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WADE IN A CORNER.

Clinton acknowledgements Wade
In his speech at Muscatine, In at
tempting to reply to the argument of
A. F. Dawson, who showed up to the
voters of Muscatine what a protective
tariff means to the pearl button in
dustry Of the district, repudiated the
democratic platform, which declares
protection is robbery" by stating
he favored the present tariff on pearl
buttons and Furthermore said he be-
lieved he would favor an increase in
this tariff. Wade is anything but
consistent. If tariff as robbery" In
one instance 1t Is robbery" In another,
If the tariff on pearl buttons is a good
thing for the people Of the second
district, where pearl buttons to the
value OF nearly a million dollars are
manufactured every year. then tariff
on other articles manufactured in this
country is of benefit to the peonle
In stating he Is in favor Of the re-
publican tariff on pearl buttons Wade
Jumps off the democratic platform and
stands on one Of his own construction
However. If elected to congress and !
tariff bill should be introduced nv the
democrats which would favor a re-
duction of the tariff on pearl buttons
there is no doubt but Judge Wade
would vote with his party. He has al
ways zone SO, whenever ne has beer
within sound Of the voice Of the clerk
at roll call, which, the Herald recently
showed, was not often.
The bill for Canadian reciprocity
introduced by Judge Wade, proves
conclusively that he is an out and out
free trader, Notwithstanding the back
ward somersault he has taken on the
pearl button question. The bill rela-
tive to reciprocity with Canada pro
vides that whenever the Dominion OF
Canada shall, within two years of the
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passage of the act, admit free of duty
to all parts of Canada all articles pro-
duced or manufactured in the United
States, then the United States shall
admit free of duty all articles produced
or manufactured in the dominion of
Canada.
Wade says in his numerous speeches
IF that does not satisfy you,. then
vote for Dawson or words to that
effect. Such expressions are to be
found by the score In his speech Of
acceptance at Davenport. On this is
sue, If on no other, the farmers of the
district, regardless of politics, will
vote against Judge Wade. They are not
in favor of any free trade arrange
ment with Canada whereby the farm
ers of that country can flood the Unit
ed States with beef. wheat, butter.
eggs, and other products Of the farm.
That Wade Is in favor of placing the
farmers of this district in direct COM
petition with the farmers of Canada
is shown conclusively by his Canadian
reciprocity bill, which, thanks to a
republican congress, will never get out
of the committee room.
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pany vast fortune is not to be rich
Time and opportunity and inclination
to help others are the most valuable
things In the world, and II you can
not seize these. If you can not utilize'
them to your own enlargement, your
own betterment, you are poor indeedtl
although you have millions In the
bank.
A man is rich when he has put him.
self In touch with all that is good and
great, when he has put himself into q
position where he can grow to tbs
largest maturity. when he has time
and opportunity for cultivating friend4
ships. for helping others. He Is not
rich: on the contrary, he is very poor
| indeed, when he is so preoccupied
with selfish interests that he has no
time to sympathize with the unfortu-
nate. no time to help those who ara
suffering and in need, no time to do.
anything but make money. He Is poor.
when he has no time to improve his
mind. to elevate his ideals, or TO cul4
tivate his tastes.
Soul expansion is the only thing
which measures real wealth. The
greatest aim of life should be to abb
sorb into ones being the largest
amount of sweetness and beauty Il ID
capable of absorbing. The highest
riches are beyond the reach of money
and are Independent of fortune. They
can not be burned up or lost in the
ocean. or destroyed in railroad
wreck.
Much of what IS called success I'd
but the most vulgar kind Of prosperity
1t is the success of the brute faculties
at the expense Of the divine. To de-
velop q few OF ones brain cells and
these the lowest. by everlasting dig3
ging and grinding for money, to cultiJ
vate one huge gland which secreteA
nothing but dollars, and the exclusiva
cultivation Of which brushes out oA
life all the finer sentiments, all that
Is sweet and beautiful and worth
while. makes man as dry and barreni
as the great Sahara Desert. He whol
follows this course can not be rich
no matter how much money he may
have. A man is rich when every fac1
ulty within him has been developed
to the utmost along normal lines, whenl
he has followed his highest IDEALS
when he has pushed his horizon to I'D
farthermost limit.
A man is poor when he has lost the(
confidence of his friends. when peoples
who are nearest to him do not believed
in him: when his character is honey-
combed by deceit. punctured by dis
honesty. He Is poor when he makes
money at the expense of his character
when principle does not stand clearS
cut, supreme in his idea. When this
is clouded.he is in danger Of the worst
kind Of poverty. To be in the poor
house is not necessarily to be poor. II
you have maintained your integrity. II
your character stands foursquare to
the world. If you have never bent the
knee of principle to avarice, you are
not poor. though you may be COMPEL.
ed to beg for bread.
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FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

