Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-10-03

campaign in Cleveland by the letter
of President Roosevelt TO Mr.. Bur-
ton advising him 20 run against Tom
Johnson for mayor of that city on
partisan grounds, but the Republi-
cans appear TO be already sick OF that
issue, and the 3 cent fare on street
railroads will predominant. Presi-
dent Roosevelt after oyer three
months vacation is again here, but
will leave tomorrow on his speech
making tour, and a trip down the
Mississippi river. This is TO be
followed by a bear hunt OF IL days
in the swamps of Mississippi. which
to a safe and sane man would be
more feared at this time of the year
than all other dangers for the cane
breaks are free breeders OF fever
and ague from which. let US hope,
the proverbial luck OF the President
will allow him to escape.
The Hague fiasco is the last we
shall hear Of international peace and
arbitration for long time, and the
Roosevelt delegates will come home
with no laurols. and the subject is
a sore one in Administrator circlos.
There is q recrudsence of frauds
and grating, for besides the Oregon
and Idaho scandal for which United
States Senator Borah is now on trial,
other land fraude are reported in
New Mexico. in which the late Re-
publican Governor is said to be i'm
plicated and are reported to cover q
vast acreage OF the public land. A
serious scandal is also reported in
the War Department involving high
officials in connection with applian-
ces for launching life boats on army
transports. Mayor Rathbone, who
attained notoricty in connection with
the Cuban post Office frauds appears
TO be mixed up in the matter, and il
is stated by Captain Irvine that
every effort to induce President
Roosevelt to order an investigation
has failed. What is this strange
and occult influence that Mayor
Rathbone appears to WELD over his
Republican associates who hold offici-
al positions2 We will probably
never knowuntil there is q Democrat
ic Congress to uncavel it.
The occurances of the week in
party politics are somewhat impor-
tant. The Chanler boom for the
Democratic nomination, which has
the support of some New York Dem
ocrats and is supposed to have the
silent endorsement of Mr.. Hearst,
does not meet the appreciation OF
Editor Troup, who is the head of
Mr.. Bryan S Literary Bureau. Not
content with an editorial in late
issue Of the New Haven Union in
timating that Col. John Jacob Astor
would contribute million dollars
10 his cousins campaign fund" in
return for the promise of theappoint-
ment of Ambassador to the Court of
St. James, Mr.. Troup in an inter-
view few days ago propose to tie
the Chanler boom and presumably
q donation to the campaign fund, to
the charaiot wheels of Mr.. Bryan
by nominating Mr.. Chanler as the
candidate for vice president. The
general opinion amongst leading
Democrats. many of whom have been
in this city the last few days, is that
Mr.. Troup has been very indis-
Greet in his Management Of the affairs
OF his favorite candidate, and has
done great injustice to Mr.. Chauler
in intimating that he could be Undue
ed to make any bargain such as Mr..
TrOup intimates in the editorial in
the Union. The whole thing is alb
surd. John Jacob Astor is a Re-
publican and Mr.. Chanlor is any
thing but the scheming politician
that Mr.. Troup intimates, but is a
high class gentleman. whose politi-
cal life is an answer to the Troup
inuendoes. If Mr.. Chanler is up
to the Democratic standard for vice.
president, and Mr.. Troup in an in
teTview in the Washington Post,
September 2lst SAYS he lis a man
who would well fit on a ticket with
Mr.. Bryan at its head. He is young,
able and a man OF unquestioned poll
tical integrity" be is equally fit as
candidate for president Demo
Gratis here deprecate this blowing
cold on Mr.. Chanler as a candidate
for president and then warming up
to him as vice-presidential posi-
bility. The friends of Mr.. Bryan
declare that he knows nothing of
this muddle that has been made of
his political affairs, and not only re-
grets, as all Democrats must, the at
tempt to link Mr.. Chanlor with a
corrupt bargain, and then appear