The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.



River and Harhor bills, to say nothing of
the cXtravagantly large appropriations al
ready made by this Congress and the lack
of money in sight to pay them, makes 1t
reasonably certain that the River and
Hnrhor bill now in his hands. which breaks
the record hv providing for the enormous
expenditure of s1.nOn.0O0, will he vetoed.
Congress is expecting veto, and, owing
to the wide distribution of the appropriate
tinn> provided for in the bill expects to
be able To pass it over the veto. 1t was
stated in Washington ten days ago that
enough votes had been pledged to pass
the bill over veto. While nothing is
positively known. democrats generally
hope and believe that the President will
make his message vctuing this bill a ring
ing protest against the extravaganza of
this Con grcSS-Somcthing that will make
strong and convincing democratic cam
paiwn document.
In declining to furnish the Senate with
,hc correspondence connected with the
arrest hv the SpanartS of American cit
zcns on the tillihuster Competitor Presi-
dent Cleveland merely exercised his con
Stitutional right to withhold information
which is his Judgment ought not to be
made public, and doubtless he will explain
his REASONS to such Senators as may take
the trouble to call on him.
The republican House WAS so disguised
with a resolution offered for the impeach-
mcnt of President Cleveland by Represen-
tative Howard, of Alabama, that it refused
by an almost unanimous vote to give him
Il hearing on it. Howard has virtually
been ostraciScl ever since he became Il
member of the House, except bv his fell
low populStS, because of disgraceful
book he wrote inst before he became
candidate for Congress.
The Virginia democratic Association of
Washin gton at its last meeting unan-
mouslv adopted Il resolution endorsing
Senator Daniel of that state for the Demo
cratic NicePrcSidential nomination. The
Convention might easily nominate II worse
man than Senator Daniel!
There is food for h ought in the words
of Senator Hill concerning the probability
of tariff legislation at any time in the near
future He said: "Thcre will he no tariff
Legislation in this Congress, or in an extra
session if one should be held. or in the
two wears during which the next Congress
will he in session. 1t looks as though
most of the Senators agree with Senator
Hills very emphatic assertion for not one
of them even made Il pretenSe of denying
or of chalcngin" them.
The Mex Inlcrltr> knocked the last prop
from under the republican anti'S when
they brought their batteries to bear upon
the members of the republican National
Committee with such good results that
thirty-two of the fifty -on; members are
now announced by name Us having pledg-
ed their support to Mr.. Mckinley, the
late StrecruIt- hcin Senators Tia ISborour
of North Dakota, and Shoup. of Idaho, the
former having uSt returned from siSit
to Mckinley. This destroys the hope of
his republican opponents that Mckinley
might he beaten by the National Commit
tee throwing out Mckinley delegates from
all the states in which there are contests.
as the committee will now be certain to
favor him wherever it can be done.
Senator Harris. of Tennessee. Chairman
of the subcommittee which will make the
bond invest CATION under the recently
adopted Senate resolution says he favors
conducting the investigation i'm secret and
making public its result when obtained
He take this stand not because he favorS
hiding ANYTHING but because he is opposed
to having the testimony published by piece
meal as it is taken and commented upon
in the public press. The matter will be
decided by vote of the Committee as
soon rs it is ready to begin work, which
will be as soon a. the statement of Secre
tary Carlisle, upon which Treasury clerks
are now working. is in the hands of the
committee. The probabilities are that the
investigation will not begin until after
Congress adjournS unless the session shall
be Unexpectedly prolonged.
Direct information from Chairman Har-
ity, of the Democratic National Commit
tee, knocks out the sensational report that
Mr.. Harrity had said that no delegate who
gave advance notice of his intention to
bolt the candidate and platform. if they
didn't suit him, would he admitted to the
Chicago convention. OF course Mr. Har-
rty didn't say so. Neither he nor any
other individual has the authority to say
who shall be admitted to the Convention
What he did say and what has been said
by scores of democrats in Congress is that
no delegate who threatens to bolt 0ngt to
he admitted to the Convention