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Johnson and Miles could not get
the electorial vote of Sonth Caro
lina.
What does The News and Courier
think of Gen. Miles as a running
mate for its candidat3 for Presi
dent? Congressman Hammond,
Johnson's friond. says he would
make an ideal one.
.-1?
the Republican leaders in Con
gress profess to be anxious to lay
bare the immaculate record of the
Republicans on campaign fund con
tributions and expenditures, but
they refuse to allow the bill for
publicity to come to a vote, so that
the public might inspect the "dough
fcags." _ ,
President Roosevelt is a humor
ous. Hesays the real malefactors
of great wealth have been pilloried.
\ Which one Mr. President? Eventhat
* 'practical man" Harriman has not
been indicted let alone pilloried.
The President has assured the
Prosperity Association that nothing
serious will happen to the railroads
before the election. Mr, Harriman
may now proceed to raise another
250,000?dollar corruption fund for
the G. o. P. He and Teddy are
prctical men.
The petition of all the Democrat
ic members of Congress and Mr.
Parker, of South Dakota, a Repub
lican, to Speaker Cannon, asking for
conideration of the bill to put
wood pulp and print paper on the
free list, will receive about as much
attention as other reform measures,
have received.
Tke Johnson bureau at Washing
ton says "in the presidential cam
paign of 1900, Mr. Bryan was the
apparent choice of nearly every
Democrat in the country." The bu
reau should except the Wall Street j
Democrats, who then opposed Bry
an, and are now doing all they can
to prevent his nomination.
Congressman Hammond, of Min
nesota, who is the only Democratic
member of Congress from the West
who favors the nomination of John
son for President, says Gen. Miles
would make an ideal running mate
for Johnson. This shows how much
the so called Democrats of Minne
sota feel for Southern people.
The Manufacturers Association is
about to organize a business men's
political party. The main object of
the new party will be to aid stand
pat Congresmen to get re-elected so
as the members of the Manufactur
er's Association can continue to
bold up and rob the public under
the protection of the robber tariff
"Johnson and Miles" is the tick
et suggested by Congressman Ham
mond for nomination by the Demo
crats at Denver. Gen. Miles might
"make an ideal running mate" for
Gov. Johnson as Congressman Ham
mond suggests so far as. the Min
nesota brand of Democracy is con
cerned, but the South got quite
enough of Gen. Miles some years
ago when he treated President Jef
ferson Davis with great bru
tality while a helpless prisoner in
Fortress Monroe. "Johnson and
Miles" could not even carry the
Solid South,
Th:s mere mention of the name of
Gen. Miles in connection with a
Presidential ticket that the South is
expected to vote for is an insult to
our people, Yet Congressman H am
mond.who is a close p sonal and
political friend of Gov. Johnson, the
candidate of The News and Courier
for the Presidency, says Gen. Miles
would make' an ideal running mate
for Gov. Johnson. As Congressman
Hammond and Gov. Johnson are
from the'same State it is more than
likely that they agree on the propo
sition that "Gen. ?files would make
an ideal running mate" for the
ideal candidate of The News a-id
(Courier.
No Gen. Miles for Us.
. The Washington Bureau of Cov.
John A. Johnson, of Minnesota,
who is the candidate of the News
and Courier for the Democratic
nomination for President, sent out
last week the opinion of several Con
gressmen as to who should be nom
inated by the Democrats for Vice
President. Ainong others whose
opinions were given we find that of
Congressman Hammond, of Minne
sota, who is qnoted as follows:
I am for Johnson-for President,
and either Francis Burton Har
rison or Gen. Miles would make.
an ideal running mate for the
Governor of Minnesota.
Congressman Hammond has the
distinction of being the only Dem
ocratic Congressman from Minneso
ta, and the only Western Democrat
ic Congressman who favors the nom
ination of Gov. Johnson for Presi- J
dent. He is a personal as well as a
political friend and neighbor of Gov.
Johnson, who, no doubt, agrees
with him that "teen. Miles would
make an ideal running mate for the
Governor of Minnesota."
The cruel and brutal persecutor of
the South's fallen President, Jeffer
son Davis, while a helpless prisioner
in Fortress Monroe, may make an
"ideal running mate for the Gover
nor of Minnesota" in the estimation
of. Congressman Hammond and Can
didate Johnson, but he would not
make an "ideal running mate" for
the Democratic candidate for Presi
dent in the estimation of the South.
