Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-07-26

on behalf of the privileged classes,
and they have found him. 1t IL
this feeling that inspires gold
Democrat to write to the Mugwump
Evening Post
Another term OF Mckinley, IN
yolving the Endorsement of the III
most unbroken record of 6ad faith
which which has characterized all
the acts Of his Administration
would be about as bad a common
tary on popular Government as
could be imagined. But would not
the cause Of popular Government
suffer still more should the party
which has taken up the task Of re-
viving the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence and our old-fashioned views
of national honor be betrayed by
it's candidate? In the present oris-
is signs OF surrender by that candi-
date to bosses or to moneyed inter
eats, or the exhibition by him Of any
OF the marks Of the COULTER" would
be very disquieting TO many q gold
Democrat.
What we need in the Presidency
now above all things Is an honest
man-not merely one who is above
picking pockets himself, but one
whose honesty is aggressivo--one
who will not tolerate Neeleys and
Rathbones under him or Hannas
over him, and whose honesty ex-
tends not merely to matters Of mon.
ey, but to matters OF principle.
We know that II william J Bry-
an said that anything was our
"plain duty" he would shut that
steel-trap jaw Of his and keep Con-
gress in session until that duty was
performed or the Congressional
term expired. Han organ told him
that this action would cost him
three million votes OF growers OF
fiIler tobacco and garden gass, be
would toll il that the people could
elect another President II they chose
but that fiIteen million voters could
not make him do thing he
thought wrong.
This is a comfortable sort OF per.
son 20 lean on in a national crisis.
With hurricane signals flying in
China, even gold Democrats would
like to feel that they had such o
nickel.steel Kruppizod will to trust
in.
So much for the heads OF the
tickets. The contrast between the
candidates for second place is Of q
different nature, but equally strik'
ing.
Grave as are McKinloy's faults, II
be and Roosevelt SHOULD be elected
every patriot would offer up daily
prayers for the health Of Mckinley.
The accession Of Theodore Roose.
welt to the Presidency would be O
public calamity. Impetuous as
the German Emperor, his impetu-
osity is not guided by the Kaiser
trained intelligence. Hiscontinual
"breaks," merely annoying OF
amusing in the positions he has
held heretofore, would be disastrous
in President. Before his term
was a year old he would be likely
to have us at war with half the pow.
ers OF the world, and he would prob.
ably override the Supreme Court
at least once a month.
At the time OF the Kentucky cleo.
ton dispute Governor Roosevelt
announced that every American
worthy Of the name would give his
support to Taylor, now a fugitive
from justice and he urged that per.
sonage to hold on regardless OF con,
sequences. Soon afterward the Su,
preme Court OF the United States
decided that Taylor's opponent had
a legal title to his Office. II Rooee.
velt had been President his princi,
plies would required him to dispersC
the Supreme Court with regulars
as Taylor for time had terrorized
the State Courts with militia.
Adlai L. Stevenson is calm.
we'll balanced statesman, in whose
hand our national interests, foreign
and domestic would be absolutely
safe. 1t was said before the nom
nations at Philadelphia that Han
ma had laid down the principle tina