Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-11-21

W FutEG lutD q cDDkFoEt VIII any
persons or corporation for the pur-
pose Of securing the construction Of |
such cable. Dir. Sherman is OPP
posed to the government S layingi its
own cable and his bill viii be prac-
tically the same as that introduced
last year and held up by those MEM
bers of Congress who favor COVER
ment ownership.
Some very pointed questions have
been put to the President during
the past week to ascertain how far
he is prepared to endorse the speech
which Senator Lodge made in Boston
recently and which, because Of the
known intimacy between the Presi-
dent and the junior Senator from
Massachusetts, has been given wide
publicity While the President is
too good friend of Senator Lodge
to turn him down" unless il be-
came absolutely necessary, it is be-
lieved that he considers that his
friend was a little reckless in bis
utterances. Mr.. Lodges statement
that for any foreign nation TO secure
naval station on this side of the
Atlantic or the Pacific would be re-
garded as a direct violation of the
Monroe Doctrine has a strong faint
of jingoism and his demand for "a
navy so strong that no other nation
would dare to attack us is not in
accordance with American princi-
pies. The policy of this country in
the past has been to so compel the
respect of other nations that there
was no necessity for maintaining
immense military and naval forces
in order to prevent attack. These
facts have been emphasized in the
hearing Of the President and it has
been suggested that unless the Mas
sachusetts Senator receives some
thing in the nature of hint to be
more prudent he is likely to injure
the party, and embarrass the Presi-
dent.
The President administered what
some people describe as the coup de
grace to Senator Platt on Friday
when he appointed State Senator
Nevada n Stranahan TO the collector
ship of the Port of New York This,
of course, means the removal of
George r. Bidewell of whom Platt
has sworn that he would remain col
lector as long Us he (Platt) remained
in the Senate. 1t remains to be
seen if Senator Plat will yield with
out protest. The appointment is, of
course, a triumph for the faction Of
the New York republicans headed
by Governor Odell which have been
waging bitter campaign against
Bidwell. Coming as this does in
the immediate wake of'the election
of Low in New York city it seems
to confirm the theory the Platt s
power in New York is waning.
Mr.. Roosevelt is strongly in favor
of reciprocity and Of "a moreemnhatic
kind than ever Blaine dared cham
pion. The President believes in
reciprocity with European countries.
Referring to this fact. democratic
statesman recently asked me what
the President proposed in regard to
Great Britain, (which country" he
went on to say, buys from us more
than forty percent of our European
exports is il possible that, be-
cause England has always admitted
American good free Of duty" he
continued 1--WE are going to negotiate
reciprocity treaties with her neigh
bors that will enable them to sell in
the American markets at a lower
rate than England Or viii we be-
gin our reciprocity legislation fairly
and squarely by granting the free
dom of our markets to the nation
that always. and irrespective Of our
treatment of her, has given US the
freedom of hers? What have Mr..
Roosevelt and his reciprocity friends
to tell us about England
There are still number of claims
for prize money growing out of the
Spanish war still in litigation but
the awards that have been de.ermin-
ed upon are as follows:
Admiral Sampson, grand total,
! $2.j,4lI44.
Admiral Dewcy. total. $3.50.
Admiral Schley. grand total. SIS. 12.
There is still pending in the courts
prize money amounting To approx
mately 81. DaO,Oel and if those cases
in which Admiral Schley isintcrest-
ed should be favorabIy decided upon
they would bring Admiral Schley's
share up to aboas II 900. Ia this
connection he fac' lat some legal
experts estimate the cost to Admiral
Schley of the recent Court of Inquiry
at not less than go, 900, is interest
ing.
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