Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-06-27


diplomacy Of the State Depart
ment be called in to straighten ont
what has followed rightfnl acts !
This administration Yery frequent
ly makes the mistake OF underrat-
ing the intelligence Of the public.
Mr.. Mckinley dilatoriness in
naming . new Commissioner OF
Pensions has put the republican
opponents of Commissioner Evans
in 0 very ugly humor and they are
letting out campaign secrets.
Corporal" Tanner, who has been
prominent in the fight against
Evans, said al do not know
whether it 10 O fact that is known
to the public or not, but 1t il true
nevertheless that the National Re-
publican Committee, prior TO the
last election, promised faithfully
that Mr. Evans would be retired
from the Office of Pension Commits
sioner upon the beginning OF Pres
ident McKinley's second admins
tration, in case of his reelection.
We have that promise in black and
white. 1t 10 in the form of q letter
written by the National Committee
to Gen. Sickle and he still has that
communication" The Corporal
intimated that it was only By mat
ing that promise that the commit
succeeded in keeI iIg the solid
vote in line for NJ i..inley, and tn:
If the promise Wa not soon :
deemed. there wou.d be trou BILE,
and lots of it, in me ranks of the
g. o. p. Evans says be won't re-
sign, and Mr.. Mckinley seems dis
inclined to push him out There
the matter now stands.
Senator Deboe is engaged in a
job that should be repngnant to a
gentleman and doubtless 10 to him,
although he lacked the back bone
to refuse to undertake it, when
ordered to do so by the Republican
Central Committee Of Henry
County, Kentucky. The job is to
prevent the re-appointment Of Mrs.
Gertrude Saunders, a widow who
has served two terms as postmaster
at Newcastle, KY, and made an
official record, without O flaw, and
to get q DR.. Gray, q republican
politician, appointed. To the
credit Of Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow, under
whose jurisdiction the matter il,
this political fight upon o widow ia
not likely TO- succeed. He told
Senator Deboe that it was not the
policy Of the Department. to remove
postmasters with good records
that was stretching the truth per.
haps, but it was in q good cause.
And when Deboe tried to get Mr..
Mckinley to act, he was told that
ne never intsrferred in the appoint
ment of fourth-class postmasters.
The place only pays $50 Q month,
but the widow wants it, and she
ought to have it.
Everybody who has seen a copy
of the gorgeous little book issued
by the pink tea masker, par excel.
lence, whose official title il Adult
ant General of the Army, contain
ing the itinerary of this petticoat
hero's iunket to the Philippines,
has enjoyed 0 good laugh of Corbin's
exhibition Of the big head. 1t was
stretch Of good taste when Secre-
tary Cortelyou issued Q printed
pamphlet containing the itinerary
Of the Presidential trip to the Pa
cific Coast, but the official rank OF
that party and natural public Curl
ositY to know all about its goings
and comings, excused that, but no
such excuse can be made for the
vulgar ostentation of Adjutant
General Corbin, in copying that
idea and issuing q pamphlet with
the following little page, lettered
in gold "Tour Of the Adjutant
G eneral Of the Army to the Philip.
pine islands, from June Goth to
September 90, 1901" In addition
to giving all the stops of the train,
bearing the self-constituted hero
across the continent, there are
blank pages headed /: "date' "lat.
titude" etc., for the thrilling ad-
ventures that must perforce attend
his trip across the Pacific, and
more blank pages for what will
happen in the PHILIPPINES. II some