The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-04-25

I'VE are met upon the threshold OF
this House by 4 set ofrulcs not under
which the body operates, but by
which it is opera ted.
"NIy constituency amounts to five
hundred patriotic souls and | can't
bring into this House any measure
whatever else first make terms with
the Speaker. If anybody wishes to
deny this l am in Il pcrsonalposition
and in a peculiarly happy frame OF
mind to give him valuable testimony
right now.
"The committee on rules passes
Judgment and then Il bill goes not to
the calendar, but to the cemetery
where lie the whitening bones oi
millions of legislative hopes.
"a man who introduces 4 bill here
puts his manhood in his pocket and
goes trotting down the aisle to the
Speakers room where the bill dies.
"All the glories that clustered |
around the Holy Of Holes of King
Solomon's Temple look like thirty |
cents compared with the jobbing de-
partment of this Government.
Owe operate under set OF rules
designed to belittle the hopes and
dwarf the ambitions of the indivi-
dual. 1t is rotten at both ends be-
cause it vests power i'll men who
have no power and no capacity to
fulfill their duties"
Mr.. Cushman said that he had no
desire to tear down the Republican
party, but he felt like putting his
hands on the throat Of one or two
men who conceived that they are
the whole thing. "Thc true friend OF
his party is the man who does not
sit idly by and watch his party drift
into disrepute and towards destruc
ton, but the man who rises up and
calls attention to the affairs that
exist. Nero sat on the hilltops and
hddled while the Eternal city rose Ill
smoke and sank i'll ashes, and weare
sitting here idle and unconcerned
while the great power of this ancient
House is being evadcd, belittled, de
bauched and destroyed.
Between a personal constituency
and the stone wall in the Speakers
room have been flattenc,l out Ikea
cancelled postage stamp.
"Now in the three years that have
been a member of this body hay,
always approached that little ma
chine with Difference due to It's age
and its station; but hope YOU VIII
excuse my franknesS when ! tell you
that from this time on will divide
a little of my time and a tithc of NY
energy to putting a few spokeS III tie
wheel of that machine that the de-
signers of that vehicle never ordered.
Later on promise you Il speech
on this subject that will be SO hot
that it will have to be printed II as
bestos and tied to handgrenade for
distribution.
81 have a great personal regard
and affection for Mr.. Grosvenor He
elected me. We do no Pullman car
Campaigning in our State. We start
out with a clean pair Of hose and Il
tooth brush. In my last campaign !
added to this equipment a bound copy
of Mr.. Grosvenor's speeches and WIS
able to prove or disprove any
thing under the light of the sui.
five mistake not, the long-headcd
Republicans are commencing even
now to see the handwriting on II c
wall and it does require the inlerprc-
tation of a Daniel for them to ste
that their parry has been weighed i'll
the balance and found wanting
With the army outragcs Of the
Philippines, the enormous power of
the trusts and the arrogance OF Tie
lawmakers, it is not hard to under
stand that a united Democratic party
can change the present form of
Government. While it is true that
many laws have been enacted that
will work permanent harm to the
country, it is not too much to sup
pose that good results cannot fail to
follow the complete overthrow Of the
Republican party. The entering
wedge will be the Congressional cleo
ton this fall A united Democratic
party is promised and unless all signs
fail those who have had gricvanccSarc
now willing to forget them i'll order
to come to the front with an TILL
broken column, which will sweep
every thing before it. While it is too
early yet to commence an active
canvass, it is an opportune time for
the voter to turn his thoughts to-
wards lettering the national affairs
of this country. Many Rcpull cans
are willing to join the Democrats if |
they will only go about it in the |
proper manner. 1t remains for we cur /
selves to decide whether or not there /.
shall be a change.
NEGRO QUESTION AND ThYLO2. S /
FLIGHT.