Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-06-22
wAsHlNGTON LITTER.
oFrom our Regular Correspondence

midst, on account OF the trial of
several more Of the grafters, we are
confronted with more OF the nasti-
ness that is constantly coming to the
front in this Republican administra-
ton of the public affairs of the Uni
ted States. There seems to be no
thing but grab, graft and steal in
this Republican administration. 1t
positively is getting to be so COM
mon here that ii excites no comment
when some man comes to you and
says that something new and rotten
in the state OF Denmark" has been
unearthed. The latest scandals that
have come to the light OF day is the
peculatiou OF some $50, 100000 from
the Smithsonian Institution by one
Of the trusted employees, and which
the government will never recover
because TIE surety does not cover
the amount stolen; the sale Of exam
ination papers in the Marine corps
service; the sale OF examination pa
pers 10 the civil service and lot OF
other things that do not attract at
tention, because they are too small
in the face OF bigger things.
The people OF the country seem to
be too busy to regulate these things
by their votes. They seem to think
they will regulate themselves, be-
cause they constantly vote the Re-
publican ticket until that party, en-
trenched in power, seems to believe
that the people are with 1t, no mat
ter what it does, that il owns the
public offices OF the country to ex-
plot them as II sees fit, and its in
diyidual members work upon the
hypothesis that public Office is q
private snap" and not public
trust. When, oh. when, will the
people get their eyes open to the
facts that stare them in the face and
turl down parry that has ever
robbed them and despoiled them OF
their dearest heritagc2 II there Is
not something done Ia that direc-
ton soon then the good, conserva-
tive people OF the country will be
amazed 10 find the socialistie vote Of
the country increasing to such pro
portions as to become menace 10 the
existing institutions OF the country,
for there Is an old saying that when
things get 10 certain rotten stage
they mend themselves.
In case that saying be true, then
it is high time that the conservative,
right thinking people OF the country
come to their senses and put stop
to this peculation, robbery and
graft by turning the rascals out OF
Office. Unless they do so our govern
ment will beswept fromits mornings
and we will enter upon the unknown
sea OF socialism to drift we know
not where. Now is the time to be-
gin to think and the next election is
the time to begin to act, or forever
after hold your peace when II is ever.
lastingly too late.
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The railroad rate regulation pro-
blern and the refrigerator car ser.
vice contention are still holding the
boards here as matters of supreme
interest, since 1t seems that the
President has backed water on his
intention to call the Congress 10 ex-
ira session in October for the ex.
press purpose OF having it legislate
on those very subjects. It Is given
out now that there will be no extra
session before the electionin Novem.
Der, and possibly not at all, as IL is
SO close TO the assembling OF the re-
gular first session OF the 59th Con-
gress. IL seems that the President
is cooling off perceptibly ia his hot
pursuit after the railroads, and that
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion does not appear to be so insis-
tent that the private car line people
b put under their jurisdiction,
since thetestimony before the Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce
has been printed and given to the
public. Some OF that testimony, as
shown in my previous letters, has
knocked the tar out Of the conten-
ton that the refrigerator car line
people were robbing he shippers
and growers OF fruit. The farmers
and fruit growers are the people
most interested in this matter and
what they have to say ought to
have more weight with the people
and the Congressman who have to
deal with this subjectthan the bowls
Of q lot of commission men, who.
through the operations OF the refri.
gerator car lines, are loosing the OBJ
portunity to get commissions both