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Parker. Admission.

Judge Parker's letter OF acceptance
stands pat-on Republican achievements,
but coyly admits that its writer would
he safer man at the National throttle
than President Roosevelt Sd long a. .
Republican Senate sits on the safety
valve. IL the protective tarin 10 rob
berry" he is willing TO turn sneak thief
il we burglarlzed Panama he 10 willins
to keep the stolen goods; II order No. 70
let's down the bars for a pension scandal
he will revoke the order, but let the
bars remain down just the same. II 10
very pretty confession that the Rspub-
Leans have administered the government
so wisely, diligently and effectively that
they deserve vacation, while he tries
his prentice hand at running II Withozi
reversing a single lever.
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Democratic Financial Management,

On the LIST OF July, 1892, the last year
OF the Harrison administration, the total
bonded debt OF the United States was, In
round numbers, $685.. 100000. Gu the LIST
OF July. 1897. tne last year OF the sec
ond Cleveland administration. the total
bonded debt was SSi3,O0O,000, an in
crease OF $25s.O0O.O00 during four years
of perfect peace.
July l, 1892. the annual Interest
charge on the public debt was S--,SD3,.
900. July !, 1897. II was $3i 1887. 900,
an increase OF $iI $4,000 during four
years OF Democratic administration.
A party that cannot administer the
government during short period OF
four years without largely increasing the
public debt and the annual interest ac-
count Is not tit to be entrusted with tho
control OF Affairs.
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These figures present the results OF an
extensive investigation into the wages
and hours OF labor In the leading manu-
featuring and mechanical industries OF
the United States during the period nam
ed. 1t has designed to cover thoroughly
the principal distinctive occupations, and
Mr.. Wright, in submitting II (see Bulle-
tin OF the Bureau OF Labor, No. 90, July,
l004,) says; 1T IL believed that the
data presented are more comprehensive
and representative so far as the manu-
featuring and mechanical Industries are
concerned than any that have been here
tofore published"
The 6Eures AZ 10 income and expen'
diture are summarized from data gath
cred from 1867 families, In SO States,
whose average income from all sources
was 1927 a year. whose average sxpsn'
diturs was S7es. and whose average
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KILKENNY HARMONY.
That IL the Kind that Prevails AnonS
New York Democrats.

Ihat 10 the KIND thut Prevails n ~ ouD
New York Democrats.
Not since the traditional cats OF XIII
kenny we're hung across a line by tboiy
tails has there been such an amusing
harmony OF subdued discord as Is heard
in New York, now that Judge ID. Oady
Herrick has been nominated by the Dem-
ocrats for governor. Judge Parker want.
ell Edward NJ. Shepard, or District AZ.
torney Jerome nominated for governor In
order TO galvanize his campaign into the
scmblance of life.
David b. Hill wanted John b. 'Stanch.
field, because Stanchfield best represent.
ed the organization outside OF New Yorb
City, to which Mr.. Hill owes his ascend.
ancy in tile State Democracy. Mr.. Hid
had no use for lIerrick. who, as Demo
cratic boss OF Albany County, has bees
thorn in his side for years. But, II
is said. he accepted Herrick and pun
him in nomination on the principle Of
the salesman who sold a coat marked
SIS for So on doubtful credit, because
he would lose less IL the bill was never
paid. Hill will lose less in Herrick's
defeat than IL he had succeeded In nopai.
mating his friend Stanchield.
Senator Patrick III. McCarrsn, the
Brooklyn boss. to whom Judge Parker
owes his nomination, wanted Comptrol'
Ter Grout nominated and for q time he
had Mr.. Hills ostensible support for
Grout. Judge Parker and Hill went back
| on McCarren; the former to placats
Charles +. Murphy and Tammany, and
| the latter because he couldn't help him
| self.
Tammany accepted Herrick because h
was willing TO accept anybody who stood
for the discontinue OF Boss McCarren.
As a tomahawk in the hands OF Charles
| II. Murphy with which to dispatch Nc
Carren. ID. Cady Herrick would serve
| Tammnny much better than either Shop
ard or Jerome.
Besides. did not Judge Herrick's career
on the bench present sterling claims on
| the admiration and necessities OF Tam.
many? His abuse of his judicial posi-
ton to the political exigencies in Albany
IL along the line OF what Tammany con.
siders the higher walks OF politics. More
over. has he not practically pardoned a.
official blaclimailer and protector OF do.
orderly houses by imposing a paltry hns
OF $1,000 on the notorious police Captain
Diamond IA stroke of judicial lenlsncy
toward corruption in New York City 20.
4 culiarly attractive to Tammany. IL Ls
would 30 act as judge, what prodigies
OF clemency to good men" might he NOT
perform as governor? SO Tammany drop
ped Mayor Mcclellan and swallowed
Herrick and his record with genuine rel.
ish and noisy gusto.
Not so. however, the Democratic press
OF New York City. The WORLD takes
its medicine with evident nausea; the
a q \ a
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during the year 1923 more than 10 per
cent. greater than during the year 1896
1897. Moreover, It is a notorious fact
that these averages do not begin to rep
resent the increase in the earnings OF
railway employees during the summer Of
1903, when the rate OF pay OF certain
classes was raised from 10 90 rs per cent.
In that year. too, there were 279l2
more persons employed In the six classes
named than IN 1897, aud according to the
Interstate Commerce Commission they
were receiving the increased daily aver
age pay where they received nothing In
the year last named.
Finally. returns gathered from ths an
nusl reports for the year ending June
S0th, 1904. OF eight representative rail
ways In different parts o. the country,
having q total mileage OF 1857 miles,
indicate that the oomPsasatiSa 81 their
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Word, az cheer for IN. pemoer,e,.

