The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-12-22

insulting with
,,ded not to call
EN- determined to
,on bill, until after
There are several rea-
IS decision. Many demo
gone home to spend Christ
-uclls had been held this week
quently have been slimly attend
), those who spend their holiday at
get an opportunity to learn just how
son bill has been received by their con-
erts which will enable them to lay before
caucus any objections which may exist. 1t
IS in fact very fortunate tn 1t the bill has been
delayed. 1t will enable the democrats to do
what has never been done beto:e--conSult the
people about the details of a tariff bill.
The republicans of the House have an
uounced with a great flourish OF trumpets that
they will not vote with democrats who oppose
any section Of the Wilson bill to amend the
measure. A more unnecessary announcement
was never made. 1t was. of course, made
solely for the purpose of misleading the coun-
try into the belief that there are enough de-
mocrats who wish to amend the bill to sue
coed in doing so, if the republicans would on
ly vote with them. There are it is true a
number of democratic Representatives-no so
large, however, as the republicans would like
the country to belle ve-who will endeavor to
that there are not five of them who will refuse
to vote for the bill
The House has shown itself t. be thorough
ly in accord with the policy of the democratic
party by taking advantage of the unavoidable
delay in getting the tariff bill ready to pass
bills admitting to atehood Utah, Arizona and
New Mexico, although republican filibuster-
ing made it necessary for the committee on
Rules to report continuing orders before it
could be done. The people of these territories
are not likely to forget this republican filibus-
tering.
Congressman, particularly those who have
been so precipitate in their criticism, will do
well to spend part of their Christmas holiday
sage and the Hawaiian documents of which it
treats 1t will not be necessary for them to
endorse the Presidents Hawaiian policy in its
entirety to discover no W absurd Senator Hoar' S
recent remarks about impeachment were.
There has been neither technical Lor actual
violation of either the letter or the spirit of the
Constitution by the President; the idea that
there had been was conceived by malignant
partisanship and nurtured by such men as
Hoar-
Mr.. J. R. Sovereign, the new head of the
Knights of Labor, is in Washington, in attend
ance upon the conference of the Executive
committee of the Bi-metallic League, with
which he is in sympathy. Speaking of the
tariff he said: 81 am an out and out free trad
err. The so-called protecti on of American la
bor is delusion. Labor is not protected. In
vested capital receives bonus in the form of
protection, and it is then optional with the
capitalists to give S h are of the bonus to labor
in the form of increased wages. But this OPP
ton is sci 1om, if ever, exercised" There is
food for reflection in these words of Mr.. Sow
eregn, who is certainly in a position to sIeak
from the point of view of the American wage
Garner
Representative Cull> s.etnsrrrzn,af-lhe
House Judiciary com mittee considers it very
doubtful whether bankruptcy bill of any
kind will get through the House at this session,
although Re representative Bailey, will endeavor
to push his voluntary bankruptcy bill and Rep
resentative Oates will introduce new bill
modifying he Torrey bill, which was recently
k Il I'd in the House.
1t has about been decided that the internal
revenue bill shall incl ude an inheritance tax,
but l. is still an open question. whether this
tax shall Ike the pa ce of the proposed income
tax or shall be in addition thereto. 1t is not
considered probable by members of the Ways
and Means committee that the internal reven-
ue bill will be reported to the House until at
ter the holidays. The tariff bill will be re-
ported to the House to-lno rrow, unless some
thing now unexpected sh all prevent, but it
will not be called up for debate until after the
recess.