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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-18
Farming MateriaI Trust shuts Down

The International Harvester company
has Just started up its plant after n long
shutdown. When this company is IN full
operation it employs about lSo00 men. At
present not more than 1.509 or 20o9 are on
the payroll. Prior TO the most recent
shutdown some of the plants OF this
company were closed from Dec. is to
March 2l keeping 1500 men idle. This
company IS particularly noteworthy for
the freedom with which il sells its goods
in Europe cheaper than ii sells them 10
the farmers of Illinois and Indiana. who
are right around its very manufacturing
plants.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-18
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

FOR PRESIDENT:
Alton B. Parker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-18
cOMsNG

FriGay and Saturday next Saturday
Aatlpee, Jane corcoran and Andrek Stu
;frt1in Pretty Peggy 3. I'D aeti
PRlCES-25c to Size Matinee &c to
I2ef Children, &c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-18

Judge and Mrs w G. Hall gave a
theatre party last evening i'm honor OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph 4. McBroom.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-18

Mrs. r. G. Bergman and daughter,
Mildred. left last night for six weeks
visit among friends and relatives in
New York, Brooklyn and Poushkeep-
sic
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20
A Double Role.

The past history of the Chronicle
shows that it has unswervingly stood
for decency in politics. BY decency
We mean clean, honorable battle be-
tween adversaries for any and all po-
sitions. When in civil life you apply for
a position, you submit your qualifica-
tions and let the case rest there. Your
prospective employer renders the de-
cision. In political life the same prin-
ciples should obtain
At the outset of the campaign in
the present congressional contest we
were led to believe by the friends and
supporters of the Hon. Stone Deavours
that the battle would be conducted son
a high and elevated plane-a misrepre-
sentation We must admit. only equaled
by the recent fragrant abuse Of Mr.
Deavours' special organ, the Laurel
Chronicle. We say special organ, be-
cause its every issue is laden with
unwarranted, unjust and uncalled for
criticisms of a man whose Democracy
cannot be questioned and whose labors
in congress for the improvement and
amelioration of his district is worthy
OF the highest appreciation. In addi-
ton to the publication of this unsounl
and and unsubstantiated stuff it gives
IL the widest circulation possible. IT
is forwarded free o. charge to every
qualified elector in the district whose
Hame and address could be secured. II
is not probable that the editor of the
Laurel Chronicle has means sufficient
to give his paper such a vast gratui-
tcns circulation over the district Oh
account of his zeal for his fayorite
man for congress, and IL he were
financially equipped to do it It would
mean the Inauguration Of an innova-
tion that would shake the financial
standing of any paper that would at
tempt to initiate it. Viewing the
from any standpoint, one
must necessarily conclude that the
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20

the Mobile & Ohio. and the Louisville
& Nashville. which entirely absorbed
the said increase The posit IN Of tae
Gulf 4 Ship Island Railroad was
rather in opposition than in aid Of
the advance in the rate. and 1t was
not concerned therein for the reason
that It did not participate. and had no
share in 1t. which, as above stated,
was taken entirely by the trunk lines
Who increased their part of the
freight rate by two cents. and in that
way increased the whole rate Two
cents per hundred
The position taken by the Gulf &
Ship Island Railroad in the litigation
that ensued was that of absolute nau
TALLY. and its answers disclosed the
fact, already known. that 1t had moth
inr to do with the advance and re-
ceived none of the additional rate i'm
posed
Your position in the case ard your
appearance. both in New ORLEANS and
Washington, Was along the lines above
indicated and your sole and only Of
forts were to prevent the road for
which YOU were counsel, VIZ. the Gulf
& Ship Island Railroad. from becom-
irg emhrolied in a controversy in
which it had no interest. The Gulf "
ship Island Railroad was made a party
defendant because it initiated tho
freight. issued the bill of lading. AMI
VAS one OF the railroads that constl-
tuted the through line of carriage.
Its efforts and your efforts, in its be
talf. were directed entirely towards
keeping out of the controversy, which
II did not initiate and In which II
lad no monetary interest.
II is also true that you applied to
me 70 dismiss the case az to the Gulf
4 Ship Island Railroad on account Of
It's having nothing to do with the con
Ioyersy. Offering to abide whatever
decree. and nut in whatever rate
might be fixed by the court of commits
sion.
TO this replied that It was neces-
sary to keen you In court. not becalse
you had any interest, but because the
Gulf g. Ship Island Railroad was one
Of the lines that made mp the through
line and was. therefore. necessarily q
formal party
was counsel for the compainants
during the whole of those transactions
and know whereof | speak.
You are authorized to mako such
use of this letter as you may see At.
Very sincerely yours.
I. NJ MILLER
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20
Disguised

