Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-03-07
wAsHIN3Tos LETTER.
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WAsHlNGToN, d. c., March 4, 1901.
Yes, the second Inauguration Of
Mr.. Mckinley was certainly caIlia1
through on an i'm perlal scale. As
in ancient Rom the people are
amused with & -geous pageauts.
While they are losing their most
precious possession liberty. II
was fitung, perhaps, that a man
who had just been given by a sub
seryient partisan majority IN Con-
gress more sutocratic power than
vas ever possessed by any American
President, and more than many
kings are allowed to exercise, should
be gwen an imperial inauguration.
t VAS also in keeping with the pub
tic extravaganza which has grown
TO such stupendous magnitude un.
der his fret administration rs to
stagger and brighten the conserva.
tive element Of the country, that
more public money should be spent
upon his second inauguration than
vas ever spent upon the iuangnra.
ion OF any other President Just
how much this inauguration has
cost the public Treasury will never
he known, bat that it is an enor
nous sum anyone can see. Four
companies Of Porto Rican troops
we're brought al the way to Wash.
lngton to march in the Imperial
parade, samples OF Colonial sub.
i"cls, as il we're; likewise the cadets
from West Point and Annapolis.
Who bad not participated in an In.
augural parade, since Grants Sec
ond, before, and the regular troops
from every military post in reach
In addition to these, seven war.
ships were brought near enough Ia
nave their entire crews ia the pa
rade. All Of this cost heap 81
money. to which must be added The
$50 900, which the use Of the Pen
sion Office for the inaugural bail.
coat the Government. Like the
legislation of the Fifty Sixth Con-
gress, now happily dead. the second
inauguration Of MIR Mckinley was
conducted, regardless Of expense,
and the dear people must pay the
bills for both.
Some wag started story that
the two Colorado performing bears
hat we're carried in the Inaugural
parade by a fool-electron bettor,
we're captured by Teddy during his
recent hunting trip, and all along
he line, was constantly heard
"here comes Teddy's bears" Nj.
Roosevelt is said to have been made
quite angry by the story and espec
tally by the continued public refer
ence to it.
Every democrat in the House
and four repubIicans- Loud, Of
Cal Mccall, of Mass. Mann, of
Illinois. and Driscoll, Of New York
voted against the Army Appro
priation bill, which was railroaded
trough the House, because OF the
Senate amendment, making Mr.
Mckinley Car Of the Philippines,
and Mr.. Cooper, OF Wisconsin,
Chairman of the Committee on In
sular Affairs, declined to vote at all
Democrats made the most of their
small opportunity TO condemn the
Philippine legislation. Mr.. De Ar
mond, of Mo-, said of the repubIi-
can policy: "They shrink from
discussion, even for an hour or two,
aud rush blindly along the pathway
Of Imperialism they spit upon the
honor and pledge of the U. S. by
trades, bargains, and connivance
the rights of ten million people in
the Philippines are to be frittered
away. commend to the tyrants
here the plumber they will get. For
myself, stand true to my concep
ron of duty, and condemn the
infamv fhav ara narnafr.fino -