The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-13
DUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


Nix. EplroR:-It wi ! be noticed that
the Shrewdcst democrats are not attc npt-
Ing to explain Bryan : ,icIclt. sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof. Mchln-
lev was elected because he GOT the most
votes, and no good can come of labored
explanations as to why and how. If any
democrat knows of votes obtained by
means which can bc piOvcd To he illegal
it is his duty, rs = pN,itoIc clllIt :. make
an eNppsurc in order ina. Iae gunty may
be punished, but II l. idle To waste time
in showing up other me.ho l. which are as
old as the republican party. lhls Is
good time for democrats u follow the eX-
ample of | ncic ltcmus : fox Il I'll lay low
and carefully watch the other fellows
Although MCKINLEY has Won, ni> support
erS are far from bel * united upon IA sll-
gle one of the ga, stlons which must lie
legislatei upon, and whether he can secure
such legislation vs. ne desires from the
next Congress is question yet to be ali
swered. The control Of the Senate is still
in douht, and not outstanding the repup
lican majority III the House, Speaker
Reeds personal ambition may be counted
upon to prevent that body being entirely
at the beck and call of Mckinley.
There is nothing in the situation which
calls for any new expression or OPINION
on the part of the democratic party. The
party is thoroughly alive, as it has been
from the day OF its birth and will continue
to be As long IA free and untranmeled
opinion is allowed to exist IL this country,
but inasmuch 1t has Just failed to eject
either the President or II majority OF the
House, it is not called upon to outline a
policy That i fer Mex inicy and the re-
publcans to do. When they shall have
4, will hi, ,rll fp 1I:
cratic party to decide what it will do
Meanwhile democrats should joii with
their republican neighbors in getting as
much benefit rs possible out of the boom
which the capitalists are pushing, and
which it is hoped will be as permanent as
it has been sudden. All of us are in Il
position to welcome prosperity, no matter
from what source il may come, and he who
refuses to de so because his ideas have
failed of Endorsement at the polls stands
in the position of the man who bit his nose
off to spite his face.
Senator Butler, Chairman of the Popu
list National Committee, has not improved
his popularity with democrats by the Ian
guagc he makes use of i'll an address to
the people, on the campaign. He starts
out by asserting that the peoples party
is the only party that supported sclidlv and
unitedly the great and vital issues repre-
scented i'll the candidacy of Mr.. Bryan
While technically true, this is calculated
to mslead. He closes by making proph-
ecy, that the peoples party VIII pe the
nucleus around which the patriotic hosts
must and will gather 10 redeem betrayed
republic and to restore prosperity to an
oppressed and outraged people. With
out posing as Il rival of Senator Butler
IN the prophetic field, | will venture to
say that his prophecy will read very queer
in the summer of 1900 when the dcmocrat-
ic party dominates its next Presidential
candidate Senator Butler means we'll
for hinlself-but in his zeal to make per-
sonal capital out of democratic defeat he
has ovcrdone the thing and done himself
A.urc hahn than good.
1t was not friend of Secretary Carlisle
who suggested that he might represent The
gold democrats in Mckiniey's Cabinet. 1t
NAV be that the gold democrats deserve Il
representative in Mckinley's Cabinet
many believe that his election would have
been impossible without the votes of the
gold democrats-but should he desire to
pay that debt, which is extremely doubt |
full, he would probably find it difficult to
find gold democrat of any standing who
would be willing to become member Of
his Cabinet, and it would be safe 100 to
bet that Carlisle would not. 1t is under
stood here that some very big republicans
are in the deal by which an attempt is to
be made to have Mr.. Carlisle sent to the
Senate by IA combination of republicans
and gold democratic votes i'll the Kentucky |
legislation.
Bryan's defeat is nothing for him to be |
ashamed Of. A change of | IS than 2b,ona
votes divided among nine states, and vary |
ing from 101 votes in the lowest to II 900 |