Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-05-27

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Hearst From this list you can
select a gold democrat, silver
) democrat, single taxer, a jurist,
a politician, an old man, young
man, an easterner or westerner.
You can pick short, fat man, or
a long, thin man. You can have
a garrulous man or a reticent one.
You can have a jolly man or the
sad man. You can find a rich man
or a poor man. You can find
some who cannot be either nomi-
mated or elected. You can find
some who can be nominated but
not elected.
Who is the ideal of the list
Who is just old enough and not too
old, young enough and not too
young, rich enough to wage a great
campaign. JeffersOnian enough to
satisfy the most exacting democrat,
brilliant and resourceful enough to
pit against Hanna and his crew,
generous and philanthrOpic enough
to relieve distress and the results
of disaster, broad enough td guard
the whole people, conservative
enough to appeal to honest wealth
as true conServator, progressive
enough To encourage trades union
ism and be regarded as its best
friendl Who Is the man who pol
led the greatest vote ever cast for
any candidate of any party in New
York, the man who taught RooSe-
welt and the North their duty to
South on the negro question. the
man who fought for the ticket i'm
1896 and 1900 as no other person
not on the ticket fought for it. who.
in brief, is the humanitarian. the
American, the patriot!
Without disparagement TO any
one ON the list. | can truthfully say
there is but one man who can an
swer this description. | need not
name him. His name will suggest
itself To every democrat in the
country.
There Is so much secrecy about
the investigation Of the Post Office
scandals and such an air of mystery
maintained by the department Off
Gals that the newspapers and the
public are justified in believing
that the looting and miSmanage-
ment Is even worse than it really
may be. Ii evidently is the inten-
ton of the Postmaster General to
suppress the news about the pro-
greSS of the investigation as a
move To abate the public interest
and moderate the consequences to
the administration. There Is a
growing feeling here that cor
ruptdepartment cannot thoroughly
investigate itself. and that the
whole thing will have To be inves-
tigated by the congress. And who
is there who believes that a repub-
lican Congress will honestly inves-
tigate a republican department
when every man hurt will be a
republican and the administration
hurt will he a republican admins
tration. The only way to get at
the bottom of these things is to
elect a democratic Congress. 1t is
up to the people.
The roasting that Governor Pen
nybacker and the Quay machine is
getting from the republican and
democratic newspapers alike,
proves to the Pennsylvania bosses
that it is impossible to muzzIe the
independent press by any libel law
their ingenuity can invent or their
partisan malice execute.
President Roosevelt is giving
each one of the members of his
cabinet a chance to show his pro-
wess on the stump. The latest to
he ordered to the front is Secretary
Wilson. So far he has not or
dered Mr., Payne out. 1t might be
rather embarrassing for Mr.. Payne
to explain the rottenncss in his
department.
The lilly whites" have been de-
feated in Alabama, and the ''black
and tans" will be at the next re-
publican national convention with
the same old delegation for sale.
Mr.. Roosevelt's negro policy will
avail him naught if some man is
there who wants the nomination
and has the coin in his pocket.
The Porto Rican smuggling
scandal has taken on much more
serious phrase by the declaration
of the officials of the Department