Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-11-13

cock Immediately sent several speak
ers and several hundred dollars into
the district. The democrats viii.
however, establish permanent cam
paign headquarters in the near fut-
ure and will use every Legitimate
means 10 amass campaign fund and
perfect the organization before the
great fight Of 1904. There were
many incidents of the recent fight
which were carefully noted and
will be most available In the future.
The final conclusion Of ] udgeG riggs.
as expressed to your correspondent
are many straws whichpointto dem
ocratic victory two years hence"
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There is q good deal Of gossip in
Washington at present In regard to
the future of Arthur p. German,
Senator elect form Maryland. Mr..
German is an astute politician and
an able leader Of the democratic side
of the Senate. The republicans,
talking among themselves, say he
will prove a thorn in their flesh"
and many prominent democrats say
HE is q safe man TO watch"
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The announcement made last week
by Representative Dalzell, who came
TO Washington for the purpose, that
he will be a candidate for the speaker
ship, is the first actual opening OF q
fight which promises TO prove inter-
esting and bitter. Mr. Dalzell will
stand for the extremestph phase pro
lection and these members who are
unalterably opposed to the tariff re-
vision will doubtless flock to his
support. On the other hand, Rep
resentative Babcock will make q
fight for the speakership and he is
believed 10 represent the moderate
revision" faction. Representative
Canon of Illinois will make q Wig
orous contest for the position and
heretofore he has been the favorite.
Mr. Littlefield of Maine, whose great
antitrust movement appears to have
flashed in the pan, is also a candi-
date and before the struggle is over
there is likely to be pretty quar-
rel.
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A report from Iowa to the effect
that speaker Henderson will attempt
TO wrest the gubernatorial nomina-
ton from Governor Cummins and in
that way to discredit the author OF a
protest against those tariff schedules
which shelter the trusts is receiv-
ed with considerable evidence In
Washington. It is further alleged
shat Secretary Shaw desires the
vice presidential nomination and
that he would look with a favorable
eye to the total eclipse Of Cummins.
Secretary Shaw was seen by your
correspondent, after the Friday
Cabinet meeting at the White House
and he denied all knowledge of the
Speakers intention, but he may
have learned them since.
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Senator Beveridge is in Washing
ton seeking to make arrangements
whereby he and the other members
of the Senate Committee on Terri
tories may take iaunt through Ok
lahoma, Arizona and New Mexico at
government expense, preparatory to
reporting the bill for theiradmission
to statehood, which passed the House
at the last session. Greatly against
his will, Mr.. Beveridge was forced,
by Senator Quay, TO promise that
this bill should be reported ut the
first term Of this session and he will
doubtless do so but he will first en-
JOY junket as the price of his sur
render.
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The Anthracite Coal Strike Com
mission has completed it's prelimin-
airy inspection OF the mines and the
homes Of the miners. Hon. Carroll
ID. Wright yesterday told your cor
respondent that he had found, on
his return to Washington, accept
ance from majority of the independ-
ent operators in the anthracite re-
gion, to the invitations TO become
party to the arbitration to be con-
Quoted by the Commission, and he
FASTENED to the White House to in
form the President of the fact as the
supposed hostile attitude of these
operators had occasional consider
ably anxiety as TO the outcome of the
Commission S work.
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The President and his family are
once more living in the White House
although Mr.. Roosevelt will soon
depart on another trip. He will
leave first for New York. From
thence he viii leave go south and
will attend the reception to Luke e.