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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
A SILLY AFFEcTATloN

IS rule, editors are great imitators,
but the new tangled way of spelling
with the Republican 1t may be good
thing, and lot of first-class newspapers
are pushing it along. but to see the words
b-r-o-t, and bought bot, looks like
hello with the last letter cut off, and the
wings OF good old Noah Webster would
SINCE with anguish if he only knew
about it.-Lake City Republican.
AS rule the editors of newspapers
are very little given to silly affecta-
lions. They cannot afford to indulge,
weaknesses which disgust the people,
and which they promptly punish. The
offense noted above, however, is so
venal that the reader tolerates it with
no other reprisal than sigh of dis
gust.
We cannot understand how any man
who deals daily with public intelli-
gence can be SO supremely absurd as
to order into and retain in a public
print these methods of misspelling
particular words which seem to owe
their origin solely to the dictation of
individual caprice and concentrated
idiocy. A strong argument can be
made for spelling reform. Theoret-
ically, it Is both desirable and neees-
sary; practically, it has been found
impossible thus far to make a single
step toward it's realization. The only
reform Of our orthography that has
ever been accomplished or ever will be
has been brought about gradually by
sort of common consent; such as the
omission of the letter "u' In words like
honor and the like, and the dropping of
the final ok" from words formerly end
ing in eek" These minor changes
have been made imperceptibly, without
any flourish of trumpets and without
anybody's leadership. So will all the
others be.
The preliminary and thus far inn
practicable condition of spelling re-
form is some sort of agreement among
the would be reformers. If this had
been easy, of course we should have
had it, together with material changes
in our language. long ago. It is not
easy. Whenever man attempts to
suggest systematic alterations In
spelling he becomes the prey of the
fantastic. Two minds do not think
alike, two pairs of ears do not hear
alike, and the translation of sound into
written symbols emphasizes and es-
tablishes these discrepancies. It is
evident, for instance, that "thoro" is q
monstrous abortion. If we grant that
1t is absurd to retain the ancient and
complicated spelling thorough" we
should certainly hope to retain that
rather than to skip over to "thoro;"
which is not phonetic or anything else
but absurd, and has no history, sound
or sense behind it.
Here is the. pitfall. The instant any
body attempts practical essay in
spelling reform he makes confusion
worse confounded. The idea of a gem
eral agreement among so-called SPELL
ing reformers was given up long ago.
The hope of a general effort along
common lines was seen to be as base
less as the dream of the author of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

its present political attitude and
seorns Misrepresentation. They will
rise from their study of the political
battlefield with new conviction that
it is going to be the greatest fight for
many a year. Applauding, as it does.
the fairness and tolerance of the state.
ments that it reproduces, 4 h lilo b e
hereby repeats its own belief, offered
from study of tendencies and pos
sibilities in the doubtful states, that
Judge Parker will in all probability be
our next president.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
From New York Sun.

The Hon. Thomas Taggart is a rare
optimist. I'VE are going to win this
year." he says, there are no quarrelS
and no factions"
Arc a d an inno- Common Sense
cence, the harmo- and
ny of the Golden
Age. Cidim-AliS
The Hon. Patrick
Henry McCarren is more definite. He
"can tell you something about New
York" and he does:
"This state is going Democratic by
$4,000 plurality. Remember that pre-
diction / am sure of it. We shall
give Judge Parker $4,000 plurality and
elect a Democratic governor"
Every political pilgrim of the first,
second or third class who carries his
wisdom to Sycamore Hill is just as
bold in his published remarks. He puts
on magnifying glasses and elects
Roosevelt, just as the Democratic man
ayers put on their magnifying glasses
and elect Parker.
All these Democratic and Republican
takers know they are talking idiocy.
Everybody in the country knows it.
The fight is going to be hot and close.
There are divisions in both camps. At
present, at least, nobody has any means
of knowing what the end will be.
Why, then, must the political augurs
keep up their old foolish patter and
"claim everything?" Is there any good
reason, other than habit, why politi-
clans shouldn't eondescend to common
sense even in public?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
VIEWS ON THE CAMPAIGN OUTL 00K
Three New York Papers of Independent Predict
Ciose and Exciting Campalan
OUTLOOK

