Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-05-11
Correspondence Of the Beaeon.D
WASHINGTON LETTER.

spent the great part OF last week in
the city Of New York-that MaelstrOm Of
Money-and IL man wants to get a real
taste Of the strenuous life let him go there
and spend week after living in the quiet
country village of Washington.
He can get all the exercises he wants
lodging all sorts and kinds Of vehicles
and being scared to death themOst ofthe
time, soaring he win be run over and kill
led.
The greatest institution of that great
city, however, il the new subway or IN
derground railway. Ii certainly has
pointed the way to solve the transporta-
ton problem of that city. Youenter one
OF those express trains at the Brooklyn
Bridge, down town, and before you real
:. ize il you are at One Hundredth street,
Dut ten miles from the starting point.
lou go in and take seat, and "phitt,"
you ate Mt your destination. The dad
gum things run so fast that the white
iron pillars about ten feet apart look like
a box Of matches. II a man wants to
learn how to take one good breath and
swallow about ten miles of longitude,
let him take a ride on the New York sub
way.
Another thing that impressed me over
there lis the impending battle for muni-
cipal ownership Of public utilities. il
the people do not think il il coming let
them go over there and take in the situa-
ton. The fight on the Gas Trust made
by William Randolph Hearst has result
ed in the Legislative committee sent
down from Albany to investigate recon-
mending that the city be given seventy
five-cent gas, whereas it has been paying
81, and it was proved during the inves-
tigation that the gas only cost tn manu-
facture about thirty cents. The reduced
price is recommended only to apply to
the gas used in city lighting, that is
streets and public buildings, and the
people are asking themselves where they
come in. While the city IL to get cheaper
gas the consumers in homes will pay the
same old price. They are getting tired
of exorbitant prices for both water and
gas and they are going to take hand in
the election next Fall. A full municipal
ticket il to be elected, including both
branches of the city Legislature, which
will have the power to pass municipal
ownership bills, and it gives the people
splendid opportunity to make straight
out fight for municipal ownership and a
chance to get away from the clutches of
monopoly. Mr.. Hearst Is the leader in
the movement there as he was in Chicago
and the people are lining up behind him
i'm n manner that bodies no good for Tam
many il they oppose him. Healready has
alarmed the Tammany leaders to the
extent of making Tammany Hall Leader
Murphy and Pat McCarren, his arch enc
my, get together and stop their iussing
in the interest of selfprotection. They
are sorry now that they ever attempted
to expectOrate in Mr.. Hearst's eye.
They did not appreciate the fact that it
was Mr.. Hearst's paper alone that sup
ported Tammay two years ago and won
for it splendid victory. They now
know and appreciate why this was
so. 1t is because the papers conduc-
ted by MIR. Hearst are read by the
people and carry conviction. The
people believe he isfworking unseJfshly
In their interests and they follow him.
Tammany Halls treatment OF Mr..
Hearst is very much like fellow kicking
an old hat on the street only to find that
it contained a big rock Tammany
stands a good chance to nurse sore toe
Mark the prediction.
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Never before in the history of any ad-
ministration has the diplomatic service
OF this country been SO thoroughly dis
credited and in such peck OF trouble as
ut the present time under the administre-
ton of Teddy. the Strenuous One. And
all the trouble seems to be down in the
voodoo republics OF Central and South
America, and all the men involved are OF
the young and strenuous kind and the
appOintees Of the present President. Min
lister Bowen, in Venezuela, accuses Assis-
tant Secretary of State Loomis of a
whole passul OF things, and Loomis re-
torts that he is another, and Bowen Ia
ordered home. Minister John Barrett,
to the new republic that Roosevelt built
over night, Panama, has been. playing
the doublefaced act and has got himself
discredited and disliked, and the proba-
bility is that he will have to call his dogs
and put out the fire down there and
move elsewhere. knew we were in for
strenuous time as soon as we placed
ourselves in the attitude of collector in
chief for all the nations oftheearth down
in those countries and got to swinging
the big stick. People and nations who
around toting a chip on their shoulders
and ''sp'ilin" for a light usually get it,
and get it in the neck, at that Taft did
not hold down the lid as well as Teddy
thought he would, and he has cut short
his visit to the bears and will he home
soon to look after things himself. He
will find plenty to do.
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There has been sorrow and genuine
grief here in the national capital this
last week on account of the untimely
death of General Fitzhugh Lee, who was
general favorite with everybody. Al
though nearly seventy wears old His yvns