Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-11

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trusts In the next election. Not in
q generation has bill introduced in
Congress provoked such feelingof
alarm and indignation as this has
done. Coming Ct time when the
people are marshalling all that is
left to them Of power TO check the
power ofthe rapacious combinations,
and when the worst Of these are
under fire, the proposition to undo
all that has been done for the pro-
lection Of the country against these
predatory organizations, the Fora
ker Bill is doubly alarming, and the
fact that it is presented By the
spokesman OF the President inten.
SITES the feeling Of dismay.
The comments OF the Democrats
i'm the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives indicate how clearly. the
danger is realized and how unani-
nous Is the condemnation of the
measure among those on whom will
fall the burden Of the fight to pre-
vent the enactment OF this measure
into law. The Foraker PROPOSE
ton is regarded asa throwing aside,
on the part Of the Republicans, any
pretense Of opposing the trusts and
the notification that retrospective con-
tributions OF Wall Street 10 the Re-
publican campaign fund are deemed
Of more importance than the SYM
pathy Of the people who are fighting
for deliverance from the mergers
and illegal combinations Of railroads
with the aggregations that control
production, such as the coal trust
and the beef trust.
Some time during last month,
resolution was offered in the House
Of Representatives by Mr.. Tawney,
o Republican from Minnesota, and il
ought TO pass. know Jim" Taw-
ney well, and | know that he is
big hearted. honorable gentleman.
He offered this resolution in the In
terest OF humanity, but his party is
not inclined 70 sustain him Ia his
position. The resolution offered by
Mr.. Tawney was in reference 10
the rotten railway postal cars, to
which have been due, in large
measure the loss of life TO the rail-
way postal clerks In the past dozen
years. Even last year there was not
less than IL brilliant young men,
who take their lives in their hands
every time they enter o car and
start out on their run, killed and
cremated, simply because these cars
were old, ram.shackle affairs, be.
come box OF matches In collision
and burn like finder wood there.
after. The preamble TO this reso-
luton offered by Mr.. Tawney, and
which recited the foregoing facts,
was striker out when the resolution
came up on Jan. 9th. In striking
out this preamble, Il easily will be
seen that nowhere In the Record"
appears the reason contained In the
request for the Information aud that
was the intention Of the resolution.
Instead OF this preamble, which was
an attempt to get this information
before the people OF the country,
they simply AIDA request for knowl.
edge Of the condition OF the cars on
June the lstlast. This will be used
as q wall to hide behind and IN at
tempt will be made 10 place the
blame for bad equipment on the
clerks themselves, % II will be
claimed that they have neglected to
report the bad cars. The truth
Of the matter Is that the postal clerks
have learned from long experience
that such reports on their part only
secure q new coat Of paint and other
subterfuges TO hide the real charac-
ter Of the cars. IL would seem that
with so many demolished cars aud
so many men killed and burned up
that there would appear to be some
necessity for action on the part of
Congress in the interest of humanity.
The railroads, however, are still
strong enough to prevent Congress
sional action aud hood wink the peo-
pie which will continue so long as
there is q party in power controlled
by the railroads.
The railway postal service and its
efficiency are matters Of importance
TO every business man and every
newspaper in the United States.
Hitherto, the work OF the brave
young men has been hidden under
a bushel, simply because railway in
huences have controlled the position
OF Second Assistant Post Master
General, which has jurisdiction over
this department of the service.
The people have necessarily been
IN ignorance OF the real situation
concerning il. This service is filed
full OF labor unrequited by dollars,
of heroism, and it is q real tragedy.
Ii will be my pleasure and my pro
vince In the near future TO expose
the methods and denounce the
machinery engineered by the Re-
publican party, from granting JUS
tice and decency to the manly young
man who still live and work, and TO
the hundreds who have gone to their
death through the cupidity and
avarice OF cold bloode ed corporations
controlling the machinery of the
Government.
The Hearst candidacy for Presi-
Gent is receiving unprecedented
comment at present in the national
capital from the fact that MANY
papers in this country who have
hitherto ignored Mr.. Hearst's can
didacy are now making generous
comments thereon. Some of the
papers that seek to belittle Mr..
Hearst's candidacy are edited by
men or rather controlled by men,
who have made a signal success in