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iprocity. where they dare not stane
pat in still further ignoring recon-
mendations Of the interstate com
merce commission to adopt RENE
dies to put an end to injustices
perp etratcd by common carriers.
His policy will also place them
in the position where they dare not
stand pat on the methods of admin
istration which have obtained in
the post office department, and in
other branches Of the government.
| His policy is along the lines Of an
aggressive emocracy, and ii will do
more to unite the party and put it
in fighting trim for the great cam
paign this year than anything that
can come to the assistance Of the
party at this time. | said in this
correspondence months ago that the
democracy of the country was to be
congratulated on the leadership Of
the Hon. John Sharp Williams, be-
cause, knowing the man Us did, |
| knew what he would do when he
assumed the reins Of this quasi
official position. He has the brains,
the selt-poise, the tact, the untailing
good nature, the high moral prin
ciple. the aggrcssiveness and the love
Of true democracy that admirably
fit him for an ideal legislator in the
interests of the people as against the
classes and the combinations ofpred
atory wealth. If the people will sus
tain him they will reap the reward.
At least one republican member Of
the House of Representatives has a
good idea of the eternal fitness ofall
things, and what is due to the tax
payers of the country in one respect,
and he has taken pot-shot at Il very
lively abuse that has been growing
at Il rapid rate under the last two
republican administrations. He is
the Hon. Charles b. Landis, ofIndi- |
ana. and he has aimed a resolution ut
the heads ofthc people here who are
in The government employ and who
ride about in carriages at the expense
of the people Of the country. If all
the carriages and other vehicles own !
ed and maintained by the govern |
ment for the private use Of the en-
ployes Of the different departments |
We're strung out in one line. they |
would stretch from the capitol to |
the White House along Pennsylvan- |
ia avenue Mr.. Iandis has seen |
this abuse, and he has had the man |
hood and the patriotism to hit ut |
it, and it is to be hoped he will |
smash it. Ny hat is off to Mr.. |
Landis. More Power to his elbow. |
The political gossip that still is
agitating the tongues Of the politi-
clans at the national capital concerns
the late meeting Of the democratic
national committee in this city, and
the things that happened thereat.
| told last week how some of the
New Workers quit asking for the
convention when they found that the
Parker boom was about as fiat as q
custard pie that had fallen from the
top Of Washington monument, but
the letter was written before the ad-
Journmcnt of the meeting ofthe com
mittec, and could not have forctold
the interesting development anent
the place of holding the next con-
vention. At the time | wrote the
last letter everything looked as if
Chicago would have walk-over for
the convention, but something hap
pened to scare the convention down
to St. Louis. That something was
the powerful Hearst movement and
sentiment, not only among the mem
bcrs Of the committee, but among
the hundreds of prominent demo
Gratis who came to attend the meet
ing Of the committee What some
Of the reOrganizing element of the
democratic party took to bea cloud
no larger than mans hand turned
out to be cyclone, and it scared
them from the balmy brcezcs of
Lake Michigan into the cyclone eel
lars of st. Louis. They were run
were sadly scared lot Of people.
There was a hurry call sent around
to the faithful late on Monday even
ing before the meeting of the COM
mittee, and few OF them met at the
home ofJohn r. Mclean and agreed
then and there that it would never
do to allow the convention to go to
a city where Mr.. Hearst had two
powerful newspapers and a great
personal following. They conjectur-
ed up visions OF thousands OF work
ing men parading the streets Of the