The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-08-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug Goth.

has again tackled the business of the
campaign. He got some money on his
trip-enough to enable him to double the
number of girls engaged in directing en-
velopes and sending off documents. There
are fourteen different kinds of enclosures
speeches, statistics, and various data
adapted to various localities, as indicated
by the specific requests of state commit
tees 1t is still doubtful whether the
Congressional committee will move its
headquarters to New York to join the
National Committee at its headquarters,
Fifth Avenue and 25th street It is felt
that the business of both committee could
be thus managed more economically and
expsditiously, but in any event some
rooms will be retained at the Riggs House
here, and all documents will be franked
from this city.
The Congressional Committee is max
ing dead set on forty districts in the
country now represented in Congress by
Republicans who were elected by small
uldJOI ttlCS VI uuuCA "dlSu ~
is now believed can be overcome. Two
years ago the Democratic Committee, by
expenditure of less than 100000, made a
clear gain of eighteen members on the
previous Congress; and it is now believ-
ed by astute and experie need Democrats
that an expenditure of 100000 for
speakers and documents would overturn
Congress in November and give US ma
jority. 1 asked Congressman Cowherd
if there was to be a consolidation of the
two committees in New York, and he
merely said: II don't know" But he
probably wants to go to the metropolis for
"Old Money Bags" lives there
Some prominent Democrats here who
have been in exalted Office and may be
again, are warmly enthusiastic over Mr..
Davis speech of acceptance at the White
Sulphur Springs but express some fear
that Congressman Williams speech of
notification was too delicate to be general
ly understood. Such objections have
been accustomed to the slang whang
sledge hammer style of denunciation and
are startled by the sarcastic rapier
thrusts of John Sharp. They would not
appreciate poetry. E. P. Whipple says
of this method of attack: Iron is
condemnation conveyed in the form of
complaint; insinuating the most CALLING
satire under the phraseology of panegy-
rio; placing its victim naked on bed of
thorns covered with rose leaves; adorn-
ing his brow with crown of gold, which
burns into his brain; teasing and fretting
and Kidding him through and through
with incessant discharges of hot shot from
a naked battery; laying bare the most
sensitive and shrinking nerves of his
mind, and smilingly pricking them with
needles" This is fair definition of the
machie- gun play INDUCED in by the little
black haired gentleman from Yazoo.
1t may be added that those who cannot
that his purpose is ridicule
when he flags alive the Republican pre-
tensions, declaring that of course our
ought to have had good
stiff tariff, if such a tariff is a blessing;
that of course they ought not to have
made teapot of Boston harbor, if men
have not right to self government, and
when King George was simply treating
US as we are treating the Filipinos; that
of course the Puritans ought to Lave in
vited the Indians to participate in the
town meetings because one man is as
good as another without regard to color
or race; that of course, if Mr.. Parker is
elected it will be his duty to make laws
by executive decree and usurp the func-
lions of all the branches of the Govern
ment;-I say that if the average reader
cannot understand the application of this
verbal bombardment he must be scarcely
able to understand anything.
Gen. John Black former Pension Com
missioner and now Civil Service Commits
Boston by declaring that the Presidents
decree giving pensions to all soldiers OF
the Civil War above the age of 62 years,
ought to be crystalized into law by act of
Congress" The Republican contention
is that the Presidential decree is already
good law, in that it simply defines law
already on the statute book, and that no
meddling whatever by Congress can make
it any more solicited or crystalized.
Gen. Black is in position to know
whether this contention is valid or not.
Having been Pension Commissioner for
four years, he now decides and publicly
proclaims that it is not-that the Presi
dents decree, under which millions of
dollars have already been dlsbursed is
not law, and cannot be until it is ''crystal
lied" It would be interesting to know
what the President thinks of his office
holder in this connection.
Summer visitors to Washington are
greatly surprised at the improvements"