Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-12-01

pat" when distinguished guests are
about TO arrive. Not only win the
old members D here inimp : tunate
squads ,iemandinR things. but most
OF the $50 members Of he next Con
gress who have lust besn elecssd
win be on hand holding up their
platters for portion OF the Official
Cruel. Theirs viii be 1Ol new mem
bers among these whose appesites
win not beat ali dnlledN by fhecir-
cumstance that they ha 70 hos had
-theigfeetia the publietaosgh bsEeFs.y
OF the members Of the next House
ia only viii be Democrats, and
blessed are they whoexpect nothing,
Tor verify they shall not be disap-
pointed.
Fifty or sixty Senator's and mem
bars have called 90 the president
Abring the past week. They we're
met with The cordial salutation
Nov, then. look here, boys
we've got EN- just where We want
Penn. We must show 'em THAI we
can do things. We must prove that
We know enough 70 manage The
trusts and Keep 'em from robbing
the American people. We must
demonstrate that We can build the
Panama Canal. and pass laws 10 i'm.
prove the condition Of the Flilipinois.
I've read my message 70 the Cabinet,
and they say all right BY the
way. let me show you-"At this
point he has taken the most con,
spicuous Senator's and members
aside and read to them bits OF the
document.
He is somewhat worried about
publishing the figures obtained by
Garfield as 10 the business of cor
porations. He says he does not
want to injure business, and II may
be necessary TO maintain secrecy re-
garding the results OF Investigations.
But then, what can be done with
the clamorous public, who want to
know, you know? The President
will advocate building d stronger
navy and taking a more prominent
part in the internationally Peace Con-
gress at the Hague. OF course
stronger navies are necessary In
order to give any excuse for the
Peace Congress. He is therefore
understood as backing up Secretary
Morton in his demand for a $500, O0O,
600 navy. With such force afloai
upon the sea, and an army in pro.
portion it is believed that this coun n.
try would be able omeet any peace.
able nation at least half way. 9
The message will review the work
done during the year by the Pana.
ma Canal Commission and will show
the condition of the work TO date.
OF course no dirt has been shoveled
yet, but the figures and diagrams 81
the chief engineer are interesting,
and the President win undertake q
conjecture when the real work 81
OF excavation win begin. The Con-
4 p Hta * "a r. "a
gressioual Committee on Isthmian
Affairs, headed by Hepburn Of Iowa,
is in Panama TO day being escorted
round by General Davis, Minister
Barrett and John Findiey Wallace,
engineer-in-charge. This is not q
bad season to be in Panama, and
when they get on the floor OF the
House again the members OF the
Commute will probably reportevery-
thing lovely. Whether au extra Sc s.
sion viii be called for the new Con.
gress TO meet ON March A at the ex-
piration OF the present, is yet an
unsolved problem. Governor Cum
tnins, Representative Foss, and forty
or fifty others are perfectly sure
that the tariff question should be
tackled without delay, but the stand
patters are believed 10 ousnun1ber
them and at their head is the Pre-
sident himself. is dollars to
doughnnts that, though there may
be some efTervcent speeches, the
question OF reciprocity will not be
vigorously taken in hand for another
year.