The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-10-05
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASnINGTON. ID. G., October

Of New York is still the leading topic Of
conversation among democrats. While
there are few who for personal reason
do not like the nomination, Your cor
respondent has not discovered a single
democrat who doubts his election. There
is something about the record of the man
that inspires the rank and file of the party
with the enthusiasm that wins. And this
is not confined to his own state, as shown
by the following communication from the
president of Young Mems Democratic
Club in Indiana: Indiana is enthusiastic
since David b. Hill was nominated. We
feel that the factions have come together
in New York, which can only result in the
triumph OF our party The opinion of
Senator Mitchell, of Wisconsin, now in
Washin @tOn, is another indication of the
way the nomination was received in other
states. He says: 1t is the strongest nomi-
nation that could have been made and it
will have stimulating effect all through
the country While tn ere are rumblings
otidiscontent from some of the antiHill
faction, they will come around, and have
no doubt he can carry the state" Senator
Mitchells experience as chairman of the
Democratic Congressional campaign COM
mittee during the last campaign adds weigh
to his opinion
Many miSStatcmcntS. most of them de
liberatcly Willful have been made concern
ing the attitude of the administration to-
wards the candidacy of Senator Hill 1t
is, of course. too well known to be dis
cuSSed that the administration had it made
the choice would not have selected Senator
Hill as the candidate, but his unanimous
nomination furnished strong proof that
the administration did not even attempt to
influence the convc ntion. 1t has been
charged that the ADMINISTRATION was luke
warm towards the ticket headed by Sena-
tor Hill and that it would do nothing to
aid it in carving New York. | can state
upon high authority that is not 4 word of
truth in such charges. The administration
is not luke warm towards the ticket. On
the contrary it earnestly desires its election
and will do all that it may properly do
all that it would have done had the head
of the ticket been as good a Cleveland
man as Representative Dan. Lockwood,
the nominee for Lieutenant Governor-to
bring about that result.
Secretary Secrin, of the National Demo-
cratict comittce, who is high authority on
Indiana politics, writes as follows to the
Congressional campaign committee: The
situation in this State grows better daily.
Our people are making a manly, aggressive
fight every where. We have no apologies
to make, and as the canvass progresses we
find that our people not only expect no
apologies, but are very well satisfied with
the work Of Congress. OF course, we
would rather have had free coal and iron,
but they are so much freer than the re-
publicans would have them, that our people
find much to commend in the legislation
as it is
There are rumors that the trial of Capt.
Henry W. Howgate, who while dlSbursinT
clerk of the Weather Bureau embezZlcd
more than S:}50.000 and who has been
fugitive from justice for ID years will bring
out sensational disclosures connecting
prominent republicans with his embezzle-
ment. He was arrested last week in New
York, where he has lived under an as
sumed name for years past. 1t was stated
in Washington at the time of his escape,
Il, Ill, Il
at by officials, that he would never be re-
arrested, because he knew too much. 1t
is well known that he might have been
arrested years ago had any real efforts
been made TO find him. He has always
been i'll communication with people in
Washington.
That it is an i'll will that blows no good
was called to mind by a talk with South
Carolina rice planter, who said: If the
war between Japan and China be protract-
ed it will result in considerable benefit to
the rice platers of the southern states, as
it will serve to diminish the importation
of rice from China and tend to raise the
price of the home products. The southern
rice growers are now i'll a fairly pros
porous condition, but this eastern war may
make them still more so by creating boom
in prices. This years crop is first rate,
both in quantity and quality.
According to the information received
from the most trustworthy sources the
republicans, in predicting break in the
democratic Congressional delegates from
Texas are merely preparing another dis
appointment for themselves. This is
the way DR.. F. ID. Thompson, of Fort
Worth, who is at present in Washington,
sums up the situation in the Lone Star
State: The populists are pretty active in
some of the districts, but they are always
Il noisy lot, and will not come any nearer
success this year than they have in the
past. Populism in Texas is simply re-
yival of the old greenback craze that
agitated the State some fifteen years ago,
and which succeeded in electing one
Con~ressman-Col. George W. Jones. 1t
is little curious that Col. Jones is now
supporting Representative Savers in his
race against populist candidate.