The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-04-09

sign that it will be very much changed.
The clause making the duties imposed by
the bill when it becomes law collectahle
on all importations ordered after A pril 1s.,
is generally regarded rs merely a farcical
scarrcrow. set up to brighten timid impor-
tiers.
1t now looks as though Speaker Reed
really intended to carry out the announced
program of only having tie House meet
twice wcck-on Wednesdays and Satur-
days-and adjourn. 1t may be that he can
keep this thing up during the two or three
months that the Senate will take to pass
the tariff bill, but many are predicting that
he will have to give the House a chance to
do something or it will do something in
spite of him.
There is some very lively kicking anon g
the newcomers at the working of Mr.. Nc
kinley's rule against reappointng men
who held office under Harrison. When
this rule was first announced the newcom-
ers were delighted. hut they look at it diff
ferently now. when they see the ease with
which the members of the EEK" brigade
are quietly gathering up the good things.
The re appointment of Mr. Palmer, to be
public printer was received with wry faces
by the newcomers. but when Mr. Palmer
took charge of the Government Printing
Office and re-appointed W. H. Collins.
Chief Clerk, and H. P. Brian, foreman,
words were uttered that cannot be printed
in family newspaper.
A majority of the Executive Committee
of the indianapolis Monetary Conventions
more generally known as the Bankers
Convention, are in Washington trying to
talk Senators and Representatives into
supporting a bill providing for Monetary
Commission. The members of the Com
mttee profess to be jubilant over the out
look for the bill, but Senators and Repre-
sentatives appear to be entirely indiffcr
ent to the subject. Representative Heat
wole, of Minnesota. offered a resolution
last week for the creation of such com
mission, but there is nothing in sight to
indicate that it will be acted upon, not
outstanding the implied support Mr. Nc
kinley gave the scheme just after the In
dianapolis convention.
The selection of ex Representative Ben
iamin Butterworth, of Ohio, to be Com
missioner of Patents, a place he filled once
before to the satisfaction of all those hay
ing dealings with the office, can scarcely
be considered political, as Mr.. Butter
tariff and silver question that were long
ways from being in accord with those
held by Mr.. Mckinley and the men who
are dominating his administration and the
republican party at this time. Mr.. But
terwortn's appointment can be credited to
the friendship of Mr.. Mckinley for him,
and to his eminent fitness for the place
All of his experience and wide knowledge
of patent law and practice as well as the
prestige given by his name will be needed
by Mr.. Butterworth to put the business of
the Patent Office upon the high profess
sional plane it should occupy.
They are telling little story about
Car Reed at the expense of number of
Senators. According to the story, the
Gar just before the meeting of the extra
session, attended dinner party where
the guests were nearly all senators, some
of whom were expressing direful forebod-
ings about what would happen to Sena-
torial dignity when BILLY" Mason, with
his free and easy manners, entered that
body. The Gar finally tired of that sort
of thing, and turningto the Senators asked
in that eXasperating drawl which he
doesn't drop into SO often in the House as
he used to: "Do you think Mason will
stay in the Senate long enough to become
as dull as the rest of YOU"
The otfice-seckers have proven to be too
much for Mr.. Mckinley and the official
is made that he will this
week run away from them by taking lit
tie trip of two or three days for rest.
Not much surprise was caused by the
announcement that Ex-Secrctary Carlisle
had been retained to look after the legal
interests in the South of the J. Pierpont
Morgan establishment