Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-07-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

INV III
tFrom our Regular Correspondent.o
Washington, d. g.. July 2 Before
| write you again III sOtiore Rouse Welt
| will know who and what he IS up
against. The Democratic party Will
| also have ascertained VINO IL is and the
| contest for four years supremacy VIII
have begun. The ROOMS itt The Riggs
| House are still open, hlft, IN fact, the
Democratic headquarters have been
| transferred to St. Lonis. representa-
| tive Cowherd, the active chairman OF
| the Congressional Commit Zee, is in the
| West, preparing for The democratic
exposition. | saw him thu other day.
He has his decided preferences but he
! says that any candidate is good enough
for his support, and the support OF the
party.
President Roosevelt has believed for
some months that his opponent i'll the
coming fight would be } ndge Parker,
/ and has squared his sails to thai prob
ability; but several OF his most lnflu-
entail friends have this week expressed
to him their belief that ex-President
Cleveland is his coming antagonist,
| and have excited some apprehension
on his part that this may be the case.
it is very apparent to them that Cleve-
land s name would not unite the party
as thoroughly as some other names, but
1t is admitted that his strong person.
atty, his broad public experience, and
his we'll known conservatism would at
| tract heavy vote, perhaps from Re-
publicans.
| The partisan machine-gun has been
put in operation at Democratic head
quarters here. | looked in yesterday.
The ammunition thus far in the hands
| of the gunners consists of ten bombs
charged with smokeless powder, lyd
dite smells, tariff chain.shot and cay
enne pepper, and the first discharge
by franked mail will tear large gaps in
the flying columns of the enemy from
NewyOrkitvitch to CalfOrniskI. These
ten shells will contain q and p three
or four speeches Of John Sharp Will
liams asking "HOw long are We asked
to stand pat on the TARIFF" ~ Sena-
tor Bacon on Tariff shelter for
trusts" (4l Congressman Lind, of
Minnesota, on Canadian Reciprocity;
(5) Revelations of corruption in BristOw
Report; (6) Congressman Kitchen and
Senator Patterson quoting Roosevelt q
endorsement of lynching and dennncia-
tiOn of previous Presidents; (7) Con.
gresham Changers speech showing
bow cost of living has increased; (S)
Senators CulbersOn and Carmack and
Representatives Livingston, Hitchcock
and Burton, rep explaining The de.
felt In the Treasury this year; (9) Sena-
tor German on executive usurpatiOn
and corruption; Q0) Representatives
Cooper, Smith, Jenkins, Calderhead,
and GrOsvenOr (Republicans) and Cow
herd, Cochran, Pou, Moon, Williams
De Almond (Democrats) OH pOst-Office
corruption. 1t is believed that when
these missiles fall in the enemy's camp
they will create CONSERVATION.
The little girl who confidently spelled
ca and called it dog" made no
greater mistake in photography than
the Republicans who spell bank
r-u-p-t-c-y, and pronounce it ''pros-
perity." For yesterday began the
new fiscal year and Secretary Shaw
presented his report showing that the
receipts for the year have heen $541,
1856, 745, and the expenditures $685.. $50,
OIL, showing deficit for the year of
Sal, 352, 1925. For the preceding fiscal
year there was a surplus of So, 71O, 1856.
showing an adverse balance compared
with the year ending Thursday of pref
ty nearly 800, 100000 This shows
that the administration has lost money
every month of the past year, and If a
loss of 800, 900, 900. is prosperity, it
would be curious to know what advtr.
slty is. Mr.. Shaw's showing certain
| ly demonstrates that Mr.. ROosevelt's
successor in the White House will in
herit the same sort of conditions that
Mr.. Cleveland was called upon to in
herit in March 1893. Our national
poverty then, as Indicated by the de-
| felt, was due to the Harrison Admin
istration, as our national poverty now
shown by the deficit is due to the Nc
Kinley- Roosevelt administrations.