The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-07-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

OUR WASHINGTON LETT Err.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 25th.
Mr. EDIToR:-Imitation is the sinccrcst
f1attery. Remembering that Abraham
White House when he received the an
nouncement of his rcnOmin alton Prcsl-
dent Roosevelt walked out upon the south
balcony to receive the news of his nomi-
nation at Chicago as the tenth successor
of the distinguished rail splitter. There
his most intimate friends found him cloth
ed and in his right mind. When, five
minutes later, newspaper men crowded
round him he said CHOW, boys, remem-
Der that this is Executive Session" mean
ing of course that the natural and reason
able exhilerations of the occasion were
not to be too literally reported. There
upon he quite laid aside the little show OF
dignity which he has sometimes found it
expedient to assume, gave and took bar
time boy among the boys. Whatever
else may be said about the President, it is
conceded that he is natural man with
no trivial affections. He was much graf
flied at the assurance that it was the fist
time in the country's history when candi-
dates for President and Vice President
received every vote of a nominating con-
vention.
l called yesterday on Congressman
Cowherd, running the Democratic Nat
ional campaign from the Riggs House,
to hear what he had to say about the Re-
publican platform. "What has become
of the party's courage" he asked "On
some of the greatest questions its tongue
is paralyzed. Isn't the labor situation
conspicuously before the country? The
platform says not word about it. What
is going to be done with the Philippines?
The Republican platform does not lisp a
syllable. Has the tariff ceased to be an
about it except that it will be diminished
or increased whenever its political guard
ian thinks fit. OF the gross post office
corrnptions it merely says our admins
tration of the great departments of the
government has been honest The sub
ject of statehood is not mentioned in the
platform, although four inchoate states
with a million and half population are
knocking loudly at the door. Is that an
attractive PLATFORM
The forty Filipinos have come and gone.
They have been hailed and lunched by
the President, effusively greeted by his
subordinates, lifted to the top of the mon
ument and carried through the public
buildings, and have fastened on to other
cities I inquired his impressions from
Major General Birney, son of that james
g. Birney who made the freesoil run for
President in 1914, and only survivor of
four brothers who fought in the Union
army. He said "They looked about like
the same number of intelligent persons
from our states on an excursion to the
capital for pleasure and instruction. If
they are representatives of their people,
we owe more respect to the Filipinos than
we have yet shown. If the President of
the Fair at St. Louis would devise plan
to make our people acquainted with these
men instead of exhibiting lot of savage
Igorrotes at the Pike, he would :" acquire
much merit" A score of Digger Indians
caught in the Bad Lands of the West
would represent our native population
as we'll as those Igorrotes represent the
Filpinos.
l asked: "What did you think of their
speeches." "They were respectable" he
said, but not remarkable for originality
or force They were about what would
be expected of guests whose bills were
paid by their entertainers and who would
naturally aviod unpleasant topics. They
were as polite as Spaniards.
Don't you suppose their reports will
do good in the archipelago?' | asked.
"Perhaps," he answered, "by giving the
people there more definite ideas of the
extent, power, wealth, and industrial re-
sources of this country. l don't know
that the reports will make them more
friendly to US. They don't fight US as
thew did Chains don't hurt so much
when they are worn smooth. But no
suhirratetl na,ip loves its masters. The
Beers ana Hinhrns 10 not love the Brit
ish: nor do the Firms love the Russians
or the Filipinos the Americans. War
ships and rapid fire guns maintain what
is called peace. No Filipino rebels I'M
less he has made his will, but the spirit
that demands independence is there and
would blaze up if favorable occasion
Offered Without battieships and Cat
lings they are helpless; but if a powerful
nation should offer them such facilities
of defence and offence, | they think
would rise in rebellion from t. e north end
of Luzon to the southern corner Of the
Sulu possession If Japar, for instance
shall be victorious over Russia, what will
be likely tc happen? | don't know; but
it is question worth thinking about,
while we are eXagger"ting Russia and
calling down curses Oh tho head of the
Car"