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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-23

serves its success. The story is of bu-
collie love, crossed at times, but in the
end triumphant, and leads the audi
ence pleasantly through typical scenes
of New Hampshire life. The interest
ing features Of The Village Postmas-
ter training day, donation party at
the minister's, threshing day on the
farm, the night wedding in the little
village church-are all bound to prove
interesting. The play deserves and nc
doubt will attract large audience.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14

Congressman Berry of New Jersey,
ridiouling the logic Of the republicans
in general and of that old Ohio pstri-
arch. General Grosyenor in particular,
who blames the democrats for every
thing bad and credits the repu blicans
with everything good, said:
Gods green fields in these United
States were favored last year by the
sun and the rain of Heaven, 80 that
with an increased acreage planted
more food stuffs were raised than in
any year Of any democratic admin
istration. Then all the credit to the
republican party. More deaths in the
United States last year than in any
other year of our country's existence.
Down with democracy. And in this
fair land last year there were more
men and maidens Joined in wedlock,
and more babies born into the world
to make 1t better, and happier, than
in any other year under democratic
rule Should not the credit for that
be given to the republican party and
to the great man of race suicide fame
now at the head of it,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14

QUESTIONS WHICH EMBARRASs.
Many voters are inquiring If R. G.
Dunn is not the candidate of the mer.
ger railroads and lumber interests fol
governor; if Ray Jones is not lum.
herman and the candidate of the cor.
porations for lieutenant; If Young,
the republican nominee for attorney
general, did vote against the gross
earnings bill when senator; if Ira B.
Mills is not the candidate of the rail-
road for warehouse commissioner if
Judge Lewis Of Duluth is not the can
didate Of the Rockefeller steel inter-
ests and If he did not loan the use of
his name to promote swindling Tex
as oil scheme by which thousands of
Minnesotisns lost their money; and it
the railroads and corporations did not
control the last republican state con-
vention, disfranohise the entire 113
delegates from the fifth congressional
district and invade the sanctuary Of
supreme court and make and unmake
Judges to suit themselves1 Questions
like these are very embarrassing to re-
publioans these dsys.-Albert Lea
Times (Rep.)
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14

Every republican speaker, almost
without exception, has much to say
Of how republican politics have dis
tributed wealth among all the people.
The census of 1900 doee not prove
that It shows that 500 per cent Of
the people own "a. 81 per cent of the
wealth of the United States. One per
cent of the people own "a. 8 per cent of
the total wealth, another 1919 per
cent own 49, additional, showing 11.9
per cent Of the people own 81 per
cent of the total wealth. The per
cent of the wealth remaining is
owned by 49,. per cent of the people.
This shows in the aggregate that
while an exceedingly small proportion
Of the people own nearly three
fourths of the entire wealth, 80 per
cent of the people. one half, own all
the wealth, and the remaining half of
the vast population Of the Omitted
States own no part Of it. This can
hardly be considered an equal distri-
button.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14
TRESPASSERS AT HOME THERE.

TRESPASSERS AT HOME THERE.
Albert Lea Standard Tnos. h.
Shevlin, notorious lumber "tres-
passer, who With his partner in the
Commonwealth Lumber Co., Ray W.
Jones, wss found guilty by jury In
the United States court at Fergus
Falls and compelled to disgorge $18, .
600 for stealing timber, presided at a
republican rally In behalf of r. G..
Dunn In Minneapolis last week. Why
Shevlin and Jones have not been in
dicted and prosecuted for their offens-
en-, as ordinary criminals would
be, is not explained. Instead, Ray W.
Jones Is on the Dunn ticket for lieu
tenant governor, aad Shevlin is doing
bis Utmost to help elect the ticket.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14
THRIFTY TEDFORD.

