The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-07-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINGToN, D. c., July 8.
Mr.. EDITOR:-Much is heard in Wash
ington about the Quay and anti Quay fl ght
in Pennsylvania. Nobody would care
much under ordinary circumstances wheth-
er Quay continued to boss the republicans
of the Keystone State or gave way to
Hastings, Wanamaker or some other boss,
but the presidential politics in the fight is
what has excited general interest. 1t is
really the first of a long string of fights
for the control of state delegations to next
years Republican National Convention.
Senator Cameron was egotistical enough
at one time to think that he could get the
delegation for himself, but he doesn't think
so now; he will be very lucky indeed if he
can succeed in holding on to his seat in
the Senate Quay was supposed to be for
Mckinley, but he has recently come out
for Reed. Wanamaker, is of course, for
Harrison. 1t is believed that the result of
the fight will show which of the republi-
can candidates can count upon the solid
Pennsylvania delegation to the National
Convention, and that the winner will have
taken Il long step towards getting the nomi-
nation.
Many people appear to be under the i'm
preston that the entire South is in white
heat on account of political discussions,
but that isn't the way men directly from
that section who occupy positions which
enable them to speak authoratively on
political subjects, talk. For instance, Rep
resentative Bate of Georgia, who is in
Washington on business says: political
matters in Georgia arc very quiet just now.
The Legislature that will elect Senator
GordoE's successor will not be chosen UNI
til next year, and there is little talk now
about candidates Our people are busy
getting in their crops, which, | am glad to
say, promise to be good. | don't know
how the state would 90 on the free coin
age question. 1t will be time enough to
settle that when we have to vote upon it,
if we ever do" Mr.. Bates statement
doesn't gee with the sensational stories,
sent from Washington, concerning the
desperate conflict between eX-Speaker
Crisp and Secretary Hoke Smith over that
seat in the Scnate-truth and sensational
ism seldom do.
The laugh would seem to be on Profes-
sor Harrington, eN-chicf of the Weather
Bureau and those Washing ton correspond
cnts he succeeded in Stutfiny with the story
that he was fired out to make room for Il
democratic politician. Professor Willis
l.. Moore, who is the new chief of the
Weather Bureau, is neither democrat nor
Il politician. In fact. he is IA republican,
or at least he was Il republican before he
became connected with the Weather Blu
rcau; since then he has had no active con
nection with politics. He has been in
charge of the Chicago office of the Wealth
er Bureau and his selection to be Chief
was made solely on his merit and record
He proposes to make forecasts, at which
he has been unusually successful, the most
prominent work of the bureau and saws
on the subject: I'VE cannot predict uSt
when rain will occur always, but there is
no excuse for failing to forecast severe
changes in the weather and remarkable at
mospheric disturbances. Forecasting Sc
we're weather changes | conceive to be the
object of This office, and in this direction
the work will be hroadcned and steadily
improved. Forecasts should be made of
severe sto'ms, cold waves, or remarkable