The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-17
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.


The Philadelphia Times says: The
"leaderS' of Congress are said to be OF
the opinion that adjournment c"n he
reached about the middle of next month
ut least if they are allowed to direct the
course of business. They admit that no
profitable LEGISLATION has been accomplish
cd or is likely to be, but they hope the
ha!f-hiiiion appropriation bills will he
passed and they expect the country to be
content that il has csrap ped from any very
serious mischief.
1t is Il melancholy fact that the Con-
gress of the United States has been stead
lv declining in public esteem, but in all
its history it MAJ be questioned if there
has ever been a Congress Sd entirely in
capable and at the same time SO mis-
chievouslv mci,llesnme as this. The two
houses though nominally of one party,
have been able to agree upon nothing eX
cept in endless talk about matters that
were none of their business, and all that
has been accomplished is to prolong and
intensity the uncertainty and unrest by
which the whole business of the county is
paralvZed.
The last Congress- which was turned
out, neck and heels, because of its delay
in rectifying an accumulation of previous
blunderS, appears as L model of intclligehts.
craftsmanship by comparison with its
successor. The main difference is that
the leaders of the last Congress were
freely criticised by those of their own
party, while the organs of opinion in the
present ma ioritv party are too much
afraid of the effect on the comm" election
to speak their mines. The apparent
collapse of Speaker Reeds candidacy is
the only very salient evidence that the
country finds no use for anybody concern
ed in this present Congress.
Under the circumstances an early ad-
iournmcnt will be the most useful service
it can perform We shall then at least be
reasonably safe from unnecessary foreign
entan~lcments and international scandals,
and some of The Republicans who are
coming up for re election may have an
opportunity to learn what their conSti
tuentS think of them
DAU&HTERS or THE CoNFEDERACY.
ThcBaltimorcSnn saws, Although form I'd
in Baltimore less than Il year ago, the
Maryland branch of the [ nitrd ID tughterS
of the Confctlcracy hv its rapid growth
giveS another evidence of the widespread
interest which the women of MARYLAND
have always taken in the men and the
story of the lost cause. Already possess
ing more than three hundred members
the society Is now one of the largest
branches Of the general organization and
one of its most active auXiliarieS. Just at
present the Maryland ladies are bending
every effort to sustain the credit of their
| State by making Il large contribution to
| the fund which the South is tryingto raise
| to secure the magnificent battle abbey sur
| gcStci and generously endowed hv Mr.
Charles Broadway RonSS. Another of
| their objects Is to keep here in MARYLAND a
| bron2r bust of General Lee. the only one
| modelled of him during life, and the work
| of a Man Wand sculptor.
| GENERAL LEE FOR HAVANA.
The appointment of FitZhugh Lee to be
| Consul General of the United States at
| Havana will be received with satisfaction
and will even arouse some enthusiasm
Mr.. Williams, who has occupied the post
| for some twenty Years. appears to have
| been well fitted for its ordinary CONNER
| cial dntieS and for the social amenities of
| the Spanish colonial capital in peaceful
| times, hnt to have failed to grasp the
necessities of the present situation. At
| least he has not won the reputation of an
efficient officer and has not pecn on salts
factory terms with either side 1t has
been evident, also that he was not on
| good terms with the Department of State
| and the repeated rumors of the dispatch
| of special commissioners to Cuba have
| doubtless been suggested bv the incon-
| cluSiveness of the Consul! Generals re
ports.
| However this may he. Mr. William has
| at last resigned and FItzhugh Lee is to
| 30 to Havana i'll his place. OF all the
present representatives of the famous
Virginia family, he is the most universally
| popular. 4 brave soldier in his Young
manhood, in the army of his distin guish-
| ed uncle, he showed himself not less
| heroic in peace, and his successful cam
| palen for Governor. by which he saved
| the credit of Virginia, was public ser
| vice that was recognized by the whole
| country
An educated soldier an experienced
public man, of strong character and ear.
nest enthusiasm, he is cminently fitted to
| represent this county in Cuba, to watch
over American interests and to keen the
government fully and truly informed. 1t
is generally understood that the course of
events III the next few weeks are likely to
determine the action of the government
respecting" Cuba. and the dispatch of an
able anI Trustworthy Consul General NAV
he regarded as a preliminary step toward
the solution of this veXing question.