Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-10-02

supremacy In the state. Moreover,
the President has won the support
Of the voters 70 his Cuban reciproc-
ity policy, and In SO doing has weak
ened the grasp Of Senator Burrows
and the republican delegation. II
is admitted that in recognizing Gen.
Alger. DIR. Roosevelt felt that he
was recognizing the cleaner man
and the man who had the greatest
claims on the party, for Il must be
admitted that the position Of Mr..
Ferry il quite analogous TO that OF
Mr.. Hanna when the latter was first
candidate for the Ohio senatorship,
nevertheless, il is often injudicious
for republican politician 70 con-
slider who is the cleanerman. More
over il is kind of poland kettle con-
troversy-difiicult to decide.
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The news from Speaker Hender-
sons district is also Of most dis
couraging character. The selection
of Benjamin P. Birdsall to succeed
ike Speaker is q clear victory for
the Cummings tariff-revision faction
and blow at the national republic
can organization. But the nomina-
ton Of Birdsail was not the most
alarming feature Of the Third Dis
trict convention. The actual threat
that the Black Hawk county dele
gates would bolt 10 Ex-Gov. Boies
was. perhaps, only q straw, but
it clearly showed how the wind
blows in that quarter and Is regard
ed as significant of great danger,
not only to the republican candidate
but to republican hopes in 1904.
II may be said that the situation
throughout the west is the cause Of
the grayest apprehension TO the re-
publican leaders.
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While ominous reports were COM
ing in from the West, Wall Street
undertook TO contribute to the trou-
bles of the administration. After
exploiting various rumors calcutta
ted to injure the Secretary of the
Treasury and belittle him in the
eyes Of the financeers of the country,
the story of friction between the
Secretary and the President was
successfully exploited. It was ca
gerly seized by the newspaper cor
respondents, and it's wide circula-
ton made necessary q personal de-
NAL by the Secretary himself. As
q matter Of fact, the Secretary ad-
mits that he and the President dis
cussed the tariff situation before
he made his first speech on the SUBJ
iect and they were p,rfectedly
agreed, as was stated in these let
tiers. 1t is true that the President
admitted some necessity Of tariff re-
vision at LOgansport, Ind. but that
was due TO his keen appreciation OF
what was expected of him by the
western voters and, while il proved
sufficient to warrant the stories re-
ferred TO, il was not even then
enough TO satisfy the voters.
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Ex-Governor Boies' letter of &C
ceptance was most gratifying to the
democratic leaders in Washington
and is taken to indicate that he has
in no way lost his grasp on national
issues and will prove the same for
chile candidate that he was when he
ran for governor. It is believed
here that his chances of election are
excellent and it is already predicted
that he will become q leader on the
democratic side of the house of Rep
resentatives.
Still another note OF discord in
republican ranks reached Washing
ton last week, and this time from
that stronghold of republicanism,
Massachusetts. Representative Low
ering has announced his position on
the tariff in these words, 81 believe
in free coal. free iron, and recipro-
city with Canada. / believe in free
raw materials, so far as these are
practicable, without breaking down
entirely the American system of pro-
lection to our industries. believe
the. time is ripening for revision of
our tariff along these lines and I think
something can now be accomplish
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