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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04

PLATFORM

PLATFORM The next ration"
OF "'form Of the Demo
PRINCIPLES cratic party should
be one of principles
that would appeal to the masses and
not merely to factions. II the
Democratic party could have a
chance t. vote for some reDuta able
Democrat for president and for anoth-
er OF similar reputation ror 1.ce-presi-
dent it would poll more votes than I
is likely to with a platform to drag
down its candidates.
The Democratic party should make
the good of the country its first anc
most distinguishing plank if ii is to
Lave platform and make all other
declarations crdinate TO that one
single purpose.
This would attract honorable citi
Zens to the ticket everywhere. where.
as the usual mess of Inconsistencies.
cooked up for campaign purposes,
amount to nothing, except to furnish
clubs in the hands of the opposition
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No effort should be spared to run
d -.wn the vile wretches who were
guilty II the desecration of the First
Baptist church. Such cattle are a
menace to any community, and they
should be detected and punished Sc
verely The city may suffer great loss
al the hands of such seoundrels at
any time for the brutes who perpe-
trated that act are the kind who
would not hesitate to assault unpro-
tected women. commit arson or muir
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Modern Convenences in the Alps.

The monks of St. Bernard have
taken advantage of modern inventions
IN their work OF saving lives. Ten days
ago two Swiss alpenists started out to
so to the, hospice. Half way up they
were overtaken by snowstorm and
lost their way. After wandering around
the summit for several hours they
came across one of the new shelters
built by the monks. In it they found
bread, cheese, wine, spirit lamp and
a telephone. With the latter they
called up the hospice and asked for
help. BY the time they had finished a
good meal monk and dog arrived
to snow them the way. The tele-
pone at these shelters has saved many
lives during the past winte..
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As Was Kept Busy.

That was q curious little confession
made to an interviewer the other day
by Color Sergeant Barry. for twenty
seven years keeper of the stage door
at the Lyceum. In reply to a remark
about his knowledge of plays and play
ers, Sergeant Barry remarked: Il
have never seen a play in all my lie.
My place is at the stage door. have
never any tine to see what is going
Oil on the stage. London Tit Bits.
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SENSI BILE
TALK TO
FAR M ERS

ton of arraying the
farmers against the other classes
The farmers could not prosper hat
for he other classes which go 10 m.ae
up the society of the ata-e and nation
and the farmer is iusi as necessary
to the prosperity II the other classes.
There is not an element # - b|9v
polite which can be dispensed ID.
except the anarchists and Professional
politicians. one of which is as 5dI "a
the other The Argus says:
Just why the farmer should
seek to place himself in a
class as opposed TO and against
the interests of his friends IN
the farmer should seek to place aim
self in class as opposed to and
against the interests of his friends in
different business is Just bit /, be
wondered at The merchants. the of
fee workers and the professional men
are all dependent on the success Of
the farmer, and in each and every in
stance their interests are Identical
The farmer, like the merchant. lawyer
or doctor, is just what he makes him
self. If he succeeds. ne must employ
energy and brains and wherever you
find a farmer doing this he is hon0red
and respected by mel of every pro-
fession and calling. OF course, tnere
are those who indulge In the kid
glove luXuries of life, and unfortunate
ly are Sh@Gt of brains. who seek to
draw lines; but good, broad-gauge
farmer has too much sense and soul
f1F such. 1t is an insult and a re-
Election on the intellect of the farmer
for the demagogue and politician to
be going about over the country seek
ing to gain their sympathy and play
ing on their prejudices by trying to
oiidy ticli AGAINST lHelF IeIlOW WORK
ers. 1t is always an office seeker who
is at the b2ttom of this dirty business,
and this act is enough in itself to salts.
fy the people that he is not a fit man
for Office"
The last two sentences of the Ar
gus editorial are no doubt meant for
Gov Davis, the most arrant dema-
g2gue this or any other state ever
knew, man who has done more
than all other demagogues in the state
combined to array the farmers against
all other elements of society. and for
no other purpose than to secure Office
for Davis.
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Whenever the Democratic party

seeks to tear down policy OF IN
opposition it should be able to build
up in place thereof better policy for
the good of the country, and MT SIM
ply to beat the Republicans.
A platform which is made uD OF
ideas simply to please different fac
tions here and there can be relied
upon to kill any successful campaign
movement from the start.
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HAD HAD LONGER PRACTICE.
Small soy's Ds'sotion Beswcen Ap-
Eet.te aca Pa.riotsn

