The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., November eth.

WASHINGTON. d. c., November eth
MIR. EDIToR:-Gag law is to rule the
House again, and, unless present indica-
tions are at fault, the Mckinley gag is
likely to be even worse than the Reed gag.
All the pretty talk about changing the
House Rules, in the interests of more lib
hushed up by the application of the gag,
even before the House assemblies Even
Hepburn, of Iowa who dctied Reed in the
last House and made Il savage attack on
the injustice of the rules which made a
tyrant of the Speaker, has allowed him
self to be gagged and has acquicsccd in
the program which includes re-adoption
Of the Reed rules without any changes
that will lessen the Speakers authority
over Legislation. The order for the re-
adoption of the Reed rules came from Mr.
Mckinley, who feared that without them
he would be unable to jam some of the
legislation he will ask for through the
House with its narrow republican majority.
According to present plans, the gag rule
is also be applied to the gold standard
bill prepared by the House republican
caucus committee, which is now being
considered by the republican. members of
the Senate Finance Committee, who for
some reason persist in Withholding their
endorsement of it. Instead of having the
bill follow the usual routine of being re-
ferrcd to committee, it has been decided
to have it endorsed by the republican eau
Gus when it meets to nominate House off
GERS and ordered passed by the majority
OF tie House
AT the last meeting of the Washington
Anti-lmperialist League, IL resolution was
unanimously adopted, calling at ention to
the anniversaries of the death and birth
of George Washing December 14th
and February nd--thc trend toward ill.,
pei ialism on the pant of his successor
now in office. in direct contradiction to
the lessons taught by the life and laid
down by the farewell address of Washing
toll, and the necessity of keeping TIE life
of Washington as 4 beacon light before
his countrymcn. AS one of the ways of
doing this, the League offered IA prize of
$40 for the best essay, to he written by
school child of the City of Washington,
| on the lessons to be learned from the life
of Washington.
Representative De Almond, of Missouri,
| one of the candidates for the democratic
leadership of the House. has very positive
| opinions as to the policy that should be
| followed by the democrats of the House,
| during the present session of Congress-
He thinks the democrats should be az.
gressive from start to finish in order to
place the republicans on the defensive
and expose their weak spots to the coun-
try; that they should put themselves on
record as favoring the withdrawal of
| United States authority from the Philip
pines, and the establishment of an inI,
pendent government by the Filipinos
| that they should advocate the return to
the Cubans of their own-thcirs not only
by natural right, but by the solemn prom
|
| opening of the war with Spain; that they
should make plain to the country that the
administration party is the protector, as
in Il large degree it is the creator of trusts;
that they should vigorously oppose the
enactment of gold standard legislation if
the majority dares to attempt to carry out
| plans which the money kings are trying
to compel them to accept; that they should
oppose the creation of large standing
army as one of the methods of Gripping
| imperialism, if it cannot be headed Off
| and that they should ruthlessly expose
the steanily growing extravaganza in pub
| lie expenditures, and the unequal burden
| of Federal taxation borne by the poor
| OF the coming session of Congress Judge
De Almond said: 1T promises to be an
important and far-reaching one. 1t will
not be surprising if its influence upon the
| approaching national election should be
great, if not controlling"
Representative Ball, of Texas, who is a
supporter of Representative Bankhead for
the Democratic leadership of the House,
| says that while the contest is spirited, it
is being conducted in such friendly way
that no wounds will be left at its close to
mar democratic harmony, and that as yet
no candidate has enough votes pledged to
| win. Ma. Ball says the talk of Il deadlock,
in the interest of rc-clcctng Mr.. Bailey
leader, is arrant nonsense; that Mr. Bailey
| always makes an open fight or none, and
that he meant exactly what he said when
he announced at the last session of Con-
gress that he would not again be candi-
date.
Hon. d. c. Dunbar, Democratic Nation
al Committeeman of Utah, says the ight
against Representative elect Roberts, of
that State, is Il political rather than a
moral one; that while he is bitterly op-
posed to polygamy, which he fought for
years, he knew that the accusations of
| having violated the United States laws
against polygamy, which have been
| brought against Mr. Roberts, have no
| foundation in fact
FLORIDt'S NEW SEN \TOR.