The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30
THE WEEK IN POLITICS.

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Is but little preference in the national
election this fall" said q. p. Ripley,
president Of the Santa Fe railroad, at 4
Topeka, Kans., mo matter which way
the national election goes it will take
business conditions just so long to-
adjust themselves" N 81
Mr.. Taft had breakfast Id the white.
house, and President Roosevelt went
to the Unitarian church. with him.
They had q walk and then ldnche6ns II
| After a long conference, Mr.. Taft re-
ceived nearly two, score OF correspon-
dents. He said he had two meals III !
the white house and expected to eat
one more. He said he expected to be
elected. He refused to detail his con-
versatton with the president, who, he
said. was mot pessimist nor am l."
Mr.. Roosevelt is said to believe that
the socialist and Independent party
Will poll 100000 votes, most Of which
otherwise would go to the democrats
and to be confident Of the election OF
Governor Hughes. TIN
Mr.. Kern spoke enthusiastically of the
situation in New York and said If Bry-
an received the labor vote inslConnect-
icut and New Jersey that he would
carry those states 'f
It was shown that the Standard Oil
company was favored by the .Roose-
welt administration in the regulations
governing the operations Of the Pra-
RE Oil and Gas company In Oklali0-
ma. ~
Josephus Daniels, democratic ma
| tional committeeman from North Car
olina, has replied to Attorney General
Bonaparte's letter on trust busting
denying the claims made that success
has crowned ssthe administrations
prosecutions. s'ssN ss,s fs.ts
Count Tolstoi wrote letter to RI. u.
Jennings OF philadelphia expressing
his wish that Mr.. Bryan should be
elected.
| The problem of financing the work
Of the National Woman Suffrage asso.
citation came up at the convention Off
that. party held In BhMaIo; III. X.
where it Is said President Alma H. !
! Shaw talked to the, Aelegates@ip. no
uncertain way as to their failure to
| provide the national organization with
the means to carry on its york 1t
was finally decided to make an effort
to raise at least $1,000 by voluntary
| subscription. ). The contributions had
reached $3.50 when messenger
handed President Shaw letter from
Mrs. Catherine B.sLeWis of Baffalo,
enclosing cheek. for $4,000. Presi-
dent shaw ,ahllpufEoeA the contents of
the letter IN fews happy words.
In an open letter to Senator Knox,
Mr., Roosevelt asked Mr.. Bryan to de-
clare whether he believes in legalizing
| the black list and the secondary boy
colt, as Mr., GOmpers. asserts, or
whether the president Of the Ameri-
can Federati6nsRf Labor was mistak-
en- as to JUST What sthe injunction
plank OF the def40cFafic national con-
vention pledged party and its can
didates. u II vs.. afsyss !.
William Jennings Bryan Is devot-
ing much time. TO Il. labor In
l3Ohio.. The crowds that greeted him
In the industrial towns along the
Mahonihgt and Ohio rivers were SO
great that he declared be had wit
messed nothing like 1t before Women
tainted and the candidates voice was
lost In the roar. He charged the al
legged attempt by New York Central
oficials to- influence their employees
on the Big -Four road as crime
AGAINST American citizenship" He
also called upon President Roosevelt
to retract his misstatement relative
to. the democratic. campaign fund.
Mr.. Kern has, been compelled to
close his campaign tour abruptly on
account Of the serious illness Of his
Young son IN Indiana. He cancelled
his remaining upstate dates and left
for his home. -,.
More official heads have fallen as
the result of the charges OF pernicious
activity in the political campaign. The
civil eseryice commission has an
no,Inced that after thorough inyesti-
cation. ]. H.. Fordhom, a deputy col
lector of internal revenue at Orange
burg. S. O.. has been reprimanded
and suspended without pay for fifteen
days for active participation In the
republican state convention at Column
bia. Robert A. Stewart, temporary
deputy collector, who was county
chairman of the executive commlttee
of Clarendon county, South Carolina
has been reprimanded.
Mr.. Bryan, at Louisville, KY, de-
cIared that the purchase Of votes by
republicans" is now contemplated
wherever a purchasable vote can be
found: demanded that the republican
congressional campaign committee
saw whether it would make public It's
receipts. intimating that money too
much tainted" for the republican ma
tional committee to accept, was being