The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-12-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

No message ever written by President
Cleveland was more attentively listened
to than that sent in to-day. The generaltop
les treated by the me sSage, including the
foreign relations of the government, were
all that any democrat could desire. and
the financial recommendations cannot be
fully understood until considered in con-
nection with Secretary Carlisles annual
report. to he sent to Congress tomorrow,
which contains the details of the plan for
a reform of the currency of the country
which the President so strongly endorses
in his message. What will be the result
of these financial recommendations it will
be impossible to stay until the sentiment
of the democrats has had time to become
apparent.
Speaker Crisp looked quite as good
natured when he tapped the House to or
der as he could possible have looked had
majority of the House been as fortunate
as himself in getting reelected. and his
own reelection to the Speakership been
assured Indeed, the most noticeable feat
ure on the democratic side of the House,
aside from the entirely too numerous emp
ty chairs, was the prevailing good nature
of those who were defeated last month.
If the republicans expected to see an ar
ray of long faces they were disappointed.
There have been number of informal
conferences of democratic Senators and
Representatives for the purpose of discus
sing the probability of reaching an agree
ment on program for the session, and
there is some talk of holding joint eau
Gus and requiring every man who attends
to pledge himself to stand by whatever
program the caucus adopts. If pledges
could be secured from a sufficient number
to control both House and Senate that
would be an excellent idea, but it is GER
tain that there are six or more democratic
Senators who would not pledge them
selves
Like numerous other fake stories. that
asserting that President Cleveland was Of
Tended with Admiral Walker because of
the report he made on affairs in Hawaii,
has been disapproved in Il striking man
ner by the official order placing Admiral
Walker at the head of the Light House
Board, position that is considered by
Naval officers one of the most desirable
under the government. The President
seems to have a special likin" for this
method of knocking out silly stories. 1t
i much better and far more convincing
than stereotyped denial.
Treasury officials take no stock in the
stories that Congress will fail to appropri
ate the money needed to put the income
tax into operation. for the very simple
reason that there are no more opponents
of that tax in either Senate or House than
there were when ii was incorporated in
the tariff bill That is the common sense
view of the matter. If the opponents of
the tax could not prevent its bcin" includ-
ed in the tariff bill, they certainly cannot
prevent an appropriation to put it into cf-
feet. There is reason too, for the belief
that Senator Hill, who led the ii ght against
the income tax in the Senate will not only
refuse to aid in irwin" to defeat the appro-
priation but will himself vote for il, as he
Is on record a. opposing any and all at
tcmpt- to cmbarrass officials by withhold
in@ appropriations asked for, to bcuscd in
| carrying out existing laws.
Representative Cooper, of Florida, thinks
i the proper way To fill the office of post
master is to have him elected by the voters
| Of his town or township, and he proposes
to push bill providing therefor He is
also strongly in favor of the adoption of
some system of currency reform that will
give the needed elasticity to our currency.
either that proposed by Secretary Carlisle
or something else upon which a majority
can get together, and of bill providing
for the building of the Nicaragu canal
He saws that if he could have his way he
would make this session of Congress- short
as it will be- memorable in the history of
the democratic party. It's pity there are
not more democrats of the same mind.
Although nothing can be officially stated,
because no official action has yet been
taken. there is little room for doubt that
the subcommittee which went to Cleve-
land Ohio To investigate charges against