The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-02-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


W As iINETON. -. e., February I.
President Cleveland may in defercace
to the attempt of the leaders of the House
to pass the bill reported from the commit
| tee on Banking and Currency. which was
| drawn in accordance with the recommen-
datons of his special financial message,
postpone for a few DAYS the official an
| nouncement of the bond issue for which
| all arrangements have been made. but a
| careful canvass Of the Senate has shown
that no bill passed by the House can pos
siblv Get through the Senate; hence the
| bond issue is inevitable 1t will afford the
| Treasury that relief which Congress has
so pcrsistcntly denied, and that relief is
| necessary is acknowledged. alike by those
who favor and those who oppose the issue
| Of bonds. 1t isn't what the administration
would like to do. but what it has got to do
| in the absence of Congressional relief.
| The House committee on Rules will re-
| port an order for the consideration of the
financial bill on Tuesday. Wednesday and
| Thursday of this week, and when the vote
is taken on that order it will be seen how
much influence the Presidents special
message had with the democrats of the
| House. If the rule be adopted it is prob
able that the House will pass the bill in
some shape: but if it be reiectedthere will
| be no further hope of financial legislation
| at the present session.
| Senators Gallery and Blanchard. of
| Louisiana, accompanied a delegation of
| New Orleans business men in call upon
| President Cleveland to ascertain his views
| upon the payment of the sugar bounty for
the wear 1854 Members of the delegation
were surprised and pleased to find that the
| President was thoroughly posted on the
subject, and We're still more pleased when
| he told them he was in favor Of the pay
ment of one half of the bounty for ~ and
would gladly cooperate with them III Sc
| curing the necessary congressional legiS-
| lation.
The dealers in fake designations from
the cabinet has at last real resignation
to handle several days ago. True. it was
not a cabinet resignation, but it was as near
as it possibly could have been not to be
| The Solicitor General is next in rank to
| the Attorney General and draws Il salary
| of only Il thousand less. Although the
! resignation of Solicitor General Maxwell
| was great surprise outside of the De
| partment of Justice, there was little or no
| foundation for the sensations which have
been built up around it. There was no
| quarrel between Judge Maxwell and Mr.
Olnev. although there have been numerous
differences of opinion between them, such
as are common enough between lawyers
| who are the best of friends. Judge Max
| wells principle reason for resigning was
| that the illness of his law partner made it
| it necessary for him to return to Cincin-
natl and take charge of their large prac-
t tice, Holmes Conrad. of Virginia. was
| appointed TO the vacancy.
J Under the alleged divinity which doth
| hedge all legislation concerning men who
| n he | nit fitn I,,rip
| the recent war, there is vast amount of
| crookedness. \ case in point is the bill to
| place 1t. Col. J. Madison Cults on the re-
| tired list of the army with the rank and
pay of Captain. This man. who has for
! Years been Il $ ,200 clerk in the War de-
| partment and the recipient of $50 month
| pension, was dismissed from the army in
| 1863, for usin" and writing abusive Ian
| guagc to brother officers and for PLAYING
! ''peeping Tom" in Il hotel Yet he now
comes forward and under the protection
| of the aforesaid divinity, and makes strike
| for $1,000 a year for the rest of his life.
and the bill giving it to him had passed the
Senate and been favorably reported to the
House when Representative Brett. OF In
diana, made the above facts known to the
| House.
To-day for the first time since the fourth
| OF March, 1893, the democrats have less
than majority of the Senate. There are
now S6 Senators and the democrats have
| only 45. When the two additional repub-
Leans. one each from Wyoming and Wash
| lngton, take their seats, there will be 81
| Senators, the republicans having 10 and
| the popuistS ). Whether the republicans
| and populists will combine to reGrganiZe
the Senate is as yet unknown, but the
| probabilities are that they will. after 18th
Of March, when the democratic strength
| will be still further rcduccd