Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-07-27


Washington were investigated BY
honest, impartial men. the rankest
compound Of villainous smell that
ever offended nostril. arising from
departmental rottenness and Official
decadence would assail the people,
the long suffering people. Of the
country.
Il is safe 10 say. however, that
Republican Congress viii refuse
absolutely to order a free and full
Investigation Of these departments,
as il did a year ago to order an in
vestigatigation of the Post Office De-
partment when the Democrats in
Congress dared them 10 do il.
Yet the people continue TO cleo.
Republican Congresses. Are the
people enamored Of graft, theft, rot
tenness and corruption in Officer
in the face Of all these populations
and dishonesty in Office, do they
think the Republican party still
worthy of trust? Will they ask for
a railway aegulation act that will
place 5000 more Republicans in
Office and give them opportunity
for graft? It is up TO the people TO
do q little thinking on this subject.
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This administration is having al
sorts of fun with Vice President
Fairbanks. The statesman from In.
diana. with the frozen front, thinks
he is running for President in 1903,
and seems to think the victory be.
longs to the man with the long
est legs, instead OF the best gray
matter under his hat. He has been
sprinting valiantly lately and be-
lieves that in every place he has
made q speech the people sent for
him. Poor deluded v. p. When
be spoke at Flint, Michigan, Secre-
tary Shaw, of the Treasury Depart
ment, was the man first invited, the
same at Cleveland. Ohio, on the &C.
cassion of his late speech in that
city. He also sp8hs lately at Ur-
bana, Ohio. Senator Foraker was
the man first invited and could moi
be there. Fairbanks then was in.
vited to I'LL in" When President
Roosevelt was asked TO send some
one to represent him at the opening
OF the Lewis & Clark Exposition hi
picked Secretary Shaw. Wher
Shaw could not 60 he then asked
Fairbanks. 1t will be seen thai
Fairbanks is a chronic second choice
a filler in and regular butt in
all the way through; yet he thinks
he was ut" every time, and thinks
heis running for Presidentlikea jacl
rabbit with hungry coyote cam
ping on his trail. Poor old Fair
banks. Teddy is making a monkey
of him.
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Politicians are already discussing
issues for the Congressional cam
paign of 1906. and the Presidential
campaign that will follow. Radi
Gals among the Democrats are can.
vassing the strength of government
ownership Of public or quasi-publiC
utilities as an issue. The conserva.
tives on the other hand 60 q Bit
slow when this is talked of. They
point to Mayor DUNES practical
failure in Chicago and his acknowl
edgment of defeat for his schemes
as to public ownership of city rail
ways. They also point out the de-
felt in the Post Office Department
which is an absolutely government
monopoly, and which has yearly
failed by several million dollars &c
pay its way. What would be the
deficit with similar government
management Of railway they ask2
was in New York the other dsy
and found the leading men of the
party laundering. They first wan,
to know what Teddy the First is IN
to. 1t is deep water to get into any.
way, and they think the party
should be sure of a landing place
before taking a plunge.
find q growing belief that Roose.
welt is insincere in his talk for rail.
road rate regulation, and that he is
simply aiding those Republican
leaders who believe that the best
thing they can do 10 insure continu.
ance in power Is 10 induce the Dem.
ocrats to come out fiat-footedly for
government ownership. Those
leaders are pretty shrewd lot. and
their henchmen get pretty close "a
the great mass of the voters in the
large cities and know how these
may be handled. Your perfectly
honest voter is a scarce commodity.
Men who stand for principles. as dc
the leaders of the Democratic party
are getting too few for safety. The
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