The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-01
ORR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., April q.

Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING Olncv is at a
loss to understand the reason for the efforts
which are being made both in this COUNTRY
and England TO bring on another war
scare in connection with the Venezuelan
boundary question, by representing the
negotiations to be in a tiCillish condition.
There is absolutely no ground for any un-
easiness about this matter, and il is probable
that some big stock jobhng scheme is at
the bottom of recent publications on the
subject in England and in this country.
Somebody hopes to profit by Il wal scare,
! and regardless of the harm it might do to
others has been trying Systematically to
bring one to the front. Ii is gratifying to
note that the attempt has 50 for been flat
| failure.
The democratic senators have agreed
| that no bill over which there is controversy
shall be taken up in the Senate until after
the appropriation bills have all been dis
posed Of 1t is not the present purpose of
| the democrats to throw any obstacles in
the ay Of early adjournment, but they
| have served notice on the republicans that
no adjournment will be allowed until the
Dupont case has been disposed of. The
| republican managers have been afraid to
| take vote on the resolution declaring
| Dupont tC be entitled to a seat in the
Senate, and their scheme was to let it 20
over to the next session in the hope that
something might occur in the meantime
that would enable them to get the votes
needed to adopt the resolution. This
scheme the democrats are determined to
prevent by compelling vote before adj
tournament. 1t is probable that the demo
| Gratis will object to the adoption of the
Allen resolution to invest gate the Alabama
state election.
The Mckinley republicans are getting
badly frightened at the determined fight
the 4. p. \. is making against his nomi-
nation, but there are plenty of people who
believe it to be about the most fortunate
thing that ever happened for Mckinley
and that 1t has made his nomination much
more likely than it was before. | don't
know what power the A. p. 4. will have
in the st. Lonis convention, but there is
| no doubt of its having controlled at will
the republican majority of the present
House
Cuhans in this country cannot be too
careful about the correctness of the in
| formation they give out cOncerning affairs
| in Cuba. Everytime anything they give
| out as true turns out to be false the cause
| OF Cuba Is materially weakened in Con-
| gress. Last week Representative Sulzer,
of n. y, received from Cubans in his dis
| trict the positive information that Walter
| Dygert, Young American arrested upon
| the charge o. rendering aid to the revO-
lutionists, had been secretly executed by
the Spanish authorities. Mr.. SulZer aroused
considerable indignation among his
colleagues by telling the story as it was
| told to him. Secretary Olney said he
| thought Mr.. Suffers informats were wrong
| because he had the official promise of the
| Spanish authorities that young Dvgcrt
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to the United States. Mr. Sulzer insisted
| that his informauts were thoroughly trust
worthy, but before the week closed he was
convinced to the contrary by the official
notification Of Dygcrt's release. This sort
| of thing is calculated to cause everything
which comes from Cubans in this county
to be doubted.
| There is something significant in the
statement Of Chairman Powers of the
| House Pacific Railroads Committee, that
| Speaker Reed had promised him that the
bill, which has already been christcncd
tbs Huntington Powers bili' should be
considered by the House whenever he,
| Powers was ready. The significance
arises from the fact that up to the day
that c. Z. Huntington returned to Wash
lnston, it had been understood that this
| bill would not be considered at this session.
| because 1t was not thought ii could be
passed by the Senate. Perhaps Mr.. Hunting
ton has changed his mind about the Senate
or it may be that he wishes to show how
easily he can, with the aid of Speaker
Reed, get the bill through the House
| According to Senator Tillman, who has
just returned from his Western trip every
state west of the Mississippi river, with
the possible exception of Minnesota and
| Iowa, will sc Id silver dee cations to tie
Chicago convention. Senator Tillman SAYS
| he is absolutely certain that Il majority
| of the Chicago convention will be for sill
yer. He expects to make another speak
| ing tour in the near future, taking in parts
| of the states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
| Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas.
Senator Brice is equally confident that
| a majority of the Chicago convention will
| not be silver men and that the convention
| will adopt plantform upon which all dem
ocrats can stand.
The first general appropriation bill that
ever became a law W thout the Presidents
signature was the Agricultural appropria-
| ton bill passed by the present Congress
The bill became a law at12 o'clock Saturday
| night. President Cleveland didn't sign
| the bill because he thought it contained
unjust reflections upon Secretary Morton