The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-04-04

which he believed would influence legisla-
ton. The one grave error in the affair
seems to me to have been made by Secre-
tary Hay in having any dealings with a
man who was not only not properly ac-
credited, but who had not even an intro
duction from the Danish Minister" In
reply to a question the Senator said, "My
respect for the late President precudes
my expressing myself in regard to Ahner
Mckinley
During the first four days of the past
week the Senate discussed the anti oleo-
margarine bill and on Thursday evening
it adjourned until this noon, when the
same bill will be the Irregular order. y
The spirit Of rebellion against the dictator
ship which Speaker Henderson has been
| exercising in the House has extended to
the Senate end of the Capitol, and yester-
| day republican Senator told me that if
the Speaker continued to suppress certain
measures which had been passed by the
Senate the latter body might conclude to
| re-enact the bills and attach them to some
of the appropriation bills sent over from
the House. This is particularly true of
the ship subsidy bill and the irrigation
bill, both of which the Speaker apparently
intends to bury in committee, and both of
which are likely to reappear attached to
the River and Harbor bill when the Sen
ate sends it to conference. The democrats
are rather enjoying the discontinue of
the republicans under the Speakers
tyranny, from which they have so long
suffered and so Intellectually protested
against.
The democrats are also getting some
amusement out of the friction which has
developed between the Senate Philippines
Committee and the House Committee on
Insular Affairs The former has deter
the islands while the House committee
| holds out for gold standard. That the
republicans themselves after their eXtrav
agant claims in regard to the benefits to
be derived from the gold standard, should
find themselves divided on such question
is one of the inconsistencies for which
that party is noted.
The minority of the Philippines Com
mlttee will propose to the Senate plan
which provides for the independence of
the Filipinos as soon as the President can
proclaim that the Instruction is ended
The S20,00000O which the United States
paid for the islands is to be paid back to
this government and the United States is
to secure, by treaty, pledges from all for
elsn nations that the neutrality of the
islands shall be preserved. This is the
plan with which the democrats will con-
front Senator Lodges imperialistic meas
ure on the floor of the Senate.
At a meeting held on Friday evening
1.-THE committee of seven" of the demo-
cratic National Committee elected Repre-
sentative Griggs, of Georgia, as chairman
of the full committee, subject to ratifica-
ton by the latter, which will, of course,
follow.
The news is being whispered in the
Capitol lobbies and cloak rooms that the
President intends to execute coup Tetdt
which he believes will secure his re-elec-
ton and will rob the democrats of one of
the issues which they intend to carry into
the next national campaign. Mr.. Roose-
velt's plan, as outlined to some republican
members who have complained because
no tariff revision is permitted at this ses-
sion, is to send message to this Congress,
during its closing hours, recommending
tariff revision along the most important
lines. He will then call, in extra session,
the Fifty eighth Congress for the express
purpose of amending the Dingley tariff
schedules. AS the time indicated is still
year away there may be many slips be-
fore Mr.. Roosevelt carries his plan into
execution, and those republican members
who appreciate that they will have to face
angry constituencies next fall regard it,
at best, as 'rather cold comfort"
The House of Representatives last week
passed the Army Appropriation bill, de-
voted Friday to the pension bills, Saturday
to the Revenue Gutter Service and today
will take up the Sundry Civil bill
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