The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-11-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASuINGToN. ID. c.. November 26.
OF course President Cleveland and Sec
rctarv Carlisle were pleased to have sub
scriptions for more than three times the
amount of the boni issue submitted in an
swer to the call, but they had both expect
ed quite as favorable a showing. If 1t
should be determined. AS now seems prob
able. that the entire issue shall be sold to
the syndicate represented by the United
States Trust Company's bid, which is on a
basis of y per cent interest ON the bonds,
the record for placing bonds at the lowest
rate of interest will have been broken.
The matter will be settled early this week.
In any event no matter which of the bid
ders get the bonds the interest will not
exceed 3 per cent. 1t is hoped that the
gold reserve fund will be strengthened to
almost the total amount that will be re-
ceived from the sale of the bonds. but it
will be several weeks before that can be
definitely known. Whether democratic
members of the House will carry out their
announced intention of attacking this bond
issue remains to be seen. They will not
if they follow the advice of their more cor"
servative colleagues who realize that no
possible good can come out of such an at
tack.
| Democrats are doing more thinking than
talking these DAYS, and one of the results
is a proposition that meets with much ia
vor among the few democratic Congress
men who have reached Washin gton. This
proposition is in the nature of sug"eS-
ton to President Cleveland. that he omit
| from his message to Congress all financial
recommendation, except that a monetary
commission be authorized by Cong to
be appointed by the President, which shall
make a thorough investigation of our en-
| tire financial system and report what ought
I to be done This proposition is in the in
tercst of party harmony and is backed by
two members of the Cabnet,,Secretary
Morton and Attorney-Gcncral Olncy,-
| and some influential Congressman: but as
| President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle
have some very decided ideas about what
our financial system needs the suggestion
may not he adopted.
There is probability that Capt. How
| cate. the man who dcfaultcd for Il large
sum while acting as DiShursin~ Officer of
the Signal Service, some fourteen years
awo. and who was last summer run down
! and brought back to Washington through
the instrumcntalitv of Secretary Morton.
may after all escape punishment. The old
indictments against him are faulty-many
believe purposely made 50 by his rcpuhll-
| can fricndS-and so far search for the pa
pcrs in this case, upon which a new indict-
mcnt could be found, has been in etfcctual
and some of the most important witnesses
against him are dead 1t is believed that
the papers were purposely destroyed years
AFRO hv those who shared in Howgatc :
stealing and since il was learned that they
| were missing the number who think that
those Sharcrs included officials of prom-
ncncc at that time has largely increased.
The District Attorney expresses confidence
that enough witnesses are still at his dis
poSal to make Il good case against How
rate but that confidence is not shared by
the general public,
, Chairman Savers, of the House commit
tee on appropriations, has got his com
mttcc at work, in order that one or two
of the regular Appropriation bills may b'
ready to report to the House soon after
the rcasSemblin" of Congress. Mr.. Say
ers thinks the pension bill and the FORTH
cation bill can be put through the House
before the holidays.
President Cleveland has not been to tn,