bite and bears and lions to growl and
fight. for it's their nature to- We are
too far away to hear the scream of the
Kansas eagle; 1t may be little rough
on our friends in Kansas, but long en-
durance of the cyclone, the grasshop-
per. the new woman and other attic.
tons has made them patient.
1.-THE national animal of Canada, as
contrasted with the eagle, is the beav-
er; an industrious, placid, but deter
mined beast. who says nothing. but
chaws wood, and is now engaged in
building a substantial national edifice
undisturbed by the screams of eagles
and other excitable creatures"
The World really grows excited 1t.
self and one would suppose from read.
ing its article that 1t was fearful lest
a regiment Of the Kansas national
guard. headed by Carrie Nation OF
General Funston would march into the
Dominion and proceed with its cap.
ture. 1t would be we'll to assure the
Canadians that no such dire measures
are anticipated and that there are
some people in the United States who
are not anxious in the least that Can
ada become part of this nation.
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PROTECTION OF cITIzENs.

Dispatches from st. Petersburg rep.
resent the Russian press as COM
menting in a dazed manner upon the
efforts OF the United States govern
ment to protect its Jewish citizens in
foreign countries. The Journal de st.
Petersburg editorially characterizes as
Supplying an article in recent
French paper which protested to ex-
plain President Roosevelt's desire to
gain more liberal treatment for Rus
sian Jews naturalized in the United
States and revisiting Russia with pass
ports as American citizens.
In his letter of acceptance President
Roosevelt gave an authoritative &C.
count of the ground taken by his own
administration and that of President
Mckinley as regards the protection of
American citizens of foreign birth, or
of particular creed, who desire to trav-
| ell abroad" the phrase is quoted from
the letter of acceptance. 1t is alone as
an example of condensed and accurate
meaning, instructive. Continuing.
President Roosevelt says:
Russia for instance, refuses to ad-
nit and protect Jews. Turkey refuses
to admit and protect certain sects of
Christians. This government has
consistently demanded equal protec-
ton abroad for all American citizens,
whether native or naturalized. On
March 81, 1899, Secretary Hay sent a
letter of instructions to all the diplo-
matte and consular officers of the
United States, in which he said: "This
department does not discriminate be-
tween native born and naturalized citi-
zens in according them protection
while they are abroad, equality of treat
ment being required by the laws Of
the United States
These orders to our agents abroad
have been repeated again and again
and we are treated as the fundamental
rule of conduct laid down for them,
proceeding upon the theory that all
naturalized citizens of the United
States while in foreign countries are
entitled to and shall receive from the
government the same protection of
persons and property which is accord
ed to native born citizens"
He further declares that in issuing
passports the state department never
discriminates or alludes to any mans
religion, and that lin granting to ev-
cry American citizen, native or natur-
allied, Christian or Jew. the same
passport, so far as it has power it
insists that all foreign governments
shall accept the passport as prima facie
proof. that the person therein describ-
ed is citizen of the United States and
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dency. His letter Of acceptance, as a |
vote getter and as an inspiration to his
followers is an utter failure.
THE ROYAL BABES.

