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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-28
$25,0oo.0o
In Five Hundred Cash Prizes

Every subscriber to The St. Paul Globe has
subject matter of the interesting Contest in which
Popular Vote cast for the office of President
umber 1904 Every man, woman and child in the
Greatest Election the Country has ever had. It COS
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
The Allusion Classical.

The agricultural appropriation bill
was before the House. Representa-
tive RiXey of Virginia was advocating
an increase from $4,000 to $25 900 for
the experimental farm owned by the
government at Arlington. He said
the small amount allowed was not
enough to produce substantial results.
Representative Wadsworth, in
charge Of the bill, pointed out that
$4,000 was appropriated for the farm
annually, and that year after year this
mounted up. and in time would have
become formidable. Rome was not
built in day" he added in conclu.
sion.
mo" replied Mr.. Rixey Rome was
not built in day, and If ROmulus and
Remus had been members of the CON-
mittee on Agriculture Rome woull
never have been WashingtU
Times.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17

fore he sat down; then he spoke in
low, earnest tones for some time, care
fully explaining his scheme.
The merchant listened silently with
an expression on his face that Grey
could not fathom.
DO you see?" Grey asked at last.
You say" Strong began in a queer.
constrained voice, that this Hender-
son has found out that there's a vein
of coal running through the old
Barnes place. Old Mr.. Barnes don't
know it, and Henderson has offered
you big fee il You can get the place
for him cheap. You've got Barnes
where you can crowd him for money
and compel him to sell, and you offer
me clear thousand dollars if I'll buy
the place and then turn it over to
Henderson; for you think maybe
they'd guess about the coal If Hen
derson tried to buy it himself, and
there are reasons why you don't want
to appear in it. Is that the way of
it?"
Grey nodded Jack was rising to
the bait quicker than he expected. He
had been little doubtful about dis
closing his hand, Strong was so likely
to have queer notions. But he seem
ed to comprehend the situation, II
he did state the case somewhat bad
ly.
do you remember when ola
Barnes lent you the money to start
out in life?" Strong presently inquired
musingly.
Certainly do and it was paid back
with interest long ago I've loaned a
good many people money in the last
ten years, but | don't expect them to
hold me in everlasting gratitude for
it," A sardonic smile fitted over his
face. No, the people he loaned money
to didn't usually hold him in grateful
remembrance. He didn't lend it to
penniless young chaps without secur-
ity-such as he once was, either, but
it was not necessary to explain that
to Jack.
ut would break the old peoples
hearts to have to leave the old place,
and they're too old to begin life over
again. 1t would mean the poorhouse
in few years" Strong still spoke in
a constrained voice.
'Bosh! That has nothing to do with
tho question. My dear fellow, you
must learn to leave sentiment out OF
business or you viii never ge. alonG
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
by ELEANOR WEST
copyrighted, 1909. by The authors Publishing Compan

the probable contrast between his
appearance and that of his old chum.
He sauntered down the street and
into the open door under the modest
sign -. II. Strong" A man in a
worn, ill-fitting suit fastened for.
ward and wrung his hand heartily,
exclaiming, ut does seem good to see
you again, Dick, old boy. | heard you
were in town and knew you'd drop
in. I've watched the door for the last
hour"
Grey cordially returned the greet
ing. For the next half hour the two
men recalled old times. The lawyer
enjoyed sense of conscious superior
ity over his old chum. IT'S pity he
wasted his life here" he thought,
pityingly studying the others care
worn face.
At last he pulled out his watch and
turning to the merchant with a smile
remarked, "Now may talk business
to you for few moments?"
Strong led the way to the little Of
fee at the back of the store. His
friend carefully closed the door be-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
PROSPERITY AND SAVINGS.
Deposits Have Increased to Nearly
Three Billion Dollars.

