Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-11-28

Kinley outlined at Buffalo by the
next Congress. The high protec-
ton interests have control Of hand
some majority Of the votes and, with
the usual discipline Of the republic
can machine, members who come
from the West surcharged with tariff
reform ideas are promptly and en-
phatically undeceived as to the COM
plexion Of their views and those Of
their constituents. The only cloud
on the protectionjst's horizon is
sugar. The Sugar Trust wants free
raw sugar and | understand that
Mr.. Havemeyer has announced that
Cuban sugar will be admitted free.
This and similar rumors win not
down and they almost cause hyster-
les among some Of the Eastern pro-
lection interests.
There is not perfect harmony on
the republican side however. The
Reform Club of New York has been
unkind enough to submit to the
President document in which IL is
shown that the Hanna-Frye ship
subsidy bill, il il had passed the last
Congress-, would have converted
practically two-fifths of the entire
subsidy into the Golfers of the Inter
national Navigation Company and
most Of the balance would have been
paid TO three other companies. Not
only is this an argument against the
ship subsidy bill as il was submit
ted to the last Congress but it has
shaken the faith of the President
and of good many of the members
of Congress in the absolute disin-
terestedness Of the promoters OF the
bill. The bill has proven a dead
load from its inception. Never has
it been possible by the most speci-
Gus arguments to arouse any en-
thusiasm in regard 10 il among the
people and the representatives who
will have TO go to the people for re-
election are protesting against the
party lash which is being used to
make them vote for the obnoxious
measure.
IL is believed that Representative
James ID. Richardson will be elected
Democratic leader in the next House
Notwithstanding the opposition that
he will incur. In many respects he
will make an admirable leader but
by his connection with the publish
ing house that has been publishing
and selling volumes containing the
President s messages he has injured
his power and laid himself open to
republican innuendo; however, he
is u good parlimentarian and at best
his position will not prove an i'm
portant one, so large is the republi-
can majority.
The latest Cabinet rumor is that
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
is very angry with the President
for having turned him down in the
Missouri contest and yielded to the
wishes of Committeeman Kerens and
that he proposes to resign in short
time. There are numerous hints
dropped by members of Congress as
to how this or thatsecretary "enjoys"
Mr.. Roosevelt's treatment but with
the exception of Gage nothing is
positively known.
There is likely to be an interest
ing contest among the democrats for
the vacancy in the Committee on
Rules caused by the election of Mr..
Bailey of Texas to the Senate. Mr.
De Armand of Missouri can have the
place for the asking as he would re-
ceive the undivided support of the
democrats but il is thought that he
will decline as he expects that the
next House will be democratic and
he desires to be speaker. If he sig
nifies his disinclination to take the
position Mr.. Underwood of Alabama,
formerly the democratic whip, will
doubtless make a contest for il as
will also Mr.. Swanson of Virginia.
This Committee is the most sought
for in the House, its powers being
almost autocratic.
The Secretary Of the Interior has
to-day given to the public his an
nual report. 1t is volume of some
two hundred and sixty-seven pages
and contains much interesting mat
ter, some of it food for very serious
thought. Some OF the pension fig
ures are appalling. The total num-
Der Of pensioners on the rolls June
Both was l,O4l ,22l, an increase for
the year of 4, 2O6, which increase the
Secretary declares to be ''high-wa-
ter mark. The total amount dis
burse6 for pensions during the year
was $l39, 53l ,4S3. 81.
At the Cabinet meeting on Friday
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