Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-30

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such as the President Processes to
be. 1t no doubt, also, is especially
disheartening to those republicans
who were hopeful that their party
and their administration would not
be disgraced by completely in the
attempt to Addicksize the state of
Delaware, and assist him in the
purchase of the United States
Senatorship from that state. 1t
was expected and anticipated that
Payne would give Addicks his
share of the political spoils, being
a machine politician himself, but
it was shock to lovers of decent
government that the President
should have acquiesced i'm the
Addicks game. Miss Todd had
committed no otfense for whichher
dismissal should have been request
ed There was no word against
her personal or official conduct. no
petition from the patrons of the
Office for her removal. She sim
ply was against Addicks and that
was crime enough in the eyes of
machine politician like the Post
master General. What will Roose-
welt dol VIII he reinstate Miss
Todd or stand by the action of the
Postmaster GeEerall He may do
lot of talking, but. as he says,
words are good only when back
ed by deeds. =
/ said, some time ago, in this
correspondence, that the President
had "butted in y to union labor by
his order reinstating a man named
Miller in the Government Printing
Office, who had been fired" at the
request of the Bookbinder's Union,
and 10y his further order that the
Government Printing Office and
all other departments of Gov
eminent labor should have an open
door, and that there should be no
man Disseminated against on ac-
count of the fact that he did not
belong to some labor union. Ialso
said at that time that il was up to
the labor unions to make the next
move. Well, they have made the
move, and now the President is re-
quested to move. 1t is up TO him
in such shape that he must either
fish, cut bait or get out of the boat.
Some of the commentators ON cur
rent events in this city are trying
to make the people belive that this
is move on the part of Mark
Hanna to get Roosevelt embroiled
with the labor unions of the country
and do him" out of the nomina-
ton. Well may be it is. but if so
you can wager your life that the
Hon. Marcus Alonzo Hanna will
offer strenuous denial of the same.
for he Is now engaged in the strng-
gle of his life TO get back to the
Senate, and If it came to the ears
of Roosevelt iii authoritative
way that Hanna was putting the
knife into him in any such way he
would forthwith announce that the
Federal patronage of the state of
Ohio would be under the control of
one, Senator Foraker, and that
would eternally cruelty Hanna,
and he knows it better than any
body Whoever put up the Job
on Roosevelt, it is "corker. "
lie must either fire" Miller and
take back water on his order "knoc-
king union labor or go under:
must either "crawfish" or be cru-
Gifted. If he refuses the unions
that now occupy the high seats in
the offices of the government will
say nothing, but they will saw
wood, and their confreres on the
outside will begin whetting their
knives for the gentleman in the
White House to be put in use at
the election next year provided the
democrats have sense enough to
nominate man who is acceptable
to the labor interest of the country.
1t is folly for labor, Hanna or any
body else to talk of defeating Roose-
velt for the nomination. He now
practically has enough votes pledg-
ed to nominate him, and no matter
how much the senatorial cabal
against him desire to see him de-
feated for the nomination, he will,
nevertheless and Notwithstanding,
be the republican standard bearer
in the campaign next year. If the
democratic party will nominate
some man in whom labor has con-