The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Mr.. EDITOR:-Ine lalk among 'telll-
ocrats since the Senate passed the free
coinage substitute for the House bond
bill has been more favorable for some
sort of a satisfactory financial compro-
mise in the National platform than at
any time during the present session OF
Congress, and the result is already seen
in a more hopeful feeling among the
members of the party, and
in declarations Of support for
the nominee ofthe Chicago Convention.
Representative and Senator-elect Mon
ey. of Mississippi, who represents a
strong silver constituency, says that
while he believes with the democrats
of his state that it will be suicidal for
the Chicago Convention to nominate Il
single standard candidate or make a
single standard platform that he has
confidence in the assembled wisdom OF
the Convention and believes it will
nominate a good ticket and make 4
good platform, and knows that Missis-
ippi's electoral votes will be democrat
ic as usual EN-Speaker Crisp, whose
silver views are well known, said: Il
expect to support the nominee OF the
Chicago Convention. whoever he Is.
Representative Bailey, of Texas, an
other silver man, said: IF am forced
to choose between the republican party
with its well-known policies; the popu-
list party with its vagerles and paternal-
ism, and the democratic party, even
with gold standard platform, | shall
certainly support the democratic can
didate. As important as | consider the
silver question, | recognize that there
are other questions of vast Importance.
No wise man would forsake many agree
ments on one disagreement, and en-
brace many disa greements on one agree
ment." Representative Dinsmore, OF
Arkansas. also a friend of silver, said:
Il expect to stay in the democratic
party, | believe the only hope for hi
metallism is in that party. We can
not afford to split, as disintegration
would weaken the cause of silver.
Representative Owens, Of Kentucky,
said: "Democrats in Kentucky will sup
port the ticket nominated by the Chi
cago convention. They are already
disguised with the republicanism and
will return to the faith of their fathers.
regardless of whether the ticket and
platform are precisely as they would
have them or otherwise These views
are fairly representative of those held
by democrats in Congress, and indi-
cate united support for the Chicago
ticket.
The four democratic members Of the
Senate committee on Elections, tray
Pugh, Turpie and Palmar,-voted
against the report made by that com
mittee in favor Of seating Mr. Dupont,
of Delaware, but as the republicans,
notwithstanding individual expressions
to the contrary. will all vote for him and
as they will almost certainly be able to
'persuade' enough populists to vote
with them to make a majority, it is eN
p.cted that he will be seated. although
it may not be until after a hard fight.
Some of the friends of the
other republican candidates. in
Congress, are not feeling as kindly
towards Mckinley as they might. This
is owing to news which has reached
them from their homes, concerning
Mckinley's attempts to make deals
with the supporters of other candidates.
These attempts are being made through
personal letters, written by Mckinley.
authorizing the bearers Of them to
speak in his name and pledging him
self to carry out any promises made
by them. Among the states in which
these Mckinley confidential agents
have been trying to work are Minnesota
Iowa, New York and several of the
New England states. A hint has been
sent to Mckinley to the effect that
if he dosen't stop this sort of business
the other candidates intend to retaliate
by sending men to Ohio to help along
the Mckinley revolt, now reported to
he well under way.
Senator German has decided not to
be a delegate to the National conven-
ton and to give up his place upon the
Democratic National Committee. In
short, to give up for time all parti-
cipation i'll National politics. He says
his sole reason for this is that he NAV
during the next two Years devote his
entire attention to getting Maryland
back into the democratic party. where
she naturally belongs, and that after
he has succeeded in that task he NAV
resume active connection with the
National affairs of the party
EN-COngressman Geo. Il. Davis. of
Ills, has the natural republican love
for government money. 1t will be
remembered that Mr. Davis was Direc-
tor General of the Worlds Fair. and
that he drew a salary which more than
one person publicly charged to have
been largely out of proportion to the
value Of the services he rendered. BE
that as it may, he drew the salary.
There isn't the slightest bit of doubt
about that. Yet Il paragraph in the
Urgency Deficiency Appropriation
bill which has already passed the re-
publican House, provides that the L.
). Government shall pay Mr.. Davis |
SIS ,0O6. 10 cash. the S6.l0 were doubt |
less put on to give the claim an appear
ance OF eXactness for preparing his
final Worlds Fair report. Unless some
senators who have expressed their
opinions, shall change them. Mr.. Davis !
would better not figure too confidently
on ever hardline that money
President Cleveland has not vet
decided what he will do about those
Congressional Armenian resolutions. |
but Lord Salisbury has already shown
how useless it will be to send them. bv
publicly stating that there will be no
Intervention by the treaty powers.