IL has been given out TO the forlorn
and dropping Democracy that willie
Hearst is loosening up; that he has
been induced to put in u few thousands
to open headquarters for the National
Democratic Clubs. The hungry know
well that this means that Hearst aspires
to be n candidate again, but they are not
worrying about 1908 now.
-Four years ago Hearst was prcsi-
dent aud footer OF bills for the National
Democratic Clubs. The members met.
II memory serves Alright. at indianapolis.
expecting to greet their president. But
be sent one Of his hired men to receive
the greetings OF his admirers. This
dampened the artlor OF the crowd. de-
spite the fact that their fare back home
was paid. The November election set
tied the whole concern. but 1t seems that
the n. ID. G. Is to be resurrected, what
little there is left OF its ashes.
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Why Justice TIA. Not Been Done
before.

The West has been for years insist.
ing that some legislation should be in
augurated by Congress looking to the re-
clamatiOn OF the arid public lands owned
by the government aud constituting In
some States % per cent Of the area. One
reason this agitation has progressed slow
ly has been that the portion OF the coun-
try most interested in the question Is
scantily settled and has not the influ-
enee In national councils which numbers
give.
Another reason was that II was dim
cult for those H. '' In humid States TO
form any proper conception OF the irri
cation question, and the senators and
Representatives from States having 10
direct interest In the question have been
slow TO acquire the information neces.
sary 10 bring them 10 full realization
OF its Importance. IL Is not specially
strange that so many American citizens
should be unfamiliar with this subject.
1t Is one that does not present itself 10
practical way in the portion OF our
country which contains nine-tenths OF
our entire population. While the arid
re gion is Of vast extent, II Is but thinly
settled. IL Is estimated that -nder the
National Irrigation Act the West will
be capable OF sustaining S0,O0O0O0 PEG.
MIA
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Two Judges with Political Past.

Democracy can always be depended
on TO blunder. The nomination OF Judge
Parker was a blunder because he re-
ceiyed his early political training from
ID. Il. Hill, one OF the most notorious
wire-pullers and workers In devious ways
New York has produced. The nomlna-
ton OF ID. { dy Herrlck for Governor
OF New YorA, also was n blunder be-
cause ne was boss" OF the Democratic
machine" at Albany before his election
to the bench. The Albany machine
has reputation as unenViabls as Tam
many's
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employees has Increased more than 10 Der
cent. over the year previous, while ne
number OF their employees has remained
practically stationary, as is shown In the
following table:
Number aud compensation OF empilyss =
eight representative railways;
Year ending Coppenss'
June 30 No. employee ton
lNol .s.s.'..s.s''s.'.lV i14t too4@oo.
lOOJ ..................l O5i Ssl oo'Zoo'~
Increase ......... 45s e.2Ib,s7o
Increase per cent. o. lOt
Here at last we see truly reflected the
effect OF the horizontal raise In the wages
OF railway employees made as the result
Of the widespread labor agitation In the
summer of 1903. The advance wac
variousy estimated at the time a. from
~ to 10 per cent, and any statistics
that fail to show it must be distorted
by the introduction of some factor. such
as disproportion Of low price Labor
tending to reduce the average.
In connection with the above proof
OF the 10 per cent. advance In railway
wages in one year, it should bs remem-
bered that the decline In prices begun
In 1903 continues.
IL the Democrats are willing TO 40
cept the pay OF railway labor as the mos,
accurate barometer OF wages. the Re-
publican party can call to the witness
stand 1,312,337 railway employees to
testify to the fact that, measured By
what it will buy, their income Of 1909
is higher than it was in 1897. and near.
ly half n million OF them can truthfully
affirm that they received no comperss.
ton whatever in 1897 where, according
to the above system OF average compsn.
sation, they now divide some S275, 600.
900 among them, or about $5GS apiece
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Resolutions by Cuisines. Men.