A prominent gentleman of Hatties-
burg said he had intended to vote for
Deavours, but the dirty campaign be-
ing waged by some of the newspapers
supporting Deavours had completely
disgusted him, and that he would now
support Mr. Bowers. He also said
that he had heard other influential
men OF that city express like opin-
ion. We said at the outset that sucn
methods as employed by the papers
referred to would do harm where
good was intended, and now the re-
bounding has set in. While Judge
Deavours is out on the stump public
ly acknowledging Mr.. Bowers ability
and integrity, some of his over-zealous
friends are trying to make Mr.. Bow
ers out a thief and a scoundrel. TO-
tally unfit to fill the office to which he
aspires. We don't see how Mr.. Dea-
YOURS can endorse such inconsistency
and dirty politics. 1t will defeat hm
if nothing else will do it.-Poplarville
Free Press.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20
Come ou. in the open, Judge.

Come Out in the Open, Judge.
In the opinion OF the Herald. Judge
Deavours' campaign methods are UNI
worthy of the man.
He entered this campaign against
Mr.. Bowers for congress with the
syowed statement that he would make
II clean and open fight
He has pretended to do this. and
from the stump has proclaimed peace
and good will toward men"
At the same time he has counte-
naneed. permitted and In some in.
stances endorsed tissue OF campaign
slander, abuse and insinuation. made
in the columns of the Laurel Chron-
icle and Biloxi Review. such as has
seldom or never dlsgraced the politi-
cal history of the State.
If the Laurel Chronicles fulmina-
tions are not Judge Deavours' cam
pslgn thunder. then why does the
Judge 30 over the district slyly asking
Ahis VI Ahhi iiithh VI Nls b'h'ih
Have you seen the Laurel Chron.
icle?"
II Judge Devours is not attempting
to hit Mr.. Bowers over another mans
shoulder. why does he not come out
fatfooted and make these campaign
charges" ON the stump, so that Mr.
Bowers can reply to these charges as
they deserve to be answered. face TO
faoe and before the pople?
One of Mr.. Bowers friends recently
asked Judge Deavours that question,
and his reply was that these charges,
having been made through the press,
II would not be necessary to repeat
them from the stump.
The American people love square
deal and they hate double methods.
They believe that if there is any
thing to be said against a man II
should be said openly and TO his
face.
They do not admire, ror do they toll
crate, the stab In the dark.
They will not endorse Judge Dea-
YOURS policy of saying to Mr. Bowers
from the stump, 81 lover you more
better as me brudder," and then stab
bing at him with character numbering
insinuations through a segment of the
press.
Have you seen the Laurel Chroni.
cle?"
Forsooth! What issue of the Laurel
Chronicle does the judge mean?
Does he mean that issue Of the
Laurel Chronicle which two years ngo
defended Mr.. Bowers against the
charge of having opposed the primary
election law, or that recent Issue OF
the same paper which charges Mr.
Bowers with that same political Of
Tense OF which It had previously shown
him to have been innocent?
Does he mean that issue OF the
Chronicle which, early in the cam.
palgn, said of himself and Mr. Bowers,
Either would sacrifice his chance for
the Office rather than sacrifice princi
pie" or those more recent diatribes
in the, same paper which would lead
one to believe that Mr. Bowers has
no principle?
Come out In the open. Judge.
Bushwhaeking does not 30 in the
Sixth district and it has never beea
popular In Mississippi. thank tho
Lordi-Biloxi Herald
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20

