Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-03-21

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ANNAPOLIS, 1Larcn 10, 13Ol.
DEAR BEACON :--Since ny last
letter the fight on the. Election Bill
has been fought and won, In, the
Senate there was no break in the
ranks, the vote being strictly on
party lines. In the House, Messra.
Pattison, Of Dorchester. Garner, Of
st. Aary's, Keys, of Cecil, Lakin
and Buckley, Of y Frederick. demo-
Gratis, voted against the bill. The
discussion Of the bill was warm and
entertaining. In the Senate, SEN
stors Wilkinson and Dick carried
Of the honors for ''long talks, "
speaking for nearly three hours
each. / did not hear the Senator'S
and consequently cannot tell any
thing about their arguments. In
the House, With the exception Of
MIR. Biggs, of Washington county,
the blicans devoted themselves
to condemning the bill because,
mayhaps, tits easier to damn indis-i
criminately than to criticise intelli-
gently. Curious 'tis, how mems
prejudices warp their Judgments.
and how much it matters "whose
or il gored." The Republican ora
tors, in speaking against the cleo
ton Bill, always harped upon the
fraudulent intentions of the Demo-
Gratis in passing such measure, but
in their speeches against the Gen.
sus Bill they reversed themselves
and contended vociferously, that
it was unfair and unjust to impute
fraud to the census enumerators.
Oh, our friends, the Republicans,
ARE so good themselves, so pious
and 30 holy, they've naught to do
but mark and tell the Democrats
faults and follies.' Again, it ia pass
ing strange to see Republicans SO
collections about the Constitution.
They seem desperately afraid the
Democrats will not regard that sa-
cred document, but lay unhallowed
hands upon it. From their point
Of view, Republican may put his
foot through every clause of the
Constitution between sunrise and
breakfast, but that it ever and al
ways binds Democrats. 1t is to be
hoped Republicans will be stricter
constructionists hereafter, now that
they have made so careful stndy
OF our time-honored Consultation
and spoken 30 revsrently oft. 81 !;
Second to the Election Bill, in
interest has been the Census Bill.
Delegate Leymeyer, of Baltlm more,
championed the Bill and in 4 him it
certainly had an forceful and clio.
quent advocate. Baltimore has a
great interest in a correct enumer-
alton OF its population. b Its direc.
tory 10 said to show a population Of
over 600, 200, while the U. y. enum-
Grafton returns but sos, 900. 1.-THE
mortality Of 100000 people 10 at
tributed to q basis of sos, 900 it
makes high death rate aud gives
the city black-eye as q place of
residence. There lie business in
having q city advertised as health
full, and high death-rates are not
desirable inducements for real es
tate investors. On . proper basis,
Baltimore is believed to be one of
the most healthy cities in the o MON.
Frank ID. Adams, who lived at
Mechanicsville and was one of the
promoters of that thriving town,
died recently in Washington. He
was master-mechanic. For years
he kept the p. K. House. Mechan-
icsville owes much to his energy
and push. lilsa-d .edf haas, =
1t 10 reported here that the Cen.
sus Bureau has enumerators in ev.
cry district Of Charles county re,
taking the census 1t would seem
from this that the Bureau suspects
that there is something wong. The
report will be awaited with interest.