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The Delta independent., 1904-10-28

want to say a word to the young men
whose polrics! life is beginning:
Anyone entering business would be
glad Of the chance TO be.~p,ne one of an
esta biished firm with years of success
behind il.
Everything great done by this country
in the last fifty years has t.een done
under the auspices Of the Republican
party. Is not this a priceless asset:
Lincoln and Grant. Hayes and Gar
field. Harrison and McKinlcy-names Sc
cure in the heaven OF fame-they are all
gone. lea wing small estates in worldly
goods. bnt what vast possessions in prin-
siplrs memories sscr~-i associations. II
is a start in life TO share that wealth.
In our form of government there mus;
be two parties.
But wha, Young man would not rather
belong to the party that does things.
instead Of one that opposes them: 10 the
party that looks up. rather than down: to
the party of the dawn. rather than Of the
sunset?
For fifty years the Republican party
has believed in the country and labored
for 1t In hope and joy:
Has revercnced the hag and fol-
lowed 1t:
Has carried II under strange skies anu
planted Il on far-recedinr horizons:
Has seen the nation grow greater
every year and more respected:
Has seen the country extend its inter
course and its influence TO regions un-
known to our fathers:
Yet 1t has never ahated one jot or title
of the ancient law imposed on US by God
fearing ancestors. The Constitution Of
our fathers has been the light to our
feet. Our path is. and will ever remain.
that Of ordered progress. of liberty under
the law.
But We are not daunte1 by progress.
We are no, afraid OF the light.
The fabric our fathers huilded will
stand all shocks Of fate or fortune.
While there will always be a proud
pleasure in looking back On the history
they have made. the coming gcncration
has the right to anticipate work not less
important.
We who arr passing of the stage hid
you. as the children Of Israel cncamrnc
hy the sea wcr,, hidden. to go forward.
We whose hands can no longer hold the
| flaming torch pass it on I" you. thai,
its clear light may show the truth 10
the ages chat are to come.
JOHN HAY.
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
The Las, Hope for Parker,

Eastern Democrats. who. few week :
since. could not lind worls strong enough
with which I" express their rrpr,h?ti"n
and acorn of Mr.. bryan. are now hooking
to him. as their las, hope. 10 carry In
diana.
The complai~ant \cbr,skan has strip
ped OF his c"at and plunged into tho
task laid ont for him. Brt the voice of
the Rforetimc ~harmcr can charm no
longer. lnsinc~riiy kills the most mighty
effort. No man can win VOTES under the
cirrumst anccs surrounding Bryan at this
time. II must hr hitter pill for David
Ecnnc.t Hill {" swallow. tn" last resort
to Bryan to save a pivotal State 10 ;h-
dying Drnrrracy. and il cannot hc n
very conrcnial task to Bryan. tho effort
he is making under tho party whiplash.
And. blow high. blow low. nothing can
stop Indiana from giving a snlhi Rcpubli.
can majority on election day.
Indiana is not g"inr to join the choir
Of calamity howlcr~. rcialiationists.
idlcrs and anti-every<hinss.
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
SHAMEFUL CARTOONS
ReproaeA aud Ridicule for the Soldier
and His Uniform.

The camraicu caricaturi>ts OF Ire>!-
dent Roosevelt have >u"~-ed-,! in arnuS-
ing enough interest to bring out the Quss-
ton: l. II it>Srac~ful To- light Tor ones
,>,unrry:
1t i> amarinc I" ss-> the uniform o, =
soldier m the United States army pie
,ur.sI in. such a mlunrr ~ t" imply
rri,rrirh to its weacrr.
1t WAS once Thought II he an h"n"ra-
hC thing for Il man Ia r,s>lsn ls'>iti"n.
"a>r. family. Independence. friends and
home. AMI l,.-~,ni" a fighting ma shine in
lI"r uphold the honor aul the wor,i NJ
hi> country
There seems I" nave -r"wr up A III,
frr,ut view ~. lhf> matter. The earnest
sacrifice, "t an american soldier is held
10y SOM, % W.. an affair tn pirtur" in
such \ manner ~ To arouse cNrnt.'mpt and
,U1car <nirkrr< in the crowd. Tie de-
voted s-'liirr facing death for his r"un
try j. with these nam~lr~~ mi>rrrauIS
sight To hc cuflaws>i "vrr. something to
lee distorted into i lauch.rniSius ,arf'~'n.
To rhr laughing hysuas VI tho yslIow
press the stainless Swnrt ot Washington
is bu. y cL,wu'> hsuhh. To them the
stern devotion rf soldiers experience
is faricai "rI>,,.i,. in \ mans career.
b. jrer,sl at
Once il WAS written:
1T is sweet aud glorious /" lie f"r my
country"
The yrli"w rendering
1T Is GRpTt.>tlt I. A\N Elplt-
Il.OCS To FIGHT FOR ONES
cot NTEI"
Such creatures would write III ;Lr,r
books, II they ever wr'tr boss, 1T j.
rrntr>,iur and ridiculous to Itr the oae
country"
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
LESSONS OF HISTORY.
candidats Davis Revivss an Issas tia,
Were Better Let Aloas.

