Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-15

ment here. The President and his
retinue of clerks, stenographers,
newspaper men, telegraphers, etc,
are guests of the railroad companies
over whose various lines they are
carried in this superlatively luxur-
ious style. They enjoy the "hospi-
talities" of the railroads, for if
there were any arrangement for
reduced fares it would be flag
rant violation of the Interstate com
merce act and the recently enacted
Elkins law. What do the people
of the country think of the pro-
priety of the President of the Uni
ted States accepting this dead
head favor at the hands Nf the
railroads when they are going to
the Congress and TO the admins
tratiOn almost every day and ask
ing favorsl That is a question for
the people to answer. This dead
head trip is in striking contrast to
another special train trip that will
leave the city of Chicago next fall.
That special train will carry del
egation of congressman and their
wives for a trip through the terri
tories of Oklahoma. New Mexico.
Indian Territory and Arizona. in
order that the members thus car
ricd might see for themselves the
country and the people in those
/ territories that were denied state
hood by the Republican party.
The entire expense of this trip,
train, mileage and everything. will
be paid out of the pocket of that
public-Spirted democrat. William
Randolph Hearst. He is doing il
for the benefit of the people of those
territories and not as Il pleasure
junket for congressman. He will
do it because he believes those pco-
pie should have justice at the hands
of Congress. and he Is not asking
favorS at the hands of railroads.
Which method of special training
over the country do the people
think is more becoming of these
two, and which the more truly
American in spirit
Things are very duh politically
in Washington. but once in a
while some member of Congress
drops in TO dO some work before
the departments and talks politics
to the newspaper men ut night in
the corridors of the hotels. Some
of the leaders of the Democratic
party were here recently and they
discussed the probabilities and pos
sibilitics of the future of the party
and possible or probable candidates
for the Presidency on the Demo-
cratic ticket. 1t Is 1.-THE consensus
of opinion among those to whom
| have talked that no man can or
ought to be nominated who did not
loyalty support the party and the
ticket in 80 and 1900. and that will
eliminate several names that have
been mentioned in this connection.
Among TEEN Is the name of David
II. Francis. of Missouri. There is
no doubt that some of the friends
of the latter are quietly starting Il
boom for him rs a sort of feeler.
They figure that he will acquire
great prestige as the head of the
Worlds Fair, and that the conven-
ton will be held in st. Louis on
account of the Fair. They seem
to forget that the people won t
forget that he was Il bOlter in 1896,
and that he can not carry his own
state delegation in the convention.
Senator German has his friends
among those who have talked
recently, and so has Judge Parker,
of New York. They nearly all
agree that the man should come
from the East, and one man who
is a leader of the party on the floor
of the House said the other day
that there was a man in the East
who would have to be reckoned
with as a potent factor before the
next convention, and who he said
was the real hero of the masses of
the people in this country, and
that man is William Randolph
Hearst.
prosperity strikes" is the very
significant designation of Il New
York newspaper for the strikes ON
April l, when several hundred
workingmen stopped work because
their demands for higher wages
were refused. The Workingmen