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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

With a platform that is silent on the
financial question and a Presidential
candidate who declares for a gold
standard and votes for the free silver
heresy: with a platform that de-
nounces a Protective Tariff as robbery
and a Vice Presidential candidate who
declares that il is essential to National
prosperity. the Democracy presents 70
the voters an homogeneous cCmbina-
MaiE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

There are one hundred and seventy
FIVE pages Of the acts of the special SEES
sion Of the Legislature, but the Demo-
Gratis have been unable TO find but one
thing worthy of consideration and COM
ment, and that is that wonderful clause
about the real Or actual value of real
estate" AT the proper time we'll give
a few other interests affected by the
true and actual value clause" which
the Democrats seem to have over
looked.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

Democrats say the tax reform meas
ures will ruin the farmers and drive
them from the State; Republicans say
the bills were passed for the express
purpose Of relieving the farmer Of an
MUST proportion of the burden of
taxation. So there YOU are. Choose ye
this fall whom ye shall serve. II God be
God vote for W. NJ. O. Dawson, but if
baal be God then vote for. John T. Nc
Graw alias John J. Corn we'll.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

If the tax reform measures would
cause some Democrats whom we know
to sell their belongings and leave the
State. as animated by our esteemed
neighbor, they would accomplish more
for the community than the most san
guine advocates even dreamed of. We
are not mentioning any names, re-
member.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
spyt1Y sRYAN SUPPORTS HIM.


Bryan sporting Parker in this
campaign. We have been ar some
pains to collect the scattered refer
ences he has made to him in the last
five months. They are presented be-
low as a sort Of Democratic campaign
document:
1t would mean that those who at
tempted to reach the White House, if
Parker were elected, would have to
wade through peanut shells knee deep.
The Albany platform ought to pre-
vent Parker's nomination, unless the
Democrats decide to attempt conf
dence game on the public.
Is this adopting Of platforms sort
of variety show, with a change of act
for each campaign?
My objection to Judge Parker is
that ne goes before the country on
cowardly and straddling platform that
can only appeal to towards and strad-
dlers. I object to loaded dice.
If that (the Albany platform means
anything, it means that the Democrats
of New York State are against the
merger decision and in favor of the
minority decision. If Mr.. Parker means
that. he means that as President OF the
United States he can appoint one judge
and reverse that decision.
We are opposed to the burglarious
methods which are now being en-
ployed TO foist upon the party a speech
less candidate and meaningless plat
form.
The influences back of the Parker
candidacy are SO intimately associated
with trusts and great corpora lions that
the Democratic party could not appeal
TO the masses.
man who is weak enough to put
his candidacy in their (Hills and Bel.
mcnt's) hands before the convention
would not be strong enough TO resist
their influence after election, if he
were by any possibility successful
With such a candidate the battle
would begin with foot race and end
With a rout.
1t would have been manlier if Judge
Parker had stated his position before
This convention met. 1t would have
been more manly if he had stated his
position while this convention was in
session.
The p1utocratic element for the time
being is in control OF the Democratic
party.
The nomination Of Judge Parker viz
ti:ally nulIiies the antitrust plank
The nomination Of Judge Parker was
secured by crooked and indefensible
methods. 1t was a plain and deliber-
ate attempt to deceive the party.
II he had sent to the Albany con-
ventiOn the telegram he sent to the ST.
Louis convention he would have had
no possible chance for the nominal
ton.
He and his mana gers adrotly and
purpOsely concealed his position until
the delegates had been corralled and
the nomination assured.
The foregoing, as we understand,
constitute the published reasons why
Bryan is supporting Parker. Those
who voted for the Nebraskan in 1896
and 1900 will doubtless study them
with care as proper preparation for
arriving at the same conclusion.-NeW
York Mail.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

= IfProtective Tariffs are really respon-
sib1e for the trusts the Democratic par
ty, headed by Parker, Wall streets
candidate, and by Davis, the biggest
monopo1ist in West Virginia, will be
in lovely position to cut these Tar
ifs down in case Of success at the
polls. Won't it, though. -----Mapa (Cal).
Register.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
STAY ERE,gRoosEyELT.,''

