The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, D. G. JAN. as, 1905.


and Ex-senator James Smith, the for
mer from New York and the latter from
| New Jersey are in Washington en-
deavoring to organize an anti-Bryan
movement in anticipation of the Demo-
| cratic leaders visit here this week. or
| course they fully appreciate the futilitY
of attempting to beat Mr.. Bryan in the
national convention, but their object is
| to inspire so many of the party leaders
with a want of confidence in Mr.. Bryan
that they will all appeal to the distiL-
| guished Nebraskan, either to stand
| aside for time in the national conVen-
tim and permit the party to get to-
geth behind some other candidate, or
to eliminate himself now 50 that the
| party may concentrate its enthusiasm
on some other candidate. Mr.. Sheenan
and Senator Smith both declars that
there is not the slightest possibility OF
Mr.. Bryan's carrying either New York
or New Jersey and they are unable to
figure out victory without these two
| important states. These anti-Bryan
| workers have received some encourag-
ment but enough to make them very
| sauguine as to the success of their mis-
sion. However, Mr.. Bryan will be
| here himself later in the week and
then it will be impossible to sec how
the proposition strikes the man who
is generally accepted to be the certain
candidate of his party in the coming
presidential battle.
The sensation o the hour in Wash
ington is the letter which
Secretary Taft has addressed to
the Chairman of the New York Re-
publican County Co mmittee and which
| constitutes so novel and perhaps sub.
tie a move in the political game that
even the Democrats have stopped to
observe the results on the Republican
side of the garden wall. Mr.. Taft urges
| Mr.. Parsons, and his I'm any other
friends in New York" not to press his
| interests as against Governor Hughes
and declares that it is his policy not
| to make contest in any state which
has favorite son. Somehow the Hughes
people co not seem to be altogether
| pleased at this magn animeus course on
the part of Secretary Taft. Nor 10 that
hard to understand, for the large ma
jority of the Hughes people in New
York have not been at heart for Hughes
but against Roosevelt and his policies.
They were preparing to vote once for
Gov. Hughes in the national convention
and after that to cast New York's 70
votes for whatever reactionary candi-
date would make the terms. The action
of Mr. Taft knocks their little game in
the head. They are discredited. Only
the real Hughes people and the Roose-
welt people will be able to 60 as dele
gates to the convention and the pro-
fessional politicians of the Odell stri pc
are utterly routed. There are some
people who are wondering if Mr.. Taft's
note is not saying in effect. Yeussstatss
with favorite sons just hold your
ground with your 704 votes, all told,
while 90 out and capture the other
704 votes in the convention.
1t is not surprising that President
Roosevelt, who has always been an ar
dent advocate Of tariff reform, should
be little. thin skinned under the alleg-
alton of Senators Foraker, Dick, Gal
linger and other of the gang who OPP
posed the Railway Rate bill, that e has
been using the federalpatronage to pro-
mote the nomination of Secretary Taft.
The President is seriously contemplat-
ing issuing a statement describing the
| circumstances under which he made
every appointment W hich has been sent
to the Senate since the political game
became interesting. Of course the Sen
ators are "playing politics" as hard as
any body, but the President, while be
realizes that, dislikes the allegation just
the same.
!! Democrats throughout the country
! should not be too much encouraged by
| the reports sent out from Washington
to the effect that Senator Bailey has q
| financial bill which he will offer as q
substitute for the Aldrieh bill and that
he is seeking to have his measure adopt
ed by the Democratic caucus. The
truth is that Mr.. Bailey never thought
| of springing his bill until there had ap-
peared in tho Texas press some severe
criticism of his course in acquiescing so
promptly to the Aldrich measure, and
even now he has not even formally in.
| PRODUCED his measure, which by the way,
is an old one, into the Senate. Mr..
Bailey is talking about the bill for pe-
litical effect in his own state, but 1t ls
safe guess that he has no intention of
abandoning his loyalty to Aldrich and
his measure. As for a caucus, Bailey
was one nf those who did most to pre-
vent one, Mr. Teller Of Colorado ably
seconding his efforts.
If any proof were needed to show
hat The opinion Of the high protection
SITS any man ia = traitor who suggests
covering tariff schedule, that proof
would have been afforded by the Senate
this week. The President sent in his
message asking that certain administra-
i've changes in the tariff law be made
changes which he and all sincere mon