Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-08-09


The republican party IS up to Its
same old trick Of fooling the people,
and now it is up TO tho people TO see
II they will continue to let il do it.
There was conference over at
Oyster Bay few days ae1 between
the President, Mr.. Speaker J oe Can
non. Jim Sherman, Chairman Of the
Republican Congressional Commit
tee, and several lesser lights in the
republican organization. They dis.
cussed the ways and means Of the
next Congressional campaign. agreed
to fool the people by asking for one
dollars subscriptions, when they
knew they had half million still
in CorteIyou's kick which had
been filched from the people by the
insurance robber and grafters, and
oil that Jim Sherman had to do was
to follow Teddy's advice and let him
run things and he could have as
much OF that stolen money as he
wanted for the campaign.
That was trick humber one. Now
comes the Secretary Of the Republi.
can National Committee. one Elmer
Dover. whe was the Private Secra-
tary TO Make Hanna, and he gives
the republicans some sage advice.
While the Oyster Bay conference
had agreed to stand pat, as one OF
the slogans Of the republican cam
paign, and tell the tariff reyisionists
to 10 to- and the cry 81 stand pat
was echoing from every republIca1
fence corner, this Mr.. Secretary
Dover comes out and tells the rep
ublicans that they must stand pat
only whore Il will do the most good
to stand pat, and cry for tariff reyis-
ion where that cry will gather Ia
the votes OF the faithful, In other
words the republican campaign will
be pitched along the lines laid down
by the late lamented General Han.
cock, who said that the tariff ISIS de
was local question. How does this
advice iIbe with the utterances Of
the Oyster Bay conferences and the
words Of all the leaders Of therepub.
lican party in CongrssY What Is
the republican party going 10 do2
Is II going 10 stand pat III some
district as advised by Dir. Dover
and howl for tariff revision out In
Iowa and up IN Massachusetts Is
IL going to go back on It's own plat
form which says that protection Is
the cardinal principle Of the repnbli
can party, IL some States and dis
tricts, and stand by that principlein
othersg That is just exactly what ii is
going TO doand you may as we'll begin
to watch its antics. The republican
party cares 40 more ior priuciplo
then d tom cat does for tho marriage
relation. II viii lilo Or steal just as
the chances mought be- and do
anything once ia order to get The
votes 70 keep it in power Ia she
House Of Representatives In the Six.
tieth Congress that will Do elected
next November itisaGtertho votes
aud il does not care bow or whore
il gets them. After ii gets them il
then will keep It's promises 10 the
stand pat peopleand no back on those
IL promised revision. lthas 40 more
idea o. revising the tariff then ii bis
Of being decent. II is simply out to
fool the people once more aud get
the votes, and stay in Office where
il can continue 10 rob the people ia
the interest Of Unprotected monopo
lies. IL knows full we'll that the
democrats win revise the tariff and
that it will also uncover the nastiest
mess Ia all the departments Of this
government that ever SMILED 10 high
heaven. II is plumb scared aud
that Ii Why i Is wearing the skin
Of the ass ID one district aud chat Of
the lion Ia the other. win the PEG
pie be fooled2
This is damned wicked world
We live IN, Sir Oliver.