The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-05-22
Carson Letter.

Ed. COURIER: The Presidents Il,
900 mile tour is purely non-political; /
you don't believe it, ask George Mills
Carson City, Nevada. The extraordi
nary efforts put forth by Republican
County and State Central Committee
men to make the Presidents visit IS
sentiaIly non-politfcal 10 the most mag
unanimous example Of self-sacrifice
ever saw-that is, it would be, If it WA
so.
The Presidents tour has the very
deepest political significance, and it il
mere folly to attempt to deny it. Mr..
Roosevelt is not the choice of that
class which is pleased to call itself
"Captains of industry That particu-
lar class sswant the earth'' with fence
around it, and Roosevelt does not be
lieve they are entitled to ''the whole
cheese" They feel piqued at having a
President who stands in theii
way to any extent in the passage
Of laws that will legalize their sys-
TENS of robbery. Their position
was voiced by Geo. F. Baer, President
OF a number of railroads, who insult
ed the President and to his face blamed
him for the continuance of the coal
strike, by his failing to pour the United
States army into the coal region, init
mating that if Cleveland was President
he would have done SO. The belted,
protected barons put up their good
money! to elect Mckinley and Roose-
Welt, and they think they are entitled
to own them. The money powers
selected Cleveland twice, and, with
Cleveland's help, defeated Bryan
twice. They have no politics; they
see nothing but their interests; the
same men are now looking fondly to-
wards Cleveland, and they have al
ready trotted him out, and the muzzled
and bribed press is engaged in groom
ing him. An attempt was made by the
party managers to place Mark Hanna
forward, but the suggestion was coldly
received. Roosevelt, then realizing
that the party leaders, fearing their
inability to raise corruption funds from
the captains of industry" if he should
be nominated in 1904, would be forced
to nominate some tool of the money
powers, concluded to make his grand
tour, prove his immense popularity
with the people, and force his nomi-
nation in spite of party managers and
In spite of those who fill the campaign
sack. believe he has accomplished
his purpose; his trip has been grand
ovation from the start; the party
managers have quit, and Mark Hanna
has announced in the papers that he
hopes MIR. Roosevelt will be the Re-
publican nominee in 1904. My readers
may remember that when Mr.. Roose-
welt became President | wrote to the
effect that he would not be subservient
to the money powers, and that the
best thing he could do would be to
treat the Democrats pretty cleverly,
and form following composed of the
majority of the Republican party and
. very respectable minority of the
Democratic party. That very thing is
rapidly coming to pass. The money
powers will go into the Democratic
National Convention and nominate
Cleveland or a Cleveland man, and
Chat means tool, and the Republican
party will nominate Mr.. Roosevelt,
and that does not mean a tool. With
such nominations, Mr.. Roosevelt ought
60 carry very large majority of his
party, and very respectable minority
Of the Democratic party will vote for
him, and every Bryan man ought to
vote for him, just like every Cleveland
man voted against Bryan. OF course,
such q course would be disastrous to
the Democratic party, but the only
way to avert it is to keep Cleveland
Ism and Republicanized Democracy
ont of the counsils of the party, and
not compromise with principles, and
insist upon the nomination of Bryan
Democrat. AS between Bryan Demo-
crat and Roosevelt, the money powers
would stand by the grand old party of
Aagh moral ideas.
Next to the Presidents visit there is
nothing that has caused more rejoicing
n California than the information that
ehe French prune crop is failure this
year. Apropos of this trait in human
nature / recall the fact that all the OPP
position the arid west ever had to the
passage Of the irrigation bill came
rom farmers who can raiae cror1s