Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-03-23


day of April, 1904, and the date of
the shearing must be certified on
the application for entry. Sheep
or goats unevenly or stubble shorn
or that have been clipped to con-
ceal or to mislead will not be al
lowed To compete. The Judge
shall disqualify for competition any
sheep or goats deemed by him as
having been improperly or stubbIe
shorn or with the fleece otherwise
treated for purpose of fraud or
deception"
give these as items of interest
to many who read this cOrrespon-
dence. People sometimes gettired
of reading politics.
And speaking of politics, the
one political subject of discussion
IN the nations capital at the pre-
sent writing is the swift pace set
by the Hon. William Randolph
Hearst in the race for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination. 4
good many people who have been
laughing at the So-called Hearst
boom as thing impossible have
taken the dry grins and are willing
to admit that there are some things
in the politics of this country that
they do not know all about. The
average politician who comes To
Washington knows about as much
of the ideas of the common people
of the country and the real feeling
among them as to their preference
IN the matter of a presidential can
didate as a hog knows about navi-
eating ship. The daily press,
which they depend on for informa-
tion as to the popular candidate,
knows about the same amount and
express it with about the same
amount of wisdom. | have kept
my ear 10 the ground for a long
time and have been reading the
country papers that come To my
desk as exchanges. and my iudg-
ment has not been warped by bias
or by inclination in any one direc-
ton. | admit | have said many
kind things about Mr.. Hearst in
these letters. because he has de-
served much at the hands of the
Democratic party. | have not
said any hard things about other
candidates, probable or possible.
because | do not desire to put my
self without the pale of the Demo
cratic party and did not want To
be inconsistent i'm my support
of any man the Democratic ma
tional convention might nominate.
but | felt that the great Democra-
tic heart of the country beat in
unison with my own and | know
what want in the next candidate
before the people who was the
standard bearer of the party of the
immortal jefferson. and ! felt that
he must stand for something totally
and entirely different from the Re
publican program; who was the
embodiment of JetTerSonian prin-
cipelS: who got back to the ground
plan laid down 10y that man of the
people and who believed i'm the
people; who did not believe i'm go
ing To the trusts and the combines
and the buccaneers of Wall Street
To get his campaign fund and
thereby selling out to them in adj
vance, and in case of election we
simply would be swapping devil
for witch. Therefore. picked
out the Hon. William Randolph
Hearst as the man who came near
est up to my ideal of the man of
the hour and the man on whom
the people could depend, because
he is real and sure enough
Democrat. 1t seems the people in
a number of states are agreeing
with me. The little state of Rhode
Island has instructed its eight del
egatcS for him and there is nothing
In the state of Rhode Island in the
Democratic party except honest
poor people who work for a living
and work hard. He is capturing
delegates in Ohio and in other
states and the people here who
were flouting his candidacy four
weeks ago are now climbing into
his band wagon and looking like
they were pleased that they are not
compelled to walk. 1t is freely
predicted here that he will continue
to take one state after another un-