Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-11-19

applause when certain men were
calledout. For instance, there was
resolution adoptedthat gavethe floor
leader of the republican side, the
Hon. Serene Payne, of New York,
and the oldest member on that side
of the House, the Hon. Harry Bing-
ham, of Pennsylvania. the floor lead
or Of the democratic side, the Hon.
John Sharp Williams, Of Tennessee,
the right 10 choose their seats with
out drawing for them. There was
much applause when they went for
ward and chose their seats. Then
the names of prominent men on both
sides OF the House were called out.
and as they went down the aisSes to
get their seats up went the plaudits
of their friends. Among the, num-
Der on the Democratic side who
were recognized in this manner were
Hon. George Il. Mcclellan, lately
elected the Democratic Mayor OF
Greater New York, and the Hon.
William Randolph Hearst, of New
York, who has done so much for the
cause of democracy and the common
people of the country. He received
an ovation that must have warmed
the cookies in his heart, for it is the
universal opinion here that he and
his papers, with himself as the di-
recting democratic head, won the
recent election ia the city of New
York. The Democrats all feel very
kindly 20 him for his work for the
party and they improved the oppor-
tunity 20 show him their marked APP
probation of his brilliant work in
behalf OF democracy.
He has received marked attention
from Democrats here since the as
sembling of Congress. Some of the
party leaders here are beginning to
find out that he is a much bigger
man than they thought; that he was
not merely newspaper man who
had made a phenomenal success OF
! the business, but that the reason he
made the success was because he
was an able executive, a single
minded patriot, and lover OF the
common people. AS a consequence
his stock as the nominee of the de.
mocracy for the presidency has gone
up several points.
To the intense delightof the Dem
ocratic leaders, the republican ad-
ministration has actually tied up
in q nice package and handed to the
democracy another and a corking
good campaign issue in this dirty
mess in the Panama country. 1t is
the believe here not only among
Democrats, but among many good
Republicans, that the recent revo-
luton in the United States of Col
umbia in Central America, was
Matched in this country and at the
instigation of this republican ad-
ministration in order to get control
Ofthe Panama canal. In other words,
the game put up in the Senate to
! get the usufruct out Of those Pana-
ma canal bonds has got to 90 through
at any cost. This republican ad
! ministration plays into their hands
and incites revolution down there
and robs that little country ola slice
OF its territory in order to give the
senatorial cabal its rakeoff. How
they going to get away from the i'm
putation that they are responsible
for this revolution? II they are not,
then there must be some expert
mind-readers in the Navy Depart
ment, for no sooner had the first
rumblings of this trouble between
! Colombia and one of it's states been
waited over the earth than this coun-
try bad several naval vessels at the
proper point in a iiffy in order to
put backbone into the revolutionists
and to intimidate the Colombian
forces. Then this government
makes haste to recognize" the new
Republic of Panama. 1t is an infer
nal outrage and a national disgrace.
| will explain it all in my next let
ter
CHAs. A. EDwAREs.