The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-02-05

OUR WASHIN(1TO\ LETTER.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., February list.

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MIR. EDIToR:-If there is anything in
the old superstition. McKinley's ears must
have been burning ever since it was an
nounced that he had chosen Lyman j.
Gage, of Chicago, Il man who voted Tor
Cleveland, signed the petition upon which
Gov. Alt"eld pardoned the Chicago anar-
chsts and who has for years been known
as almost free trader in his tariff views,
for his Secretary of the Treasury 1t is Il
great effort for the republicans i'll Con-
gress to keep from expressing publicly the
| disgust they feel for this break of Mckin
| lev's but in view of the official pie that
Mckinley will soon begin to distribute,
they are making the effort.
After all that has been said and done
| about the intention of the republicans OF
| the House Ways and Means Committee to
give us Il new and thoroughly conserva-
| tive tariff bill, they are proceeding to give
us the same old Mckinley bill, having al
| ready adopted several entire Mckinley
| schedules.
The arbitration treaty has been amended
and favorably reported to the Senate, al
| though every silver man on the Committee
voted against it.
Although it is the policy of the repubE-
| can leaders in both House and Senate t"
| keep the Cuban question in the back
ground. there are some men who refuse
| to be gagged One of these is Representa-
| tive Hardy, of Indiana. who got the floor
| to speak on the \ gricultural appropria
| ton bill and proceeded to make Il red hot
| five minute speech for Cuba, which he
would have continued had not his request
! for unanimous consent for an extension
| of time been refused He made a direct
attack upon the administration. and those
Senators and Representatives who, he said,
were dining with the Spanish minister too
often to be able to hear the appeals of the
people who are struggling for liberty.
1t was brought out during Il debate in
the House which resulted in the rejection
of the Conference report on the bill to
confer the rights and franchises of the At
lantc and Pacific railroads upon the pur-
chasers under the mortgage 70 -eclosure,
that ut least two of the New England re-
publicans in the House do not entertain
exalted opinions OF each other. They are
Mr. Powers, of Vermont. who as Chair
man of the Pacific Railroads Committee.
had charge of the report, and MIR. Barrett,
of Massachusetts,, who opposed the report
as stock jobbiEg scheme. Mr.. Powers
started by poking fun at the dudish dress
of Mr.. Barrett and wound up by slurring
at the whole Massachusetts delegation, and
charging that Boston was the place where
railroads were wrecked. This aroused
the ire of Mr. Barrett, who said: Il am il
young man. | came here with no reputa-
ton beyond service in the legislature of
my state, but the gentleman from Vermont
came here after Il long term of service on
the Supreme Court of his state. What
was the record of that Court, Ask any
one of the shareholders of the Central
Railroad of Vermont. who were robbed by
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gentleman talk to me of Massachusetts
wrecking railroads Attempts were made
to stop Mr.. Barrett on a point of order,
but Speaker Reed with grim smile over
ruled the point.
According to republican gossip, one of
the surest ways to get an aspirant for Cab
met hOnorS turned down by Mckinley, is
to get him endorsed by Senator Chandler
1t is said that Mckinley breads nothing
so much as that he may by accident do
something that Chandler wants him to do,
or appoint somebody whom Chandler
! wants appointed
Senator Allen took occasion to reply to
| the various rumors saying that he would
vote for the republican tariff BILL by say
ing: II have said that I believe the pro
posed tariff measure of the republicans
ought to be permitted to pass, if it has
sufficient votes after reasonable debate
| This does not mean, however, that | will
vote for the republican tariff bill. On the
contrary, shall vote against it, In 9TH
| cr words, Senator Allen occupies the same
| position towards the tariff bill that Sena-
| tor Jones and other prominent democrats
do-that no tillibustering shall be INDUCED
in to prevent its coming to a vote. 1t was
| just the same with the Monetary Confer
ence bill which was passed last week.
Although it was considered matter of
doubt, the republican managers had hopes
that some of the silver republican Sena-
tors might be persuaded to vote with their
| old party when the new tariff bill comes
| up for action at the extra session of Con-
| gress. They no longer indulge such hopes
They know that not only will the silver
republicans not vote for the tariff bill, but
| that they will vote against it if their votes
can defeat it. This has been fully deter
mined upon since the republicans resortcd
to such extraordinary tactics to defeat Sen
| ator Dubois, of Idaho, as punishment for
having followed his convictions and the
wishes of his constituents by having sup
ported Bryan and silver in the late cam
/ paign.