Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

fight against the machine wing
OF the Republican organ!zation.
He is up against a hard forma-
ton and the situation has been
complicated by the fact that the
President has aroused the ami
mostly Of the Labor Union ele-
ment by his remarks during the
Hartman controversy in lump
ing Hartman and Debbs and
Meyer md Haywood, the accus-
ed murderers of Gov:. Stunnen-
burg OF Idaho in the same cata-
CORY as undesirable citizens. =
The labor element holds that as
tMoyer and Hayward are about
to be brought to trial for mur,
der, the Presidents remarks will
have the effect of preiudicing JUS
tice against the accused. There
fore the labor unions in vari-
GUS quarters have entered strenu
GUS protests and are preparing
to inject themselves into the fight
in Ohio and to take an active
part in the general campaign as
anti Roosevelt bodies, more with
a desire to CRAFTY a personal de-
sire for vengeance than for the
principle involved.
Word has been received at the
Estate Department of the signing
at Amapala OF a treaty OF peace
between Nicaragua and Saliva
dor. This marks the, end OF the
present Central American war;
and the treaty providesfor a gen
eral peace conference OF the Cen
trail American republics in t h Q
near future that it is thought
will insure the continuance of
peace in that region for years to
come. The President has received
a congratulatory telegram from
President Zelaya OF Nicaragua
thakning him for the part he had
personally taken in bringing a.
bout the cessation of hostilities.
The peace pact containing til e
provision for a general peace
conference is the same in effect as
that signed on the Marblehead
about a year ago, but which new
er put into effect owing to t h e
strained relations between tn 0
Central American countries at
the time, Now that the pressure
has beenfelieved by a fight, the
air is clearer and it is, thought
that the conference will be held
with some chance OF success.
Patent Commissioner +. |. AL
len, has resigned from the Impor-
tant post he has held under the
Interior Department for the past
six years, and will follow the ex-
ample Of some OF his predecess-
ors in office and return to t h e
practice OF law. Commissioner Al
len has not had an altogether
tranquil time in his long admin
istration. The office under his
care fell dreadfully into arrears
Of work and there we're many crit
icisms OF his administration. A
good many influences were at
work to oust him from his job,
but it took a good deal OF time
and much effort to pry him loose
from such a good official salary
His successor has not yet been
named, but quite possibly it will
be assistantC Commissioner Moore.
What is needed in the office a.
bove all things now is q prompt
and effective business ddministra-
tion to clear up the long list of
arrears with which the office has
been struggling for some years
past and for which Commission
er Aliens incompetent adminis-
tration is at fault.
A new record was established
in the Deed Literary Office this
month in the return OF undeliver-
ed letters to their writer's. This
has always been a serious prob
lem, and till q few months ago,
it looked as though the Dead Let
|
ter Office had become so congest-