The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-08-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

If a more eNasperatng condition of affairs,
from democratic point OF view, ever existed
in Congress than the present tariff complica /
ton it has been forgotten by the present gen
Grafton. The principe issue IN the campaign |
which gave the democratic party con rol of |
the execut We aud legislative branches of the
government was tariff reform. Since March |
4, 1893, we have had d tariff reform President,
a tariff reform III j ,rity in the IL use and
IN ij)rity in The Senate, each member of which
claims to be a tariff Ieformer, and each Of
whom cent ain'y represents tariff reform con-
stituency. Why then this diff .uty i'll getting
tariff reform bill through Congress? Tat is
question that ough, to be ked OF moe than
one of the aledged tariff reformerS of The Ser
ale by their misrepres anted constituents, and
probably will be when some of them y to get
reelected.
At several tines during tie last week it
seemed that the committee was about to reach
an agr, ement lat would be acceptable to both
House AM Senate SO promisin. the
outlook that the proposed caucus Of the llonse
democJ ats was postponed i ntt tiuilely so as to
ave the III )use confeIeeo unhampeled. But
each time demands were made by Senators
v hose votes ale necessary to get an agreement
through the Senate which prevented alt agree.
menL beiIg reached. After spen ling the
greater po ton Of the week in trying &c al
range sugar sch edule that would be accepted
by the House and the soca | ID conservative
Senators, the (Onierees at last succeeded, but
no sooner was the announcement made than
it was met by the threat of the Two democratic
Senators from Louisiana Vote as .in>t tn
bill if it were SO reported, all. in addition they
stated that Senators Allen aud Kyle, Il e popl-
Ii SIS, Who had voted with the democrats TO
pass the bill in the Senate, we'll ,n them in
voting agai nst the bill
There is a general feeling tltt lhi, week
will set e the business, hot 50 much from
anything that is act la,ly in sight as from lie
belefthlt it will SIM ply be impossible to long
er proony the strain. Already democrats are
urging the conferees to agree upon some sort
Of BILL the best that they can get and to let
it 90 to the Senae and either be accepted or
rj cted.
So general is the belief in Congress that this
week will be the last of the Sc ssions that a
number of prominent democrats have made
arrangements to leave Washington, as adj ,uIn-
ment will speedily low the disposal of the
tariff. Al of the approp luton bills, except
t go, have been disposed of and those two arc
in conference and will be sent to the President
by the middle Of the week. But among those
who have their doubts about adjournment this
week is Secretary Lamp who rem arked,
when Senator Blackburn told him that the
lriff bill would be put through this week and
that Congress would adj Durn on Sat friday;
81 would not Want 10 wager on that" The
Secretary is right. After what has happened
no prudent man would want to wager OF any
ling that this Congress would or would not
do.
"GranDy" Blair, who has KEEP SO q liet since
he managed to sneak back into publ C life by
get ing elect ID to the House that people have
been di>p ,sed to forget his fool acts in the
Senate and to credit him with at last having
come iLt) possession of the SHIRE Of common
sense which naturally belongs to every man OF
voting age. People were wrong He is the
same old ''grannV" Blair, and, now that he
has enlisted under lie banner of Ida Il. Wells,
Quxolic charges may be expected Of him at
least as often as the III I'm changes. His reso-
lit or providin. that the Comni ,soner of La
Dor shall investigate and report 10 Congress
the number, date, location and att endant fac S
and circum stances of all al eyed assaults by
m lies upon females during the past ten years,
for, or on account of which organic ed, but I'M
lawful violence has been intll,t ID or attempt
ed to be inf cled; al 50, ali lynching during the
same period, is on pr with his slliest acts
in the Senate
Speaking of his resolution, inst uctng tie
House commit on Ways and Means to re-
port bill for an Income tax that will produce
$100,000O00 annuity, and a bill icing all
sugar on the free list, Representative Bland
said: '.If tariff g islation is defeated, and it
now looks as though it might BE-, the tariff le-
formers will take new line in the direction
of my resolution. | am determined if We can
not have tariff reform that the trusts, at all
events, shall pay Into the Treasury fair share
oftheir enormous profits. That would benefit
the people indirectly even if they fail to Sc
cure the reduction on the neces sarles of life
that they demand. l know that the bills pre-
posed by my resolution would pass the Ii ,use
and believe thlt they would &c through the
Senate"
Representative Bryan, Of Nebr., has formal
ly announced his candidacy for the United
States Senate. Ii will IN axe personal can
vass of the State, an expects the supp ort of
the populists as we'll as the democrats.