The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., October 4th.

w ASHINGTON, u. T., OCTOBER AIN.
MIR. ED1ToR:-"Cuba; it ought to be
and it shall be free" That is the motto
on the flag which the friends of Cuba
many and influential in Washington, have
nailed to the mast The new campaign
for free Cuba was opened with big mass
meeting, under the auspices Of the No-
mans National Cuban League, partlclpa
ted in by many prominent men, lncluuihS
a number of Washin gton's foremost MN
listers of the gospel. Other meetings are
to be held. not only in Washington, nut
in all sections of the country, 10 give tii''
hearty sympathy for Cuba known TO eNlst
a chance to express itself in such an en-
pbatic way that the lesurely and uncer-
tain steps of the administration Will nave
TO be ouickened. whether it be agreeable
to the government of Spain or not. AT
this meeting picked choir of sixty voices
sang for the first time in public Joseph
Adams' lode to Cuba" which he dedi-
Gated to the League. There was great en-
thusiasm, and those who were in charge
say that it is going to continue to grow
until it becomes irresistible. These pee
pic believe with the Cubans that nothing
short of freedom for Cuba will be accepted,
and that the administration scheme OF
pacitication for Cuba under continuance
of Spanish rule is bound to be failure.
Ex-Governor Hoadley, Chief Counsel
a. IF tho | MON
Pacific Railroad, has been in Washington
for the purpose of securing the Official
consent of the administration to the deal
made bv his clients with the Cleveland ad-
ministration He secured it, of course,
and the road will be sold next month,
Notwithstanding the protests of the Senate
Committee on Pacific Railroads and the
charge by reputable citizens that the sale
is job to do the government and the pri-
yate creditors of the road out of millions
of dollars.
1t paws TO be the Presidents doctor.
D.. Newton L. Bates, a medical director
in the Navy, who was the private physi-
clan of Mr. Mckinley when he was i'll
Congress, and who has occupied the same
position since he became President, has
been appointed Chief of the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery in the Navy De
partment, although he was not next in
line for promotion.
An Ohio republican who would not al
low his name to be used because it figures
on an official pay roll and he wishes it TIC
stay there has been telling the inside facts
about the high handed way i'll which Boss
Hanna's man Dick has been walking
rough shod over the Foraker republicans
in the state. He has been in the state re-
Gently and knows He said: There has
never been anything like it before in Ohio
politics. The supporters of Senator For
aker supposed that when the deal was
patched up, largely through Mr.. Mckin-
lev, by which Mr.. Hanna was to be sup,
ported for the Senate and Gov. Bushnell
| renominated, that factional differences
| were to be shclved for the time and the
campaign made tremendously. They soon
| discovered that the harmony was to con
sist of constant humiliations put upon the
Foraker men by Hanna, his man Dick, anC
| their henchmen. 1t has been steadily get
| ting worse ever since the campaign opened
| and the end is not yet, although Senator
| Foraker became so disguised that he left
the state with the intention of remaining
| away until the election. Mr.. Mckinley
| has persuaded Senator Foraker to return
to Ohio, and promised him that if he would
90 ahead and make speeches he would SEE
that Hanna and Dick gave him and hi:
| friends better treatment. Foraker &C
cepted Mr.. McKinley's promise and lief
Washington to-day for Ohio, but he know:
that Hanna considers himself Mckinley:
master, and he hasn't much confidence il
that promise Foraker will have a per
sonal day of reckoning with Hanna, Il:
sure as you live, whether it be on the foo
of the United States Senate or in thu
State of Ohio
| There is an unusual lot of growing
among the office seekers in Washington
| because ol tne 'ittle tiillc thdI WI. WI Ii
ley devotes to them. They go to the White
House every day but few of them get al
opportunity to see Mr.. Mckinley, ant
those who do see him do not get mucl
satisfaction He makes some appoint
ments nearly every day, but lots Of then
are men whom he knows personally o
wishes to reward for personal work dom
for him. AS a result there is some plail
talk in the hotel corridors from those wh'
believed themselves entitled to officia
recognition and who have been led to sup
pose they would get it. Slowly, but sure
", an anti-McKinley sentiment is grow
ing among republicans.