Amador ledger., 1908-05-22
FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS
AUKUm.

May l3-Quite good deal of rain
has fallen in these parts since
wrote you last. On Sunday night
last the rain fell constantly and
heavy all night long. Where once
was uneasiness on the part of every
one ms to the failure of crops, it has
now been dispelled. On Monday
night about O'Clock we we're treated
to thunderstorm. The rain fell for
about an hour in perfect torrents.
About two and oue-half miles from
Aukum on Robert Jamerson's place
the lightning struck cedar tree
shivering it to atoms. The thunder
burst with terrific force and seemed
to be tearing through the ornament
AS If DESTROYS of ripping the ethereal
forces asunder. Many little one
lowered closely to IFS mother
breast, as the great lumber wagon
went laundering on its way. Many a
mother, too, shivered with involun-
tary tear as the great roaring claps Of
thunder burst over their heads. One
man said TO me, cit seemed my
house had turned into bursting shells,
and l couldn't help from jumping
when the terrific claps of thunder
burst around me. "
The cry Of hard times ahead is be-
ing prophesied by a good many. The
money crash that always precedes
presidential election is responsible
for the greater part of the hard times.
Political econom lists will tell you in
glaring figures that it is an overplas
OF eXertions or the adaptation of
capital in various branches of specula-
tive industry But the fact is, there
is big scheme in the background
with the manipulation as the wheel
The political forces point to Taft on
the republican ST lie. Bryan is named
as the coming man on the democratic
side. But there is a serious doubt in
my mind whether some dark horse is
not ridden into the ring on both
sides. AS the late G.. Z. Huntington
said in an investigation before con-
gress once, 81 have always regarded
everything uncertain till L know it to
be certainty Taft is popular and
unpopular. His popularity is not for
any thing great he has done himself,
but he is simply the protege of the
president AS to Bryan he has run
too often to be a real successful
candidate in the race. The principles
he has enumerated upon the stump are
too we'll known to be commented up
on. The great mass Of wealth is
opposed to either Taft or Bryan. No
matter whether one likes or dislikes
their altitude they will remain the
factor Of all factors. Brains can't
cope against money or capital and
starve. Money can lie idle and
laugh. The tie up of money is the
knots they have made and will con
tinue to make. When the time cones
they will indorse the man that viii
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simply fudge. It is a matter Of
practical business with them, first
last and all the time. We need not
look for thing to brighten before the
close of the presidential election
next fall and even not then if com
bined capital does not indorse the
successful candidate. These are the
stern facts in the matter in a nut
shell. In my opinion the republican
convention will Try to renomnate
Roosevelt at the start. AS to the
democratic outlook it appears Bryan
again, if so, he viii in my opinion be
soldly defeated. tie cut his throat
as Henry Clay did to become presi-
dent by writing and saying too much.
There was picnic at Wriggles-
worth's on the 18th. 1t was we'll
attended considering it rained heavily !
ali day long the day before and
threatened with heavy rifting clouds
on picnic day. Giddy Dick.