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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-15

profitable political investment
as he gave away something
of no present or prospective
value for the solemn promise that
in case of Bryan's election he should
be made Secretary of the Treasury.
But we would not detract from
Mr.. Towne's self-made reputa-
ton as the Great American Sacri-
f1cer" and he is cheerfully permit
ted to take his place along with Bar
NUNS Great American What-is-it.
But word about that transaction
with Nelson A. Dingley. Mr..
Towne undertook to make his audi
ence believe that Mr.. Dingley was
a most unconscionable debaucher
of young statesmen, and that Ding
ley had no higher conception of
morality, political or otherwise,
than to frighten titnid youths into
supporting Republican partisan
measures without respect to the in
tegrity or value Of such measures.
In this connection we predict that
the name of Nelson A. Dingley will
be remembered aud extol1ed in the
history OF our country when the
"Great American Sacrifcer" shall
have been forgotten except as a
subject of mirthful ridicule.
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be. But Mr.. Towne may argue
that Aguinaldo would give coal
ing station and a harbor of his sown
free will That simply means that
he would rather give that much
of his property than to incur the.
expense of a war with the United
States.
But LET Us do away with rnincing
words and get down to Mr.. Towne's
proposition. It is simply this: The.
Democratic party would take from
Aguinaldo just such property as it
deemed of value tothe United States
and would leave Mr.. Aguinaldo in
possession ofthat part of his prop
erty which we had no use for. This
is as. if a footpad should hold UP a
citizen on the streets of Caldwell and
after demanding him to exhibit all
his personal possessions should say
to him "Now here is your gold
tooth-pick and your finger ring and
your small change that I have no
use for, but I believe that I would
like to have that gold watch that
you are carrying, SO / will return
you your trinkets and keep the
watch, thereby relieving my CON
science from the crime of highway
robbery. IF I took all your posses
ions that would be robbery, but if
I take only such as I need that is
enlightened selfshness with strong
flavor of philantrophy. That is
substantially Mr.. Towne's PROPOSE
ton. ...:
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fuse to accept our protection; what
would happen then? Are we to.
force it upon them without their
consent, and five do what becomes
Of their independence What if
Great Britain had made a similar
proposition TO the American colo
nies? What if King George III
had said to Washington and the
revolutionary fathers, II will es-
tablish a stable government for you
and then will give you i11depend-
ence. and after that / will establish
a protectorate over you and see to it
that you properly discharge your
international obligations What
do you imagine Washington would
have answered to that kind of a
proposition?
One more suggestion. When we
assume to protect the Filipinos
against the rest of the world, our
selves included, must we not also
assume to protect the rest of the
world against the Filipinos? The
Islands are open to- the commerce
of the world. The citizens of every
civilized nation have a perfect right
to reside in those islands and carry
on business or other enterprise
there. Would we not, if we are to
protect the Fi1ipinos against every
other nation, be obliged to protect
the citizens of every other nation
against the Filipinos?
Mr.. Towne may be able to salts
factori1y explain all these things
but he failed to do so in his speech
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-15

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have said, until the advent William
Jennings Bryan, that was not the
way Mr. Towne put it. What he
said was substantially this: That
the Democrats had revelled in their
W1ckedness until he and Fred Du-
be1s and Senator PettigreW and
Frank Cannon and Henry Teller
got together and formed combina-
ton by which they proposed to dis
rupt and destroy either or
both Of the political parties then ex-
lstlng, unless those political parties
adopted the program Of the combi-
nation. Now that was modest, ex-
tremely modest, because it lodged
all the political wisdom and virtue
of this day in Charlie Towne and
Fred Dubois and a few congenial
spirits. He also said it was mighty
lucky for the Democratic party that
it concluded to accept the doctrines
of himself and Dubois, because if it
had refused to do SO it would have
fallen to the uttermost depths of
degradation. The thing about this
that is gratifying, is that even if we
are wrong at the. present time, we
have the satisfaction of knowing
that we have been right during all
previous time up to the appearance
of Mr., Towne in the Congress OF
the United States. We can, with
considerable pride, point to our
past record and neither Mr.. Towne
nor the Democratic party dares
question Our right to do so. This
proves one-half of the old saying,
that the Democratic party is like a
mule, without pride of ancestry OF
hope of posterity.
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this little Democratic fiction.

