Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-15

from the stump and through his
messages to the Congress that
publicity" was the panacea for
trust evils that now beset the
honest consumers of the country.
If publicity" is the specific for
trust evils, why is not publicity
good for the evils, the boodleism,
grating and unheard of corruption
that honeycombs the Postoffice de-
partment! If he will reconcile
those two divergent opinions of the
benefits of publicity ! will apollo
gize for any criticism anent the
matter i may have made concern
ing him.
Another criticism that one hears
talked about in the corridors of the
hotels i'm this political center is the
close personal relations of the
President and Congressman Lit
tauer, of New York. who has been
caught grating while member of
Congress by grabbing a contract
to furnish gloves TO the army. Mr..
Littauer has boasted of his in
timacy with the President and of
his pull at the White House.
Did that pull have anything to
do with landing the glove contract
while he was 4 member of Congress
and therefore against the law The
people would like to have an
answer to that question.
Another criticism of the Presi-
dent Is based OF an action of his
that comes as a sort of sequel TO
something that occurred during his
late political junket through the
West, and which was commented
ON at the time i'm this correspon-
dence. Ii will be remembered by
the readers of this correspondence
that | had something TO say about
the failure. the inexplicable neglect
of the President of the University
of California. Mr.. Benjamin Idle
Wheeler, To- mention the names of
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst and Mr..
William Randolph Hearst i'm the
list of donors and patrons of the
University when they had donated
more than all others combined, on
the occasion of the visit of the
President of the United States to
that institution. Wonderment was
then expressed that such a thing
should have occurred unless PreSi-
dent Wheeler had been specifically
asked by some one TO omit the
names of these two generous
donors TO the upbuilding of the
University of California. Although
he has been roasted to a brown turn
by the press of California and
asked to explain, Mr.. Wheeler has
never uttered a word by way of
explanation for his uncalled for
and unheard of omission. The ex-
PLANTATION has now come by infer
cnce and the conclusion is irresiSti-
bile. \ short time ago Mr.. Benia-
min Idle Wheeler came through
Washington and was entertained
at the White House by President
Roosevelt and shown every posi-
bile courtesy, Thus it is rs gross
to the sense aS the sun at noonday
that this is the game of YOU tickle
me and will tickle YOU, Out i'm
California Wheeler. at the request
or suggestion of u soul so small
that three hundred of them could
dance the highland fling on the
point of cambria needle, performs
the act of an migrate and insults the
spirit of the state. In Washington
he gets his pay by being allowed to
fawn at the feet of alleged great
ness and stick his knees under
presidential mahogany. He was
entitled to anything the President
could give him. He saved him from
listening TO the applause that would
have followed the reading of the
name of Hearst in California, for il
is name that Roosevelt both fears
and diSlikes. And no wonder. Mr..
Hearst has told the truth 50 often
coneerAmg Roosevelt and his party
that every time the President sees
u New York American he SHES at
it like his erstwhile moon-eyed
broncho Mt a black stamp.
The question now being asked
here is, what has become of the
Iowa IdeaP" 1t seems to have
gone "glimmering like a school
boys dream, the wonder of an
hour" After all the beating of
tom toms and sounding Of hew