Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-06


flag woven by the hands of pa
triotic American girl on the ground
that the President of the United
States should not receive gifts!
Did he stick to it when he accepted
free of all cost special trains at the
hands of railroad magnatesl
Did he tell the truth when in his
Ranch Life and Hunting Trail, "
he SAID that the cowboys are much
better fellows and more pleasant
companions than small farmers and
agricultural laborers; nor are the
mechanics and workmen of the
great cities to be mentioned in the
same breathe" Did he stick to it
when he came to appeal for the
votes of the small farmers, the
agricultural labOrers and the me-
chanics and workmen of the great
citiesl
Did he tell the truth when he
said he would strictly enforce the
civil service laws of the countryl
Did he stick to it when he made one
of his own appointees as Civial
Service Commissioner tear up a
report he had written recommend
ing the dismissal of the Philadel-
phla postmaster for Just cause and
for fragrant violation of the law,
simply because he was afraid of
Matt Quay
Representative j. Adam Bede.
of Minnesota, is the very essence
of frankness, and he tells repub-
ican secrets with refreshing can
dor. At speech before the Essex
Club, of Boston, few days ago,
in speaking of President Roosevelt
and praising him highly, he said:
Some people may think he is a
little impulsive, and others say that
his watch was a few minutes fast
when he took Panama. Well. he
may not have set it just al Stand
ard time. But we are going to take
Panama anyway. 1t was a ques-
ton of ten or fifteen minutes. and
what difference did il make wheth-
er YOU took it at sunrise or noonl"
Certainly it made no difference
If we were going to take it any
way. If one is going to rob his
neighbours hen roost it really is
immaterial whether he robs it at 3
a. IN. or 3. 10. The important thing
is to grab the game and get home
with them in time for the morn
ing's devotions. According to the
code of morality which so pleases
the republican Essex Club at Dos
TIM, the sooner YOU grab what you
want the higher your merit and
the better qualified you are to lead
the party of great moral ideas of
which Lincoln and Sumner were
once illustrious members.
The people of the country need
not be at all surprised to hear of
some rather interesting develop
ments anent the Panama matter
when the democrats get into action
after the holidays. They are going
to make every honest attempt to
get the administration to give them
all the facts, and thus give them
to the country, concerning this en-
tire transaction from start to finish.
After they have exhausted every
resource to get at the facts from
the republicans. they are going to
spring few they now have up
their sleeves. The democrats
will show that the republican ad-
ministration dealt not only with
Wall Street, but with the French
Panama company. Wall Street
was to help push the deal through
for the French company and then
was to give the promoters $4,000
600 out of the forty million, and
then five million of this sum was
to go to the republican compaign
fund in recognition of the help
given them by the administration.
If these things be true is it any
wonder that the administration
does not ask any odds of Wall
Street, If they be true does any
honest man desire to see the thing
consummated by ratification of
such treaty when it does not at
all endanger the building of an
Isthmian canals
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