The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 6.
Mr.. EDIToR:-If President Cleveland
and Secretary Gresham needed vindica-
ton for the position they took in the dis
pute between Great Britain and Nicaragu
the outcome of that affair would furnish a
full supply, showing as it does that the ad
ministration was thoroughly aliveto Amer
lean interests. To say that the Monroe
doctrine was at any time involved in the
affair is simply to display ignorance of the
Monroe doctrine. But the treaty between
the United States and Great Britain,
known as the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, was
the foundation upon which the admins
tratiOn stood when it consented to the
temporary occupation of Corinto by the
British. That treaty says: Neither the
United States nor Great Britain will ever
erect or maintain any Notifications COM
handing the ship canal, or in the vicinity
thereof, or occupy or fortify or COLOMBO
or assume or exercise any dominion over
Nicaragua Costa Rico, the Mosquito coast
or any part of Central America" In the
face of that explicit language how silly
appears all the wild talk about the inten-
ton of Great Britain to gobble up as much
of Nicaragua as would give her control of
the canal. 1t just shows, however, how
lamentably ignorant many of those who
write about public affairs are. But vicious
ness has been responsible for more of the
misrepresentation in this case than igno
rance has.
Civil Service Commissioner LYMAN
whose rumored forced resi- gnation has been
Il sort of bi-monthly or quarterly publica
ton, appearing with sufficient regularity
to entitle it to claim second class postal
rates, ever since that Congressional COM
nittee investigated the charges made
against him, several wears ago, by the
Washington Post, of favoritism towards a
relative in office is really going this time
His resignation. which it is needless to
say was not voluntarily rendered. is now
in the hands of the President, and it is ex-
pected that his successor will be named at
the same time that the vacancy caused by
the RESI- gnation of Theodore Roosevelt is
filled. Both Lyman and Roosevelt are re-
publlcans, but it is the Presidents inten-
ton to appoint a democrat in place of one
of them, which will make the commission
consist of two democrats and one republi-
can, instead of two republicans and one
democrat. as it has been during this entire
administration.
Senator German doesn't allow his opin-
ions to be quoted in a newspaper, but he
has this to say of the personal attack late
ly made upon him by the Hon Isador Ray
ner, an aspirant for the Maryland demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination: Il re-
gret to be compelled to say that | regard
Mr.. Rayner's speech as that of an over
anxious candidate, who has forgotten his
protestations of friendship and what he
has always claimed to be his undving graft
tude for my friendship for him during the
past twenty years. Why he has made the
personal assault upon me, am at a loss
to comprehend, unless it be that his earn
est pleading with me to support him for
the nomination failed to receive Il favor
able response. He ought, however, to
have been satisfied with my assurance to
him, that | believed the best interests of
the party required that the nomination