Those Of us who have had the OPP
portunfty of meeting Theodore Roose-
| Welt personally; who have felt the
grasp of that warm, manly hand, who
I have met the glance Of those fearless
eyes, know that he is a man, every
/ inch of him. He is not before the
| American people to-day as the nom
tinee of any designing politician or set
! of politicians, but as type OF all that
! is best in American manhood. True,
he is the choice of the Republican
party in convention assembled, but his
J formal nomination at the hands of his
party was foregone conclusion, from
the day on which he succeeded VIII
| liam Mckinley, the chief to whom
while living, he was so loyal, and to
! whose memory and policies he has
/ been so steadfastly true.
! Theodore Roosevelt has been nomi-
mated for election this fall by at least
| two-tIlirds of the American people.
| While party man in the fullest sense,
| he cannot be led by his party to do
! anything that is not for the best in
/ terests of the country at large. He is
the President of the whole American
! people, not of the Republican majority
of that people alone.
/ Look at his clean, manly life. Look
at the way he is raining his boys. Not
as 'Sons of the President" but as hon
est. manly, working American boys
The Roosevelt family is typical Of
! what the American family, the back
!
| The sons and daughters of families like
! that, we OF to-day are indebted for
these United States of ours, and the
civil and religious liberties we enjoy.
! But Roosevelt is too strenuous, =
say our political opponents. We glad
| ly admit that he is strenuous but
| strenuOusness is the essence. the very
mains spring Of American progress and
prosperity. If our heroes of 177G had
not been strenuous we would be Brit
| sh cOlonisrs to-day instead of free
born or naturalized American citizens.
| 1.-THE Americans of the North had not
| been strenuous slavery would be still
| cursine our fair land and dishon oriTl 2
our flag. If al! Americans had NOT
been strenuous, Cuba. Porto Rico and
the Philippines would be still slaves
| TO Spanish greed and miSrule
If the pioneers of or earlier days
| had not been strenuous. the Great
West. that Empire between the Missis-
sippi and the Pacific. would not be
ours. II William Fl. Seward had not
| been strenuous. Alaska would be still
a Russian possession and a menace to
our vast interests on the Pacific COAST.
Hawaii. the paradise of the Pacific,
would still be misgoverned by Grover
| Cleveland's brunette friend.
See our transcontinental railroads:
our magnificent factories; our army.
100000 strong, of factory workers.:
lands; our growing navy, already IA
nous by the prowess it exhibited at
Manila and Santiago: our brave
though far TOO small. army wit its
lnbeaten record; our fertility III in
vention; see all these. and many 9TH
God for that strenuousness of which
Theodore Roosevelt is type. Amari-
canism is strenuousness. 1t is by
reason of this quality that ten million
voters will say on the eighth day OF
November next. "Stay there, RGose-
velr.''
WALTER ]. BALLARD
Schenectady, \. Y. Sept. 10, 1901
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

The free tickets to Wheeling are
being promised and spoken for. Call
around at Democratic headquarters
and get yours, as there is not an I'M
limited number and You may get left.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

If the Wheeling Register keeps up
the figure of speech used in refer
ring to the Parkersburs meeting when
it called it frost, it will have to refer
to the Wheeling affair as freeze.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
Chicken Supper.

Don't forget the chicken supper in
the Presbyterian Home, Thursday
evening. Hours from five to seven
thirty. Your patronage desired.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

The Republicans Of Pennsylvania
estimate that their majority for ROOSe-
velJ will be 800 900.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

Ladies' Supreme Shoes, Dorothy
Dcdd. c. B. Highland
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
CONE z TO
THE WORLDS FAIR.

