Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-01-12

When tvo good republicans Ike Co1
g-sssEsz hopkins. e H.. s-5 L5,,,s
fed, otNs.. osn zscA c,As, aS3 names
there wss nothing q, democrats 70 8
hat to eci1y the show.
The Congressional wheels % -ocu.
fast enough, but since the tough leEis
latve propositions have been tackled n
progress has not been rapid enough Il
make the country dizzy.
Mr.. Mckinley would better 80 SLOW
II using tho [. 5. NAVY on behalf @
the claims Of the asphalt trust in veue
zuela, even if some Of his close friends
are owners Of that trust.
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Republican leaders in Congress may
not all be Solomons, but they are to-
wise tofouow the hot headed notoriet-
hunters in trying to reduce Southern
- representation in the House and tbc
electoral college,
j would be interesting to know whe.
tier the English capitalists who are pre-.
pairing to make paper out Of one Of the
waste products of Louisiana sugar cane
haYe secured the permission Of the pa.
per trust.
The Senate might express its opinion
of the refusal Of the administration to
furnish that sensational report on Gu
ban finances. which Secretary Root has
locked up, if there were not 50 many
Senator's expecting fsvors from the next
administration.
There being no campaign on hand.
Senator Hoar IS again making faces al
AcKinlev's Philippine policy, Mr.. Nc.
hinley probably cares little for Sena-
tor Hoar : talk, so long as he can con.
troll his vote whenever it is needed.
Br' er Talmage has been seeing visions
again. He says the time will soon come
when the business world will be honest.
When the prediction comes true. what
will be done with inexpensive machin.
cry now used toturn out dishonest goods
in about every line Of trade?
One very good reason why those who
are "on' paid no attention to the STOW
that Ben Harrison was using his infu.
ence in Congress to antagonize admins
tration measures, was that Ben had no
influence in Congress when he was Pr
= and has less now. He -
= usa Is quite
smart, but he can what he hash t
got.
Administration Senators were com.
PEELED, in the debate on the Army bill,
to throw off the mask and admit that
the war in the Philippines was a serious
matter and becoming more instead of
less so, And Secretary Root has denied
having predicted an early end to hostii
ties, Quite different from republican
campaign utterances on this subject eli F.?
Concentration Of wealth and power in
this country was accentuated by the
purchase Of big railroad in the north.
west by Jim" Hill, and Of two in the
east by Pierpont Morgan. Every deal
Of this sort increases the number of
those who believe that all the transpor-
tation lines should be owned blythe gov.
errment and operated il the interest Of
the people,
The convention that adopted the [ S.
Constitution twice fixed the Presidep.
tai term at seven years and made the
President ineligible for reelection, but
TO head bickers, who wanted Presidents
elected for life, and in the interest of
harmony, the four year term was final,
ly agreed upon as a compromise. An.
drew jackson, in every message he
sent to Congress, advocated a single
term for our Presidents, and Andrew
vac eyerl stiugly right
L1-Congressman Phillips, Of Pa
first vice chairman Of the L. &. Indus.
trial Commission and a republican, said
Of Senator Hanna pet bill 1.-THE
snip subsidy bill now before Congress,
# enacted into law, viii enhance the
fortunes Of ship owners and ship build
ers Of the Z. S, at the expense Of the
tax payers. II the government ha:
money to donate why not give bounties
I. The farmers and laborers, to the poor
rather than to the rich?
The Secretary Of State is sending out
circular letter to the new companie,
recently incorporated by the Governor.
stating that under ruling Of the Unit.
ed States treasury department it is nee.
essary to have a two cent revenue starnr
TO the certified copy Of the charter filed
IN the office, and requests that stamp.
be sent for that purpose, as an agent Of
the treasury department is now check
ing up the Office. -Carion-Ledger.
Governor Longino has issued a mar
don to Walter Tolbert, a white MAJ
sent up from Kemper : county eigh
years ago to serve life sentence fo
murder. The pardon was based on
recommendation of the board of con
troll and Associate Justice Terral, of tn
Supreme Court. Judge Te.ral was tn
circuit judge Of the district when Toll
bert was sentenced. The pardon is con
ditioned that Tolbert will not return t
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