Al the ninth annual convention OF the
National Association OF Agricultural I'm.
plement and Vehicle Manufacturers. held
at Minneapolis Oct Is to II. 1902. the
committee on resolutions reported rs fol
lows:
Res red. That we congratulate the eoun-
try the passage OF the National Irrlga-
tion Act and express our profound appre-
citation az the MD aud co operation Of Pres
ldent Roosevelt, and all friends OF that
measure In the Senate aud House Of Rep
resentatlyes IN securing the passage OF that
act. We believe this action 10y Congress
marked the conception 81 one Of the great
est projects ever undertaken by any gov
eminent, and that II lnaugurates n new era
In the progress OF this nation and the de-
yelopment 81 Its Internal trade aud com
merce aud the enlargement OF the home
market for all our manufactures; that the
irrignble arid lands, which are estimated
10 comprise an area Of over 1OO, OUO. 90
acres, can and should be reclaimed iust us
rapidly as settlers will take them aud re-
pay the cost To the government OF lrrlga.
tion works built for their reclamation.
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Grotesque Attempt by Democrats to Twist Facts
for Campaign Consumption.
GROSSLY INACCURATE STATEMENTS
Country Is Not in Throes of Disastrous
Business Depression, and Workingmen
Continue to Prosper What
the Figures Show

Nothing could better illustrate the in
finite capacity OF the Jemocratic party
for doing the wrong thing at the right
moment than its attempt to OUTAGE
acknowledged industrial conditions with
the bald statement of its campaign text
book-''that business depression OF this
year is greater than was that OF 1898 and
1904"
As there are as many million Ameri-
can voters as there are millions engaged
In industrial pursuits whose experience
spans the decade. and who know this
to be most fortunately false, there is Ito
need to waste time in refuting it. The
Democratic depression that prevailed
from 1893 to 1897 paralyzed industry in
every section OF the United States, and
its pinch was felt in every home. The
business depression of .-.,s year" Is so
largely hgment OF Democratic imagi-
nation that 1t requires magnifying
glass to be seen. and what there is OF
1t is rapidly fading from sight as the
prospects OF a great Republican victory
become more certain.
But the Democratic campaign book Is
not satisfied with this grotesque generali-
cation. so 1t attempts to controvert the
Republican claim of prosperous times In
farm, Office and workshop with the as
sertion that no one is better off by rea-
son OF increased incomes, because the
cost OF living has increased dispropor-
tionately.
How utterly and irrationally absurd Is
this contention is proved by the fact that
II prices were advancing more rapidly
than the earnings OF the great mass Of
the people. the great mass OF the people
would soon he irretrievably insolvent or
their purchases wou.. be so curtailed
that the volume OF business would be
enormously reduced.
There is no possibility OF making n
scientific comparison OF tle relative in
crease in wages and the cost OF living.
because they are controlled by different
factors. The rate OF wages Is controlled
| by Industrial conditions; the cost OF liv-
ing Is controlled by the individual. M
| man can fix his income Mt will; any man
can limit his expenditures Let eondi.
| tons provide sufficient wages to the
workingman, and II rests with him Ia
say by what margin he will live within
his income. The larger that income the
larger his possible surplus. IL better
| wages breeds extravaganza. the result
in the language Of Micawber, Is misery
II they are expended with economy. the
result is an accumulation of wealth and
happiness.
Convincing Testimony.
Good times under Republican admin
istration has provided the better wages
and the economy OF the American peo
pie has piled up the means OF content
Incnt and happiness, as Is evidenced by
the following statement OF the number
Of deposltors and deposits In the saving
hanks of the United States for the clever
years from 1893 to 100. inclusive:
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TrnIss from n Democratic New.pspsn

