The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-06-26

public the Bristow reply to the Tulloch
charges. That reply, accompanied by he
reports of several Postoffice inspectors,
supports the Tulloch charges in every in.
stance and reveals a concentration of
petty differing and official debauchery
sufficient to discredit the entire republican
party. In every line, former First Assis-
tant Postmaster General Perry Heath is
shown up in the most damaging light and
every one who knows the facts knows
that Postmaster General Smith was but a
figurehead, while Heath was the actual
Postmaster General, put there by Hanna
for the sole purpose of furthcring the
Hanna political interests, regardless OF
the amount of the rascality which that
entailed. Heath did his work we'll.
Hanna became the dictator of the republi-
can party, so much so that Roosevelt is
today afraid to seriously offend him, and
now Payne, the pitiful tool Of Hanna, is
receiving the blame for his weak attempt
to cover up his masters trail.
Notwithstanding the attempt to gain
glory by the advocacy of a tariff by
Joseph Chamberlain in the British Parlia-
ment that same advocacy is the occasion
of serious anxiety to the republicans.
The republicans have a clearly outlined
policy. 1t has three planks; n to de-
ceive the low tariff advocates of the west
into believing that the republican party
will eventually revise the tariff along pro-
lection lines; two to make the high tariff
benefciaries of the east believe that the
tariff will never be lowered by the re-
publicans; and, three, to hold the ques-
ton in allegiance so that, in the event of
any increase in the tariff revision senti-
ment, they eau adopt the Mckinley Buff
falo speech as a part of the platform of
1904 and thus steal the tariff revision
of the democrats. The attitude Of Cham.
berlain, however, gives promise OF precipi-
tating the tariff question and forcing the
republicans to a pronouncement on the
reciprocity question during the next SEES
sion of Congress, greatly to the conster-
nation of such high priests of protection
as Aldrich, Hanna, Plat of Connect
cut, ct al. During the ten months end
ing with May the United Kingdom i'm
ported American products to the amount
of $217, OO4, 4SS. What would happen to
to the United States if any British policy,
whereby this immense trade were cut off.
were to be adopted can be easily sur
missed and that is the reason the republi-
cans of the east wish Joseph Chamber
lain and his protection reciprocity ideas
were in the middle of Darkest Africa, nor
has the opposition which Chamberlain's
ideas lave been received served to quiet
the fears of the republican ultra protec-
tionists.
Representative j. Adam Bede of Mime
sofa has just been in Washington, and
like every Minnesotian, has brought
with him cause for unrest OF the part of
the republicans. He says "The people of
Minnesota are seriously thinking of the
great benefit thew would derive from
reciprocity with Canada. The business
interests of the state have organized a
league with that end in view. Minnesota
is turning to diversified farming. The
Canadian farmers are wheat growers
We can sell them their butter, eggs,
cheese, fruit and various other products"
Mr.. Bede's announcement caused a bad
quarter of an hour to the President. He
too favors reciprocity but his experience
with the Cuban treaty has taught him a
lesson and he will make no more attempts
to secure the ratification of a republican
Congress for a reciprocity treaty.
Representative Cannon is in Washing
ton and is devoting much of his time to
familiarizing himself with the Postofice
situation. He fears that the investigation
will be SO prolonged that Congress will
have to take a hand in it and he is urging
expedition on the Postofice officials.
Asked if he had begun the reorganization
of the House committees Mr.. Cannon
laughed and said, ."No, 1 will wait till l
Speaker before I do that. Besides,
the very men 1 appointed to good posi-
tions might die before Congress convenes
and then I would have made enemies for
nothing"