Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-06-05

dent that be has determined 70 aE.
point Senator McTanrin % the Va
cancy ON the bench Of tbs Conrt Of
Claims is - ins szzne tzme ne dat
knell Of the "iily white republics
Organization which re Senator a
tempted to foster In South Carolina.
Had Senator Hanua. in his capacity
g Chairman Of the Republican Ma
ti0nal Committee, continued 70 die
tate republican policy In the South
this effort b McTAurin;s might not
have died a-bornia' bus the Wig
orous methods Of the President
proved disastrous 70 the pnny in
FAINT,
Those democrats who have enter
tanned . certain admiration for the
rugged manliness Of which they con
eeived the President 20 be possess
ed. received . severe shock when
they heard, or read, the speech
which Mr. Roosevelt saw dc 70 de-
liver at the National Cemetery at
Arlington ON Memorial Day. Not
content with attempting to vindi-
cate the record Of American soldiers
in the Philippines. Mr.. Roosevelt
took occasion 20 belittle his dignity
and indulge in the cheapest sort Of
demagogism by referring to the
lynchings which have occurred in
this country and charging those
who condemn torture and other vio-
lations Of the laws Of civilized war
fare in the Philippines with condor
ing lynching at home. Disinterring
the bloody shirt" which he had
declared at Charleston was buried
for all time, he told his hearers,
many Of them veterans Of the Civil
War, that the opponents Of imperial
ism had called Grant '.the butcher
and had referred 10 them as lin
coins hirelings," Mr.. Roosevelt 4
whole speech was calculated to stir
up the bitterest kind of sectional
feeling and party strife and was one
Of the most serious violations of good
sense and good taste ever perpetra-
ted in Decoration Day Grafton.
The republicans in the Senate are
rejoicing over the fact that they
have gained one democratic vote for
the Philippine bill to Offset that OF
Senator Hoar, the only republican
who has frankly stated that his con.
science would not permit him TO vote
for the bill. On Thursday Senator
Morgan Of Alabama made a speech
in favor Of the Lodge bill but 20 the
careful listener il was plainly evi.
dent that the course Of the Alabama
Senator was entirely the result OF
his strong convictions on the sub.
ject Of religion and and his belief
that, so long as American domino
tion had served 10 relieve the Fill.
pinos o. the burden Of an establish
ed church, they could afford to put
up with whatever injustices the pol.
icy of the administration might en-.
tail upon them. The vote upon the
Philippine bill will be taken tomor.
row afternoon.
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Last week the House passed the
immigration bill and the Hill sub
sidiary coinage bill. Representa-
tive Newlands, speaking of the lat
ter, remarked to me upon the evil
dent insincerity OF the republicans
in passing so important a measure
with only two hours deliLeration.
by the provisions Of the bill, accord
ing to Mr.. Newlands, the Secretary
of the Treasury is empowered 10 re-
tire all silver dollars which are now
legal tender and recon them into
subsidiary coins which shall have a
legal tender value only in sums mot
exceeding s.. Should the Secretary
of the Treasury later see fit TO re-
coin the silver fractional currency
into dollars the dollars SO coined
would have a value only as token
money. +s#