never heard a reputable Democrat in
either of the three cost counties init
mate or insinuate that Mr. Bowers was
not a Democrat of the strictest sect.
and such appeals, in our judgment.
to the people. will react on the man
for whose benent they are intended.
The honest Democrats of Mississippi.
and OF the Sixth congressional dis
trict will never consent or give Their
approval to such infamous and vii
lainous defamation of a man. who,
ever since he was nineteen years old.
has fought the battles of Democracy
IN all portions of the State This
character of campaigning has gone
about as far as Mr.. Bowers friends
should permit II to so. and II Judge
Deavours is the clean, honest man
which he pretends to be. he will de.
nounce these insinuations from the
stump II is useless for him to say
that he cannot control the utterances
of the Laurel Chronicle because every
intelligent and well informed man III
this district knows. or believes, II
they do not know. that Judge Dea-
YOURS has been at the back of the
Laurel Chronicle, and has sought
through this dirty sheet to yillify and
befou Mr. Bowers. If Judge Dea
yours believes that Mr.. Bowers Is not
a Democrat, then let him have the
manhood and the courage which a
true Mississippian possesses, to get
out in the open and say so. II Mr..
Bowers is not Democrat. and he Is
opposing Judge Deavours in the prs-
mares for congress. and If Judge Dea.
YOURS knows OF anything 10 offer
against his Democracy, let him say so
from the stump. And If he believes
as we are of the opinion he does be-
lieve, that Mr.. Bowers is better
Democrat than he is. then let him
have the courage to stand up in the
open and denounce such yillainous at
taclIs as this made against his oppo-
nent
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20
Up to Deavours.

The charge, or insinuation, in the
Laurel Chronicle that Hon. E. j. Bow
ers is not Democrat is as false as
It Is infamous. We do not believe that
the editor of the Laurel Chronicle is
of the opinion that Mr.. Bowers Is a
Republican; then, will he explain why
it was that not more than three
months ago in announcing him for
congress he spoke of him in such ex-
alted terms as a Democrat and man?
The charge made by the Laurel
Chronicle that "all good Democrats on
the coast laugh when Mr.. Bowers is
referred to as Democrat" is a Sian
der and is yillainous. We venture the
assertion that the Laurel Chronicle
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20
THE CAMPAIGN OF ISLANDER
And Vcaon nauguated the Laurel Chronicle and Others of the
Deavours Papers, Exposeds The People Know the Facts,
and Will Return to Congress by Sweeping Ma
orty the Hon. E. J. Bowers, the Brilliant
. and Matchless Young Democrat.

of attack. For the fifteen years OF
more that it has been our pleasure
to know Mr.. Bowers personally, no
single public act of his, no spoken
word or written line, could be cor-
strued as questioning his Democracy
or his attitude on the color question.
To us who have seen Mr.. Bowers take
up the cudgel against the negro in
our old home town of Bay st. Louis
the aspersion sought to be cast on
his record by The Laurel Chronicle
stands oat in all its wanton naked
ness. 1t Is indeed difficult TO realize
tt at The man who has met him face
to face in more than one public de-
late, protesting a high conception of
political battle, ever ready to extend
the hand IF fellowship should seek
to destroy him in manner which
rrecludes defense. 1t is Judge Dea-
YOURS privilege to make war on Mr.
Bowers If he will, but let him do it
ir the open Let him put aside the
high plane" business. and make his
charges from the platform and not
through the medium Of a subseryient
newspaper, so that Mr.. Bowers may
have an opportunity &c defend him
self.
1t appears to us that the style of
campaign carried on by Judge Dea-
Yours official organ, the Laurel Chron-
icle, is indicative of the course that
the judge would pursue in congress
should he be elected. Instead of pro.
noting the interests of the district
he would waste his time in a futile
epdeavor to remove Republican post
masters appointed by a Republican
administration. Let us think about
this seriously, and when we do a
mighty duty will impel US to re-elect
Hon. e. j. Bowers.-Gulfport Record.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20
As to the Freight Rate Advance.

Gen. 7. M. Miller, of New Orleans,
who, no man in Mississippi would for
moment impeach or dlscredit. has
written to Congressman Eaton j. Bow
ers letter which sets at naught the
charge made for Judge Deavours' ben
eft in the Laurel Chronicle and few
other Deavours' organs through the
district, of responsibility for the ad.
vance Of two cents per one hundred
pounds In the freight rate on lum.
ber.
General Miller is Mississippian In
everything except present residence
He served the State as attorney-gen.
eral when it cost Democrat the best
efforts of his life to reach and TO hold
such a position, and his word would
stand against world OF such men
as those who have trumped up and
circulated this mendacious charge.
Here is General Miller's letter, vol.
unfairly given, in a sense of fairness
anu Je9tiNS VI pIotHeI dltOTney -
friend:
New Orleans, La. Ass' o.
Hon. e. j. Bowers. Bay 81. LOUIS
Miss
Dear Sir-Haying heard that you
are being charged with some RESPONSE
hiIity for the advance of two Genus
per hundrls Hpunds in the freight
rate on - hich was made ef-
fectiv/ - Va. and that you are
ais - .eh having appeared
- on that resulted there
- sehalf Of the Gulf g. Ship
railroad and in opposition 70
u : :, ,Imoermen of your district
Eve concluded that 1t is perhaps due
vou that some of your friends VINO
we're connected with the complaints
in that case make statement OF ths
facts
The said advance OF two cents was
not Initiated by the Gulf & Ship isiaha
railroad. but by the trunk lines. sucn
as the Illinois Central the Southern
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20
w. w. PIGFOB@
Lumberton. Miss. Avg.

