Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-04-27

in its hour of need. A man who
says nothing himself, but who is
endorsed by such men rs those
named above. certainly must have
given to them his position on the
questions agitating the people of
the country, evidently suiting them
down To the ground. If they do
so, then they should not suit the
great mass of the common people
OF the country. for those men rep
resent all there is TO the rapacity
of riches and the lust for loot
among the criminal trusts and the |
special privilege grabbers of this
great country. 1t is the consen-
sus of opinion here among the
leading western and southern dem
ocrats that if Judge Parker is de-
feated for the nomination. he may
attribute it To the company he
keeps, for they utterly repudiate
the kind of democracy for which
Hill, Belmont and Cleveland stand
and look upon their activity in
democratic politics at this time as
an attempt to repubIicanize the
Democratic party. and they say
that there Is not room in this coun-
try for two republican parties and
will have none of it in theirs.
Another thing that has caused
unfavorable comment in connec-
tion with that New York State
convention is the platform adopted
as the expression of democratic
faith and an cnunciation of demo-
cratic principles. 1t Is the very
kind of platform that might have
been expected from a convention
controlled by the Hills and Bel
monts of New York politics. ltI
Is n good platform for the demo-
Gratis TO stand on if its purpose is
to avoid giving cause for alarm to
the entrenched special interests
which now have possession of the
Federal Government. But As a /
message from the Democratic
party of the State of New York |
To the Democratic party of the
nation, it is an absurdity. 1t was
an effort To present n declaration of
principles which should avoid the
calamity of offending the trusts. /
and IL was 4 distinct success. 1t
will fool no man who knows what
true democracy means and what il
stands for. The SO-called demo
cratic convention i'm the state of
New York will, in the opinion of
some of the Shrewdest members of
the democratic party in tins city.
react against the candidacy of
Judge Parker and rebound To the
benefit of the man whose position
on every public question Is as
easily found aS the Rocky Noun
tains in Colorado, who is a demo
crat because he believes in the
people and the cause of the people,
the Hon. William Randolph
Hearst.
At the war department the other
day | learned that Quartermaster
General Humphrey and other Of
ficers of the quartermaster's de-
partment of the army, have ar
ranged a most interesting exhibit
of that great military supply de-
partment for the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition. The exhibit in
cludeS representations of different
methods of field transportation and
uniforms of the army of the Uni
ted States from l776 up to date.
The uniforms are illustrated in
movable frames. Lay figures
show a group of officers and men
of all arms and departments in the
present service, and dress uni
forms, including the new olive
drab uniform, also a group in the
tropics in khaki and in white sum
mer uniforms. Special exhibits
show the development in army
boots and shoes since 1857, includ-
ing all sorts of foot gear worn
during the civil war, in Alaska,
and the Indian campaigns, together
with brass screwed shoe worn by
a Confederate soldier, and two
campaigns of mOcaSSinS worn by
Apache Indians during the Gero-
memo campaign. In fact the cX-
hibit will be a complete expose of
the army from the beginning of
the republic up to the present
time, and as an object lesson to
children studying history is invalu-