TINS little Democratic fiction. It
seems to us that the Democrats are
pretty hard up for an issue, when
they Will resort to such fimsy and
meaningless stories as the one they
are circulating about Judge Stand
rod. In one respect, we are rather
glad Of this oyeral1s story because
we believe it will have tendency
TO bring out a great many who are
consumed with curiosity to see this
arlstocrat, who has such high no.
tons of his own dignity that he
could not tolerate man in overa1ls
to testify in his court. It might be
edltylng to those who are utac-
qualnted with the Judge to know
that, while not making a virtue of
posing in overalls and jumper, we
have often seen him arrayed in that
costume; and again, while we sus-
pect that he does not relish manual
labor much more than a great many
OF us who pretend that it is one of
the glories of mankind, we have
even seen him pitching hay, clean
ing out irrigation bitches, handling
wild colts, branding steers, and do
ing many other of the things which
working men are obliged to do.
True, after he had spent an after
noon in branding steers or irrigat-
ing his field, he would put on clean
clothes before appearing in public
places. This is rather against him.
The man who changes his linen
frequently, blacks his shoes, wears
a white shirt and a paper collar
with necktie, can hardly be class
ed as a genuine emancipation of the
masses. When the Judge comes
here, we are going to suggest to
him that he must let his beard
grow, his hair become scrambled,
his shoes take on a reddish hue,
his socks fall over his ankles, his
collar become disco1ored and fabby
and his necktie, if we permit one
at all, switched half way around
over his left shoulder, and if he will
have a hole in the crown of his hat
and tobacco juice trickling down
his chin, it seems to Us that the
Democracy cannot possibly raise
any objection to his becoming Gov
ernor of the State of Idaho.
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WRONG FOR GENERATIONS.

We are very glad that Mr..
Towne, the derailed Populist candi-
date for the Vice-Presidency, came
to Caldwell and gave us the benefit
of his instruction and experience.
There was one point in his speech
that has filled us with self-cOmpla-
cency. Until Mr.. Towne came we
had labored under the fear that
possibly in past time there might
have been some virtue in Democ-
racv, but he cleared away Our
doubts and now the agony is all
transferred to the Democrats, be-
cause Mr.. Towne proved absolutely
that, for the last forty years or
thereabouts, the Democrats had
been continuously, agressively, stub
bornlv and inexcusably i'll the
wrong. The fact of it is, MI
Tovne told the Democrats straight
to their faces and flat footed, that
until he and Dubois and PettigreW
and Frank Cannon and a few other
Republican prophets of light had
iojned the Democracy, there was nc
good thing i'll that party. We dc
not know how Our Democratic
friends felt over the position II
which their present apostle placed
then but lie certainly must have
made it entirely clear to them tha
they have been the support
ers, for upwards of a generat1on' o
the worst party that ever existed
He said this: In 1886 the Republl
cans took possession of all the viz
+,,es in the creed of Washington
ard Jefferson and the rest Of the pa
triot fathers, and the Democrat
+ook to themselves all the wee
+ which had sprung up between tn
Administration of Washington an
Abraham Lincoln; he even wen
!, farther, and asserted that until tn
. advent of William Jennings Bryar
! tbe democrats remained welded t
: their sins. No, wes should nc
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-15
SOME QUESTIONS FOR TOWNE

