The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-11-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, d. C., November 18Th

WASHINGTON, D. c., November 10Th.
MR.. EDIToR:-How democrats in Con
gress feel towards the proposition to re-
duce Southern representation in Congress
and in the electoral college, which is being
urged by quite IL number of republicans,
may be Judged from these remarks of Sem
ator Money: IF an attempt is made to re-
duce the Congressional representation
, from the South, l, for one, will be willing
to talk from the 3rd day of December to
noon on the 4th day of March. And it
won't be wind, either. 1t will be a speech
worth listening to. have been preparing
for this fight for some time. If the re-
publicans attempt that reduction, they
might as well prepare for an extra session
of Congress. They will not pass their
shipping bill, nor, indeed, anything else
in the way of legislation Every demo-
cratic Senator and Representative, who
has been in Washington, holds practically
the same sentiments that Senator Money
expressed. Leading republicans, who see
| danger in the matter, are trying to stop
the talk among the small fry about forcing
this sort of legislation through Congress
! by reminding them of the republican de-
| feat which followed the attempts to jam
the notorious Force bill through Congress.
1t seems that the public is not to be al
| lowed to get on the inside of whatever
crookedness there has been in handling
Cuban money, in addition to the known
stealings Of the Nicely gang, if the Senate
Committee on relations with Cuba, Or
rather the republican members of that
committee, can prevent it, even when
there is no campaign going on to be af
fected 1t was known, and stated in this
vestigation to be made, that the committee
| would make no pretense even of acting
| until after the election, but it was not be-
l;eved that the committee would decline
to act at all. Yet, that is what many are
now saying and the talk seems to be iusti-
fed The Committee held secret meet
ing, after which Senator Platt, of Con-
| necticut, its Chairman, refused to even al
outside the committee room, to read any
OF the information furnished by the War
Department, ON the expenditures and re-
ceipts in Cuba, on the ground that the in
| formation was mot complete" and stated
that the committee had adjourned subject
to the call of the Chairman, and that he
| didn't know when there would be another
| meeting.
If Secretary Gage represents the repub-
| lican financial policy, and the fact that he
has been asked by Mr.. Mckinley to re-
main at the head of the Treasury Depart
! ment during the next administration, is
good evidence that he does, movement
| for the absolute retirement not only of the
greenbacks, but of all paper money issued
| by the government. may be expected in
the near future, although the intention to
do SO was most vigorously denied by
many republicans during the recent cam
| paign. Mr.. Cages position has been
| pretty generally known for some time, and
he has just emphasized it in lecture on
Finance, in which he said: The public
Treasury is poor agency for issuing pa
| per money"
There is considerable gossip in Wash
| ington concerning the candidacy for the
Senate from Nebraska, of Assistant Sec
rotary Meikleiohn. He spent the greater
part of the campaign on the stump instead
of in the War Department, and. now he is
| likely to spend more time in Nebraska
| thar in Washin gton. until the Senators
are elected, while his salary goes right
along. In addition to being allowed to
| neglect his official duties, Mr.. Meiklejohn
| wants the administration to back his
| candidacy for the Senate. If Mr. Mckin-
| ley does that, Nebraskans in Washington
say he will raise the biggest sort of a row
among republicans of the State.
Another official postponement of the
| bringing of the volunteers home from the
Philippines has been announced, which is
promises. 1t is now said that they will
| not begin brin ging them back before the
! first of January, and possibly not before
the first of March. If not until the latter
date, it will be very doubtful whether they
will all get back before the expiration of
| their term of enlistment, July list, 1901
although War Department officials claim
that they can all be brought back within
| four months, if necessary. If so, they
| will be brought back much quicker than
| they were carried
Senator Harris. of Kansas, said of one
of the bills which Boss Hanna has slated
to go through at this session of Congress:
| There is much opposition in the West to
| the Ship Subsidy Bill. If the ship yards
| are so prosperous, as we are led to believe,
| there is no need for them to receive subsi-
| dies. In any event the farmers Of the
| West object to being taxed for the sup
| port of the shipping interests"
At the last session of Congress the re-
| pubicans would have been entirely salts
| fed to increase the regular army to 100000
| men, but now a lot of them are seriously
talking about making the army bill, which
they intend putting through at this SEES
sion, provide for 10000 men or more
The re election of Mr.. Mckinley al III.
election of big majority i'll the next
| House seems to have turned the heads of
many republicans, and the leaders of that
party are going to have a hard job to keep
them from going beyond all bounds in
| the legislation at this session.
Preparations for the removal intact of
the Pinkney house, corner College avenue
and Bladen street, on which site the new
| State building will be erected; breaking
| ground for the Annapolis postotlice and
other Improvements in Annapolis, al go
| ing on at one time, not saying anything
| about the vast amount bein 6 expended for
| the rehabilitation of the Naval Academy,
attract considerable attention from
| strangers and citizens. ITO say that
Annapolis is finished city," Il pro-