Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-05-13

"oc, cNluently thinks otherwise.
for he said here the other dav
after reading in the Washington
Evening STAR defence of A.
w. Machen, Superintendent Of
Free Delivery, by Postmaster
General Payne, that Machen would
have to go and that his suspension
or discharge had been ordered by
the President before he left on his
western trip; that if the Postmas-
ter General did not get rid of
Machen there would be something
doing in the resignation line i'm Mr..
Payne's Office, and the Postmaster
General would be forced out of the
Cabinet. Mr.. Payne is now be-
tween the devil and the deep blue
sea. If he kicks out Bob Wynne.
who started the investigation,
Wynne will pull down the temple.
Machen knows too much, and if
he Is kicked out he will play the
game, and there YOU are. In the
meantime the Democrats are hold
ing their noses and watching the
fun.
There are nearly 10000 immi-
grants week landing in New
York. These men are coming
over to enjoy the great prosperity
in this country. The way they
will find it is by taking the places
of the strikers now on strike for
higher wages. I'm this way they
will act as strike-brcakcrs for the
trusts and the trusts will thereby
experience no diminution in their
own prosperity. How does organ
lied labor like that.
Ii is almost hcartrendering(0 Ia
view the debris of busted trusts
scattered all over the country.
wrought by the legislation passed
by the late Republican Congrcss(0
The only trust in this country
now in 4 bad way is the anthracite
coal trust. 1t is in a hole with the
sides soaped and no ladder in sight.
and it was not deposited in this
cavity 10y the Republican Admin
istration. but by n good Democrat,
VII: William Randolph Hearst.
Mr.. Hearst's attorneys have
proven every contention. They
have backed the trust up in a cor
ner and the trust refuses TO pro
duce its contracts. The courts
will be asked To compel them tC
produce them. Those contract,
will prove them innocent or guilty
of an infraction of the law regu
lating Interstate commerce. /
they were innocent what sane mar
believes they would hesitate To pro
duce them and confound the maI
who is after them. Remember
this is not being done by n Repub
lican Administration sworn to exc
cute the laws. out 10y a Democrat,
member of Congress who Is doins
it in the interest of law and ordcl
and the pocket of the people.
There seems TO be 4 growing dis
cord in the prosperity GLORIOUS
The most of the trade and CONNER
cial journals of the country whC
make their living off the protecte,
industries have been bowling il
one continuous and harmoniou,
chorouS about the abundant anC
republican-Sent prosperity. Som,
of them are beginning to back
pedal and to assert that we hav,
alredy ceased to be prosperous
The most pessimiStic of these i
perhaps the Wool and Cotton
Reporter which explains tn,
poor sales of WOODEN goods thi
year and the prosperity of tn,
shoddy industry by saying that tn
coal and other trusts have brough
about such high prices that tn
purchasing power of the people i
curtailed and that they canno
afford TO wear any but cheap clothe
which, according To the Republcar
idea makes cheap man. Is
possible that the trusts are goini
to begin making mouths at on
another, that the pot is going I
, call the kettle black! IfSo, homes
men may get their dues.
1t is believed here that the Pres
, dent has arrived at an acute perio
5 of his candidacy for the Republ
4 can nomination. He has cot (
: the baby-kissing stage of the game
2 Next on the programme will be tn
trust-hugging stunt.