Gen. O. O. Howard Occasionally ad.
dresses juSenile patriotic clubs. An
organization OF tn $ type entertained
the ve,eran at a sociable and dinner.
little chap near tie general dis
played good appetite You eat
well, my SON sa d tAe old soldier.
VI. si.'. "Nuw. If you luVe your
flag as we'll as Your dinner, youll
make a good patriot" Gen. Howards
eyes beamed ON the boy. Yes sir;
9ut I've been practicing eating twelve
years and | amt owned a gun but six
m onths. was the laconic reply.--New
York Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04

Mr.. Bryan and Mr. Cleveland both
announce that they would not accept
the Democratic animation if tender
ed them There does not seem to be
a possibility that either will have
the opportunity TO decline the nom
inatiCu
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She Sau

She say de.
Pearl-Did yol about the
awful fright Gee ~ Oh his wed.
ding day?
Maude-Ye mere. saw
her
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04

New YORK City Natives.
In the city Of New York there arc
only i37 ATT white personS born OF
native parents.
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The Brinkley Ar
gus INDUCES in a few
remarks on the ques-
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-05

Dan as if you were looking for some
thing in the grass and continue:
1.-THE blossoms of May don't blossom for
me;
Unheeded the song OF the crow;
The old spotted COW is nought to me now
Because of my heart full of woe.'
"That's it, Abe I begin to see''
"Dan will probably stop writing poet
ry to look up at you, but don't give him
any attention. Rest your hand on your
heart and look up at the sky and re-
peat:
talk not to me of summer skies,
Talk not of winds a-blowing;
Talk not of plows and drags and SIGH
And crops that should be growing
keep 'er up, Abe-keep 'er up. I'm
catching on"
"Then you softly side step toward
Dan and carelessly spit on your hands
and repeat:
Arise, arise!' the father said,
For glory doth await thee,
And if thou stayest here behind
Thy daddy he will skate thee"
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THE SUN, SUNDAY. APRIL rs. 1908.

