Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-11-18

on the democrates side who were
recognized in this manner we're
Hon. George b. Mcclellan, lately
elected the democratic Mayor of
Creator New York, and the Hon.
William Randolph Hearst, of New
York, who has done so much for
the cause of democracy and the
common people of the country.
He received an ovation that must
have warmed the cookies in his
heart, for it is the universal opin-
ion here that he and his papers,
with himself as the directing dem
ocratic head, won the recent cleo
ton in the city of New York. The
democratic all feel very kindly to
him for his work for the party,
and they improved the opport-
unity to show him their marked
appreciation of his brilliant work
in behalf of democracy.
He has received marked atten-
ton from democrats here since the
assembling of Congress. Some of
the party leaders here are begin
ming to find out that he is a much
bigger man than they thought; that
he was not merely a newspaper
man who had made a phenomenal
success of the business, but that
the reason he made the success was
because he was an able executive.
a single-minded patriot, and lover
of the common people. Asa conse-
quence his stock as the nominee of
the democracy for the presidency
has gone up several points.
1t is too early TO predict what
the big fights will be in this Con
gress, but the fight on the Cuban
reciprocity proposition is going to
be bitter one. There will not be
as many republican recalcitrants,
in this Congress as there was in
the last on that proposition. for
the reason, as stated in this cor
respondents not long ago, that the
Sugar Trust has bought out the
beet sugar interests and that has
closed the mouths of many repub-
leans who otherwise would be on
posed to Cuban reciprocity. There
are some, however, who still hold
out against it, and they will line
up with the democrats and fight it
unless they will allow the demo-
cratic amendment TO go through
removing the defferential from re-
fined sugar. The democrats are
perfect willing to give Cuba all the
reciprocity she asks for or give
her free trade with this country.
provided they can move the differ
entail from refined sugar which
will give the consumers of this
country chance. This is exactly
what the Sugar Trust does not
want. With reciprocity with Cuba
on raw sugar TO the extent of
twenty-five per cent reduction on
the present tariff, and retaining
the differential on refined sugar.
the Trust makes not less than
eight millions a year out of the
game. That is the milk in the
cocoanut. 1t is straight fight be-
tween the people and the Sugar
Trust. Watch the game.
To the intense delight of the
democratic leaders here, the re-
publican administration has actual
~ tied up in nice package and
handed to the democracy another
and corking good campaign issue
in this dirty mess in the Panama
country. 1t is the belief here not
only among democrats, but among
many good republicans, that the
recent revolution In the United
States of Columbia in Central
America, was Matched in this coun-
try and at the instigation of this
republican administration in order
to get control of the Panama canal.
In other words, the game put up
in the Senate to get the usufruct
out of those Panama canal bonds
has got to 90 through at any cost.
This republican administration
plays into their hands and incites
revolution down there and robs
that little country of a slice of its
territory in order to give the sena-
torial cabal its rakeoff. How are
they going to get away from the
imputation that they are response
BILE for this revolutions Ii they
are not, then there must be some
expert mindreaders in the Navy
Department, for no sooner had the