The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-10-05
NO. 40

raneous Associated Press dispatches.
and with what are now known condi-
tions IN the distant archipelago, could
not fail to impress the sound sense of
the American people as cheap cam
paign trick.
/! The leading Republican press, in
giving publication to the document,
lily concealed their chagrin in offering
such testimony to the people, Demo
Gratis generally treat it humorously,
while leading independent journals
with Republican proclivities, like the
New York Evening Post" and the
Washington POST" take serious ex-
ceptions to it.
The ''Evening Post after com
menting on the "two kilograms from
Manila, one from the Taft commission
the other an Associated Press dis
patch; the former telling of the de-
cadent and almost defunct state of the
insurrection and representing that
the election of the Republican Candi-
date for President is all that is needed
to insure peace and quietude; the lat
ter showing a marked increase of insur-
rectionary activity and giving details
of bloody engagement" concludes in
the following serious strain: "If the
American people were to vote this
year on the situation in the PHILIPPINES,
without reference to things nearer
home, this attempt to work the Taft
commission for political ends, and the
refutation of their report which the
press dispatches bring in letters of
blood, could not fail to be disastrous"
The Washington POST" which has
been a pretty constant defender Of the
'sexpansion' policy, is quite as serious
and still more emphatic in its condemn
nation of the Taft report, as follows:
ave have already disposed of one the
ory set up by Mr.. Taft and his col
leagues-the theory that such insight
fcant disorder as now prevails in Lu-
zon is stimulated wholly by the hope
of Democratic success at the polls next
November. 1t does not strike US as
highminded politics to disseminate
suggestions Of this character thereby
asking the country to believe that the
Democracy are responsible for the
death and suffering Of our soldiers in
the PHILIPPINES. The proposition is as
absurd as it is cruel, and will deceive
no one possessing intelligence above
that of an ordinary chipmunk."
Another boomerang, eminating from
highest Republican source, is the heat
ed denialby Chairman Hanna;in a public
speech OF Chicago, of the existence of
any trusts at all; those well known
aggregations having, as he exclaimed,
their entity exclusively in the imagi-
nation of William J. Bryan, whom he
mildly characterized as "hypocrite,"
who is using his imaginary trusts as
"bugaboo' to frighten the people.
The perceptibly growing peevish-
ness and excitability Of Mr.. Hanna is
becoming one of the humors of the
campaign on the democratic side Of
the house, while to the republicans it is
becoming matter of serious cercern.
1t is said by those who have witnessed
distinguished pugilistic encounters
that, when the most skillful champion
begins, from the force of the hard
blows and staying powers of his antag-
onist, to lose that supreme confidence
which is the chief stock in trade of the
successful pugilist, he often makes
such awkward maneuvers as to amuse
even novice.
Thus it seems to be with great Mar
Gus, for it will be remembered that, on
noted occasion, he compared his last
great battle, when he SO successfully
disbursed the immense sums contrl-
buted by the frightened capitalists, to
a battle in the prize ring. When the
distinguished chairman met the pugil-
st, Bob Fitzsimmons, in the reception
room of the Senate, shortly after the
last campaign and the battle with
Corbet, he Familiarity slapped the pu-
gilist on the shoulder, saying; "Well,
Bob, each of us had hard fight to
knock our man out, but, we finally did
it all right" to which modest and CON-
panionable Bob grinning assented.
VERITAs.
EASE AND DISEASE.