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"knock" about?
Judge T. NJ. Phillips says he cant
do much at public speaking, but he is
Powerful go II at Misunderstanding.
Windy" Plummer announces that
he has withdrawn from the race for
representative. Who eyer thought that
he was ever really in it"
Everybody smokes cigars now, for
the candidates are getting busy.
The bluebirds may sing all in vain
at Bell park this year. if the directors
find another ball park
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in TIE south are troubled with vag
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a breakfast the ueXt morning ST.
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is both novel and effective Each
tramp is required TO take a cold bath
every day. The plan has proven most
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-17

Tie bluebirds may sing all in vain
at Bell park this year, if the directors
find another ball park
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-17

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18
WHAT THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE
TO LEARN.
TO DO.

Three years of Theodore Roosevelt
as president have cleared away all il
lusions as to his ideals. His conduct
in the floating" of the Panama repub-
lie, his ruthless disregard of public SEN
timent in the south. his dictatorial as
sumption of authority in every depart
cedment of the public service have
sufficed to show the people that mis-
ideal of government is imperialism.
that he regards brute force as the
equivalent of legality.
Are these qualities desirable in a
president of the United States? This
is the question the American people
will be called upon to answer at the
polls.
The people will have to decide.
Judge Parker on the other hand, is
a virtually unknown quantity, but the
manly independence of his telegram to
the democratic leaders at the St. Louis
convention proves at least his hon.
esty, and the fact that he is a candidate
for electinO against Mr.. Roosevelt au-
thorizes the superstition that he does
not share Mr.. ROOsevelt's views on
Imperialism and that he prefers the
democratic principles laid down by
Washington and jefferson.
Thus the issue before the people is
Imperialism or Democracy, which is
to rule in the United States?
The people will have to decide.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18
EXPORTING GOLD.


Next to Labor Commissioner Carol
D. Wrights absurd statement to the
effect that wages have increased in
greater ratio than the cost of neces-
saries of life, the funniest thing thus
far asserted in the present campaign
is that the gold exports scheduled for
the immediate future are signs of fl
nancial and commercial healthfulness.
One of the principal contributors to
the campaign literature of the repub-
lican party is responsible for that state
ment and his reasoning is no more
logical than his statement is true.
the foreign exchange market is so
bare in New York. he states, that it
is much cheaper to send gold than to
pay the high price of exchange
1t would be a waste of time to
answer such nonsense, even if there
were no other reason to deprecate the
outflow Of gold. But as a matter of
fact there are reasons to believe that it
is nothing more or less than a repe-
ton of the history of 1892 and 1898.
Then the outflow of gold began about
this time in the presidential contest
and was continued until all the ac-
cessible outside supply had been ex-
hausted and the gold reserve in the
treasury reduced to less than half of
the amount required by law. 1t was
because of this that after his inaugu-
ration in 1898 Grover Cleveland was
obliged to resort to extraordinary
methods to replenish the treasury and
save the country from disgraceful re-
pudiation.
The outward movement Of gold was
not inaugurated because of a deficiency
of foreign exchange in New York. 1t
was the immense treasury deficit of
July that is responsible. The nearly
$1S,OOO,O0O of expenditures in excess of
the receipts of the treasury for last
month has probably alarmed the for
eign holders of our securities and they
are demanding liquidation. Possibly
the financierS of this country will be
able to check their alarm in time to
prevent a dangerous outflow and an in
eVitable panic as a result. But they
have done nothing yet, maybe for the
reason that they can't, and if it
continues disaster is certain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18
PURE AIR A NECESS1TY

We foolish mortals have been liv-
ing on this earth for a doubtful period
of time-about five thousand years,
according to religion-a hundred thou
sand or more. according to science,
says the Chicago American.
1t is curious that in those five thou
sand years or those hundred thousand
years, man has not yet had thoroughly
driven into his conservative skull the
Importance of plenty of fresh air.
Burton. in his Anatomy of Melan-
choly page us. Vol. }. quotes our most
important possessions: The principal
things for the use of man are water,
fire, iron. salt, meal. wheat, honey. milk
oil, wine. clothing, good to the godly. to
the sinners turned to evil
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18
WEATHER..
Tonight and Friday fair, cooler.
GOOD RECORD BLOTTED OUT.

