The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-05-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


WA$HINGToN. ID. G.. May Goth.
tativeS presents IN object lesson to tie
world showing how easily supposedly
free branch of supposed popular govern
mcnt can be muzzlcd Three 70 urths of
| the members of the House would like to
vote for the Morgan resolution, adopted
by the Senate last week. for the recogni-
ton of the belligerency of the Cubtls,
but they are not allowed to do 50. Mr..
Mckinley says the adoption of that reso-
luton by the House would interfere with
the mysterious Cuban policy that he is
engaged in Matching out. by compelling
him to show his hand, as it is a joint res
olution which would have to be either
signed or vetoed and not Il concurrent
resolution, like the one adopted by the
last Congress and pigeon -holcd by Mr.
Cleveland; the Sugar trust says the reSo-
luton must not be adopted, and Car
Reed SAYS it shall not be. and there you are
The democrats kicking to the full extent
of their power, but the republican mem
hcrs of the House swallow their convic-
linns and vote against the will of their
constituents because they are afraid To
offend Mr. Mckinley and Mr. Reed, les,
hey should fail to land an office or two
rr to get the committee ASST gnments they
want, and the farce of calling the House
a lie sis'ative body goes Oh, like the butch
cr.cl in Cuba.
There will he no tax on the breakfast of
the poor. nor any additional tax upon
beer, the poor mans beverage, or tobacco,
# the Democrats can prevent it, as a eau
Gus of democratic Senators unanimously
decided to move that the entire internal
revenue section of the amended tariff bill,
now being debated in the Senate, be struck
ont. Whether that motion is carried will
depend upon the vote Of the populst SEN
:ltors 1t was also decided at the caucus
that the democratic SENATORS would ollv
antasnnizc the tariff bill to the extent of
exposing its enormous and unnecessary
increase in taxation, and would interpose
DO objection to taking the final vote in IA
reasonable time. The Republican Scna-
tors are hnviaT Il lc-,u a. .apnAry IN par
rot time among themselves over some o
the amen lmrniS to the bill. The eXpla-
nation of senator Altrich was not at all
sutiSfact, ry and there were lots of the
plaincst sort OF talk at the republican eau
Gus held to-day, and il hF, h Il ey ale
making strong effort to Seii,e their d..
i,,c = .,t
Senate, there is little prospect of their ST c.
ceedng, and an open light among them IS
expected to be an early and interesting
feature of the tariff debate. They are go
ing to pass the bill, of cource but not I'M
til it has been much changed. The agents
of the sugar trust realize that the present
sugar schedule has no show ut all, and are
scheming for another that will bambooZle
the public long enough for it to become
law.
There have been numerous things show
ing the hold of the negro politicians of
the South upon Boss Hanna, as Il natural
result of Hanna'S method of securing Nc
kinley delegates in the South prior to the
st. Louis Convention. The latest exam
pie was the withdrawal from the Senate
of the nomination of 5. S. Matthews. to
be Register of the Land Office at Jackson
Mississippi. Matthews is white Repub-
lican who was strongly backed by such
men as Senator Foraker, Pension Com
missioner Evans. and Gen. Powell Clay
ton, but the negro member of the Republi
can National Committee from Mississippi,
jim Hill, didn't like the nomination, so
he went 10 Boss Hanna and told him it
must be Withdrawn. and Mr. Hanna lost
no time in getting Mr.. Mckinley to with
draw it from the Senate.
From all directions come authentic
news of a change in sentiment since last
November For instance, Mr.. S. w. Pet
ers, of W Va, said West Virginia cast its
electoral Vote last year for Mckinley,
but if the election were to be held over
again right now, the verdict would be re-
verscd. | am satisfied that free silver
would win if the fight were to be held over
again. OF all my democratic friends who
voted the republican ticket last year or
for Palmer and Buckner doubt if there
is one who would fail to cast his ballot
for Bryan, if the opportunity were again
presented. The next legislature will be
strongly democratic, and IA democrat will
DC chosen to succeed Senator Faulkner"
The interest in the success sor to Senator
Earle of S. c., who died last week, is by
no means confined to South Carolina dem
ocrats. As the legislature will not meet
until next January, the Governor will ap
point Senator to serve until an election
is held South Carolinians in Washing
ton think that Representative McLaurin's
chances for becoming Senator are eX
celcnt.
SIGNED By THE PRESIDENT
The resolution appropriating $4,000
for the relief of distressed Amer lean citi-
zens in Cuba reached the White House at
half Last II o clock Tuesday. The Presi-
dent signed the resolution Immediately,
and will proceed ut once to consult with