Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-02-22

any, to be derived from this inves-
tigation The opposition 70 Lee, On
1.-The other hand is more deeply
grounded. The Montgomery man
was received here with enthusiasm,
and the ability of certain kind
which he showed from the very out.
set aroused great expectations. To
a superficial observer be appeared
easily the ablest man IN the Senate.
His personal appearance, bis grace
full manner OF speech, his calture
and his happy choice Of words we're
promptly recognized. But Ii is be-
ginning To be felt rather than seen
that there is something wrong with
the man. His strongest moments,
apparently, are when he is breaking
down, or Is trying to break down,
something which he opposes. II be
has built up. in any instance. some
thing better instead, your CORE
spondent cannot az the moment call
the instance to mind Ia addition
to that. as committee man he is, Il
not on absolute failure, far from
success II is common talk that he
has 'balled up the committee ON
executive nominations into frightful
j state. There is announced meet
| Ing Of this committee, and when the
members assemble, II Is said fhatno
chairman appears. and thaS then
nations are all locked up IN that Off.
cial i desk Only Friday an order,
providing for stenographer for the
convenience Of the COMMITTEES on OK
ecntive nominations, was pasthrough
1 the Senate, because, at least so the
Senators said In conversations, Lee
had gotten the recess appointments
and the regular appointments, as
we'll as the other work Of this COM
mittee into such snarl that some
one is absolutely necessary 70
straighten him out. In the memory
OF your correspondent there Is no
precedent for this appointment Of q
clerk to the committee on executive
nominations. This committee was
never before considered one so
bnrdened with work as 10 necessi.
tate outside help. Therefore there
is genuine objection on the part Of
many people TO seeing Mr. Lee elect
ed TO the head Of this Gil important
special committee. With Tom
| Hayes and Isaac Lobe Straus on the
council board IL is true that the
chairman would have 70 be asheavy
drag indeed to prevent this com
mittee accomplishing very material
results, still there is no denying the
bad policy OF making q man the head
OF momentously important com
mittee who has failed signally as the
guiding spirit in an ordinary com
mittee, not even Of first magnitude
Whatever may be said oFyoupg Cor.
man, and he Is difficult man TO es.
innate accurately, there is no deny
l ing the fact that he attends 10 bis
committee duties and that aS chair
man Of the mostimportant COMMITTEES
| 10 the Senate, he has measured far
higher up, and has better qualified
| for the placB which he wants now,
than the man who opposes him. In
addition 10 that il was German, his
motives whatever they may have
been, who brought this entire mat
ter 10 public attention, after It's long
sleep, and 10 him on that account II
on no other. belongs some considers
/ ton.
There Is very strong impression
prevalent here, that this committee
cannot do its work Ia thirty days.
and that it will not be able 10 make
anything like the report which les
members will most earnestly desire
TO make, by the 18th, Of March
The political danger 81 this commit
tee has almost II not entirely been
withdrawn by its makeup, aud IL
Is probably that longer lie viii not
be denied Ii, II IL seeks longer life
at the time 0f it's report, on this nc-
count Rather is II probable, that
its scope will be materially extend
ed and lis energies directed upon ail
corporations doing business IN this
State, and whose doings In the past
are still common talk. Tho Gas
company, under skillful handling
might be compelled 70 divulRe some
very interestinRfacts. Under what
head and By what actual authority
the enormous sums which this cor
| porati0n is actually known 20 have
spent down here In years past,
might be worth knowing. The Unit.
ed railway might tell, toan extreme
| ly interested audience, under just
what head III expenditures II put
down the sums which il spent TO de.
feat, as il did defeat for years, the
storm vestIbule bill, the six.for.a.
quarter bill, and other measures
proposed, and some Of which like
this last, are still not laws. These
facts are al worth knowing and may
profit the Stateas well asindivIdnals
and individual stock holders. The
right Of directors toexpend corpora
tion moneys in this manner, is de-.
cidedly In question.
That something Of this sort may
be anticipated has been abundansly
indicated by events Of the last three
or four days. In private converse.
tion, members OF the committee have
expressed their opinion 10 this ef.
feet, and on the door OF the Senate
Thursday afternoon, DR.. France ol
Cecil, made q very determined fight
to have added 70 the joint resolution
an amendment tOprovide specifically