Save money and trouble
by securing rooms in ad-
vance For p e c l, low
rates, write Oscar L. Allen,
in charge of advance book
ing for Visitors Worlds Fair
Five minutes w a ! from
main entrance. ST. Louis,
MO. - =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
0
$4,000 TO WAGER.
AS there has been more or I

n .rEssl nj
a. AS there has been more or o
less talk in certain quarters p
q about the weakness of some O.
OF the Republican candidates,
o. a responsible party who has O.
confidence in their ability to
a. win, and faith in the cause o.
they represent, has placed
e. with the West Virginian the O.
sum of 100000 and author
g. lied it to make the following O.
wagers:
"a 100000 q
That Harry Shaw will be elect
M> ed Prosecuting Attorney and O.
the whole Republican county
a. ticket with him. g.
100000
81 That c. w. Swisher will be O
elected Secretary of State and
s. the whole Republican State @
ticket with him.
6, 100000 q
That Roosevelt, Will carry
g. West Virginia and be elected 6
President.
g. 100000 @
That he viii win all three
q bets. o
Any person desiring to in
- vest his money in the man g.
i ner indicated may take any
81 one or all of the bets O.
@-<>-ss-@-$>-@--@
Has something indefinable that at
tracts'-Dorothy Dodd Shoe for WON
en- C. B. Highland. y
We are agents for Oliver Chilled
and Syracuse plows. J. l.. Halls
Hardware Store. 4
We have organized fOr business
the Marion Claim Agency.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

Of Kanawha county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
For Assessor-Easter District,
GILBERT HOLMAN.

For Observation-Disclosures District,
A. J. MCDANIEL.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

ARNOLD c. SCHERR.
Of Mineral county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

FOR SALE-Eine penny picture cam
era: complete; first-class order; cheap.
Box 353, city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

WILLIAM NJ. Q. DAWSON
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

WALTER J. BALLARD.
Schenectady. y. Y. Sept 10. 1901.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

WANTED-A lady to do plain sew
ing. Apply at 326 Monroe street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
FOR Vice President,

of New York
For Vice President,
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS,
of Indiana.
FOR Governor,
WILLIAM M o. DAWSON,
~ Of Kanawha county.
FOR Secretary of State,
CHARLES ". SWISHER.
Of Marion county.
For Auditor,
ARNOLD G. SCHERR.
Of Mineral county.
For Treasurer,
54 J.: NEWTON OGD1N,
OF Peasants county.
For Attorney General,
*3s5 CLARK w. MAY,
of Lincoln county.
For Superintendent Of Free Schools,
THOMAS c. MILLER,
$s Of Marion county.
szs3s For Judges of Supreme Court,
FRANK cox, ~,
Of Monongalia county.
JOSEPH NJ. SANDERS,
u of Mercer county.
For CONGRESS-,
B. B. DOVENER,
Of Ohio county.
For State Senator,
JOSEPH H. McDERMOTT,
Of Monongalia county.
For Judge of Circuit Court,
.sss JOHN w. MASON.
III For House of Delegates,
JAMES B. FOX,
THos. W. FLEMING,
LAMAR G. POWELL.
For Sheriff,
HOWARD R. F'URBEE.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
HARRY SHAW.
For County Commissioner,
c. P. MOORE.
For County Surveyor,
L. H. WILCOX.
For Assessor-Eastern District,
GILBERT HOLMAN.
For Assessor-Wes District,
A. J. MCDANIEL.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

HAS something indefinable that at
ira cts''-Dorothy Dodd Shoe for Won
| en- G. B. Highland. y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
For Auditor.

Of Marion county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

For Secretary of State,
4CHARLES W. SWISHER,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

FOR RENT-Eight room house on
Coleman avenue. Water and gas. Ap,
ply T. W. Boydston.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

and Syracuse piows. }. l.. Hairs
Hardware Store x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
For Governor,

of Indiana.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

of New York.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

WANTED-A girl to do general
housework for small family-no wash
ing Apply West Nirginian office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

LOST-Retween Fourth and Seventh
streets, on Fairnlont avenue, child'S
wide band gold ring. Finder will leave
same at this Office and receive sulta-
bic reward.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
WANT COLUMN

DO You Know What We Want?
Several Short Ads. at
One Cent Per Word.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

WANTED--A good cook. Apply at I'll
Fairmont avenue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
Of Marion county

For Judge of Circuit Court,
JOHN w. MASON.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

FOR RENTING houses on Raymond
street: six rooms; city and We'll Wa
ter and gas; terms, So per month.
John w. Mason.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20

FOR RENT-Basem room, front.
inc on Parks avenue, under Citizens,
Dollar Savings Bank.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-20
For Treasurer,

Of Peasants county.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15
SLEEP AND DEATH.