Mr.. W. w. Pigford. City:ar favor OF
Dear sir-Replying tea eanhough the =
even date. will say + the Northeast
Gulf & Ship Islsnd.ced us that they
fnced us eno
ern railroads Of the two cents per
received no smglber made by the trunk
hundred although | had personal
lines ise M of the fact that tney op
Know emch an advance, as they were
pos, initial lines in the through snip
cents of many members oil Ceh'ra'
yellow Pine Association, we "eis
on,ne,,ed TO bring suit against these
two roads. and after obtaining an OF
dsr from the chairman OF the iheei
stote commerce commission we SUM
these two lines to come 10
oourt and bring their records. Aiio"'Hs
ar powers had been the attorney u
.ta cnlf e. Ship Island Railroad from
The time of its receivership gnu
it's construction ana ueN7
onment up to the time he was eiec'e"
- oonoress. 1 personally gave inslruc-
.,ons to the secretary of our associa-
,,o, n summons Mr.. Bowers to ap'
near as a witness in this case Tor tne
sole purpose of using his tesumohy
aaa,,st a The railroads. if we found that
he possessed any information 'nh'
- y. IF valua TO us.
Trusting this letter viii MAKE 'ns
na,tsr clear and do Justice to every
,'oav remain, respectfully.
roOs. ]. H. HINTON
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20

woven in the States history we have
found little trouble In securing H.
With the judges. however. we have
experienced more difficulty. Thus far
his record appears brief. but, we hope
to add to his side of the ledger later.
Surely there must be more. for a
man of his talent and ability must
have contributed more than We have
thus far been able to locate. to his
party and to his State
However. We want to do him JUS
tice and we will continue our inquiries
and give the results thereof. good or
bad, as we find 1t.
We are surprised, however that
some of the journals that were SO
troubled about Bowers Democracy
lad not looked up the judges case and
saved us this inquiry. but since they
have overlooked this. we are going to
learn, If we can, what the judge has
been doing 10. these many years. for
his party and his State, before his ap.
pointment as chancellor.
In pursuing the record of the two
men as given below We wish to call
attention to the fact that the only Of
flee that the judge seems to have
aspired to. when the people voted for
tie candidates, he was defeated.
whereas, Bowers never held an Of
flee except by direct vote of the peo-
pie and he was never defeated in his
.aoc roI;tiooI 1ifp
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20
Don't Swap Horses in Mid Stream.


A contemporary gives the following
very good reasons for its support Of
Mr.. Bowers for congress. and we take
occasion to call the attention of the
people of Jackson county. especially,
thereto, for the reason that we more
than any other section of the district
are applicants for large and substan-
tial appropriations for our river and
harbor and hence need the service of
man of experience and influence in
congress to get rapid and prompt re-
lief.
How did Gen. r. c. Catchings. the
most influential man that Mississippi
ever had In congress. acquire the in
| fuence and render such service to
Mississippi harbors and waterways.
and especially to our own Pascagoula
river and harbor? The answer il Tong
and continued service
| Mr. Bowers knows our needs and
understands fully the conditions that
| JAiot htit anu having up Jul
deep water projects where his prede-
cessor left off, and pushed with yigor
Cur interests before the rivers and har
bors committee and the war depart
ment, he is now in better position to
serve us than nv man would be in
| four years.
Daad tba folInmit,ey araftIlg.
l. He has served his constituents
we'll and by Democratic usage he
should be accorded at least another
term.
g The influence of a congressman
increases with the years he is serving.
A new man. and be he ever so bril-
liant, can accomplish but little for his
constituents at the start. If Judge
Deavours be sent to congress he would
have to study the rules and the ways
Of the house, as Mr. Bowers and every
new member had and has to do, before
he can do anything but cast his vote
All this requires at least two sessions,
and then the term of the Judge would
be at an end.
Why Is 1t that the few Yankee States
have ever had such influence and pow
era In congress? It is primarily be-
cause they keep their representatives
In congress practically for life Think
of Maine furnishing In a short period
two speakers, Blaine and Reed
We favor the Democratic maxim of
rotation in office" with the exception
&c to congressman 1t seems to us
that to change congressman, except
for just cause is like changing horses
in mid stream. The Southern States
have too often changed their repre-
sentatives in congress and have suf-
! fered in consequence. There are ex-
| ceptions and in every such case the
beneficial effects are in evidence.
Take, for instance. the First dis
trict of, Louisiana There Gen. Adolph
Meyer has just been nominated to
an eighth term. as usual by acclama-
ton. To the generals experience
and tireless efforts New Orleans owes
her dry dock and naval station. and
the South much to his enthusiastic
and successful work in behalf Of il
harbors, rivers and levees. +.
We remember well when b. .
| first nominated and how har -
to struggle before he CO =Ei-
plish anything for his - GOV,
after fourteen years % labor
he is firmly in the - "a 1t would
be the height ofs - his constit-
uents not to va ssfere. No doubt
there are II other able ana
even bri' zen in his district ~
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20

