The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26

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eight to. which he had invited
some ne1wspaperrmen. During the
morning he met and conferred
with a delegation on the railroad
bill, besides receiving the visits of
Senators and Representatives who
called. He entertained a dlstln-
guished musician at luncheon.
He returned to his Office where he
remained until five when he took
a long horseback ride with Sena-
tor Lodge. He had a large party
of dinner guests Including White
law Reid, and in the evening he
shook hands with between fifteen
hundred and seventeen hundred
persons at the Diplomatic receP-
ton. After the receptionhe took
supper with the receiving party.
And Parson Wagner said Presi-
dent Roosevelt leads the "slmple
life"
The President of the largest ex-
press company in the United
States is also senior senator from
the most populous and richest.
state in the Union. He has for
years been the acknowledged boss
of his state and has welded an in.
fuence second only to that of the
President. of the United States.
He is presumed to represent and
be chiefly concerned in the
interests of his state and the coun.
try at large but as a stockholder
and president of the express COM
pany he has worked for the advan-
tage Of a private corporation and
against the interests of the people
of the United States and the
country at large has been taxed
millions of dollars to support
these express companies in rival
nv with the United States postal
establishment. If it were not for
Senator Platt with his powerful
influence backing the express
companies we would since have
had a self supporting postal estab-
lishment with letters costing one
Ecent postage instead of two. Mr..
Roosevelt knows this, the Post
master General knows it, hun
of thousands of American citizens
know it and feel it; can, shall it
be continued? Reform is in the
air; hoary bloated corruptionists
must be pulled off like ticks from
animals even though the process
involves c%apitatlon.
The House of Representatives
and the Senate in sympathy with
them have squarely turned thei1
backs to their>campaign promises
of tariff reform. OF course no.
body is surprised. The empti-
ness of platform and camgaign
promises of the republican party
is proverbial and thousands OF
stand-patters are denouncing the
President for compelling Congress
to show It's hands, and admit. the
deceitfulness of its promises be.
fore. they have had time to grow
cold. They consider it precipita.
: ton clumsy tactics and poor poll
ties. No one but a trio and, 8
marplot would have forced such 8
give away on his party.
An army officer of the inaugu.
ration committee says that the
weather will be too cold IN March
? next to permit the quarterlng Of
soldiers in tents. ."What, a sol.
, dier and afraid" Can it be that
{ the veterans from Pennsylvania
, Maryland and elsewhere, will turr
: their back on a March wind wher
| they will be protected by tents
with floors. carpets, sheet 1ror
| stoves and other sybaritish mill.
/ tary fxings. Their fathers in the
Ozarks and Alleghenies fought
winter campaigns and thought
themselves fortunate if they
could sleep OH the winward sidt
of a log or brush heap.