Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-05
WASHIN6TGa LETTER.
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Wa hington, D G., July 80 The
Pfesir ent s speech of acceptance at Oys
ter lay is received here with varit q
enOt i"ns 1t s thought by his cham
pions to be comprehensive, complete
and tnanswerable. Democrats. on the
ether hand, consider it the first speech
o the kiId ever delivered bv All A nlerl-
C tuesidenf,-thtt is the first s!,aec
al ~ captaDce devoted, III every para
g apr, to euiogiZipg his own party and
d Ouncing the opposition. In i! the
Pres idet;t says we are striving To ~
o, r .vntk in tie spirit with winch Lin
cnln aipr.,: cttd his y; bat Senator
Daui-l. who was in the city yss ertia,
calls attention To The fact that Lin
| CO H. X acceptance Of his second NOM
',,tion like Washington s, was care
lily nnnpart Sal and that even Nc
| lSin'ey's address of acceptance spok t.
o his opponents with res pacf ahti il.
! dulged III 10 such RANGER as is heard IL,
The utterslnce of the Rough Rider of
Oyster Bay. Concerning the rash sur
gicAl operation whereby the Panama
vermiform appendix Was slashed from
the vitals Of Colombia he says Nv e
conducted the negotiations with the
incest and most scrnpuous honor, :"
which is certainly the construction of
AL executive euphemism whose de
lIcacY has seldom been equaled.
Grover Cleveland is making cre.ii
table effort to solve the eOnundrtin,
"What SHALL we do with our ex Pftsl
dents ?'' Ii las been suggested shat
every man who has been president
ought there fter to be ex off :o mem
Der OF the s nate, but object ions To
that transfer have been raised which
are difficult 10 over come. Washing
ton Went back to his farming and fox
hunting; John Adams carried his dig
nifty back TO his Old estate; Jefferson
WTestled with his detractors ana his
debts; Monroe kept himself alive by
travelling as 4 book agent; John q mi
c. Adams greatly enlarged biz tame
10y becoming member of the HOnSe
of Represen atives; Grant lived pre-
cariously an impe,iIed his good name
by getting tangled up in Wall Street.
Cleveland is the first of ex- Pre- sidents
to enhance and magnify his fame by
becoming a literature and publicist--
by officiating as a University lecturer
and enlightnipg the public as con
tributer 10 magazines and cuntroveIG T.
ed matters of national concern. This
is a highly honorable position; no Ser
vice could be more useful; and it is a
work to which most presidents are
competent. Every ex president has
an enormous clientele enabling him to
win large revenue from colleges and
periodicals, and at the same time con
fer a lasting benefit upon the whole
people of the country. Mr. CLEVELAND
is entitled to gratitude for having
courageously helped to solve difficult
| problem.
| The unanimous election of Thomas
Taggart of Indiana, as chairman o.
Democratic National Committee helps
to clear cloudy sky. AS Parker earn
| ed his first money as a Janitor ant
| Davis as brakeman, there is Il certain
propriety in selecting as their manager
a real Irishman who earned his frs
quarter of a dollar behind the luEcl
counter. 1t seems to complete the Dem
ocratic triumvirate. From dissectin,
sandwiches Taggart has risen to til
proprietorship of several large hotels
and besides being rich is immensel
popular. He is a blonde blue eye
athlete, and be shake hands as il yo
were his iOng-lOst brother. He is Gill
ed with the same pan Indiana smil
which Schuyler Colfax had, and b
vigorously EN- braces every acqualntanc
with ''Good-mOrnlng, brother p Ii
has an immense outfit down at til
| French Lick, the Monte Carlo of TIL
w est, which sphuts a geyser-the Plut
that congested KentuckiauS qua
to get rid of their superb uous mOu.
tain dew by turning themselves insid
out. Taggart has visited lEdlanapoii
round his finger r good many time
and if be shows the same ability
handle Indiana. he can 60 into Il
Cabinet or be minister to Ireland it /
prefers it. On Tom Is broad shoulder
vast responsibility is laid.
Senator GOrman w;is in the city t.
day and expressed himself us very an
ious about Indiana. lie expects
y carry Maryland and looks to Mr.. Day
10 haze over West Virginia. uemei
4 way s distr CT in Indiana, was fOrne
I ly Democratic, but has recently goi
! Republican by small majority. Tas
B CART is expected 70 wipe out thai III
I iority and send into exile the Presei
/ chairman of the Appropriations Con
4 mittee. Senator GOrinan laughs der
sivcly at the suggestion that kentuck
may go Republican. He says We'll,
I suppose Texas may"
] Some prominent Eastern Democra
] regard Illinois as not beyond the pc
siblity of capture. Theblg Chiclg
strike with probability of indefiul
I continuance, will accentuate Repub
can troubles in the Western campaign
Ii Chicago goes Democratic by Oil!
fifteen or twenty thousand, the sta
will probably be safe for Roosevelt b.
f the labor unions, excited and Inst
gated by strikes. boycotts, lockout
Il I'D bisckIiSts. should raise the eli
= m .iOritv tn fort " .,r ii ffy thuIlS.iun Nj