Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-11-02
FROM WASHINGTON

The democrats have every reason
IN be confident. Things have been
turning to the democratic candi-
dates with whirl in the past ten
days. Ii looks now as though the
labor vote of the country would go
Parkerand Davis in a solid phalanx.
The extraordinary heavy registra-
ton in all the great cities of the
North, the great centers of popu-
lation. where the working man
lives, where the wage Garner works
and makes his living by the sweat
of his brow and where the increas-
cd cost of living and no Increase in
wages makes il doubly hard to
make both ends meet, is an indica-
ton that the democratic party will
reap the benefits of this large in
crease in the registered vote. The
average voter is tired Of voting to
uphold a party in power that gives
10 the criminal trusts of the coun-
try the right to run all other peO-
ple out of business and then rob
the people by putting up prices so
that the average man can not buy.
If he is not tired of il, then he is
lust 4 plain, common, everyday
idiot and ought TO be robbed. The
indications are that he will not be
robbed any longer if his vote will
help him to get rid of the robbers.
The outlook now is that the States
of Rhode Island, Connecticut. New
York. New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana
and several of the Rocky Mountain
States including Colorado, Nevada,
Idaho and Montana will give their
electoral votes TO the democratic
ticket, which will give us victory.
In the battle for the next House
of Representatives the democrats
expect TO make gains in the States
of Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, Illi-
nois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Col
orado, Montana, Idaho and Cali
fornia and elect democratic
House. There are great many
sore spots in the surely republican
States in different Congressional
districts and the democrats will
reap the benefit i'm all of them.
Since the republican party has
gone to the poker table for its
slogan, it is pertinent To say that
wise gamblers stand pat only
on a hand so good that it can not
he improved or on a poor hand for
the purpose of "bluffing" other
players into the belief that it is a
irSt-claSS one.
Consider seriously, are the
national conditions so good that
they can not be improvedl Is that
the reason why the republican
party stands pat" ON them!
Is the country so prosperous
that it is either foolish or wicked
TO think it might be made more so
10y intelligent legislation.
Conditions are upon us which
have thrown hundreds of thousands
OF workingmen out of employment
and reduced the earnings of mil
hons.
Does the republicanpa stand
pat on that state OF things
ldleness for an army of workers
and the lowering of wages have
caused a widespread lessening of
the peoples purchasing power,
and consequent decrease in sales
and profits among manufacturers
and merchants. Thus has been
brought on general lethargy in
business.
Does the republican party stand
pat" on that
While wages and profits have
gone down, the cost of living has
gone up through the arbitrary de-
mands of eXtortionate trusts.
Does the republican party stand
pat" on that9
Exports and imports have fallen
OIL enormously.
Does the republican party stand
pat' on thatl
For the current fiscal year the
treasury statement shows an ex-
cess In expenditures over receipts
ot about $40, 900, 900.
Does the republican party stand
pat" on that.
Monopolistic trusts continue to
charge what they please for the