Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-10-22

That the CD. represents the ma or-
ity sentiment among Republicans must
bc taken aud aces p, Il as true From
the foregoing IUot.;ion Il is perfectly
clear that there Viii be no tariff revi-
sion while the Republicans are i'm DOW
er. When the ith OF March. 1905. ar.
rives. should they Gerry the country I'm
1901. they viii tind some other excuse
for further postpOnemcnt. In fact. the
bulk OF the Republicans do not intend
to revise any tarif schedules except TO
revise them up. but the above extract
from the CD. con aims another state
ment OF interest. and that is that the
Republican majority I'm the next con-
greSs will not he so large as i'm the
present congress-.
How About Taw1:y?
But there is aGothcr Republican con-
gresham upon whom the CD viii
have 10 vent. its SPLEEN to wit. Mr..
Tawney OF Minnesota. Perhaps. how
ever. IN" CD. viii he afraid to lump
JeemS. for - IS chairman Of the st.
Louis exposition committee. Hrother
TawnCy has opposition Tor reuomina-
ton. and t.Et .csitiOn moves him
to publish Il card ~ which he says:
In respect 20 thc iari1 and its revision
by congress I W. say that IL elected to
the FL y-cl Sth congress shall not only
work Tor revision along the line OF n re-
duction Of duties. including a reduction of
the duty on lumber. but will say TO you
that II the Republicans control the Ffftv-
eighth congress there will be such re-
vision Of the tariff.
The Republican fire In Brother Taw-
ney's rear must he rather warm i'm or
der TO force such declaration out OF
him.
The devil was sick
The devil monk would be:
The down -. well.
The devil a monk was he
I'm his card Tawney insists. mirabile
dic;u. that he supports the presidents
Cuban reciprocity scheme. though he
differs with his Republican brethren on
the ways and means committee as to
the featrr,- &C thu bill, oh. my soul.
what whopprr' Tawney's black
plume was in the very forefront Of the
insurgents ia their fight against Ted
dy's Cuban reciprocity scheme. Taw-
ney is one az the ahlcst and most per
sistent among the young Republicans.
and he must be scared within an inch
of his life rs to his nomination TO pub
fish Il card like that. But the CD.
must 60 its duty and denounce Taw-
ney as free trader. 1t must not per-
init n tritc like the worlds fair to de-
ter it from doing lis plain duty.
Voluntarily Retire.
Those pessimists who imagine that
the only inducCmcnt to public life IS
the official salary ought to put on their
thinking caps. Thomas b. Reed OF
Maine and John NJ. Allen OF MissIssip-
ri, after long ana distinguished serv-
ice in the house. voluntarily retired in
order II earn money enough TO live
on I'm their old az. At least four MEM
bers of the present congress have re-
fused 10 stand for reelection. all liv-
ing in safe" districts, one having been
already rCnoninatVd. They are Wheel
er OF Kentucky. Tayler Of Ohio. Nor
ris OF Minnesota and Woods OF Cali
fornia. Perhaps there are others. The
truth is that the salary Is by no means
the greatest inducement to congress
sional life. Ambition, noble love OF
fame. desire to help mold mighty
nations DEGREES TO shape its destiny,
are the main inducements. Ii NAV
well be doubted IL the average con-
gresham can earn as much as the con-
gressionai salary In his profession or
business, but that he can save more
is beyond all cavil. Senator Bailey ut
tered noble sentiment In the senate
when In discussing the proposition to
Increase the salary OF federal Judges
he declared that he hoped the time
would never come when men would
seek high Office chiefly or wholly for
the pay. Most public officials / am
fain TO believe. look at the matter
somewhat in the same light. OF course
officials ought TO be well paid. Sound
public policy demands that, but honor
is still better than money.
very pleasant and unusual thing
happened when the Democratic con-
vention met at Paducah to nominate a
successor TO Wheeler. His admiring
constituents presented him with a
handsome silver service. and the pres
entatiOn speech was made by the man
nominated 10 succeed him, Hon. Ollie
James! That was what General Gar
held would have denominated as zone
OF the roses Of politics." Wheeler's
friends claim that. while be volunta-
rily quits congress, his public career Is
by no means closed and predict that
he will return 10 public life before
many years rs a senator OF the United
States. lie is a brilliant young man
In the very flower OF his years. a typ
ical Kentuckian. tall, slender. sinewy.
active. handsome courageous, and his
friends may be correct IN their prog
nostications. Joe Blackburn is among
the veterans; so is Governor James
Bennett McCreary, who succeeds De-
Doe in the senate on the 4th Of March.
Either of them is easily old enough to
be Wheeler's father. If he have pa
tence. he can win a toga by playing n
waiting game.
A Pleasing Picture.
President Roosevelt appeared I'm
pleasing g'I!se when acting as godfa-
Their recently. When the babies are In
volved, we can all be agreeable, and,
truth to tell. Colonel Roosevelt Is a
more charming parsonage when he is
doing harmless things like that than
when he is prancing about making I'M
reasonable political speeches. He un-
derstands babies, as he has children OF
his own plenty of them, active ones,
ranging all the way from a grown ND
daughter to n little tot-and all who
know anything about 1t agree that he
Is tiptop. good father and presuma-
bly, discharged his duties as a godfa-
Their with grace and dignity.