Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-12-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular CORRESPONDENT }

Washington, D. g.. Nov. 3U.-The
great enthusiasm for Bryan engeDder-
I'd during the visit of that luminary to
Washington last week and culml cat.
ing in his unanimous and vOciferous
acclamatlon as to choice of the Demo-
cratic party for their standard bearer,
at the dinner given 10 his honor, is still
at high pitch. Bryan is more pop.
ular than ever and his views on poll
tical questions are gaining friends
am ong all classes, irrespective of par
ty. Ollie M. James, representative
from Kentucky, is in WASHINGTON and
is of the opinion that Hearst would
not object to Bryan's nomination.
ION the contrary be says, IL fully
believe he would give him hlssupport.
The people have had AL opportunity
to find that Bryan is sincere in bis
| views. Even President Roosevelt has
adopted some of them and put them
into practical execution" Senator
James P Clark of Arkansas, In speak
Ing of the political outlook, declared
it to be his personal opinion the Bryan
| would be the nominee of the Demo
cratic party for the President that. of
course, it was difficult to tell what in
dividuals might do, but that the mass
of the voters In Arkansas will be fol
him.
The advance sheets are out from the
office OF the Director of Census con
corning the "blue books, which con
tains the names of all the government
employees. According to these sheets
there are % 947 government workers
in the District of Colu % bia, and of this
number 1851 are accredited to the
District. New York is second on the
list with 1928 residents of that State
holding places in Washington; Mary
land is third, with 2,192, while Arizona
is last. with but 10. To all these en-
ployes in Washington there is disburs-
ed annually the sum of $31 ,54l, 235 in
salaries, making the average 81, 0S9.
Public confidence cannot he restored
until the State and Federal authorities
send the men who have looted corpor-
atious to Jail is the opinion of Stuyves
ant Fish, and politicians note with
interest the similarity Of this big finan-
cier's proposed remedies and the policy
adopted by President Roosevelt. MIR.
Fish maintains that the present dnan-
cial crisis is due to utter lack of con-
fdence in corporate management as
controlled and directed from Wall
Street, and that such lack of conf
dencs Is worldwide ITO re establish
confidence abroad we must first re-
esta blish it at home, and particularly
in the agricultural communities Of
the w est and South, where the real
wealth Of this country is annually
taken out of the soil in the shape of
crops, lumber, coal and other minerals.
1t has been said that there were two
ways of avoiding this panic; First, by
corporations purging themselves
cleaning their own houses; second, by
the strong arm of the government put
ting some of the rascals In jail. Neither
the corporation nor the government.
State on Federal. has yet acted eff
GENTLY; hence we are confronted with
a period of depression in general bust
ness which is real and widespread and
must of necessity last until confidence
Is restored. This, again, can be ex
pedited by vigorous action on the part
of the corporations Of government. or
delayed Indefinitely through inactlon.
AS a result of the fact that Wash
ington has cabled Secretary Taft, re-.
Questing him to hasten his return to
the United States, the Secretary who
is coming by way of the Trans Siberian
Railroad, and is due at Moscow next
Saturday. has sent telegram TO Mont
gomery Schuyler, Jr., the American
charge de affaires, asking him, il posi-
BILE, to arrange the audience with En-
peror Nicholas SO as to enable him to
leave st. Petersburg the afternoon Of
December 4 His departure on the
night Of December 5 was originally
provided for In the schedule. The
most absurd stories regarding Secre-
tary Taft q mission to Russia are In
general circulation over there, accord
ing to advces received 10 Washington,
and Mr.. Schuyler, is kept busy deny
ing these ridiculous tales, being oblig
ed even 10 resort to the Russian press
to deny the possibility of any trouble
with Japan.
Secretary Cortelyou announced, on
Thursday night, that further subscrip
tions to the one year Treasury certifi-
Gates would not be received, and the
announcement Is regarded 10 Wash
tngtOn as Indicating that the Secre-
tary considers the crisis in the money
market to be practically over. While
no official figures have as yet been
given out at the Treasury of the
amount of certificates allotted, the