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for a word in this regard. The mes
sengers. II is said. are required to re.
port at the office at $50. and do not get
away until at least AS He asks for 4
readjustment of this rule and concludes
with suggestion to Mr.. Gillatt. whose
iberality touches all Governmcn- en-
ployes, that he start a movement re-
quiring Government clerks to work half
a day on Sundays. This clerk feels that
Mr.. Gilletts success in adding on an cx-
ira half hour to the working day might
readily be duplicated in an orlc- Tor
work on Sunday.
The Saturday Hall Holiday.
A point which has not been strongly
impressed in the past is raised by a
clerk. who asks that II il is the Cabi
nets intention TO enforce one law strict
ly. why should not the law making Sat
urday half holiday "for all purposes
in the District Of Columbia be strictly
enforced, and not only for three months
in the year. He says:
1T has been held in an opinics oy the
Attorney General that by vi=C4e of the
law referred to, the department en-
ployes are entitled to a half holi lay,
and ii is hard to see how any her
construction could be placed upon it.
With most clerks it will make little diff
ference whether they work six and one
half hours day without the half holi-
day or seven hours with it. But as 1t
is. we have seven hours without ii.
consider this denial to us OF what the
law plainly gives us very arbitrary
exercise of power
One who declares he is not a real
kicker" states that if there is any
grievance coming # is on the part Of
messengers anS watchmen. who have
''limitless hours and receive from $50
to SEQ a month. Watchmen not only
have to rcpott an hour earlier than the
clerk. but they must stay long after
others have gone, and are required to
work on Sundays and legal holidays.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15
CONNECTICUT BANK
TO RESUME BUSINESS

The Windham County National Bank.
of Danielson, Conn. which was closed
on December -, was today authorized
by the Comptroller of the Currency 90
resume business upon the report of Ellis
s. Pepper, the receiver appointed by
the Comptroller, that the bank is en-
tirely solvent and its capital unimpaired
A new board OF directors has been
elected and the suit brought by Mrs.
Ella Russell in the State court has
been di.iG ied
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15
BENJAMIN F. TRACY
PREDICTS SHIP SUBSIDY

Former Secretary OF the Navy Ben
jamin T. Tracy is IN the city In con-
nection with the appearance before the
Congress committee of the ship owners
and builders who are advocating a ship
subsidy bill.
In speaking Of the matter this morn
ing he said he had no doubt that bill
would be passed either at this OF the
next session OF Congress
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15
RUSSIA CONSIDERING
JAPAN'S LAST REPLY

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent OF the Central News wires
that the japanese reply TO the Russian
counter proposals has been received in
ST. Petersburg and is now under cpnsid-
Grafton at the foreign Office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15
PRESIDENT MAY CONVERT
THE SULLIVAN FACTION

The frequent visits to the White House
of Representative Sulzer of New York,
along with the two Sullivans," are ex-
citing all sorts OF comment Within the
last three days he has made four such
visits two with big Tim" one with
Little Tim," and one with both.
Some wag has started the report that
the President is trying to convert these
apostles Of Tammany TO the Republican
faith
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15
PENNSYLVANIA STEEL
GETS TURKISH CONTRACT

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. E.-The
Pennsylvania Steel Corporation has
beaten the American Steel Trust and the
Carnegie Company for the contract for
furnishing material for the Turkish
Hed5az Railway. Engineer Joseph. a
representative of the Pennsylvania COM
pany, has signed a contract for 10000
tons OF rails for the railway
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15
TRADE IN MANCHURIA
SECURE FOR AMERICA

Mr. Mccormick, United States ambas-
sador at St Petersburg. has advised
the State Department Of a conference
he had with the Russian Emperor. in
which the ambassador was assured the
Russian government has no thought Of
hindering American trade in Man
churia. and will in no way interfere with
the carrying out of the terms of the
treaty of the United States with China.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15
WEATHER REPORT.

The Western depression will cause a
decided rise IN temperature In the next
thirty-six hours in the lower Ohio VAL
ley and Tennessee, and a less marked
rise IN the upper Ohio Valley the low
er lake region. and the East Gulf States
There VIII be snow tonight along the
lower lakes. and rain tomorrow IN the
lower Ohio Valley. Tennessee. the East
Gulf States. and snow in the upper
Ohio Valley; elsewhere fair weather will
prevail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15
KING EDWARD TREATED
FOR THROAT AFFECTION

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The Star today
states that King Edward has had an az
fection of the throat which has required
medical attention. The paper says:
Our Bakewell correspondent confirms
a remarkable. but we hope unalarming.
report that the King was treated for
throat trouble during his recent visit to
Chatsworth. He went to the house Of
Or. wench for treatment, which was
slight"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15
PENSION BILL READY.