The mere mention of Gen. Miles
name in connection with the nomi
nation of Vice-President by Con
gressman Hammond, who is one of
Gov. Johnson's chief backers for
the Presidential nomination, shows
that neither he nor Gov. Johnson
have any sympathy or respect for
the most sacred traditions of the
South.
Yet The News and Courier says
Johnson is a better friend to the
South than Bryan. If The News
and Courier expect to fool the peo
ple into such a belief it must make its
Presidential candidate and his chief
backer and sponsor for the
nomination, keep the fact that
they believe that the one time
tyrant, Miles, would make an ideal
candidate for the Vice-Presidency in
the back ground a little loDger.
Congress Has Done Notnmg.
The Republican leaders are deter
mined on an early adjournment of
Congress, , and have tentatively
agreed upon May 23, but the con
troversey between the President and
Congress over the control of the
army has become acute. In the
Senate, on the 12th inst., Senator
Rayner, of Maryland, read a letter
relating to the punishment inflicted
on Col. Stewart, of the regular ar
my without a'trial. and made a fierce
attack on the President, charging
him with usurpation and the sub
stitution of martial law in place
of the Constitution, and thej laws of
of the land. This, Mr. Rayner
characterized as military despotism.
The letter of the President to
Senatoj-s Stewart, of Vermont, and
Smith of Michigan, in which he de- '?
clared himself supreme over the ar- 1
my and navy without regard to any i
law of Congress, will probably be ^
placed in the Congressional Record 1
before the debate closes, and may '
result in action by the Senate, which !
would postpone the adjournment of <
Congress. <
The much amended currency bill ?
will be discusspd in the House in a {
day or two, and will probably be 1
passed practically as agreed upon at ?
the Republican conference. It may 1
be called a purely inflation measure
?vith the government guaranty of
the notes, and will undoubtedly in- ,
volve the Treasury in endless trouble i
in the future, as all makeshift finan- <
dial measures do. There are two j
reasons for passing it at this late
day; first, because this Republican
Congress must show it has done <
something; and second, because the \
Wall Street bankers are demanding
this inflation, I
The principal reform legislation
that the Democrats have been fight
ing for is all to be neglected, in
eluding the repeal of the tariff tax j
an wood pulp and print paper, and
the bill to prevent political corrup
tion by the publication of campaign ,
expenses of all parties. The meas- '
ores recommended by President
Roosevelt for the amendment to the i
anti-trust law, to limit injunctions ^
against Labor Unions, and allow (
railroads to combine and pool, have j
riot even been reported from Com- ,
mittees.
In consequence of this practically
do Nothing Congress, a large num
ber of Republican Congressmen will
wend their way home 'with but lit- 1
tie heart to face their outraged con- s
stitutents, especially those whose dis- <
tricts are close and doubtful. Many i
Df these already see their Democrat- c
ic opponent's looks of delight at i
thestandpat policy these Republi- 1
lan members have endorsed and c
rated for; the gag rules adopted to i
prevent the Democrats from discuss- t
ng and amending measures, and 1
ivith all that, the lack of practical t
legislation.
The Democrats have worked to.
gether as one man under their able
leader, John Sharp Williams, whose
constant victories in debate over
all the Republican leaders has unit
ed the Democrats in their legisla
tive program, without a hitch.
The officials of the National Pros
perity Association have been there
soliciting the help of the President
in their effort "to keep the dinner
pail full; to keep the pay car going;
to keep the factory busy; to keep
the workman employed; to keep the
present wages up."
This excellent and fetching pro
gram appealed to the President,
and he eagerly endorsed it. The
Prosperity Association is backed by
the the money of the Railroads, and
its literature declare "our prosperi
ty came with the prosperity, of the
railroads; it declined when adversi
ty struck the railroads. We do not
believe we can have the full 'meas
ure of prosperity again until the
railroads are prosperous."
It is said that the President's
changpof heart on the subject of
railroad rates and the labor legisla
tion proposed by him in so many
spectacular messages to Congress
was produced by the receipt of
thousands of telegrams from mem
bers of the Manufacturers Associa
tion, of which the virile Mr. Van
Cleave is the leading spirit. If the
Manufacters openlv threatened to
bolt the G. 0. P., and cut off its
supplies of boddle for the corrup
tion of the floating vote this year,
no wonder that Mr. Roosevelt was
siienced. Perhaps t hat is why he is
now willing to forego anti-injunc
tion bills, prosecution of railroads,
and running amuck after corpora
tions, until'the Republicans are re
plenished again.
