The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-06-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 4th.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 4th.
MIR Observation-Disclosures of the admin
iStration are breathing frccr now that the
end of the session of Congress is in sight
adjournment will take place this week
with no more Investigations of official
crookcdncss provided for. Senator Jones.
of Arkansas threw administration circles
into conniption fits several days ago by
his speech demanding an investigation of
how the $500 900 voted by Congress to
prepare for the war with Spain was spent,
and expressing the opinion that Mr.. Nc
Kinlcy should be pleased to have an OPP
portunity to clear himself of the fearful
stories in circulation. Mr.. Mckinley was
pleased to escape that opportunity.
Senator Morgan got the Senate to agree
to take up the Nicaragua CaEal bill
December 10th, and give it the right of
way until disposed of. That was the best
he could do.
The only vote in the House against the
Lttlefield bill 10 amend the Sherman anti
trust law was cast by a republican, Repre-
sentative Mann, of Illinois,
Representative De Almond, of Missouri,
told the republicans some disagrecable
truths in his speech against their make
believe proposition for a constitutional
amendment authorizing Congress to con-
troll trusts. which was defeated by demo-
cratic votes After telling them that the
proposed amendment bore upon its face
irrefutable evidence that it was not in
tended to be placed in the constitution to
control trusts, but to be placed in the cam
paign to deiude voters. Mr.. De Almond
said: ITO what chapter of your republican
performances can you turn and hope for
approval from the people: do not chide
you for trying last desperate effort as
final resource to get something out Of this
amendment. If you get anything out of
it, it will be because the American people
are far more stupid than think they are,
and because ielusion is much more at
tractivc to them than plain conduct and
honest acts. Can there be anything in
the proposition that because you label this
antitrust we shall not look beyond the
label. You have labeled many things 9TH
er than they are. There is not Il package
of your political noStrums that will bear
inspection. 1t may be taken by label, but
it cannot be by sample, much less by tests
of reasonable qualities. The power of
the people to meet and overcome trusts
would be less if this amendment were in
the constitution, than is t. lay. l am
willing to amend the Constitution, but
am not willing to amend it so as to take
from forty five states the power they now
possess to create and control corporations.
You propose to take control of these
corporations. You propose to say
which one of them you will denounce and
destroy, if you destroy any of them, and
which you will shelter and protect. l am
opposed to that kind Of legislation Trusts
have grown within the last three years as
they have never grown before. Teey are
mightier, they have invaded new fields,
conquered new provinces made new slaves
and are mightier today than ever before.
And yet You say to the people wait until
we get a constitutional amendment and
such a constitutional amendment.
Judges have 4 way Of emphasizing their
disapproval of those who fai. to pay
proper respect to the court. An instance
was given when Justice Barnard, of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
added a fine of 800 and costs to his re-
bukc of Mr.. E. G. Singers for his failure
to obey an order of the court Mt to rep
resent himself as successor to or as con-
nectcd with the firm of c. \. Snow & Co,
the well known Washington Patent Law
yers.
To drop into slang, it may be said that
Secretary Hay got the ''hoarsc boot from
the Senate when he asked in the name of
Mr.. Mckinley, that the Spooner Philip
pine bill be passed before adjournment
The republican leaders knew that the
democratic Senators meant business when
they served them with notice that the
Spooncr bill would not be voted upon at
this session, and abandoned their attempt
to get the bill through. more than a week
ago.
In allowing the claim of Mr.. Clark and
Mr.. Maginnis for seat in the Senate, to
go over to the next session, the Senate
Committee on Elections really turned the
matter over to the'people Of Montana for
settlement, as the legislature which will
fill the vacancy will be elected this year,
excepting twelve hold-over Senators, and
will meet next January, only few weeks
after the reassembling of Congress.
Notwithstanding the promotion of Gen.
Otis for ending the war in the Philippines,
and numerous denials that more troops
were needed over there, Secretary Root
now acknowledges that regular troops are
to be sent to reinforce Gen. Macarthur,
who has been asking for them ever since
he succeeded Otis.
BY pooling their issues, those two per
sonal enemies, Gen. Miles and Gen. Corbin
won their long ight for promotion. That
is, they will win, if the House doesn't kick
on the Senate amendment to the Military
Academy Appropriation bill. providing
for the promotion.