The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-02-19
JIRER-UPPER MARLBOROUGH MARYLAND FEBRUARY 49, 1904
OUR WASHINGTON LETT FIR
WASHINGTON, d. c., February 18th.

atOrS nave tetel ullneu W Notc soiluiy
to ratify the Panama treaty aud take the
Consequences These are probenatical,
but men who have made profound study
of the hostile conditions at the lsthmus
DO not believe that Il ok canal between
the ocean can be built there in twenty
five wears over the Cu!ebra and in the
face of the uncomfortable torrent Of the
Chayres. 1t is universally agreed that a
sea-level canal would be worth four times
as much and take three times as long to
finish Engineers of repute saythat the
earth offers no precedent for this lock
canal; that no similar stupendous engI
eering work has ever been undertaken,
and they decline to predict when or how
it can be done, or at what cost, or Wheth-
er it can ever be done at all "Panama
Panama. Build it in a year. Hurrah!'
may possibly elect Roosevelt, but it will
leave the Republican party bankrupt be-
fore 1905 with a whole lot Of broken
promises on its hands. But Southern
Democrats have been waiting good while
and their Impotence has drawn some OF
the weaker ones into the ranks Of the rat
ifers.
The Panama discussion in the Senrte
goes on languidly towards the finish.
Carmack. Tenn, made one OF his ringing,
stin g ing speeches this week that caused
Republicans to wriggle uneasily in their
seats or to seek the restaurant or to find
refuge in the cloak room He said there
we're some outrages that even Mr.. Roose-
welt dare not perpetrate because he is
can didate for the presidency; that cir,
cumstance places limit upon the
lawlessness of the ad ministration.
For the last three days the House has
been debating the Senate amendment to
lend 100000 to the St Louis Fair Com
mttee in addition to the 100000 al
ready given outright. The propositi''
was advocated by Messrs Cochran, Cow
herd De Almond, Champ Clark and Van
diver, of Missouri, aud HEMINGWAY, Ind,
chairman of appropriations, among the
abest men in Congress. In opposition
were Messrs. Payne, Grosvenor, Dalzeli
and Glllett, Mass, who said they were
tired of these raids upon the Treasury by
men who would first obtain an appropri-
alton by pledging themselves to ask no
more, and then in few months come
back and hold up their platter again on
the ground that they had been given
something and therefore must have more
The lobby was crowded with excited Wis
itors from the Mound City. On Thurs
day the measure passed--'triumphantly'
a lobbyist remarked 1t is so easy to be
benevolent and "public spirited" with
other peoples money.
"Hon. C. D. Walcott, director Z. s.
Geological Survey never tires of novel
ties He has appointed Mr.. Kunz to be
''Radium COMMISSIONS" to the Worlds
Fair at ST. Louis,-salary $4,000! Now
fetch on the experts. Who is going to b"
Solium Commisioner?-and \ ray Co :
missioner?-.and Trilobite Commissioner:-
and Liquid Air Commissioner?-and con-
gealed Sunshine Commissioner?-and
| Weather Breeding Commssioner?-and
Aeroplane Commissioner? Hurrah for
science with big, big S! We cannot
have too much Seience-especially Sci
ence that hard working people pay for
and nobody understands.
Senator Hoar has compilation from
the governme ut records showing that
war and warfare hive cost this nation
one thousand million dollars in seven
years-about So par head, or $40 faml-
ly each year. If our taxes were direct in
stead of indirect, and the tax gatherel
went from door to door and collected $40
at every home, how long would the
terrible waste 60 on?
The wv orld's Fair Industry is gallop-
ing, hot footed The St. Louis outfit has
got ten million dollars from the Federal
treasury and Portland, Ore, jamestown,
Va, Wheeling, w. Va, and the May
flower Pilgrims want rs much more. 1t
looks as if they would ct it, too. We
are much given to eNclamati,us of joy and
muititudinous fireworks and the cele
brants find Uncle Sam easy.
General John G. Black, Commander OF
the G. A. R, and the new President of
the Civil Service Commission is rapidly
convalescng at the Garfield Hospital.
Your CORES pendent called on him yes
terday, found him sitting up in an easy
chair and saluted him as the much-talked
of Democratic candidate for President.
80, nor' he earnestly exclaimed, Gen
eral Sickless mention Of my name was
only an amicable and lovely compliment
rising from the veterans warm heart.
We are old political friends and army
comrades, and he naturally enough said
friendly and pleasant thing. That's
all there is of it, There is rising tide
of comment in the Hobbies in favor of a
peace army for the Democratic candi-
date.
Governor Odell Of New York is OPP
posed to the good-roads measure sug-
gested for that state. He doesn't mind
spending a hundred millien dollars on the
Erie Canal, which is of very slight bene-
fit to anybody, but when it comes to
helping the farmers better their roads, he
put his foot down.
Brevities Pension Commissioner W are
wants authority to retire three per cent
of his clerks annually. A gooc many old
fellows sleep at their desks but don't wish
to retire. Mr. Roosevelt has $4,000 post
otf1c es as political "barrel' to start his
campaign with-Senator Elkins, W. Va,
says the people want the canal and don't