Railroad papers are now trying to
win votes in eastern Washington by
stating that Albert f. Mead the nomi-
nee of Boss Farrell's convention for
governor, voted for lower freight rates
when he was a member of the legisla
ture over ten years ago. Mr.. Mead
may have been cOnscientiously devot
ed to the cause of the people at that
time, but he has since fallen from
grace.
Benedict Arnold did valiant service
in behalf of American independence in
the battle of Saratoga and in many
other engagements with the British,
but all his good deeds We're blotted out
when he betrayed his country for a
commission in the British army and
six thousand pounds in cash. So Mead
by becoming the tool of Boss Farrell
and the railroad lobby has blotted out
all the good work he may have done in
behalf of the people during his term as
a member of the legislature The vot-
ers of the state will judge him by what
he is, not by what he may have been
before his fall Even Satan is said to
have been an angel once, but his record
as a saint in Heaven would hardly en-
title him to be elected governor of this
state in spite of the devilment he has
wrought since.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18

For the people are called upon to
choose between American democracy
and an imported English imperialism
Washington diplomacy of late has
shown a tendency to take it's cue from
abroad-to mark time to England S
step. Imperialism being popular in
England at present, the fad appears
to have spread to. administrative cir
cles in Washington.
For Imperialism is the one man
power. 1t is absolutism in the execu-
tive. while democracy is government
of the people, by the people, for the
people,
Mr.. Roosevelt represents imperialism.
Judge Parker represents democracy as
is was understood by our forefathers,
the signers of the declaration of in
dependence, as it was understood by
the men who fought for that independ-
ence and as it should be understood by
us who have inherited that independ-
ence.
Has Mr. ROOSevelts influence
changed the heart of the American peo-
pie in this respect? The coming presi-
Dental election will give a decisive
answer to the question: for it is at the
polls that
The people will decide.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18

The Panama railroad is but . co,-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18
OREGONIAN FORCED TO CRAW
FISH

About two weeks ago the Oregonian
published a long editorial bewailing
the selfishness and greed of railroads
in general and of the railroads travers-
ing Oregon in particular. 1t cited the
effort of the transcontinental railroads
to secure a monopoly of the traffic
across the lsthmus of Panama and it
said in effect that the same spirit
characterized railroads wherever they
are not restrained by wholesome leg
isiation. In discussing the Panama
question the Oregonian said
The scheme of the transcontinental
+-fallroads to assist Pacific Mail to a
monopoly of the line across the isthmus
of Panama is a bold and unscrupulous
undertaking, so hostile to public policy
that it concerns every person who has
at heart the country's material welfare.
as we'll as its freedom from immoral
and degrading corporate rule.
1t is the purpose of this intended
coup To prevent the Panama railroad
from being thrown open on equal terms
to all steamship lines. The free COM
petition which would ensue upon that
throwing open is not desired bv the
railroads. They do not want transcon-
tnental tariffs fixed by supply and de-
mand. but by the fiat of their own rep
reSehlauNeS, called into council to null
ify the LAW of supply and demand and
charge all the traffic Will bear if not
more
The Panama railroad is but a con-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18
Wife of Justice Fuller Dead.

BAR HARBOR, Mich, Aug. 1S.-
Mary Ellen Fuller, wife of Chief JUS
tice Fuller of the United States SUI
preme court, died suddenly last night
while sitting on the piazza of their
summer cottage at Sorrento from neart
disease.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18
WANTED.

Girl for general housework in small
family. Inquire at 42O Washington
street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18

those around you to promote the fresh
air idea.
Don't be a catfish. Give your lungs
chance"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Do not pay carrier boys any money
unless bill from the office is present.
ed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-18
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Dr.. Buffum's

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18
LIKED RoosEvELT's HAT.
sfouch Hat Given to Veterans Tn Sof- dfers, Home at Grand Island, Neb.

siouch Hat Given to Veterans Tn sof-
 dfers' Home at Grand Island, Neb.
 When President Roosevelt was in Grand Island, Neb.. last summer on his way to the Pacific coast he wore a slouch bat which excited the admira- ton of the veterans at the Old Sol diers' home there, who turned out te greet him. says an Omaha dispatch. ~ They continued to talk about that hat during the summer and the ensu ing fall, and efforts were made by them to procure 1t from the president as a Inelnento of his visit to Grand Is- land When Judge Norris went TO con gross from the Grand Island district the inmates of the Old Soldiers home requested him to call on the president and try to get tho coveted hat for them. .
 Accordingly Judge Norris recently called upon the president and told him of the desire Of tine veterans to get his old hat Colonel Roosevelt smilingly hunted it up and gave it to the con- gressman, who sent it to the Grand Is land home with the presidents conlpli- ments 10 the old soldiers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18
l-lNCOLN'S SPECTACLES.
Those Worp by Him When Shot
 Owned by Watcrtown Woman.

