Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-02-28


of interest not only TO Westinghouse but
TO the country at large. Ofcourse the Cap
itol is the centre Of hope and fear to many.
The fifty-third Congress draws 10 close.
That congress from which so much was
expected, and whose election was hailed
with acclamations Of joy-not three years
since and whose end is near-dying as II
has lived in discord- The financial ques-
ton through all its phases has been the
apple Of discord. A silver apple. Gold or
paper, but an apple Of discord even silver,
like Banauo's ghost, will not down. To
every bill proposed silver amendment has
been offered, and the greater appropriation
bills are all yet 10 be acted upon threatened
by silver. The South and West have
joined hands in the crusade of the white
metal, and the crusade strongly threatens
10 break the ranks Of the old and dominant
parties. What the fifty.third congress has
done for the country will be exploited in
the next campaign. whose candidates for
place are even now marshaling their forces.
The past week has seen the enactment
OF some measures, the defeat of some, no,a-
bly, that 10 subsidize q cable 20 Hawaii, a
measure that owes its defeat to the Senior
Senator from Maryland. Among some
measures proposed Is one offered by Sena-
tor Mills Of Texas, to repeal the law giving
authority to the Secretary Of the Treasury
to issue bonds, one by Senator German
TO issue one hundred millions in debt GER
tificates to be placed in reach of the people
of the country. This measure will be con.
tested by the silver men, but Senator Cor
man has way of gaining his point A
Marylander must have very little State
pride if, when visiting the Senate, he does
not feel thrill of pride. Cor the one desire
oil strangers IS To have Senator German
pointed out. and even those who have some
personal pique, will answer the question:
please show me Senator Gorman," with
There he is" He is the Senior Senator
from my State. With an emphasis on the
nay SO it includes State and Senator.
While Congress struggles on with affairs
Of state, the Womens' Council, now in
session here points out with delicate ieweled
hand how it is all TO be done in the near
future This congress of women, presided
over by the venerable Susan B. Anthony,
one of that little band of pioneers for wo-
mans rights that set the world afiamc
tiftY years ago, is wonderful for the mum
Der Of its members and the strength of its
sister organizations. That little band of
women laughed at, Scorned and ridiculed
has grown to a marvellous extent. One so
wonderful that beg the insertion of the
following paragraph taken from an official
report:
The Council has within its ranks eighty
national societies of women. 1t has 700
600 members of its own. Then its societies
which range as follows: The w. G. T. u.
l.OOOOOO members; the Kings Daughters,
sOO,O0OO; the National Women Suffrage
Association, 100000; the ten Domestic
and Foreign Missionary Unions, 1000, 600:
the kindergarten, 100000; the Business
Woman's Associations, 100000; the Ste
nographers and Typewriters, SOC, 900 with
the Universal Peace Union, five College
Alumni Associations, the National Jewish
Women Council, the Women's Relief
Corps, the National Association of LOYAL
Women of American Liberty, and thirty
women's clubs, all representing q member
ship OF S,OOO,OO This stands for one half
of all the womea of the United States.
America owes TO Maryland in the person
of Dame Margaret Brent, the pioneer wo.
men suffraSist, who claimed seat in the
house of Burgesses also.
While the women council worked for
posterity, the Daughters of the Revolution
met and glorifed the ancestors who fought
for the Independence of the country. These
Daughters, whatever else they do, are |
doing good bit for history in their en-.
deavor to find grand. who was also !
a continental soldier. If he helped in any |
manner TO organize colony, the find is
rich for them, the doors of Colonial Danes
can be entered. / wonder if there are
any families in st. Mary's who are not
entitled to membership in one or both
While society danced, attended fecep.
tons, lectures and the opera, for which
tickets sold in more than their weight in
gold, death claimed one who will live in
history and will for ages be bright ex-
ample to the youth of his own race. Fred
erick Douglass, born slave in Maryland,
lied at the Nations Capitol, the friend and
peer of Statesmen, having raised himself
10 this position by his own exertion. Peace
10 his ashes
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