Saint Mary's beacon., 1904-09-22

xohk 0psns9 III could e>sst tabor.
TH = lhe1 don't h - brk now
yee asyf ii Is in The Whit puse.'
/''T6 ee9efal prQzsans exhibition Of
the country has CIV c. ro little
money a. tBe neg nsa rule. whea he
gete Afttls ahead 4nits work until
& AxH5nsted. my negroes. too. have
Jsed North. This has In part account
. fof the scarcity OF labor. But Roose-
3elt5n II the root Of great portion Of
.thsevil.
'sThe social aspect Of the case 10 bad
enough, but tisy can cope with that. The
Southerner, II need be, can drive a tramp
away from his house, but hecan not force
him into q cotton eesd behind mule.
Ii b the industrial question that In going
to give as mach, II not more trouble than
the social problem.
''The result: The South right now Il
dependent solely, you might say on negro
labor IL the negroes refuse TO work the
production Of crops win fall on; II crops
fall of, there Ii less cash money; II there
IL less cash money there win be less pur-
chase Of goods-an ultimate and logical
final reaction on Northern and Eastern
merchants. II a little while OF Roosevelt
has assisted In producing present condi-
tions, what willfour more years OF Roose-
velt do? Whatever hurts the business
interest OF the South hurts the business
interests Of the North and East. The
importation OF good white labor--not
owskis or ovitches--bnt quiet, industri-
ous immigration offers a possible solution
of the question, but immigrant labor is a
new thing in the South and its accom-
plishment world take long time. Until
then, whatP"
To show only one instance OF the reek-
less extravaganza of Roosevelt and his
msthods Of spending the peoples money
by using the vessels OF the Navy for out
ings. | investigated the matter OF the
President and other officials using the
Sylph and Dolphin, two dispatch boats
that belong TO the Navy. went TO the
Navy Department and inquired OF the
Chief Clerk for the information desired
He said ID was delicate matter, and de-
clined to furnish the information, except
upon the authority OF the Secretary. |
went to the Secretary's Office, and had a
talk with Mr.. Nordhouse, his private
secretary. Mr.. Nordhouse declined to
give any information regarding matters
which occurred previous to Mr.. Morton's
entrance into Office as Secretary Of the
Navy. He said that since July last, Mr.
Morton had used the Dolphia On one oc-
casion, and had given his check on the
Chicago National Rank for one hundred
and sixty-five dollars and seventeen cents
i'm payment therefor. he showed me the
check. Hesaid the Democratic Committee
wouldn't publish the fact that he had
given the check but assured him that
it would. | asked If Mr.. Roosevelt and
Others had given checks when they used
the Dolphin and the Sylph, and desired
to know why Mr.. Morton should pay, il
Others did not pay. asked for the law
on the subject, but it was not cited.
mentioned this matter because it is i'm
portant that it should be known, since if
there were no law allowing Mr.. Morton
to use public property for private amuse
ment or convenience, there would seem to
be none allowing his predecessors or the
President to do SO; and the fact that Mr..
Morton paid for the use OF the Dolphin
proves that Mr.. Roosevelt should, under
the law, also have paid for the use of the
Sylph and the Dolphin on several occa-
sions. Also, why should not the records
of the Navy Department be shown pre-
vious TO Morton's entry there as Secre-
tary2 The Department did not start
with his advent there.
The people may draw their own con-
illusions. CHARLES A. EDWARDS.