The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-01-25

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., January 2lst.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January 21st.
MIR. EDIToR:-Oh, no! The Mckinley
Administration has no understanding
with England, and does not act for the
preservation of English interests. 1t just
happened that the administration bosses
forced a caucus of republican Senators to
decide to take no action upon the Nicara-
qua Canal bill while the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty is under consideration by the Brit
ish government. In other words, ma
jority of the United States Senate informs
the world that it has turned the question
of whether the Nicaragua Canal shall be
provided for at this session over to the
British government All and all this is
one of the most remarkable instances of
trucking to foreign nation in the history
of the Senate, and it is not surprising that
four republican Senators should have re-
volted and openly said that they would
not be bound by the action of the caucus
the surprising thing is that majority
of them should have been willing to make
such an exhibition of themselves If the
British government wishes to prevent
Nicaragua Canal legislation at this session
of Congress, it has only to defer making
known its action on the treaty until after
the 4th of March. Naturally the Panama
lobbyists are jubilant. This is playing
right into their hands.
AS the administration doesn't wish to
take any more chances, the conferees on
the part of the House on the Army bill
have orders to agree to the bill as it passed
the Senate. 1t is expected to 60 to MIR.
Mckinley in a day or two, and mouths
are already watering for the nice little
commissions that he will distribute under
the new law.
The Ship Subsidy bill has been patched
up SO as to placate republican opposition,
and it is now claimed that it will get The
vote of every republican Senator if it gets
voted upon. 1t is to be considered in the
Senate whenever no regular appropriation
bills are on hand, for time, but Senator
Aldrich reminded Senator Hanna that the
time would be limited when he gave notice
that the Finance Committee would, during
the present week, report the revenue re-
duction bill. The prediction has been
made by Senator that if the Ship Subsidy
bill was not passed before the revenue re-
duction bill, which will have the right of
way, got before the Senate, it would not
pass at all. If the democratic Senators
choose they can easily prevent the Ship
Subsidy bill getting to vote, but they
may conclude that it will be good party
policy to allow the republicans to pass it.
While protesting all the time that he
would not be candidate, Senator Hanna
is constantly busy laying wires to bring
about his nomination for President by the
republicans in 1904. His latest move in
that direction was to make bid for the
soldier vote, by announcing his intention
to join the G. A. R. If the democratic
leaders can help Hanna get that nomina
ton they will certainly do so, because of
their belief that his nomination by the re-
publicans would assure the election of any
democrat.
That "pull'' under this administration
is stronger than the Civil Service law is
nothing new, but disgraceful proof of it
has just been given by the appointment of
William Hamlet, of Maryland, who was
forced to resign as general inspector of
the Post Office Department for having
hired out his government railroad pass, to
be an inspector in the Baltimore Custom
House. In other words, a man who has
shown his unfitness for position under
one department of the public service has
been given an equally responsible position
in another. The secret of Hamlett's
pulp is his ability, or his supposed abili-
ty, to control the negro voters of Maryland.
Senator Teller said of the Filipino petit
ton presented by him, which he wishes to
have printed as public document, and
which is now in the hands of the Senate
Committee on the Philippines: "My Fill
pino petition represents what might be
called the great middle class of the Phil
ippine islands. 1t is no protest from the
National Filipino government. There is
not in the list of 1000 and more names
that of one office holder under the Filipino
government. No one can charge that the
document emanates from Aguina. do or
his followers. 1t is sincere and unbiased
protest from the business men and respec-
table citizens of the islands against the
treatment they are receiving from the
United States, and it is in the nature of a
petition for redress. l consider that in