The birth of a boy in the royal fam
lily of Russia has been hailed with de-
light. Defeats on the field of battle
were forgotten in the national joy
BUSINESS that followed the announce
ment that czarevitch had been ush-
cred into the world. A little later
Italy proclaimed to all the world the
birth of an heir to the throne now oc-
cupied by King Victor Emanuel and
the royalists fondly believe this event
has saved the dynasty. The title,
Prince of Piedmont, conferred upon
the little one. is regarded as politi-
cal event which will avert trouble with
the vatican.
But looking forward twenty years
from the viewpoint Of America, where
neither sympathy for nor prejudice
against the throne of either Russia or
Italy can influence the judgment, does
it not seem reasonable to believe that
in twenty years these royal sons will
have no throne left to them ?Itaiy is on
the road to republicanism. France and
Switzerland are republics, Spain is IL
able to become one at any of her fire.
quent revolutions and Italy is falling
into the same class with the country of
which young King Alfonso XII is the
nominal monarch. Even now the So
cialist element with which great
number of the Italian soldiers are in
sympathy. Is up in open revolt against
the rule and taxation of the dynasty.
viii the government of the kings en-
dure for twenty years? Then look at
Russia with her nihilists, her war and
the certainty Of her loss of power
among the nations of the earth. New
er was there better time for repub-
licanism to flourish in the land of the
car, than now. Silently, but steadily
and surely. force is working under
the surface of servile submission,
which crops out only on rare occasions
but which will. when the right moment
comes. burst forth in cataclysm of
republican sentiment. Only within the
past week reserve militiamen have ut
terly refused to go to the front in
Manchuria and the soldiers sent to
compel their obedience of orders have
refused to do as bid.
How long will these conditions last?
How long will the undercurrent re-
main hidden. gathering force with ev-
cry day? Perhaps it will be twenty
years, perhaps ten, perhaps in the
reign of Gar Nicholas and in that of
King Victor, possibly not until after
their sons have succeeded them. But
wait until the Russian taxes are in
creased to meet the expenses of a
years reverses in the war with Japan;
wait until one of the Spanish revolu-
tons touches a responsive chord in
ltaly--then where will be the boys?
Ask of the winds that far around
With fragments strewed the sea-"
1t Is indeed stormy life and hard
one that awaits the little babe so care
fully nursed in the royal palace of the
Russian ruler. 1t is indeed a dark
future that will be the first view of the
world for the boy upon whom the mon
archs of Italy shower their attentions.
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THE EAGLE AND THE BEAVER

Under the above caption the To
1onto World. half in jest and half an.
cry, answers a remark made by the
Wichita Eagle to the effect that Can.
ada should be annexed to the United
States and that at once. Evidently
the World does not believe with the
Eagle, and it says SO in the following
language:
while the general tone of the Unit.
ed States press is now friendly to
Canada. we regret to observe that The
Eagle of Wichita, Kansas, will be sat.
isfied with nothing less than the
downright capture of this country 10
be undertaken at once The Eagle de.
clares firmly that it intends to scream
for this measure. in spite of orr
wishes or protests and in spite of the
fact that the democratic platform con.
tains no annexation plank.
mo reasonable person can object IA
an eagle screaming. The familiar
hymn that advises children not to let
their angry passions rise, recognizes
the fact that dogs delight to bark and
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REPUBLICAN ExTRAvAeANcE,s

