Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-07-19

can party emDEOlis ue IN al the
quarrels Of the world, and entangles
rs in foreign alliances. II has 81
ready entanged ~ in one--an nm
written alliance with Great Britain.
Since British diplomacy succeeded
in parsuading our administration
aud our Peace Commissioner to
force Spain to cede to us the quick
ly Withdrawing shadow Of its al
ready expelled sovereignty over the
Philippines, We have been compelled
to 90 hand in hand with England.
The republican party now stands
for imperialistic expansion, and is
already busy cultivating the spirit
of militarism. The democratic par
ty has earnestly, clearly and forci-
bly, pronounced against imperial
ism and it's resultant evils, for the
preservation Of the republic and the
constitution. The Issue 10 thus
made up. and / consider it my plain
duty to help maintain the republic
by such efforts as / can make, ham
BILE though they are."
General Leonard Wood, Military
Governor Of Cuba, is coming to
Washington, this week to consult
with the administration or so much
of it as can be found on duty, about
] the Constitutional Convention the
Cubans are shortly to hold.
Secretary Root says Of this con-
ference SIN arranging for Con-
stitutional Convention, Gen. Wood
and / will talk about the districts
to be made in Cuba for the election.
We will discuss the time for hold
ing the election, what number of
delegates should constitute the con-
vention and the appor:ionment OF
these delegates among the districts
or divisions" Oshers say, however,
that ell these things could easily
have been arranged without Gen.
Woods coming to Washington, and
that the real reason for his trip il
to arrange something which it was
feared could not be safely trusted
either to the mails or to the wires
whether the administration de-
sires official pressure to be used to
get o majority elected to the Cuban
Constitutional Convention. that
can be depended upon to support q
declaration by the convention in
favor Of annexation.
The administration is figuring
on legislation at the coming session
of Congress, when the election will
be over, for large increase in the reg
ular army. This 10 not a guess.
1t 10 based upon plans now being
made by the War Department to
keep 40, 900 soldiers in the Philip
pines, to do police duty, after July
l, 1901, when the two year terms
Of the volunteers now over there
will expire. Present laws provide
for q regular army of less than 49,
600 men and Of course, the entire
army cannot be kept in the Philip
pines. Therefore, it 10 absolutely
certain that the present plans of
the War Department are based upon
the expectation that Congress in
the legislation for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1901 will provide
for q larger regular army. Men
are not likely to fall over each other
IN their anxiety to enlist in the reg
ular army to do police duty in the
Philippines or anywhere else. So
the next step after increasing the
regular army, in the republican
imperial programme, is likely to be
a Law providing for compulsory ser.
vice therein by our young men. OF
course, that would not worry those
with pull enough to keep their sons
out, but how about the ordinary
man who has no pull?
When Perry Heath was chosen
to succeed Represen tative Dick, as
Secretary Of the Republican Nation
al Committee, it was simply chang.
ing one Hanna made man for anoth-
er. Heath will resign the position
OF First Assistant Postmaster GEN.
eral, bat it will not be as q punish
ment for having had a hand in Civ
ing Nicely q chance to steal Cuban
Postal Funds. In fact, Heath
knows too much about Hanna's
campaign methods in 1896, to make
it safe to attempt to punish him,
even il it were considered desirable.
IL 10 among the probabilities, il
Hanna can win again, that Heath
will be member of Mr.. McKin-
ley's next Cabinet. NIvIs.