Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-11-14

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here say that In the triumph Of vic
tory overe bagd srokek Ad I'd Z
ward Mtfple WI ssi5 defeatH i
the maydealty race I'm 10y, NJ Y.
Mr.. Hill viii be fpnt Nht 70 q by
cones 20 I'D Dfget u NE sisasfss IL
has received in times past. II is
confidently predicted that Dir. Hill |
will be factor In the next national |
Democratic convention.
IL Ia evident that Mr. LOW. who
VIE eIectsd ON O decidee d bdtro-
gefieotis platform, VIII have little |
chance 81 -sa-sieetiessy -iFFespeetiveoff
the kind Of government he gives the |
citgdoi1t Iiai0 on rare occasions
that the people, rof Newo York will
make sufficient roxartiena ~ saeeoHr9
pljsh the defeat og tho disciplined
army III Tanifnany Halt, ahdit Is pre-.
dicted that TatnmaiSy viii be heard
fran twts years hencnI uHo 19h soGaI
President Roeseveltlis receiving
some very candid advice thesedays.
/ Immediately they got the election of
their hands, Senator HANNA, Geher-
al Grosyenor, Hon. Serano Il. Payne,
Gov, iStonep u Pennsylvania and
many others came 10 Washington to
lay down TO law IN regard V recir
Iprocity and tariff legislation. All
IT these gentlemen are frank 20 say
that they are, ABSOLUTELY opposed %
all tariff revision They baliaye,l or
/ claim 10 bclivcs that the few, Pepub-
lican gains In the election Just mast
J indicate that the people are entirely
satisfied with thugs rs they are aud
they desire the Republican party to
make no changes, ,Eyen Gen, tsros-
yenor makes this specious argument,
completely ignoring the fact that the
/ Ohio platform positively prtanised
legislation which would rslieyait che
people Of the present OPPRESSION II
the trusts, and that the entire caul,
paipn that led "a the election ofGov.
Nash was based on promises az sim
liar legislation guidiamos Nnfd'iHv
As was 60 be expected the republ
licans are all crying Fraud with re-
gard To the Maryland elcctiou,, uns
doubtedly actuaied more from their
4 dread df the return Of Arthur r.
German 20 the Senatep than ffem any
disappointment that the state did
not give their party a majority, As
0 matter, OF fact, there were some
J errors that erept into The ballots az
. few districts, bart the sentiment of
l the state is farb ttsn pronounced %
permit 81 any doubt n to the real
4 wishes Of the people, ,s ,,,..,o .ss
/ President Roosevelt east . bomb
into the republican ranks tshis' week
when her named Robert G.. Houston
for the Colleciorship NJ the port Of
Wilmington, This. Is the most Luz
crative appointment in the state of
Delaware and its control was practi-
cal essential to the Supremacy Of
Mr.tlJ Edward Addicks, Gas Nd
dicks 4 AZ he is COMMONLY known
Addicks has exertcd sufficient in
tlnehce IN the Delaware legislation
~ prevent the st.lection of a. United
Stairs Senator and has made strenu- >
GUS efforts 20 hveak into the Senate
himself. IL is said that his campaign
has cost him not less.than million
dollars.ss Senator Hanna has always
suppofse.i bis additions aud tidrin&
Mr.. MckinleyS ineumbency, the
4 administrator + al lhast 7 faifAlhed
4 from taking ans part ius Che State
fight. As result, DIR. VIM. III.
j Cooper, a hold-over democrat has
held the cesllectorShip until the pre-
sent time. A very curSofS exarssS-
nation Of Mr.. ,Addieks, ;, methods
saltficcd Ia decide the President, and,
notwithstanding Hanna's pleading
for his millionaire friend, with whom
he could doubtless sympathize, he
appointed Mr.. Houston, on the re-
commendatioR of Representative
Bali, the only representative Della
ware now has in Congress. /, 1t is
believed that the President s action
will result In the 'diSintegTAtior oF !
the2 Addicks faction and that Della
ware will hereafter have its normal
representation in Congress. ,,;-s4..
I Commissioner of Pensions Exams
has issued his. annual report and al
though il is a well aud carefully pre-
pared paperiit contains some inconl
trovertible facts as 10 the injustice
that is being done 10 the people of
the United States by the presant
pension laws. Commissioner Evans !
very fearleSSly 'denoIinceS the pen
sion attorneys, of whom the number
is twenty thousand, notwithstand-
ing the fact that Only the succession
Of Mr. Roosevelt saved from shem
his official scalp He points out that
the present law encourages, ian
army of attorneys, solicitors and
idruAmmers, practically licensed by
che government, with the promise OF
$2a for each claim allowed And
he goes on 70 say that NO blame or
criticism should be attached 90 the
soldiers who arr siTnportuned and |
persuaded that il * their duty 10
Gle claims whesher disabled or not y
Although the, Civil War lasted four
years and the casualties were fright
I faIl and the Spanish war lasted four
Rsoushs ande 1he casualties were
Comparatively few, three years after
the Spanish war twenty per cent OF
hesoldiers engaged have fled claims |
for pensions, while in 1872, seven
wears after the close Of the civil war.