The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08

berini Palace of Rome was despoiled of
its tapestries with which to line the ball
room. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh.
who have recently occupied their new
marble palace on Massachusetts avenue,
the most costly house in the city, have
had Miss Alice Roosevelt as a guest OF
honor. Dancing began at 10 p. m, in the
large ball room on the top floor, supper
served on small tables followed at mid.
night, with a cotillion until the early
hours. The favors cost a small fortune.
But there are those, even in Washing
ton, who do not forget the democratic
poor. The president of the city railway
companies, at his " expense, entertain
ed Just before New Years, at the Masonic
Temple, a thousand little children, whose
fathers are employed on the railways. He
delighted them with presents of toys,
fruits and candies, and gave besides a
program of tricks, songs and marionettes.
At the Mt. Vernon Place church the
ladies sent out a thousand invitations to
their southern friends, and held a pure
democratic reunion of representatives of
all the southern states. Booths were
erected and ornamented for each state,
and a delightful evening was passed by
those present.
Admiral Dewey was at home to his
gentlemen friends on New Years day.
and besides Mrs. Dewey, had no less than
<b;rtr ~ 1oI;oc IanrEforc nf naval
officers to assist him in the undertaking.
Of course he won a brilliant victory and
sent the en- emy's ships to the punch BOWL
and wine m. Mr.. Justice Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, who believes in expansion,
but not in equal rights for the Filepenos,
has had Il housewarming. The British
Ambassador has been doing Washington
on horseback. He likes the town.
There will be a vigorous if not violent
protest against the Panama treaty by thu
Democrats in Congress In the Senate
the objections which they will e%nieavor
to sustain are () the wrestling of Panama
from Columbia was an inexcusable out
rage for which the President and his sup
porters are responsible; ~ the canal Cal
never be proftably constructed along thai,
line, France having expended the enor
nous sum of $426, O00, 900 and the lives of
10000 men, and having then given it up
as a bad job; 81 it is probable that the
French Canal Company will in a few
weeks increase their demand $4,000, 900
to $4,000, 900 on the ground that the
former agreement was obtained by duress;
az when the House appropriated $780,
coo, 900 for a country called Columbia and
the President arbitrarily writes Panama
in the place of Columbia, it closely re
sembles the process which in CONNER
cial life is known as altering a check
without consulting the drawer of it; (5)
for ten years the Nicaragua route has
been preferred by civil engineers and
publicists, has been repeatedly recommen-
ded by committees and the Hepburn bill
providing for the construction of a canal
by the Nicaragu route passed the House
by only two dissenting votes. 1t will be
held that the President usurped the
authority of Congress in substituting the
Panama route for the Nicaraguan, an
the most able and conspicuous Demo
Gratis in both houses are willing to go to
the people on this issue.