Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-05-25

them ana their particular brand of
Democracy.
There is really more reason why
these men should explain their
attitude in this matter than should
MIR. Hearst. There was no reason
to suspect Mr.. Hearst as bolter.
because he never has bolted ticket
in his life. The only basis of rea-
sonlng what a man will do in the
future is by what he has done in
the past. Mr.. Hearst has never
bolted in the past and says he will
not IN the future. All the men
prominent in the reorganizer
movement have been boilers for
the last two presidential cam
paigns. Will they be boilers in
this, in case they do not control
the convention and nominate the
man of their choicel 1t is a peril
nent question and it is up to them
to answer. They should be as
frank as Mr.. Hearst and give the
Democracy of the nation to under
stand their attitude on this most
important question. The people
would like to hear from them.
The Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee has been
organized, with the exception of
the appointment of the Executive
and Finance committees, and prob
ably will begin To get busy within
the next few days. The Democrats
will enter this campaign for the
next House of Representatives
with every encouragement in the
belief that they will be successful.
Several things are working together
that make Democrats more hopeful
of victory than they have been
since 1892. In the first place the
Democrats have been Singularly
fortunate in their choice of a chair
man of the committee this wear.
As soon as il became known that
the Hon. James NJ. Griggs. of
Georgia, chairman of the commit
tee two years ago and than whom
there never was better one.
would not again serve his party on
account of sickness in his family.
the name of only one man in the
House was discussed i'm connection
with the position and that was the
Hon. William =. Cowherd. of Mis-
souri,. Mr.. Cowherd was elected
unanimously and a better choice
could not have been made. Mr..
Cowherd is Il young man. forty
three years old, and has served i'm
four successive Congresses. the
Fifty fifth, Fifty sixth. Fifty
seventh and Fifty-eighth. He is
a modest man, but on the occasion
of his very first speech on the
floor of the House he was marked
by all the oldtimers as one of the
coming young men of the House.
His speeches are not marked by
flights of tlowery rhetoric. but they
abound in lucidity of expression.
simple language, cogent reasoning.
an unanswerable argument based
on the facts and stated SO clearly
that n child can understand them.
Ii is not his eloquence that makes
him a remarkable figure on the
floor of the House, but his clear
insight into things and the motives
of men and his ability To explain
them. He is one of the best de-
baters in the House and many a
Republican opponent has gone
away limping when they crossed
swords with him in debate. He is
a member of two of the most i'm
portant committees in the House.
those of Post Offices and Post
Roads and the District of Column
bia. He is an indefatigable worker
and his speech in the last session
on the frauds in the Post Office
Department was one of the finest
things listened to during the seS-
sion. 1t will be used as campaign
document. Mr.. Cowherd is a
splendid organizer. He organized
victory for himself in district
that had been in the habit of going
Republican and his majOrities have
been growing larger ever since he
first came to Congress. Mr.. Cow
herd, therefore, understands the
needs of Democratic candidate in
the northern districts and his ad-
vice and suggestions to them will