The Grand Army of the Republic
pension commit zee. continued its sessions
at the Ebbitt House this morning. 1t
is understood that bill has been pre-
pared and that a report will be mede
tomorrow.
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fnBH Aolog .Dso3 a. m.
High tide tomorrow. .-7;15 a. m, 7.24 d. M
Low tide tomorrow. LES a. m, 1.32 ,. IA.
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Father Johns Medicine Cures Colds,
Prevents Pneumonia. Not patent medi-
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TEMPERATTRE
THE Sun
TIDE TABLE.

Sun sets today. 5:01 p. m -
Sun rises tomorrow..............7 a. m. 81
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In Postofice Department.

In the Postofice Department. Post
maste- General Payne has a. csrriape
four borses. and a driver The First
Assistant and the Third Assistant POST
masters General are allowed $500 a wear
for their official use. but Mr.. Wynne
said hat he has not used "a OF It
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-15

In the Agricultural Department there
are but two private carriages-thOse of
the Secretary Of Agriculture and of Mr..
Moore, Of the Weather Bureau. Both
are specifically authorized by law.
At the Office of Secretary Wilson this
morning il was said that he had had no
laborers transferred as coachmen and
had only one driver. Outside Of this the
department has no horses and carriages
except in the Weather Bureau
In the matter of the Weather Bureau.
Chief Moore said that his carriages were
provided for in the appropriation bill.
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Hours of Messengers.

An earnest plea in bena:f u messcn-
gers employed in the departments Is reg
istered by one who declares that while
all the kicking is going on. he asks
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Fair tonight and tomor-
row; light westerly winds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS.
They Receive Abuse of Democrats and
Support OF the People.


According to the Democrats, the Re
publican Presidents, every one of them,
have been a bad lot, personally and po-
litically. Each and all Of them were
declared to be running the country; but
when the day of reckoning came, and the
verdict Of the people was handed in on
their ballots, judgment was given-save
III two cases in forty-four years-for the
Republicans. Impartial history acquits
every Republican President of criminal
intents and acts. In doing his duty to
the people Mr.. Lincoln became mar
tyr. No ruler was ever more vilitied and
denounced. His body in life, his spirit
in death, represent the dividing line be-
tween loyalty and dislOyalty, between the
cohesion of the States or their disinte
grafton. When a Democrat, be he leader
or follower, writes or talks of the Re-
publican party as nation-deStr0y
through it's measures or it's Presidents, it
is because he does not know or does not
care to remember that Buchanan, who,
as a Democrat, shaped the course of his
administration so that me advocates of
secession might have a quick and easy
victory; it was this Democratic President
who left to his Republican successor and
the loyal people he had been chosen to
govern, an empty treasury, a corporars
guard of an army, wreck of q navy,
dismantled fortresses, and legions of Of
ficeholders liberated with disloyalty
that the stern lessons of war and years
Of Christian peace have not entirely Grad
icated. And before Buchanan were Dem
ocratic administrat tons whose acts were
seemingly studied preludes to his crime.
The lineage of the Democratic party is a
record Of broken pledges conceived in po-
liticaI iniquities and strangled at their
birth. 1t is the Democratic party to
which the people owe four years of civil
war and eight years of such misgovern-
ment that the rich became poor and the
poor starved.
1t has been the province of the Re
publican party to undo the work of its
opponents; it has again and again saved
the nation from degenerating to a low
grade in nationalities, and it has enforced
respect throughout the world for com-
try which the Democrats had brought in
to contempt.
Of course the Democrats assail Repub-
ican Presidents and their nominees for
the place of Chief Executive: they do
this more by innuendo than BY direct ac-
cusation-a stabbing in the dark rather
than a fight in the sunlight. But there
is always this in favor of the Republican
,party's Presidents from the time they
begin to make history for the nation
that for their support in the ordeal OF
public criticism they have had the Con-
stitution of the Union, its Congresses,
and the voice of the people.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
Another Evidence OF President RoOse-
veIt's Sagacity.

