Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-04-30

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do not like his methods and il OPP
posed BY others who prefer Senator
Platts leadership, all else being
equal. Governor Odell viii arouse
the resentment OF many republicans,
who think he should not create a
factional war in the republican
ranks at time when harmony is so
necessary and he will be held re-
sponsible rs he is the aggressor.
That Is exactly what the old politi-
cal fox, Plat. was waiting for. He
knows that this war means defeat
for his party in his state and he
wanted the blame to rest on Odell's
head SO that il would crush him in
future. That will be Platt 8 revenge
for what he considers Odell's ingrat-
itude, for there is doubt that Plat
made Odell what he is. This repub-
lican fight will render it almost un-
necessary for the republicans TO
nominate candidate for Mayor OF
Greater New York next fall. After
the tremendous democratic vote in
that city last fall, showing the CON-
plete harmony in the ranks of the
democracy, il means that the demo
Gratis will sweep the city next fall
in the mayoralty election. Ii is the
consensus OF democratic opinion
here that things are rapidly coming
our way.
There is great rejoicing in the Of
fee of the American Protective Tar
iff League, in New York. 1t has
compelled President Roosevelt to
change front on the question of tar
iff revision and it is now Boosting
Of its achievement. II is no exag-
geration 10 say that the most pow
erful instrument in this country to-
day for the moulding of public SEN
timent is the organization OF manu-
facturers which bears that name.
The American Protective Tariff
League defeated the Cuban reciproc-
ity Legislation of the first session of
the Fifty seventh Congress, emas-
culated the Cuban reciprocity treaty
ratified at the last session, and will
attempt at the next session to further
negative that treaty. 1t has thus
far prevented the ratification of the
reciprocity treaties negotiated by
Mr.. Kasson. 1t has combatted the
Iowa idea" SO successfully that
President Roosevelt, who started
out with a declaration that he would
stand pat" on the Mckinley poll
cies, which included reciprocity,
has now concluded to stand pat"
with the high tariff faction of his
party. This league has a member
ship of 1000 including some of the
most prominent manufacturers of
iron, steel, cotton goods, wooden
goods, hosiery. gloves. varnish,
silks, o., in the entire 9 puntry.
Thief 900 members pay in years
when important elections are on,
minimum annual assessment of 800
each. This minimum sum of 500,
is swelled by additional contri-
buttons as the occasion demands.
The object of the American Protect
i've Tariff League is to create senti-
ment in this country favorable TO
the maintenance of the protective
tariff and TO prevent the abatement
of existing tariff rates. IL is the
personification of the stand pat"
idea. 1t opposes the crossing of q
It, the dotting of an IL" or the
changing of a puctuation mark in
the existing tariff law. The league
effects its purposes and accomplish
es its object OF molding public SEN
timent by working upon the read
ers of the country through master
full system of newspaper syndicates.
1t boasts that the combined circula-
tion per week of the newspapers
using the editorials and other mat
ter sent out by the league was {, OOO,-
600. Approximately that represents
1900, O0o readers per week. All
this matter is sent out in stereotyped
form and free to the papers desiring
to use it. Besides this the league
publishes weekly paper called the
American Economist" which is
sent out to all the leading papers of
the country and has a circulation of
more than IA, 900 per week. Invoices
the most intelligent thought on the
tariff question from the standpoint
OF protection and its sophistries are
reproduced as editorials in many of
the leading papers of the nation.
From the above can be gathered an
idea OF the immense engine used by
protective tariff interests of the coun-
try 10 keep the people fooled and be-
lieving that they are getting some
benefit from the system of protect
ion. If the people were getting the