Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-04


fame Ii the shameful fact that, by
the unseupulous use q the money
of the corporations which employ
bis services he has elected sheriffs
In Passaic county who would assist
him in devious ways 70 protect his
pet corporations and prevent the
courts dealing too seriously with
them. Gourley has never been
known 70 predict Q victory for his
party or aky OF its candidates since
he assumed control OF it's machinery.
He would look upon o democratic
victory % . public and Q private
misfortune.
The real democracy Of New Jersey
has borne with Gourley up to the
limit, and his attempts 10 deliver
them to the Cleveland Olney move
ment. coupled with his insulting
reference 10 the South. sounded his
political death-knell In the Garden
State. He viii soon receive such q
humiliating lesson a. few public
men have been called 20 bear, and
he will deserve all that he gets.
Gourley In o fitting champion Of Cleve-
land for his highest ideal and deepest
hope 10 TO destroy the party which
he so falsely claims TO lead. ! pre-
fer to throw bouquets rather than
brickbats in this correspondence.
but II have 70 hurl the latter |
know how to hit o bullseye.
e.
Several weeks ago / wrote q para
graph in this letter about she Hon.
Jesse Overstreet, Of Indiana, and
accused him Of doing the very thing
which Mr.. Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow had in Weigh
ed against In his report. that ofmem-
bers Of Congress asking for an In
crease In some country Post Office
and placing some favorite in the
Office to draw the increase as o sal
airy / was given this information
by man here in whom / had conf
dence or ! would never have used it.
Since it was published ] have seen
and talked with Mr.. Overstreet and
he assures me on his word of honor
that the act attributed to him Ia not
true, and that he never has made
request for an increase for any post
Office outside Of his district In all
the history OF bis legislative life. /
have known Mr.. Overstreet here for
the past seven years and when he
tells me that / have been misinform-
ed and have accused him wrongful
ly, and knowing him 10 be On honor
ably gentleman, the only thing for
an honest man 70 do Is to retract
the accusation, to be sorry for the
spread OF the misinformation and
regret that he has done any man an
injustice. am playing politics in
writing these lett but I meyer
win impose lie 5he readers of
them il I know IL. ylhis Is the FIRST
instance in year that any man has
said tome that ] either misquoted him
or accused him wrongfnlly. I am
sincerely sorry that IL has occurred
and ! hope that every paper which
published the statement about Mr..
Overstreet will do me the favor and
him the justice TO publish this re.
traction.
The late speech Of the Hon. vii.
liam ]. Bryan, in the city Of Lincoln,
Nebraska, In which he outlined his
position on the next democratic
platform and advocated the ratifca-
ton and reafirmation OF the Chicago
and Kansas City platforms, thereby
making the money issue again the
leading issue In the campaign or ct
least one Of the leading issues, has
attracted much attention here among
the leaders of the party in Congress.
A careful poll Of the democrats In
Congress fails 10 reveal any Con-
siderable number Of them whoagree
with Mr.. Bryan. More than nine
tenths OF them are opposed TO max
ing the money issue prominent In
the platform or even mentioning it
at all.
They say that the money issue for
the present is q closed issue. That
the influx Of gold TO this country on
account OF the new gold strikes In
the Klondike and other places, the
failure of crops in the older coun-
tries and the money dumped into
circulation on account of the late
Spanish American war, has proved
conclusively the democratic conten.
ton in those two platforms that
there was not enough metallic money
in circulation TO do the business of
the country on, that this increase Of
the gold has supplied the place Of
the silver for which they commended,
that the consequence was what they
contended IL would De, viz-pros.