NelC'S SdXaCAtys
Mr.. Roosevelt the President is prov
ing himself to be a long-headed man. 1t
seems he has anticipated the Emperor
OF Germany as to The Hague Peace Con
vention, where war may be considered
III all its perplexities of inception and
conduct The American and German
rulers are looking to the future with a
view of decreasing the causes for hOstili-
ties; or, if there must be war, of chang
ing its conduct benefcially for non-com-
blatant nations. Our government has
steadily and persistently he'd to certain
propositions as to the rights of neutrals,
and is prepared to urge their adoption at
the convention. The positions taken by
the United States are for our future con-
Germ and welfare in case this country
should again be forced into fighting. This
action is a long look ahead, it is to be
hoped; but as long as war is a possibili'
ty it is statesmanlike sagacity that seeks
in advance to minimize its hardships;
and where we are neutrals it as business
on the part of this government to know
beforehand the scope of a neutrality nee
essariy international. This move on Mr..
Roosevelt's part is not at all usurpatiOn,
as Judge Parker would be likely to define
it if he were to be consistent. 1t is,
ather, diplomatic move ill the interest
of humanity, and a matter for approval
by people Of all nationaitieS, especially
those gathered in America. If Mr..
Roosevelt should be continued as Presi-
dent his ideas in this matter will un-
doubleday receive consideration at The
Hague convention when held; but if a
Democrat be chosen to succeed him the
matter will be dropped for two reasons
at least-it being foreign to the avowed
policy of the Democratic party as to in
reference in Old World matters, and
also because the proposition is of Repub-
lican origin. 1t is well for the people to
understand that the advancement of the
nation as shown under Republican direc-
ton will halt under that OF the Demo
Gratis, and then be followed, as in other
years of their supremacy, by retrogres-
sion and by ruin as soon as the vitality
given to the country's affairs by the Re-
Dublcans has been exhausted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

dreds, each man as he passed out was
given bite to help him through the
cherries day ahead of him.
1T Us condition" that confronts the
people of Chicago more favored than
those for whom charity is evoked There
is no better advised man upon the de-
plorable situa ton than Col. w. p. Rend.
Early identifying himself with 'relief
measures" he has kept himself advised
about ''the gravest problem as he de-
clares it to be, lever presented to Chi
cago for solution" Besides the thou
sands who have drifted into the city, he
estimates "over 100000 resident work
men in our city are ont of employment"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

OF the excellence of Porto Rican cof-
fee over the cheaper grades from Brazil
and other countries, President Roose-
welt and others have testified. Porto
Rico needs help, particularly in her COT
fee industry. Buying more of her coffee
would be an easy way for us to afford
some of the help she needs.
1t is now generally known that in the
Philippines there are many varieties of
cabinet woods in profusion, equal in quail
ity and more beautiful in appearance
than those we now buy from South
America. The forests of the islands also
abound in gums of all the kinds we use
The islands also produce indigo, dye
woods and extracts, and several of the
products named.-(See philippine Gaz-
eteer' and philippines, products Of"
Encyclopedia Americana, in press)
In the face of the above facts. the only
Imperialism is our imperial need of
tropical possessions to grow our own
tropical products.
WALTER J. BALLARD.
Schenectady. n Y
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27
woRKlNGMANs FRIEND.
Fresk Evidence of Rooseveit's Sym
pathy with Wage Farmers

Fresk Evidence of Rooseveits Sym
pathy with Wage Farmers.
1t has been repeatedly stated that
President Roosevelt never misses an op.
portunity to show his sympathy for
wage-earners. Here is fresh evidence
Of the truth of this assertion. Dur
ing che existing administration" says the
Chicago Tribune, 'the United States for
the first time has interviewed in a private
damage suit. Nothing was known Of the
order until Senator Knox, late Attorney
General, mentioned it the other day. A
brakeman was injured, after the act re-
curing the use of safety appliances on
interstate railroads had gone into effect,
while endeayOring to couple cars which
had not been equipped in accordance
with law. He brought suit for damages
in United States court, bnt was unsuc-
cessful. The case was called to the at
tention of the President. and, as he saw
that the decision Of the lower court nulli-
fed a great remedial statute, he directed
a petition for a writ Of certiorarj TO be
filed to remove the case 10 the supreme
Court 1t will decide whether law
which was passed to protect the ives Of
hundreds OF thousands of railroad work
ers car be violated with impuaity"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

Archbishop MeSSmer of Milwaukee
voices the sentiments of thousands of
members of the Catholic church when he
says:
81 believe that President Roosevelt's
policy in regard to the Philippine friars
has met the approval of the Vatican au-
thorities, and that there is a feeling that
in case OF mis- election they would be as
sured OF straightforward and consider
ate treatment. Personally l should be
glad to see President Roosevelt elected
President"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27
300 MERANG FIGURES.
DANGEROUS MATERIAL IN THE
HANDS OF THE DEMOCRATS.
Conparis ons Sho wing How that Party
Increased Government Expenditures
More than 81 Per Cent. In a Twelve
Year Period,