Candidate Davis Revivss an 1as1e that
Were Better Let Aloas.
Liberty and free government have al
ways been secured at the cost Of great
can be easily lost without the knowledgs
Of the people Hon Ii. @. Davis. Demo
cratic candidate for Vice President.
Foreigners may not understand this
as it is understood by the old soldiers
and sailors and citizen survivors Of the
civil war. Read a history Of that period.
Learu what were the sacrifices Of this
country in reclaiminS the liberty and
fire.. government" deliberately couspired
away. without the knowledge Of the
people," by a Democrat in the presiden-
tial chair Easily lost was that ''liber-
ty AMI free government" referred to BY
Mr.. Davis. IL has been. for years, =
dominant issue--rhis antaxonism between
Patriotism and Democracy as the latter
now exists IN America; hut forty years
ago it nearly destroyed this government
of ours. made tens Of thousands Of wtd-
ows and orphans. and gave the land .
great army of crippled soldiers whose
scars were vouchers for heroic sacrifices.
To inSinuate IN words and style th9t
amount to an accusation. that Mr.. Roosa-
reh, or the party that upholds him.
desires, intends. or has the siixhtese
LEANING towards the acts Of Buchanan
and the Democratic party that backed
him. revives that issue. II IA not ths
Democratic party that can ftly preach
loyalty and patriotism to the present gem
Grafton. The sentiment of Mr.. Davis In
all right In the abstract: hot. coming
from him as representative Of the po-
utical faction that tried to wreck the
nation. it is a pr,of OF the hypocrisy that
will pervade the government should his
party come into pow@.
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
Mr.. DAVIS FIGURES.
A Few ss n pies Showing Their Amaz-
Ing Iunccuracy,

Assurance without pronounced guile.
marA- the acceptance letter Of Hon.
H"ury q. Davis. the ~rpSenarian can
di!at" Of the Democrats for tn" Vice
Presidency. He expresses his opinions
on I.,h;iral conditions il they were
original with him. as il he were not
human ph.'noSrsph with a single ~ylin-
der that has cauEh, the echo Of Judge
rarker's e..hn of the Democratic stunt of
ora''ry. The times ar. propitious for
thu reinstatement Of tn. Democratic par
~ III control of tn" government" is the
a~>"rtiv. way Mr. Davis begins his p.o-
Etlral sermon. The November ballots
Will he all ''amen> tn that
Who but the Democrats will agree
with him: When the present admins
uati"n went into power there was large
surplus" he declares. He imagined that.
The Republicans came into power in
1897. Is that the meaning al his pres
ent administration II 80. and he means
surplus OF revenue over ordinary cx-
peniitures. he is in error. Mr.. Cleve
iunds closing year of his last term
showed ENCESS OF ENPENDI-
TERES OVER REVENUE to the
amount Of S1S.052.225i. The surplus was
the wrong way. The statistics were easi-
ly obtainahle: why should Mr.. Davis
make such a mis>fAi-ment: II he meant
Mr.. RnoscveR's term. beginning in 1890
with Mr. Mckinley. there was an e1
cess in that year uf revenue over cxI,endi-
lures amounting t" SGl.1ci .up. Their
fore he Is wrong again. In eNfenuati"n
il may be said hat the Democrats never
were good nor correct hcurerS. As. for
instance. again. when he asserts that the
revenues for the last fiscal year We're
over $4O.0OOHp short OF the e1pendi-
lures. He mus, have been guessing
again. not having authenticated figures.
In 1903 the cNre>s of revenue over cx-
pcnditures was over S12OIDOn. The
absuriity OF Mr. Davis computations
and compa ri~,n> .nuli not be more furci-
hly shown than when he quotes statistics
to show the ,N,>t Of running the govern
ment and the army under the buchanan
regime from Isl. to 1850. when the pop
ulatiou was 3l.olSu.l and puts il. a<
an evidence Of his party's enn"my. in
contrast with our SD.BnsS population
of to-day. into the estimate OF the lat
ter. dumping pension accounts. Panama
canal purchase and every outlay caused
by vast public Improvements created anI
carried on solely for the benefit "t tn"
people. Tho age Of Mr. navi. prrcluies
his compiling >uch figures himself. hut
his anxiety for his partys ~ric,'r>> leads
him to issue them without the common
est revision a~ to their c,rr,~tn"~>. nr
using his judgment as +" their application
TO the matter he is discussing.
No one SHOULD l~ dc'~iv~.i by the fc
urcs which Democrat offers him. fNr
in about nine cases "m "t ten they viii
he. like counterfeit money. mad" to de
ceiye
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
BLESSINGS OF IRRIGATION
Makes for Hixhest Social and 1ndus-
trial Status-No Land Monopoly.