Mr.. Towne, the great Democra-
tic expounder, has been here and
expounded and nobody has more
occasion to rejoice than the Repub-
1icans of Idaho. He has thorough
ly enlightened Our minds as to the
Philippine situation, and in fairness
to him evil reproduce for the edi-
fication of our readers. the position
taken by Mr.. Towne.
He claims in the first place that
Aguinaldo and his followers are the
rightfu1 owners of the Philippine
Islands; that by every natural and
legal right they are entitled to rule
over the Fi1ipinos; that Americans
have no right whatever to be on
these islands except by suferance
of the Tagal tribe. He asserts that
the Filipinos are an enlightened
and educated people, perfectly COM
petent for self government, and that
it is the duty of the American peo-
pie to recognize Aguinaldo's gov
ernment as one of the independent
governments of the world.
Now admitting all that Mr..
Towne claims, some very awkward
questions arise in connection with
assertions that the Eilipinos are
the rightfu1 owners of the Philip
pine Islands. He says that the
Democrats propose to establish a
stable government for them. What
we would like toknoW is what right
the Democratic party or anybody
else has to establish a stable gov.
ernment or any other kind of gov
ernment for a people who, by every
right, are entitled to establish thei1
own government.
Again says Mr.. Towne: After we
have given the Filipinos c stable
government we will give them in
dependence. How can we Civ
them what is already theirs? /
they are the owners of their owl
independence how came we posses
ed of it that we can give it them O
refrain from giving it? The powe
: to give necessarily includes til
: power to withhold, and the right t
l give must essentially imply the righ
: to withhold.
S Again says Mr.. Towte: Whe
S we have established stable gov
e ernment and given the Filipinos ii
/ dependence we will protect thel
t from the outside world. BY wh'
e right shall we assume to prote'
/, them if they already have a stab
o and independent government? AM
It moreover, suppose they should r
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JUST A LITTLE CONQUEST.

When Mr.. Towne was here the
other day he took occasion to tell
US what an awfu1ly wicked thing
and what terribly unwise thing
a war of conquest is. When he ex-
patiated ON the unrighteousness
and the unwisdom of that kind of
war, for about three quarters OF an
hour, we became fully satisfied that
he was right about it and that any
man, or set of men, who would de-
iiberateiy go about waging war Of
conquest are inherently wicked
and entitled to the hatred and fear
Of all well disposed people. But there
was point in Mr.. Towne's speech
that did not seem to harmonic en-
tifely with his description of the
wickedness of a war of conquest.
Of course he told us that the Re-
publican party was engaged in a
war of that kind because it proposed
to take possession of all the islands
rightfully belonging to one, Agul-
na1do, and without his consent. To
do that kind of a thing, says Mr..
Towne, is war of conquest Of the
most dep1orable and vicious char
acter. For the moment we will ac-
cept Mr.. Towne's proposition as
correct, although we have never
heard that Mr.. Aguinaldo had any
transaction with the spanish gov
ernment by which he recovered
possession of the Philippine Is
lands which he had formerly sold
for four hundred thousand Mexican
dollars. But let that pass. We
will admit that Aguinaldo is the
actual and rightful owner of the is
lands and that any one who would
attempt to take them away from
him by force is waging a war o
conquest. According to Mr.. Towne''
theory, taking all of the owner
territory amounts to war of con
quest. Then would not taking
half of the owners territory amour
!. to the same thing to half the de
gree; and if one quarter were takel
away, that would be a war of con
? quest to one quarter the same ex
tent would it not? And if you tax
, one eighth or one sixteenth it wi
be the same thing to a fractions
extent. Well, now, Mr.. Town
tells us that he would retain hal
Dor and a coaling station in th
Philippines; that is to say that b
), would wage small war of COZ
: quest, just a little one; taking b
+ force only such real estate and otht
a property as he actually needed j
his business. We would like [
know what kind of war that wou
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-15
THE GREAT SACRTFICER.