Commissioner Tedford has drawn
from Morrison county since Jan. 1st,
1904, and up to Sept. 1st, for services
the sum of 1885, 80. The practice Of
two, three or more commissioners In.
specting work that one could in many
cases do as well. is partly responsible
for this. A wise chairman would be en-.
deavoring to save the county money,
not throw it away. No wonder there
was so much money expended for Ful.
ler's pet on primary election day.
Let us see how this item of 1866. &C
for this short period of eight months
compares with amounts received by
years.
Take the year ending Jan. l, 1901,
In which year $40, 600 was appropri.
ated and spent on roads under super.
vision of the commissioners Twice
az much work was done in 1901 as in
1904. The commissioners In 1901
drew total pay as follows: Enke $119
LaFond $l75.9O; Gross $127: Lakin
$685. 40: jacobson 1922. 10. Total TO,
all, $640. Tedford got about $50 more
this week, added to the amount al.
ready given makes about $3.50. A,
this rate, by the time the year IL
over, he will draw as much as the en-.
tire board did altogether in 1901.
In the year ending Jan. 1, 1894. the
commissioners drew as follows.
Stumpf e81; Sheedy $122; Kobe 500
30; LaFond $76. SO: Jones $64. 40.
Total for all $s99. 10, less than Tedford
has drawn in eight months this year.
In the year ending Jan. l, 1896,
Stumpf drew $111; LaFond 500. 30
Kobe $102; Sheedy $107. 10: Jones
$74. 40. Total for ali, $3.50. 70. Tedford
has nearly that much now.
Last year J. J. Gross was chairman
Of the county board. His total for the
year was 800 less than Tedford hae
drawn for eight months of 1904.
These figures are of public record,
and beyond dispute. They are part Of
the proof that Tedford Is too expen.
sive In his notions to be safe county
commissioner. The voters have an op.
portunity to put business man OF
high standing on the county board In
place of the expensive proposition they
now have. Vote for Andrew johnson.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14
OLD LEADERS DESERT REPUBLI-
CAN PARTY.

General William Birney last week
made this significant statement: The
most distinguished republicans Of the
paet generation have repudiated the
principel and party Of Mckinley and
Roosevelt. Besides John Sherman, who
opposed the war on the Filipinos and
was Therefore prosecuted on his dying
bed, and Tom Reed, VINO resigned the
second Office in the gift Of the Ameri-
can people because Of his disgust
with his party comrades, there remain
Boutwell,, Carl Schurz and Teller,
wheelhorses of the republican parry
through two generations, and all of
them in his cabinet, and ex-senator
Edmunds of Vermont, whom Mr..
Roosevelt nominated for the presi
dency In 1884. who has just Joined the
Parker club In New York city and
will vote the democratic ticket, on the
issues of trusts and imp erialism. Isn't
it strange that these illustrious men
should abandon their lifelong 1850
Citations unless they. had the best Of
reasons1 Then there's Ben Harrison.
As an e1-presldent:: he sternly opposed
the Philippine policy of the United
States and told Mckinley to his face:
''We hold no commission from God
to police the world.'' It Is now re-
ported that General w. Fl. 81. Miller
of Harrison's cabinet--and Hon. s. N.
Chambers, Harrison's district attor-
new. will vote the democratic ticket.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14

HIGH WATER IN THE PLATTE.
The recent heavy rains have raised
all the streams In the county. but no
serious damage Is reported except at
Gravelville. Manager Fred Gravel
raised the gates and opened the sluice
IN the dam Sunday, but that night
the water brought down lot of old
logs and three of the gates were
washed out, shutting off the water
power until the gates are repaired.
which will be within ten days.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14

John A. johnson is more than a
candidate Of the democratic party. He
is, in the broadest sense, the candi.
date of the people. He stands for de-
cency and honesty in state govern
ment. and thousands of republicans
who are nauseated by the conditions
existing in their party, will vote for
johnson to redeem the fair name of
Minnesota.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14

