Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-04-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.


for the last fifteen years and have
been cussed out by hero worshipers
a number OF times because l have
said in print over my own sigma
ture that he was a fakir, a fournush-
or and side-stepper. The people
now are beginning to find out that
my estimate OF him was correct. 10
his latest speech in Ne~ York be
proved everything that | have ever
said about him to be absolutely cor
rect. He made Mr.. Taft President
OF the United States, aud in that
speech he took back everything that
he had ever said about Taft and be-
meaned him and his administration
in every way he possibly could aud
said worse things about him than
any Democrat has ever attempted TO
say. The truth is becoming appar-
emit. AS said in this correspond
ence not long ago, Roosevelt will
soon become the most thoroughly
discredited man In the United
States. He is angry, not so much
at Mr.. Taft as at the fact that be
sees his popularity Is simply noise
and nothing else. His condition
now is like that OF a rattle-snake in
the month OF August when he Is
blind and striking at everything be
hears.
This will do Taft no harm but
will hurt Roosevelt With the think
ing people Of this country, no mat.
ter what their opinion OF him has
been previously. He has been
bowling for preferential primari es
on vote for President and he got
one the other day In North Dakota,
for Taft really was not running, and
when the only real progressive
Republican was q candidate In the
person OF La Palette VINO beat him
TO a FRAGILE. He now sees where he
stands and knows thai be has to
beat La Toilette in all the States
that contain progressive Republ-
cans instead OF Taft, and that he has
no more show for the nomination al
Chicago then a one legged man %
q kicking match. This all makes the
Democratic leaders here in Wash
ington smile broad smile and pat
themselves affectionately because Ii
means a split in the Republican
ranks that cannot be healed during
the campaign after the conventions
are held, therefore, means q Demo
cratic President.
The political leaders in Washing
ton in both parties are gossiping
considerably anent the latest phase
in the Honorable Champ Clark s can
didacy for the President on the
Democratic ticket for the reason
that he has struck key note that
affects the Western people and
accounts largely for his popularity
In that section ofthe country.
During Roosevslt's administration
the faddists began 10 howl that the
public domain was being squandered
and taken away from postsrisy and
that posterIty would have nothing
II all the lands were settled up in
this generation. The Honorable
Champ Clark has been advocating
strenuously that the only way to stop
the emigration OF the farmers OF this
country to Canada, was TO open up
all public lands to settlement by
people now on earth. In the Ian
guage of the Irishman, What the
divil has posterity ever done for
u.s."
The truth OF the matter Is that the
Honorable Champ CLARK is con-
structive statesman OF to day and Is
absolutely correct when he says the
public lands should be opened up for
settlers and stop the exodus OF farm.
ers to Canada, which will prove
one OF the factors in reducing the
cost OF living. He believes, as does
every man who is q statesman and
looks ahead, that this is the only
way to check the removal 10 the
cities and the congestion therein OF
all the immigration TO this country
from foreign lands and give them
an opportunity to eek homes on
public lands and enhance the farm
ing interests Of the country to help
feed the masses.
The friends of Speaker CLARK
seem to be very much elated over
she fact that the Republican politi
clans In Washington are beginning
TO dig up his record for the reason
that they believe that he is the man
they have got TO beat next Novem
Der, therefore, presaging his nomi
nation at Baltimore.
Manager Fred. T. Dubois, of the