The honorable Mr.. Towne in his |
speech last Monday modestly told
us that he had earned the
title of "The Great American
Sacriicer," and then proceeded to
tell us of the sacrifices he had made.
In the first place, when he was
very young man, just blooming as
a statesman in Congress, he sacri-
feed his prospects af political pref
erment on the alter of his incorrup-
tible conscience, and he did this, too,
despite the forcefu1 eloquence of
Nelson A. Dingley. According to
Mr.. Towne's history of his first
great sacrifice, an un-American and
un-Republican bill was laid upon
his desk and he was commanded
by the leaders of the Republican
party to support it. His conscience,
at once broke out in revolt, and he
wrote letter to Thomas B. Reed
telling him he could not possibly
do it. Mr.. Dingley getting wind
of the revolt in Mr.. Towne's con-
science, Immediately went to the
young statesman and told him that
if he did not support the bill it was
all up with him. Mr.. Towne took
his first bud of ambition, laid it up
on the altar of his integrity and con-
secrated it to patriotism. His next
sacrifice was made by agre ement
with number of compatriots, who
determined to destroy their politi-
cal hopes, on the alt ar of free silver.
This sacrifice was completed in the
st. Louis convention of 1896. The
third and last sacrifice was made a
few weeks ago when Mr.. Towne,
in the cause of humanity, spurned
the Popu1ist nomination for Vice
Presiden. That was the greatest
sacrifice Of all. That so young {
man, in his early forties, shou1c
throw away an opportunity of tina
kind! True, his chances of elec
ton were about as one in ten mil
lion. True, he had the nomination
and that was all he could possibl,
expect. But these things did no
count in Mr.. Towne's mind. I
was to him most painful duty t
throw away that lone chance.
But the irreverant are telling II
that Mr.. Towne's sacrifices wer
| not really as great as he picture
them to be. In the first place hi
chances for reelection to Congress
by the Repub1icanswere rather slir
consequently his conscience did nc
: materially damage his politics
Z prospects when he refused to be ct
r creed into supporting that moi
/ strous, un-American and un-R RepuI
. lican measure, And they do sa
i that his last sacrifice was rather
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-15
BETTER MUZZLE MARKER.

Andrew Marker, the military /.
gentleman with chronic case of
collie, has broken out once again in
print. Andrew seems to be the on
ly one of the Idaho Volunteers,
capable Of sizing up and fully ap-
preciating the merits and dement's
of the various officers of the Battal-
ion. Andrew evidently knew the
good, and bad qualities of every
man in the service and Judging
from his effusions, he devoted much
more time to studying the charact-
eristics of the Idaho soldiers, than
to depicting the ranks of the enc
my. ..... f..
A few weeks ago he was out Bit
terly criticising the conduct of Lieu
tenant Syms, for no discernib1e rea-
son, other than that he was the
candidat e for State Auditor on the
Republican ticket. Andrew was
not long in print before the COM
manding Officer of the Idaho Bat.
talon called him down completely,
showing him to be not only unreli-
able but altogether vindictive. After
Colonel Jones had established An
drew's standing and veracity as en-
tirely unworthy of respect, it was
hoped by his friends that he would
subside; but Andrew never sub
sides; he is again to the front, and
this time with apanegyric of Captain
Hunt. With degree of assurance
and authority, that no one can as
sume with better grace than Andrew
can, he tells us that Captain Hunt
was one of the most popular officers
in the Idaho regiment at Manila,
and that those who know him will
vote for him and will have entire
confidence in his ability to fill the
gubernatorial chair with distinction
and credit to his party and himself.
Having Andrew come to his sup
port is probably one of the most
unfortunate things that will occur
in this campaign to the Democratic
candidate for Governor. Accord
ing to Colonel Jones, we infer that
it would be impossible for Andrew
to make a truthful statemnt when
it was possible to make a false one,
and as he attempted to defame the
reputation of Lieutenant Syms by
publishing a lot of villainous false
! hoods, it will be suspected that he
: is trying to give reputation to the
Democratic candidate on the same
principle. "
We. suggest to the Democratic
State Committee that Marker wou1t
, better be muzzled before he attempts
any more eulogies.
, A pOyVder Mill Exnlosi0n
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-15
A Powder Mill Explosion.

Removes everything in sight; so do
drastic mineral pills, but both are Nigh
ty dangerous. No need to dynamite
your body when DR.. Kings New Life
Pills do the work so easily and perfect
ly. Cures headache, Constipation.
Only 25c at II. D. Blatchley's drug
store.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-07-04
.rmory At 1000 u. 10 d.y and 90