Tie New York Times, one OF the
Democratic newspapers which has bees
denouncing President Roosevelts Philip
pine policy, recently printed an editorial
leader ON the settlement OF the FrlArs'
land question. The article concludssI
ut is creditable both TO the lntslligsnes
and the humanity of the government"
II the Times was less partisan Il eoulA
truthfully say that every act OF the
Roosevelt administration In dealing with
the Philippine question was ersditabls
10 the United States.
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eve do not have 20 guess at our con-
Vietions, and then correct the guess n
u seems unpopular. The pTincipies
which We profess are those In which
We believe with heart and souI and
strength. Men may differ froB us
bu' they csuuOt accuse ne OF sh iftlaess
Of i1sincsrity."- RoOsevslts lsstsr OF 20.
oeptance.
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according TO astronomers II 10 about
25 trilllons Of miles, as the crow dies.
from the earth 10 Alpha Centauri, the
nearest hxed star. II Is about the same
distance from Esopus to the White
House BY the Democratic route.
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The last few years OF Republican ad-
ministration have added untold millions
20 the agricultural wealth OF the country
by opening new markets for farm pro-
duets at constantly improving prices. The
beauty OF the Republican policy OF pro
lection Is that It develops manufactur-
Ing and agricultural interests on paral-
lei lines
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WsiI M.rI,.d rrlbu,..

In a leading editorial In Maxwelfs
Talisman, George IL. Maxwell, one OF
the best informed men ON irrigation In
the United States says;
And thSse OF this generation who will en-
joy thess bsasats aad advantages aud the
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"rhs en- expenditures Of the NstiSa Nave
been managed In spirit OF seonsmy
as far removea froD waste ss from
aiRgardiinsssI aad In the futurs every
short will be cOntiaued 20 secure an
scoaomJ aa strict as L. consistent with
snleishcJ, RoossVslt'I lsitsE Of asosptaAsA
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" has the FIunres Pr

Nhat the Figures Prove
II will be observed that these six dis
tinctive classes OF railway employees. emf
hraclng almost half OF all the railway
employees In the United States (501 40
In 1903 against 3G3,5G3 In 1900 were
receiving an average daily compensation
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Convincing Testimony.

The Democratic depression OF 1873
and 1894. to which the campaign book
inadvertently directs attention. was
marked by a falling of In deposits OF
over S37,OO0.000 In one year. Between
1893 and 1908 the average due each
icpOsitor increased from $500 to SAT-.
More significant than the increase in
deposits is the fact that In 1908 there
were 2,4TI.G20 absolutely new savings
hank depositors In the United States
marking m increase OF nearly 80 per
cent. during a period when the total
population only increased "a per cent.
Col. wright'- summary.
Turning now 20 the direct comparison
OF the advance in wages aud cost OF liv-
ing during the period under review. the
Democrats affect the greatest contempt
for the government statistics, which,
under the able. conscientious and I'M
biased direction Of Carroll ID. Wright,
present the following instructive sum
mary:
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terror should be empowered TO withdraw
from entry all lands proposed to be irri-
gated, instead of only those required for
reservoirs and bitches as provided In the
bill: that no water should be sold or de-
livered except to bona hde settlers, ac-
tually living on the iand 20 which the
water was applied-which was not In
the Newlands bill--and that the words
but State and territory laws shall gov
ern and control the appropriation, use
and distribution OF the waters rendered
available under this act, should be strick-
en- out as virtually subjecting the control
OF Federal work TO State Legislatures,
some OF which he doubtless believed, but
did not say 50, TO be unfit TO exercise
such a trust, and as certainly exposing
the settlers to the dangers OF endless
and ruinOus litigation. At the Presi-
dents express requirement the bill was
amended in these respects and became
the law as II stands to-day.
Unprecedented Force.
There had been attempts for many
years TO get the government to go into
the irrigation business, but all failed un-
til President Roosevelt took hold OF the
project. In his first annual message to
Congress In 1901 he called attention to
the necessity OF proyidinp water for the
arid lands and said. "The object OF the
government 4, 20 dlspose Of The land 10
settlers who will bnild homes unon II.
70 accomplish This object water must be
brought within their reach"
The nation,l government,. nolicv h.
pointed ont sbonld No 70 Aid irrisa,ion
In On. ..yoraI S,o,a. onJ t.rr;,orios In
such a monnsr n . will enobIs Tho nconle
In tbs local comr,nni,ics 20 holm Them.
selves and a. will stimulate needed re.
FORM, In ths slate laws and regnlot,ons
rovcrninr irrigatIon' He lkewise re-
minded IN. East which was against this
noiIcv a. Tho ,ims ,hot che rsclan,ation
and ..,tionan, -, ,ha or;d ,.nd. ,,jII an.
rich evsrv nor,Ion 81 onr countrv inst a.
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Col. Wright. summnry.
erars for 1890 1870 lOOO. }