70 republican since and including
Io9L, De much more likely to go for
rdrker TINS year than is Idaho to go for
5.ooseVeit! Neither are we able to un-
uerStand why Montana should be de-
scrlbed as doubtful" Montana has
never given its electoral votes to a Re-
Puphcan except in 1892, and then bv a
plurality of only 1,270. 1t is true that
Two years ago it elected a Republican
Justlce of the supreme court. but in
t tnat case political considerations were
ny no means preponderant. The thirty
hIne votes of New York are also placed
oy the Evening Sun in the doubtful
coiuinn, put when we compare the vote
setlihg records of the competitors we
inust admit that Judge Parker has a
oe.ler schance of gaining the Empire
e GO than Mr.. Roosevelt has
VI winning. Idaho or Utah. Neither.
win the political contests of the last
twelve years in view, does Mr.. Roose-
vet seem to have any prospect of car
rylng Colorado. Delaware we are in
clined to concede to the Republican
candidate, in view of what has taken
pace In that state since and including
1924. we hold, moreover that the NOM
inatlon OF Senator Fairbanks for the
vice presidency ought to give Indiana
10 the Republicans. We think, on the
otner hand, that the Evening Sun is
Justlned in ranging Illinois. Nebras ska.
New Jersey and Wisconsin in the list
OF doubtful states. 1t seems tn us
plain. therefore, that Senator Fair
banks acts the part of wisdom when,
In his indianapolis newspaper, he urges
ms coWorkerS to cease taking results
Tor granted and to be up and doing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
MUST BE ABANDONED

We took note few days ago of
public utterance by one of the most
prominent labor leaders in the coun-
try declaring the sympathetic strike
to be a mistake. We do not see how
an intelligent and ardent union man
can look at the practical facts in any
case and not, see that this is true.
Looked at specifically, the idea that
you can call out tens of thousands of
men and cripple an industry attacked
in all it's departments is very taking.
Looked at in the light of actual results
on either side, it has seemed, to put it
in the mildest way, grievous blunder
in tactics
The sympathetic strike works
against the success of the real strikers
in three or four different ways. 1t
tends to ALLEVIATE that public sympa-
everye successful strike. Rough COM
mon sense and common justice average
up about the same everywhere. The
man who feels that a strike of a
given organization for better wages or
shorter hours is justified does not have
the slightest sympathy with a lot of
their own and no demands to make,
but who quit work simply because
their fellows have done so. In the sec
ond place, the sympathetic strike is
the greatest possible obstacle to that
reasonable agreement between en-
ployer and employee, by which alone
any strike can ever be settled. Each
side, has to yield something. An
agreement, whether reached by arbi-
tration or otherwise, is almost univer-
sally compromise. Something has to
be conceded in each direction.
Now the sympathetic strike is the
enemy and the destroyer of all con-
cession. The workingman who is
ready to believe that it would be
worth his while to yield a little here
other advantages and go to work
again is stiffened into entire unreason-
ableness when other unions go out by
the idea that this will enable him to
win every point. The employer across
the way, who has realized that the
particular union in question had some
iii 70
| made up his mind to concede more or
| less, is aroused to furious rage and
| determination not to give way by a
| hairs breadth when he finds that
| these other unions, who have no COM
plant, have gone out on sympathetic
strike. The natural consequence of 1t
is to lessen the hope of agreement, to
make both parties angry and unreal
| sonable and to complieate simple is
| sue until adjustment is almost impos-
sible.
| 1t is the honest fact, as the labor
leader whom we quoted not long ago
perceived, that the sympathetic strike
Is far more injurious to labor than to
| capital. 1t loses ten strikes where 1t
wins one. 1t invariably costs the
striking men a large share Of public
sympathy. It throws upon the whole
cause of unionism discredit which 1t
would otherwise not acquire. Intelli-
gent unionism now repudiates utterly
the issue of violence and abandons the
| boycott. None but the crudest organ
izations resort to these barbarie weap-
ons. The sympathetic strike should be
laid on the shelf along with them, be-
cause from labor's own point of view
it is always a loser.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
THE ST PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY. JULY 81 1904

markets. the matter will be easy. For
the sake of excluding the depredators
from abroad, who want to make the
game in Minnesota furnish delight
for the foreign table. we are glad to.
see the game law upheld, and hope
that it will be rigidly applied.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

the college man for matrimony? This
is really the important question. an
honest answer to which will explain
everything.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

