The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-12-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December II


firm hold lpon the. next Congress and
will be capable of making great deal of
trouble for the champions of extrava-
gance and imperialism. II they cannot
pass resolutions of investigation and ap
point committees, they can at least in
dulge in great variety of irritating and
embarrassing remarks Meantime Cock
ran and Dalzell have peacefully fallen
upon each others necks, and the status
quo ante bellum reigns once more.
Democratic members of both houses
will frate rnally participate in the inaug-
uration exercises, and both the President
and his Democratic escort will forget
what they said about him in October. 1t
will be interesting to see Senator Car
mack and Representative Kitchin have a
place on the Inauguration Committee. 1t
is understood that these twain are ex-
cepted from the Presidents general am.
nesty. They enjoy only the privileges
of ticket Of leave men.
1t looks today as if the Inauguration
ball would take place where the inaugu-
ration Itself will take place-at the capt.
tol building. The House objects to tear
ing ~ tie Pension Office and interrupt
irg business there, and the Senators OBJ
iect to granting the use of the Congress-
ional Liocary,-by far the most approprl-
ate place for it.
The Inauguration Committee announces
that no refreshments will be provided for
the public--a quite superfuous announce
ment, as 10 President since Jackson has
tried to feed the OF polloi. He tried
Receiving a vast cheese weighing several
tons from New York farmer, he placed
it in the center of the East Room of the
Nhite House, then called "The Palace"
The populace made rnsh for it. They
clawed it. They scooped it out: They
flung it at the chandeliers and carried it
from room to ROOM. trampled it under
foot on the carpet, and the: odor thereof
assembled to Heaven. But there wert
other things A letter writer of that time
wrote: "a profusion of refreshments had
been provided. Orange punch by barrels
full was made, but, as walters opened the
door to bring it out, rush followed, the
glasses were broken, the pals of liquor
upset, and the most painful confusion
prevailed. To such degree was this car
ried that wine and ice cream could not be
brought to the ladies, and tubs of puncl
were taken into the garden to ent.ce the
crowd from the Palace 1t was mortify
ing to see men, with boots heavy with
mud standing on the damask satin cover
ed chairs, fro m their eagerness to get
sight of the President" No; there will
be no attempt to feed the American peo-
pie on March 18th, however much His
Strenuosity might enjoy the sight.
Secretary Taft, just back from Panama
has spent some time this week helping to
rescue the Philippine bill from defeat.
The debate On the bill touched mainly on
the right of Congress to delegate to the
Philippine Commission power to revise
the insuar tariff. Several Republican
that right. Senator Newlands urged a
reduction Of the interest on the railroad
bonds which the Philippine government
must guarantee, from five per cent to two
and half per cent insisting that the
United States would be morally bound to
redeem the bonds and by assuming the
legal responsibility for them they could
easily be sold for higher price. Sena
tor Carmack got the floor yesterday with
his usual effectiveness. He said that af
ter the late election he might not have
had courage to take any further part in
debates had not the President in his mes
sage distinctly aligned himself with the
Democrats and Anti Imperialists. The
President expressed the hope that the
time would come when the Philippines
would hold such relation to the United
States as Cuba now holds-the very thing
advocated in the Democratic platform.
Would not the Presidents message an
ticipating SELF government for those PEG
pie tend to excite instruction there?
The President further said that our pres
ence in jhe Philippine was justified only
by an effort to aid and assist them.
These two utterances qualify the Presi
dent for membership in the Washington
Anti I.nperialists League" said the Sena-
tor amid aughter. The bill passed last
evening by party vote.
The confirmation of the sentences Of
Machen, Lorenz. and the Groffs is greet
ed with 81 told you So" on the part of
Republicans who promised that official
delinquencics should be punished. In
this connection it as announced in the
ostmaster-Generaps report that 1893
post offices were robbed during the last
fiscal year. Aid this recalls inevitably
the optimistic prediction of Senator Bev
bridge, who, in one of his oratorical rain
bows asseverated that our government of
the Philippines would be so just, so hon.
est and so exemplary that it would be re-
flected back upon the United States and
immensely raise the moral standard Of
our own people. This is good time to in
vite bis attention to the prophecy.
For instance our laws against SNUG
Cling seem to be violated with impunity
by our naval officers The fragrant Porto
Rican scandal has not ceased to assail our
olfactories when comes the detention of