The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASnINGToN, ID. G., September g.
Mr. EDIToH:-"Of course President
Cleveland favors the election of the Mary
land State Democratic Ticket He is a
democrat, and the ticket was regularly
nominated by properly constituted dem
Ocratic state convention. 1t seems pre-
pOSterous than any one should suppose it
to be necessary for President Cleveland to
say that lie wishes the regular democratic
ticket in any state elected but | find that
there are people who either think or pre-
tend to think that he must say so in this
case i'll order to have it believed You
may be sure he will say so, rs soon as he
finds out that his supposed opposition is
being used by those who are fighting the
ticket as an argument to keep democrats
from e living it their cordial support" The
gentleman who used this straightforward
language enjoys President Clevclands
confidence to marked extent, and never
speaks without knowing just what he is
talking about. He did not for reasons of
his own wish his name to be used, but he
assured your correspondent that the Presi-
dent would soon let it be known that he
favored the ticket, and as expected his
friends to work and vote and elect it.
Comptroller Bowlcr's opinion against
paying the sugar bounty will have one
good effect. 1t will get the question of
the constitutionality of government boun-
ties settled by the courts, as the decision
of the Court of Claims to which the sugar
men are sent, will certainly be carried to
the United States Supreme Court before
the matter is ended. Democrats have al
ways maintained that the whole system of
government bountics and subsidies was
unconstitutional, and Supreme Court de-
cISIDO will he welcomed by them
Senator Quay did not wait long before
making use of his newly acquired power
in a national way, and the first use made
OF it was to punish an cncmy-Reprcscn-
tatiye DalZcl, of PENNSYLVANIA, who didn't
gucss right in the late republican fractional
| fight in that state. Although Representa-
tive Payne, of New York was the ranking
republican member of the House WAYS
and Means committee in the last Congress
it has been generally understood in Wash
ington ever since the result of the last
Congressional election became known that
Mr. Payne would not get the craftsmanship
of the committee in the next House, but
that it would be given to Representative
Dalzcl, of Pennsylvania, one of the fore
most Reed shoutcrs in Congress Senator
QUAY, according to his friends, served no.
tice upon Reed as soon as he had won his
fl yht in PENNSYLVANIA that Dazel must not
be given the Craftsmanship of the Ways
and Means committee. This will put Mr.
Reed in very embarrassing position. Mr..
DalZel is his close personal friend, and
many think that he has already been prom
ised that Craftsmanship, but as Mr.. Quay
will control Pennsylvania siXty-four
votes in the republican nominating con
vcntion Mr. Reed will hardly dare to act
against his expressed wishes. 1t is also
said that Quay has decided that not a sin
Gle one of the present republican Con
@rcssmcn from Pcnn>y lvania shall be re-
nominated, if he can prevent it. | Mess
he is being lied about by his friends he is
OVERRIDING the boss business to an extent
that indicates softcning of the brain.
1t seems hard TO realize the possibility