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

of the Nicaragua Canal By this gov
eminent, and some Of them do not
hesitate to express the belief that
the admipiesra< Jon - .heeas marty
to some b The triekerS Wheeler
in the faps p tn knowledge Of.
Senatorial sehtiment: Secretary
Hay will try to carry out his orders
IS to the negotiation OF the new
treaty. is not known, but it seems
sbsplptelg certain that any treaty
aecspGsbIe to England will fall M
the Senate, -ifnegotiated. Even II
the administration could control the
votes Of al che republican Sehators,
whichsiit oapnos6jss weala be siz
votes short oftwoskhirdss and it may
be sst downaas sareo that thoselsix
votes cannot.l underoanyI eireum-
stances be had from she democratic,
tolratify astreatyd that gives Eng,
land even a much say inc the com
strnetion OF the Nicaragua Canal as
was giVenE by,1the rejected Hsg-
Pauncefote treaty. That's whE Mr..
Hays task is tnlimpossible one. %
one is rewarded for having
turned ons's politiesllcOat, the size
of the reward is ap.,to be regarded
as the value pnt upou the services
of the turneoat by the other side.
Upon that theory Hon. Irvine
DUNCAN, who was cent to Congress
few years agorhg the democrats of
the thirteenth Ohio district, and
who Turned hispolitical coat during
the last campaign and took 3the
stump for Mckinley, must bely ry
small. Senator Llama has just had
Mr.oDungan apl pintedIto Q $12O0
clerkship in the Treasury Depart
ment.aa .sTa,ios9sII ,s1sAWadysL !
bafIf sOme of thejgood thipgs that
are said Ola man after he is. dead
we're said of him and to him when
he was alive, this world would be q
much more satisfactory place to
live," remarked o. philosophie and
somewhat cynical Senator who had
been discussingthe praise bestowed
upon the late HonYBenja min Har-
rison, prominent member Of his
party who had for years Loaf no OPP
'poftunity to sneer at him. sItdoes
seem that the death Of o man Of
promiuence seryes to ! bring out
striking bits Of hypocrisy lin other
men of prominence. q nWhys isf one
of those mysterious things which no
one is able to account for in any
satisfactory way. 1t is known to
all the world, that while he was
President, and since, Mr.. Harrison
was hated heartily by nearly every
prominent member Of his party, for
one or another reasons but since his
death, these msnyhsve been, trying
to Guido each other lin. saying ex-
travagant words of praise Of him.
The public is very forgetful, bat it
isn't quite so forgetfal as the talk
Of these men indicates them to be!
lieveg hoils9 $500 .sag.auuaT
sih The friends Of Mr. Meiklejohn,
late Assistant Secretary oof War,
and present candidate for the U.
s. Senate, before the Nebraska leg
islations are sayingpublielylt that he
retired from the War Department
voluntarily, while IN private they
are SAYING unprintable thingsabont
Secretary Root, fOrpushing Meikle.
john ont, which they fear willqueer
whatever chances he had for cleo
ton to the Senate. Secretary Root
vas doubtless actuated- largely BY
selfshness in getting an assistant
secretary who wonld perform the
work of that office-during the past
six months Meiklejohn has been
away from Washington practically
all the time, but has regularly
drawn his salsry--but even if he
was, his doing 30 was creditable as
an indication of His belief that q
man should not draw a ublicl sal.
airy without performing any public
duties. 1t 10 also creditable to.Mr.
Root that he refused to be Jbluffed
by Senators Platt aud Depew and
insisted upon having Col. Sanger,
his personal friendU for Assistant
Secretary ofrWard is1.gas mo1l IS
There is growing suspicion that
there is O. close connection between
l.