If it may be permitted, small word
of caution to you also, Mr.. President
Roosevelt. There is popular impress
sion that on your side of the political
fence you are the whole thing. The
platform upon which you stand is your
platform. The campaign you are now
fighting is as much your campaign as
that historic smile of yours is your
smile. You are lock, stock and barrel
the Republican party in this year Of
grace, 1904, and what Is said and
done by your apologists or your eulo.
gists is said and done by yourself.
Therefore, it is beholden upon you to
have care as to the doingS and say
ings of your mouthpieces, and you will
do well to consider the effect upon
your own political fortunes of those
who are trying to besmirch the honor
of your Democratic rival by intimating
that this famous stroke of his, that
has carried diSmay into your ranks,
was the result of a conspiracy, the
outcome of bit of low political trick
cry of which no man of integrity
would be guilty. Imputations of this
nature upon the character of your OPP
ponent are bound to react upon your
self The American people love a
good, square, honest fight, and whether
they are on his side or not, they will
cheer a good, square, honest fighter;
but the blow beneath the belt, the foul
jab, the feints of the trickster they
not only do not admire but hold in
actual adherence. Some of your edi-
torial friends and cartoon supporters
are doing you an ill. service by their
malign attacks upon the candor and
personal uprightness of the simple
gentleman who opposes you. and If
you have. as has been ascribed to you,
a real desire to go. back to Washing
ton some day as the real choice of the
people for the presidential office, you
must fight fair, and make your hench-
men do the same. You, of all men,
can never disclaim responsibility for
the acts of your supporters. You have
whipped them too soundly into sub
mission to be able conHincingly to
prove an alibi when they and their
sins are hailed before the judgment
seat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
From Harper's Weekly.

The most interesting feature of the
campaign UP to date is that nobody
seems to have decided definitely whom,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
From Puck.

Just a word of warning to you,
Judge Parker. Puck notes with much
uneasiness that in many parts of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
Good Counsel
for
Both Candidates

OoOo Counsel ing acclaimed as a
for hero. Busy hands
Both Candidates buildinr sI pedestaI IN
for you to stand
on; inches are being prepared for you
IN temples of fame on all sides of US
from Oyster Bay to Oakland. Cal;
you are in imminent danger of be-
coming an idol. The fact that you are
too good man to be called hero or
10 be Set upon pedestal or sequester-
ed in niche with absolute Justice
does not alter the situation in the
sLghtest degree. Men. women and
EDITORS particularly the women and
editors = everywhere are thrusting
these things upon you, and you should
seriously consider the consequences.
Bryan was an idol, your honor, and
at this writing is the idlest idol that
Fortune ever set her face against Mr..
Hobson was hero and he couldn't
even kiss his way into congress, as
the politicians say, after he had stood
out In the sunlight of public enthusi-
asm Tor few hours. Even Admiral
Dewey, Who once drove down Fifth
avenue EStWeen two opposing rows of
over million shouting people each,
can now walk up that same aristo-
cratic thoroughfare without being
pointed out by the bankers on the
sightseeing coaches. The short cut
to oblivion is heroism and it is up to
you to act accordingly. Get out of
that class as quickly as you can and
tell the American people that because
you were frank and honest and brave
and politically sagacious at a critical
moment you claim not their adulation,
their hero worship or any fother such
nonsense, but merely the respect
which is due to any one of the frank,
honest brave and sagaciouS men of
this country who may be counted by
the millions. The ease with which you
have temporarily eclipsed the Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt in the public eye
should be lesson to you. There is no
telling but that even DR.. Swallow. by
some sudden sensational act NAV in
turn remove you from the center of
the stage
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

We come, finally, to twelve states
having 143 Presidential electors, ac-
knowledged to be doubtful" From
these Mr.. Roosevelt must add seventy
electoral votes to the 169, with which
we have credited him, in order to be
elected 1t is evident that some of the
assumptions on which this list is based
require revision. Why, for instance,
should Maryland figure in it? Since
the new franchise act became opera
tive in that state, 1t can be reckoned
upon by Judge Parker with as much
confidence as can Kansas be counted
on by Roosevelt. Well informed per-
sons believe also that West Virginia
has been secured for Judge Parker by
the nomination of ex-senator Davis of
that state for the vice presidency.
Why, again, should not Nevada, which
has never given its three electoral votes
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-25
Why. Of Course We Will.