armory At 1920 a m to d,y and 20
to he island. they viii contest for
sbs prize his afternoon.
The program Of events As published
is as followt:
Bicycle race.-Fiut event. one-han mile
novice. First prize gold medal; second prize,
camera.
second esent--ope-quarte mile, free-for-sll
three heats First prize, gold medal; second
prize sold medal
TSisasSsns- -ons-quArter mile, boys race.
fiFss =, sold media; second Prize bicycle
lamp.
Fourth eyent-one-hAh nile, local cham-
pionship. First prize, gold medals second
prize, gold medal
Free transportation viii be furnished 10
'those entering these races
sack raee-so ysfa., mass . ssn snsris9
tiFsi prize, 3 .soi second prize. 81 50
isig faee 100 yards ghuss he six en-
'FiesA Yirat psize, g gid; second prize, to-
baceo jar.
Running high lamp mnst be ten entries)
First Prize. 'oaatslh.psa; second prize, water
eoior.
Yacht races-swo eiaseeA open and cabin.
Solid silver cup lot each rssa
Military exhibition drill
Target shoot for meial
IndlFidnai nilitasy driIi fer medal
For entry hinaks nndo,her Information ad-
dfess r. b Tappef, Brunswick ca.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-07-04
Hlel.name. q nrIts.h nsr.msn,..

The grenadier guards were hickman
ed '"Ihe Coalheavers'' because they
were at one time allowed to work In
plain clothes at odd jobs for private
employers. The Seventh foot were 'FFtio
Elegant Extracts because at one time
all their officers had been chosen from
other corps" The Forty-sixth owed
their name of "'rhe Lacedemonians' to
their coloners stirring speech ON the
ancient Spartans Like many other
regiments, sThe Gallant Fiftieth'' re-
ceived several nicknames''T THE Blind
Ealf Hundred from their ophthalmic
troubles In Egypt and 'sThe Dirty
Half Hundred" because In their PENN
sular fights they wiped themselves with
their black facings The One Hun
dredth regiment are ''The Old Hun
dred" and THE Centipedes." The
Twcnty-eighth were called "The Fore
and Ats because standing back to
hack. they repealed front and rear
lttack before Alexandria in 1901. The
Cheshire regiment has been christened
The Lightning Conductors" because
ia the Irish maneuvers of 1890 several
men were struck by lightning during a
hight march. London News.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-07-04

The ring does not disdain an in
sect diet. Beetles, grasshoppers. To-
Gusts and termites are all readily de
voured. as well as ticks and bots pick
ed from the hides of cattle. ! have
sometimes amused myself by watching
the bold yet cautious and gentle man
ner in which one of these ravens will
approach reclining OK and. after a
preliminary course Of soothing caress-
es, accompanied by soft "cawing'
note, insert his head into the ear and
dexterously y the ticks. These
birds alwaxs Se6m to have II good un-
Outstanding with the older and more
experienced oxen, who win. at hint
from one of them. lie down and place
themselves in the most favorable posi-
ton for the extraction of their para
sites.-Stark's Birds OF South Africa.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-07-04

To Attend the Safe Committee Nee ing.
Hon. H 7. Dunn, Coli, otOr OF Gus
toms; Dsputy Collector of Internal
Revenue w. H. Matthews; District
Chairman E. R. Balcher, and County
Chairman Moses Sawyer leave today
fr Atlanta, where they VIII attend a
nesting Of the State Central commit
tee called for tomorrow to transact,
business left over by The recent repub-
loan convention for special attention.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-07-04


Mr. A H. LINE Visiting Brunswick.
Mr.. a. H. Lane, formerly one Of
Brunswlcks most popular citizens but
now q vaIdosts, is 10 the city and Is
being warmly greeied BY his many
frieud.. Mr. Lane has not visited bic
old friends 10 a long time and 1t is 3
pleasure to ali to shake hands with
him again. He will probably leave
this AFTERNOON for his home and it is
hoped that we will come again soon
and stay longer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-07-04
Easy.

Excuse me" said the shabby look
Ing young man. But would you be
so kind as to cash this check for me2'
"Why don't yew git somebody tibet
knows yew to cash itg" asked the old
countryman. picking up hiu carpet sack
from the curb.
''Ihe people that know me won't do
H." bitterly exclaimed the young man.
turning away to hide tear.
Poor fellow" sympathetically an.
swered the farmer as he took out his
wallet. How much is II fery'
And still they say moneys hard to
,get.-Kansas Ctr aenandent.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-07-04
The tayor,te whiskey OF famous me

The favorite whiskey OF famous men
Is HARPER, Because of its smooth,
exquisite nAvOri because Of iis match
less flavor; because Of its mellow age.
No wonder it's the fsvorite. Every
drop sterling. HARPER wHIsKEY.
solk by r. Newman, Brunswick, Gs.