The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-03-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., February 10Th.
MIR. EDIToR:-The democrats of the
House have a right to claim the amend
ment of the Porto Rican tariff bill, which
the republicans were compelled to make
at the eleventh hour in order to get the
republican votes needed to pass the bill,
as party triumph. The firm and united
attitude of the democrats was what en-
abled the republican DIRECTORS to force the
amendment of the bill.
As predicted, the gold standard bill, re-
ported from the conference committee, is
little bit worse than was either the House
or the Senate bill. 1t contains every OBJ
jectionable feature that was in both, and
has made most of them more Objectionable.
AS the republicans have the votes, the
Conference bill will probably be rushed
through this week. 1t has already been
agreed that the Senate shall vote upon it
Thursday.
Quay is in sight of success. test vote
has made it sure that he will get the seat
when the final vote is taken. A number
of democrats will vote to seat him as a
matter of principle.
Senator Butler, Chairman of the Popu-
list National Committee, expresses the
opinion that the attempt to create friction
between the democrats and populists, will
fail. Speaking of the nomination of Col.
Bryan, Senator Butler said: Bryan will
be the choice of the three elements, the
democrats, the populsts and the silver
republicans. The two latter will meet on
the same day, if present arrangements are
carried out, and will, in all probability
unite upon the same candidate for Vice
President
Representative Richardson, the demo-
crat leader in the House, has, by Il new
resolution, added the steel trust to the
sugar trust, the paper trust. the tin trust,
and the oil trust, the products of which
previous resolutions authorize the Inter
state Commerce Commission to prohibit
the transportation of on Interstate Trans
portation lines whenever they have knowl
edge that the prices asked for the goods
produce profit in excess Of 1 per cent. on
the actual capital invested in the trusts
which control them.
Mr. Mckinley has tenderd places on the
new Philippine Commission, to two gold
democrats-Gen. Luke E. Wright, of
Tenn, and Mr. Henry C. Ide, of Vermont
Inasmuch as both of these gentlemen are
supposed to endorse the financial as well
as the foreign policy of the republican ad
ministration it is farcical for Mr.. Mckin-
ley to expect the democratic party to rec
ognize them as its representatives on the
Commission. 1t is equally farcical to label
the new Commission, nonpartisan, when
everybody knows it to be thoroughly i'm
perialistic.
Although the Wisconsin democrats
made strong and almost winning fight
for Milwaukee, none of them have shown
for the slightest disgruntlemcnt oven the
choice of Kansas city for the National
Convention, by the Democratic National
Committee. Like all other good democrats
they believe in majority rule, and accepted
the vote of the Committee as ending the
controversy. 1t is the same with those
democrats who advocated holding the con-
vention ahead of that of the republicans
Upou second thought, every democrat rec
ognizes how fitting it is that the party
which stands for the true American con-
struction Of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and of the Constitution, should
hold it National Convention on Independ-
cnce day.
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