The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-06-13
WEEKLY LETTER FROM
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
SPEAKING OF BRYAN and Other
CANDIDATES-OTHER MATTERS OF
CURRENT INTEREST.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June S.
William Jennings Bryan was in
Washington this week and gave an
interview tending. to correct some
inaccuracies that he said had crept
into the talk that he gave out in
New York. He says that he did
not say as attributed to him that
there were more important issues
than the tariff before the people.
What he said was that there were
three issues before the people, the
trusts, the railroads and the tariff
and that they were Of equal import
ance. There were other issues,
he said, but these three were
paramount. He said he did not
think it necessary to give supreme
Importance to any one Of the three
| issues named. The Democratic
party, he said, was determined on all
of them-thorough revision Of the
tariff, determination of the trusts
and strict regulation of the railroads.
He did not say, it will be noted,
government ownership of the rail-
roads. Col. Bryan has come to the
conclusion that he is too nearly
alone in his government ownership
theory to attempt to make it part
of the creed of the Democratic
party. but he knows that stric'
supervision and control of the rail
roads is a thing on which all mem
bers of the party are agreed.
As to the possibility of Preslden
Roosevelt nominating his successor
in Office, Mr. Bryan said that it wa
hardly necessary or laudable pro
ceeding. He said candidate will
IA clear record needed no sponsor.
Speaking of candidates, there is
good deal of quiet amusement amon'
the politicians in Washington ant
there are good many of them still
here, over the sclemnly modest wa
lin which Senator Knox received tn
endorsement of the Penpsylvanl
lconveatlon on the launching of hi
presidential boom. Senator knc:
lis a good man in great many way
| and is personally we'll liked IN Wash
Iington. But 1t is thoroughly under
stood among practical politician
that his boom is being worked up b
corporate interests as stalking hors
in the fight that the managers o
the Republican party are afraid t
make openly against any man o
President Roosevelt's choice. Sena
ltor Knox was the successor of Ma
Quay, probably the mcst brazenl,
machine made politician of machine
ridden Pennsylvania. Boies Penros
had the practical appointment of
man to succeed Quay and wa
hesitating between several possible
candidates when H G Frick ant
President Cassat of the Pennsylvania
Railroad walked into his Office ant
said that they wanted Knox appoint
ed. There was not moments
hesitation. Knox was given the
place and rumor has it that the
place cost somebody $250,000 that
went where it would do the most
good. Now if Knox should ever be
elected President and have a trust
fight on his hands, it is hardly
! likely that the trust would get the
worst of it.
The little furry over the holding
up of two or three diplomats in
automobiles near Washington on the
Conduit road for exceeding the speed
laws has grown till it is becoming
quite a respectable sized issue. The
holdups referred to were the work of
the mayor and the sheriff of Glen
Echo, a little hamlet on the out
skirts of Washington. The town is