The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-03-24

Brevities
Mr.. A. Il. Brooke, Cashier of the Laure
Bank spent Sunday and Monday in TINS
town.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Rothstein, of Baltimore, IS
visiting friends here.
The work of grading the race track has been
completed. The cost was S914.
MIR John T. Neal expects to enter upon
his duties as postmaster here on Aprll lst.
Miss Augusta Trablnd, of Il fillmore is on
visit to her brother, Mr.. ,hn II Traband.
Mr.. r. Ford Combs, Esq has been elected
attorney of the Hyattsville Improvement ana
Land Company in place of. ii. ASTON Esq.
The County Commissioners will held a
| special meeting next Monday to sign the Levy
| Books. and determine the rale OF taxation for
| the current year.
Mr.. Ernest P Baldwin, Editor of the Lau-
rel Democrat, has been appointed First Au-
| ditor of the Treasury, with a salary OF $500
per annum. The appointment has been con-
firned.
The Comptroller has made the quarterly
distribution of the public school tax; under
the distribution this county Will receive
s., S93 20 for white and 81, $40 90 for colored
schools. This is "a decrease of nearly 500
for white schools over that of last year for the
same quarter.
The Court of Appeals has decided the case
of the State against Herman 5. Edlavilch, in
which the judgment of the Circuit Court OF
this county is reversed and the cause remand
ed The defend INT in err D.. was in 'icted
at the October term, 1892, for selling liquor
on Sunday. Upon motion of the defendant,
the Court below quashed the indictment be-
cause it did not contain ''allegation or aver
ment that the traverser was licensed to sell or
was a trader"
1t was expectnei that tn tena tors and KEEP
resentatives. from Maryland would havea
ference this week to discuss their future &C
ton in regard to the federal patronage in the
State, The call for this conference is 10 be
made by Senator German, but he has rot as
vet indicated what time it will be convenient
for him to meet the ,delegstion. 1t Was said
today that the meeting will not be held until
Senator German can find time from his legls-
lalive duties to give the proper attention to
this matter. Another cause for delay is that
President Cleveland has not yet Indicated
what course he will pursue in regard to the
Maryland appointments. If hesdecides to &C
cept the recommendation f the Maryland rep
resentatives in making appointments to State
offices, then there will be necessity for mutu-
al understanding by the delegation as to what
sections of the State are to be recognized In
the several positions. to be filled. On the
other hand, it is commended that if Mr.. Cleve-
land is not willing to be guided by the States
representation a conference will be useless, as
there can be no contest over the smaller Of
fees, as each Representative will look out for
bis own district in this distributor.
1t is said by some that the appointment OF
Ernest P. Baldwin to be first auditor OF the
treasury indicates that Mr.. Cleveland will
follow the advice of the State delegation, as
Mr.. Baldwin was strongly recommended by
,nat,r Gt rm IN and Repres entative Comp |
ton. This, however, cannot be taken as
criterion. Mr.. Compton says that while he |
Endorsed Mr.. Baldwin lie at the same time eX |
planned to Secretary Carlisle that Mr.. Bald |
win rested his claim to the position solely on |
his merits. He had concededy the strongest |
p.pers ever filed with an application in the
Treasury Department.
The action of the Pre>l lent in lthe applica-
ton of Land Commissioner Philip ID. Laird
TO be collector of internal revenue will indl-
cate his course in Maryland appointments.
Mr.. Laird is not Endorsed by any of the dele
CATION aud will be antagonized ~ it when the
time comes for making this appointment. Ii
in the face of this opposition, the President se'
lects Mr.. Laird for this position it will be tax
eli as all evidence that he will give further
recognition to the Independent element III
MARYLAND in distributing the off .es.
1t has been freely minated that the Mary
land Senators and Representatives were not
opposing with much igor the appointment OF
a De!awarian to be collector of internal reve-
nue. for this district for the reason that such
selection will aid Mr.. Compton in getting que
of the federal positions in the Bilt'inor1 Gus
ton-house. 1t has now developed that what
ever lukewarmness apparent is not attrlouta-
BILE to this cause, but to the strength shown by
Mr.. Laird. A majority of the delegation it
not ia, orable to MIR. Lard's candidacy, and if
he can be defeated in no other way are will
ing TO see this appointment go out OF the
State.