Y MONUMENTAL DANGER AND
q. S5s .4S5 s NJ SHAME. IN

# democrat were president of the
United States and were running fol
election for another term, he would
be criticised, says the Brooklyn Earle.
if he took his secretary for commerce.
from that Office. which insures to him
power over all corporations, with &C.
cret knowledge Of their resources, their
interests, their fears and their COM
binatione, and made that secretary
his collector Of campaign oontribu-
lions.
If democratic president did that,
republican criticism upon him for do
Ing that would be relen tless and would
be just. A republican president, Mr..
Roosevelt, a candidate for election fo1
q second term, has done just that.
Democratic criticism of him Cor doing
that is relentless and is just. That
criticism, which republicans would
not resent. II made by them against q
democrat, republicans should not re-.
sent. when made by democrats against
them. The action referred to is monu-
mental for hardihood. It Is pregnant
with possibilities Of scandal and of
shame. It is significant of the burial
of scruples and of ideals in American
politics. It is suggestive If a courage
for doing and for daring, in direc-
tions of danger and of wrong, that
has never been hown before. It ought
to arouse the morality and the man.
hood of the people of the United
States. We do not know whether it
will or not. It will, if those people
are vitality and wildly honest. It will
not, If those people have become
sodden and shameless.
All suggestions or comments aside,
the thing Is fact in our present his
tory. No other government under the
sun among men has ever presented
such a fact. Our own government
never before among men presented
such q fact. Were Mr.. Cortelyou the
best man in the United States, that
would not affect, except to his dis
credit, the conditions in which neith-
er the best man nor the worst man in
this country should ever be found. To
throw up cabinet Office, to become
a campaign collector, under the ad-
mitted promise of greater and higher
cabinet Office in case the campaign
collections work successful results,
is q statement and involves a pro-
gramme. that ought to be impossibl
but which, miserable to tell, and
shameful to record, are actual. evil
dent, dreadful, horrible, hateful and
visible and not only undenied, but
applauded, today. There is no pro-
priety of government which this does
not violate. There il no security of
politics which this does not aout and
attack. There is no precedent for it
In the pre-existing history of the
world. There should be no precedent
for it in the history of the world
hereafter. The act itself has in it
that quality Of moral mostrosity,
which should smite it with the i'm.
potency that can be rewarded neither
with prosperity nor with propagation.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14

REPLY CONFESSES JUDGEMENT.
An evidence Of the desperation "a
which the managers Of Mr.. Dunn az i,
aroused IL shown In the publication 81
q new campaign document, entitled
"Johnson's Falsenoods'' says tic
Minneapolie Journal. The pamphlet
declares on it's title page Estate Audi.
tor s. q. lverson CERTIFIES that
the public examiners reports are un.
true" Passing to the inside, the con.
tents are not Mr.. 1verson's certified
statements at oh, but some cleverly
wqrded deductions, not certified OF
sworn to. and multiplying the errors
In the Iverson reply.
There 10 something left out Of the
pamphlet. While deliberately explain.
ing the Irregularities in handling
timber permits, there is not a word
about the other johnson report. Hi
statements about mineral leases are
not referred to. While In the denial
business, why didn't Mr.. Dunn'e
apologists deny the mineral lease re-.
port? They could not have forgotten
1t, 90 we must assume that they must
admit the truth of the statements
made. In fact, they have never tried
to do otherwise, and have handled
that report as II it were q red-hot
poker.
The reports as to timber permits
gives some opportunity for technical
defense. By all kinds Of twisting and
turning of the record, Mr.. Dunn q
apologists have evolved a reply to Mr..
)ohnson's report. It IS a reply that
does not answer but 1t confuses the
public mind and beclouds what ought
to be very clear issue.
The mineral-lease report cannot te
handled in that way. The facts in the
timber trespass cases also stand out
beyond the power of contradiction.
The $54. 600 suit against Congressman
which is the first fruit Of
the report on timber trespass, cannot
be explained away by Mr.. Dunn's de-
tenders.
Counsel for Mr.. Dunn tried to ex-
cuse the disregard of bark marks and
the failure to record stumpage per-
mits, but could not deny the facts.
They can talk glibly ana and volum-
inously about the tt mber permits, and
so their defense is confined to this
one subject, and the printing presses
are worked overtime. This defense
mas been proven ridiculous by the
analysis of the public examiner. but,
the presses are still running and it is
going broadcast over the state.
A defense has to be made, and the
new pamphlet is the best that can be
done. The voters cannot say that the
johnson disclosures have gone without
reply, but they may ask:
While making a reply, Why not
cover the ground and explain every
thingY
Who could blame the voters for ask
ing such a question: It is perfectly
natural.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14
ROOSEVELT AND THE MOkMONS.

