The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-02-04

ORR N\SEs!\(.TQN LETTER
ABSTRACTION. d. G., January 3l>t.

WASHINGTON. ID. G., January 3l>t.
Nix. EpIroE:-Plavin@ the voters for
suckers i Il very old republican game, but
it is to be played again this year, and, if it
wins, in 1860 1t is the regulation three
card monte political trick. The republic
can administration, through its President
and Secretary Of the Treasury, is manipu-
lating the cards 50 that in sections where
some silver votes are hccI >>arN t. WIN,
the cards will show the republican party
to be Il great friend Of bimctalliSm and
many fairy stories will be told about what
Mr. Mckinley expects TO accomplish Tor
silver through international himctalliSm,
and in sections where the gold standard
sentiment is held by majority, the cards
will Show the republicans in their true
colors-supportcrs of the single gold
standard To he forcwarncd is to be fore
armed. and if any real friend of silver gets
caught in this game, he VIII deserve to be
caught.
Gar Reed cracked the party whip and
compelled the republican majority of the
House to stand up and be counted against
J the Teller resolution, declaring bonds to
be payable in silver at the option of the
| government Reed is no dod@er, what
ever else he may he. He is for the gold
standard and for cold bonds, and he simply
compelled the House to endorse tie ply-
ment of bonds in cold hy defeating the
Teller resolution, although there are lots
| of republicans who would rather that he
had killed the resolution 10y the pigeon
hole method. If many of the republicans
of the House had dared to vote as they
| thought, there would have been cnou rh of
them with the solid democratic vote to
have ovcrthrown Reeds plan and adopted
| the Teller resolution.
Senator Chandler who has been con
| spicUoU> in his champ: on>hip of Mr.. Nc
| Kinlcv's bimctallism. has this to say Of the
latest attempt Of the latter to carry gold
| on one shoulder and silver oh the other:
| The President j. trying to satisfy tie
gold people and also prosecute later
national bimetallism, which is 4 very diff
cult thing for him to DO, because the former
arc not in favor of any kind of iimetallism.
| So he declares in favor of paving the
national debt in the best money in the
| world, in Difference to the gold people,
| and rcfrains from saying that the best
money in The world is gold, in order to
avoid disturbing the bimctallists. 1t may
be sagacious policy, but it will be difficult
to pursue it much longer, if Secretary
| Gage and his assistants are to continue to
declare, OF every possible occasion, that
international bimctalliSm is impossible,
while the President maintains that he is
| prosecuting negotiations with other ma
tons The time will soon come for the
explicit declaration as to whether Mr.
Gage OF the President represents the re-
publican party" Senator Chandler was
the only eastern republican who voted for
the Teller resolution, which was adopted
by vote Of 4. to -.
| Those who have been black guarding
Spain for trying to buy the friendship of
the United States through trade conccS
sions offered in the negotiations for 4
reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Spain, to include the products
of Cuba and Porto Rico. which are now
under way, will doubtless be surprised to
/ learn tliat-,hc first step in these negotia
tions was taken by the United States min
lister TO Spain. under instructions from the
Department of State but such is the fact.
Just why this administration should have
| gone out of its way to make such practi-
cal demonstration of its friendlincSs to-
wards Spain each individual must deter
| mine for himself: but it seems to be all Il
part of the same deal with Spain which
pacified Congress and the people for Il
time, by sending United States warship
to Havana.
The House by vote of lSs To e, passed
the bill to pay S2SS,GG) to the Southern
Methodist Book Publishing Company, for
damages sustained by the Coin2any durin =
the war.
No Senator presents more unique argu-
ments than Senator Tilman, of South
Carolina, and his latest on the silver qucs-
ton, was one of his best. He said as he
walked down the aisle: Before 1873, we
used to go on two legs. One leg was gold
and the other leg was silver. Then we
cut ore lee of but not content with that,
we placed the cut off leg on our shoulder,
and now we 90 hopping along on one leg
with the other leg on our shoulder. The
| Senator illustrated his remarks by action
and when he ended by hopping around on
one leg, bending over with the ina nary
! burden on his shoulder there was such 4
burst of laughter and applause that the
| Vice President had to sharply demand
order
The only democrat who ylted against
the Teller resolution, declaring United
States bonds payable in silver at the Gov
crnnentS option, was Senator Catferey, of
| Louisiana.
The Lodge gold bond resolution having
been defeated by a vote of - to "A in the
Senate, the gentlemen who have been pay
Ing board bills in Washington with the
idea that legislation for gold bonds could
! be secured from this Congress have at last
got their ewes open to facts known to most
people from the first day of the session.
the absolute impoSsihility of gold bond
legislation.
MUST EAT DARKER BREAD.