Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-12-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regulai Correspondent.

l
unanimous and vociferous accla-
nation as to choice OF the Demo-
cratic party for their standard
bearer, at the dinner given in his
honor, is still at a high pitch.
Bryan is more popular than ever
and his views on political ques-
tions are gaining friends among
all classes, irrespective OF PARTY
Ollie NJ. James, Representative
from Kentucky, is in Washing
ton and is OF the opinion t h a t
Hearst would not object to. Bry-
ans nomination. "On the con-
trary," he says, 81 fully believe
he would give him his support.
The people have had an oppor-
tunity to find that Bryan is sim
cere in his views. Even President
Roosevelt has adopted some OF
them and put them intopractical
execution" Senator James P.
Clark, OF Arkansas,i in speaking
of the political outlook, declared
it to be his personal opinion that
Bryan would be the nominee OF
the Democratic party for t h e
Presidency, and that, OF course,
it was difficult to tell what indi-
viduals might do, but that the
mass OF the voters in Ark, will
be for him. 's@-.
The advance sheets are ou t
from the office OF the Director OF
Census concerning the ''bl ue
book, which contains thenames
OF all the government employees
According to these sheets there
are 2S,947 government workers
! in the District OF Columbia. and
of this number S,961 are accre
dited to the District. New York
is second on the list with 2,32;
residents of that State holding
places in Washington; MarylanC
is the third with 2,192, VIII il'
/, Arizona is last, with but 10. III
, all these employees in Washing
ton there is disbursed annual.
the sum of $31, ,541,2 ,235 in sal
aries, making the average $l,
Os9.
Public confidence cannot be re
stored until the State and Fed
eral authorities send the me-
q who have looted corporations t.
jail is the opinion Of Stuyves an
J, Fish, and politicians note witt
u interest the similarity OF this bls
financier's proposed remedieSan
: the policy adopted by Presiden
Roosevelt. Mr.. Fish maintain
that the present financial cr'sl
is due to utter lack OF confidenc
in corporate management as co
trolled and directed from Wa
Street, and such lack OF cont
q dence is worldwide. "To re-esta
. lish confidence abroad we mus
:, first re.establish it at home, an
:, particularly in the agriculture
4 communities of the West a n
South, where the real wealth
this country is annually take
out of the soil in the shape
crops, lumber, coal and oth'
r. minerals. 1t has been said th'
there we're two ways OF avoldlT
20 this panic: FIRST, by corporation
ID purging themselves~e fe a n d
= their own houses; second, by t
- strong arm of the governme
put ting some of the rascals
iail. Neither the corporation n
;. the government, or delayed
definitely through inaction'
As q result OF the fact tn {
: Washington has cabled Sec
?. tary Taft, requesting him to h'
ten his return to the U. 3, t
by Secretary who is coming by W
to of the Trans-Siberian Railro'
'cK and is due at Mocow next Sat'
y ny day, has sent a Telegram to Nc
is, gomery Schuyler Jr., the Am'
me can charge OF affairs, asking b
q if possible, to arrange the au
ence with Emperor Nicholas
ner as to enable him to leave
Ier Petersburg the afternoon OF J