The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-05
OUR WASHINGTON LETT ERR

Washington, D. c., February 9th.
Mr. Editor =
Less that week in legislative days re-
mains to Congress and this short period
is. to all appearance. not being used
very economically, for national leg
islatien. The House on Friday decid-
ed to ret#tn in the SuudIy Civil Bill the
same linn, zion to the activities of the
Secret Service which the President
criticized in Lis first message to Con-
gress. The vote was 453 to Al and was
after a debate OF al hour and half in
which Representative Cook of Color
ado furiousy attached the Presidents
"arbtr.rr aurs, Of Government" Mr..
Cook beg. by referring to President
Rocsa.... .s..a-nt that Secret Service
Ios- fascinated in Colorado.
T.. ~ >.-4loG as positively an incorrect
sss ,enent, He than went or, describ
ing at length Secret Service activities
in the West. He SD that ne Presi-
dent was an "alm,st daily threat to the
peace and prosperity of the couotrY
and should be knocked on the head by
a decision of the Supreme Court" mo
cluded "ever heard President brsg a.
bout welding Big Stick over Congress
and the courts until the present crack
Drained egotist came into power by
the bullet of the assassin The impudent
presumption and tyrant boast of Whirl-
ing a Big Stick over the legislative
branch of the Government is the most
outrageous insult that has ever been
given to Congress" 1t is said that the
speech of Mr.. Cook will be eApunged
from the record.
Presiden, Roosevelt'S a few remain
ing days il office are evidently to be as
strenuous and Lumultuous as any Of his
seven years presidency. He is coming
in for criticism in all directions. His
Farm Uplift Commission has been rid
icuied by Mr Hill, the great railroad
magnate, who said you might las well
listen to the twittering of the first robin
in Sping as TO the report of the Farm
Commission appointed by the Admin
istra'iun last Summer" These men
spent sixty days trying to find out what
Is the matter with the farmers life.
i, took England fifty years to discover
what was the reason her farmers were
!eaVlng The farms for the cities and
get them tack again 10 filling the soil.
The members of the Farm Commission
spent only half day at the State
Agricultural School to find out the mat
ter witt farm life in the State Of Min
nesota." Core to think of it, there
may not be SO mu CHI the matter with the
farmers after all and it might be
we'll 10 appoint commission to see
what is the matter with the "bloated
bond holders" and millionaires and
well-todo people in the cities. 1t is
said that the farmers have pie for break
fast and that an inquiry might be made
why this acme of prosperity is not en-
joyed by every citizen of the United
States.
1t is probable that ninety per cent at
least of the people of the United States
will rejoice at another blow given to
impure whiskey and another vindica-
ton to the purity of everything that en-
tereth into the mouth of man, in the
position taken by President Roosevelt,
Attorney General Bonaparte and DR..
Wylie in recent decision that whiskey
is " hiskey, first, last and all the time
and that imitation whiskey must be
marked imitation. 1t is a great victory
for tina common people and for the un-
common people. Hereafter "rotgut"
and "busthead" spurious stuff must be
labelled imitation whiskeY. The pure
article i doubtless bad enough and
with Cgul.iez and states tumbliGg over
eacA Utuor TO get on the water wagon
and the internal revenues of the COVER
nment falling off rapidly from decreas-
ed manufacture and sale of spirituous
liquors, there is much to cheer and enco
urage those who have hoped for the
overthrow of this most potent demon.