The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-05-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASUINGTON, d. G., Nav It'll

WAsUINGToN, ID. G., May 18th.
MIR. EDIToR:-W hat made Mr.. McKin
ley lose his nerve? That question has
been asked many times within the last tw O
or three DAYS. Last week Mr. Mckinley
| sent for the mcmpcrS of the Senate Com
mittec on Foreign Relations. and after
| laying before them official communica-
| tions from Consul-General FitZhugh Lee
and their consuls, showing horrible
| state of affairs in Cuba. announced that
he had made up his mind to send an i'm
| mediate message to Congress, recommend
| i ~ action for the relief of starving Amer
| lean citizens in Cuba, and incidentally for
| the aid of Cuba. Before the great reioic-
| ing that followed this amendment had a
| chance to get fairly started, Mr. Mckinley
| telephoncd to the Capitol that he had
| changed his mind and would defer the
| message until this week What brought
about this sudden change of mind is not
positively known, but differences were
| drawn from a visit to the White House of
| Mr.. Atkins, a wealthy Cuban who makes
his home in Boston and who is ere lifted
with having shaped tlc Cleveland Olnev
Cuban policy.
Later Mr.. Mckinley had conference
with the Spanish Minister, and is said to
have asked hin if his government would
object to our sending aid to starving
Americans in Cuba. Just thin.l of that.
And that is all he now recommends Sen
ator Morgan was one of the members { f
| the committee who went to see Mr.. No
kinlev. He will not of course discuss the
conference for publication, but he max s
| it plain that he Il ,sen't think Mr.. McKin.
ley intends taking vigorous stand. I'M
less he is compelled by Congress to do so,
and expresses his opinion this man Atk-
ms and his efforts in behalf of Spain in
Enthusiastically plain language. He adds
that it is his intention to endeavor to have
Congress bring the administration to a
point where it will be compelled to do
something, and that 'President Mckinley
must either fish or cut bait in regard to
Cuba
Senator Debce, of Ky, seems to be real
" grcatfu to Dr. Hunter for having civ en-
| way for him and then helped him to get
| elected to the Senate. Knowing that DIR.
Hunters contest for a seat in the House
had nothing more substantial to stand up
on than the partnership of majority of
the House. Mr.. Dcbee has secured the
promise of a good appointment for Hun
ter from Mr.. Mckinley, and still further
to snow his gratitude, he worked the X en-
lucky contingent of republican office
holders and would be office holders for
contributions to the extent of $940 and in
vested the money in two diamond studded
watches which were duly presented to Dr.
Hunter and his wife OF course it is no.
body's business if some of the contribu
tors to the watch fund are little behind
hand with Their board bills. They have
helped Dehee to pay part of his debt of
gratitude.
Ex-Congressman s. r. Mallory, who
has been elected by the Florida legislation
To Hi the Vacancy III Tic SENATE from That
State, which has existed since March 4th,
is we'll known in Washington as good
| fellow and a good democrat He will be
cordially welcomed by his democratic col
| leagues and he will add one more vote to
| the silver majority already existing in the
Senate.
The talk of Senators or Senator Aliens
| resolution asking Mr. Mckinley not to
prrdon Chapman, the broker who was
| schtcncclto Il months Imprisonment for
| refusing to tell the names of Senators
who speculate in sugar stock, resulted in
| a change of programme The sugar trust,
as we'll as its friends in the Senate became
| thoroughly alarmed and decided that
Chapman should serve his term in
JAIL hoping thereby to hush the talk
| about a new sugar investigation in the
Senate. The members of the sugar tIu It
who are under the same sort of intlict
| ment will trust to their money and pull to
escape jail by legal methods. The past
| week has been a bad one in other respects
| for the sugar trust 1t has been demon
| strated that the sugar schedule, which the
| trust had attached to the Dinglev tariff
| bill can not possibly be gotten through the
| Senate not to mention the House These
| things have resulted in greater activity on
| the part of the big sugar trust lobby and
| money will be spent frecr than ever to
secure a sugar schedule in the tariff bill,
as it finally passes, that will be fairly sat
| isfactory to the trust. Ante election rom
Uses have some of the most drominent re-
publicans bound hand and feet to the
wheels of the sugar trust chariot
The second tariff comparative enc IT
prepared by Treasury officials for the re
pub!icanS of the Senate finance committee
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