The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-04-14
THE PRINCE GEORGES ENQUIRE
THE SOt ALLIED RACE SSUEi OUR WASHINGTON LErTEE
WASHINGTON. ID. c., April 10Th.

WASHINGTON. ID. C., April 10Th.
MIR. EDIToR:-It is daily hccoming
palmer to close observers that Mr.. Mckin
| lev and his advisers do not regard next
wears campaign as republican walk over
! They are diligently studying ways and
means for corralling electoral votes that
| they consider doubtful. The trip that Mr.
Mckinley is now arranging Ia make this
summer to the Pacific coast is one of the
| WAYS that has been decided upon. They
do not expect to I've able to carry Della
ware, Maryland or Kentucky again, hut
they hope for Kansas and Nebraska, both
of which states are likely to be visited on
Mr.. McKinley's western trip. They are
also beginning to realize that some sort of
bluff against trusts must he made. Rep
resentative Lands, of Indiana, has come
to Washington especially to urge upon
the administration the necessity of doing
something to convince the voters of the
middle west that the administration is an
tagonistic to the trusts. Mr. Lands has
done some very plain talking abont the
danger to the republican party and il is
evident that he has frightened some of the
administration men.
Attorney General Griggs, doubtless act
ing under orders from Mr.. Mckinley has
made play to shift the responsibility for
his recent queer letter about trusts from
the shoulders of the administration by
proceeding against the Chesapeake and
Ohio Association, generally known rs the
soft coal trust, under the Sherman anti
trust law. The suit was instituted in Gin
cinnati and will be directed by the Solici
tor General of the United States. The
public will watch the prosecution of this
case closely. owing to the Attorney Gen
cral having so recently stated, in writing,
that trusts could not be reached by Federal
laws.
Evidently Admiral Dewey isn't one of
those who believes the end of the Philip
pine troubles to be in sight OF course he
is too diplomatic to discuss such a ques-
ton where his opinion would be likely to
partmcnt to send him six months engi-
neering supplies for his fleet, every en-
ploye of that department knew that it was
just as though he had cabled that it would
not, in his opinion, be safe to mater ally
reduce the strength of the fleet at Manila
for sometime to come.
The latest Philippine news seems to
justify the opinion of those who believe
| that the fighting over there is likely to 60
| on for an indefinite time. Gen. Lawton
has started on a campaign with a picked
| force, with the intention of trying to run
down the Filipinos.
In naming one of the new battlcships
Georgia, although no petition had been
sent from that state while they had been
sent from dozen other states, Mr.. Nc
Kinley is said to have been actuated sole
the courtesy with which he was treated
| during his recent visit to that state This
is creditable alike to the President and to
| the people of Georgia The other names
chosen were, for attleships-Pennsyl
vania and New Jersey; for armored
cruisers-West Virginia, Nebraska and
California; for ordinary cruisers-Denver
| Des Moines, Chattanooga, Galveston, Ia
coma and Cleveland.
After taking several days to consider
the matter, the Military Court of Inquiry
wisely decided to admit as evidence the
reports submitted to General Miles on the
beef issued by 147 officers who were in
| Cuba or Porto Rico. Just to give an idea
of the nature of these reports, the follow
ing phrases, each from different officers
| report, are quoted: "a miserable apology
for food" mo more unpalatable food
could be issued" "An unsuitable article
of food" "a distinct failure" 1T was
nauseating." prefer going without meat
to eating it." "Was SOFT watery, insipid
and unsatisfactory to the men" "Was
stringy, tough and unpalatable." Taste
less. and the men would not eat it."
| Caused a great deal of sickness, and as 4
| ration was 4 failure" WAS unfit for use
| and many of the mcn said it had been
dopcd" WAS not fit to be issued"
| "Was utterly unfit as an article of diet
| Hungry men left it ON the ground"
The sight of it was enough to turn the
stomach" "Was not fit for consumption.
WAS openly condemned by the men and
generally thrown away" WAS just as
bad as possible, short of being rotten"
| ut produced disordered stomachs." There
| was a whole lot more of the same sort,
| but this will do for sample.