The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-11-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., November 25th.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The much Wanted Reel
procity Convention, the convention which
was to settle all the Presidents doubts, to
outline a policy and serve as a guide to
the republicans in Congress in their hand
ling of the reel procity question, has come
and gone and all that it has done is to
leave behind it the mangled remains of
President McKinley's broad minded pol
icy and young man in the White House
sadly disappointed and mortified at the
sordid narrow mindedness which made it
impossible for the leading republican bust
view of a national policy than that which
was bounded by their own petty interests.
There is no promise of any following
up of the policy that Mr.. Mckinley out
The high protection interests have control
of a handsome majority of the votes and,
with the usual discipline of the republican
machine, members who come from the
West, surcharged with tariff reform ideas,
are promptly and emphatically undeceiyed
as to their views and those of their con-
stituents. The only cloud on protection
lists horizon is sugar. The Sugar Trust
wants free raw sugar. and l understand
that MIR. Havemeyer has announced that
Cuban sugar will be admitted free. This
and similar rumors will not down and
they almost cause Mysteries among some
of the Eastern protection interests.
There is not perfect harmony on the re-
publican side, however. The Reform
Club of New York has been unkind
enough to submit to the President docu-
Frye ship subsidy bill, if it had passed the
last Congress, would have converted prac-
tically two tifths of the entire subsidy into
the coff,r Of the International Navi-ation
Company and most Of the balance would
have been paid to three other companies.
Not only is this an argument against the
ship subsidy bill as it was submitted to
the last Congress, but it has shaken the
faith of the President and of good many
of the members of Congress liz the abso-
lutte disintcrestedness of the promoters of
the bill. The bill has proven Il dead load
from its inception. Never has it been
possible by the most spctious arguments
to arouse any enthusiasm in regard to it
among the people, and the representatives
who will have to go to the people for re-
election are protesting against the party
lash which is being used to make them
vote FOR tie obnoxious measure.
1t is believed that Representative James
ID. Richardson will be elected Democratic
leader in the next House, not outstanding
the opposition that he will incur. Il
many respects he will make an admirable
leader, but by his connection With the
publishing house that has been publishing
and selling volumes containing the Presi-
dents messages he has injured his power
and laid himself open to republican in
nuendo; however, he is good parliament
tartan and at hest his u- ton will not
prove an imNnr',tt one, 50 large is the
republican. Maj ii y.
i lie l. test Cab lie, rumor i that Scrre-
tary of the Interior Hitchcock is very
angry with the President for having
turned him down in the Missouri contest
and yielded to the wishes of Committee
man kerens, and th,t he proposes to re-
sign in IA short tim. There a.e numerous
hints dropped by members Of Congress as
to Lc W this cr that secretary zen Joys" Mr.