Says The Bamberg Herald: "The
Parker and Davis ratification meeting
which Charleston stryingt to have pulled
off there might be good thing-for
Charleston" Not nigh. be, but would
be, good thing for Char.eston-and for
Bamberg. And for every other part of
South Carolina, even if it Immediately
brought returns to Charleston only. Isn't
Charleston the chief city of South Carroll.
ma and doesn't everything tha: helps
Charleston help South Carolina and every
part of South Carolina? Come along to
the ratification and bring your neighbors
and whoop it up for Parker and Davis
and Charleston and South Carolina and
yourself, all at the same time.-Charles-
ton Evening Post.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-25
In the Field for Congress.

Gen. R. R. Hemphill, editor of the Ab-
beville Medium, who has been clerk OF
the State Senate for number of years,
has the following in his paper last week:
1.-TWO members of the last South Caro-
lima Senate are in the race. for congress
from respective districts, Hon. S. G. May
field, of Bamberg, and Hon. J. W. Rags
dale, of Florence. They were among the
most capable men of that body.
"Mr Mayfeld after long and distin-
guished service in the Senate declined to
stand for the Office again and retired to
private life to look after his large inter-
ests as planter, merchant and lawyer.
CONGRESSMAN Croft died and the
friends of Mr. Mayfield have put him for
ward to succeed Mr. Croft. Nothing came
before the Senate during his several terms
about which he did thoroughly inform
himself. BE always knew what business
was before the Senate and in matters OF
great moment he did not hesitate to make
known his position. He was ready de-
batter and knew what he was talking
about"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-25
A TEST OF FLOUR.
tt n Quite an Important Event In
the Biz Atlls.

1ne o18 mAASs
The letters xxx which decorate
our -four bags are source Of mystery
to the average housewife, but get there
very naturally. In the largest flour
mills several tests are given all -four
sent out, but the final test is the bak-
ing trial In a kitchen attached to the
-four mills, which is resplendent with
shining pans, electric ovens and white
cooling boards, there are loaves OF
bread made daily from the different
samples Of -four which have just been
ground. Cooks are kept the year
round for this purpose, for as many
az sixty losves are made daily by one
mill alone.
Exactly at 8 O'Clock in the afternoon,
after the bread is done, the head mill
ers file into the kitchen and cut and in
spect the different loaves. No man
knows which -four has come from his
mill, 30 the test is an impartial one. A
vote is taken on the best loaf, and the
-four from which that was made is
marked with the mysterious KS. So
great has this business Of testing -four
become that one great mill has testing
rooms to which samples Of grain are
sent from all over the United States
and Canada. These samples are made
into bread after going through minia-
ture -four mill. After the bread has
been made the package Of grain is sent
back 70 the miller who shipped It with
full directions how to mark his douf,
whether best or second best.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-25
Won HIS AppointmeAts.

When Hoke Smith was secretary Of
the interior he was especially gener-
ous to Georgians in the matter OF de-
partment clerkships. 1t was generally
conceded that around the patent pen.
sion and land Offices one could not
throw a stick without hitting a Geor'
gian. Senator Voorhees, Of Indiana
had been trying to place one or two
Hoosier constituents, but had failed.
One day the senator came along whts-
Ting Marching Through Georgia"
and keeping step to the tune.
'@What are you doing that forT ask
ed Hoke Smith.
"Just can't help It." said Senator
voorhees,. 1T is Just like marching
through Georgia to come through your
department" .....
He got the appointments that day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-25
THE LAND CRAB.
A Mean Trick by Which Paefnc L.
land Natives Catch Them.

