The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 18th.

WAsHINGToN, d. c., December 18th.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Mr. Mckinley, the man
who once black guarded Mr.. Cleveland for
worshipping the golden calf and being
the enemy of silver, completed the job of
jammirg the gold-standard bill through
the House to-day. The program was car
ried out, according to the advance an
nouncement, in every particular, except
that there were fewer democratic votes
for the bill than had been claimed by the
republicans. The bill has now gone to
the Senate, where Mr.. Mckinley can do
no jamming and where this particular bill
| will be allowed to slumbcr in Committee
But the Finance Committee will report as
a substitute gold standard bill that is
even more Objectionable than the House
bill. 1t is whispered in inside republican
circles that the party leaders would not
be sorry if this session of Congress adj
journ without final action on gold standard
| legislation, because it would be easier to
raise Il big campaign fund from the money
kings, if the matter is left hanging, by
promising to complete the job at next Win
tiers session than it will be if the bill goes
dental campaign.
Congress will adjourn on Wednesday
until January 3rd. The Senate Committees
have been re- arranged under the republi
rr1h
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, on the
Philippines, and ON Cuba,-have been
formed, and Mr. Henderson will announce
the House Committees before adjourn
ment.
The Roberts committee will this week
hear witnesses that have been summoned
from U,ah and will then decide whether
1t will be necessary for the Committee to
go to Utah to take further testimony. l.
is now certain that the Committee will
not make its report until after the reas-
sembling of Congress in January.
There was lots of behind the door politi
cal work done by the Committee which
succeeded in getting Philadelphia chosen
by the Republican National Committee
for next years National Convention
June 10Th. Before the Committee met it
seemed practically certain that Chicago
would be chosen, and SO it would have
been had not the Philadelphans made a
combination by which the Southern men,
bers of the Committee were promised help
to Knock out the scheme to reduce the
representation of the South in the National
Convention in return for votes for Phila-
delphia. The combination won at both
ends. Philadelphia got the convention
by one vote, and Committeeman Payne
abandoned the scheme to cut down the
number of niger delegates to the Con
venton because of opposition to it.
Representative Sims, of Tennessee, who
is just beginning his second term in Con-
gress, fired a number of questions at the
republican speakers during the debate on.
the gold standard bill, in his efforts to
gain information as to what the individual
republicans believed would be the result
of the operation of the bill if it became a
law, and their reasons for supporting the
bill. AS result of those questions and
the answers, MIR. Sims expresses the opin-
ion that very few republicans voted for
the bill because they really favored it as a
whole. He thinks they voted for it sim
ply because it was party measure, and
that the party uranimity should be les
son to the democrats to stand together
upon all matters relating to party precepts
The attempt of Nebraska republicans to
proven; the seating of Senator Allen, APP
pointed by the Governor to succeed the
late Senator elect Hayward, on the ground
that as Mr.. Hayward never qualified as
Senator his death caused no vacancy that
could be legally filled by the governor,
aroused nothing but amusement in Wash
ington. There will be no opposition to
the seating of Senator Allen, because
their is nothing whatever upon which it
publicans would like very much to find
some way to keep such stalwart friend
of silver out of the Senate until the long
financial debate, which will begin as soon
after the Christmas recess as the Finance
Committee reports its gold standard bill,
is over, but they know LOO much to butt
their heads against brick walls 1t is I'M
necessary to say that Senator Allen will
be most cordially welcomed by the silver
Senators who know his fine fighting quail
tiles from experience.
The Senate Committee on Elections is
considering the Quay case, which is being
presented by able counsel on both sides
ex-senator Edmunds heading the array
against Quay, and the Attorney General
of Pennsylvania appearing for him. Sen
ator Penrose didn't appear as counsel,
and when he attempted to participate in
the proceedings by asking one of the law
yers if lie was not employed and paid by
John Wanamaker he was called down by
Senator Pcttus, one of the democratic
members Of the Committee, who said that
the privilege of Iudely interrupting coun-
sci was one that should not be extended
outside the Committee, even toa member
of the Senate
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