ROOSEVELT AND THE MOkMONS.
Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 11.-In the
most remarkable speech ever delivered
in Utah, former Senator Frank Can.
non, one of the most prominent Nor.
mons In the country, declared that the
republican party leaders had entered
into a bargain with the heads of the
Mormons church whereby the electoral
vote of the state is to be delivered tc
Roosevelt.
Cannon was the chief orator at q
meeting of the American party,
which has just been organized by re.
publican and democratic Gentiles tc
oppose the domination of the Mormon
church In the political and state
affairs of Utah. His speech hiss ere.
ated a panic in Mormon circles. HI
said:
I'm 1896 a Senator of the United
States came to Utah In behalf of the
republican party and bargained with
the ecclesiastical power for delivering
of the electoral vote of Utah and sur.
rounding states. 1t was imposslp le te
carry out the bargain at that time.
I'm 1900 another emissary from the
republican national party came tc
Utah and made the same bargain fol
the electoral vote, and the bargain
was executed and Utah, which four
years previously had given 81. 600 ma.
jority for Bryan out of q total vote
Of 80, 000, turned over TO the republi.
can party at ecclesiastical dictation.
This year similar bargains have
been made. Before the death of the
lamented Hanna, President Roosevelt
became fearful that Senator Kearns
would take Hanna delegation to the
Chicago convention and the BARGAIN
was made by which if Senator Smoot
would take Roosevelt delegation to
Chicago the smoot investigation, then
appointed to be renewed at Salt Lake
Clty IN the summer. would be post
poned until after the election. That
bargain was carried out at both ends.
"sinoe that time. and quite re-
Gently, another emissary has sp.
peared, properly accredited from high
authority at Washington, who has
bargained there for the delivery of
the electoral vote of this state to the
Roosevelt ticket, and the chairman of
the republican party of Utah boasts
that he will get two Mormon demo-
Gratis to vote that ticket for every re-
publican Gentle who ioine tho Amer.
lean party. And this is the wsv they
will attempt to carry out this nefar-
ious trade"
A voice In the audience cried
"Shame, and the speaker replied:
Shame, shame for that grand old
party, once led by the immortal Lin
coin, to be dickering with the eccIes-
iastical power in any state of this un-
ion for the sake Of securing electoral
votee."
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14

For q candidate preaching purity
and antitrust Roosevelt has got the
most extraordinary lot Of reformers
together-Addicks representing purity
in politics, Odell and Plat represent
ing straight elections, and Rookie
Teller, Hartman, Vanderbilt, Gould
and Schi6 representing antitrust
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14
NEVADA VS.. COLORADO.

Nevada and Colorado, the form or
with democratic governor and the
latter with a republican governor,
illustrate the difference between the
orderly working out of reforms
through law and the violent and la w.
less methods employed by the repre-
sentatives Of plutocracy. In Nevada
John Sparks, democrat, is governor.
While he Is man Of large means and
interested In both mining and agricul-
ture. he is In sympathy with the
masses and anxious to improve the
condition of the laboring men. The
dem ocratic and silver parties adopted
platforms favoring an eight. hour day.
They we're successful, q fusion .legis-
]atore passed the eight-hour law, the
democratic governor signed the bill
and the fusion supreme court declared
the law constitutional AZ result
Nevada has peace and progress. In
Colorado the people demanded an
eight-hour law and the law was
passed, but the supreme court de.
clared it unconstitutional The people
then proposed and adopted consti-
tuional amendment authorizing the
enactment of an eight.honr law. but
the republicans carried the state. and
while Senator Teller was elected by
one majority on joint ballot the cor
porate influence was strong enough to
prevent the passage Of law carrying
out the constitution as amended. As re-
suit of disregard the will of the..people
by the corporations Colorado is in q
state bordering on anarchy. snd.. republi-
can officials are the ones who are ig-
noring the law. Peabodyism is the
natural and legitimate outgrowth of
that contempt for the rights and In
terests of the masses which is mani
Testing itself more and more among
the plutocrats Governor Peabody is
the willing exponent Of his element
and his administration is giving the
people foretaste of what can be ex-
pected If organized wealth ever gets
unquestioned control of the nation and
carries out it's purpose to employ the
army for the subjugation of the wage
earners.
Democratic Nevada and republican
Colorado nroaant a afriRino contraa%
and make plain the difference between
the democratic and the republican
methods of dealing with the labor
question. The Commoner.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14
GREAT REPUBLICAN LOGIC.
While these articles have increased

