Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-07-18
wAsHIHsTos LETTER.
Irregular correspondenf.l

ton OF "Dsye Henderson, Speaker
Of the next House 10 certain, bnt il
10 equally certain that there are not
enough Of them tn do it. Conse-
quently, the stories of an orgsnizs-
tion tn try to defeat Henderson,
are moonshine. Politicians do not
knowingly butt their heads against
stone walls. Ii there were even q
fighting chance to beat Henderson,
the fight would be made, but as
there isn't, the men who dislike
him most ara likely to be found
shouting the loudest for his nomi.
nation by acclamstion. in order
that they may not be left ont ~hen
no distributes the Committee plums.
Personally. Henderson favors tariff
reform Of some soft. although he
probably does not go AS far az Rep
resentative Babcock. bot What bic
personal opinions are. will not affect
the result, 90 he has n record show.
ing that there 10 never any d,fficul
ty OF his being completely c"ntroll
ed BY the sarty b,sses. that il
one reason Why his reelection was
assured before the adjournment of
the last Congress. The bosses
know his measure and do not car.
TO take any chancrs with new
man.
Democrats have done a great deal
OF talking among themselves about
the Ohio democratic platform. but
few Of them care to express opin-
ions about il for publication. 0ne
Of the exceptions 10 Representative
Bankhead, of Alabama, who said
Of it: "The Ohio platform is all
right and should receive the sup
port OF every democrat in the Buck
eye state. It conforms to existing
conditions aud states the issues Of
the campaign in language clear
enough for anybody to understand.
| suppose the republicans thought
the democrats would re.affirm the
Kansas City platform and renew
allegiance to Mr.. Bryan and oil
that sort OF thing. But they were
fooled. Mr.. Bryan, I am satisfied,
10 as popular with the democrats
Of Ohio, az he was in 1895 aud in
1900, but there was no need or ne
cessity to discuss him in the State
Convention. IL would have added
nothing to have placed free silver
10 the platform, and it might have
caused division in the ranks. As
it is, the Ohio democrats have
agreed to bury the past and have
formed q line of battle on condi-
tions that have arisen since the last
campaign. | believe as COHven-
tions are held IN other states, the
people will witness the democratic
leaders following in the footsteps
of the Ohio democrats. The demo-
Gratis OF the South have the greatest
respect for Mr.. Bryan and he can
always depend upon sroyal welcome
when he comes among rs. Ii does
not signify that he has lost popu-
larity, whei. the democrats in Con-
vention decline to mention in state
platforms the issues rs set forth in
the late National Convention. We
must meet changed conditions and
that cannot be done by sticking to
the issues of the past" As to i'm
mediate national issues, Mr.. Bank
head said: "The republicans seem
to be divided on the question Of
tariff revision and the adoption of
reciprocity treaties. | am in favor
OF tariff revision and it must cone
sooner or later. l am opposed to
trusts and / believe that the only
way to kill the trusts 10 to pass q
revenue tariff. Hayemeyer saws
that the tariff 10 the mother of
trusts. and he ought to be good
authority"
The charges against the Collector
of Internal Revenue at Louisville,
KY, Of having violated the Civil
Service Law, together with the opin-
ion Of the Civil Service Com mission
that the evidence sustains the
charges, have been referred to Mr..
Mckinley. IA it is we'll known
that che violations Of lev, of xl:ch