Those Worn by Him When Shot
 Owned by Watcrtown Woman.
 A cherished treasure of Mrs. Andrew B. Garter of Watertown, N. Y., is a pair of specracles formerly worn and owned by Abraham Lincoln. They were found in his pocket at the time he was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's theater ia Washington, April l4. 1885. says the New York World.
 Mrs. Cartei+s father, William H. H. Reyes, was a private In one of the regiments quartered In Washington then and was on duty at the theater on the night of the tragedy. He was one of the detail that guarded the pass age through which the dying president was carried from the theater. AS Lin coin was placed in the carriage the spectacles slid from his pocket into the gutter. and before Reyes could re- store them the carriage had driven away Reyes afterward sent them to his wife, Mrs. Carter's mother. ana they have since remained in the fam 'l-. The glasses are of the old fash
 med kind, with heavy gold bows and
 -tarOral oiplenr r7@eses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18
GrieVe, BiSSet & Holland.
BOYS WARNED OF CITIES.
Indiana School officials Urge Them
 to Stay on Farms. %

Indiana School omciaIs Urge Them
 to Stay on Farms.
 'The farmer boy of northern In. diana should beware of Chicago"
 This is one of the statements in an official bulletin which is being sent to teachers all over Indiana by the state board of public instruction in an att tempt to stem the tide of emigration of farmer boys to the great cities of the country, says an Indianapolis dis. patch to the Chicago Tribune.
 The state board determined on its action after receiving statistics show ing estimates of the number of boys who have deserted the farm for the city during the last few years. It believes the vitality of the state is being sapped and will at once begin a crusade to stop the movement.
 'Too many boys from the farms are seeking openings in Chicago. St Louis and the other large cities of the west 9 the bulletin continues. Personal in- vestigations have brought to light the fact that three fourths of the boys who have migrated to the cities in the last five years have been unsuccessful in their undertakings, many having been forced almost into the unemployed class" a. s8
 The bulletin then specifies Chicago and deprecates the fact that that city is drawing all the boys from the farms in the northern part of the state and continues:
 ''It will be sad day for our national life when all our young men farmers come to town, when the small, well cultivated homesteads give way to big landed estates'
 The teachers in all the public schools of the country are urged to use all the Influence in their power to make their pupils familiar with the hardships of city life and the few chances for them to get started in business in the great centers of industry. They are also urged to make their schoolroom busy workshops, where the nobility of honest toll may be taught.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18
STORY OF BUSHNELL.
How oh1o's Former Governor AZ
 pointed One 09 His Stan.

HOW Oh1O'S Former Governor An
 pointed One O9 His Stan.
 The following story concerning the former governor of Ohio, the late Asa s. Bushnell, was told by Victor Smith in the New York Press. When Bush nell was a candidate for the nomina- tion for governor Harry Prettyman, a farmer, with 5000 acres of the finest land in Ohio, went to the convention and worked for him. He was a dele gate from Madison county. He was unknown ill the state, but, when the convention adjourned every member had made his acquaintance.
 When Bushnell was elected the farm CT went &o him and said abruptly, Governor, should esteem it an honor to be appointed a member of your staff" The governor hemmed and hawed and said he would consider the matter and confer with the leaders of Madison county politics, mentioning the names of three prominent workers. Prettyman held up his long finger and exclaimed in his most dramatic style: Count me out, governor. Count me out. If 1t is necessary for you to con suit the three men who have done most to injure you in the convention and elsewhere before you can decide upon my appointment wash my hands of 1t. sir! If am to be recognized it must be because you recognize no one in the matter but Harry Prettyman."
 Bushnell looked at him for a moment and said, Colonel PretVman, you are on my staff.''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18

.1 you don't get out of tny way. About one more drink will lay you out"
 Mir. BoyE ser turned on bis heel and retraced his steps homeward. He said things to himself as he went. He ar- rived at his gate just as tramp passed in to ring the basement bell. He hadn't reached the bell, however, when some thing reached him. Two hands clasped his neck and whisked him around, and then a broad toed No. 9 shoe played against him and assisted him to find the gate and pass through 1t again. When he had crossed the street MT. Bowser ascended the steps and let him. self in.. -... .*
 "Well?'' queried Mrs. Bowser after he had removed his overcoat and en- tered the sitting room.
 He glared at her without reply. l "Did you find the people who were hungering for words of sympathy and cheer?" she continued.
 "I found, madam" he answered as he sat down and picked up a newspa- per-"I found that by leaving here at 10:1O tomorrow morning you can reach your mothers house at 3 o'clock, and you had better pack your trunk to- night" .--
 Mrs. Bowser and the cat slyly wink ed at each other, and nothing further was said. NJ. QUAD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18

CAUSE I'M AN OLD WOMAN"
 that half a dozen of the family rela- tions had perished in some awful catas- trophe, and the cat went around with the hair on her back standing up and her claws itching for fight.
 Mir. Bowser didn't light the usual after dinner cigar. He sat down with a sigh, rolled his eyes around in sorrow, and when his audience had been work ed up to the proper pitch he said:
 Mrs. Bowser, you are probably won- dering what has happened?''
 Yes, I am,'' she curtly replied. You've either got case of collie or some ones dead. and can't tell which. Why don't you speak right out?''
 ''No one is dead. and I have no case of colic,'' he softly said. ''I have sim ply been aroused to sense of my duty toward my fellow men.'
 "Oh, I see. Haven't your fellow men taken you in often enough =
 A, red spot burned on MT. Bowser's cheek, and his eyes flashed, but he hung on to himself and quietly answered;
 You do not quite comprehend. We have around us hundreds of people who are sorrowing and afflicted. They find the world cold and selfish. They re-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18
aLLo Or JOY.
learning to Be Amused-Thc Step-
 ladder to Hnppiness.