There is no such thing as real pros
perity in this country when the gen.
eral public is short of surplus money.
There is no abatement of real prosper
ity when the general public goes on
making money and saving some of 1t.
The speculative gambler may be roll
ing In wealth or ne may be abs olutely
poverty stricken. and neither the one
condition nor the other reflects the
situation of the general public and the
country. Something that does, unfail
ingly and emphatically, is the total of
the savings banks deposits-the sur
plus wealth of the general public.
when we had hard times" with the
advent OF the Wilson law, savings
banks deposits first ceased to increase
and then actually decreased. From
1898 to 1894 they fell nearly 100000
900, or to total of $1,,747 ,96l 900.
BY 1902 they had risen to $2,750, 000,.
900. Controller Ridgley's report
showed that the total of the savings
banks deposits is now $2,935, 204,S
From the experts who went broke"
in speculative excuses we hear that
national prosperity turned downward
in 1901. In that year the savings
banks deposits were $2,597, 100000, So
that since that time to now there has
been gain of nearly 100000, 900.
This gain. since the turn of prosper
ity," is larger than the gain from 1898
to 1898. 1t Is as large as the gain
from 1895 to 1899, larger than the gain
from 1898 to 1900, when the boom was
indeed booming, as no one will deny.
Nearly three billions of savings
banks deposits to-day-nearly twice
what we had in 1S94-does not look
as if the general public were yet quit
OF prosperity. Nor will it be, If this
nation continues policy which keeps
our industries protected against for.
eign industries and our wage earners
against foreign wage sarners.-New
York Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
How Pastors Rebuke Was Robbed Of
Its Effectiveness.

The pastor of the little country
church had been much annoyed by
having the members of his congrega.
ton struggle in long after the service
had begun. One Sunday morning.
when he felt that further forbearance
with this fault was impossible, he
decided to rebuke some conspicuous
offender. About twenty minutes later
than the proper hour, there entered
mild hammered little woman, one of
the regular attendants of the church,
but quite incorrigible in her hardness
The minister looked up, fixed her
with his spectacles, and remarked:
Sister, you are very much behind
time. hope you will not be SO late
in getting into heaven!"
The little woman looked up, smiled
sweetly, and, without a trace of con.
fusion, replied, placidly:
Il shant care about that, doctor, so
long as | get there"
And now the pastor feels that the
smile that went round the church
somehow spoiled the effectiveness Of
his reprimand.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17


Chaplain Hale no longer asks Sena-
= - join with him in repeating the
LORD s prayer at the morning deyo-
tions. This arises from the fact that
when he did make the request there
was no response. This circumstance
was the basis of report, printed in
some newspapers, that none OF the
senators knew the prayer. The report
in turn became the source of no little
anxiety to DR.. Hale.
Can it be possible that such de-
plorabie condition of affairs exists"
he asked more than one senator, and
he was apparently much relieved by
the assurance given him that the
newspaper report was without founda-
tiol.
"Id Just like to see the test made"
said Senator Tillman when he heard
the story. Il fear they'd all be like
two fellows they tell about down in
South Carolina. They were in peril
of losing their lives by drowning,
when one OF them insisted the other
should pray, Notwithstanding his COM
panion demonstrated that he did not
know how to pray,
Just pray anyhow said the other,
whereupon the one said:
Lord, make us thankful for what
we are about to receive Washing
! ton Post.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
lcAsus BELL A STRONG CASE
Girl Justly Angry at Her ElvaI's Joy
over Ghost story.

Girl Justly Angry at Her Elval's Joy
over Ghost story.
What horrld creature Milly
Smith isl" said the girl in the blue
blouse.
She u.s." assented the girl in gray,
but how"
How did find II out?" said the girl
n the blue blouse. why, we spent
our holidays at the same house! The
way came to grief with her was this.
we decided to give a ghost party one
oight You sit in dark room and tell
ghost stories in turn. The person that
tells the most blood-curdling one gets
a prize or course the incidents are
all supposed to have happened to you
personally, but"
why. goodness, how delightfully."-
crcepy!"
80 It Is. or course I wanted to
create a good impression, especially
as Harry was there that week, anu
that Smith girl was fairly haunting
his footsteps. Somehow | couldn't
manage to think or to dream of good
one. Finally, the day of the party,
went to see my laundress about my
dress-we were all to wear white, you
know. To my JOY found on her man
telpiece an old dog-eared book OF
ghost stories. | borrowed it at once
and took it home in triumph, and that
evening told one of the stories from
1t, of course making myself the
heroine. 1t began with my arriving
at the country house late at night, you
know, and being given bed In
haunted room"
And waking up conscious 'hat
something was in the room. KNOW
Eyes. Well, 1t was great success
and | felt that the prize was mine
when that Smith girl stopped talking
to Harry and began to applaud, And
what do you think she said?"
Something awful, of course.
"Clasping her hands, she said on
how delightful! And did 1t all really
happen to your OF course it did, |
said. How perfectly charming she
cried. My old nurse used to tell me
that story when I was very little
! girl, and | shall enjoy 1t so much more
now that | know you were the ne
roine!"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17

