Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-09-21

white labor-no owskis or ovitches
but quiet, industrious immigra-
ton offersa possible solution of the
question, but immigrant labor is
new thing in the South and its
accomplishment would take long
time. Until than. whatl"
To show only one instance of the
reckless extravaganza of Roosevelt
and his methods of spending the
peoples money by using the YES
sells of the Navy for outings, / in
vestigated the matter of the Pres
ident and other officials using the
Sylph and Dolphin, two dispatch
boats that belong to the Navy. |
went to the Navy Department and
inquired of the Chief Clerk for the
information desired. He said it
was a delicate matter, and declined
to furnish the information, except
upon the authority of the Secre-
tary. went to the Secretary's
Office, and had a talk with Mr..
NordhouSe, his private secretary.
Nr, NordhOuse declined to give
any information regarding matters
which occurred previous TO Mr..
Morton'S entrance into office as
Secretary OF the Navy. He said
that since July last. Mr. Morton
had used the Dolphin on one oc-
caslon, and had givin his check on
the Chicago National Bank for one
hundred and sixty-fve dollars and
seventeen cents in payment there
for. He showed me the check.
He said the Democratic Committee
wouldn't publish the fact that he
had given the check; but assured
him that it would. | asked if Mr..
Roosevelt and others had given
checks when they used the Dolphin
and the Sylph, ,.and desired to know
why MIR. Morton should. pay, if
others did not pay. ! asked for
the law on the subject, but it was
not cited. ! mentioned this mat
tor because it is important that it
should he known. since if there
were no law allowing Mr.. Morton
to use public property for private
amusement or convenience, there
should seem 10 bc none allowing
his predecessors or the President
20 do so; and the fact that Mr..
Morton paid for the use of the
Dolphin proves that Mr.. Roosevelt
should, under the law, also have
paid for the use of the Sylph and
the Dolphin on several occasions.
Also, why should not the records
of the Navy Department be shown
previous to Morton's entry there
as Secretary! The Department
did not start with his advent there.
The people may draw their own
conclusions.
n prominent government official
who has returned from trip To
the Worlds Fair at St. Louis. has
this to say about that great exposi-
ton:
THE continued complaint that
the Worlds Fair is still incredible
to the country at large may be
surprising to some, but those who
lave seen most of the Fair itself
are likely to be least surprised by
1T. ] know of no way of using
words TO make it credible, to ena-
BILE the country 10 realize what it
is. Seeing it day after day and
from month to month seems the
only possible solution of the diff
Guilty, but really it is no solution
at all. The original plans are so
far exceeded by the actual results
that the knowledge of the plans is
little or no help to believing in the
results when they are actually
before the eyes.
IF we take the buildings them
selves as part of the original plans
we can only say after seeing them
that when we rubbed AIaddin'S
lamp the genius of civilization
answered with them. If they were
empty, if their doors were closed,
if they with their sculptured deco
rations and the statues which sur
rounded them, were the only
attraction, the only object lesson,
it would be enough of itself to
command and hold attention not
only for this year, but for as many
years to come as such spectacle
could last.
1t remains incredible even after
they have been seen repeatedly
that work done in so short a time
should be so well done. The pan
Drama. if an actual panorama of SO
great q work were possible, would