The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-12-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., December 18th


Mr.. EDIroR:-Up to this time the most
marked feature of the Congressional re-
| cess in Washington, has been the uncon-
ccaled anxiety of the administration as to
the probable action of certain Senators
| when Congress gets together again and
the attempts made to ca ole them with pa
tronage and promises into doing as NJ.
| Mckinley desires, or into doing nothing
aud keeping quiet. The two principal
| cause.-the minor ones are too numerous
! to menton-of Mr. Mckinlcy's anxiety
are Finance and the treaty for the anneXa-
ton of Hawaii. He wants the treaty
speedily ratified and he wants the silver
republicans to keep quiet and not attempt
| to carry out the intention announced by
some of them of forcing Mr. Mckinley's
hand by compelling him to come out in
| the open and declare himself to be in SYM
| pathy with the outspokcA efforts of Sec
rotary Gage to secure Legislation to
streng CITIZEN the gold standard, or else to de-
clare in favor of the restoration of bimet-
| dlllSul With Hc Has ali along leu tuclll "
| believe he favored The Senators who
have been put in the doubtful column on
| the annexation question and the silver re-
publican Senators can have anything at
tronage, if they will pledge themselves to
do as Re wants them. The effect of this
| cajolery of Senators cannot be told to a
certainty until the questions affected get
up in the Senate. Soon after the debate
on the annexation treaty opens it will be-
come apparent whether any of the ''doubt-
full Senators have become advocates of
annexation, and the explanation that SEN
ator Wolcott, who is regarded as the lead
er of the silver republicans, has promised
to make of his trip to Europe in behalf of
| international bimetallsm, about the mid
| die of January, will probably indicate the
attitude of the silver republicans, at least
| one of whom has told Mr.. Mckinley in
plain words that unless he muzZles Secrc
| tary Gage the silver republicans would
publicly repudiate the financial policy of
| the administration
The Navy department will re-establish
| the Marine Guard at Pensacola, Fla,
which was discontinued a few years ago,
| detachment of United States Marines
having left Washington Sunday for the
Pensacola station.
1t is practically certain that nearly all
the democrats in both branches of Con-
gress will vote for the bill providing for
the publication Of complete list of those
| drawing pensions from the Government
and the amount they draw, which Com
| missioner Evans says he will have intro
duced when Congress resumes work. In
| fact, it is difficult to mag me any good rca
son why the vote in Congress should not
be unanimous for such a bill. The publ
cation would serve several good purposes
| and could not possibly injure any honest
| and deserving pensioner. Some of the G.
A. r. men are opposing the idea and are
| trying to work up sentiment against it.
Representative Rhea, of Kentucky,
| whose seat is being contested by Dr. Hun
ter, the republican who thought he had a
cinch on the Senatorial toga that was cap
tured by Deboc and who in that connec,
ton was charged with bribery and some
other little things of that sort, isn't at all
afraid of being unseated, Notwithstanding
the big republican majority in the House.
The evidence in favor of Mr. Rhca was
overwhelming before DR.. Hunter virtually
acknowledged that his claim to the seat
was not valid one by accepting the posi-
| ton of Minister to Guatemala and Hon
duras. The contest has not been aband-
oned, but the hope of getting an allowance
for lawyers fees and other expenses is
probably the only reason that it has not
been.
The money pull with the present ad
ministration has once more been demon
strated. Although there were several
men with the strongest sort of political
endorsements after the Office of United
bia, Mr.. Mckinley decided to give it to
Mr.. AulIck Palmer who knows all about
club and social life in Washington and
Newport, but who has never even learned
the a b cs of politics. 1t is an open secret
that the appointment was given to Palmer,
because the place was requested for him
by Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was one of
the largest individual contributors to Boss
Hanna's sixteen million dollar campaign
fund
Representative Bailey, of Texas, is
spending his Christmas with ex-Represen-
tative Sibley, of Pennsylvania, and as both
men are close friends of Mr. Bryan there
is believed to be more in the visit than
holiday recreation. Both gentlemen are
prominent in democratic councils, and al
though Mr.. Sibley is at present out of pub
lie life, it by no means follows that he will
remain out. He has ability of a high or
der and his devotion to democratic prin-
ciplcs as interpreted by the Chicago plat
form is unique STONED.
Hon. Clifford Sifton, minister of the
interior in the Canadian cabinet, and J.
A. Mckenna have come to Washington
to confer with Secretary Alger in regard
to klondike relief measures.
Mr.. S. n. d. North, of Boston, secretary
of the National Association of Wool