The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-10-04

Mr.. Morgan may be expected to step for
ward and have a foot in it.
William j. Bryan's advice TO Theodore
Roosevelt not to become candidate for
second term was apparently delivered
in the most friendly spirit. There is GER
tainly il deal of truth in the Nebraskan's
assertion that, to build sufficient strength
for a denomination, Mr. Roosevelt must
sacrifice his independence and bring COM
plications into his administrations. Never
theless, it is quite apparent that the new
Chief Magistrate is too ambitious to aban-
don the hope of further clarifying himself
by building up an organization that will
make him the central figure of the next
Republican national convention.
While organized labor lost fortune in
its battle with the Steel Trust, Mr.. Nor
gan's combine has not suffered materially,
if reports from the headquarters of that
concern are to be relied upon. 1t is semi
officially stated that the net earnings of
the United States Steel Corporation dur
ing the past six months have amounted to
$54 900 900 and that dividend will soon
be declared on both classes of stock issued
by the company. When trust has grown
so powerful that it can infiict an almost
fatal blow upon IA great branch of union
labor and make half hundred millions
at the same time, the situation has become
serious and Americans will appreciate the
gravity of the political problem involving
this phase of caritalistic economy. I'm
less decisive steps are taken to regulate
the evil, the octopus will have, within the
next decade, so involved the working
classes in its far-reaching tentacles that
the feudal system will seem Il veritable
Elysium by comparison.
Thus far Mr.. Roosevelt is practically an
unknown quantity even among the lead
ers of the party that placed him second to
Mr. Mckinley at the last Republican
national convention. 1t is expected, how
ever, that within the coming two months
the new President will be compelled to
declare himself on tie leading issues of
the hour. Whether he will prove to be
more subservient than even Mr.. Hanna
had hoped for is a matter of interesting
speculation at the present time.
Earl Ii Hung Chang has once more re-
covered. Now that there is growing
prospect of comparatively friendly rela
tions between China and the powers, he
feels almost convalescent. When matters
looked dark and threatening, the earl was
scarcely expected to recover. Bret Harte
knew his individual when he wrote that
For ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain, the heather Chinee is peculiar"
Earl Ii is a superb diplomat, but he has
all the characteristics of his race neverthe-
less
OF late, Hawaii has had more than her
share of political turmoil and internal
brawling. Now comes the report that
Governor Sanford B. Dole has resigned
and that the official notice of his retire
ment is en- route to Washington. There
is strong opposition to the gubernatorial
incumbent in certain quarters and efforts
have repeatedly been made to smirch his
official character. 1t is not to be forgotten
however, that the present Governor has
accomplished great deal for his country,
that he has been reliable executive Off
Ger and that his successor if Mr. Dole has
resigned, is likely to be more or less of an
experiment rs well as the representative
of faction that has stirred up affairs in
the Pacific islands repeatedly since they
passed into the control Of the American
nation.
Gen. Robert P. Hughes, from the Island
of Samar, reports the arrival of Sergeant
Markley and one private at Tannan from
the fight at Balangiga, where over 40 men
of Company c, Ninth Infantry, were
killed by Filipinos who attacked the
troop while at breakfast last Saturday
The men who have reached Tannan say
that the officers of the company, who were
at first reported to have escaped, were
killed with the majority of the company.
The troops were attacked, while unpre-
pared, by 400 bolomen, of whom the Amer
leans killed about 40 Many of the Amer
lean soldiers were killed in their quarters
before they had time to grasp their rifles
General Hughes has gone to the scene of
the disaster and will personally command
the troops.