The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-09-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. September Il.
Secretary Carlisle has had to explain to
some interested party 50 often that he is
merely an executive officer charged with
the duty of enforcing the tariff law as he
understands it, and that he has no more
authority to change its express provisions
than he has To change any other law that
he wouldn't be human if he was not very,
very tired of the task. Some of the things
he has been asked to do are fairly reason
able, but by far the most of them are SIM
ply out of the domain of reason. One
sample of these requests will do to show
the general nature Of all of them The
section ofthe new tariff providing for the
free admission of alcohol used in the arts
has been one of the most troublesome t.
Secretary Carlisle largely because Con
grcSs neglected to make any appropriation
to pay the larger number of inspectors
that will he necessary to make any rcgula-
tionS adopted by the Treasury even fairly
effective. y committee representing the
manufacturing chemists and druggists
who will be greatly benefited by the law,
has been in Washington for some DAYS
and 50 anxious were its members to assist
Mr.. Carlisle that they proposed that the
necessary number of Treasury inspectors
should be appointed and that the + salaries
would be paid by those manufacturers who
use the free alcohol: and they actually
seemed to be surprised when ted that
there would one little drawback to such a
schemc-it would be unlawful Secretary
Carlisle will shortly put in operation rcc-
uationS for the enforcement of this sec
ton of the law, without the appointment
Of any new inspectors, depending largely
upon putting the manufacturers under
heavy bonds to make them toe the mark.
The government receipts Cor the first
half of September have been very salts
factory. and there is little doubt that the
receipts for the entire month will exceed
the expenditures. 1t is also now rs GER
tain as anything in the future can be that
the new tariff will produce more than
enough revenue to run the government.
Senator Faulkner chairman of the
Democratic Congress- )nal Campaign Com
mittcc has lust returned from New York
He reports the dcmncra party in that
state to be in much better condition that
might be supposed by those who depend
upon the Metro o,i IN press for their in
formation. He thinks the domination of
Tom Plat in the Republican State Con
vcntion is going to help the democrats.
OF the Congressional outlook in the State
he says We are week in one or two dis
tricts, but careful survey of the State
convinced me that we are not in so much
danger of loosinw siren eth as some would
like to have it appear. The people are
bcin" aroused to the benefits which accrue
to them under the new tariff. Prices are
getting lower even at this early date on
many of the staple articles of daily use.
This is particularly true OF goods coming
under the wooden schedule, although, that
does not 90 into effect until the l>t of next
January, but the prices are already being
marked down in anticipation. One thing
that struck me very forcibiy was the state
mcnts made on every hand by the whole
sale dealers of New York city of marked
Improvement in business all of them being
engaged in the pleasing task of booking
unusually large orders, which means that
things are improving all over the country,
as these orders come from merchants in
every section
Well. the administration has been blam-
def or everything by the republican press,
but the climax of ahsur,lity would seemed
to have been reached VIII en- il was blamed
for having allowed the kcntuckians from
Col. Breckinridgc's district holding Office
in Washington to 90 home to help Col.
Breckenridge in his fight for denomination.
" hv, the administration has no more right
to say what an ofiiccholder may or may
not do when he takes the vacation which
belongs t" him than it has 10 say what gro
Gerry store he shall patronize. The men
who went to Kentucky to help Col. Brcck-
inridgc were under obligations to him for
the government positions they hold and if
they chose to take their vacation at time
when they could 30 home and return those
obligations nobody had anything to do
with it. An administration that would at
tempt to take part either for or against
every candidate for Con grcSSonal nOm-
nation in its party would have no time to
do a:vthin~ else. SO far as Col Brcckin-
ridge Is c,,..ccrned, there are few demo
crat., here abouts, either in public or pri-
vate life, who would not have preferred
seeing him voluntarily retire from Con
greSS, but the most of them considered, |
when he announced his determination to
fight for Il denomination, that it was Il
matter belonging exclusively TO the demo
Gratis of his district, and for that reason
few democrats have publicly expressed |
any opinion about it. Now that the dem |
ocratS of his district have compelled his
retirement by nominating his rival, Mr. |
Owens, it is Just rs well to let the whole |
matter drop. Its continued discussion can |
nrotit nohs,1y