The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-09-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER..
WAsuINCToN, ID. G., September 9Th

WASHINGTON, ID. G., September 9Th.
MIR. EDIToE:-Such a hubbuh has been
raised about the construction that should
be placed upon Section % Of the ning,cN
tariff law, imposing discriminating duties,
which was amended by the confer
cncc committee in a way alleged to be
moe or less mysterious. and which has
been referred to Attorney General Nc
kenna for an official opinion, that Mr.
Mckinley has been asked to return to
Washin yton at the earliest possible date,
in order that he and the entire cabinet
may take Il hand in determining the opin-
ion that shall be given out by the Attorney
General. Thirty million dollars 4 year in
revenue is involved in this construction,
and possible decentralization of almost
our entire foreign commerce 1t is under
stood that Mr. Mckinley has promised to
return shortly. but has set no date At
torney General McKenna, probably think
inc it reflection upon his legal ability to
have the public know that this matter is
to be discussed by Mr.. Mckinley and his
colleagues of the Cabinet has made pub
lie denial that the opinion was being held
back to await Mr.. NICK inley, return. All
the same, nobody expects the opinion to
be rendered until Mr.. Mckinley returns
and approves of it.
A Kentucky democrat-John G. W GODS
Of Louisvillc,-has put a portion of the
administration on pins and needles by
bringing 4 suit against the Postmaster
General to prevent his removal, without
cause, from position in the classified
civil service. He obtained a temporary
restraining order against his removal, and
the hearing was to have taken place Sat
urday, but the government asked for
continuance of one week, and got it The
case will probably be appealed to the
United States Supreme Court, no matter
how it may be decided.
According to advices t;..t received, Sen
ator Burrows has spent the entire summer
in trying to smooth the way for his own
return to the Senate, and in placing Oh
stacles in the path of Governor pingrce,
who thinks ne would fill that Senatorial
chair much better than Burrows does, and
he Is not yet easy in his mind. Pingree
has got Burrows where he has all the 9th
cr Michigan epublicans-afraid of him.
The Civil Service Commission has re-
ceived such an avalanche of correspond
encc from the army of wCuld-be recruits
for Uncle Sans Civil Service, concerning
offers made to furnish information, for a
fee, by private parties, that It has issued a
pointed announcement: No person has
any information Of Importance to appli-
cants, concerning examinations which
cannot be obtained without cost from the
Commissions All claims to the contrary,
therefore, are misreprcsentatons."
The receipts of the government for the
month of August, under the Dinglev tariff
law. were SIS, 53S, $50 less than the receipts
for August, 1896. under the Wilson tariff
law 1t NAV be that the claims of the re-
publicans as to the rcvenue-prOducing
qualities OF the Dingley tariff will be real
lied at sometime in the future, but the
above. figures show that they are, as yet,
long way from being realized.
The republicans are showing how con
tident they are of carrying Ohio by colo
nizing voters there from West Nirgi mia
and other adjacent states. The democrats
are fully aware of what is being done in
that line. and Boss Hanna hcnchmcn will
find it much easier to carry men into Ohio
and give them temporary work than it
will be to register and vote them.
The Spanish Minister is still keeping
the revenue cutters of the United States
Government busy hunting for Cuban fill
busters He informed Secretary Gage
that the tilibusters had abandoned Florida
as Il starting point and were preparing to
send several expeditions from the Caro-
lima coast, and Secretary Gage obedlently
issued an order to the commanders of all
revenue cutters in Southern waters to keep
an extra close watch on the Carolina coast
for tilibusters. This sort Of work must be
more or less disgusting to the officers and
men in our revenue marine service, but
they have no choice in the matter. They
must obey the orders Of the Secretary of
the Treasury, even if those orders are die
tated by the Spanish Minister.
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