Burlington Hawk Eye.-Sometimea
it is "militarism' which the democratic
propose to attack; then they change
their minds and think the tariff is tho
thing-but that, also, is live wired
Republican extravaganza" has attrac.I
tons. whether 1t has any foundation{
or not and that Is just now a favorital
theme. From the speech of accepts
ance OF Mr.. Davis, and from the ad-
dress of Judge Parker to the demos
cratic editors, 1t Is apparent that tho
two candidates consider their best
chance of riding into office lies In COM
vincing the electors that the republic
can congress has been irresponsiblV
extravagant. President Roosevelt
meets this attack with Offensive de-
fensive" strategy-as follows:
do our opponents grudge the fiftN
millions paid for the Panama canal? =
DO they intend to cut down on the
pensions to the veterans OF the civil
war?
do they intend to put a stop to the
irrigation policy. or to the permanent
census bureau, or to immigration in.,
spection?
DO they intend to abolish rural fres
delivery? Do they intend to cut down
the navy or the Alaskan telegraph
system?
do they intend to dismantle our.
coast fortihcations?
IT there Is to be real and substan.I
tial cutting down in national expendi-
lures. 1t must be In such matters az,
these. The department Of agriculture,
has done service of incalculable value
to the farmers of this country in many
different lines. Do our opponents WISH
to cut down the money for this ser.l
vice? They can do it only by Destroy,
Ing the usefulness of the service IL
SELF" ~
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| the evident desire of his seamen ia
hide themselves safely away in neutral
| ports Till the war lis over. II his gym :
pathetic attitude continues the RUS.
sian navy will soon be the most Inn
pressive IN the world. There won't bd
single port outside Of Russia and
Japan without a fine Russian ship on
permanent duty to impress every be-,
holder with the fact that Russia real
ly has navy.
The war may last anywhere FROM
few months to half a dozen years
longer, but however long 1t lasts ths
good ship Lena will stay good at SAM
| Francisco The other good shin
Korea now reported off Vancouver Isl
land, is probably headed for either
San Francisco or some other Paciflc
coast port, where 1t will be given q
chance to keep the peace and mains
tain the fame Of the admiral ~ the
are the Diana at Saigon, the Mandjurl
and Askold at Shanghai and the
| Czarevftch at Tsingtau. And this ii
only the beginning.
It would be a fine time for Grand
Duke Boris, or some other equally im-
perial hero OF champagne and slippers
to moke tour of the world. IL he
err set on our dominion" he could ans-|
wer, 1.-THE Russian flag waves trio
umphantly and law abidingly in the
ports OF every ocean. There IL Russ
sian admiral or captain tied up to the
dock to salute me wherever 60. What
other nation can show the same? 2"
There couldn't be more comfort. !
able arrangement than this. The
Russian admirais no longer fear they
VIII get seasick. They have plenty Cd
time to attend parties on shore, and
they can truthfully swear that they
don't care a rap for the Japs in the
ofing. And as for the Russian Jack
tars, the worst danger that confronts
/ them Ia the Gala hnnaa
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WHEN IS A MAN POOR?

