Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-05-19

acter, and Of immediate benefit TO
his district, and also several bills OF
q private character. He is forci-
BILE and eloquent speaker, and his
speeches in the House always CON-
mand an audience. Last January
he delivered speech in the House on
the tariff and the farmer, that brouhgt
forth most favorable comment from
his colleagues and doubtless viii be
widely distributed as one Of the
campaign documents during the
summer and fall. Mr.. Lamar is
always in his seat and attentive to
his duties, and II his district fails
TO get It's rights Bob" Lamar viii
befoundon she firing fneasking why.
The people Of his district win CON-
pliment their own intelligence by
keeping him here where he will grow
to be one Of the strong men OF the
House.
Another strong man who develop
ed here during the late session is
the Hon. John L. Wilson. the dele
gate from Arizona. His speech on
the state hood bill was one of the
strong deliverances Of the session.
He cOnclusively showed up the
hypocrisy and lying deceit of the
republican majority in their attempt
TO force bill through Congress that
would make two states out of Okla
homa and the Indian Territory, as
one. and New Mexico and Arizona
as the other. They deliberately
went back on their platform promise
Of 1900 in order to obtain a little
political advantage, and Mr.. Wilson
showed it up to the chagrin and con-
fusion Of the republicans. Putting
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
together was all right, as the PEG.
pie Of those two territories asked for
it, and it was the desire of the ma.
jority OF the people; but to force the
two territories of New Mexico and
Arizona together against their loud.
ly expressed wish and thus utterly
disregard those wishes was unjust
and unpatriotic. Mr.. Wilson show
ed that both Arizona and New
Mexico have all the qualifications o.
American states; they have greater
resources, more people and an educa
tional character as high as that of {
half dozen of the sisterhood of the
Union and there is no more valiC
reason for Jumping New Mexico and
Arizona than there would be to com
blue New York and New Jersey
The Republicans of the House, never
theless, perpetrated this outrage OF
the people Of those two territories
but the bill died in the Senate. 1
the Democrats win the Next House
the people of those territories will
get their rights.
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| learn from the Eastern Press
Bureau Of the st. Louis World Fail
that there need be no alarm abou
hotel accommodations at St. Louis
during any part of the Exposition
A large number of the hotels in th,
course of construction have practi
cally been completed and the re
maindcr will be finished at an early
date. The proprietors of the vari
Gus first-class hotels have made the
statement that rates would absolu-
tely not be advanced during the
Fair and that the rates are lower
than those set by other large cities
l also learn ifthe newspaper space
that has been devoted to the Louis
anna Purchase Exposition were
made into a single strip, the width
of an average newspaper column, il
would extend three times around
the world. Newspapers through.
out the world have been used in tell
ing the people of the universe what
they will see at the st. Louis Fair
In every country of the globe, in
every language known to civilization
stories of the Exposition have gone
forth. AS q universal Exposition,
the general idea of what is to be
found at st. Louis is more clearly un.
derstood by the general public than
has been the case of any former ex.
positions.