Roosevelt and Bryan'
Probably no two men in the coun
try have more sincere respect and
liking for each other than Theodore
Roosevelt and William Jennings Bry
an. We like to read of the associa
tion of these two and have sincere
pleasure in observing that the Pres
ident never neglects an opportunity
to show Mr. Bryan .special attention
and honor. They dined together at
the White House two or three days
ago and we can imagine that when
they are beyond the reach of the
reporters much good natured chaff
ing occurs between them. Really
we would be interested to know how
they define in their frank and in
formal personal conversations, their
political differences. Mr. Roosevelt
has an unbroken record of victory,
not only over his Democratic oppon
ents, but over laggards and foes. in
his own party. Mr. Bryan has been
the victim of successsive defeats.
Yet the victor has grown into many
of the advanced and progressive pol
icies of the vanquished. We suspect
that in the bottom of his heart
he realizes lu's own obligations
to Mr. Bryan and the Democratic
party for most of the ideas and pur
pose with which he S so conspicously
identified. However they may be,
the Presidents' ungrudging respect
for the leader of the opposite; party
and his generous manifestation of it
is graceful. It would be well if all
tve obscure voters, constituting the
masses of the two parties, would
learn from the example of these two
i)ig leaders and realize that it is not
mly possible but proper for Ameri
?an citizens to hold opposing political
jpinions and membership in deffer
;nt parties while at the same time 1
maintaining sincere regard and re
spect for each other.?Richmond
tfews-Leader.
The Colored Vote.
The dear colored brother is going
to fight Taft and Teddy to a finish.
In a recent document presented to
Speaker Cannon, Vice-President
Fairbanks, Senator Foraker, and
Dther prominent Republicans, the
allied negro societies of the United
States said that they intended to do
three things:
"To arouse the women of the race
to the necessity of defeating Taft or
Roosevelt.
' "To use the churches to which
:olore J people belong and their pas
tors to the same end.
"To hold public meetings through
)ut the United States to protest
igainst the nomination of Taft or
Roosevelt."
What do you think of that? It
ooks as if Mr. Hearst had a hand in
:his business. He will open the
loors of the Independence League
:o the colored brother, and scoop a
nillion votes which were cast for
Teddy in 1904.
"Give Us a Rest."
Can prosperity be manufactured
to order? Some St. Louis people
seem to think so and have therefore
)rganized the ''National Prosperity |
Association." It is much to be
loubted though, from their motto
f they feel hopeful of results for
'Give us a rest and sunshine" in
licates that i-ired feeling that has j
?educed the volume of business af-l
;hs Republican debauch of the
ast few years, Those members of 3
he Prosperity Association, who are |
Republicans, are perhaps tired of
Teddy and undoubtedly they are
tired of the tariff-fed trusts and
corporations just as Democrats are.
But just now, when Congressman
are being nominated who have re
fused to reform the tariff, is no time
to take a rest. From now until elec
tion day is a time for work. The
standpat cry of "give us a rest" is
just what produced the panic and
the continuing business depression.
Eternal vigilance, with but little
rest, is the price of prosperity.
A Good -Man Gone Wrong. .
In a dispatch from Washingthn to
The News and Courier, signed by
the correspondent of that paper at
the national capital, but written in
the well known style of its accom
plished editor, whose clinging asso
ciation with Gov. Johnson, of Mir
nesota, it reports, occurs the fol
lowing passage:
Johnson is a loyal party.'man; Bryan
is for Bryan all the time and only
for Bryan. When Johnson was ask
ed today whether or not he would
support Bryan in case of his nomina
tion, he promptly answered: "vrith
all my heart." : When Bryan was
asked whether he would support
Johnson he dodged, saying: "My
record is,clear on that point." It is
like Bryan. He believes in Bryan or
bust. Damn the party. Vote for
Bry an. ?
The Charleston Post says "the edi
tor of The Ne^s and Courier ought
to carry a file of his own paper with
him on his travels and particularily
on ais political peregrinations, it was
only ten days ago that that esteem
ed publication said: 'The News and
'Courier believes that Mr. Bryan is
an honorable, faithful man, who en
deavors more than do most politi
cians to meet his obligations, and we
ha^e no doubt that he would do his
utmost to elect Gray, Johnson or
any other whom the convention
mi?ht nominate for President.'
