The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-09-14
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINGToN, d. c., September 10.
Secretary Carlisle has left no doubt as To
where he and President Cleveland stand on
the sugar question. Hetold Representative
Meyer of La, that the administration would
oppose any attempt to put sugar on the free
titute prop osed by the Senate FinaEc, Com
mittee, striking out the, differcntiality Of
one-eighth of a cent pound on refined
sugar, leaving all sugars dutiable at flat
rate of 40 per cent ad valorem. Secretary
Carlisle still holds to his original opinion
that he has no authority to pay out dol
lar for bounty on sugar, but he told Mt.
Never that he and President Cleveland
were both in favor of legislation providing
not only for the payment of the houtN up
on all sugar made previous to the taking
effect of the new tariff but forthe payment
upon this veal entire crop ofthc difference
between the bounty and the duty on foreign
sugar Had this information been in the
possession of the La, sugar planters it is
probable that they might have adopted
different sort of resolution at their meeting
last week He also told Mr. Meyer that
his letter to Senator Harris. showing the
necessity for the revenue that the sugar
duty will bring in was submitted to Presi-
dent Cleveland and was approved by him
before it was sent 1t was so stated in this
correspondence at the time, although the
know tall asserted that the letter was
sent without Mr.. Cleveland's knowledge
and against his wishes
The true inwardnesS of the alleged flop
of Senator Jones, of Nevada. from the re-
publicans to the populists is now known. 1t
was merely republican trick. Jones is
no more populist than he ever was and
his pretended flop is but the first move in
game which was to have been secret and
which has for its final object the nominal
ton and election to the Presidency of Sena-
tor Cameron of Pennsylvania. Jones is
the father of the Cameron boom and when
he found that the suggestion was very cold
ly received by the silver men of the North
west, on account of Cameron Is wcllknown
connection with railroad and other corpor-
ations Notwithstanding the free coinage
of silver, which was to be the corner stone
of his canvass, he was disappointed. Then
it was that Jones evolved the scheme of
Joining the populists and turning their
organization into purely silver party,
eliminating every thing else from their
platfor and having them endorse the Gamer
on boom which he calculated would induce
the republican convention to nominate
Cameron on a free silver platform. The
scheme would not have had one chance
out of possible one hundred even if it
had been kept secret as intended, but now
that it has been exposed it simply had 10
chance at all Men of Don Cameron's
calibre have been elected President. but
no man of his associations never has been
or ever will be, although, of course, he may
buy a nomination if he pay the price.
This isn't good administration for sine
cures Secretary Hoke Smiths axe has
Just fallen upon another. Like Il great
many other people Secretary Smith was
puzzled when he first heard of the editor
of the Z. S. Geological Survey. \ little
investigation convinced him that the said
editor was drawing $4,000 a year without
rendering an equivalent to Uncle sam,
and straight away an order was issued a
polishing the office, which, by the way, was
created for the man now turned out Mr..
W. A. Crotfut, very pleasant newspaper
man with a fad for mesmerism, which calls
hypnotism. Mr. Croffuts hypnotism work
ed all right on a republican Secretary, but
it was dismal failure when applied to
hardshell democrat like Hoke Smith.
Ex-Congressman Breckenridge, of Ark,
now minister to Russia is still in Washing
ton, and still very much interested in poll
tics. He said in the course of Il general
conversation on Southern politics: My
own State has just given an exceptional
iy heavy democratic majority, which is
fair indication of what the south may he
expected to do in November | wish, how
ever, that the majority had been a little
lighter and the platform adopted at the
State convention a little better. Too much
was conceded the populists on the financial
question Better to have had a sound none
tary plank than to have gained a few thou
sands superfious votes. With the revival
of business prosperity that is now already
begun there cannot be much fear of con
tinued democratic ascendancy feel GER
tain that we shall control the next House
Of the threatened secession of the sugar
planters from the democratic party, Mr.
Breckenridge said 1T is natural for the
louisiana sugar growers to stand by their
chief product; they have always done so.
But do not see what they have to gain by
boiling their party affiliations. 1t will do
them more hurt than it will the democracy
For every vote lost by such dcsertion six
would be gained. On longer reflection, it
is dubtful if they will 90 over to the poll
teal party which they have battlcd against
all their lives.
Special agent Wedderburn, ofthc \ gri-
cultural Department, reports that food a
dulteration is general and increasing