The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER..
ASUINGTON, ID. c., November 22nd.

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., November 22nd
Mr.. EDIToR-Czar Reed is in the field
for the republican nomination for PrcSi
dent in 1900, and his candidacy may play
an important part in the legislation of the
House at this session of Congress. \
Reed machine is already organized. and,
it will attract, it is expected, all of the
large number of republicans who worked
for Mr.. Mex inlcy's nomination last year
and have become discounted because Of
their failure to get what they wanted for
themselves or their friends. Senator For
akcr is understood tc be looking after the
Ohio end of the Reed machine, and the
fight on the election of Boss Hanna to the
Senate is being used as a means OF weak
cnlng Mr.. Mckinley in his own state, with
Il view to preventing his being able to con-
troll the Ohio delegation to the next Re
publican National Convention. The rival
nv between the Reed and Mckinley fac
tions, now secret. is likely to be open and
spirited in the near future.
The democrats do not have to even go
to the trouble of fighting Secretary Cages
gold bond scheme; it is having the little
life it had tLumped out of it by republi-
cans. About one-half of the prominent
republican Senators and Representatives
who have been in Washington since the
gold bond scheme was made public, have
taken occasion to publicly condemn it.
As Mr.. Mckinley has always been known
as a follower, not a leader, of the opinions
of his party, it will be interesting to see
what effect this republican condemnation
of the issuing of gold bonds will have upon
his treatment of the subject in his annual
message to Congress. Already there are
rumors of his intention to straddie the
question by merely calling attention in his
message to the recommendations of Sec
rotary Gage without indorsing them.
The events of the past week were con-
trmatory of the suspicion that the new
Spanish Ministry and Mr.. Mckinley's adj
ministration are acting in concert in Caban
matters, for the purpose of adding to the
hands-otf sentiment in Congress. AL
though this policy may succeed for Il time
in preventing action by Congress, the
friends of Cuba are confident that the lack
Of success on the part of Spain in bring
Al |,,,l>., 4
apparent before this session of Congress
adiourns, that Congress will be sure to
take decisive action.
Some amusement has been created in
Washington by a long printed statement
given out by the self-constitutcd monetary
conference, as to its intentions concerning
the financial scheme it is engaged in hatch
ing out. These gentlemen say their re-
port will be withheld from the public I'M
til the annual message of the President
has been sent to Congress. The country
would survive if it were permanently with
held. The statement acknowledges that
they "rccognize the fact that they have no
holiday task before them in securing the
adoption of the report by Congress"
which is an entirely unnecessary acknowl-
cdgment: everybody knew it all the time.
But here is about the most amusing SEN
tcnce in the statement: ''Somc time will
be allowed to pass after the publication of
the report before any attempt is made to
force it to a vote in either House of Con-
gress (''forcc" is good. This time will be
employed in a campaign of education, by
meas of thorough discussion in the press
and in the popular magazines of the mer-
its of the proposed financial reforms"
The most of the merit side of the dis
cussion will be paid matter, but the un-
trammeled press will make no charge for
showing up its dement's. In view Of the
popular idea of educated public opinion"
the plan of campaign is exposed when the
statement says that the members of the
conference are confident that the great
body of educated public opinion in the
country will come to their support" SO
much of it as gets its educational matter
from Wall street and London, probably
will.
1t seems to be the general belief in
Washin gton that if Gov. Lowndcs had any
chance to get the seat nov occupied by
Senator German, he has lost it by chooS-
ing Senator Wellington to manage his
campaign. The extent to which Yelling
ton has this year been jumped on by the
Maryland republicans, indicates that his
influence has pretty much all been lost.
Postmaster General Gary isn't doing any
talking, but they say that he is making a
still hunt for that Senatorship that may
surprise somebody when that republican
caucus gets together.
The attempt of eN-Secretary CT State
Foster, who has made failure of the seal
negotiations, of which he has had charge,
to get himself put at the head. of Il COM
mission to negotiate with similar COM
mission appointed by Canada for the set
Element of all disputes, means nothing
more than that Mr.. Foster is anxious to
keep on drawing big salary for very
light work.
SANITARY SCIENCE