Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1904-11-08
CHATS BY The WAY.


New York Republicans. The Press,
upon Chauncey M. Depew, says: 'sThe
Press is believed to be one Of the Or
gans Of Ex-Governor Frank s. Black,
who aspires to GUST Depew from his
comfortable seat In the Senate"
Among the numerous reforms that
may be looked for in the event Of the
election Of Judge Parker is zone for
the preservation of the lives Of trav-
elers by water. The steamboat inspec-
don service, by practice of graft and
Indulgence in favoritism. has been ad-
mfttedly rotten, like the bulk Of the
life preservers aboard the Inflated
General Slocum. It was rottenest
when Chairman Cortelyou was Secre-
tary of the Department Of Commerce
diction the steamboat inspection SER
vice.
The Panama chicken is coming home
to roost before the coop is ready. 1t
was not intended to be ready until af-
ter the election.
The Steel Trust takes from the peck
cts of our people and does not even
give its workmen a fair share of its
swag In fact, it robs them right
along with the rest Of the people and
besides giving to foreigners better
bargain than to our own people.
All Stems no;n< n 4ba a1oo4so, ~ q
Democratic House Of Representatives
Then will the time come when rot
ten Administration will not be per-
mitted to investigate itself and exclude
Congress from participation.
Announcement is made that during
the New York campaign the Republic
cans will keep Odell in the back
ground. The Democrats, on the 9TH
er hand, will keep Odell and Odelhsm
well to the front. They are worth thou
sands of votes.
Roosevelt boasts of his undying de-
votion to civil service reform, yet not
In a dozen years has the law been so
extensively and flagrantly violated as
now. All over the country Government
employees are being forced to contrib
ute to the Roosevelt campaign fund.
$50
The New York Press predicts that
Roosevelt will come down to the Har-
lem River with 10000 plurality. If
he reaches that point with $4,000 plu-
. rality he will be doing very well, but
even the former figure will not save
him, because Judge Parker's lead be-
low the Harlem will be at least 1851 900.
This is q Democratic year in New
York.
We have often wondered just what
was the matter with Tom Watson and
now we know. The Nashville Ameri-
can let's the cat out Of the bag. TON
has had kind Of viperish, gangrenish
hatred for the Democracy ever since
Judge Fuller, of Georgia, mopped up
the earth with him in two separate
races for Congress"
The Boston Journal, the newspaper
that the Vermont Republicans regard
as only less. sacred than the Bible, re-
ports that eleven men have subscribed
each $1,000O00 to the Democratic
campaign fund, and yet the Journal is
sure that Roosevelt will win out. This
nice little wad of the "long green" is
to be dumped" into the doubtful
States. Next!
Governor Chairman Odell says these
stories about "perversion of State
funds" are lies from start to finish.
"On the contrary" he says, II have
saved the State over $6,000,0O0 by my
yetoes." What an awful lot of graft
ers Odells henchmen must be, if, in
addition to what they got away with,
the boss held them up and made them
disgorge to the tune Of $6,000,000!
tYou can see twenty acres of Philip
pine life at the worlds fair, but you
cannot see a square rod of the Consti-
Injustice Brewer, Of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court. ~
Respectfully referred to President
Roosevelt, with the suggestion that
Justice Brewer be promptly tried for
high treason.
The campaign for the perpetuation Of
Odellism in the State of New York is
progressing beautifully. mo act OF
the Republican State Administration
could bring blush of shame to the
face of any Republican" exclaimed
State Senator Elsberg, one Of Odell's
henchmen, in closing an impassioned
plea for fair treatment Of the Govern
or-Chairman. Marvellous" comments
the Republican New York Sun, "thai
SO immaculate thing should diffuse
such an appalling stenchv'
Colonel George Brumder, of Milwau
kee, who started out to help cleo
Roosevelt, has decided that he made 9
mistake, and is now advocating the
election Of Judge Parker instead
Colonel Brumder owns the leading Ger
man-American newspaper in Milwau
kee. He is also the proprietor of the
Freie Presse, published in Lincoln
Neb., and a German-American weekly
of large circulation in Chicago Colone
Brumder is recruit worth having.
is fact of considerable significance
that a majority of the newspapers il
the Western States that are print
ed in the German language ar
supporting the Democratic Presi
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