A Mean Trick by Which Pacific Is
land Natives Catch Them.
In Fiji and other Pacific islands the
natives have an ingenious plan OF cap
turing the male crab. The native goes
out in the late night. and when be
hears a crab at work up a tree he
climbs up some fifteen or twenty feet
the tree is generally hundred feet
high or more-and ties large wisp OF
grass round the trunk. The crab, hav-
ing finished his work, hurrtes down to
his partner for a feed, travelling back
ward, as usual. When he comes to the
treacherous clump Of grass, thinking
he is once more on mother earth, be
lets 90 his hold Of the tree and OF
course goes down smash, breaking his
legs and getting stunned, to fall an
easy victim to the native boys who
come round with their baskets in the
morning. The whole Of crabdom ap-
parently regarded this as mean trick
when It came in first, and they are
now very circumspect on their e1pe-
ditions, 30 that few. are caught in this
way.
In his bole the land crab makes him
self a comfortable bed OF cocoanut
fiber, and he makes the material up
80 well that the native women burrow
for It, as it is found useful for many
pu,poses-pillow stufhng. the making
Of chignons, pads and other modern
toilet "fakings" which they have now
picked up from the mission stations
and towns
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-25
A Card from Supervisor Bruce.

To the voters of Bamberg county: My
duties have been such that it has been i'm
possible for ME to devote much attention
to campaigning and seeing the voters of
the county personally. I ask for re-eiec-
ton or my record as County Supervisor,
for have served you faithfully and we'll
and managed the affairs of the Office as
economically as it was possible to do. I
do not claim all the credit for reducing
county expenditures, for the board of COM
missioners have stood for economy along
all lines and given me valuable aid in the
disbursement of the county's money. As
a result Of this good work the county is
now much nearer out of debt than it was
last year, and we confidently expect to be
entirely free from debt in the next three
years, and this without raising taxes one
cent.
Ihave been largely instrumental in post
poning the July term of court and thus
saving the county about $500 for the last
three years. 1 was the prime mover in
this matter, but the county board, other
county officials, and many of our good
citizens enabled us to save this money.
For the past few years the appropriation
made by the legislature for wood for the
court house and Jail has not been used,
for have saved this money by having the
chaiug gang cut this wood from rights Of
way of new roads.
have been criticised for working the
roads around Bamberg, and the voters
will understand this foolish report when
I give the facts. The town of Bamberg
appropriated $4,000 to be used on the
roads near that town. The legislature
passed an act requiring me to work the
convicts hired under this appropriation.
Even then I would not work the two
gangs together until the county board had
given me authority to do so, thus saving
expenses and enabling me to do more and
better work for the county. Therefore
have worked the roads where Bamberg's
committee desired and have given them
just what they we're entitled to and no
more. have not worked around Ba,n-
berg this year except under this appro-
priation.
Some portions of the county have not
had as much work as would have liked
to have given them, but shis was unavoid-
able on account of my having such a
small gang and wanting to do permanent
work wherever go. only ask for a lit
tie indulgence, when will even the work
up.
1 ask that you remember me by your
ballots on the goth, and if you again
elect me to this Office will still give you
my best service and do my utmost to get
our county clear of debt. Yours truly,
E. G.. BRUCE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-25
The Name Patterson.

Tompkins with q p" is not more
signifcant than Patterson with two
''ts'' If tradition IS to be trusted. Ac-
cording to the story that has come
down from the sixteenth century, the
Pattersons all spelled the name with
one It" before Queen Elizabeth set
about marking those Of her subjects
who left the ancient Catholic faith and
cast their lot with the Church OF Eng
land. She insisted ttat all the Prot
estant Pattersons take to themselves
q second H." and since that time many
have followed that mode Of spelling
the name.--London Standard.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-25
Colorado spranrs Water.

Colorado Springs, Colo, has the pur-
est water Of any city in the United
States. The supply is derived from
reservoirs and lakes on the side OF
Pixies peak, which are fed by springs
and melting snow. Chemical analyses
Of the water have repeatedly shown It
to be purer than that of any other city
in the country, due to the fact that
the supply is derived from such an al
titude as to make contamination i'm.
possible.