The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-11-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINGToN, D. c., November t.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The distinguished war
prophets who have been on the rampage
in New England, Washington and other
parts of the country should bag their heads
and lock their jaws for a while Instead
of the red-handed ultimatum, demanding
that we should either abandon the Monroe
doctrine or fight, which these self-made
prophets have declared was in the course
of preparation by England, the English
Ambassador has, through Secretary Olney,
approached President Cleveland with an
olive branch in the shape of proposition
that the United States should form an al
lance with England for the protection of
English and American citizens and inter
ests III Turkey. True, this proposition
has nothing directly to do with the main
tenance of the Monroe doctrine in Vene-
Zuela, which has inspired all the war
prophecies, but even a school boy can see
that England would not be asking an al
lance with country that she expected
soon to be at war with. Whether Presi-
dent Cleveland sees fit to accept this alli-
ance or not the fact that it has been asked
for should be sufficient to cause Senator
Chandler and Hon. Don NJ. Dickinson to
stop sitting up o'nights to prevent Cana
da sneaking New Hampshire and Michi-
gan away from us. Notwithstanding
President Cleveland's known aversion to
"entangling foreign alliances" the impress
sion among those who ought to know is
tnat he will accept this invitation to act
Jointly with England in protecting En- glish
and American citizens in Turkey, owing
to the threatening aspect of affairs in that
country.
The Bath Iron Works, of Bath, Maine.
the builders of the Ammen ram katahdin.
are in hole, so to speak. The naval trial
board has reported to Secretary Herbert
that the vessel fell below the speed requir-
ed on her trial trip. According to the
contract the vessel now stands rejected.
The ground is taken by some naval Off
Gals that unless Congress comes to their
release, the Bath Iron Works will have to
sell the katahdin wherever they can But
the matter is complicated by the fact that
about 100000 worth of armor belonging
to the United States is on the vessel No
official action has yet been taken by Secre-
tary Herbert. 1t is the belief that he will
gladly accept the vessel if any legal way
of doing SO can be found.
The nearer the opening of the session of
Congress gets the more apparent it be
comes that the fight which number nf
republican Members are making for the
chalrmanships of the most important com
mittees may develop some rather danger
Gus obstacles in the path ofthc Reed Presi-
dental boom.
Attorney General Harmon is still getting
letters from lawyers and business men, in
Indian Territory. endorsing Judge kilgore
and the manner in which he has conducted
the business of the United States Court
which he presides over in that territory.
Judge kilgore's answer to the charges
made against him by Mr.. Davis has been
in the hands of Attorney General Harmon
for nearly week, and the impression is
general that the explanation will be salts
factory as far as the Department of JUS
tice is concerned, but it is understood that
Mr. Davis will use the same charges totry
to prevent the confirmation of Judge Kill
cores nomination by the Senate
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, president
pro TEN of the Senate, is confident that
the republicans will not control the Senate
during the tifty-fourth Congress. Speak
ing of changes that must necessarily be
made, he said 81 am in favor of the two
parties appointing committees which shall
meet and agree upon just and equitable
organization of the Senate with view Of