The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-11-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


The democratic Senators and Represent
tativc who have been in Washington since
the election have with one or two cNccp-
tionS talked in a manner that indicated the
proper spirit. Their greatest desire, they
have said, is to allow the past to rest, and
to have the democratic party take Il fresh
start by getting together in Congress and
adopting some legislation that will help
the country and incidentlv the democratic
party, in 1896. Just what legislation shall
be acted upon is question that will de-
termnc very soon how deep this anxiety
for party harmony goes. The lea | have
heard most generally expressed by demo
Gratis is that Senators and Representatives
should not commit themselves to the sup
port of any particular tariff or financial
legislation until after the recommendations
on those subjects contained in the PreSl-
dents annual message to Congress are
made public That would leave them free
to accept the Presidents recommended
tons should they be of such Il nature as
to be acceptable to the democratic party
as a whole. which they are almost certain
to be- With the democrats i'll Senate and
House acting in harmony much can be ac
complished in Legislative way during the
three months of the short session: without
harmony there is no hope of accomplish
ing ANYTHING and would not be even if the
session were to be three times three months
long.
Since President Cleveland announced
that his annual message to Congress would
contain important financial recommends
tons based upon Secretary Carlisle's an
nual report, democrats have been greatly
interested in learning the nature of Secrc
tarv Carlisle'> report. but it is as yet Sc
cret, confined to those who have promised
to keep it until the report and the Presi-
dent 5 message are made public. Secretary
Carlisle has not been at his office for sever
al DAYS. preferringto work upon his report
at his home where he is free from Interrupt
ton. 1t is said that the system proposed
will supply the elasticity so badly needed in
our present financial system. Although
Secretary Carlisle has always been known
as friend to silver, no one, who will tell.
has found out what part silver is to play
in the proposed new system.
A laboriouS attempt i being made by
certain parties to have it appear that Pres
dent Clevela nd has exceeded his constitu
tional authorit in dealing with the pro-
posed mediation of the trouble between
Japan and China. Their whole story is
built upon false foundation. They say
that President Gle ,,elani has offered to
act as mediator. lie has done nothing of
the kind. At the request of the Chinese
government he directed Secretary Ores
ham, to ask the Japanese Government if it
would favorablv consider a proposition to
have the United States act as mediator i'll
order to put an end to the war 1t will be
difficult to make sensible people, who are
upon principle opposed to war, believe
that the President exceeded his authority
in thus trying to end IA war between two
nations with which we are on friendly
terms How friendly are with Japan
may be judged from the fact that new
treaty has Just been concluded with that
country.
There is little danger that the republi-
cans of the next House will carry out the
threat made by some members of their Con
gressional campaign committee, to throw
out the entire Virginia delegation, which
is solidly democratic. The democrats
would not ask anything better than such
action by the republican House. 1t would
not only keep Virginia Solidy democratic
but it would bring out thousands of demo-
cratic voters in other States. The leaders
of the republican party are too shrewd to
put such club as that would be in the
hands of the democrats, however mnch the
republican contestants from the Virginia
Districts may beg.
Democratic newspaper correspondents,
who are AS a rule great admirers of Secre
tarv Carlisle. have been in hot water with
their editors ever since that bond issue was
announced, because they had on personal
authority of Secretary Carlisle, sent out
no immediate issue of bonds. That Secre-
tarv Carlisle had "A good reason for throw
ing the boys off the track by telling them
up to within forty-eight hours of the issue
of the call for bids that no bonds would
be issued is certain, but to date none Of
his newspaper friends have been able to
find out to certainty what it was. Speak
ing of the bond issue, present indications
are that the amount to be issued-$5O ,OOO,-
OOO-will be subscribed for two or three
times over. This is gratifying to demo-
Gratis whether they approve of the issue
of bonds or not. as it indicates in an IN
disputablc manner the confidence felt by
CAPITALISTS in the administration. Some
democratic members of the Households
blv Hooker, of Mississippi, and Bailey, OF
Texas,-are criticiZng the administration
for issuing bonds. but the general impress
sion is that no formal action will be taken
on the subject of Congress.