Children get spells of joy, or, as the poet says, "a fit of happiness" Spe- cialIy is this true with country chil ,dren, who have good spirits because they have good health. Some of these little friends of mine ask leave of their parents to go out on "a bawling trip," Knowing they can't bawl to hearts con- tent in the house. So off they go, tear ing up and down the slopes, and yet not too out of breath to bawl. have known them do this sometimes in the dark.
 City children mostly need their school companions to have these spells of joy. Laughter is contagious, and peal times envy their young mfrth, some times call out for quiet. More rarely they sympathize with them, which means that they experience the same in a measure.
 The last is the best for us, for these fits of happiness but seldom come to us of matnrer years They are very much matter of temperamentaan age, But fflere is such thing as to "accustom oneself to enjoy" Look out for the in
 
 cidents that can interest and amuse and then be amused Take them home and practice the dramatic accounting of them to interest and amuse the homemates. This would be a mental tonic. a wholesome corrective to the overmuch serving.
 There is a 1give and take" side of the good humored discussion of topics. Those engaging in 1t get their ideas clarified and enlarged from friendly contention "Piecemeal happiness is all we can expect, and to get this we must not allow ourselves to just drift along. AS has been said, 'sWe must work hard. we must play hard, we must dream hard" I think the best kind of dreaming is placing ourselves and our surroundings on Ideals and then working to realize them.
 Surely the stepladder to happiness is content. This may be practiced, con tradictory though it seems, while we dream our ideals, play at them if you will and, moreover, work for them Louisa A'hmuty Nash in Ladies World.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18
BoWSer a Samaritan
He Planned Hold Heart to Heart Talks With Borrowing Mankind, but Those to Whom He Would Show
 Kindness Suspected His Motives

thinking of suicide, and there was a tramp at the basement door this after noon who said the world seemed bound to break his heart. If you are not in by 10 I'll go to bed It is a sentiment that does credit to your heart, and no doubt you will have cause to feel ann ply rewarded
 MT. Bowser looked sharply at her to see if she was indulging in sarcasm and finally made up his mind that she was not. He had expected vigorous oppo- sition and was prepared to put his foot down, and he didn't feel altogether at ease as Mrs. Bowser helped him on with his overcoat and patted him on the back and said
 Now go forth. thou good Samaritan, and speak words of comfort and cheer, and when you come back tell me all about it'' - . Mr. Bowser went forth.' He didn't have to go a block before finding sub- ject. He met bow backed old woman with market basket on her arm. who was plodding along at slow pace and muttering to herself Here was surely case of the coldness and selhshness of the world, and she was halted with the remark:
 ''My good woman, your bent and aged form and dejected appearance tell me that
 And who are yer demanded the woman as she backed around against the fence.
 Madam, my name is Bowser, and if you sorrow or are i'll trouble'-
 'tGo on wid ye, ye skulkin' old loafer, or I'll be callin' for the police to give ye the collar. Don't think ye kin gam mon me because I'm an old woman"
 "But, madam, my object
 "Is to snatch my basket and make a run with it., Off with ye, say. knew what sort of man ye was as fur as could see ye Will ye move on or must call the police?"
 MT. Bowser moved on, and his duty moved with him. Not all of it, though. Some of it had been frostbitten and left behind. He had gone two blocks before his services seemed to be required again.
 This time it was an old man. His locks were gray. his back bent and his knees stiff, and he had that heartbroken look of the hopeless and the crushed.
 My dear man." began Mir. Bowser as all of his conscience and his feeling of duty returned to him again, "I want you to know that there is at least one human being in this town tonight who sympa thizes with you"
 "Vho wants your sympathy" ex- claimed the man in a cracked voice.
 'I feel that you do. You are old and poor, and the world has scoffed at and insulted you. Your face betrays the fact
 t'You are either drunk or a liarv' in- terrupted the patient" as he dourished his arms about.
 T am neither. my dear fellow man. am here to speak kind words and cheer you'-
 "Go to thunder! Do you know who I am? My name is Bones, and l own most of this ward. want no sympa- thy or cheer, but I'll have you rs1 in