The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-02-05
OUR WA>ssINi;TDN LETTER


MIR. The Senate still fl ,ln
t.,s in The quagmire Of Panama. The
last two or thee days have been spent in
a d:sputation over 'Culberson's rcsolu-
ton asking the President to send all letters
and manuscripts bearing upon the Pana-
ma treaty. Senators Lodge, Spooner and
Aldrich contended that the resolution was
dscourteous and illegal, Senators Bacon,
German, and Teller insisted that the
Senate was the Judge as to what it was
proper tor the Senate to have in dealing
with treaties, and they quoted as much
length, in support Of that view, Senator'S
Edmunds, Blaine, Evarts, ingalls,, and
others equally distinguished who main
tanned against the Presidents of their
time that the Senate had right to de-
mand all information concerning treaties
and that the President had not the legal
right to refuse. Senator Bacon turned
the tables completely by reading from a
speech made by Spooner when Cleveland
was President, supporting the present
Democratic contention and exactly con-
trary to the speech he had just made on
the fl ,nr. This exposure caused great
,nerriment in the galleries and derisive
laughter on the Democratic side which
Mr.. Spooner esca ped by retreating to the
smoking room. The Senate finally asked
the President to send them any docu
ments he might choose to send.
The administration Senators have sud
denly and peremptorily Withdrawn the
adopted for the purpose of having it sent
back to Panama to be acted on by a legis
lature that can make some pretense Of
legality. The withdrawal is said to have
been at the Presidents behest, first to
hurry up matters in accordance with the
rush program, and, second, to forestall
amendments which the Panamaians them
selves might desire to add, in their own
interest.
General Reyes, the Colombian minis
ter, expects to sail for home to day The
presidency has been offered him. His
policy is to restrain the war feeling
there.
On Wednesday there was ii strange
sight in Washin gton quadron of Unit
ed States cavalry glittered and clattered
down the Avenue, to escort the new Sec
rotary of War, Taft, from the depot to
his hotel Has it come to this, that a
citizen when called to the Cabinet must
have military escort: When did such
a parade ever before take place?
The administration has distinguished
itself by doing another extraordinary
and unheard Of thing: on the retirement
of Secretary Root it has published at
government expense biography of him
Of a thousand pages, painting in pic
torial detail his heroism in directing
affairs in Cuba, the Philippines and
Panama. Are Hay, Moody, Hitchcock,
Wood, Funston, and the rest to have
thousand page (auto)9 biographies at the
expense of the people? And what is the
matter with the thrilling career of Hades-
Roaring Jake Smith? Are annual his
tories of strenuosites to be the thing
hereafter?
If all the bills before Congress to erect
monuments in this city to famous men
are enacted into laws, sum aggregating
a million dollars will be appropriated
and statues will be erected to Baron
Steuben, Count Pulaski, Frederick the
Great. General Grant, General Sheridan
General Mcclellan, General Harrison,
Alexander Hamilton, William Mckinley,
Pierre l. Enfant, the civ.l engineer who
laid out Washington, and Lon gfelIow
1t is said they will be placed on horse
back, even the poet, because he road
Pegasus so gracefully and well. The
city will possess twenty or thirty of these
galloping heroes-the largest bronze
cavalry squadron of any city in the world
A proposition to give George III stand
ing room on the corner opposite Fred
erick the Great is now in order.
General Sickles dominates Gen. John
G. Black for the Democratic presidential
candidate.
Seantor Simmons of North Carolina
made Yesterday the first Democratic
speech in support of the Panama treaty.
He said, much in the Presidents con-
duct l disapprove of; much regard as
improvident and unwise; as rash and
dangerous to the peace and welfare of