campaign prosecuted by the Laurel
Chronicle is of a type hitherto un-
known in this district.
The speech delivered by Judge Dea-
YOURS In this campaign is beyond crii-
icism. We have heard it on two oc-
casions and have found nothing to
oensure. He has conducted himself on
the stump with due propriety, but the
Laurel Chronicle has prosecuted a
campaign that is unworthy of any re-
sponsible journal. 1t is published at
the home of Judge Deavours, and the
fact that the judge has never uttered
solitary word in condemnation of its
course, would lead any intelligent man
to believe that it meets with his ap-
proyal. Here you have the judge in a
double role. Heightened and clean in
the rendition of his Grafton and dia-
metrically the reverse In his tacit ap-
proyal of the low and mean campaign
of his home paper. His speech appeals
to the higher attributes of his country
men; the Laurel Chronicle influences
those whose minds never had the op
portunity of development or whose
brains are made of material not sus-
ceptible of development.
Judge Deayours' friends very natur-
ally deny that he has aught to do
with the circulation OF the Laurel
Chronicle. 1t is very reasonable
that they should do so, but pray. who
pays the bill? There's the rub. 1t
costs money, and goodly amount of
1t to cover this district with news
paper, and we inquire again, who pays
the bill? That's all. Who's the bank
er? Who furnishes the coin?
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20
long political life.
Bowers Record.

Took active part
in the great fight
in Madison county
in 1884 against the
Negro Independents
Republican combi.
nation. at which
time he was only
10 years old, and
stood guard with
gun in hand to
protect Democratic
meetings.
Organized I h e
Democrats of Han
cock county. and
| e a d the fight
which turned the
negroes and Repub-
licans out of both
the county and mu-
nicipal Offices. pay
ing from his own
private funds costs
of court incident
to the contests
tried In the courts
relative thereto.
In 1892, at the
age of 23 years,
presidential elector
on the Democratic
ticket, and can
vassed the district
at his own expense
Upon resignation
of Frank Burkett,
who resigned MS
elector at large,
and joined the Pop
ulites, Mr.. Bowers
was selected by the
Democratic execiI-
tive committee TO
take the place and
to make the fight
against the Popu-
lite S in their
stronghold. which
he did at his own
expense.
Was elected In
1896 to the State
senate from the
First district, COM
prising the colln-
ties of Jackson,
Harrison and Han
cock.
In 1900 was elect
cd to the house
fro m Hancock
county. Was also
sent the same
year as a delegate
TO the National
Democratic C o n
vention.
From 1890 TO
1893 was a men,
ber State Demo-
tic executive
C o m m | [ [ e e and
member C o II n I Y
committee almost
continuously ( or
15 years.
In 1902 elected
TO congress from
from the Sixth dis
trict.
Appointed men,
ber of National
Democratic Cam
paign Committee
1904; also chair
man of Democratic
convention OF 1904.
and sounded the
key note OF the
Democratic plat.
form, reported 20
the convention by
the three great
State leaders, VII.
liams, Money and
Vardaman.
II years active
service to the pee.
pie of his State and
I h c Democratic
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-20

In the various districts of our own
State. who would like to SO to con-
gress, but the people there will '1et
woll enough alone" Why should the
people in this district act otherwise.