The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-03-06
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Marc

WASHINGTON, D. c., March ,.
Mr.. EDITOR:-If Congress doesn't want
foreign war it should indulge in less war
| talk. The Cuban resolution adopted by
the Senate, declaring in favor of recogni-
ton of the belligerency of the Cubans and
requesting the President to use his good
offices towards procuring recognition of
the independence of Cuba, was of itself
| right enough, and certainly represents the
overwhelming sentiment of Congress, and
probably of the country, but there were
threats, implied and spoken, III some of
the speeches made in the Senate that were
entirely needless. 1t may be set down as
certain that if the United States goes to
war in behalf of Cuba it will not be with
Spain alone that we shall have to light
1t has been its secret treaties with other
European nations which have enabled
Spain to retain its hold upon Cuba through
other revolutions on the island. But al
though this fact is well known it is proba-
BILE that when the House takes up the ques-
ton this week, an attempt will be made
to outjingo the speeches made in the Sen
ate before the resolution is finally adopted.
The resolution adopted by the Senate
being concurrent will have no more Off
cial weight with President Cleveland than
he may be disposed to give it as an express
sion of the opinion of the Senate, agreed
to by all but six senators who were present
when the vote was taken; but an attempt is
to be made in the House not only to make
the resolution stronger but to make it
joint resolution. If this attempt succeeds
which is probable, the resolution will have
to be signed or vetoed by the President or
allowed to become a law without his sig
nature. No one expects veto, although
President Cleveland is keeping his own
counsel.
The House has passed the bill authorize
ing the Arizona authorities to lease the
school lands of the territory, over the
Presidents veto.
The most surprising thing that has hap
pened in Congress for a long time is
resolution introduced by Representive
Linton, of Michigan, Il republican who
prides himself upon being the leader of the
A. p A in the House This resolution is
intended to prevent the statue of Father
Marquette, sent to Washington by the
state of Wisconsin, being given a perma
nent place in statuary hall. Mr. Linton
bases his resolution upon the wording of
the law which provided for the establish
ment of the statuary hall in the Capitol
which he claims has not been complied
with, because Father Marquette was not a
citizen of the state of Wisconsin. This,
of course, is merely preamble. His real
objection is stated further on in the reso-
lution-the religious denomination with
which Father Marquette was connected.
Upon two recent occasions a majority of
the House has bowed to the will of the \. !
Z. A, in the matter Of appropriations. 1t |
remains to be seen whether the same pow
er can make the same men publicly insult |
the great state of Wisconsin, and whether |
Speaker Reed, Il presidential candidate, |
will help them to do it by recognizing Lin /
ton to call up his resolution.
As IA sop to the populist the republican
Senators are said to have nearly all prom
ised either to absent themselves or to vote
for the resolution offered by Senator Al
len of Nebraska, providing for an inveS-
tigation of the Alabama Legislature that
elected Hon. John T. Morgan to the United
States Senate. The committee on Privil-
eyes and Elections will, notwithstanding
the protest of every democratic member,
favorabIy report the Allen resolution
There is not the slightest doubt that such
IN investigation by a Senate committee
would be a clear violation of the conStitu-
ion, but that is of course, not a matter to