The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. d. c., January / 18th.

WASuINGToN, d. c., January 18th.
Mr.. EpIroH:-Thc last plays in the lit
tie game arranged by Mckinley and Han
IA to freeze John Sherman out of the Sen
ate and out Of Ohio politics by compelling
him to become Il member of Mckinley
Cabinet will be made this week at Canton.
whittier Sherman has been summoned. 1t
is believed iii Washing ton that Mckinley
and Hanna hold all the trumps and that
Sherman will bow to the inevitable and
go into the Cabinet. although he makes
no secret of prefcrring to remain in the
Senate because he would rather do that
than to retire to private life at the end of
his term in the Senate. Should he enter
the cabinet Hanna will succeed him in the
Senate, by gubernatoriGl appointment, and
be Il candidate for full term at the eNpl
ration of this one, if the republicans re-
tain control of the Ohio legislature. The
attempts to rut the Mckinley collar upon
other Senators have been dismal failures.
Allison and Adrich have both refused the
Treasury portfolio, which had first been
refused by Representative Din -lcy. 1t is
difficult to ~rt men of self respect who are
. willing to hlindly pledge themselves to
support Mckinley fnl reelection in return
for u Cabinet portfolio.
\ Senator Who is 4 close friend of JUS
ticr Field of the Supreme Court. said of
the revival of the rlmnr hat Justice Field,
who has lon" been eligible for retirement,
world retire on the promise of .Prcsidclt
Cleveland to nominate Secretary Carlisle
to the vacancy: There isn't word of
truth in the story. Justice Field has said
that he would not give Mr.. Cleveland an
opportunity to name his successor, and
the old gentleman has long and unbroken
record for living up to his word. But
even if he should rctir" or there should be
another vacancy in Tie Court, it would
not he filed Iv Secretary Carlisle; he
might be nominated 10y the President, but
there would be no possibility of the nomi-
nation being confirmed by the Senate
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has gone
home to be present at the election of his
successor by the Arkansas legislature. AS
he has 70 opl osition. there isn't the
slightest doubt OF his being his own sue
cessor, and the democrats OF Arkansas
| will make no mistake in sending Senator
Jones back az no man in the Senate has
more rapid, cone to the front in power
and influence ihan he has S.hcc lie became
prominent in the Wilson tariff bill fight
in the Senate The work he did III the
last campaign as Chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee is known to all.
Whether the speech of senator Mills to-
tiav. on his resolution declaring that the
cNpcdencv of recognizing the indcpcn-
dence of Il foreign state belongs to Con
grcss, and that the President shall act in
harmony with Congress: and further de-
claring that the independence of Cuba
ought to be and is hereby recognized, and
appropriating $1,000 for the salary and
expenses of Minister to Cuba, will open
the food gates OF Cuban oratory remains
to be seen. 1t was Ilain and to the point.
Mr.. Mills thinks the matter should not be
longer postponed. and short time ago a
ajortv of the Senate thought with him,
but influences have been at work, which
if they have not changed opinions. have
at least brought about an apparent willing
ness to leave the whole business for the
next Congress and administration to deal
with. Representative Money, of Missis-
sippi, has returned frcm his investigating
trip to Cuba, but says he isn't ready yet
to talk for publication of what he found
out, or at least of ii. he found out.
The House passed the Loud bill and ii
is now in the hands of the Senate Com
mittec, with chances of action in doubt,
There is a disposition on the part OF
democrats in the House to criticise the
tardineSs of Speaker Reed in filling the
two democratic vacancies on the Ways
: and Means Committee. They should I'M
quest ionally have been filled before the
tariff hearings but although the hearings
are now over, they are still untitled. II
looks like Il bit of pure cussedncss on
Reeds part. The places are merely non.
orarv now rs the democratic members will
not he allowed to have any hand in max
ing the tariff bill.