The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-12-14
OUR WASHENGTON LEFT F.i.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 10th.

| compelled the republicans on the House
Ways and Means Committee to make a re
| ducton of % cents net a barrel, i'll the
| beer tax although it made the total of the
Revenue Reduction bill, now before the
House, exceed $4O,OO0,000, instead Of
| keeping it inside of 10000, 900 rs recon-
mended by Mr. Mckinley. The Cabinet
objects and has been even talking of fight
| ing the bosses in Congress, but word
| from Mr. Mckinley will probably result
| in making it plain to them that the bosses
are not doing more than they were bound
to do. One republican, speaking of the
| Cabinet kicks, said "Why, instead of
kicking, these men ought to be thankful
! that the brewers are not demanding the
| 81 barrel reduction they were led to be-
lieve before the election that they would
get; these men in the Cabinet would know
whole heap more about practical politics
if they would work for Il while with men
who raise the money for a national CAM
paigu OF course. Mac will quiet them:
he knows" Some are predicting that the
Representative Richardson presented the
minority report on the Revenue Reduction
bill. 1t does not oppose any OF the reuuc-
tions made, but favorS a more extensive
reduction in war taxes.
The Senate has always been an eXtrava-
CANT body, especially in its expenditures
for its own luxury, and the fact that t.!
Committee on Finance has just paid $ 100
for refurniSlng and rcd,corating The room
in which. it meets shows that it is growing
more SO.
1t was an unexpectedly large majority
-19S to 92-that the House gave the
Grout Oleomargarine bill. Political lines
were not drawn at all. If any line was
drawn, it was the agile ultural against the
manufacturing.
That everything is being done that can
| possibly influence votes for the Ship Sub
sidy bill is apparent to everybody. Even
| the bidding for the construction of the six
armored cruisers and the five battleships
| authorized at the las: session of Congress
to create the imp in Congress that
the shipyards of the country were all On
the hunt for work, which the Ship Subsidy
bill would give them if enacted INFO law,
these schemers had a whole lot of small
fry establishments, which would be taxed
to heir utmost capacity to build light
draft gun boat, put in bids for cruisers
and battleships.
| Senators are not showing much anxiety
to rush the Army Reorganization bill
through the Senate, which was railroaded
through the House last week To give
the Senate republicans a chance to rush it
the House leaders made the bill substi
| tute for one that was passed by the Senate
at the last session. The Senate could have
sent the bill to conference at once, but
it didn't. The bill was referred to the
Military Committee and Senator Hawley
Chairman of that Committee, says the
usual routine will be followed in the con.
sideration of tue bill, which began to day
The anti canteen amendment, adopted by
the House to please the W. c. T. T.. is al.
ready being made the basis of much con.
tention. The chances favor it being
struck out by the Senate.
The story Of Rathbone's extravaganza
with Cuban funds, which was quite as dis
graceful as Neeley's stealings, is fully tolG
in pamphlet of 292 pages, now in the
hands Of the Senate Committee on Rela,
tions with Cuba. Although Rathbone
paid the money out on vouchers, they
were vouchers which he knew that nc
honest auditing officer would pass. In
fact, vouchers amounting to 500, 6l9 p
have been thrown out by the auditors be
cause of the nature of the goods for which
they charged. such as $40 a month for
rent for coachman's house, enameled bath
tub and other house fittings for one Madam
Jorrins and household furniture and fur
nishings of all kinds, including such items
as 'lining furniture with brocadel silver
and gold" and harness and other stable
paraphanalia. Although these vouchers
have been disallowed, the money had al
ready been paid from the Cuban funds
1t will in common honesty have to be
made good, as well as the Nee!ey stealing,
and it is likely that the task of making
good will fall entirely on the United States,
as there is no probability of recovering
any considerable sum either from Rath-
bone or Medley.
| Senator Teller struck those who believe
or pretend to believe that we cannot con
struct the Nicaragua Canal without the
consent of Great Britain SO ar pleXus
blow when he said, in speech advocating
action on the part of the United States
that would } e absolutely independent of
| Eng land, that to ask Ensland's assent to
the construction of the canal was to admit
that that country had right to express
its dissent. He warned the Senate that
such IA position would not be accepted by
the people of this country. At the last
session OF Congress the administration
dina ndcd the ratification of the Hay
Pauncefutc lieaty without amenl.Hcnt
Now its personal representatives in the
Senate gladly agree to having vote taken
on the Davis amendment, which provides
that nothing in the treaty ''shall apply to
measures which the United States will
find it necessary to take for securing by
its own forces the defense of the United
States and the maintenance of public Or
der" next Thursday, when they know it
will be adopted. The administration is
now willing to accept the amendment,
simply because it knows that the treaty
could not be ratified without it.
To II countries during the - months
ended November LIST Baltimore exported
1926 900 feet of lumber valued at 81
| 735,51S The domestic trade amounted to
300, $50 feet, representing S1,500,00o
| These and a number of other facts were
emphasized in the report of President
Lewis Dill al the annual meeting of the
Lumber Exchange, held Monday night in