The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-15
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Mr. EpIToR:-In discussing the ullc>-
ton that | have taken for consideration. |
wish to he perfectly fair. am Il demo
crat. but wish to say right now. that | can
see errors and mistakes in my party, when
IN my Judgment they are committed, and
| are not so blaSScd. rs to believe that only
| good can result from the acts of my party.
| Our party and our leaders are no more in
| falliblr than like human institutions. Not
| so however with our traduccr>. Nearly
| all that one sees in the public prints, or
| hears in conversation from our opponents,
| upon this subject, is to ring the charge OF
| of incompctcn"v, and utter lmbccllltv, up
| on the present anamcmrnt of our nation
| al affairs They seem to know their own
godlincSS and pirate about it. nobody else
is taken into account, and SO the cant
| about their own superiority, must and
| should he their rcproach. Now as an en-
| ample of what | mean. let us consider for
| awhile the estimates that is given out by
| two republicans. of the acts OF the late
congress. One is from Representative
Cannon and the other from Senator Platt.
They both reviewed the outcome of the
work of congress. and both arrive ut pretty
much the same conclusion. Their figures
differ somewhat, but in the aggregate en-
tirclv support their purpose. That pur
pose from the start. was to arrai%n the
last Congress before the people of the
country. as one of extravaganza and waste
in the first place and for incomprtcncv
and mSmana"c cement in the other. They
rive figures to sustain themselves. and il
has been said that figures cannot lie, but
in this particular instance the provcrb fails
us the great discrepancy that | will pres
emily point out, clearly shows. \ state
ment of the kind should be true. there is
no excuse if it fail in this essential ingrc-
dent. and therefore becomes entirely
worthless. Now the difference in the re-
suits of these two statements is somewhat
startling, and when compare with like
paper prepared by Il democratic member
of the appropriation committee of the
House. it is simply ridiculous The data
for such complications was at hand. and
there could be no mistake in putting it to-
gether, vet these di>tin guiShcd gentlemen
make the appropriations of the last con
grrSS. exceed that of the Send known as
the Reed billion dollar congress. by at
least five million dollars But not salts
fed with this statement. they of course
dra" in the great reforms that have been
caused in the pension payments, and the
consequent Savin" to the people of great
sum of money, and adriotly change this To
the unfriendly policy of the democratic
party To the soldiers. This is vote pur-
chasing scheme. and is both unfair and
unjust. But let us come Il gain to the work
of the last Congress. This body has been
much abused, and when SANDER is once
put afoot, ii is difficult to forcStal it, There
never had been %ravcr task imposed up
on any Legislative body than the one that
confronted the last Congress- Great re
forms were needed. and they were franz
ed Now in the fultillmcnts of these
pledges, there may have been failure. and
doubtedly there has been. But must Il
party and the entire administration with
II be dlScrcdited on this account The en-
tire trouble. as has been already adverted
to. was because of the unsettled condition
OF our finances. Here was the hanc and
1t was the poison that was in ectcd into
every proposition that was brought forth.
But the most amusing. and at the same
time the most untruthful portion of this
Legislative republican manifest. is that
part of it. where reference is made to the
business conditions of the country, during
HarrisonS administration. in comparison
with the same under Cleveland. This pa
per speaks of the country. then. aS entire
lv prosperous, with every business energy
in full operation, and with plenty on every
hand. How forgctful of the fearful strikes
that commenced at that time and the blood
that was spilled to put them down How
obiviouS of the fact that agricultural pro
ducts of all kinds, commenced then to take
decline in price. and have Just now
seemed to reach their bottom value But
how silent as to the difference in the pur-
chasing capacity of Il bu>hel of wheat then,
under high tariff and its capacity now
under Il low tariff. In the last two wears
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