Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-09-06

= Cleveland is probably correct iHs
!. alsO true that Mesars- Brice' en-
=, oelrichs and probably Barnum II
the Democratic COMMITTEES have IN
h Clipped in something very hand. 80
~. The report is thst the amount
each of these gentlemen's contrlou- =,
N. Is from $4,000 to s5O'OOo. a. .,
me time since it will be remembered u
:, husv Dame Rumor ran up these
yn,es to 100000. but this was '
,tber too much for public creduiity. !
he President has always been q !
iberal giver to the Campaign fund. .
The channels of mOney-making IN
,reat city are various. One. little
looked though it be, which is ire
,ueutly used, is blackmail. Thous-
apds Of petty cases of course never
come to light, but occasionally we
have one which from its revolving
character touches the public heart.
A cssz in point is that of the ghouis'
Who have been attempting to extort
money from Mrs. Corwin. Q r'cE
jersey City widow. ssiag !: 1 IsEsi
the bones Of her deceased son. In
many respects the case resembled that
of the rape Of the late A. T. Stewards
grave. In one essential respect it
differed-the scoundrels were merely
working on the poor woman's fears,
while the sepulchre was really I'M
disturbed.
Another Of that crooked gentry who
is now claiming deal of public atten-
ton is a fellow who claims Clark as
one Of his dozen names. He has been
engaged Systematically in swindling
tradesmen of this city by means Of
forged checks. Having accumulated
several thousand dollars in this way,
the rascal provided himself with the
finest clothes fashionable tailors could
make, and proceeded to Newport,
where for weeks he posed as the grand
swell. His quick wit and vivid i'm.
agination gained for him the entree
into the most exclusive circles of that
ultra fashionable resort, and half Of
the society women are said to have
lost their heads over him. A day or
two since a vulgar man dressed in
blue pouncsd down upon the lion of
the seaside and brought him into New
York to answer a few dozen charges
Of common swindling. The evidence
against him is complete enough to
consign him to Sing Sing for the rest
of his days.
The nomination of Warner Miller,
by the Republicans for Governor of
New York, caused no, surprise. Boss
Platt decided upon this method Of
wiping out his old scores against the
Herkimer statesman, and all the Con-
vention had to do was to convene and
attach the official label to the Ex-
Senator's coat tail. Wood pulp"
Miller, as he is atectionately known
by many of his fellow citizens, is a
man Of considerable girth both of
stomach and head In fact he is
far too good politician not to see
through Boss Platt's little game, or to
nurse any hopes of being the next
governor of the Empire State. One
good turn, though, the nomination
will do him is to keep his name before
the public and give him consolation
first mortgage on the next Republican
crop if the party ever succeeds in
getting another above ground.
Judge Thurman, it is semi officially
announced, will Fill his engagement to
speak in this city on or about Septem-
Der 10Th. And what a time it will
be! Every Democrat here and here.
abofts will be personally solicited by
the managers of the demonstration to
take part in the grand parade. 1t i:
expected that 100000 people will pas.
by the old Roman on review.
Chairman Brice Of the Democratic
Executive Committee becomes NOR.
sanguins day by day of the prospects,
of carrying Minnesota, Michigan, Wis
consin and perhaps Iowa. The Ger
mans of this section, he says, who hav,
usually stood by the Republican
Party, through thick and thin, ar
now bodily in the Democratic camp
and there they are to stay. Peopl'
who have kept abreast Of North
western politics for the past ten years
Col. Brice cites in further support o
his position, must have been impressed
BY the steady, annual scaling of th'
majorities overwhelmingly Republican
to the barest possible margin. Be
sides the transfer of the German vote
which is in itself, the Chairman
estimates. sufficient to give the De