Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-21
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wAsHIS0ToE. January 10. 1904
The thing Of most interest TO de-
nocrats that has happened, or rather
is still happening at this writing. is
the meeting of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee in this city. The
convention will 90 either to st.
Louis or Chicago. and this result
will be known to the readers OF this
correspondence before they read
this letter. The other only interest
ing development Of this meeting vas
the sentiment anent presidential
preferences. There was some Cor
man talk and some Parker talk
among the members ofthe committee
and the sentiment for both these
gentlemen was about equally divid-
ed, but the intense surprise of the
meeting was the amount OF Hearst
sentiment that developed not only
among the members OF the commit
tee. but among the people from all
sections Of the country who came
here to attend the meeting.
Many Of the so called reorganizer,
readjus;er, recalcitrant section of
me party came here cooked and
primed to walk of with the whole
thing, and they were cocky when
they got here and swelled up like .
poisoned pup when they were ap-
preached on the subject Of the can
didate, and announced that there
vas no doubt that the old element of
the democracy would be IN control
oi the committee, and that they
would fix things TO suit themselves.
They had not looked into their hand,
we'll, however, before the game
sr2rted, and when the people who
are interested in the success of the
party began TO talk Hearst out loud,
the reorganizers began 10 look wild
ly about and wonder what it all
meant, and began actually to resent
the audacity and nerve of the ele-
ment that wanted Hearst, and Incl
dentally man who had been true to
the ticket in the days of 1896 and
1900. The overwhelming sentiment
for Hearst that developed the day
az the meeting stampeded the reor-
ganizer crowd and the first visible
result was the practical withdrawal
OF New York people from the contest
for the location of the convention.
They had come here to test the Par
kar sentiment, and ifthey had found
il strong enough intended to set
the pace from the standpoint of dol
lars so fast that Chicago and St.
Louis could not stay in the race, for
tney figured that If, with a strong
Parker sentiment prevailing. they
could get the convention at New
York, the nomination of Parker was
q ciuch.
Their game failed TO workon sche.
dule time and they dropped the
thing like hot potato. 1t is the
consensus of opinion mere that the
Hearst movement has come to stay
and that all other candidates have
got to reckon with the man from
New York who has so endeared
himself TO the great common people
of the country. Politicians some
times propose. but the people dis
pose.
The bill recently introduced by
Mr.. Gaines, Tennessee, for the relief
of tobacco growers. and the vigor
with which heis urging il, is awaken
ing much interest. 1t repeats all
taxes and restrictions on free and
unlimited trade in leaf tobacco and
permits anybody, anywhere, to buy
aud sell it in any quantity. 1t pro-
vides also that a grower may stem
and twist and sell hisown crop v ith-
out tax or license, or deliver it to
another person 10 sell for him. The
heavy tax on leaf tobacco (six cents)
and the rigid and exacting require
ments ofthe law regulating its manu-
facture have given the tobacco trust
complete control of tobacco and
growers are complaining every
where that they are not allowed a
living price for growing il. Mr..
Gaines has gone laboriously through
tie history of tobacco tax legislation
and found that at its inception it was
distinctly and repeatedly stated that
it was only a war measure and would
be RENTED when the war necessi-
ties subsidized. All of those war
measures have been RENTED except