ond-haud appearance In the strong lights
OF the big room, where the crudities Of imi-
tatlon are Illuminated by the brightness
Of the surrounding color.
Where fireplace was under the mantel
on the west aide Of the room there Is a coat
OF arms. Over the old-fashoned mantel
Is Q painting Of Lafayette, picturing him
rs he was when he revisited America. q
middle-aged gentleman In yellow brooches.
This b. the largest canvas in the room.
On line with II as closely as they can
be arranged are the portraits OF former
Mayors. all now dead On one side Of Gen.
Lafayette 10 the portrait of Mayor .Varick,
on the other side Mayor Duane, both Of
whom left their names to New York streets.
the portrait OF Fernando Wood three times
Mayor OF New York, boss OF Tammany
Hall and the founder of Mozart Hall when
he lost control of Tammany. II hurts Mr..
Reynolds to sec this picture there. for he
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Mayors side. The Mayor listens, twirlipe
his pencil meanwhile. or making circles
on the pad.
II the Mayor agrees with the views Of
the visitor. he bisects the circles. II he IA
disposed to argue from another standpoint.
he starts the construction Of a lot Of triangles
looking like group Of pyramids
Sometimes the visitor IL a man the Mayor
knows, and Mr.. Low calls him by name and
asks him to he seated The Mayor tries
to give not more than five minutes TO each
visitor, and announces the termination OF
the interview by increasing his legs and
bringing both feet down firmly on the
hoor as he swings round In his chair and
looks for Secretary Reynolds.
Each visitor Is expected to state bis
business TO Secretary Reynolds or to Seret
Kennel before he gets TO the Mayor. But
they come for all purposes. Grievances
about streets uncleaned, city marshsls
who have made improper seizures, licenses
refused. Improvements wanted. rapid transit
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are a few Of the SUBJ
jects put before the Mayor.
From distant spots In Greater New York
Long Island farmers come to suppeet
ordinances to regulate the milking Of COWS.
while Staten Islanders want airship con.
nections with Manhattan. or q tunnel, at
least
The Mayor breathes relief when the last
one has crept across the treacherous
smoothness Of the floor to the door, and.
leaving his pencilngs there to be gathered
up by collectors. he passes back Into the
privacy OF his own room.
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apologized for not having a carriage to
mset them. they were begged to take their
impromptu walk easily, as the train with
its decoration Of protruding heads would
Oh no account leave them behind. What
is a mere schedule?
One of the leading merchants Of the
place whose sentimental recollections dated
back to the Black Crook" era inquired IL,
like the heroine In that dark drama. their
little hearts went pit pat" and a gallant
cowboy. assuming the usual ignorance
on the part of the -tenderfoot," allowed
calamity that they had taken a lope TO
look Mt a distant mountain which TO an
eye trained in gauging Broadway cable
car distances was at least twenty miles
away. Never was there a more complete
"hold-up." even the famous one OF a certain
Yellowstone Park driver. who is to-day
the admired Of his kind and once held
up his own stage while he distracted it's
bullion contents. sinks into the insig-
nifcant.
From Cinnabar the stage makes a lum-
boring ascent up steep. rugged slopes,
brown and bare. Never were mountains
better named than these same old Rockies
which, like a stern forbidding face, break
suddenly into alluring smiles. only the
more fascinating by contrast and unex-
pectedness.
An eight hours drive brings one to the
Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. the first
stopping place in the Park. from which
one catches mountain views at every turn.
Opposite the plaza dotted with sage brush
is Fort Yellowstone, from which vantage
point the Government keeps an open eve
over its possession and where "taps" and
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For an hour each day now Mayor Low
h on public view. Visitors to New York
who crowd the Zoo TO see the animals fed
and 60 to the Aquarium TO soe the fishes
frisk about are beginning to appreciate
the new attraction TO sightseers thus opened
when the witching season Of nominations
appears on the political calendar.
When Mayor bow went into Office he
established q peoples hour. from II to -
o'clock each day. when he would receive
such visitors as had or thought they had
business with him few months Of that
tried the patience Of the Mayor. and the
peoples hour was abandoned Then came
q period of short talks. handed out by the
Mayor in printed form for publication
In the newspapers.
While the reconstruction of the City
Hall was under way the Mayor decided
that as a Mayor is to be elected next fall,
II might be well to return to the daily au-
djences with the people. So when the big
reception chamber in the west wing OF the
City Hall was set in its new decorative
glory formal notice was given that the
