The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-05-25

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, May, q, 1874.
There is nothing like presenting united
front to the enemy for convincing them that
business is meant. The Senate just no" pre-
SCENTS a striking confirm alton of this assertion.
Just as soon as every democratic Senator III
town signed an agreement to remain IN their
seats each day until Senator Harris should
move to adjourn the republicans saw that the
! iiilbustering jig was up, unless they were pre-
pared to remain in their seats for an lndefl-
mite period to keep it up and there was little
probability of success even then, AS the silver
republicans publicly gave notice of their in
tentoE to aid the democrats in keeping
qIorum and in getting vote on the bill, and
there are other republican Senators who prl-
vately expressed the same sentiments. The
IIarriss motion for the Senate to meet, begin
ming to-day, at 10 O'clock was made no mega
tive votes were cast
This does not, Of course, mean that republi-
can opposition to The bill has been withdrawn,
but that il has beeR forced by the united front
and that extended debate is no longer eNpend
| ed upon minor items in the bill The demo
| Gratis have no desire 10 still. deb lte on the
| really important sections of the bill and the
proposed amendments, and they expect that a
| reasonable amount of time Will be consumed
when the sugar schedule, the income tax and
other really important portions of the bill are
| reached, but they do not il tand that debat p.
merely for DELAY shall play any further part in
| the consideration of the bill, and in that deter
that they are supported by nine tenths of the
people ofthe country, regardless ofp ,lItics, who
want this question settled at the earliest posi-
BILE moment, in the interest of a le> umption of
business.
The fIirness of Vice President 5 evenson in
| selecting the committee which lay began
| the Investigation, au.horiz ID by the resolution
| adopted without dissenting vote by the San
| ate last week, was in marked contrast with
the action of republican presiding officers Of
| the Senate in selecting similar commit ees in
| The past. Although he woul have been just
| fiabe III put ing three democrats and two re-
publicans on the commit ee, he only selected
Two democrats--Gray, of Delaware, and Lind
say. of Kentucky, allowing the popuists one
member lien, of Nebraska, and the republic
cans two-Lodse, of Massachusetts, and Davis,
of MINES ,ta.
The first work of the committee will be to
try to get at all the facts connected with the
outrageous attempt TO bride Senators Kyle, of
South Dakota, and Hunton, of Virginia, to
vote against the tariff bi |. Sensational dis
closures are looked for in this case, but your
correspondent is not over sal gune that they
will pan ou; not because they do not exist,
| bat because when men st ut out to accomplish
anything by bribery they seldom lave their
tracks uncovered to suffi .ient extelt to have
the chime legally fastened upon them.
The committee will also investigate the
numerous charges connecting the Senators
| who arranged the amendments 10 the tariff
| bill with the sugar trust in scandalous man
ner, and your correspondent docs not hesitate
to predict that the found. ton of every one of
| these charges will be found the salne-Partl-
SAL vindictiveness against tariff reform. But
whatever the foundations may te the commit
| tt p opt ses TO get down 10 them if such a
| thing is possible Several well-known republi-
,'an newspapers men will find it difficult to
produce authority for charges they have made
against Senators, and il will not be surprising
if some of them eventually figure in court as
defendants in criminal | bel suits. The hrs!
official work Of the commit ee was to vote
! unanimously in favor of hearing the testimony
in secret. This was not because Of any de
sire to conceal o: TO cover up anything, but
| because il was thought to be the best way Of
getting to the bottom CT things. Every word
of testimony taken will be printed ard made
putljc at the close of the investigation, but III
the meantime Senator Gray will decide just
how much shall from day TO day be given to
The newspapers.
The first big batch of discharges from the
Government Printing Office We're made Satur-
day. They will be continued Ill I'll The force
is reduced to its proper number; meanwhile
but few appointments are being made
The House has the business of the session
50 well advanced that it gave itself holiday
by adjaurnng over Saturday, something it i:
not in the habit of doing. 1t has worked
faithfully OH the appropriation bills aud it has
them all in such shape that it will soon bt
able to lake up and dispose of some other i'm
portant business while waiting for the Senate
to send back the tariff bill with it, amend
ments.