The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-08-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, August Is

NAsHlNHION, August Id, loot
When Senator Faulkner, IN response to
characteristic slur of s'llttle Billy" Chambers
about the tariff bill being at the White House
said; 81 will say to the Senator from New
Hampshire that although the tariff bill is Rot
at the White House now, it will be there very
soon TO receive the signature OF the Fresi
denl, ;" there was deafening round of applause
from the crowded galleries of the Senate which
showed in manner not to be mistaken the
trend of public sentiment, and which should
not have been lost upon cert lin democratic
Senators wi hose actions have brought the tariff
bill to the most crit cal stage of its existence.
1t is now, according to the ideas of some OF the
best democrats in Congress, no longer 4 les
ten of what sort of tariff bill we sha get, but
whether we shall get any tariff bill at all.
| will not repeat the scandalous charges OF
bad faith made by democrats against demo-
Gratis in connection with the failure Of the con-
ferees 10 reach an agreement, but if the at
tempts to defeat all tariff legislation, now being
either directly made by democrats OF Indirect
ly assisted by them, shall succeed those charges
section of the country until they become so
familiar that certain men will find it diiliulty
to show themselves upon the most lonely coun-
try road without being pointed out as ira ors
70 the; party. 1t is impossible for the present
crisis to col hue much longer The tariff btl
will either be passed or permanently hung up
this week.
Had the a, on taken during the past week
by the Governors of Maryland and Virginia,
in breaking up the camps OF the CoNeyite
tramps in their respective states: been taken by
Gov. Mckinley last March the foo movement
would never have been st ut ID.
The House decisively put itself on record as
favoring the app opration of 100000 to aid
the exposition at Atlalti, Ga, and it is now
cei tain that tie appropriation will get through
all right 1t pleased the Southeners in the
House to fad Representatives Pence, of Colo,
and Everett, of Mass, among the mos earnest
advocates of the appropriation.
In addition to being comon nuisance, Sen
tor Chandler, of New Hampshire, will get him
sell widely known as a fool if he introduces a
that the Senate committee on Elections aud
Privileges should investigate the recent Ala
bama State election, SO as to ascertain whether
it was full, free, fair and honest, and whether
it resulted in the choice of legislature en-
titled to elect U. S. Senator. l. is generally
admitted that the new Al ibama law, under
which the State election was held, mades fraud
very difficult, if not absolute Fly impossible, and
that there is no stronger reason for the cry of
fraud" raised by the kploites than desire o
| II down easy the eastern republ CANS who con-
trbut I'd their money to the campaign fund
But even allowing that the election had been
as full of fraud as Chandler is Of gall there
would still be no authority for an investigation
by committee of the T. 5. Senate. 1t was
st ate election and the Senate has no more to do
wi h it than with an election for members of
Pariment in any part of Great B.itain.
The House very properly refused to agree to
the Senate amendment TO the Sundry Civil ap-
preparation bill, providing that $3.50 600 be APP
proprated for the purchase of what is known
as 1.-The Malone lot," owned by ex-senator
MduOue, Vi DIS Sltc lol d IeN HDN-
er,nent Printing Office. There are two good
and sufficient reasons for the action of the
House-the Malone lot is unified tor sit
and the price asked is excessive
Public Printer Benedict is out in another
appeal ID Congress insisting that something be
done towards lessening the dangers which sur
round the 5000 empl ,yes of the Government
Printing Office before adjournm ent He re-
minds Congress IS that even if the troublesome
question of the selection of site were settled
at this session, which it isn't likely to be, it
would require four or five years to build a new
Office, while there is urgent necessity for some
immediate relief. He suggests that this may
be had by purchasing ground and erecting
building alongside of the present office that
will meet the requirements until the entire
new building is put up, which must be in the
near future.
The Senators are 81 ID that the Chinese
treaty, which has been before the Senate SO
l)ng, has at last been disposed of. There has
been little doubt at any time of what the final
result would be- Still it is a satisfaction to
the democ attic administration and the Sena-
tors that it has been Off Tally setted.
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