The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-06
OUR WASHINGTON LETT Err.

MIR. EDITOR Yes, they're gone. And
the void is more tremendous than would
he created by such an exodus from almost
any other city. Washington, AS Il matter
of act, is not really city, but a magnifi
cent village 1t has no commerce, no
manufactures; it is not a producer, 1t is
not even a distributor of any but speech
es.
Never in my recollection has a Speaker
laid down the gavel in the midst of such
enthusiastic eulogy as that which MIR. Can
non received on Thursday. The ferven-
cy of the salutation from political oppon-
ents will not be witnessed twice in a gen.
Grafton. The greeting was an unanimous
| tribute to Mr. Cannon's utter fairness.
He is one of the best natured Of men. He
is not a scholar He is not an orator. He
can hardly be called an impressive speak
er in any sense, except that earnestness
makes man impressive. Heis as unpre-
tentions and as homely as Lincoln was,
and his undeniable popularity is attrlbu
able to the possession of similar qualities.
IL know you will be fair said John
Sharp Williams to him at the opening OF
this Congress. Cannon replied John,
am going to be as fair as the exengcncies
of American politics will permit"
Invective and the insolence of repartee
were blunted during the last day or two,
but there were some sharp exchanges ev-
en- on the very last day When Democratic
leader Williams reminded Republican
leader Payne that the majority would be
held responsible before the country for
the needed laws it had failed to pass, Mr..
Payne instantly retorted that Republi-
cans were willing to assume the respon-
| sibility for their action Mr.. Williams as
quickly rejoined The Administration
shows its courage and generosity in be-
ing willing to assume responsibility
| which it cannot possibly escape In the
Senate, Mr.. German declared that the
total appropriations and obligations
of this session amounted to more
than $500, OOO, 900 not including the Pana-
ma Canal, and Mr.. Culberson announced
| that the expenditures of the Roosevelt
| administration had been $2l1 ,OO0,OOO
greater than in the four years of the Nc
| Kinley administration and $883,O0O, 600
greater than in the four years of the
Cleveland administration. Mr.. Allison,
Rep, Ia admitted that the appropriations
of this session are $2S 900 more than
the appropriations by Congress at the last
session. Mr. German thanked him for
the admission, and said that the revenue
question had been evaded by the admin.
istration for fear that it would disturb the
the political atmosphere. mot political !!
not political! but for fear it would disturb
the business atmospheric" interposed
Senator Aldrich. Exactly sou retorted
Senator German, "the business atmos
phere which surrounds the effort to elect
Theodore Roosevelt president! We will
see what the people think about that bus
iness!" Mrs. Roosevelt was in the execu-
tive seat in the gallery and she listened
intently and looked smilingy on.
The sensation of the session, after all,
was not Cockran's speech, but Kitchln's
sensational attack on the President.
There are two young brothers Kitchin
from North Carolina, and the younger,
Claude, has distinguished his first session
by making very damaging extracts from
Gov Grosvenor's letter to Hearst's Jour
nal in June, 1900, and from Roosvelt's
books. Grosvenor declared that Roose
welt as Vice President was very objec-
tionable to Mckinley and that Mckinley
was humiliated by the contact. He made
fun of Roosevelts military strutting be-
| fore the convention in his soldier clothes
and spoke of him as ''curious, cratic
sort of man." without judgment or will
of his own. Kitchin quoted from Roose-
welt that the Confederate soldier was an
anarchist and that through the Southern
character there runs streak of coarse
and brutal barbarism." He quoted from
Ranch Life and Hunting Trail" (pages
IA and 93) in which Roosevelt approved
of lynching for horse stealing, "for the
stealing of $40 rat tailed Texas pony"
as Kitchin stated it. He then quoted
Rooscvelt's disparagement of former
Presidents and his denunciation of Con-
gress in his Syracuse address as herd of
cattle! The speech has made great SEN
satiOn here.
There is to be Thorough investiga-
ton of the Post Office Department. The
President says so this morning. He says
the Post Office Department will make it.