Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-07-10

reciprocity with Cuba and In their
general Legislation they have shown
conclusirely their intention not to
attack the trusts nany way. Sever
theless. while the farmers and man
ufacturers continue to receive high
prices for their products, the repub-
iican party will continue 10 remain
in power. AS 20 the fall elections,
! am not certain that much would
be gained by the democrats IL they
carried the House. Sooner or later
a financial reyulsion is bound 20
come and If It should come while
the democrats were in possession
Of the House the politicians would
persuade thepeople that the demo
Gratis were responsible for the re-
versal Of republican prosperity. !"
When the revulsion comes the dem
ocrats viii be reinstated, but not
till then. That is my Judgement
and am sorry IL il differs from the
opinion Of other members Of my
party.
-.
Before leaving Washington the
President authorized the issuance of
a document which il al1Other evil
dence of the willingness Of the ad-
ministration TO make political capt.
tai out OF the army. / refer 10 the
general order issued by direction OF
the President and signed by Secre-
tary Root in which he INDUCES i'm
the most fulsome praise OF the army.
While there is no sentiment among
the democrats which would deprive
the army of the high praise which
it deserves, this production OF the
Secretary of War and of the Presi-
dent is so entirely without prece-
dent and SO emphatically ''for DO
litical purposes only" that it is re-
garded as in the utmost bad taste.
In this connection, il is worthy OF
note that Mr.. Root has again taken
occasion to humiliate General Miles
by refusing TO honor his recommen-
dation that Capt. Robert G.. Van
-
staff as inspector Of small arms prac-
tice. In refusing to sanction the
recommendation, Secretary Root re-
fers to article PA of the army regu-
lations, but, as the friends OF Gen
eral Miles point out, that regulation
refers to Department Commanders
and has no application to ''the Cen
eral commanding the army" There
fore the action of the Secretary is
tantamOunt to an attempt TO place
General Miles on the same footingas
Department Commander and is en-
tirely without the province of the
Secretary of War.
While, to speak of q deficiency in
the Treasury surplus seems more
than startling, now that Congress
has adjourned a brief examination
may throw some light on the "re-
vulsion" anticipated by Senator
Vest. According to the statement
made by Senator Allison. the finan-
ceer OF Senate and of the republican
party, on the last day of the session,
the Fifty-seventh Congress has so
far appropriated $500, 193, S37, ex-
elusive OF the contracts authorized
and which must be paid for at some
future time. These contracts, from
figures furnished me by Represen-
tative Livingston, ranking demo
cratic member of the House Com
mission on Appropriations, amount
to SOS, 373, O52, making the total ap-
preparations aggregate q, O59, 567.-
052. On June 10th, Representative
Cannon stated on the floor of the
House that the estimated revenues
OF the government for the current
tiscel year would amount to $685.
600, 900. 1t is notdifficult, therefore,
to see how close the Congress Just
adjourned has brought the country
TO deficiency which would certain
ly be accomplished if the Ship-sub-
sidy bill, now in allegiance, were TO
come q law during the short ses-
sion. .