Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-06-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

Remembering that Abraham LIN
coin was on the south balcony Of the
White House when he received the
announcement, Of his denomination
President Roosevelt walked out up
ON the south balcony TO receive the
news OF his nomination at Chicago
as the tenth successor OF the distin-
guished rail splitter. There his
most intimate friends found him
clothed and inhis rightmind. When,
1I n.tes later. newspaper men
u round him he said Now,
Z, remember that this Is Execu-
tive Session, meaning OF course that
the natural and reasonable exhilera.
tions of the occasion were not to be
too literally reported. Thereupon
he quite laid aside the lite show OF
dignity which he has sometimes
@ound IL expedient to assume, gave
and took barter and badinagc,
and became for short time
boy among the boys Whatever
else may be said about the Presi-
dent, il is conceded that he is a ma
tural man with no trivial aifecta-
tions. He was much gratified at the
assurance that IL was the first time
in the country's history when can
didates for President and Vice Pre-
sidont received oyery vote of a
nominating convention.
Icalled yesterday on Congressman
Cowherd, running the Democratic
National campaign from the Riggs
House, to hear what he had to say
about the Republican platform.
what has become Of the party s
courage2" be asked "on some OF the
greatest questions its tongue is
conspicuously before the country
The platform says not word about
it. What is going to be done with
the Philippines? The Republican
platform does not lisp syllable.
Has the tariff ceased to be an issue2
The platform makes no promise
about it except that it will be dimin-
ished or increased whenever it's
political guardian thinks it, Ofthe
gross postofiice corruptions il mere
ly says Our administration Of the
great departments Of the govern
ments has been honest, . The sub
iect OF statehood is not mentioned in
the platform, although four inchoate
states with.a million and half pop
ulation are knocking loudly at the
door. Is that an attractive plat
form2"
The forty Filipinos have come and
gone. They have been .hailed and
lunched by the President, elusive
ly greeted by his subordinates,
lifted to the topof the monument and
carried throughthe public buildings,
and have FASTENED on to other cities.
! inquired his impressions from
Major-Gene Birney, son Of that
James g. Birney who made the
free soil run for President in 1874,
and only survivor OF four brothers
who fought in the Unisn army.
He said said They looked about
like the same number OF intelligent
persons from our states on an ex-
cursion TO the capital for pleasure
and instruction. II they are re-
representatives. Of their people, we
owe more respect to the Filipinos
than we have yet shown. II the
President of the Fair at st. Louis
would devise plan TO make our
people acquainted with these men
instead of exhibiting lot Of savage
Igorrotes at the Pike, he would ac-
quire much merit. A score of
Digger Indians caught in the Bad
Lands Of the West would represent
out native population as well as
those Igorrotes represent the Fill
pinos
asked What did you think of
their speeches." "They we're re-
spectacle" he said, but not remar
kable for originality orforce. They
were about what would be expected
Of guests whose bills we're paid by
their entertainers and who would ma
turally avoid unpleasant topics.
They were as polite as Spaniards.
Don't you suppose their reports
will do good in the archipelago"
I asked. Perhaps, he answered, |
Thy giving the people there more
definite ideas OF the extent, power,
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