The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-08-05
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. July got

The nOml mating battle cries
Batted his surprised eyes
Replying wise or otherwise.
The Presidents speech of acceptance
at Oyster Bay is received here with var
led emotions. 1t is thought by his cham
pions to be comprehensive, complete and
unanswerable. Democrats, on the other
hand, consider it the first speech of the
kind ever delivered by an American presi-
dent,-that is, the first speech Of accept
ance devoted, in every paragraph, euloglz-
ing his own party and denouncing the OPP
position. In it the President says 1--WE are
striving to do our work tn the spirit with
which Lincoln approached his" but Sen
ator Daniel, who was in the city yester-
day, calls attention to the fact that Lin
celn's acceptance of his second nomina-
ton, like Washington's, was carefully
nonpartisan; and that even McKinley's-
address OF acceptance spoke of his oppo-
nents with respect and INDUCED in no
such rancor as is heard in the uttera nee
of the Rough Rider of Oyster Bay. Con-
corning the rash surgical operation where
by the Panama vermiform appendix was
slasbed from the vitals of Columbia he
says 1--WE conducted the negotiations
with the incest and most scrupulous hon
or" which is certainly the construction
of an ex ecutive euphemism whose deli
cacy has seldom been equalled.
Grover Cleveland is making credita-
BILE effort to solve the conundrum, "What
shall we do with our ex-Presidents?' 1t
has been suggested that every man who
has been president ought thereafter to be
ex-officio member of the Senate, but
objections to that transfer have been
raised which are difficult to overcome.
W Washington went back to his farmin &
and fox-hunting; John Adams carried
his dignity back to his old estate; Jeffer-
son wrestled with his detractors and his
debts; Monroe kept himself alive by trav-
cling as a book-agent; John Quincy Ad'
ans greatly enlarged his flames by becom'
ing q member of the House of Represent
atives; Grant lived precariously and i'm
periled his good name by getting tangled
up in Wal! Street. Cleveland is the first
of ex Presidents to enhance and magnl-
fy his fame by becoming literator and
publicist-by officiating as a University
lecturer and enlightning the public as
contributor to magazines and controvert-
ed matters of national concern This is
a highly honorable position; no service
could be more useful; and it is work to
which most presidents are competent.
Every ex.president has an enormous Gil
entele enabling him tc win large reVe-
nue. from colleges and periodicals.. and at
the same time confer lasting benefit
upon the whole people of the country.
Mr.. Cleveland is entitled to gratitude for
having courageously helped to solve
difficult problem.
The unanimous election of Taggart OF
Indiana as chairman of the Democratic
National Committee helps to clear a
cloudy sky. As Parker earned bis first
money as ianitor and Davis as brake
man, there is certain propriety in Sc
lecting as their manager real lrishman
who earned his first quarter OF dollar
behind the lunch counter. It seems to
complete the. Democratic triumvirate.
From dissecting sandwiches Taggart has
risen to the proprietorship of several
lar &c hotels, and besides being rich is
immensely popular. He is blonde blue
eyed athlete, and he shakes hands as II
you were his long-lost brother. He is
gifted with the same pan-Indiana smile
which Schuyler Colfax had, and he en-
braces every acquaintance with "Good-
morning, brotherr' He has an immense
outfit down at the French Lick. the
Monte Carlo of the West, which spouts
geyser-the Pluto-thst congested Ken
tuckians quaff to get rid Of their super
fluous mountain dew by turning them
selves inside out. Taggart has twisted
Indianapolis round his finger good many
times, and if he shows the same ability
to handle Indiana, he can go into the
Cabinet or be minister to Ireland it he
prefers it. On Toms shoulders vast re-
sponsibility is laid.
Senator Gormon was in the city today
and expressed himself as very anxious
about Indiana. He expects to carry
Maryland and looks to Mr.. Davis to hand
over West Virginia. Hemeway's district
in Indiana was formerly Democratic, but
has recently gone Republican bya small
majority. Taggart is expected to wipe
out that majority and send into exile the
present chairman of the Appropriations
Committee. Senator German laughs de-
risively at the suggestion that Kentucky
may 60 Republican. He says "Well
suppose Texas may"
Some prominent Eastern Democrats
regard Illinois as not beyond the POSSIBLE
it of capture. The big Chicago Strike
with probability of indefinite continuance
will eccentuate Republican troubles in
the Western campaign. If Chicago goes
Democratic by only fifteen or twenty
thousand, the state will probably be safe
for Roosevelt hut if the labor unions, ex-
cited and instigated by strikes, boycotts,
lockouts, and blacklsts, should raise the
the city majority to forty or fifty thous-
and, Mr.. Cortelyou's folks would be a
good deal worried.