Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-23

his services 10 stump Alaska,
or to look after the uncertain Nntmees
in Connected, or to rush into the
lace of jersey lightning possibly even
to make stump speeches in New York
Clty and thus insure the Empire State
70 the Democracy. This custo1-.er 70
oe sure, Is Patriot with an exceed
ingly large p. he says as much him
self. but like many Of that ilk unfor-
iunsiely he Is unequal 10 the pecuni-
AIRY demands OF labor Of love. He
would like the Committee TO advance
him say a few hundred dollars for
travelling expenses and iucidentais.
tie wall try not to make any further
requsltIons uron them, though if they
should think HE services worth $50
or 800 week-s mere bsgstelle 10
what he might pick up by remaining
at home-he Of course might bring
himself to the point Of accepting it in
the same spirit that public officer
draws his salary.
some OF me speakers who will
nguTe most prominently IL TINS cam
Palgn are Representatives Mill, Breck.
)nridse Of Kentucky, Macmillan Of
Tennessee, Sunset Cox, Speaker Car
.ls!e ami Senators Vance and Vest.
Returning 20 Indiana, the feeling
at Headquarters is that Ex Governor
Potter pat Ms party III the worst
possible position by his peculiar tactics
Vi ,iIgtibg with the Convention. 1t
VA generally conceded that HE per
Ola. popularity would give a great
noost "a Harrison. The inside history
OF It all Is as PLAIN as a plke-staf.
Porter was i warm Gresham mai aud
Aah nothing IN common with the New
Dudley ring which thrust the nom.-
nation Of Harrison upon the party.
Tins Is Lis revenge Even bets were
made al some 81 the fashionable mp
town aafes when the news came In,
nat Cleveland would have 1900
na .oElty IA HarIIson's State. Who
. Novey, anyhow. the people are
t-ains, !ust as few months ago they
we're asking who Is Harrison
sAu TALES % TIRE TENEMENT.
Fast upon the heels OF the terrible
'aIdtElty .; twenty people roasted in
q, tenement fire comes the news OF Al
entire iAmily swept away IN the burn
lag o! another OF these human rocker
-. THIS sort Of hing IL getting 10
oe 80 common IL New York that II
hardly eXc.tes comment The true
tale OF the tenement- would have 10
DC traced in blood II II shall ever
n- written il wili touch the chord OF
human sympathles more powerfully
han any fiction that has ever been
constructed 10 harrow human feelinGs
One OF the most pathetic chapters
II the story might, after Hood. be
called the 'Song Of the Shirt. ! au
reminded Of II by the testimony given
yesterday before Congressman Ford :
Committee. which has been looking
nto the abuse. OF our immigration
ysteIn Very Intelligent ana highly
, respectable women employed IN shirt
factories testified that in ak year.
their wages had been scaled from Sic
20 less than y week, by the com
petition OF imported pauper labor
Three dollars week IN New Yurt
CITY means starvation. In fact
person can hardly st2Tve decently on
SO small an amount. Yet the testl
mony shows that the imported Jews
from Hungary, Russia and Prussiau-
Poland think nothing Of working for
81 week and supporting family
Of i've or SIX uPou It. These people,
especially those from the colder pro.
yinces of Russia, can sIbsist on food
that TO the American seems absolutely
repuIsive had occasion once t.
observe life among some Of the most
sluaiId tenements Of the city.
learned as matter Of fact that some
Of these Russian Jewish families had
eaten nothing but raw fsh.oil for DAYS
BARTIS HEWITT IS wiLLIN.
Gotham I'm perturbable Mayor. tie
honorable Abram Stevens Hewitt.
late OF the House OF Representatives,
RULED the political waters to a con-
siderable extent day OF two since bv
sort OF pronunci4meuto to the voters.
The Mayor has said All along that he
did not care a snap for Office and
wouldn't run again. Now he has
seemingly made up his mind to allow
himself to be led to the sacrlhce. and
hat was the real occasion Of his state
:nent He saws he ioes not want to
To- nominated, but If he is elected he
could hardly refuse. There has been
great deal OF flying gossip lately
about deal on tue part Of the Re.
Fub!cans under the guise OF a citizens
ticket to put Nh. Hewitt in renomina-
ton. Nothing could be more foolish
a. the Mayor is one OF the stralshtest
party men. Another report saws he
will be a candidate of the County
democracy. That may or NAV not
lie Iammany biS chief, Commis-
sscnes Croker, comes out this morning
and SAYS he does not think the Mayor
~. get there again This. ofcourse
means thai he will not DO 30 with
TAmmany Hail 5 help, Local politics
here are 30 intimately connected with
national politics that every move Is Of
tue utmost interest. The undertow
ypyrsy4tr tho,