The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-04-12
OVR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINGTON, ID. c., April 3.
MIR. EpIroR-It looks now as though
the administration had won very credi-
table diplomatic victory from Great Brit
ain in that little affair of Nicaragua, and
that Great Britain had greatly modified
that bluff about bombarding Nicaragua
seaports. Nothing official has been given
out about the diplomatic correspondence
on this matter within the last few days, but
there are good reasons for stating that
Ambassador Bayard has been most posi-
lively assured by the British government
that nothin" will be done in its dealing
with Nicarag qua that can be properly con-
| strued into a violation of the Monroe doc
trne. This assurance was naturally very
gratifying to President Cleveland and the
other members of the administration. 1t
was saying in roundab bout way that Great
Britain never really meant to carry out
that bOmbarding threat, and it was also in
a way recognition of the Monroe doc
trine. That this assurance from Great
Britain was the result of the courageous
position taken by the administration rs to
the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine
is certain. And nothing was lost by the
knowledge on the part of Great Britain that
the United States had sufficient naval
force in the South Atlantic to back up the
position assumed.
The arrival of the new Spanish minister
is aRXiouSly awaited in Washington, as il
is believed that he will have several I'M
portant communications to make to this
government The Allianca incident is
still open, and the belief is growing that
Spain is trying to play Il double game in
connection Herewith, Notwithstanding
its promise to make it satisfactory as soon
us it was in possession of the necessary in
formation. A. the new Spanish minister
is to spend week or ten days in Cuba be
fore coming to ashingiOn he will be eX
pfctcd to acquire all the needed informa-
ton and if his government then still delays
making II satisfactory settlement he may
find himself very diSayrccablv surprised
soon after his arrival. And his surprise is
not likely to be dispensing /" the Cuban
rcyOlutiOni>tS.
Postmaster General Wilson dropped in
to his new duties as naturally as Though
he had been dealing with postal affairs all
his life. and he is the same urbane gentle
man in dealing with bis numerous callers
that he always was during his extended
Congressional career. He has long ago
proved himself well protected against that
insid0uS disease known to ordinary folk
as the big head; therefore no one is sur
priscd to find him inst rs accessible now
rs when he was a member of Congress.
The pro jcctorS of the new silver party
profess to have encouraging" reports from
Il number of States, but their professions
are largely discounted by their claims lis
to the States Of Pennsy lvania and Connec-
ticut The only claim these people make
that il backed by common sense and hard
facts is that large majority of the voters
of the country are bimetallistS. That
claim is unnecessary because il Is known
hy everybody. but that doesu uean that
all the bimrtallist> are ready to drop their
party affiliations and unite in an assistant
republican party. which is about all the
new silver party l..
The decision of the supreme Court in
the income taN cases is disappointing To-
everybody. and probably to nobody more
than to members of the court The con
Stitutionality of the law stands not by an
affirmative decision, but because the eight
justices sitting We're evenly divided. In |
comes from rents municipal and state
bonds are exempted from the tax. But
what most disappointed the members of
the court was the stealing of Il copy ofthe
decision III advance of its being officially