The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-05-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, April 80, 1894.
The President and his cabinet have scarcely
given thought to the gang now camped in
the suburbs of Washington known as CoXey's
army before its arrival and since as "Coxey's
fzzle." While few of these men are what
they represeI I themselves to be-bona tide
workingmen out of employment-they have so
far proven themselves to be peaceable and law
abiding, thus differing from the so-called Gin
dustrial armies" in the northwest, the unlaw-
full acts of which have been the principal sub
jects under discussion at several cabinet
meetings. Some of the governors of states
would not have felt fattered if they could
have heard some of the comments made at
these cabinet meetings upon the manner they
have dealt with, or rather, failed to deal with
recent mob lawlessness in their states. The
President and cabinet are unit in the deter
mination to maintain the const 'tutional power
of the government with Federal troops where
ever it may he nece. sary.
"COxey's fizz!e," now encamped as freak
show at Brightwood race track, Just outside of
the city limits, will, unless the program of
Coxey, the chief fakir, be changed, march into
the city tomorrow. The gang is not numer-
GUS enough to make any trouble, even if they
were SO disposed. If there were ten times as
many of them as there are there would be no
apprehension of trouble in Washington as,
every precautlon has been taken t. deal with
any infraclion of the Nv. There are about
800 men in the camp and the kind of men
they are may be judged from these remarks of
enc of the thousands who visited the camp
yesterday: eff the authorities would issue an
order stating that every man in camp would
be given bath, dressed in q IAN clothes and
Put to work tomorrow, l would wager ten to
one that nine-.enths of them would be gone
by morning." He siz d them up correctly.
At least nine tenths of them are professional
tramps, here only to be fed.
II will be no surprise t, many shrewd pub
fishers who have received its Col. Sellers
emil ions in it"-circulars, askitg for adyel
Using, to learn that the 'sPress Claims Co." of
Washington has got into court. Mr. w. r.
pull sher of the San Francisco Examiner, has
asked the court to Gust John Wedderburn,
manager Of the above company and Of The
examiner Bureau of Claims in " hich Mr..
Hearst was partner, and TO appoint receiv-
er to close up the business. He says that
Wedderburn has Injured the reputation of the
San Francisco Examiner by the mismanage-
ment of business intrusted to him by confidipg
subscribers of that paper, and By advertising
to give prizes for inventions; that he has with
out authority created rye Indebtedness and
signed ote for S., 900 with the firms name,
and that he has refused 10 refund money to
certain Il ents, subscribers 10 the st. Paul Pic
neer Press and the Omaha Bee, in accordance
with contracts made with them.
Secretary Hoke Smith rjoices III tie pos
session of a backbone of the Cleveland brand
as MI. Spencer, U. S. Pension agent for Indi-
ana, has discovered. Mr.. Spencer lately re-
moved one If his clerks and appointed his sis
ter to the vacancy. A. soon as the attention
Of the department was called to the matter
the friends of The discharged clerk made sure
that it didn't take l)ng-Mr. Spencer was
notified that he must revoke the appointment
of his sister, as it was a rule of the department
that no pension agent shall appoint relative
TO office. Mr.. Spencer came to Washington
and backed by Senat )rs VOORHEES, and Turpie
anc the Representative from his district called
on Secretary Smith, but it was useless. The
Secretary told them that he did not intend to
countenance nepotism in any form; that the
democrats had for years been abusing the re-
publicans for being guilty of it, and that he
was really ulprised that any democrat should
desire to foll,w the practice. Mr.. Spencer
and his friends saw The point Of the argument
The republican Senators have been badly
Gemoralized since they learned that it was
practically settled that democratic opposition
10 the tariff bill would be overcome by friend
ly CONCESSIONS. 1t de>t Dyed their last hope of
defeating tariff reform. Senator Harris, who
is in charge of the bill, made some very sensi-
Bile remarks in reply to taunls from Senator
Hale, concerning the proposed concessions.
He said: 81 undertake t. az sert, with abso-
lutte confidence, that there never was in the
history of this government tariff bill framed
by either party, there never will be a tariff bi
framed by either party, which has not been
and will not be a compromise between the
conflicting parties, shall not hesitate to enter
tain any proposition, and if it makes a reduc-
ton fiom the Mckinley | w, now ever object
ionable it might be 10 my own views, l would
seizs Oh The crucial question is, shall we
continue the infamy of the Mckinley law or
adopt new bill which is not entirely agree
all. to me or to other Senator's
The agricultural appropriation bill has been
reported to the House. 1t is in line with the
rest of The regular appropriation bills in re-
ducing the expenses of the government, carry
ing Sl4S,OOO less than the appropriations for
.