The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Vim Ed l'h.-l lev tlttHtt
has no occasion to Worry becaure his
patriotic foreign policy fails to meet
the approval of men like Senator VOL
colt, Of Colorado. when their speeches
of alleged criticism are followed by such
extraordinary votes of confidence as
the adoption of the Armenian resolu-
ton by the Senate WAS There are al
ways few men who delight in taking
the wrong side Of every question. but
Congress as a whole is now. as it has
been from the first, solidly behind the
administration. regardless of party pol
ltlcs, in maintaining a patriotic Ameri-
can policy in all our dealings with for
eign countries.
The Senate will this week pass the
Finance committees free coinage sub
stitute for the House bond bill, unless
something now unlocked for shall furth-
er delay the taking of a final vote. and
that will probably he the last of it for
this session. as it is practically certain
that Speaker Reed will direct Sub-hoss
Dingley, Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. to see that it never even gets
reported to the House. let alone voted
upon.
If the deadlock on the House tariff
bill continues i'll the Finance committee
after the free coinage bill is disposed
of it is probable that the Davis Mon
roe doctrine resolution. which was last
week favorably reported from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations will he
made the unfinished business of the
Senate until it is adopted
Senator Allison, of Iowa. has always
been known as a dodger upon all tinan-
cial questions, and now that he has al
lowed himself to he announced as a
candidate for the Republican Presiden-
tial nomination, he will dodge more
than ever. The friends of the other
candidates are determined to make him
90 on record either for or against that
free coinage substitute for the House
bond bill, or to openly convict him of
lodging it.
Y" HtiN hNl lbitNtS VI ollltiJl "DIh
have been done under the Federal GOV
eminent than the removal of United
States Marshal Nix. Of Oklohoma, and
the nomination of Patrick Nagle to be
his successor. Sometime ago Attorney
General Harmon put examiners at work
upon the charges which had been made
against Marshal Nix. Those examin-
ers reported him guilty ofhaving shay
eel the pay warrants of his deputies
greatly to his personal profit. He was
removed by telegraph and in less than
ten hours the name ofhis successor had
been sent to the Senate
Since Secretary Morton assumed
charge of the Department of Agricul-
ture, he has saved out of the money ap-
propriated by Congress for the support
of that department 81 100000. and a
considerable sum will be added to that
amount at the close of the current tiS-
cal year. The House Committee on
Agriculsure has decided to utilize this
money by erecting a new building for
the Agriculture Department which has
outgrOwn the one it now occupies. which
was built when the department was
only a small bureau of the Interior De
partment. 1t is proposed that work on
the new building shall begin early in
the coming fiscal Year
Senator George. of Mississippi. who
will after March 4th. 1897. he succeed
ed in the Senate bv Representative IL.
ID. Money, says Of Mr. Money: Il know
him well and have known him since his
hoyhoOd. He has been my ncighbor
for many years. Our intercourse and
communications on political subjects
have been frequent and confidential
have had opportunity to judg the man
from every point of view. He is otun-
blemished honor and of the strictcst in
tegrity. His native ability is Of the
best, and his courage. moral and phy-i-
cal unqIeStioncd. He had my SYM
pathv in his race for the Senate. al
though | took no step to secure his
election"
EX-Boss Garrison. ofthe Republican
National Committee. was in Washing
ton when Mr.. Harrison was. last week.
but he did not call on him. In fact. it
IS pretty well known that the two men
are not in love with each ct her. Clark
son has never forgiven Mr.. Harrison
for refusing to make him Secretary of
the Interior in 1889. and loses no op-
portunity to put obstacles in the way
of Mr.. HarriSons political ambitions.
Representative Cowen, Of MARYLAND.
who has been elected President of the
b. 4 o. r. r.. will not take any tilrth-
er active part in the Legislation OF the
House, but being a member ofthc House
committee on Banking and Currency.
he will not resign until he has completed
some data he has been working on in
connection with a bill to place the
United States Treasury upon a sound
basis. But when that work is com
pleted, he will resign in order to devote
his whole time to the railroad over
which he has been called to prtSidA. |
The democrats Of the House will lose Il
valuable man when he goes.