The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-06-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


Senator Harris believes that he can reach
the final vote on the tariff bill before next Sat
urday night, if every Senator who has proms-
ed to vote for the bill will stand by him, to
the extent of a little personal inconvenience
and discomfit. and he has during the last IS
hours been trying hard to get them to agree.
He has the promises of all the democratic Sen
ators he has seen, but he had not up to this
morning, owing to the absence of several 1em-
ocratic Senator'S and the sickness of Senators
German and Jefferson, succeeded in get ing
The assurances of the quorum it will be neces
sary for him to have behind him to succeed in
forcing vote. 1t is now almost certain that
the republican Senators have been willfully
deceiving the democrats in leaving them un-
der the impression that they were on the eve
of agreeing 10 name day for taking the rinal
vote. 1t is not probable that they will ever
agree to set day until forced to do so by the
democrats. There is 10 earthly reason for
continuing the DEBATE beyond this week. yet
tie republi cans are talking Of keeping it up
until the middle OF JUL and they will do it,
too, if the dem cat do not prevent it by keep
ing quorum of their own present to shut them
off.
There is much dissatisfdc ion among demo-
Gratis in the II )use over the sugar schedul. of
the tariff bill as it has been adopted by the
Senate, and the prediction is freely made by
democrats that the House will never agree to
it in is present shape 1t is argued by its op
ponents hat the tariff on refined sugar is pro-
hibitve and will result in no possible benefit
for anybody excep. The SUI gar trust and an at
tempt is now being made t } organize the dem:
ocra:s in the House against it and in favor of
free refined sugar.
The only one of the rec'proc:t, treaties made
under the reciprocity clause of the Mckinley
tallff law that was of any pratical benefit III
increasing the sale of American product abroad
hat W tn Spain p DIVIDING an exchange of
certain produc with Cuba and Porto Rico
will soon be abrosated by Spain. The State
department has official information that the
Spanish Cortes, will, by direction of the gov
eminent, pass an act authorizing Cuba aud
Porto Rico to collect a transtory duty of "a
per cent. on ali articles now on the fee list of
the reciprocity treaty.
The House Commerce committee has de
cided 10 none of the Nicaragua canal bills be-
fore it were sat sfactory and has directed
subcommittee to prepire new bill with
these objects in view: to prevent the payment
to the present Nicaragua canal company of an
excessive sum for its property and concessions;
to keep speculat >rs from profting by the pro-
States notes for the cost of the construction OF
the canal rather than bonds, aud to secure COM
plete and permanent control TO the United
States government. Members of the commit
tee express the belief that bill along these
lines can easily be passed, and that it will be
approved by the people Of the country.
The overwhe lining defeat in the House of
the bill for the repea, of the tax on state bank
currency is regarded as an indication that
there will be no financial gislation at this
session of Congress, although Representative
Springer has not abandoned hope of getting
action on his bill for a national currency.
Coxey anG his two lieutenants were released
FROM Jail yesterday, having served out their
terms and paid the s. fines imposed upon two
of them in preference to serving an additional
ten d.ys. The authorities refused to grant a
permit for parade, thus preventing demon
sratiou being made over their release.
Senator Walsh, of Geoigia, made hit with
his bill providing for the establishment of
permanent exhibition of the industrial PIC
ducts and resources of all the states at the
National Capitol. Everybody talks in favor
of it,
Senator Brice gave the charge against him
in connection with the al ged sugar trn
Scandal a bad black eye when he wrote TO the
Senate investigating committee Offering his
own testimony and that of his clerks in Wash
ington, New York ami Ohio, to prove that he
has not bought share of sugar stock since he
became member of the Senate in 1891, and
requesting his brokers to make known to the
committee every stock transaction of his upon
thei' books. In accordance with that quest
Mr.. Chapman, member of the New York
firm of Moore and Schiey stock brokers, testi-
fed that his fl. IN had never bought any sugar
stock for Mr. Brice, but he positively refused
to answer questions concerning the business
Of his finn with other Senators. The COM
mittee VIII ask the Crane Jury t. deal with
Mr. Chapman. N,thing has so fir been
brought out by the committee ref ct ng upon
the integrity of any Senator.