The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-05-18

DIR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, May, II, 1894
Is half a loaf better than no bread? mat
is the question that confronts the democrats
who do not like many of the numerous amend
ments to the Wilson tariff bill which have been
submitted to the Senate. 1t is not what sort
of bill that you, or l. or any other mdlvlo-
ual democrat wants, bat what sort OF Dill call
get Is votes in the Senate. Senator Mills had
the right idea when he said that he should vote
against such of these amendments as he was
on principle opposed to, but that he would,
whether they were adopted or not, vote for the
bill as whole, because it will be an improve
ment on the Mckinley law. 1t will be & very
decided imp rovement on the Mckinley law!
Even if every amendment proposed by the
democratic members of the Finance commit
tee should be adopted without modification
the verage reduction in tariff duties would
exceed % per cent, and there are good rea-
sons for the belief that modification OF these
amendments will increase the average reduc-
ton to somewhere in the neighborhood OF ID
per cent. Then, when the bill goes to con-
ference committee after its passage by the Sen
ate, further reductions are certain to be made.
Thus it will be seen that the bill will be
very practical reform of the tariff, and as such
it deserves and should receive the vote OF every
democratic Senator, regardless of whether it
meets his individual idea of what it ought to
be or not, and after making careful canvass
of them predict that it will when put upon
its final passage, receive the vet, OF every
democratic Senator. Senator II II will vote
against the income tax and some of the pro-
posed amendments but am satisfi ed that he
will afterwards vote for the entire bill, al
Though am at present in the minority by thus
thinking.
The House Judiciary committee has favor
ably report, I'd Representative De Almonds
b i'll providing that no judge of a U. S. court
shall punish any citizen or officer for
refusal to levy tax or collect tax for the
payment of any bond issue by tine municipal
IT,, county, or State where the levying OF such
tax or col ection is contrary to the laws of the
State. The democrats on the committee saw
nothing in the bill beyond a wise prevention
of the punishment of cLize Ems for obeying the
| Avs of their own states, but the republicans
promptly trotted out from the darkest caverns
of their imagination the state rights boyle man
and proceeded to give them scare.
The House committee on Labor has made a
favorable report Oh chairman McGanns reso-
luton fol the appointment of select commit
tee to be CO imposed of four Representatives
and three Senators, to investigate the indus
trial depression and make report to Congress
within 80 days, if possible, giving the cause and
suggesting legislative remedy.
Coxey's loafers have been driven cut OF
Washington by the health officer and mnch
| against the wishes of the people of Bladens-
| burg, Nd, five miles from here, they have ell
camped in the vicinity of that village, and say
| they intend remaining there until their num-
| Der has increased sufficiently to enable them
10 come into Washington and again try to
bulldoza Congress. BIT there are several eX-
eel 'ent reasons why they will find it difficult
| to remain there Their rations have been
scant for some days and the Maryland people
say they will not give them anything, and
some of them even refuse to sell them any
| thing. Additional evidence was given OF the
claratt II of these men when the agent Of a
| railroad went to the camp and offered 10 give
| regular empl y ment to 200 of them. Not a
single one of them accepted work The argu-
ment for new trial for Coxey and his two
| assistants who were recently convicted for
breaking the law will be heard tomorrow.
There is very little probability Of their getting
new trial, and no more of their being allow
ed to pose as martyrs The law under which
they We're convicted provides for fine or i'm
prisonment, or both, in tie discretion of the
judge. The expectat on of those who ale in
position to give them some idea of what will
be done is that the judge will sentence them
in accordance with the law, giving them the
full penalty, and then suspend the execution
of the sentence during their good behavior.
Washington is going through an old fashion,
en- smallpox scare. 1t has been on tor nearly
a week and the arrival of negro from Chicago
on Saturday, with the disease fully developed
has aggravated it, and the doctors are reaping
a harvest. Everybody and his wife and child
rem are getting vaccinated.
| No appointments, except those of foreman
ships, are to be made by Public Printer Bene-
dict Until he has reduced the force which he
found nearly twice as large as it ought 10 be.
President Cleveland has gone down the
Potomac for few days salt water fishing and
recreation.