The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-06-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 18th.

| Mr.. EDITOR:-Mr. McklnlcY must nave
doubts of tie ability of Hanna to carry
out the program in Philadelphia which he
| has O. KID. That is the only explanation
| of the very bad taste he has shown in send
| ing two members Of the Cahinet-Secrc-
tary Root and Postmaster General Smith
to Philadelphia to help Hanna maEipu-
late the Republican Convention. Smith
carried the platform, which he wrote I'M
der orders from Mckinley and Hanna,
that will be adopted by the Convention,
and Roots special business is to see that
| Boss Plat doesn't get i'll his threatened
monkey business with the Vice Prcsidcn-
tial portion of the Hanna Mckinley pro-
gram.
If we haven't a sufficient number of
troops in the Philippines to keep the Fill
pinos in subsection, how are we going to
be able to send a lot of them to China to
help the Europeans whip the Chinese
Boxers into subsection: That is the
problem which now toufronts Mr.. Nc
| Kinley and his Cabinet. And after this
|
ments knock out the "BoXers' and set up
a new Chinese government, what will
come next? That is the problem which
may, in the near future, confront the
American people Are we ready to as
sumo any new responsibilities for the gov
eminent of more Asatics? Have we not
already more of that sort of thing than is
| desirable?
He is very gullible chap, indeed, who
| will be convinced by the number of ma
tional banks organized under the single
| gold standard law, enacted by the republi-
| can Congress, that the new law is good
thing. Eut that seems to be the republ-
| can idea. Periodically, since the law went
| into effect, Comptroller Dawes has given
| the press a statement showing the number
| Of banks. etc. The last SAYS that 362 ap-
| plications have been made and l59 author
| lied to organize, with Il total capital of
| $S,645,00 and that the increase in Ma
| tional Bank Note circulation has been
| SOL ,99,,910. \ careful and correct state
| ment of the condition of these new banks
| IA year or two from now will be much
| more important than the figures now
given out.
The administration was greatly cha
grinned by the indifference of the people
of Washington towards Gen. f. S. Otis.
| and took especial pains to add attractions
to the reception given him by the people
| of Rochester, n. T., his home city Sec
rotary Long sent the full Marine Band, at
public expense, and Secretary Root virtu-
| ally ordered Gen. Joe Wheeler, now an
| unassigned BrigaGier General in the rcgu-
| lar army, to go to Rochester to help add
enthusiasm to the occasion. Mr. McKin-
| ley has been made to realize, by the in
| difference of the public toward Gen. Otis,
how unpopular his Philippine policy is
with the people, and with the realization
has come alarm. He knows that the peo-
| pie know that the responsibility for put
ting Otis in command in the Philippines,
and keeping him in command after his I'M
fitness for the position had been shown
up, belongs to William Mckinley, and he
fears that the people will be as Indifferent
towards him on election day as they have
shown themselves to be toward Otis now
| The spectre of doubt has become Mr.. Nc
| kinleys constant companion.
Senior Nicholas Rivero, editor of one of
the leading Havana papers, who has been
in Washington few days, thinks there
has been wrong doing in other branches
of the Cuban government as well as ia the
Post Office branch. He gave the Senate
| Committee a pointer that should not be
| overlooked when he said: Il wish we
could have Il thorough investigation of the
| expenditures of money on sanitary and
engineering works. Such ali investiga
ton might reveal some interesting facts
The reports of fraud in connection with
these works are very persistent in Havana
and investigation might show that great
deal of Cuban money has been improperly
expended"
| The Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee is sending out a list of
trust controlled goods which have been,
as result, raised in price; also IA table
showing that the farmers of the country
are paying onethird more for everything
they consume than they were paying when
the republican administration assumed
power, while they have lost since March
4th, 1897, by the decline of prices in farm
products the enormous sum of 81, 600, 900
900.
Admiral Dewey has found out that he
was never in the running as a candidate
for President, and has scratched his nam
off the entries to the race In reply to Il
direct question as to whether he would &C
cept the nomination for Vice President
on the Bryan ticket, the Admiral said
Il have never contemplated being IA can
didate fer Vice President | am not a
candidate for nomination to that office
and would not accept the nomination if it
were offered to me. That is plain En-
| rlish y