The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-04-09
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! WAsHINGrox, d. c., March :1St, 1897.
DEAR ENQUIRER:-Of course the in
| iuuitous tariff bill will become law. But
not so soon as the greedy and grasplns
benciiciaries suppose. The rise in price
in Europe of articles which will be cX-
Guided under this new "bill of abomna-
tons shows the enormous extent of pres
ent importations and the transportation
by the FOREIGN manufacturers of this class
of products to the United States before
the bill goes into law 1t is said by the
best informed that the burden of taxation
which will fall on the poorer class will be
something unheard of even in this favored
land of trusts and rotten warships. If an
OBJECT lesson is what is needed there Will
be few indeed of the wage earners who
will not be sufficiently educated. Expe-
saying that certain class will learn iii no
other Meanwhile let the Republicans,
who control all Legislative power have
their own sweet will to the fullest extent.
The decision of the Supreme Court in
the railroad combination cases is some
thing totally unexpected and startling.
Never before has that body made IA decis-
ion in the interest of the people when the
plutocracy demanded their services. There
are many who still believe that there is
some occult poison hidden somewhere in
the decision and that it is only a tub to the
whale. But may be that august body of
terrapin eaters and champagne frappe
drinkers may be getting alarmed They
know that they are very odious and that all
the respect which once crowned the Ju-
dietary like halo of glory has long van
ished and that indignation and contempt
has taken its place. Probably they may
remember that the chief judge, Beau Jean,
was the first man killed in the late I'M
pleasantness in France, which resulted in
the total ruin of that periured tailor Ma
poleon and his high official creatures.
Spain owes England money (goldl and
WITHOUT SuDd SHc cannot pay IL. Hc
British plutocrats say that Cuba must re-
main the property of Spain to enable her
to pay, and they instruct their Wall street
American agents to see to it that Cuba
has no show in the United States. And
they have seen to it. Spain has her repre-
sentative in the Senate just as much the
sugar trust has. Cleveland obeyed the in
structions from England ria Wall street
and Hanna and Sherman will not depart
from that policy. This is all there is
about Cuba. And find the pocket and
you have the key to all our legislation and
diplomacy.
Washington is a wonderful city. 1t is
certainly by far the greatest intellectual
centre in the whole country. The number
of first class men, of ripe scholars in every
branch of learning and profound thinkers
in every line of thought, who have drfted
here as literary Bohemians and who are
to be found in the Departments, is very
large indeed. These men are not known
to the world. They are retiring and I'M
obtrusive. They care nothing for fame
and their makeup units them for acquir-
ing fortune. They have their little clubs
and societies where they assemble and
keep up the fire on the altar of truth even
in these hard days when nothing but the
An account of this Bohemia properly writ
ten up by one who has access to these eX-
elusive circles would make charming
story.
has brought out the name of 4 gentleman
of that county for judge. That is all very
right, for the people, or the newspapers,
to give expression to their preferences.
question yet At all events it is very
ticklish matter and need be handled very
gingerly. There are good many things
to be taken into consideration and cs
peciallv the preservation, or, rather the
restoration of harmony among that party
which has undoubtedly ma ority of vo-
tiers in Prince Georges and Southern
Maryland. What we want is to put up
men in the coming election that will pull
the old Democracy together again. The
last election showed beyond all doubt that
no small! number of men who have hereto
fore claimed to be Democrats and still
pose as such were base enough to sell their
votes and their manhood for Hanna's
money. These creatures should be ig
nOred in the future Not one dollar for
any purpose should he placed in their
hands again. If we cannot win without
them we had better lose But where we
lose one of them we will get more than
one honest man from the other side, in an
honest campaign Of principle. kEwIS.