trial Status-No Land Monopoly.
Hon. William f. Smyth. author OF
Arid America" has truly sad that n"
consideration of the >uhJcrt can be ap-
prrciated when il starts with the narrow
view that irrigation is merely an ad-
junct to agriculture. 1t is 4 social and
industrial factor in mucu broader sense.
II not only makes il Isr>>ihle for civil
iEatinn To rise aud flourish in the midst %
de~,late wastes: it shapes and cntors that
civilization after its own I-S'uliar design
Il is not merely the lif. bt,-L Of the
field but the source Of institutions. These
" ider and unorc subtle Influences are diff
cult to define in abstract terms, but We
may trace them clearly TO the history
" various communities which have
grown up in conformity with these con-
diti"us.
The first great law which irrigation
laws down is this: There shall be No mo-
nnpoly Of land The ssiict it entorces by
the retnor>elc>s operation OF its own
economy. Canals must be built before
water can be c>,uductei upon the land.
This entails expense either OF money or
" labor. What is expensive cannot be
had for naught. Where water 10 the
foundation Of prosperity it becomes pre-
cious thing to be neither cheaply acQuir-
r,i nor wautonly wasted. Like city .
provisions in siege. il is retained to be
carefully hu>handei. I" bs fairly diStrib-
uted according 10 meu's needs. to be
wisely expended hy th,se who receive IL.
For these reasons men cannot acquire
a. much irrigated land. even from the
public domain. as they could acquire
where irrigation i> unnecessary. 1t is
not only more ,htiicult 10 acquire in large
! bodies but We, mure diihcult to retain.
\ large farm under irrigation is a mis-
| fortune: great farm. calamity. Only
| the small farm pays. but this small farm
| hlesses its proprietor with industrial in-
| dependeuce aud crowns him with social
equality. Industrial independence is. in
its simplest term. the guarantee of sub
| sistence from ones own lab'rs. Ii Is the
ability to earn a living under conditions
which admit of the smallest possible ele-
| meut Of doubt with the least possible de-
pendence upou others Irrigation fully
satisfies this definition.
The irrigsting canal il an insurance
policy against loss Of crops by drought
while aridity is substantial guarants.
against injury by flood. OF all the I'D
yantages Of irrigation this b the mos
obvious. Scarcely less 80. however. Is II
compelling power in the matter OF pro
duction. Probably there is no spot Q
land In the United States where the ave,
agc crop raised by dependence upon rain
fan might not be doubled by intslliset
irrigation. The rich soila of the arid .,
gion produce from four To ten times Z
largely with irrixatku, a. The coil Of Il
humid region without Il. AZ ths msa
ure Of value y not arsa. but proaneti,
capacity. twsnty aerss In ths faf Wsst
eanal y NOD ssrsa slsewhses. H~eA
ltAe eeteAl fnets.
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
Bailds for the Fatura.
vINANcIRR.s ADvfcR