Mayor would lie there from 1870 to 1890
O'Clock FIVE OF six days a week. The doors
were to be open to all, and each visitor
might have the private ear Of the Mayor
When the appointed hour arrives the
Mayor emerges from his private office and
with majestic stride passes across the cor
ridor. Secretary Reynolds is at his right
and a sergeant OF police in spotless uni
form walks on the other side.
The double doors of the chamber are
open When tho Mayor reaches that room
he slows up hit cautiously.
And well he may. The new floor Is Of
large squares Of polished wood 1t has
the sheen Of a freshly polished boot and
the wax has made it slippery. But the
Mayor. now accustomed to walk on slippery
paths erect, passes over it without loss Of
dignity.
The manner in which Secretary Reynolds
transport himself across is suggestive Of
glide bred to a two-step. Dancing masters
bring their pupils to the hall on Tuesdays
and Thursdays to point the example Of the
grace Of the wearer OF the Order of the
Double Dragon. The policeman assigned
TO be the badged and uniformed protector
OF the Mayor has his hobnails mancured |
each day that he may not mar the mirror |
like surface of the floor
In the southwest corner Of the big room |
Is a modern table of the oblong sort fitted !,
for the work Of inspectors of elect on but |
for q comfortable poker game. |
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was among those who raised funds for the
publication Of Gustavus Myers's History
Of Tammany Hall, which painted Wood
blacker than William M. Tweed.
When Mayor Low came to study the
possessions Of the Mayors Office he ordered
Fernando Woods picture taken down. His
attention was called to a regulation that no
new pictures can be added to the City Hall
gallery and none removed without the
consent Of the Municipal Art Commission.
He did not care to 60 to the length Of asking
that MIR. Woods picture be banished from
his sight, 30 the picture remains on the
wall, smiling insolently down at Secretary
Reynolds.
But there il some compensation for
Secretary Reynolds In two other paintings
which hang 10 the same room. One Is
that OF Daniel +. Tiemann, who once defeated
Wood for Mayor, and the other shows the
countenence of George p. Opdyke, who
likewise once defeated Wood. Each OF these
mc1 was beaten once by Wood as well.
None Of the recent Mayors OF New York
Is shown In this gallery.
The visitors view these ume-yellowed
paintings and make their comments in an
undertone while they are waiting TO see
the Mayor The first visitor may be a
city official who IL In haste to see Mr.. Low,
and seizes this opportunity.
When the Mayor has stated his position
on the question he dismisses the man with
a nod. and. turning to Secretary Reynolds.
says:.
One by one the men are brought to the
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Of the Creator. Volumes Of eioouenos
have been expanded In it's glories. Prof.
Muir, Bishop Earl Cranston. Bishop Foss.
Prof. Hayden, President Arthur, John
Mccullough. John L. Stoddard have paid
their tributes. As simple and salts
factor a description as was ever written
Is by a noted Japanese student. who says
For a million years this has been the
Land OF the setting sun. The sunsets of
the past are dissolved on these long walls
they are the colors OF all the yesterdays.'
From the Grand Canon Hotel the road
Ia retraced TO the Mammoth Hot Springs.
only five and q half days having passed
HERE AND THERE IN THE PARK
Interest centres about the stage drivers.
weather-beaten figures these, with their
stories and experiences. hair-raising hold
ups" and desperate schemes. They and
I he soldiers at the fort are deadly rivals
for the favor OF the pretty mattresses at
the hotels.
Remembrance fingers about the tale OF
the Western ranchman who. moved TO elo-
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one end. and In this the Mayor takes bis
seat. The light from both the south and
the west windows falls on him. and to spec
tators In all parts Of the room he Is as con-
calcium operators direct their bright shafts.
A pad OF yellow paper Is on the table in
front OF the Mayor. He pulls out pencil,
draws a right-angled triangle on the pad
and says:
Now, Mr.. Reynolds
That IL the sign that the interview with
the people has begun. Thereupon Mr..
Reynolds brings up the visitors one by one,
and introduces each to the Mayor with, a
whispered word that the demands on the
Mayors time make brevity virtue. an
edmonton which seldom troubles the
visitor.
The room chosen by the Mayor for these
receptions is indeed remarkable. The floor
IL the first thing to impress the. visitor.
particularly II he be not well shod. Most
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people balk when they reach the shiny
square and embark on It with an exaggerated
idea OF their peril.
The wood Is light yellow. There isn't .
foot OF rug or stitch Of carpet anywhere
and ono must navigate across the clear
surface right to the Mayors liable.
In the centre Of the room there Is a mag
nificcnt chandelier Of glass prisns. II
