The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-12-27
SPIRIT OF TOE PRESS.



The New York Herald says: "The
United States does not pretend to know
what the right divisional line is and neither
England nor Venezuela seems to be
much better informed. If the commission
succeeds in finding the right line it may
enlighten all the parties concerned. Who
! knows but that England may be perfect
ly willing to accept the line or, if it falls
short of her claim, pay Venezuela for the
difference. To this the United States
could not object, as it has conceded that
whatever is done with the consent of
Venezuela is not open to protest The
chances are that the whole matter will be
finally settled to the satisfaction of all
sides. Meanwhile this country can afford
to wait
MIR. REED AND THE PRESIDENCY.
The New York Mail and Express says
''Thomas B. Reed, with his youthful face,
his kittenish ways and his boyish addic-
ton to athletic pursuits, figures in the
minds of the unretlecting as one of the
young men in politics, prematurely thrust
into high office. Yet Thomas will never
see fifty-siX again. Never since Buchanan
has so old man as Reed been elected to
the presidency. Lincoln was fiftytwo,
Grant forty nine, Hayes fifty-four, Garfield
forty nine, Cleveland forty ght (and fifty
tive,) Harrison tifty-ffve. One of the Vice
Presidents promoted by the death of the
President was fifty and the other
fifty-one. Andrew Jackson was the only
President in the past forty years who at
his inauguration was older than Speaker
Reed will be next year. 1t must be COM
fort to Mr.. Reed, however, to reflect that
all his opponents, now popularity regard
ed as in the field against him, are, with a
single exception, ruled out by this ineXor-
able precedent. Harrison is siXty-two,
Allison sixty-six and Morton will be sew
enty-two before the convention meets in
st. Louis Mckinley alone, at fifty-one,
strikes the average age of thc post-belum
Presidents at their Inauguration"
A CHRISTMAS BILL.
The New York Tribune says: "The bill
passed by the Senate Tuesday without the
formalitv of division is significant chiefly
as showing how far we are away from the
period of the war which ended thirty years
ago. Its practical Importance is not large.
There could have been no more appropri-
ate time for the pressing of such measure
to passage than the eve Of Christmas Day.
| The bill repeats the law forbidding the en-
ployment in the army and navy of the
| United States of any person who, having
| held a commission therein, afterward en-
| tered the Confederate service. That there
was good reason for such a law at the time
it was enacted will be disputed by few
| But that reason no longer has weight. Sen
ator Hill exerted himself to secure the pass
age of the repeating bill introduced by him
few days ago, and though several Sena-
tors felt that there ought to be a refer
ence to committee, all objections were
finally laid aside and the bill passed with
out dissent. A more practical eXemplica-
ton of the Christmas spirit is not often
seen in our national legislature
MARYLAND FARMERS VISIT PHILADELPHIA
The Philadelphia Inquirer says: THAT
was a useful and instructive trip make by
the Maryland farmers on Friday last for
the purpose of inspecting the Philadel-
phia markets where farmers sell their pro-
| duce without the intervention of middle
men and direct to the consumer. TWEEN
| ty-five representative farmers from the
| leading farmers clubs and from the diff
ferent counties inspected the Ridge Az
| enue Farmers Market, the cold storage
rooms at the Reading Terminal and the
Spring Garden Market. They found that
out of the 1000 shares of the capital stock
of the Ridge Avenue Market 1900 shares
are owned by farmers, that ever since the
market opened it has been a dividend
paving concern, the dividends varying
from 6to 10 per cent. and the stock hay
ing par value of $50 is selling at 149
The Marylanders went home determined
to erect in Baltimore farmers market,
| in which will be combined the cold stor-
| aye facilities of the Reading Terminal,
with other features of the Ridge Avenue
and Spring Garden Markets.