The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-07-08
OUR WASHiNGTONzL LETT EIt.

mer home on Long Island, yesterday
was held the last Cabinet meeting for a
month"; and the changes at the Cabinet
table were so great as to amount to a
revolution Secretary Moody assumed
the Attorney Generals portfolio, Paul
Morton became Secretary of the Navy,
and Con gresham Victor II. Metcaif OF
California became Secretary of Com
merce
Before | write you again Theudhre
Roosevelt will know who and what he is
up against. The Democratic Earty
will also have asccrtainel who is 1t and
the contest for four years supremacy will
have begun. The rooms at the Riggs
House are still open, but in fact, the
Democratic headquarters have been trans
ferred to st. Louis. Representative Cow
herd, the active chairman Of the Congress.
sional Committee, is in the West, prepar
ing for the Democratic exposition. saw
him the other day He has his decided
preferences but he says that any candl-
date is good enough for his support and
| Tie support OF the party.
| called on Senator Jones at his law
offices in the Colorado building. He APP
proaches the campaign in rather hone
less frame of mind, having no confidence
that the convention will do VIVA it ought
to do He cannot conceive the possibil-
ity of Grover Cleveland being nominated,
but feels sure that Bryan would not bolt
Parker am sorry to add that the Sena-
tor seemed somewhat embittered and
cynical, as if his public services had been
inadequately appreciated. James Kim
brough Jones is: only sixty six and he has
been in office only thirtythree years-ex-
actly half of his life. The people OF Ar
kansas ought to wake up and look after
him.
Senator German has not been seen for
| DAYS in the streets of Washington. Per
haps he can be found taking observations
on the Pukiana Pike. 1t is confidently
alleged here that German is laying wires
| for Cleveland's nomination in manner
that must be purely altruistic. They are
not on good terms. Just before the end
of Cleveland's presidential term he de
nounced the Democrats who had toned
down the Wilson bill as being guilty OF
| "perfidy." German retorted that in man
aging his campaign he had "gone through
the mire' for him! SO there is no love
lost, but German controls the vote of
and
other delegations and he thinks that
Cleveland might be elected. He is will
ing to sacrifice his own feelings to the
good of his party.
President Roosevelt has believed for
some months that his opponent in the
coming fight would be Judge Parker, and
has squared his sails to that probability;
but several Of his most influential friends
have this week expressed to him their be-
lief that ex President Cleveland is his
coming antagonist, and have excited
some apprehension On his part that this
may be the case. It is very apparent to
them that Cleveland's name would not
unite the party as thoroughly as some
other names, but it is admitted that his
strong personality, his broad public ex-
perience, and his we'll known conserva-
tism would attract heavy vote, per haps
from Republicans.
The partisan machine gnn has been
put in operation at Democratic head
quaters here looked in yesterday. The
ammunition thus far in the hands Of the
| gunners consists of ten bombs charged
with smokeless powder, lyddite smells,
tariff chain-shot and cayenne pepper, and
the first discharge by franked mail will
tear large gaps in the flying columns of the
enemy from Newyorkivitch to Califor-
nski. These ten shells will contain Il
and q three. or four speeches of John
Sharp Williams asking ''How long are
| we asked to stand pat On the TARIFF"
| (3) Senator Bacon on Tariff a shelter
for trusts" (D Congressman Lind of
Minnesota on Canadian Reciprocity;
| ~ Revelations of corruption in Bristow
Report; CO. Congressman Kitchin and
Senator Patterson quoting Roosevelt's'
endorsement of lynching and denuncia-
ton of previous Presidents; % Congress-
man Changers speech showing how cost
of living has increased (S) Senators
Cuberson and Carmack and Representa-
tives Livingston, Hitchcock, and Burton
(Rep) explaining the deficit in the
Treasury this year; 90 Senator German
on executive usurpation and corruption;
QO) Representatives Cooper, Smith,
jenkins, Calderhead, and Grosvenor (Re-
publicans) and Cowhered, Cochran, Pou,
Moon, Williams and De Almond Demo
crats) on post office corruption. 1t is be-
lieved that when these missiles fall in
the enemy's camp they will create con-
sternation.
The little girl who confidently spelled
at and called it dog" made no greater
mistake in photography than the Repub-
licans who spell ba-n-kru p-t-c-y, and
pronounce it prosperity. For yester-
day began the new fiscal year and Secre-
tary Shaw presented his report showing