Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-06-09
censorship has ever been attempted
before in America.

WOMAN 1no colIQ. me last Con-
gress appropriated the colossal sum
Of 81 .044. 401 .857. or nearly $12 for
every man, woman and child. This
Congress threatens 10 spend ST..
900, 900 in excess Of last years ap-
preparation.
Republicans appear reluctant to
concern themselves much about
government Expenditures in relation
TO the cost OF living. But one thing
is certain. Government does not
pick up these hundreds Of millions
Of dollars in the street. This money
comes out Of somebody's pocket.
Unlike city and state governments.
the national government has but one
way OF raising revenue to meet ex-
penses, and that is by taxing things
eaten, worn or used by the people.
Hence it is that increased cost OF
living 10 marching hand-in- hand
with increased Republican cxtrava-
gance.
Il am sorry" said Senator Bris-
tow of Kansas, while discussing the
railroad bill. that the senator from
West Virginia (Elkins) has deserted
the chamber. and l am sorry the
senator from Rhode Island (Aldrich)
is not here, and that the senator
from Massachusetts Nodge) has also
disappeared"
A survey Of the senate showed
that the railroad senator's after
outlining the kind OF Legislation they
had decided should be enacted, had
fed from the chamber without wait
ing TO hear those who disagreed
from the the railroad viewpoint.
Those OF US who are here might
possible be instructed. suggested q
Democratic senator, upon noting
Bristow s chagrin. but ifthe sena
tor from Kansas imagines that any
thing he can say will influence
those senator's he is wasting his
time and breath"
Il am afraid thesenator is right. "
answered Bristow. Then he went
on addressing the democrats and
the empty seats Of the standpat.
ters.
Lest we forget, only nine OF the
2l8 Republicans OF the national
Honse OF Representatives are In q
position TO stand before their con-
stituents and report that they voted
to unsest Cannon as speaker. Page
1890 OF the Congressional Record
shows that on March 10 all but nine
Republicans voted against the Bur
Lesson resolution which would have
unseated Speaker Cannon and made
it possible to elect a new speaker.
Every Democrat voted to unseat
Uncle Joe."
A brief definition OF "Cannonism"
has been asked for. Cannonism
means that when the interests OF
the common people and the interests
Of the steel trust, the sugar trust,
the lumber trust, the harvester
trust and the combination of New
England cotton manufacturers come
into conflict. the latter get the leg.
islation they want and the people
are forced to take that which they
do not want. The Payne Aldrich
law is good illustration. The peo-
pie said: I'VE want downward re.
vision OF the tariff in order that the
cost OF living may be lessened. "
The corporate interests said: I'VE
want upward revision in order that
our profits may increase. The
people were disappointed, and the
campaign contributing tariff trusts
were obeyed. That 10 Caunonism.
Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette of
Wisconsin sometimes thinks OF the
most unheard of things. For in
stance, 10 the Senate the other day
in discussing President Taft's rail-
road bill, he said: There is not
one line in the statute to give to the
people reasonable railroad rates.
All that has been accomplished is 10
afford a means Of giving equal rates
to the shippersl" Now who except
LaFollette or some other Democrat
would think Of that 2
Direct charges that the Morgan
Guggenheim syndicate caused the
appointment OF the federal Judge,
the prosecuting attorney and the
United States marshal who will re-
present the government in suits over
the Cunningham coal land claims,
(which Bsllinger was so friendly TOY
have been made before the senate
committee on judiciary. Il respon-
sible party, ] Judge Jane Wickesham,