The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-12-04

fact that the silver question had been the
longest considered; that Is to say, in the
west and south In Mr. Bryan's opinion,
the cause of bimctallism made more ra-
pid progress than any cause ever made in
such u short time. Mr.. Bryan expresses
his assurance that the election can be by
no means regarded as a conclusive settle
ment of the question at issue. The advo-
Gates of free coinage are convinced, he
SAYS, that they are laboring in behalf Of a
large majority of the people, not only
here. but Throughout the world; and, ac
according to the writer. they propose to
continue their contest, confident that four
more years of experience will convince
many who have u far resisted ar9u-
ments.
This confidence, Mr.. Bryan says, is con-
tirmed by the history of recent elections.
Mr. Greeley was defe tie in 1872, and yet
Mr.. Til..en was elected in 1876. MIR.
Blaine was defeated in 1894, but MIR. Har-
rison was elected in 1888. The Republic
can victory of 1888 was followed by the
democratic victory of 1890, and the cleo
ton Of President Cleveland two years
later.
Mr. Bryan counsels the successful party
to remember that thousands of republ
year by the pledge that it will try To Sc
cure international bimetallism.
In reference to the gold standard DEM
orrat>. Mr.. Bryan is assured that they
cannot do as much in 1900 as they have
done this year. They have declared their
affection for democratic principles, while
they spared no effort to secure the sue
cess of the opposing ticket. They can
not" he says "dis.Lse themselves again
: ).f.f. LONG MARKS TO
(LENEi.AND'S CREDIT.
Ii is Mr. Cleveland :. gain who with his
Secretary of State, Mr.. Olncy, wins the
chief honor for the benefcent arrange
ments which now insure not only present
peace, but the promise Of permanent conf
dence and good understanding between
England and the United States. Further
more, it is to Mr.. Clevclands policy that
we must attribute the interesting fact that
for the first time in long period the
presidential campaign has been fought
out on both sides with almost total free
dom from the impelling motive of the
victor's spells. Some scores of thousands
of federal offices, with their honOrs and
cmoluments al II form er c.mpaigns
furnished the chief incentive To the bribery
and the fraud that were so extensively
perpetrated But Mr.. Cleveland has within
the past two years SO widely extended the
sphere within which the civil-service law
protects the holders of places in the public
employ. that the greed for spoilS was al
most eliminated from the recent contest.
With tie triumph of the merit system in
the domain of the national service, and
with its steady progress in the services of
the States and municipalities, the cause of
honest and efficient government wi have
made almost immea Surablc progress in the
United Srates. 1t happens to be Mr..
Cleveland's good fortune To have identi
fed himself most honorably and con
spicuouslv with this far-reaching move
ment for the redemption of American
public life-Frnm The Progress of tn.
World" in December X cleo ot Rerir,r>
OUR W.ASHIN TON LETTER.
WAS JUNCTION. D. c.. November 3Oth
MIR. EDIToR:-Mr. Bryan has promised
to attend the conference of silver men
which is to be held IN Washington few
days after Congress meets and which will
try to determine the attitude of the silver
men in Congress not only towards legisla-
ton that is strictly financial in its nature,
but also towards revenue legislation, which
is indirectly financial. The result of that
conference will come very near to decid-
ing whether there will be any revenue leg
lSlatlOn at this session assuming that the
republicans really desire that there shall
be any, which is by no means certain. The
silver Senators are in Il ma jOrity, and il
they act together can dictate the leyis.a-
ton so far as the Senate is concerned, bat
there is Il doubt as to whether the republi-
can silver Senators will agree to act with
the silver democrats on revenue legisla-
ton and at least one p"pulist senator is
also in doubt. These doubts are expected
to be cleared up at the conference.
The luxury loving Senators will have
no cause for complaint when they meet
Everything looks Spick and span new and
most of what is in sight is There are new
mahogany desks for the salons and richly
upholstered leather covered chairs, all of
one pattern, instead of each being the Sc
lection of the Senator who occupies it,
The old wood benches have been removed
from the gal tries and folding o vera chairs
put in their place, while everything is of a
color harm0niZing with the mahogany on
the main floor and. as a wag has suggest
ed, with the noses of several of the Sena-
tors. There is also new vcntilatng ma
chinery and Il fine electric lighting outfit
The House shares in the last-named i'm
prOvement, but in none of the others.
The House, which is willing to follow the
Senate in appropriating money for luxur-
lous fittings for its chamber hasn't yet
been elected. The average member of the
House is just Il little bit afraid of the eff
feet of such tiXings upon his constituents
The reputable patent lawyers of Wash
ington and, judging from advices received
of elsewhere, are awakening to the exist
ing necessity of doing something to stop
the degradation of their profession by
those who are trying to make gamblers
out of inventors by Turing them into pay
ing Il cash fee for entrance into a lottery
competition of ideas before making their
applications for United States patents, adj
hitting all who pay the price, even when
knowing that their id "a is not patentable
and that its rejection by the Patent Office
would be certain. In the matter of sus-
pending patent solicitors from practice
before the Patent Office, the power of the
Commissioner of Patents is limited, even
in cases of wrong doing on the part ofthe
solicitor, after an application is filed in
the Patent Office, and he has no authority
at all in cases in which no application is
filed. 1t is believed That the organization
of a Patent Bar, with rules of practice as
stringent as those which are emf breed in
any court of law, would stop such prac-
tees, and until there is such the inventor
will do well to be certain that his patent
business is put in the hands of honorable
and trustworthy lawyers.
Everybody who knows Hon. John Sher
man knows that an iceberg isn't in the
same class with him when he is disposed
to lower the temperature around his i'm
mediate presence. Therefore it is believed
in Washington that if Mark Hanna carries
out his reported intention of offering Mr..