The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-05-05
OUR " ASlil\GTD\ LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nav LIST.

WASHlNGToN. ID. c., Nav LIST
Nix. EnlToE: Long headed men are
Iot doing any premature hurrahing be
cause Aguina!do asked Gen. Otis to agree
to Il suspension of hoStiliies until he could
call the Philippine Congress together and
have il decide whether the war should be
continued. 1t may mean an end of the
war, and it may be only a trick of Agui-
naldo's to gain It'll, needed time to put
him in better condition to continue the
war, but it is just as well to wait and see
whether Agunaldo accepts the terms of
peace offered by General Otis as an ulti-
neutrality-suspicious. surrender and am
nesty for the FiipinoS, -bcfore rejoicing.
OF course everybody, the supporters as
well as the opponents of the administra-
ton policy in the Philippines wishes to
see the fighting, of which the county has
become VERY tired cease over there. 1t is
admitted that \ @uinaldo is no fool In
fact, his proposition itself would prove
that. If Gen. Otis had recognized the
Philippine Congress he would have Off
ciaily admitted the existence of the Phil
ippine government, and that admission
would have Quccrcd the administration
policy. Perhaps that may have been all
| that y guinaldo was after y little patience
and we shall know.
The hint has been passed around amcng
the western members of the House that
t1,n I NJ
Speaker will be a western man. There is
only one eastern NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., of
New York, who is thought to have any
chance at all, and he is understood to he
Mr.. Reeds choice. Perhaps that c>, lai.s
it. Hanna may have thought it necessary
to drop that hint to head oil any demo-
cratic members hO might be inclined to
place their votes for Sherman, or it may
have been put out rs 4 bluff TO try to make
Sherman pledge himself to stand by the
Hanna Mckinley program, if given their
support. Henderson. of Iowa. and Hop
kins. of Illinois, are the most actively
pushed of the western candidates. lut
many doubt whether either Of them viii
somewhat disguised republican said The
trusts Will name the next Speaker. Quite
Il number of gentlemen ina CINE that they
are making Il canvass for the place, but
they will find that they are mistaken.
Sometime this summer the representatives
of the trusts will get together in New
ork, or some other convenient place, and
settle the matter. After the meeting is
called to order the chairman will ask what
is the business before the meeting: The
naming Of Il Speaker of the House of
Representatives will be the response
Different names will be considered and
finally, after due dcliberation, the gentle
men will take n vote. Someone will be
selected, and he may not be anyone whose
name has been previously mentioned for
| the place. His election, however. will lc
assured. See if my prediction is not fu-
filled" That isn't Il picture to be proud
| Of, but such things have been done before
by the same crowd.
Including the $50 1000, 600 paid to Spain,
| through the French Ambassador, the
Treasury deficit for April was SEA ,0ss, 431.
The report of the Military Court of In
quiry has been in the hands of Acting Sec
rotary Meiklejohn, of the War Depart
| ment, for two or three days, awaiting Mr..
Mckinlcy's order to be made public.
Commissioner Of Pensions Evans
doesn't seem to he greatly worried because
| the Kansas G.. A. r. asked for his removal
| and the appointment of another Commits
sioner who will execute the laws in ac-
| cordance with the true spirit which
| prompted their enactment" Speaking of
| the matter, Mr.. Evans said: Il did not
make the laws They are the same which
| have been in existence since 1890, and |
| am governed by them. The Pension Blu
reau is an immense business. We have
| nearly a million pensioners on our lists,
and the office is managed with the greatest
possible generosity towards the old sol
d:ers, but, at the same time, we must con-
slider the interests of the tax payer De-
| cisions have been made affecting the en-
tire country, and it may be that they have
| applied more generally in Kansas than in
| other states
Mr.. Mckinley's friends are alarmed at
| reports of detection among Western re-
publicans, which have reached Washing
| ton. That these reports are not without
| foundation is shown by the statement of
Mr.. W. c. Newman, life long republican,
who is the agent of the Cattemcn's Pro-
tective Association, of Montana, and who
has been sent East to see if something
cannot be done to revive the once pros
porous foreign cattle trade. He said: "lf
the administration had come out boldly
and allowed an open and honest investi-
CATION of the meat scandals, it would have
created the impression abroad that this
country was sincere in its Efforts to fur
nish the best Of meat to the domestic and
foreign consumer. A. it is 1t will require
years to overcome the prejudice the adj
miEistration's unwise action has caused
A great rcvulSion of feeling has taken
place in the West within the past few
weeks. | recently attended a semi politi-
Cal meeting of ranchmcn and farmers in
Southern Montana, and, unless something
unforeseen takes place, the administration
attitude will imperiI Mr. Mckinlcy's sup
port by the Western states at the next
National Convention the back bone and
sinew of the republican party in the West
is thoroughly djSgustcd with its present
national leaders,