The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
W,sUJSGToN. ID. C.. Anrjl

ASHlNGTON. -. T.. Arfll u.
Ma. Misunderstanding comes to an
end sooner or later. Congress has at last
| finished its consideration of the Cuban
question, SO far as it is dealt with in the
original Senate concurrent resolution, de
claring for immediate recognition of the
Cubans as belli9erents and for the ultimate
independence of Cuba, which were today
adopted by the House. President Cleve-
land has not indicated his intentions con-
corning the resolution, if he has any, and
those who enjoy his confidence are equal
~ reticent. Consequently, there is much
doubt on the subject, but recent events in
Cuba have increased the number of those
who believe that the President will short
ly recognize the belligerencv of the reyo-
lutionists, regardless Of the Confessional
resolutions.
North Carolina democrats in Washing
ton are delighted at the break which has
occurred between the Senators from that
State and they say that if Senator Pritch-
| ard can control the republicans and Sena-
tor Butler, the populsts, to an extent to
prevent the fusion of those parties again
| that the return of the state to the demo
cratic column is Il certainty, and that when
it comes back it will come back to stay
There are reasons for the belief that
with Senator Chandler when he comes
back to Washington, in connection with
the New Hampshire convention which
| Little Billie let get away from him the
| other day. By the way, speaking of
| Chandler, Speaker Reeds friends say that
he has done more to hurt Reeds chances
| for the republican nomination than all of
| his opponents have done. The hoodoo is
! no new role for Little Billie: he has
played it in the ante-convention National
campai gns of his party for the last twenty
years.
Mr.. Joseph Manley, of Maine, who is
chief custodian of the steering apparatus
| of the Reed boom, has made a wager with
| a newspaper man-neWSpaper men are, of
course, privileged to do naughty things in
| connection with their business, but lust
think of a sanity politician like Joe Man
| ley actually making bet-that Mckinley
will not be nominated by the st. Louis
convention. Making heavy wagers has of
| late years become one of the recognized
methods of influencing political events,
| but this wager cannot be classed as heavy
one; hence was probably not made for its
effect. The stake is a box of cigars and
as no price was stipulated the winner is
| likely to be the greatest sufferer unless he
shall be wise enough to let his friends
smoke them all.
Senator George, Of Mississippi, will have
charge of the Voluntary Bankruptcy Bill
which the Senate Judiciary Committee
has ordered to be favorably reported to
the Senate, and he says that Congress will
not adjourn until the Senate shall have
been given full opportunity to show
whether it wishes to pass this bill The
bill provides that no preferences shall be
il,.N Il
| signmcnts, except debts due the United
| States or any State or Territory to ser
wants or laborers for work performed with
in one year, and to liens or membranes
on homesteads to the extent of 81 900.
| The chances are against the final DISPOSE
ton of the bill at this session.
| Considerable discussion has followed
the decision of Speaker Reed upon that
| long disputed question of whethea IA ma
| ioritv of the full membership of the House
was necessary to make IA quorum or wheth-
CT a ma jority of the living members was
Il quorum. In the tifty-tirst Congress Mr.
| Reed ruled that the former was necessary.
II his last ruling he reversed himself and
| declared that a majority of the living
| members of the House are a quorum He
says his first ruling was hurricdlv made
| He isn't the first man who has been on
| both sides of a question
Although opposed to the free distribu-
ton of seed, Secretary Morton very
| promptly arranged to carry out the man
| date of Congress and Senators and Repre-
| sentative We're notified several days AFRO
| that their quotas of seeds were ready and
! would be mailed by the secdSmen from
whom they are purchased, under Con-
! grcsSional frank, as fast as addresses were
| sent in. the quota Of each senator and
| Representative will be $1,000 packets of
vegetable seeds in packages containing II
assorted varieties, and 400 packets of
| flower seeds in pac kages containing five
varieties
There as a large turnout of voters in
| Prince Fredericktcwn, Calvert county.
| Tuesday afternoon in compliance with Il
call of the of the republican county com
| mittcc for masS-mecting in the court
| house to nominate candidate, for Judges
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