The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-11-24
K MARLBOROUGH MARYI AND NOVEMBER a. 1899
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., November Goth.

WASHINGTON, D. c., November Goth.
MIR. acknowledgements Richard
son, of Tennessee, is the first one of The
four candidates for the Democratic nomi
nation for Speaker of the House, which
carries with it the democratic floor leader
ship during the Fifty sixth Congress, to
reach Washington and open headquarters.
MI. Richardson says he has received more
pledges of support than any one Of the
other three candidates ankhcad of
Alabama, De Armond of Missouri, and
Sulzer, of New 1ork,-and expresses con-
fidence in his success, but the friends of
the other candidates also express conf
dence of the success of their man in this
good natured contest for the Democratic
leadership of the House Mr.. Bailey, of
Texas, has not yet reached Washington,
but he stated during the last session that
he would not again be Il candidate, but
would support Mr.. Bankhead for the
honor. Some are predicting that there
will be deadlock in the caucus and that
the friends of all the candidates will com
promise by nominating Mr.. Bailey again.
If there were any doubt about Repre-
sentative Henderson having been the adj
ministration's choice for Speaker, it would
have been dissipated by what has occurred
since his arrival in Washington. Almost
before he had removed the dust of travel
from his clothes, lie called at the White
House to know whether Mr.. Mckinley
had any orders to give as to the Committee
assignments. aside from the packing of
the Committee on Barking and Currency
in favor of the single gold standard bill,
which was ordered last summer. Mr..
Henderson is going to be NJ .kiuiey
Speaker and this House, instead Of regis
| teling the will of Gar Reed as the last
one did, will register the will of Mr. Nc
Kinley.
In order to get control of the Senate
Finance Committee. of which Il majority
have for Years been silver men, even since
the Committee was controlled by the re-
puy.icans, the g Id worshippers are going
to reorganize the Senate Committee, Civ
ing the republicans nine members il those
consisting of thirteen and seven in those
consisting Of eleven. Even then the gold
men will only have majority of one in
the Finance Committee, as Jones, of
Nevada, classed as a silver republican, and
Wolcott, of Colorado, who calls himself
| republican bimetaliist, can be counted
upon to act with the silver men on the
| question of reporting bill to enact the
single gold standard. The four demo-
cratic members of this Committee are
Vest, of Missouri, Jones, of Arkansas,
| Daniels, of Virginia, and Chiffon, of
Texas, all stanch silver men. Unless Mr.
| Mckinley gets frightened by those repub
| licans who, although willing to vote for IA
gold standard bill if compelled to do so,
| believe it will be bad policy to pass one
on the eve of Presidential campaign
| such bill is likely to be jammed through
at this session of Congress. 1t will de-
pend largely upon the attitude taken by
Mr.. Mckinley in his message to Congress.
Nothing could more clearly show the
close relations existing between Secretary
Gage and the Wall street spectators, and
| the absolute control of this administration
| by the money kings, than the manner in
| which Secretary Gage went to the rescue
of the Wall street crowd, by purchasing
| $25, 900 900 worth of Government bonds.
Not two hours before the order was Off
cialiy issued to buy those bonds Secretary
| Gage assured newspaper men that no
| bonds would be bought. Later he re-
ceived his orders from Wall street, and
promptly obeyed by ordering Il purchase
| of bonds When the Wall street gang
| squeezes the public the government never
goes to the relief of the ubic, but let the
screws be turned few times on the big
spectators and the treasury dumps a big
wad of public money into Wall street to
case the pinch, and t! e gullble public is
| expected to accept the statement that it is
a patriotic act, done to pre,e t Il financial
panic, when it is well known that it is
done to prevent loss on the part of the big
spectators, who do not hesitate to make
situations threatening money panic
whenever they think it profitable to do so
| because of their knowledge that the United
States Treasury is behind them. There
will come time-it will have to come
when Wall street spectators will not die
tate the actions of the United States
Treasury. but it will not come until there
is an administration in power which does
not owe its election to money Put up by
the great spectators of the country.
| There will be chance to elect such an
administration next year.
| Although the election is over, Ohio re-
| publicans are still getting fat slices tf pie
| from the official counter. One of the last
to be fed was Mr. II. w. liart, IL young
lawyer of Alliance, who has been APP
pointed United States Consul at DusseI-
dorf Germany, considered very desira-
bic post, to fill vacancy caused by death.
The statement that Boss Hanna had told
Mr.. Mckinley that he would not remain at
the head of the republican national com
mittec is believed to be nothing more than
a ruse to head IF the ight against Hanna
by prominent republicans. Hanna may
retire but if he does it will be because he
knows it is Il choice of going apparently
of his own will and getting kicked out,
TO IN uOCR AGE EDI CATION.
| The active eic,ura re .nent Of e iucition
in our Lew colonial possessions is ulce,l
and the present educational system in
| Hawaii commended in the annual report