pledged by It's uuvarying policy for
three quarters of century. and by
the firmest convictions Of its people,
to the maintenance of the Monroe Doc
trine.
When the Monroe Doctrine ia at
tackled. as 1t will be unless the United
States make itself so strong and ready
that none will dare attack 1t, the at
tack will be made by sea power To
ward off such attack the United States
must have sea power.
Yet the United States to-day ranks
only fifth among the nations of the
world In sea power. And of the four
nations whose fleets surpass that OF
the United States three would gain
greatly by breaking down the Monroe
Doctrine.
These are the fundamental facts OF
the situation. These facts were never
more widely appreciated by the Amer.
lean people, nor were the consequences
of failure In sea power ever more
clearly understood, than they are to
day
Yet the national Democracy, through
its representatives in Congress, now
attack the sea power of the nation and
seeks to prevent its growth Under
pretense of working for peace Demo
cratic Congressman advocate policy
that would make war certain.
The question that forces itself upor
every thinking American is:
Can the Democratic party ever prove
itself worthy to rule this nation?
Can the Democratic party ever ge
right Chicago Inter Ocean.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17

in the world. All tina. twaddle about
heart strings and blighted lives and
the rest OF that stuff doesn't count
when it comes to a matter OF bust
ness" Gray smiled patronizingly
across at Strong, with his most world
ly wise air. Besides" he went on
after moments pause. when 1t
comes to a question of heart strings
| guess your fathers and mothers
are twined about as securely about
that old place of yours as old Barnes
and his wife's are about theirs. and
l understand that your place goes II
you don't take this chance to save
it." Then he added: We'll, do you
take my offer?"
The merchants face had grown
white. He slowly rose to his feet and
stood looking down at Grey, meas
uring him with honest, indignant eyes.
Grey dimly wondered why he seemed
to wither up under that clear gaze;
why he who had lowered so far above
this country storekeeper when he en-
tered the door had someway shrunlS
until he seemed pigmy beside
giant.
Strong's voice was low and con.
trolled, though intense when he spoke.
NO" he said, 81 won't! Yes, I'm
poor, but | amt so poor that need
to sell my self-respect and every finer
feeling in my nature" Suddenly his
expression changed. He held out his
hands with quick, impulsive move.
ment toward the man who had been
his boyhoods chum and hero, while
his face took on a look of yearning
pity "Oh, Dick, old chum" That
was all he said, but the words held
a world of Disappointment. They were
the requiem over a shattered ideal
Grey stared wonderingly. The man
who should have been awed by his
manifest superiority and have envied
him his prosperity was looking at him
with pity struggling against contempt
in his face.
Someway he couldn't adjust his
thoughts to their former complacency.
That's all these confounded villag-
ers know about business, anyway he
thought, contemptuously, as he reach
ed for his hat.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
More Work for tho Policeman.


The Journals prediction that the
United States would soon have to ex
ercise police power over the semi.
savage republics of San Domingo and
Hayti is being swiftly fulfilled.
A delayed cablegram from San Do
mingo says that marines from the
Newark and Columbia have had a
pitched battle lasting three hours with
the insurgents who were routed with
out the loss of even one American life.
The insurgents began the trouble by
firing on the launch OF the Newark and
on commercial steamship owned in
New York. Four hundred mariner
were promptly landed under cover OF
the guns of the Newark and the Co
lumbia, which shelled the insurgent
camp; and they engaged the Domin.
gans, who lost two OF their generals
killed, one wounded, several officers
captured, and sixteen men killed and
wounded.
After inficting this punishment the
United States forces Withdrew AID the
Newark sailed for Guantanamo.
Evidently the situation in San Do
mingo is becoming intolerable. The
barbarian degenerates who inhabit
that part of the island are only one de.
gree better than the negroes who com
pose the population of Hayti. They are
not nj to govern themselves, and they
are becoming a menace to the peace OF
the whole Caribbean region.
The United States can not long per.
NIT this state of affairs to continue al
most within hailing distance OF It's
island possessions. 1t is bound by
every consideration of selfish interest
as well as by every moral obligation
to the family Of nations, to put an end
to IT, We do not want the island of
Hayti, but for the sake OF our com.
merce we must take such police meas
ures there as will prevent any further
disturbances,
1t is a satire on our civilization that
at our very doors one of the fairest
and richest islands of the sea is be-
come the prey of savages in perpetual
riot, many of them sunk in supcrsti.
tion and barbarism not found else.
where on earth outside of the Austria.
liaa bush and the interior of darkest
Africa.
It is time that the United States in.
terfered to police this island, We can
not permit any other nation to do so,
and 1t must be done.--Chicago Jour.
Pal
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17

