The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-24
oil: WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASuiN,roN. ID. c.. April %.
Mn EDIron:-S ,caker Reed is getting
suspicious Of some Of those who have UNI
lcrtaken The TASK of making him the re-
publican cindldtic President. one of
the men under suS .'icion Is ttu,y. Reed
is said to believe that in addition to dick
ering with other candidates for the noml-
nation, Quay has got the idea i'll his head
that if Mckinley and Reed can both be
thrown dow he can himself get the ncmi-
nation Gee Whiz: wouldn't Quay'S nomi-
nation be a vertahle windfali for the dem
ocratic party:). Others have known that
Quay'S head had become swelled with the
Presidential idea sometime, and have be-
lieved that if he could at any time during
the st Louis convention get The nomina-
ton for himself he would have no heSita-
ton IN @ohb.lng IT up regardless of his OBJ
legations to Mr. Reed or to anybody else.
And there isn't the slightest doubt that
the practical politicians of the Platt Clark
son stripe would sooner see Quay nominal
ted than anyone vet named. He belongs
To their class and they would know just
how to deal with him. Surely no man has
better right to be suspicious of these
men than MIR. Reed, whom they are pre-
tending to be supportin" in his fight for
that nomination. They may vote Tor Mr.
Reed and they may get him nominated but
if they do, it will be because they find that
they cannot do better for themselves by
supporting somebody else.
The democratic steering committee
has served notice upon republican Sena-
tors that while not desiring TO raise any
obstacles to early adjournment. if the re
publicanS are willing to return to the peo-
pie with record of having done nothin"
except to pass the Appropriation bills they
insist upon being consulted upon all the
measures to be taken up during the re-
malnder of the session and will not grant
unanimous consent to take up ANYTHING
that has not been previously agreed upon
The movement started by Senator IIaw-
ley. of Connecticut, to take the printn"
of the postage stamps away from the Blu
rcau of Printing and Engraving at Wash
ington, and give it To the lowest private
bidder is making rapid progress and if the
friends OF real economy III public eXpcn-
ditures do not watch their Ps and Qs the
schemer will get ii through. II is dlIficuit
to understand how any man can have the
cheek to stand up ami advocate this step
backward in the face of the advantages of
| the government has gained by taking
| charge of this work. The stamps are bet
ter printed, there are more safeguards
| around their distribution, and considerably
d
The republican majority of the House
Committee on Ways and Means has decid-
| ed not to report any reciprocity bill dur
| Ia-5 tn Congress, giving as the reason the
uncertaIIty of what action the Senate
would take upon such bill and the pres
encc of the Democratic President. The
! real reason is that the republicans do not
| care to define the exact party policy on
| this subject as bill would have to do, be
| ieving that it will make more votes by
| leaving the question open so that any sort
| of promise that may be demanded may be
made.
There was a time when Senator who
| was accused of having lied by another
Senator, as Gear, of Iowa, was by Mr.. AL
| len of Nebraska, would not have stood
| up and quietly said that he took no eXccp-
| ton to Ian qua ge as Mr.. Gear did, but it
seems to have gone by. Still there are
Senators who believe that calling a man Il
/ liar is equivalent to striking him and who
| are prepared to live up to that belief at all
| times. The occasion of the Allen Gear
| episode was the Pacific Railroads Bill
which Mr.. Gear, as Chairman of the Pa
citic Railroads Committee reported to the
Senate and it was directly caused bv Mr.
| Gear having stated that Weaver, the pop
ulist candidate for President in 1892 stood
for the contiscation OF railroad property,
| the tele graph,and the Telephone, and the is
suanC2 of paper to pay for them. This
railroad bill may be the cause of a very
| bitter fight in the Senate--Czar Reed can
put it through the House without any
trouble-bcc luSe of the belief Of some Sen
ators that it is entirely too favorable to
Huntington.
The Dupont case i still nominallv be
fore the Senate, but nobody will be great
" surprised ii it is never voted upon
The republicans are now certain that they
cannot seat him unless some Senators who
have announced their determination to
vote against him can be changed by press
urc, circumstances or time, and for that
| reason it is being allowed to drag along.
Great pressure is being brought to bear
upon Senator German to get him to change
his mind about not going to the Chicago
convention, but So far he sticks to what
he said tirst-that he will not 90.