Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-08-11

such as was desired by the people
would have been passed. But
through the influence Of the admin
istration, Aldrich was able 10 th wart
the will Of the people. and to secure
the passage Of q bill which will give
Wall Street the consrol OF the peo-
pies money as never before.
THE TARIFF COMMISSION.
Still another feature OF the Taft
record is the tariff commission law,
also a gold brick. Il creates a COM
mission without powers, and gives
the special interests $3.50 900 of the
peoples money TO carry on the cam
paign against honest revision Of the
tariff on the basis Of equalization of
the cost OF production at home and
abroad.
PINcHoT WISE To PROTECTION.
Ex-Forester Clifford Pinchot has
ideas on other things beside con-
servation. At Q dinner given re-
Gently he declared that the nation
had lost confidence in Congress be-
cause IL represented special inter-
ests rather than the people. Con-
tinuing. he said:
And Of this there could be no
better illustration than the tariff.
The tariff, under the policy OF pro-
lection. was originally q means to
raise the rate Of wages. 1t has been
made tool to increase the cost of
living.
"The cotton cloth schedule was
increased in the face OF the uncon-
trsdicted public testimony Of the
manufacturers themselves that il
ought TO remain unchanged
THE steel interests by trick Sc
cured inefensible increase in the
tariff on structural steel.
THE sugar trust stole from the
government like petty thief, yet
Congress. by means OF a dishonest
schedule. continues to protect IL in
bleeding the public" Republican
papers, copy.
A FRANK ADMISSION.
Representative Charles i. Little.
field OF Maine, now admits that the
plank I'M the last Repu blican Ma
tionsl platform regarding injunc-
tions was put there to plscate the
labor leaders and with no intention
OF its being carried out. He car
ries his franknes to an even great
er extent and says the plank is
perfectly non committal' and means
nothing. being simply o dishonest
trick to lure the unwary working
man and delude him with the belief
that the Republican party was bis
friend. II the truth was told. ID
would no doubt reveal that the tar
i'll revision plank was another dis
honest plank, never intended Of full
fillment, and that the whole plat
form was q tissue of falsehood and
false pretense.
SECRET PUBLICITY.
The bill providing publicity for
campaign expenditures and contri-
buttons passed at the last session
and signed by President Taft. is not
what the people have for years been
demanding.
The House provided for publicity
before election, but the Senate re-
fused to pass such a measure and
as result OF a conference publicity
will not be made unit, after the cleo
tions have taken place.
What's the use OF publicity after
an election, when what has been
done cannot be undone?
Publicity before an election would
seem to be the only kind OF publ
city worth anything for then the
voters would beIgiven timely notice
as to which party an6 candidates
were OF, by and for the trusts, and
which were Of, for and by the peo-
pie.
GORE Was HONEST.
The recent attempt TO corrupt
Senator Tom Gore OF Oklahoma was
accompanied by features most dis
tressing TO the blind statesman.
Gore has felt the sting OF poverty in
its bitterest forms. Even now be
has nothing but bis salary. The
person who he says offered him
$25. 600 to change his position on the
Indian Legislation was q personal
friend Of long standing. This man
knew Gore had often suffered from
sheer want. But Gore was not for
sale.