was an artistic feature Of tho old room
and has been modernized with electric
The walls are OF whito with bit OF gold
here and there. The ceiling Is In white.
Hangings of deep red velvet shadow the
window placer. They are held with bands
Of gold and are lined with yellow silk. while
yellow silk.
The leather seats and backs Of the chairs
bear the official arms of the city Of New
York but they are old and were cheap
when they were new and they wear q sec
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the low edge the boiling water flows into
the lake. II is here the fisherman may cook
the fish he catches in the lake, and eat
them, 90 cooked. IL he does not mind a
slight mineral flavor. This Is called the
Hot Spring Cone. The traveller may
continue around the lake In the coaches,
or after luncheon take the trip by boat to
the Lake Hotel, stopping at q midway
landing on Dot Island to see the elk and
buffalo In big enclosure. the buffalo COW
proudly exhibiting very ieggy calf 70 the
House has a beautiful view OF blue-hazed
hills and Is one Of the favorite stopping
places. the days flowing by unnoted until
one wakes with Rip Van Wrinkle start Of
surprise.
YIFTH DAY.
The great Mud Volcano Is a feature OF
THE fifth days excursion, crater 40
feet wide at it's mouth. In which boils
increasingly a slimy. slithy ooze. the outer
crust faxed and hecked with mud 90 that
one can only peer fearfully over the edge
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a. a distance for fear Of disaster. II il
ID complete. Never gain he murmurs
solemnly, never again The Sulphur
Mountain Is also paseed-a volcano, yellow
tinted, the ground for acres about IL an
undulating surface Of boiling springs, the
fumes from which pursue one Tor miles.
So much has been said Of the Grand
Canon OF the Yellowstone that to add one
more word Is to bring upon one the re-
proach Of the superfuous utterance To
quote Kpling: Thank goodness, neither
splendors Adequately
L. Is Corot. the French painter, who said:
Il dream my pict ure and then 1 paint nv
dream. Standing on Inspiration Point,
- u one were looking ct q pictured dream
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the geysers and Angel Pool, blue as the
sky before IL ever looked upon a wicked
world. a blue so intense that it hurts the
eyes. trained to duller shades OF texture
and scenic effect.
THE SECOND DAY.
The stage leaves early and the exhilara-
ton Of the mountain air is already felt.
Even moth eaten jokes are welcomed with
glee. The Hoodoos are the first objects
of intercst-huge boulders. barren and
forbidding, thrown in wanton profusion
over a considerable area. some Of them
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quence by the .spoutine Of the geysers.
the sky line of dark frs. told how for ten
years he had gone East 10 be- turned down
by Eastern girls in successive winters. and
hight OF purse and heavy OF heart had come
home 10 repeat the same experience the
following year.
Look moment. says one Of the guides.
into the pool, and you will see wishbone.
Sure enough. in a few seconds weird
That says the guide irnpresslvely, lis
the wishbone OF a sidehill gougher.' To the
natural interrogation he responds, a
sidehill gougher Is an animal with legs on
one aide longer than those on the other.
90 II can get over the mountains more
rapidly. Tho tenderfoot Il duly impreessd
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park and becoming initiated into its unique
color scheme. one where every natural
tint meets, blends and contrasts with every
other. Jupiter and Angel Terraces are
within easy walking distance OF the Nam
moth Hot Springs Hotel-strange forma-
tons in graduated steps. neutral tinted.
with splashes of,rose over which the boiling
water. crystal clear, PUSHES in cascades.
At the summit, bursts OF steam indicate
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the lesser cahons. After that are passed
in succession Electric Peak, Swan Valley
and Lake, Willow Park, Apollinaris Spring
and, also Obsidian Clin, a mass Of glass.
looking like polished ebony around the
base Of which runs a road Of glass, formed
by melting the substance with the fercest
Of flames
Luncheon Is taken at -Norris's.-' the
stage having covered twenty miles, An
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II is Of imitation mahogany like most Of the
furniture of the room.
There is a well-padded revolving chair at
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appetizer is given by the sulphurous fumes
which rise from the neighboring springs
and geysers. The white smoke curls and
sways gracefully in spiral accents; below
In the pools there are buildings and evil
dences OF subterranean revolt. One looks
down. down, but never sees the bottom,
volume OF steam. convulution Of the
inner surface. warning touch from the
guard prevents. II Is here that the Wicked
Person OF the party begins reform, which
becomes every day more penetrating
and progressive as the sights Of the
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