The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-12-02
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null ated another message He has been
definitely engaged on it for the last
month in the midst of accumulated bust
ness and called his Cabinet together to
hear him read it. Having had their ap-
proval, he sent it to the Public Printer
and got the proof back in time to read
and revise it Thursday evening Just be-
fore hurr ying to the train for St. Louis
at midnight. The train was special of
three beautifully equipped cars extended
to him as a compliment by the railroad
lines. He will take a swift coup d'oeil,
release his tongue couple of times for
the benefit of the Purchase Expo. and
Jump on the train again and hurry back
so as to be here on Tuesday. Take him
altogether, personally, insularly, isthmus-
ly, and oratorically, he is by all odds the
fastest man the United States ever had
IN the executive chair.
Before he gets back majority of the
members of Congress will be impatiently
cooling their heels in the scant corridors
of the pallid exerescence officially known
as the annex to the White House and
unanimously wishing he would ''stand
pat" when distinguished guests are about
to arrive Not only will the old members
be here in importunate squads demanding
things, but most of the 1856 members of
the next Congress who have just been
elected will be on hand holding up their
platters for portion of the official Cruel.
There will be 101 new members among
these whose appetites will not be at all
dulled by the circumstance that they
have not had their feet in the public
trough before Of the members of the
next House 1874 only will be Democrats,
and blessed are they who expect nothing,
for verify they shall not be disappointed.
Fifty or sixty Senators and members
have called on the president during the
past week. They were met with the cor
dial salutation "Now, then, look here,
boys! we've got 'em just where we want
'em. We must show 'em that we can do
things. We must prove that we know
enough to manage the trusts and keep
'em from robbing the American people.
We must demonstrate that we can build
the Panama Canal, and pass laws to i'm
prove the condition of the Filipinos. I've
read my message to the Cabinet, and they
say 'all right! By the way, let me show
you" At this point he has taken the
most conspicuous Senators and members
aside and read to them bits of the docu
ment
He is somewhat worried about pub
fishing the figures obtained by Garfield
as to the business of corporations. He
says he does not want to injure business
and it may be necessary to maintain Sc
crecy regarding the results Of investiga-
tons. But then, what can be done with
the clamorous public, who want to know
you know? The President will advocate
building stronger navy and taking
more prominent part in the international
Peace Congress at The Hague. OF course
stronger navies are necessary in order to
give any excuse for the Peace Congress.
He is therefore understood as backing up
Secretary Morton in his demand for
$500, 100000 navy. With such force
afloat upon the sea, and an army in pro-
portion 1t is believed that this country
would be able to meet any peaceable ma
ton at least half way.
The message will review the work done
during the year by the Panama Canal
Commission and will show the condition
of the work to date. Of course no dirt
has been shoveled yet, but the figures and
diagrams of the chief engineer are inter-
esting, and the President will undertake
to conjecture when the real work of ex-
will begin. The Congressional
Committee on Isthmian Affairs, headed
by Hepburn of Iowa, is in Panama today |
being escorted round by General Davis.
Minister Barrett and John Findley Wal
lace, engineer in charge. This isn't a
bad season to be in Panama. and when
they get on the floor of the House again
the members of the Committee will prob
ably report everything lovely. Whether
an extra session will be called for the |
new Congress to meet on March at the
expiration of the present, is yet an un-
solved problem Governor Cummins,
Foss, and forty or fifty |
others are perfectly sure that the tariff |
question should be tackled without delay,
but the standpatters are believed to out
number them and at their head is the
President himself 1t is dollars to dough
nuts that. though there may be some ef-
:ervescent speeches, the questi IN of re-
;iprocitY will not be vigorously taken in
land for another year.
Undeterred by the recent popular man
fest alton the Presidents message will be
handled without gloves when it is let
DOSE in the Senate IN the presence Of
UGH Democrats as Teller, Carmack and
Patterson, and in the House by the stormy
,etrel Cochran and the hasher.up of un.
considered tri1es Claude Kitchen. 1t is
aid that the Presidents conversation
orders on profanity when either Kitchen
r Carmack is mentioned in his presence;
nd that he and Carmack do not hesitate
D say to each other in the words of
'hilip van Artevelte "He is a rash, in
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