Orison Sweet Marden in Success
Time and again, have Travelled a
long distance to visit very humble
home In Amesbury, Mass. The whole
property is worth but few hundred
dollars. but the fact that John Green
leaf Whittier lived there makes 1t alb
solutely priceless. Men and women
cross continents and oceans. to visit
1t. Enthusiastic admirers of the poet
carry away from the spot bits Of wood,
wild flowers. leaves and all sorts Of
souvenirs to remind them and those
who come after them that man lived
there-one of natures noblemen.
Thousands of people in this country
look upon Whittier the simple poet, as
one of the richest treasures America
has produced. and yet,considered from
commercial standpoint all he left
In the world was worth but a song.
Be careful how you laugh at men
and women who think there is some
thing better in the world than maxi
ing money and who refuse to worship
1t. Their monuments in parks and
public places may proclaim their story
of their heroic lives for centuries aft
er you. with your millions, have been
forgotten. Selfishness has no immor-
tally in It, Greed has no quality to
propagate itself, it's children are all
short-lived. Who ever saw people
making pilgrimages to the homes Of
millionaires. men who never did any
thing for the world? Who would insult
the memory of Wnit.ie: b. asking IL
he were rich? Who would desecrate
the name Of Lincoln by asking how
much money he left. or who would
dare say that he was not success be-
cause he was poor? Hundreds of men
and women have lived and died in
wretched homes, in attics, and even in
poorhouses who have enriched the
world by their lives, who have given
greater .uplift to civilization than
many millionaire. Men who never
had thousand dollars have left their
names which the world will not let
die.
Do you regard a man as really poor
who may not happen to have money,
but whose character Is SO juicy and
whose career is 80 succulent with the
sweet things of life and experience
that he has enriched whole commun-
ity? Do you regard man as poor
whose neighbors feel enriched by his
mere presence? Do you regard man
as poor who lives in an attic, but
whose very existence enhances the
value of every acre of land and every
home for miles around him? Do you
regard man as poor when every
child in the neighborhood loves him,
and considers 1t an honor to be recog-
nized by him on the street or to re-
ceive an invitation to visit him? Do
you regard a man as poor when his
home, no matter how humble, is look.
ed upon as a shrine?
To be engulfed in ones occupation
swallowed UP in a complicated life
harassed by the striving and strainine
the worry and anxiety which accom-
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The fruit of the free trade system is
in the words of the British royal com
mission. intermittent and consequent
ly dear production and absence of re
liable profits; in the words of Gener
al Booth. over 100000 British work
men. begging for work to earn the
bare bread of daily existence, in the
words of Cardinal Manning, THE CAPT
tai that stagnates" and "the starva
ton wages of the British labor mar
ket."
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The fruit of the protective tariff sys
tenn is by reserving the sure home
market to the competition of Ameri
can producers. continuous and conse
quently profitable and economical pro
duction. giving cheap prices to the
consumer. fair returns on invested
capital and the highest wages in the
world to labor. Under protection cap
ital does not stagnate and labor does
not StarYe.
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That Senator Fairbanks is not a
heartless man is shown by his compar-
atively brief letter of acceptance. -
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
That he is not brainless man is al.
so shown by that same letter. In fact,
it gives the reader a conviction that
he knows whereof he speaks.
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Now the busy correspondents have
started the story that Miss Alice
Roosevelt is engaged and thus far two
prospective husbands have been Sc
lected for her by the writer's. One is
German holding commissionership
at the st. Louis exposition and the
other is young and wealthy congress-
man. Who will be the next?
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"a man who is weak enough to put
his candidacy in their (Hill's and Bel
mont's) hands before the convention,
would not be strong enough to resist
their influence after election, If he
were by an possibility successful
William J. Bryan.
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And now the Japanese have cut oft
the water supply to Port Arthur. This
thing of being a Russian has good
many disadvantages, and being Rus.
sian in Port Arthur isn't vacation
joh
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Defense against injurious trade com
petition is as necessary as defense
against armed invasion. The protec-
tive tariff furnishes the first and helps
to make possible the second.
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The principle which underlies pro-
tections is securing at all times to
American people the markets of Amer
lea. 1t means that the work of this
nation must be done by the people of
this nation.
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1t has been demonstrated that the
effect of protection is the cheapening
of products. Production diversifies en-
ployment and enables wage earners to
be consumers as well as producers.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

"The archbishop of Canterbury was
given taste OF American high life in
railroad wreck the other day." SAYS
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil Per
haps there is nothing more distinctly
American than the railroad smash up
to send the archbishop home without
sample of it,"
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This country will not be perplexed
by any close decisions of the umpire
in the game which is to be played on
the Sth day of next November" says
the Des Moines Capital.
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1t begins to look as if the japanese
will be compelled to take Port Arthur,
or what is left of it, very soon.
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THE CAR AND HIS SHIPS.

Chicago Record Herald. - While
the czar is hoping that the
wish of his militia to die for their
country may be fully realized" he is
also showing himself sympathetic to
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1.-THE great speakers will be heard
simply because people delight to hear
them speak" declares the Cedar Rap
ids Republican, "but as for the ultt-
mate decision, that is a foregone con-
clusion. People are ready to vote now
and would be glad IL the election were
to be held tomorrow. Indeed the cleo
ton of Roosevelt was determined upon
before his nomination"
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IF YOU'RE SICK

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