The Democratic campaign writer's and
speakers are making use of highly dan
gerous material when they use figures to
show the large increase in government
expenditures under Republican admins
tration. Alton b. Parker said to the
Democratic editors Mt RoSemount:
During Mr.. Cleveland's first term the av.
erage annual expenditure was about $685.
100000 For the last three years II has
been about $519000,000. The governmental
expenditure last year mounted mp to $751;
600, co., which is not eQualcd by any year
since the civil war, with the exception OF
the year of the Spanish war,
Why did Mr.. Parker use the figures
merely of Cleveland's first term? Why
did he not make use of the figures for
President Cleveland's second term? Had
these entered into the comparison it
would have been shown that expenditures
gained with the same proportional rapid
ity in Democratic times as in Republic
can timas-and in some directions, like
interest on the public debt, they gained
more The Democratic party, to use a
legal term, is "estopped' from criticism
of Republican increase in expenditures
when the figures comparing Democratic
expenditures, twelve years apart, show
that the Democrats, just like the Repub-
leans, were forced to follow the rapid
growth OF the country with increased ex-
penditures for the government.
The total expenditures of President
Cleveland's last fiscal year, 1897, were
$685., TIA, 159 as against $242, 4S3, 1870 for
those of his first year as President, 1886
"a gain of over 81 per cent. in the
twelve-year period.
The total expenditures for the four
Il :
1886 to 1890, were $1.052. O65,S9 The
total expenditures during Cleveland's
second administration, 1893 to 1897, were
$1,441 ,674, 1874.
Comparing the first year Of Clevelands
first term with the last year Of his Sec
ond term, the following were the eXpendi-
lures:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

The Democrats are everlastingly re-
ferring to Jackson and Jefferson as the
political demigods of the past. No one
can tell what Jefferson would do were
he alive today. He was a good man,
and a schemer aud dreamer in politics.
Anyone can tell what Jackson would do
were he alive to-day. Ee would be with
Roosevelt He in a less educated way
was the same kind OF man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

Pacific coast is going to float westward.
The Republican party is endeavoring to
promote this trade in every way and the
Democratic party, under the cry of I'm
perialism," is trying to embarrass it in
every way. Well, the western fringe
of the States of the United States is
peopled by intelligent human beings. Is
there any question as to how they viii
yOta2
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

"The wage worker would do well to
remember that If protection is rob-
berry, and is to be punished according
1y, he will be the first TO pay the PEN
altyj for either he will be turned
adrift entirely, or his wages will be
cut down to the starvation point. %
Roosevelt's letter Of acceptance
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27
The Safest strip.

The strip of land which lies between
the Rocky mountains and the Pacific
ocean has practically already gone Re
publican. 1t may be said frankly of our
friends, the enemy, that they need not
waste time or money on the Pacific coast.
Al the trade and commerce Of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27
The President Would Do.

Here is an incident that illustrates
one trait of the Presidents character--a
trait that tends to make him popular
While James Jeffrey Roche was having
chat with President Roosevelt in the
White House last week the telephone
bell was ringing somewhat persistently,
says the Boston Herald. There being no
attendant at hand the President excused
himself and went to answer the repeated
call. This is the conversation that took
place on the line according to the testi-
mony of the distinguished gentleman at
the Presidents end of it:
well, what is ;t?'
Hello is Archie there?'
NO he's not"
who's this I'm talking tor
The President"
''Well, you'll do. Tell Archie to come
over and play ball"
And the President proceeded to exc
cute the order, as directed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

In some Of these raw products in
creases we see the value of the pro-
tective tariff against foreign goods made
of the same classes of raw products Raw
silk, for example. thirtyfold increase in
a single generation. Hence our silk fac
tories. Then fbers, a nearly sevenfold
increase; india rubber, a skiold increase
In money values the main comparisons
are:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

Only twice in forty years have the
American people placed the Democratic
party in power, and in both of those in
stances its victory fell like blight upon
the country. Why repeat the expert
ment?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

"From time to time tariff sch sduIss
must undoubtedly be rearrangsd and
readjusted to meet the shifting needs
of the countryJ but this can with safety
be done only by those who are cor. En it
ted to the cause of the prote ctive sys-
tenn .o-Roosevelt's letter of acceptance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27
His Morning Plunge.

When morning dawns, the next day after,
Then Parker will with chilly SILVER
Dive where he will not hear our laugh
ter
He'll take his swim in old Salt River.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

DIR. L. ]. Mccoy, one of the most
prominent Democrats in Warrick county,
Indiana, has created a sensation at Boon
Vile by renouncing Democracy and COM
ing out strongly for Roosevelt and Fair
banks