Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-04-21
lCoNNuNICATED.


WASHINGTON. April 10. 1904.
There have been some excellent
speeches made in the House Of Rs,-
personalities during this session
by the democrats, and, aside from
those speeches made by the Hon.
John Sharp Williams, who always
makes o good one, the best that have
been made and that will make ex-
ceilent campaign material for the
democrats in the approaching cam
paign were those made by the Hon.
Champ Clark, OF Missouri, the Hon.
Eaton j. Bowers, Of Mississippi,
and the Hon. Adam NJ. Byrd, Of
Mississippi. Mr.. Clark, of Missouri,
spoke entirely on the tariff question,
and his speech may be taken as q
clear and concise exposition Of the
democratic position on that question.
Mr.. Clark is one Of the hardest hit
tiers on the democratic side OF the
House, and he usually calls a spade
a spade aud does not mince words.
He hit the republicans some hard
jolts in the course OF his speech and
they squirmed like q cut worm and
questions. They gained nothing,
however, and he proceeded with his
lambasting 10 their utter dismay and
the delight of the democrats. 1t
was one OF the strongest and most
virile speeches made on the tariff
question in years, and will be freely
used as One Of the campaign docu-
mentS this summer
Another good speech on she tariff
question was the one made by the
Hon. Adam NJ. Byrd, of Mississippi,
and was devoted entirely to the man
ner in which the tariff affects the
farmers in this country. and it will
be read with great interest by them
in this campaign. Mr.. Byrd show
ed conclusively that the present
apparent prosperity of the farmer
did not come from the Dingley tariff
rates, sbut from the failure of crops
across the sea and shortage in the
world supply Of cotton and other
crops He also showed that this
prosperity was more apparent than
creased more rtiad' ftrliFty "paP deiif.
since 1897, which made il seem i'm
possible for the present wave of
prosperity to long continue in the
agricultural districts unless the
government comes TO the rescue and
reduces the cost o. production by
removing the tax from agricultural
implements, machinery and other
necessaries Of life, the price of which
is now only affected by the conscien-
ces of the heartless trusts organic
ed and perpetuated by the thieving
schedules OF the tariff law. He show.
ed up the fact that the per capita
wealth of Mississippi is only about
SAB, while that of Massachusetts is
SLAB and asked why il vas that the
farmer had been shackled in poverty
for the past fifty years while his
manufacturing brother had pros
pered, and said that there could be
no answer except that the one is be-
ing robbed to enrich the other, and
thst the republican party is joint
heir in this legacy of shame.
He showed up the fact that the
trusts were selling goods abroad
cheaper than at home, and tina,
this method Of robbing at home
and underselliag abroad is rapidly
revolutionizing the fiscal policy of
England, which, If carried out ac-
cording tothe ideas OF Joseph Cham
berlain, will destroy the creates,
market in the world for the products
OF the farmer in this country and
absolutely impoverish him. This
dire result will be brought abou,
simply through the stand pat"
policy OF the republican party.
and its refusal TO revise and re-
duce the tariff schedules on the
trust made goods. Mr.. Byrd's
speech was a splendid effort and
brought forth the encomiums of his
colleagues. Ii will be made a cam.
paign document in the campaign.
and will do much TO make the farmer
think OF the miserable treatment he
IS, and has been, receiving at the
hands OF the republican party.
The best speech Of the session on
the negro problem was that recently
delivered by the Hon. Eaton j
Bowers, of Mississippi. It was the |
speech OF q statesman, a deep stud |
emit and learned lawyer. 1t was |
made in reply to a speech recently |
made by Mr.. Gillett, OF Massachu-
sets, arraigning the South anent
the negro. Mr.. Bowers speech
was temperate but sorceful, and had |
the precision Of o Kentucky rife
and the force and effect of a capias
profine. He demonstrated clearly
the validity OF the Mississippi con-
stitution on the suffrage question TO
the satisfaction of everybody, with
the possible exception of the Union
League Club of New York, which he
showed up in q ridiculous light as
the possessor Of an unwonted bur
den OF ignorance of the law as TO the
operation of the fourteenth and IF
teenth amendments upon state limi.
tations upon the suffrage. He show
ed up the fact that the negro in
Massachusetts, was six times as cri-
minal as the negro in Mississippi,
and that the negro all over the North
was more criminal than the Southern
negro. though possessing a better
He demonstrated con-
thai the reason for this
was that &C the South the negro had