Henry Cicws. the weli-knowu New
York banker. was asked by two young
men who are to cast their first vote for
President this election. which Is the
safer candidate TO vote for, President
t"p~cv~h or Judge Parker. Some con.
drn~rd extracts and statement. Of Mr..
CI~w-' answer arr herewith submitted:
'Sonr qursti"n TO me was MY own
question TO myself I approached It az
= business man. without prejudice. I
sought I, shut out every other rousidrrH-
iion hut one Of safcty-thr surcr ~ sfcty.
My previous votes. my personal tancirs
ms To tho personal manners Of the two
ga ndidatcs. the superficial ribcs and nag
Hings Of the newspaper s--ail these
.wrts aside just you are trying to
do. - sticking to this nll-important qucs.
tion Of where il the -urrr safety. I found
there were several intisputahlc facts
which seemed to me fully sufficient to an.
swcr II.
Harmon Ions Party Of Statesmeu.
Roosevelt and his party are Of the
same mind. hut Parker and his party arc
of many contradictory minds. The Re
publican party never has had factions
within itself concerning issues. It has
been unanimous In knowing what Il stood
for. The Democratic party has never
agreed upon anything. but ahounds In
-rhisms. factions aud cliqncs. They arr
not united to-day. and have not been
united since the civil war. In 1874 their
convention declared. in It. platform that
The war Is failure but their nuni.
nee. Gen. Mcclellan. rrpuliatrd that dis
loyal creed just as Judge Parker had
to eend to tho di~cordnnt. tcmporixing
Democratic convention nt st. Louis his
famous gold telegram. Mr.. Parker voted
for Mr.. Bryan In lSNi and 1000. although,
he did not Ike Bryan. and says now that
he did not believe In free silver. In 1900
the gold Democrats swung back into line
behind Bryan and free silver. Like Hill.
they said. i am Democrat. AMI that
was enough. They did not agree with
the issue. but said. Never mind the Is.
sue: wc are Democrats. and we stick tu
our party That answer strikes an u,,.
prcjudiccd observer as against common
SENSE. aud unpntriotic. Judge Parker
aud the million other Democrats now ad.
mh that the triumph Of the silver issue
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
Open. Honest. Frank.

Ing TO grocer In Wentworth avonuc.
and he might appropriately be called
tho children's friend. The store is
close to schoolhouse. and this horse
friend OF mine spends much OF his
time standing In front Of the store
when his wagon Ia not in commission.
He has a habit OF standing with his
forefeet on the sidewalk gazing into
the store. At such times the children
fairly swarm on him. They jump into
tho wagon and hold the reins; they
climb on top Of and walk underneath
the kindly animal. and he looks be!
nignAntly down upon TEN. and Ia
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
Interest on the Public Debt


IA reya rJls interest IN the put'hr debt.
IN. figures Of the Harrison aiministra-
ton that intervened between the two
Cleveland administrations are of inter
est. The interest payments for the year
lS.EI. the las, year Of Repubih.an rule.
were S.331S.l16. as against $jl.lsO. lf6
for the first fiscal year Of cl-vell nd ;
first administration. Then. during Cleve-
l;uJ's second administration the puhic
,I.s, was increa Sed SI,n.UnOD. and the
interest payments. which in lSGc amount
e,l 10 S:S.31S. ll6. in 1897 amounted TO
s31.19l.ll0 But in 1904 the interest
on the public debt was onl. $246iS. 400.
this reduction having been due chiefly TO
the economy rendered possible through
the financial act Of March. 1900. which
nearly every Democrat in Congress voted
against
Th. most important increase IN eSpend-
itures under Republican rule has been for
the navy-and this policy "f upbuidins
the navy was a pet policy of the late w.
c. Whitney. President Cierelands Secre-
tary Of the Navy. whom Democrats often
term the father OF the modern American
navy. During the Cleveland years. ex-
p.nLiture> for the navy increased $l9.-
pnON. and the Navy department ex-
p,nditur-S for 1904. compared with those
for 1897. Cleveland'> last year. show
all increase OF $tSS.UpoHO- the bulk Of
which increase is for construction of new
ships.
In consideration OF the fact that the
United Stats has increased nearly 80
per cent. in population and more than
loo per cent. in wealth since Grover
| Cleveland was first inaucuratei. the in
creased expenditures Of government
would naturally seem 20 be entirely JUS
tilted.
/ II they are not. the Democrats should.
At least in fairness. be willing I" criei-
Else the increase in Democratic years just
a. much as the increase in Republican
wears.
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28

torian. Why did ! want to carry that
point! Oh. only because I've always
had an especial fondness for Thucy-
dides."
Was not that deliciously characters.
tic. Is there another man In American
public life to-day who would pull wires
for-Thucydidesf f--National Magazine.
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28

business men do not, when they adver.
tise for a stenographer. add the words,
mo pretty girl need apply" but thoy
go on that principle. 1t appears that
tncy fear frivolity as an accompani.
ment OF beauty. It Is possible that
this Ia good and safe rule In Phila.
delphia. hut It Ia certainly not q ralo
that 10 honorod here. and we doubt II
It 10 In any city where feminine beau.
ty = not 10 rare a. to excite suspicion
whom Il occurs. Nor 10 thore the
slightest ground for the assumption
that ! pretty woman 10 likely to bo
any more friyolous than . plain one
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28

often rewarded for his good nature
with bits OF sugar and candy and other
Things that horses like.
There are few happier faces In
town. II you know how to read horse
faces. than this OF my four legged
friend. May he live long and always
be happy."-Chicngo Inter Ocean.
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28