GREAT REPUBLICAN LOGIC.
While these articles have increased
in average price:
Flour, butter, eggs, potatoes,
beans, milk, meat, brick, hard coal;
These have decreased:
Soda, crackers, vinegar, nutmegs,
drieo apples, prunes, putty and
matches.
Therefore the average cost Of living
has been reduced under the republican
administration, says the government
statistician.
So, evidently. the American citi-
zen does or should live on nutmegs.
crackers and vinegar. build his houses
of putty, and warm himself with
matches The Comm oner.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14

Three Of the greatest trust magAates
In New York city are, among others,
supporting Roosevelt. They are Jacob
q. Schif, J. A. Mccall and M. Spey-
er. Schiff is the greatest railroad trust
banker in America. He ism t support
ing Roosevelt for fun.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-14
!. PICKLED sHEEPsK d /,

! ]2@4 P1CKLED SHEEPSKINS.
s No doubt readers have noticed many
references to ''piokled sheepskins''''
lately, says the Duluth Herald. These
words have been brought into promin-
ence by United States treasury order
of Aug. 3. 1904. which was revoked
one week later on Sept. Z. The order
and the revocation both appear in the
weekly periodical issued by the trea-
sury department under the title
"Treasury Decisions.''
The order was issued TO the collector
of customs at Philadelphia, who, it
seems, had been admitting those akins
free of duty. A portion of the text.
which discloses the reason for the
order. IL here given:
"The department is informed that
such picked sheepskins have In fact,
gone through all the tanning processes
and that they require only final finish
Ing to make them commercial leather.
which fact can be substantiated BY
competent trade testimony.
you are, therefore, hereby
directed to classify such merchandise
at the rate Of 30 per cent ad valorem
under Section 6 of the act of July "a,
1897, under the enumeration of ar
ticles not specially provided for,
wholly or partly manufactured, leaving
the importers to their remedy by pro-
test, under Section ID or the customs
administrative act of June 10, $780,"
The notice which came to the colIec-
tor week later simply said that the
order was revoked and that hereafter
these picked sheepskins would he ad-
mitted free of duty.
What was the reason for al thisf
Well, it seems that there ia strong re-
ciprocity and tariff reduction senti-
ment in Massachusetts,, where many
of these pickleds heepskins are used in
the numerous shoe factories of that
commonwealth. Senator Lodge is seek
ing q reelection and it was at once
made plain to him that it this duty
were enforced there might be demo-
cratic victory. Whereupon he took his
pen in hand and wrote protest to the
United States government, which
happens at this time to be embodied
In the person of one Theodore Roose-
velt, president. Mr.. Roosevelt at once
saw that the order was revoked.
It will be noticed that the treasury
department pointed to the law and
gave legitimate reason for the order.
No attempt was made to give q rea-
son for the revocation or to justify it
by law. The probability is that the
order is the correct construction of
the law. The revocation, therefore, is
an abrogation of the law. The revoca-
ton, therefore. is an abrogation of
the law by the presidents direction.
And this done solely to assure repub-
lican success in Massachusetts
That is the kid of an executive
who now sits in the presidents chair.
If he is reelected, congress might as
we'll be dispensed with altogether, be-
cause should 1t pass any measure that
he does not approve he will override it
with an executive order and if it does
not pass any law that he desires he
will make the law himself with anoth-
er executive order.