The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-04-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHING TON, D. c., April 9th.

MIR. EDITOR: Legislation in Congress
proceeds sluggishly again, but it is pro-
bable that by May l there may be effected
a roundup of "those CATTLE as the Presl-
dent sacetiously calls the law makers at
the other end of the Avenue. The Senate
Yesterday INDUCED itself in sixteen fer
vent eulogies of the late Senator Mark
Hanna, at least two Of them, delivered by
men who were not Oh speaking terms
with him for many months. Senator
Foraker's frank speech was on the peril
Gus edge of improperly. Yet it was an
occasion of deep sincerity and even OF
real emotion, and suggested the
apostrophe of Shakespeare; go mighty
Cesar Dost thou lie SO low? Are all thy
conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,
shrunk to this little measure?'
The reverbertion of stump speeches for
the campaign in Senate and House has
been succeed by much quiet comment on
Cleyeland's letter endorsing Jul ge Par
ker. Some think it was inopportune and
premature; others, that it will tend to
unity discordant and discovered party.
Perhaps the dominant conclusion is that
it will make no particular difference; that
as Judge Parker has been Mr.. Bryan's
personal friend and voted for him
in 1896 and 1900, and as he is Mr.. Germans
second choice; and as Tammany is not
really hostile, the general effect OF the
letter will not be harmful
1t has been arranged that the transfer
of the Panama canal property to the Unit
ed States shall take place at our embassy
in Paris on April 25th, if the stockholders
agree. A formal appeal will be made
against the recent decision of the French
court in favor of the sale Of the conces-
sions and property to America, but this is
declared "dilatory" and the high con
tracing parties will go ahead. TIL: mem
bers of the cana! commission had an
"ovation" and lucheon at Panama ON the
9th and were welcomed by President
Amador Meantime gold has gone down
and prices up in Panama. and strike is
announced, fully equipped with resolu-
tons, demands, walking delegates, and
boycotts of Uncle Sans outfit of excava-
ton.
The labor organization here and their
representatives from other parts of the
country have been thrown into condi-
ton of inextinguishable rage by what
they call the duplicity and Hypocrisy of
the Republican party in relation to labor
legislation. Mr.. Gompers is so angry that
uncomfortable emotion dams the flow of
his talk. For ten years now Republi-
can Congress has promised to pass an
eight hour law and an anti-inj JUNCTION law
for the protection of the mechanic and
other manual laborers of the land. But
every year on the close approach of ad-
journment they have switched the indus
trial train off the track. This week the
trick has been turned again. The CON-
mittee on Labor in the House has held
a good many meetings this winter. has
heard a host of witnesses who came
here from all parts of the country at
their own expense, and has made volum
inous and vociferous promises that now
Congress would pass the law which
laboring men require. Congressman
Gardiner, Rep, of New Jersey, authori-
tatively repeated this solemn pledge only
last week. but this week the Republicans
of the committee have concluded not to
pass or report any bill "this time" and
have referred the whole question to Cor
telyou of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, to report in the dim future.
The Federation of Labor the Knights of
Labor, and all other associations of labor,
union and non union, declare that they
have been misled, deceived, defrauded,
hocus Focused, and, in short, lied to very
deliberately and systematically, and they
are correspondingly resentful, wrathful,
outraged, and disguised.
: Ex-senator Charles A. Towne, of Mich
igan, Minnesota, and New York, is con-
siderably talked of in the dark horse cat
egory of Democratic candidates. He was
a member of the Senate three weeks and
made one notable speech which attracted
much attention, against the subjugation
of the Filipinos. At the conclusion of
his speech while receiving congratula-
tons Senator Depew sided up to him and
took him by the hand. "Mr. Towne,"
said Senator Depew, with appropriate
condescension, II congratulate you, sir!
Your delivery was fine, your diction ele-
CANT, your peroration superb, and your
argument damnable." Senator Towne
instantly replied, "Mr. Depew, I am de-
lighted to know that you approve of the
only features of it you could compre-
hend." The writty retort is still pleas
antly repeated at the Capitol.
Easter Monday was egg rolling day in
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