employment
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The specific ohanEos chat he required
usre. arst. that the Secretary Of the Ia
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-18

Narried.

At the beautiful home of the father
Of the bride, Mr.. Bob Dean, 41-2 miles
enst of this city, on the Rusk road, at
$50 p. m, Mr.. 8. V. Knighton of Dem
son Springs and Miss Nora Dean, until
Ately of Palestine, but at time of mar
rage the family had moved to their
new home named above. The writer
performed the ceremony.
They were well attired, and every
thing went of very nice. 1 think they
Lave both done well. The attendants
we're many, but it was very nice lit
tle catering. Those present besides
~. Deans family were: Mr.. t. w.
knighton and daughter, J. A. Scar
brough, Mr.. II. L. Conner and family,
Ven Gilbert, w. Hewlett of Palestine,
re-. Rogerson and wife, Mr.. Holt and
family.
z We had a very nice supper and
plenty Of it, which we all enjoyed.
May this most beautiful bride and
Bridegroom live q long and happy life,
and be great and useful in their COM
unity.
4 90 mote it be. U. W. LUNsFoRD.
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COURT HOUSE NOTES.
DEEDS FILED.

Robert Miller and wife to Noah Wal
lace, conveys a part of the Burkitt.
Broyles & Cook addition for the sum
OF $50.
Mrs W P Allen ct al to w II knight,
conveys a part of the Isaac Lindsey
league for the sum of $3.50.
Anna NJ Gilmore ct al to D wyse,
conveys a part of the A Kyle pre-
emption for the sum OF s45.
w L Holt to Sidney E Holt, conveys
a part of the Manuel Rionda IL league
grant for the sum of $3.50.
Q B Miller and Z B Thompson to II
L Wright, conveys lots 3 and 4 in
block 80 of North Hill addition for the
sum of 1920.
II L Wright to w Nance, conveys
lots and in block 80 of North Hill
addition for the sum of $1,000.
S 7 Standard and wife to J q Johns
ston, conveys a part of the Sion w
Perry survey for the sum of s295.s7.
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w. O. w.

Button Willow Camp, No. 2s5, will
hold special meeting in the K. of p.
hall Saturday evening, the 10th, for
the purpose of confering protection
degree on twenty-five or more csndi-
dates. 1t is important that all sover-
eigns be present. Visitors cordially
invited. W. A. Frazier, H. O., W. o.
W., Jurisdiction c., is expected to be
here and assist. Be on hand prompt-
ly at 1880. CLERK.
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howard Avenue Revival.

The attendance and interest at the
xpvival services at Howard Avenue
Methodist church continues undated.
A large crowd heard the sermon last
night, which had for its subject ODE
cIgion." This afternoon at the sub
ject was SHOW to Worship, or the
Inference Between Worship and Ser
wee. At the night service the subject
Ill be "God's Favor, the Occasion of
AInn's Fall"
Only few more days of this splen-
did meeting, and it will close. Do not
f1l9s any of these services il you can
eYoid 1t.
Read carefully the announcements
"A komorrow's paper.
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The Euterpian Ministries.

Among the other good numbers se-'
cured for the Euterpian Minstrels, at
the Temple opera house Thursday,
Nov. oath, Thanksgiving, will be
Johnnie James, the ex- minstrel man,
in one of his fifteen minute sketches
entitled "When Reuben Comes to
Town." introducing high-class buck
and wing dancing, and comic songs.
When you need any oil for your
sewing machine, gun or bicycle, come
to the Singer Sewing Machine Office,
Main street, next to Patrick's drug
store. We have it that we guarantee.
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MARRIAGE LICENSE.

Thos. Curry and Miss Jessie Houck.
Walter Boman and Mary VIM.
Allen Hudson and Violet Jones.
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smokers should ask their dealers for
81 Concord clear Havana cigars and
have no other. If