The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-06-04

CONGRESS QUITS DOING MOTH
ING:-Congress has adjourned. The
session just ended was the most use
less held in the memory of man, and
the Republican party will probably
have to pay a high price for it, as it
had the power to do anything it want
ed to- In the final hours, after the
longest "filbuster" on record, a cur
rency bill was passed. 1t was a make.
shift and will do little good, tho per-
haps some. All of the Democrats
and some of the Republicans opposed
it. There are still rumors that It is
intended TO help some Wall street men
in particular. That is about all that
Congress has done, except to pass
enough appropriations to make a
big deficit. One notable thing about
the attempt to defeat the currency
bill was that in opposing IT Senator
LaFollette broke all records for long
speeches, and talked IS hours and AZ
minutes. He hoped to keep the SEN
ate in session until it got tired so it
would let the bill drop. but failed.
REPUBLICAN coNTEsTs:-The
Republican National Committee will
soon meet to settle the contested
delegations. There are about 22O
seats contested, and If Taft should
lose them all he would fail to get
the nomination. He needs to get
only a few, however, and even his
enemies admit that he is sure to win
more than enough
BRYAN'S MISTAKE:-Bryan made
bad mistake last week, which has
been raising laugh all around He.
wrote an open letter to Mr. Taft,
asking Taft to join with him In
working for the passage of a bill that
would compel parties to publish the
names Of all that contributed to their
campaign funds. It was too late to
pass the bill. as Congress was all
ready to adjourn, but Mr. Bryan
thought the letter would look well.
He vas rather surprised when Taft
answered by showing that he had
been working for the bill all along,
and month ago, at the time when
1t might do some good. had written
letter to the chairman of the com
mittee having charge of the bill
BURTON TO NOMINATE 1t has
been practically settled that Congress-
man T. E. Burton of Cleveland, will
have the honor of nominating Taft.
BRYAN'S NOMINATION.: - The
honor of nominating Bryan will be
given TO /. ]. Dunn. lawyer of DEN
yer. It is reported that Alton B.
Parker, Bryan's great enemy who
was defeated in the last Presidential
race. viii be chairman of the Demo-
cratic committee on resolutions.
TO SUCCEED TAFT:-lt is report
ed that when Taft is nominated he
will resign from the Cabinet and will
be succeeded by Gen. Luke e. Wright
OF Tenn, who did such good work in
the PHILIPPINES. Gen. Wright was
originally a Gold Democrat, but has
been good Republican for some
time.
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT
Congress has shown that the men
who are controlling it are against
the President. None OF the big things
that ne has been working for have
been done. OF course it is all right
for Congress and the President TO
fight if they wantsto, but Congress
ought to remember that there is a
country full of people that want about
the same things Roosevelt does, and
that they can't hit Roosevelt without
hurting the people he is working for.
DEMOCRATS AFTER HARMONY:
1t is reported that the different
factions which have been fighting
each other in the Democratic party
OF this state have got together and
that at the state Convention at Lex
ington there will be harmony. With
the Democrats united and the Re-
publicans fighting and with the G.
o. p having to carry the heavy
load OF Bradley's alleged deal with
the whislIey men and his fight
against Taft. It win take lot of
mighty hard work TO keep this old
state in the Republican column. where