(From the German)
Sleep and Death went hand IN hand,
Throughout the land.
On service bent;
And Sleep, with gentle fingers touched the
brow
Where trouble sat,
And soOthed the pain,
Bringing a sweet forgetfulness again.
Her voice was tender soft and low,
Her step was SLOW;
And as she went
Deep peace and restfulness she left behind
Along the road
And she was blessed
By all of those she had caressed.
But Death was troubled on his way
Through all the day;
For fear he sent
Into the hearts of those to whom he came.
Men looked away,
And all turned back
NVhane'er his lev finger marked the track
"My task is useless" Death complained,
Perplexed, and panied,
His efforts spent.
"Ah. think not So replied his sister,
Sleep.
Our Fathers love
Hath sent US forth,
And parts in His great purpose have We
both.
my work. o Death, lasts one brief day.
But thine. alway;
Oh wonderment!
Men wake from Sleep to sorrow OFT again; /;
But out of Death
They wake to rest
In Paradise, to be forever blest
Rev. Thornton b. Penfield, in N. 7. OBJ
server.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15
A Poser.

Graduates of Bowdoin college had a
dinner in Washington the other evening.
President Hyde was present and told the
story of how a Bowdoin professor was
bowled over by Maine fisherman. The
professor was strolling along the sea-
shore one afternoon when he met a ma
tive wearing high rubber boots and car
rying a clam rake. The two fell into
conversation and the college man gave
his new found acquaintance a great deal
of scientific information regarding fish,
clans, oysters, etc. In get, he rather
took the attitude of teaching the man his
business. At length the native said:
"Say, mister, SEEM your so doggone
smart. won't we tell me whether diggin'
clans is fishin' or farmin', huh?"
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15
MANS FIGHT WITH NATURE.
Struggles of the People of Galveston,
Tex, to Save Their City from
the Sea.

Little more than three years have
elapsed since Galveston was almost
wiped out by the terrible storm and tidal
wave of September s, 1900. which de-
stroyed between 5000 and z 1000 lives, and
property worth $25, 900 900. The disaster
was something which could not have
been foreseen and even if foreseen, could
not have been ayerted except so far as
the loss of life is concerned. The trouble
lay in the situation-the slight elevation
of the city above sea-level and the alb
sence Of protection from Gulf storms.
says Youths Companion.
Immediately after the catastrophe per-
sons who knew little Of history predicted
that the city would never be rebuilt
that the survivors would seek place on
the Eeighboring mainland and there
found a new Galveston. Instead of that,
they have been doing what people in
similar circumstances always do. They
are restoring the old city and making it
safe.
The plan includes the construction of
a great sea-wall II feet high, to shut out
the waters of the Gulf even in the worst
storms. and the raising of the main part
of the city-an area of two square miles
above the level of the destroying wave
of 1900
While other cities are organizing golf
and tennis and whist clubs, Galveston is
organizing house raising clubs.
What this Texas city is doing is only
a new example of mans tenacity Of pur-
pose in fighting nature when he finds her
hostile Venice and much of Holland
have been reclaimed from the sea. A
large part of Boston is made land" Lon
don has wrested large tracts from the
domination of the Thames: New Orleans
has rescued many acres from the en-
croachments of the Mississippi and Lake
Pontchartrain. There is. indeed. hardly
city in the world where man has not
had to fight some force of nature in Or
der to preserve the advantages of geo.
graphical position. Such fight is char
acter builder and developer.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15