The gift Of beauty may, indeed, be
fatal II no strength 20 with 1t, but the
newer. the sounders chivalry Of our
modern timc assumes that goodness
goes with beauty as normally among
women AZ It does throughout tho
whole gamut Of nature.--New York
Mail, y
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: Judge
Alton II. Parker wears well So ioes
an evening dress suit that i inun~d only
once or twice year. II Parker ,Nnuh
he induced to make few >pr,srhe~ h..
would he frayri int" rags hef"rr Nov. =
4 machiur ot any Kind that is a. >il~";
IA Judge Parker should never wear ont
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28

party. First md foremost among those
many victories will forever stand that
victory for which the immortal Lincoln
gave hi. life. the abolition of slavery.
With the blood OF patriots he washed the
stain forever from the stars and stripes.
The Republican party saved the Union
and gave freedom to four millions of peO-
pie. For all time the victory of the
abolition of slavery stands to the credit
Of the Republican party.
Then. thirty-seren years later. the cry
of the oppressed went up from fair Gu
bn: her people had been ground into the
dust for four centuries by Spanish greed
and oppression. Another Republican
President. another American martyr.
came to the rescue of the Queen Of the
Antilles. and William Mckinley freed
Cuba and started her on her illustrious
career Of destiny.
First Rate DIpiomats.
Peace hath her victories no less re-
nown-h than war. Scarcely a genera
ton ago Republican Secretary Of State.
with far-seeing vision common TO Repub-
GcaD statesmen. saw that the most de-
sIsotic power in the world-Itussia-by
its possession Of Alaska might some day
bc q menace 10 our Pacific coast. Alas
ka was purchased by Secretary OF State
Seward and the Republican party: and
instead of being a menace ii now stands
as a sentinel guarding American interests
In the Northern Pacific and tn" Arctic
Ocean. For all time the victory of peace
fully acquiring Alaska stands to the cred
i: Of the Republican party.
For more than a half century past the
American people have demanded a canal
To connect the waters "f the Atlantic
with the waters Of the Pacific. The great
advantages Of such a canal are too OBJ
,iou. to be dw-k upon. The adv anita res
10 the United States in time Of war
will be easurable. OF its feasibility y
ther~ is no question. OF its early con-
strurtion ther~ h,s h~~n no doubt since
the r-c-nt day when the Republican par.
~. at the hands Of the Republican Prrs-
sd~nt. gave To our pati"n the American
Panama canal. For all time the victory
Of the Panama canal will stand to the
credit Of the Republican party. When
we acquired the Philippines AMI Porto
ltir' We f.sind -'ho"i privileges practical
iy n"n--xis'-nt. Only six year. have
a-ss-t. and to-day over three hundred
thousand Filipino and Porto Rican
children are receiving American -iuca-
the Anglo american language. For all
time the victory Of inanSuratinE the pub
lie sciool system under which these chill
hr~n are being f,tei for eventual Amer
ican citizenship stands TO the credit Of
the Republican party.
Bailds for the Fstura.
Another Republican Secretary Of State
saw that American trade in China was
= Necessity. aud. by a ~cries Of clever
diplomatic moves. has secured for US q
commercial open door in China. For all
time the victory Of the open-door policy
will stand to the credit of John Hay and
the Republican party.
When the immortal Lincoln was first
rl-cted President We had l.3O0O facto-
ri--. with l.WO.OD WORKERS Al the
prr.cfrt day. under the protective tariff
"f the Republican party. wr have over
'sn.SD factories. with about S.uO.OO
~"rkrrs- For all time this industrial vic
tory will stand TO the credit of the Re
publican party.
The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
When Aoar Pulled Wires.

Yet. somehow 1t Is with glimpse Of
quite another phase Of the man that I
prefer to close this account OF de-
l.ghtful day In Worcester. Tho Incl.
dent happened ~ l was being driven
to tho station and II arose from my
admiration Of the public library Sena-
tor Hoar had poiated out to me.
"The only timo was ever guilty
Of wire pulling" my host then remark.
ed. "was when 10 used my influence
that Thucydides instead of Herodotus
received honorable mention on that
facade a. the representative Greek his.
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10 the people OF to-day like the poll
cics Of Lincoln and McKinley--thc work
ing ont Of which effected the saving Of
the Union with Mr.. Lincoln and the
making it prosperous under Mr.. McEin-
Icy? Mr.. Rnscvclt has run the govern
mcnt along their policy lines in domestic
aud foreign affairs Th" only signs Of
dissatisfaction come from the Demo
Gratis: and their cries are political CAPT
tal--partiSan faultfndinr>.