Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-10-04

dark ages OF youth-"might makes
right" they do not dare to publicly
proclaim that purpose rs plainly as
Ex- Congressman DUNCAN, Of Ohio,
once a democrat, did in q speech
made 10 Washington, in which he
attempted to justify Mr.. Mckinley,
and his imperialistic policy in the
Philippines. The following sem
tence from Mr.. Dungan's speech
reveals the true iuwardness OF the
republican policy. which they have
been 80 anxiously trying to conceal
by general talk abont bettering the
condition of the poor natives and
improvement in American com
merce "In my opinion, title is
fixed only by the survival of the fit
test, and that is why America ia
going to rule the earth. /" In other
words, no peoples title to their own
country is good against the greed
and avarice Of a stronger country.
Surely a majority Of Americans are
not willing to enter the Goth century
championing such document.
Representative Livingston, Of
Ca, thus sums up the attitude Of
the two parties towards trusts ::
ain recent speech made by Sena-
tor Beverage, he says that the
republican party, as well as the
democratic party, is opposed to
trusts, only the republican party
proposed to limit and regulate
trusts, while the democratic party
would do nothing. Now, this state
ment was made to intelligent peo-
pie. II this is so, how could Mark
Hanna 90 to Baltimore and get
from the trusts Of that city alone
$50, 900, while Bryan, even had he
tried could not have got so centa.
Senator Hanna has said there are
no trusts He knows and 20 does
every thinking man or woman that
this ia false, Hero ia evidence Of
the trusts. This year it takes 80
per cent more wheat to buy a pillow
than it did last year. IL takes 20
per cent more corn and it takes
from 81 to "a so month more to
live than it did in a year ago. Why
ia this It's because OF the trusts. +"
How desperate the republican
managers are getting may be judg-
ed from their having ordered tho
party press to try to make political
capital out Of the experience Of
Teddy in Colorado
When the Navy Department re-
| jected the bids for armor for war
ships, put in by the armor trusts,
and announced that Secretary Long
would exercise the authority con-
fcrred upon him by Congress to cs.
tablish an armor- making plant, il
better bids were not submitted, ii
was predicted that the armor trusts
would get the contracts, II they
made q satisfactory contribution to
the republican campaign fund.
That prediction ia in fair way "a
be verified Secretary Long has
been dickeriug with the agcuts OF
the trusts, and 1t is officially an.
nounced that he expects 10 make q
satisfactory contract with them for
the armor, which doubtless means
that Hanna has already made a sat.
isfactorY arrangement with them
for campaign contributions.
The Chinese Minister TO the u.
| S. having succeeded 80 well 10 got.
ting tho administration TO act in
accordance with his private advice
has gone a atop further and is now
| giving the administration public
advice through the medium OF
newspaper interviews, lie wants
this government to act as mediator
between tho powers and China, and
Gays If it doesn't. it may 10 the end
find itself shut ont of China com
mcrciaIly That "chiuk" has got
nerve to thus threaten the man who
has been as friendly to him and hia
government as Mr. Mckinley has
been
Lookout for preposterous repub
lican claims Orders have gone
out from Republican National
Headquarters to the party news
papers to print continually and
conspicuouslY during the three
weeks previous to the election par
agraphs claiming states enough to
give Mckinley 20 or 80 more cleo.
toral votes than he had in 1896
The idea is said to be that such
wholesale claims persistently made,
will catch voters who wish to be on
the winning side.