And a few days before that it de
clared that 'The News and Courier
will vouch for the loyalty of Bryan.'
There is evidently something in the
political atmosphere about Johnson
headquaters that has poisoned the
generous soul of our contemporary
and friend. He should keep away
from such bad places."
There Is No Rivalry.
The Washington Star of Friday
afternoon, remarking the interesting
conjunction of Bryan and Johnson
in Washington, said: "There have
been some misunderstandings of
late, which it was feared threatened
to produce coolness between Mr.
Bryan and Mr Johnson, but this
pi'ospect is now rendering less likely
after Mr. Bryan and Gov. Johnson
have had a personal conference.
From utterences of both these men
it is assured that the rivalry for the
nomination will be a friendly one
and that the victor in the conven
tion will receive through the subse
quent campaign the earnest support
of tue other. Both have de
clared that they would support
tie Democratic ticket and the nomi
nee," The Chanleston Post says "is
a pleasant spirit of harmony and is
cnaracteristic of Democratic senti
ment generally this year. It is an
error of terms however, to speak of
the 'rivalry' for the nomination be
tween Mr. Bryan and Gov. Johnson.
Mr. Bryan is as good as nominated
already."
How It Strikes the Times.
The Florence Times says "from
the best that we can gather from
Mr. Konn's explanation of what
Senator Tillman did say about the
chances of the suecess of the Demo
cratic party it seems that the im
pression was sought to be conveyed
that if the Democrats would take a
'good, staunch, dyed in the wool re
publican' from one of the northern
states, one on whom Wall street and
r.ll that it represents could positive
ly and certainly count, we might
elect him president. May-be so,
but maybe we do not want to win in
siuch company, we would have the bal
ance of time to figure out whether
we had won or lost in fact."
Bridal Day Suicide.
It was learned in New York that
the real reason why Isaac F. Wil
liams, the insurance broker, com
mitted cuicide while Miss Nay Ar
nold, his pretty young fiancee await
ed him at the Cathedral of St, John
the Divine, was because he had only
39 cents.
While Miss Arnold, who lives Jrith
her mother and brother in handsome
apartment at No. 502 West One
Hundred and thirteenth street, gai
ly made plans for her wedding, hon
eymoon and future home, Williams
was living on the desperate hope
that he might obtain a loan or have
a stroke of luck.
Saturday was the r-edding morn,
Too proud to confess to rtis fiancee,
and dismayed at the tho^/nt of the
humiliation of Miss Arnold before
her wedding party, Williams lay
down on a couch in his room at No.
1G0 Wsst Seventy third street, and
sent u bullet into hi? brain.
Of all in the gay wedding party
of fifty or more that thronged the
cryp' of the Cathedral of St. John
for the ceremony which never took
place, not one called yesterday at
the little undertaking shop, No. 305
West forty-third street, where the
body of young Williams was taken.
WHERE DO THE OLD PIANOS GO?
That Is, When They Get So Old Too
Can't Give Them Away.
What becomes of all the old
pianos? Any piano dealer will take
youT old piano when you want a new
one and will allow a substantial
credit on it even if it Is of another
make. From time to time the deal
ers announce sales of used pianos.
All dealers have large stocks of them
on hand constantly. One piano
firm has on exhibition an old fash
ioned square piano which was made
at least half a century ago. The
piano bears a placard to the effect
that any one who will pay the cart
age may have it for the asking. No
one has accepted the offer. Suppose
no one ever takes that piano off the
hands of the dealers who want to
get rid of it. What will the deal
ers do with It? Obviously with
rents as high as they are it wouldn't
pay to store a piano you can't give
away. So the question remains.:
What, in the last stage of undesira
bdlty, becomes of all the old plaoos?
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high poilsh, and ic much sought
after by cabinet makers for fine
work. The sap becomes wine or
vinegar, according to the treatment
It receives. From the sap, starch
and sugar are also obtained. The
fruit of the tree is given to cattle
for food; the nut, ?-round c powder,
makes a good substitute for coffee,
and the pith becomes bottle corks.
Birds That Figh* Windows.
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for them. Approaching, they see
their own reflections in the glass of
the windows, and mistaking these
images for rival males, they dart in
domitably upon the glass, to fall
back stunned, or bleeding, or broken
winged. I have a south window that
I can always rely on in the spring to
kill me two birds a week. I grill them
on toast."_' ;:;_
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