The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-03-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, u. g., March 10Th.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Boss Hanna, having
failed to convince all of the republican
Senators by telling them that the passage
of the Porto Rico tariff bill was necessary
to get certain big campaign contributions,
is now vigorously welding the party whip
on the shoulders of the kickers, with able
assistance on the quiet from Mr.. Mckin
ley 1t was to help bin that Senator For
aker got the Senate Porto Rico bill sent
back to Committee. This leaves the deck
clear for the House bill, which deals ex
clusively with the Porto Rico tariff.
Every energy is now to be bent to force
that through the Senate without amend
ment. Five or six republican Senators
still threaten to filibuster against vote.
Senator Tillman utilized his pitchfork
to toss few aggravating questions to the
almost distracted republican Senators,
which furnished considerable amusement
to the occupants of the galleries and to
the democratic Senators. Among the
questions, which no republican seriously
attempted to answer, were the following:
HAS the President changed his minG or
nots Is the President for free trade with
Porto Rico to-day or is he not? Is he
leading his party or has he surrendered to
the dictates of special interest, following
the triumphal car like prisoner of war:
Will some gentleman please tell me
whether the President is for free trade
| with Porto Rico or is he not?' After
waiting in vain for a reply to his ques-
tions Mr. Tillman said with sardonic
laugh "a dumbness falls upon US all"
He then wildly sketched the present
troubles of the republican party, and pre-
dicted that the people would sweep it
from power for not recognizing that the
| flag, the Constitution and liberty must
| travel together, and charged the republi-
| can party with indirection, hypocrisy and
dirty work. Senator Spooner sought to
| detract attention from Senator Tillman's
plain talk about Porto Rico by shiftin g
| the debate to the suppression of the negro
vote in South Carolina, but Mr.. Tillman
met him at once by declaring that he had
| no apologies to make for the action of the
| white people of South Carolina, adding:
| when you could get nothing more from
US by law you turned a horde of negroes
and carpet baggers loose upon us to steal
| everything we had left We are here to
stay, and we demand our rights. We are
not to be trampled on and hammered and
| patronized any longer. l say that as a
South Carolinian, am the equal of any
| Senator on this floor l propose to have
my say here no matter whose feelings are
| hurt"
After ten years service in the House
| Representative Cox, of Tennessee, has an
nounced that he will not be IL candidate
| for re- election. When asked why, he an
swered in three words: Tired of it." He
will be missed by the democrats of the
next House, as he has won place as an
able champion of democratic principles.
Representative Caldwell of H., believes
that Senator Cullom will be succeeded by
democrat. He said: Il think | have a
right to be sanguine in my hopes that we
shall elect a democrat to the United States
Senate. The present law districting the
state makes it possible for us to carry the
legislature, although the republicans have
a majority in the state somewhere be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000"
One result of the investigation, now be-
ing made by the House Military Commit
tee of the use of Federal troops in Idaho,
is the resolution offered in the House by
Representative Lentz, of Ohio, and in the
Senate by Senator Allen, of Nebr, calling
for the withdrawal of Federal troops from
the Occur d Alene district in Idaho the
revocation of the labor permit system, and
restoration of the right of habcas corpus.
| The resolution declares that the further
use of the L. S. troops in aiding and as
sisting the maintenance of martial law Is
| improper, unnecessary and unlawful.