The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-03-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 2.th.
MIR. EnIToH:-Whc such rumpus
has not taken place during the present adj
ministration rs is now raging around the
head of Attorney General Griggs. Its all
about a letter that Griggs wrote about
trusts, containing opinions that the re-
mainder of the administration are afraid
to stand for. Some of his fellow members
of the Cabinet have said few things to
Griggs but it is understood that their re-
marks will he entirely forgotten when Mr.
Mckinley returns and emptieS the Walls OF
his wrath on him. Some of the admins
tration hangers on say that Griggs was
buncoed into writing the letter by his cor
respondent, who asked for the infOrma-
ton, stating that he was a republican, and
that he would not have written it had he
supposed it would be published. Of
course, everybody knew that the admins
tration was not unfriendly to the trusts,
with which Boss Hanna has such close
business relations but. in Difference to
voters, who DO not share in the profits of
the trusts, it has been understood by those
who are close to the throne that an anti
trust plank was to be inserted in the next
republican platform, meaningless of
course, to head off the democratic claim
that the republicans are responsible for
all the trusts. Mr.. Griggs must have
known Ibis Yet, he wrote as follows, to
a correspondent unknown to him person
ally, concerning trusts: 'As a matter of
fact, all of the companies which you refer
to as now organizing for the purpose of
securing complete or partial monopoly of
different branches of manufacture, are
similar to the sugar combination, and are
not within the jurisdiction of the Federal
Courts If amenabic to any law they are
amenable to the laws of the respective
states But the following was the gem
of the letter with reference to these
large combinations of capital which are
| now forming, my own judgment is that
| the danger is not so much to the commu.
nifty at large as it is to the people who are
| induced to put their money into the pur-
chase of the stock" There is nothing in
this situation to make democrats mad, but
prominent republican, after number of
| unprntable things, said: The Attorney
General has gratuitously made the an.
erless to prevent or regulate the formation
of combinations of capital to control the
manufacture of the neceSsaries of life, and
| he winds up this remarkable statement
of investing in trust stocks. Mr.. Griggs
is in fair way to become a second Bdrch-
ard to the republican party
| Senator Stewart, of Nevada, who never
minces words when he expresses an opin-
ion, said of Col. Bryan's refusal to attend
the Belmont jefferson banquet Bryan
made the hit Of his cal eer when he refused
to attend the Belmont $40 dinner. Not
one of the crowd would ever vote the
democratic ticket anyhow Bryan's posi-
ton brings him closer to the people. Con-
sorting with renegades would estrange
them from him. He will certainly be re-
nominated in 1900. The Chicago platform
will be rea1rmed, and the democracy will
win
/, The heavy price of American life and
blood paid for our new victories over the
Fiiipinos N the heavy fighting of the las,
three days, in consequence of the move
ment of Gen. Otis against A guinaldo, adds
interest to this plain talk from Senator
| Mason, who is now in Washington 81
! find said Senator Mason, "a pronounced
| change OF sentiment among men with
| whom | talk. Substantial business mer
, who three months ago were redhot fol
expansion, now say they have had enough
of it. | ask them how about the prestige
of their country, and they say they care
little about prestige derived from conquer
ing such men, but that the taxes resulting
are what they fear. The idea of calling
those Filipinos rebels as some of oul
newspapers persist in doing is unjust
They have never taken the oath of allie
glance to the United States. They wanted
independence from the start and they sale
so. They will always hate us and nothing
is to be gained by conquering them. Ever
if we do overcome them, they will turn
around and poison our people. | have
just learned from the SUPERINTENDENT
office that 81 per cent. of our men GU
there are afflicted with loathsOme disease
This is a bad beginning for our army.
am not high moralist, and not so mucl
opposed to stealing in itself; but l DE-
question the judgment of a man who steal
red-hot stove that he is in no position t.
carry off. Such a thief is a fool. The at
tempt of the United States to steal the lib
erty Of the Filipinos is of the same sort
| believe the American people are wakin!
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