he was sicd, and she sent him up some
billed pork and cabbage, but he said he
didn't need anything in that line, as he
was going to take few bitters for his
stomach.
Maud and were in Robinson's park
by half past seven. We We're awfuI
'fraid that Miss Virgins wouldn't show
up, but she was first on the ground
Maud and hid in a bunch Of evergreens
close by the big elm. We could see real
well. She had the red rose in her
waist,
Pretty soon Uncle Jed appeared. He
had on his long-tailed surtout. and he
carried a cane and had his silk go-to-
meeting hat tilted back on his head. He
looked as clipper as grasshopper.
Miss Virgins heard him coming "Oh,
Lordy!" says she, under her breath,
my fate at last! How shall ever meet
him."
And then she went slowly forward
"Is-is that you, Mr.-Mr. J.?" says
she.
Yes" says Uncle Jed; land is this
Miss-Miss W."
1T is" says she. and then they both
stopped short and stared at each other
"Oh, my Lord of Love-" says Miss
Virgins, "it's-its-Jerry! Jerry Bent!
Oh, my soul and body"
Yes" says Uncle Jed; ''and it's you
Almiry. Almiry Virgins, by the jump
ing Judas
well, WE'LL says she.
wall. wall" says he.
Good gracious, whispered Maud, T'l
| bet ten cents that she's his old girl! Oh
Sam. amt We gone and done it?"'
"Almiry," says Uncle Jed, Il got let
! ter
80 did L." says Miss Virgins.
But I didn't write no letter." says
| Uncle Jed.
Neither Gid t. says Miss Virgins.
"Jehosaphat." says Uncle Jed.
"Oh, Lordy!" says Miss Virgins, as IL
its the first day of April, and some
bodys been fooling u.s."
mo they amt" says Uncle Jed, with
emphasis. and he flung away his cane
| and grabbed Miss Virgins round the
waist. and says he: "Sor abody's tried
TO but they amt succeeded. No. by
Jinks! Darn it all. was fool in the
| old times, but I've alters loved only you.
| Almiry! And III take you to my bosom
now"
And VOW he hugged and kissed her
so that the frogs stopped singing in the
| Dond to find out what that strange
! clucking sound meant.
Lets go home to bed" says Maud
What with the billing and cooling OF
| Eva and her young man, and the per-
| formance of these two old fossils, I'm
tired. I've got to have rest Sam, our
| Joke has all flZZled out
| Oh. yes. of course. they were married
I and Uncle Jed went over to her house
to live Maud and | never let on. be-
cause the joke seemed to be on us.
Next time we try anything like that
We'll know our ground before We start
out.-People's Home Journal.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15
THE POPE'S OLD WATCH.
Nickel Timepiece Treasured by the
Present Pontiff as His
Mothers Gift.

The favorite gossip of Roman draw
ing-rOOms centers round the pOpe's
simplicity and sweetness of character.
During a recent interview the pope
took out his watch and looked at it.
II was an old, much-rubbed much-bat-
tered nickel watch attached to his
waistcoat by an ancient leather boot
lace One of the noblemen present,
who noticed this humble timepiece,
could not restrain his horror at the
thought that the head Of the church
should have so poor a watch. He in
stantly took out his own watch-a val
liable lever with a monogram in jew
els on the back-and begged the pope,
as a great favor, to exchange watches
with him. that he might carry away
a personal souvenir of the visit. But
the pope refused the offer with great
vehemence.
My mother gave me this" he said.
caressing the old nickel turnip, when
| was a boy. l fastened it on with this
very bootlace, and vowed that | would
wear it so long as ii would go at all.
A VOW added his holiness, return
ing the watch to his pocket, (which
always believe to have been the cause
of the admirable time that my chrono-
meter keeps to this day and never gets
out of order"
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15
Not Handsome.

81 understand that you said you
thought Miss Ungainly was beautiful
Moo, | couldn't have said that"
Zones told me-"
ooh; it came about this way-Jones
said: Don't you think Miss Ungainly's
feet are pretty big?' and | replied: Yes,
but thing her hands some. '"-Houston
Post.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15
Heated by Electricity.

A bakers oven heated by electricity is
a novelty at Montauban, France. The
heating elements-numbering 20-are
nlaced at the side of the interior, and
heat is quickly applied and cut off at
once. with considerable saving in time.
No heat is. lost up the chimney, as the
only opening is the door through which
the bread is passed.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15
Education in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma has seven educational in
stitutions of higher learning under con-
troll of the territory. and many schools
and colleges under the supervision of
religious denominations. The state has
more than 250000 children of school
age, and 5000 young men and women
in the institutions of higher learning.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15
The Poet.

If a man is satisfied with one meal
a day he can afford 20 write poetry
Chicago Daily News.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-04-15
Military Pigeon Lofts Useless.

Wireless telegraphy has made the use
of pigeons for war purposes superfluous.
and the extensive pigeon lofts in the
military and naval services of European
nations probably will soon become use
less