The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-06-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASuINGTON d C June 10Th

WAsHINGToN, d. c., June 10th
MR.. EDIToR:-If Shakespeare were
alive and writing about the sugar trust
scandal he would probably make Puck
say, what towards these Senators be-"
instead of, What fools these mortals be-
The Tillman resolution has not been re-
ported to the Senate, but it is dead-killed
by the fears of some Senators and the alb
solutc Cowardice of Others An investi
CATION is not wanted by either the sugar
trust or its legislative servants, and there
are enough Senators so wrapped in what
they are pleased to call conservatism and
respect for the honor of the Senate who
will join in voting against the resolution
when it is reported to the Senate to defeat
it. Senator Jones, of Nevada, who is
Chairman of the Committee to which the
resolution was REFERRED has acted rather
queerly. He first told Senator Tillman
that the Committee would report the reso-
luton favorably but now he is opposed to
| that action and has fallen back on the
stock excuse that it is too important mat
ter to be lurriedly acted upon. There is,
however one consolation in the situation.
The sugar trust may escape the exposure
| that would follow thorough inv estiga-
ton, but it will also lose much of the
money it would have gained by the sugar
schedule it had inserted in the ia 'iff bill
BY the republicans of the Senate Finance
Committee, as that schedule is as dead as
Il last years bird nest How favorable IA
schedule the trust will be able to secure is
yet to be seen. 1t is fighting hard, and
the subject is one upon which crooked
work can easily be done, as sugar sched-
ue is of such IA technical nature that it re-
quires careful study even on the part of
experts to understand, and is Greek to
ordinary folk.
Republican eX-Congressmen are taking
about any old thing of an Office that comes
within their reach these days The latest
| catches in this line were Congressman
Andrews, of Nebraska, who has been NOM
| mated to be Auditor for the Treasury De
partment, and congressman Brown, of
Pennsylvania, who has been nominated
to be Auditor for the War Department.
Senator Chiffon, of Texas, member of
| the Inter State Commerce Committee, the
Chairman of which has been so active in
trying to push the Foraker Railroad Pool
| ing Bill through the Committee since the
| Supreme Court decision adverse to Rail-
| road Pooling, took the side of Senator
Butler, of North Carolina, when he de-
clared that there had been "indecent
haste in pushing the bill. Chairman Gull
| lom of the Committee tried to deny the
| accusation by saying that the Committee
| had been considering pooling bill long
| before the Supreme Court decision. Sen
| ator Chiffon said he had been member
| of the Committee for two years but had
no knowledge of any attempt to press con-
| sideration of a pooling bill until after the
adverse decision of the Supreme Court.
Senator Butler gave notice that no rail
road pooling bill could be acted upon by
the Senate until the bill meeting the OBJ
lection of the Supreme Court to an income
| tax had been acted upon.
The Tillman bill giving states the same
control over liquors imported into their
borders which they exercise over liquors
| of domestic manufacture has been favor
ably reported to the Senate. 1t is intended
| to in part meet the recent decision of a
Federal court against the South Carolina
dispensary law.
Representative Champ Clark, of Mis-
souri,, has been booming Representative
Bailey, of Texas, for the Presidency ever
since they returned from their triumphant
campaign for the election of democrat
| to fill the vacancy in the Missouri delega-
| ton in the House. Mr.. Bailey says he has
no Presidential aspirations and is in favor
of the nomination of Mr.. Bryan in 1900,
but wishes to serve one term as Speaker
of the House, and then to become a men,
Der of the Senate, which he declares to be
1.-The greatest legislative body in the
| world"
There has naturally been much talk
about the very blunt warning given to
Boss Hanna by Senator Mantle, of Mon
| tana, in a speech on the wool schedule of
the tariff bill. Mr.. Mantle said the wool
manufacturers wanted the cream and were
not only willing but anxious that only
skim milk should be served to the wool
growers. He told Mr. Hanna that unless
the wool schedule was made satisfactory
to the wool growers he would be retired
to private life, instead of being returned
to the Senate Hanna is beginning to
show that he has fears of its turning out
that way regardless of what the tariff hill
may or may not contain.
Mr.. Mckinley has nominated Ellis H.
Roberts, of New York, to be United States
Treasurer to please Boss Platt and his
machine, and has nominated Conrad n
Jordan (for a second term) to be Assis-
tant Treasurer ut New York to please the
gold democrats of Wall Street. 1t is
case of attempting to carry water on both
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