The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-06
SPIRIT OF TEL FR.S.,.


The Boston Post saws: "Whrn the new
Congress comes in next December il will
he found that neither of the great parties
has a majority in the Senate. The rcpuh-
licans have I plurality, but not Il majority;
therefore they will he unable To organize
unless they can effect Il coalition With the
popull>t>. The numerical siren eth of tic
parties is: Republicans, IL: democrats, }@:
porulStS s. There j. one vacancy. The
question of legality i'll the election of /;
successor to Senator Higgins, of Delaware
will be seriously raised. II cannot be set
tied until the Senate shall have been duly
organized. Our republican friends can
hardly afford to combine with the popu-
lists Just on the eve of Il national election.
But they want the patronage which is con
trollcd by the majority, and some Of the
chances in order to secure it. rs the vote
from Delaware would not. however, rive
them majority, there i likely To be an
exhibition of the Proycrhial SloWnc>s of
the Senate in passing upon the c"nstitu-
tionaI question involved.
If the siN popuIi~t> decide to act It a
unit upon all political matters that arise,
they viii practically be in control of the
Senate BY casting their votes With eth
cr party they can always make majority.
Nobody knows just what policy they will
pursue hut it is quite plain that they will
hold the key to the situation. They can
make their own terms. NO bill can 20
through without their approval. No APP
pointmcnt> Of clerks or other officers of
They viii DC in a position to dictate the
policy Of the upper chamber. The out
,ok is not very cheering for the republic
cans. They have an enormous majority
in the lower house, but they viii be utter
" helpless in the Senate They " i'll he at
the mercy of Mr.. PETER and the two Scna-
tors from Nevada. who can make speeches
rs long and as tircsome as the cbullition>
of the late Mr. Blair, of New Hampshire
No wonder Mr. Reed looks gloomily upon
tie prospects,
SUCCESS OF HE TAEIFF LAW.
The CLi.ago Chronicle. the leading
democratic paper in the Northwest. i en-
thusiastic over the success of the Wilson
tariff law In leading editorial on the
subject ii says, among other things:
"Wednesday last the Wilson tariff law
had been in force just one year. When
it took effect commercial conditions in the
United States were more distressing more
disastrous than they ever had been since
the time of Black Friday. After one year ;
operation of democratic legislation there
appears striking revival in business mark
ed increase in wages, hcalthful tone in
every marle. The triumph of the measure
to which the democracy in Congress lent
its most intelligent energies, has been
completed.
',Frcedom aftcra all. is only >timulant for
the industrial world as for the individual
Take off the -haklcs in each case. Let
every man be as free as every other MAJ.
to do what he will Let him enjoy with
every other man access to all natural
opportunities Let the nation, like the
individual be trcc-frcc from limitations
imposed under the @ui>c Of protection.
This done, justice will be secured in the
case of individual and Of nation. and he
is but poor American who docs not be
lieve that with absolute justice with equal
~ OF opportunity, the American rs an in
diyidual or the American a. Il race, can
hold his own against any people of the
earth"