The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-10-19
Orr WASHINGTON LETTER.


WA~mlNGToN. d. e.. October -
President Cleveland has issued no order,
written no letter. nor said anythin" thai
could be constructed into even the wish
that federal officials should moi take lar
in the pcndin" political campaign. This
statement is positively made on the best
Notwithstanding contrary state
mrnt> Inch have cm;;nat"d from usually
wrll-infnrmcd sources during the last few
DAYS II is not known how these state
mcntS originated. hut ii is probable that t h"
cause was miSconccption of the term
"pcrnic"uS political activity" on the pat
of somebody. The President would con
slider it ''pcrnicou> political activity for
a Federal official to try to control a primary
election or nomin iting convention, but
he does not consider ii ''prrnici"u> pniiti-
cal activity" for an official to speak Tor
and aid his party after the nominations
have been made. On the contrary, happen
to know that he considers such aid highly
commemorative provided always that it can
be rendered by the official without neglect
of any of his official duties. At this time
Il number of officials prominently connect
ed with the administration are on the stump
in various states and members of the Cahl-
net will make speeches before til" close of
the rampai on.
The republicans are bowling mad be
cause the Treasury department authorized
a.. Il +,
having violated the alien labor contract
law by importing an English coachman
under contract. The fact that Mr.. Morton
is the republican candidate for Governor
with the Treasury officials. The fact.
obtained from the man imported under
contract. were reported To the department
by a special migration agent, and the de
partmcnt ordered the man dcported and
that proceedings he begun against Mr.
Morton. lust as it would have done had he
been the candidate of the democrats. If
he has violated the law, as it claimed he
has, he will have to pay the penalty, other
wise not That is all there is about it.
The Washington Post. which is certainly
neither IA democratic nor Il tariff reform
paper bears testimony to the good effect
of the new tariff law in the following strong
language on its editorial page: The effect |
of the new tariff law will unque>tionabiy |
he beneficial. The Treasury will be
popular contidrnc restored
and capital lurcd from its hiding into use
full and Wholesome activity. Everybody |
with the faintc>t -lmmcr of intelligence
realizes these truths. In other words |
the writer of that para graph doesn't be
licvc that the republican stump speakers
and editors who are shouting against the |
new tariff have the faintcSt ~limmcr ut
if they believe what they >ay |
The workin democrats in the House will |
shed notcarS ovcrthc retirement of Bour!lc |
Cochran. the most dashin- orator in that |
body. While no one doubts or denies Mr. |
CockranS great ability as an orator. his |
tendency to be crratic made him more
dangerous to his own party than to the |
opposition. No one could ever tell what |
he would do next. whether oppose ,r
favor party measure. He would rcma II |
away from Washington for extended |
periods while important legislation was |
pending; would return unexpectedly and |
without consulting the men who were
mana giny democratic interests on the |
floor would proceed to pour out one of
these floods of oratorv. which he SCENE d |
to keep always on top. and il was Just
as likely to be opposed to the program
that had been marked out by the den o
cratic manag gers as in its favor in fact |
more likely, as Mr.. Cocran appears to tax e
a special delight in opposin" his party's |
program. Mr.. Cochran has a rich wife |
and is said to aspire to seat in the Senate |
Maybe he'll get it, some day hut he wouldn't
if it depended upon the votes of demo
cratic members of the present House
Commissioner Lochran is proud of his
of the business of the Pen |
sion Office and welcomes the publication
of facts about that office but he has this |
to say about statement lately given wide
tlTtulaIlDn DN Assistant secretary MckCp. |
of the republican campaign committee:
Mr. Secretary Mckee is either imposed on
by somebody or is circulating palpable |
falsehoods. He says that there were 10000
notices prepared to be sent to old soldiers
asking them to show cause why their
pensions should not be dropped or reduced:
that these were all ready to be sent, hu' :;
was determined to Withhold them till after
election. 1t is not suggested how such Il
glut of notices could have accumulated
before there was any purp oSc to Withhold
them The whole It orv is to palpablv I'M
true to deceive anyone who wi consider
it a moment Nonoticc will be withheld" |
Secretary Smith says 1t is merely a
lie.
The news received by the democratic
committee continues to be |
cncoura gin". and the belief that the |
democrats will retain control of the |
House is firm and cannot be shaken |
by republican bluilin" orpopuli>t claims