The train came to a standstill in
front of the little, implanted depot.
Only che man stepped off, and with
but moments pause the train steam
ed on again.
The stranger stood moment,
glancing half cpriousiy down the line
of old, wooden buildings that formed
the one street. Same old place. he
thought with a half amused smile.
"If old Rip Van Wrinkle had come
back here after his twenty years
sleep he'd never have known he'd
been asleep. It's the old town that
has taken twenty years nap this
time, though" he soliloquized. There
is not a new building and hardly
change of any kind since | left"
AS he picked up his grip and turned
towards the old weather beaten hotel,
he became conscious that he was the
center of interest to the loafers loung-
ing about the platform.
An hour later he sat by the open
window of his room meditatiyely
smoking The half amused smile re-
turned to his face as he thought of
the greetings he had just received. Il
wonder who all the old dodgers are,
anyway" he reflected, I've dim
idea that ! used to know them, but
I've had too much else to think of in
the last twenty years to remember
them now.
Il wonder il Jack Strong is still in
this little one-horse town" his
thoughts ran on. Poor old Jack. |
haven't thought of him before in years.
| used to think the sun revolved
around Jack. Well, suppose he has
vegitated here until he is like the rest
of those old fogies down there. It's a
shame, too, for Jack was as bright,
ambitious a boy as you will often find.
II it hadn't been for that conscience
of his that wouldn't lct him leave
home after his fathers accident, he
might have made his way in the
world without any trouble" The law
yer pulled his cigar in silence for
while. Presently the door opened and
the landlord entered with pitcher
of water Grey lazily turned his head
and inquired, Does Jack Strong live
here YETI"
Jack Strong? You bet he does.
Brownsville wouldn't be Brownsville
without Jack. Poor fellow he's been
having hard luck this last year
though" The gossip-loving landlord
perched himself on the edge of the
table, glad of an excuse to talk, and
rambled on for the next half-hour.
BY the end of that time his guest was
in possession of the principal events
of Strong's life during the past TWEEN
ty years.
Hum, lost everything he had but
the old home in that fire, did he? Had
TO mortgage the homestead to get
funds to stock up again, had his own
family and the old folks to support.
his old father and mother heart-brok-
EN- at the idea of leaving the home
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
THE HEARST BOOM.
MOVEMENT FOR FREE TRADE
BEHIND 1T.
calsmteus Results That Followed the
Adoption OF This Policy In 1892
Would Repeat Themselves--Work
ingmen Will Do Well to Remember.

