigorous manner regarding monopoly that
was then in existence in your section, Which
YOU were kind enough to fail to publish, hav-
ing in mind l suppose, the preacher of the
Blue Grass reg ions, who lost his job for horse
racing. Now if you will publish The following
and meet with a similar fac, it will be too
bad. shall take the chances, however, as, at
present, working is not profitable and so
have been watching the ''yacht race and the
motley throrgs making their way to lower
Broadway ami boarding every conceivable
craft from a naptha launch TO steam ships,
crowdlng the harbor and narrows and on out
to the Hook" to witness the great contest.
which by the way does not indicate the finan-
cialy distressed condition that this country has
now upon it,--but l dieress as usual.
What delightful season these bright Oct
ober days for such a race. Staten Island and
jersey shores with their crimson foliage seem
ed to have prepared for this special occasion;
nothing has equaleL it since the naval review:
what an addition this would lave been to the
closing days of the " orld's Fair, had it been
held in city where there were achtmen and
it was practicable for such "a race TO take
place.
One might write of the Worlds Fair as a
failure resulting from its not being held in
New \ ork, yacht racing, The hard times. So
ciety returning to town, the coming Horse
Show and Tammany Halls convention, and
fill book, but just little space to touch
briefly these spicy topics: Well, as the young
lady's fancy in the autumn turns, perhaps,
lightly to Thoughts of winter bonnets, so
we to McAllister and the 40u and are wonder
ing why the ''sacred set' so readily snubbed
poor Chicago and her Fair. They did not
leave Newport during the entire season, very
sensible we say, but they are coming back
soon for the winter, and to see the horse show.
and notwithstanding the great financial dis
tress, the coming seaaon will be a gay one.
New Workers have adopted the habit of giving
subscription dances and the '.Patriarchs" Ball
to be held at ''Delmonico's" on December 18th
promises to out class any ever given before.
The Horse Show. what picture it Will De
when society puts itself on dress parade along
with the horses prancings The effect is daz :
zling, the most pleasing OF which is hard to
decide. Passing from horse shows to politics.
the cunning "hand writing of ga and b"
was seen on the outer wall in the nomination
of Maynard. the question is can he be elected?
Now with few more moods on the financial
crisis and | have done. What seemed six
months age only Wall street Bear rumor
has evolved into a mighty reality. Congress
cannot turn the tide, at so late a day. The
f1ood is upon us, and ''business has folded its
tents and quietly stolen away" things may re-
sumo their normal condition in the spring, bu
it will depend upon what legislation is
enacted for future permanent laws; the
mere repeal of the silver purchasing clause of
the Sherman act is only drop in the well, it
however will undoubtedly help the case but
the long discussion las disturbed the conf
dence of foreign investors and the only sclu
ton to the problem must be satisfactory
monetary basis fgold, as a bimela.lic stand
ard, Mr. Editor can never be so reconci led as
to satisfy the ideas of the diff rent countries,
where trade balances are now settled With
gold When thus we have firmly es' ab!shed
our financial policy We may look for renewed
prosperity.
W. ii. T.