Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-03-23
Correspondence Of the Beacon,
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Al the fuss and feathers, fan |
ierroaade, fddlesticks and thecheap
I'D fawdry blare Of trumpets at
.nd4nt upon the Inauguration Of |
resident OF these United States
re passed and gone, he crowds
nave melted away, leaving the
pocketbooks of the saloon keeper
and the hotel man plethoric in the
capital city of the nation, which is
the sole object Of all this rot that
occurs here one every four years.
There is not a man in the city not
the direct beneficiary OF all this
noise and beating Of tomtoms who
is sorry that it is over.
Some DAY maybe the people OF the
nation will have the good sense TO
elect a man President who will es-
chew all the tommyrot and who will
refuse TO have anything TO do with
it. He will be unpopular with the
saloon men and the hotel men. but
he will have the thanks of all the
quiet and orderly people Of the city
and country.
II they are TO continue this idiocy,
then why in the name of common
sense they not change the date of
holding this inauguration to the
Both day of April? You can be as
sured of the nastiest weather on
record on the 4th of March
in this city Of any time during
the year. And each year, or at
least each inauguration, sees its
harvest of death from colds contract
ed from exposure under inclement
skies while the President is deliver
Jig his inaugural address. This
time the victim was dear old Sena
tor Bate, of Tennessee. He took
cold and lived only four days after
sitting fifteen minutes in the cold
March wind that was blowing while
on the reviewing stand. There is
no telling how many more that we
will never hear of, and thus it is at
each recurring Inauguration. This
parade OF nonsense and noise is be-
coming greater each time. Either
the American people are getting
closer to the ideas of the effete mon
arches of the old world, and long
to have a king to install on his
throne, or else are going crazy. 1t
people here that the thing ought to
De stopped.
-
All the Senators and q good many
OF the members of the House are
still here. and there more or less
political discussion and speculation
going o. all the time. One thing
that is discussed is the fact that the
question of tariff revision that vas
nppermOst as topic when the
Congress met last December, has
potered out completely. The Pre-
s'dent seemed to very insistent
then that there must be something
Cone IN the way of tariff revision,
~ rhat If Congress did not GO
Icthing he would call an extra
r2~Sion and ask them to stay here
4 il they did do something, and al
together talked very brave!y about
tt matter. All this courage on the
subject that seemed to be nearest
lis heart and in which there really
was something for the benefit of the
people, seems to have oozed out at
tue ends of his fingers when the
leaders OF the party read the riot
act to him, and now you hear not a
chirp from him or any of his spon-
sors concerning tariff revision.
The stand patters" have had their
way absolutely, the tariff wall still
stands as high as ever, the recipro-
city treaties are dead, the tariff |
barons still reap the harvest and
the people pay the bills. So it will |
continue so long as the Republican
party continues in power. The pro- |
misses of Republican Executive in
his messages to Congress on this or |
any other reform that will benefit
the people are puff balls. One puff |
from the lips OF the Republican lead
ers in Congress who are sent here
and controlled by the special inter-
ests of the country, is enough to
dissipate all such promises on the
part OF the President.
The President also talked nm
right pert on the question of rail
way rates and regulations. He
again threat to call an extra
session of the Congress unless some
thing was done on that subject.
The Republican leaders got together
and decided that some sort of bluff
must be made or the President
would be compelled to make good in
some manner or have the admins.
tration thoroughly discredited in the
eyes of the people. There was q
tacit understanding that the House
would get busy and pass a make