The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-19
OUR W .ASEEiNGTON LETTEi;
WASHINGTON, y. c., November 10TH

WAsIING1oN. D. c., November 18th.
Mr.. ED1ToR-"Teddy" Roosevelt may
soon be out Of job, if he doesn't learn to
briddc his tongue when talking i'll publ:
upon subjects on which the administra-
tons position is officially unannounced
lie was given a hint Of this when he re-
turned from New York, Where he made
an after dinner speech on the necessity OF
Our having a lighting Navy, if we wish /"
| escape the ridcule of the world and laN-
| inw our declarations concerning the Mon !
! roc Doctrine treated as merely SO much
| buster. "Tcddy' used Hawaii fora DUN
my in order to give the administration
alleged Cuban policy two or three heavy
body blows, hut the application was TO"
n,ain to I've overlooked. lie has been
warned not TO 90 so again.
The administration is playing horse
with the Canadian Premier, who, with
partv cf officials is in Washin gton, osten-
s.bIv to attend the sealing conference but
in reality to sound this government on the
probability of negotiating reciprocity
treaty. The President has snapped tally
with the Premier and given him dinner;
Secretary Sherman has done the same,
and he has been turned over to Mr.. kas-
son. Chief Cook of the Reciprocity kitch-
en- to confer on the subject. He'll get all
the conferences he wants, but when Eng
land really authorizes her ambassador, or
| someone else, to try to negotiate treaty
Of commercial reciprocity which shall en-
brace Canadian products, it will be found
that so far as Canada's principal products
arc concerned, it will be an impossbility.
The Canadian Premier doesn't seem to
know that in a number of states, one OF
the main arguments used in the last Ma
tional Campaign for republican success,
was that it would shut out Canadian COM
petition.
The Spanish Minister has begun his en-
tertanmcnt Of public mcl Oh scale which
indicates that no matter how hard up
Spain may be, it has no intention of re-
ducng the amount of money spent in
Washington in the attempt to make
friends for Spain. The first blowout OF
the Spanish Minister was an elegant dim
, ner, at the swell metropolitan Club, in hon
or of Spanish editor. The administra-
ton and the United States Supreme Court
were well represented at this dinner, but
either the willy Spaniard must have
: thought it needless to waste his expensive
| I,n C'np Ol,l
asked must have sent regrets. Be that as
D it may, Senator Elkins vas the only mem
} Der of the legislative branch of the Gov
eminent that attended the dinner.
/ The silk stocking element of the Mary
d land republicans. headed by Senator Well
ingtoG, are straining every nerve in then
o efforts to make sure that the Maryland
5 legislature does not elect Representative
Mud to succeed Senator German. These
G men probably know what they are dom g
: but their activity against Mudd, who is
is considered in Washington as the weak
: est of all the aspirants to Senator German
: seat reminds one of going after reed bird:
with Gattling guns.
Is | ne general DplNltn diIouN tHc NUS
e prominent democrats who have been il
t Washin gton since that republican tigh
upon the election of Boss Hanna, has APP
g pcared to grow to such large proportions
o is that the Democrats of Ohio should hav
9 nothing whatever to do with it. There is
Of course a bare possibility that enough
e republican members of the Ohio ]egisla
= ture would, if the democrats would he'll
d them, be willing to elect some othe
republican to the Senate than Hanna, bu
It the most powerful microscope made wOul
II not show the smallest particle of advan
4 tagc to the Ohio democrats III defeatin
Hanna and electing another republican t
t the Senate As long as Ohio has got t
n have another republican Senator, Ham
% is the best man. for the democrats, both i
Ohio and elsewhere, that could be chosen
= Bat even if it would be advantageous fc
IN tie democrats to knock Hanna out an
es help to elect some other republican,
would not he advisable fer the democrat
IF in the Ohio legislature to become partit
" to deal with the alleged anti Hanna II
to publican members of that body, for I'll
s simple reason that Hanna, with the aid {
81 Mr. Mckinley, will almost certainly
r able by the use Of patronage and otht
to methods, to get sufficient number of +
Is publican votes to be elected. 1t is Il tigl
between Hannaism and Forakerism, an
10 no democrat should interfere.