The boom OF William Randolph
Hearst for the Democratic Presiden-
tial nomination in 1904 may be said to
have been launched at a mass meet
ing held in Washington on the 18th of
August. The ambitious individual in
whose behalf this movement has been
organized is the reputed possessor of
fortune of several millions of dol
lars. represented, in great part by a
number of daily newspapers, whose
columns appear to be chiefly conse-
Grated to the destruction of wealth
belonging to other people. lt is upon
this platform that Mr.. Hearst hopes
to reach the Presidency. At present
he is merely Tammany Congress-
man from New York city district. In
journalism he enjoys the distinction
of issuing each day in four different
cities the very worst lot of newspa-
pers of large circulation and vicious
influence known in any part OF the
civilized world. Upheaval, revolution,
anarchy assassination If need be.
seem to be the guiding principles In
these publications.
The mass meeting of August 10 in
Washington was ostensibly engi-
neered by persons claiming to repre-
sent organized labor. In the name of
American labor the Hearst presiden-
tial boom is thrust forward. BY ap-
pealing to the unreason and the pas
at % ;r
hoped to realize the political ambition
of man whose program and platform
involve the ruin Of labor and industry
Down with All Trusts" That Is the
battle cry of the Hearst boomers. How
shall the trusts be downed? BY the
repeal of the Dingley tariff and the
establishment of free trade. That is
the trust remedy chiefly relied upon
almost wholly relied upon. When the
protective tariff is swept away the
trusts will disappear. Such is the
Hearst promise and plan. Take free
trade out of the Hearst propaganda
and nothing remains.
Workingmen who are now employed
all the year round at the highest wage
rate ever known in this or any other
country, wage earners whose deposits
in savings banks have increased in the
past six years of a protective tariff
from less than $4,000, 100000 to nearly
$S,000000,000 are expected to rally to
the support of a political movement
whose ultimate aim is to wreck all
Industry and stop all prosperity. The
work people and wage earners did
something of this kind in 1892, and
paid the penalty in loss of employ
ment and wages, in the melting away
of accumulated savings, in the power
ty, hunger and untold sufferings OF
themselves and their wives and chill
dren. Evidently the Hearst boomers
think American workingmen have
short memories.-American Econo-
mist.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
SIGNIFICANT ADMISSION.
British Acknowledgment Of the Value
of Protection.

We confess that we never expected
deliberately furnish the Republican
party OF this country with the most
convincing arguments in favor of pro-
lection. The Golden club is knocked
into a cooked hat, and the Anti-Cobden
club of the Nineteenth ward-that pat
riotic band of intellectual political
economists, should at their next meet
ing make minute of the subject. I'm
portant as was the announcement OF
Premier Balfour, the official state.
ments of the board of trade, which is
government institution, are much
more so. They announce that protec-
ton does protect; that, in spite OF the
tact that wages in this country are
more than double those in Great Brit
ain, the amount of exports of manufac-
tured goods to this country has great
ly decreased, while our manufactured
exports to that country are increasing
rapidly. The same applies to all pro-
tected nations, so that Great Britain
Is declared to be in a Instantaneous
pooitioh, NSp'NiolS an tHO - HIltu
States can, so soon as there is lul
IN local demand, flood Great Britain
with goods at much lower rates.
The first duty of nation is to look
after the welfare of its own citizens.
That is what we have done. In estab-
fishing protection we have not only
accomplished all that the Republican
party ever claimed, but have confound-
ed our opponents here and abroad.
The British government officially an
uounces that our policy has been a
successful one and will be of great
injury to its own people unless retalia,
tory measures are taken.
Which Is why we remark once more
that we never expected in our day to
see Great Britain, the apostle OF free
trade, acknowledge its own defeat and
our own success. What will the
Democratic party say to this in the
uext campaign? 1t seems cruel that
they are deprived of their only sock
argument, but facts are necessarily
cruel things when opposed to falla
cious Philadelphia Inquirer
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
lust His Luck.

81 had never had any luck on the
races" said Mr.. j. II. Jonah, NOR in
games of chance. In fact, my num-
ber' is all wrong one way or another,
and II anybody proposes n scheme
where it's win or lose you can betsky
that it Is little Jimmy Jonah to lose.
Just now | am referring to Tivoh
pool. Ever lay It? In that game, you
know, the table slants and is stud
ded with little prongs projecting
about two inches. There are three
holes, through which. IL the ball
drops, you are enabled to make large
scores. The object of the projections
is to embarrass the ball and to pre-
vent It from going into the holes.
But there is no need to particularize,
since what am talking about Is bad
luck. The other evening | met up
with three South Side friends and
we had several games with Tivoli
pool % cents each in the pot, high
est score TO win. Well, sir, you shoot
six times each during a game, and in
sixteen games held the lowest
score. Then got mad. / offered to
go into pot at dollar each, winner
to be the person who made the lowest
score. They jumped at 1t. Need L
say what Happened? Try as | would
not to score, rolled the highest that
anybody had made in any game that
evening. Luck? | can't figure 1t out
ANYWAY"