The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-11-16
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., November 18th.

w ASHlNGION, ~ ", 1NpNClliPtl i-lH.
MIR. acknowledgements Senators an d
Representatives who have been in Wash
ington since the election have not been
disposed to talk for publication on the re-
suit, not because they are discouraged or
that they consider the future of the demo
cratic party in either doubt or danger, but
on the general principle that it is always
good policy for the defeated party to let
the other fellows do the talking fol
awhile just as they will have to do the
legislating and administering of the
country for awhile. Fer the same reason
they think the talk about recognizing
| the democratic party, which has been in
dulged in to limited extent since the
election, premature at this time The best
policy for the democrats to adopt fol
awhile is to keep a careful watch on the
| republicans, show up every blunder they
make and do a whole lot of thinking. II
| will be two years before there is another
Congressional election, and, until then
the democrats will have no opportunity tc
get control of any branch of the National
Government The gentlemen who are
| talking about holding conventions, etc
for re organization of the party at this
time, are doubtless perfectly honest anC
| wholly unselfish in their wishes for the
future welfare of the party, but if they
persist they will surely be suspected by
many of being more anxious to get the
party reins in their hands than of really
helping the party. Party re organizations
so far as leaders and principles are con
| cerned, are things which generally take
care of themselves, as has been demon
| strated more than once in the history OF
| the democratic party, and doubtless will
be again. Party upheavals, which are
genuine, usually start from the bottom
the rank and file of any party know how
to change leaders when they consider il
desirable or necessary to 4, So.
Secretary Root has gone to Cuba, and
for two reasons his going has caused mucl
gossip in Washington, where it is believed
to be connected with matters Of impor
lance relating to the future of Cuba. The
| first of these reasons is that the Cuban
Constitutional Convention is now in SEES
sion in Havana, and the second is thai
| this is considered the unhealthy season il
Cuba Mr. Roots health has not beer
| robust since he had that operation per
| formed on him q month or two ago. ar(
| he would hardly have chosen this season
| for his visit to Cuba unless his going was
important.
Just 100000 more of good American
money will be invested in the Philippine:
if the Senate ratities the treaty signed by
Secretary Hay and the Spanish Minister
which binds this country to pay SPAR
that amount for three small islands located
| Just outside of the boundaries set by tht
treaty which coded the Philippines to til,
| United States.
The orders sent to Gen. Macarthur
from Washington, to take the field in per
son in the new campaign that is to be
waged against the Philippine insurgent:
as soon as the rainy season ends ovel
| there, show that the administration takes
no serious stock in the statement con
stantly made during the campaign thai
| the re election of Mr. Mckinley would bt
followed by the collapse of the revolution
That was good enough for campaign pur
poses but now the orders are to fight it to
| S,;c Oh Tn Gan Mao A hnr =,
take the field in person, Gen. Otis, who
was so generally criticised for not doing
So is indirectly given side swipe.
Gossip has mortgaged several Cabine,
istration. AS told in Washington, these
stories make Mr.. W. w. Gibbs, of Phila
delphia, who helped Hanna squeeze the
| rich men and corporations of that town
| Just as St. John Wanamaker did previous
| to his entrance of the Harrison Cabinet
the holder of one of these mortgages, anG
some 60 so far as to say that Mr.. Gibbs i:
| to become Secretary of the Treasury. II
| he does, it will be an awful throw down
for Secretary Gage, who had understood
that he was to remain at the head of the
Treasury, or he would not have fatherec
| those freak interviews given out during
| the campaign to alarm the business inter
| csts of the country.
1t is now practically admitted by repub
licans that the talk previous to the cleo
ton of repeal of the war taxes wa:
| nothing more than campaign bluff. A
call for the Ways and Means Committee
| of the House to meet on the Goth inst. ha:
been issued The bill the committee viii
prepare will merely revise the war taxes
some campaign obligations are to bt
paid that way-and will not repeal all O.
| them. The republicans know very wei
that with the total appropriated by the
| last session of Congress of $614, 0G(
and the probability that a larger sum vii
be appropriated by the coming session, al
or nearly all of the money produced by
the war taxes will be needed. The bill
| prepared by the committee will probably
| reduce the war taxes in the interests O
| favored classes something like SIS, 900 00(
or sec, 1000, 900 year, but the bulk of those
taxes will have to be paid by the people
| for an indefinite period
HANNA TALKS CONGIsEs :.
Senator Hanna in discussing the comm
session of Congress said
| Congress this year will have some i'm
portant duties to perform. Three great
bills-the Nicaraguan Canal bill the Army
bill and the Ship Subsidy bill-are to como
before it. The Nicaraguan Commission
| will make its report early in the session
and the debate in the Senate will proba
| bly, begin early.
II presume there will be changes OF
some importance in the bill. 1t is reason.
able to suppose that lapse of several
month, has made difference in the sent;.
ment of the people on the bill and d
| change in some of its main features will