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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
A Wolf in MINNEAPOLIS.


A wolf was killed in the city of Min
neapolia' Nick Thies started toward
the wilds of Columbia heights to beard
the gentle rabbit in it's lair. or, per-
chance, deal death and destruction to
. playful squirrel.
He was was walking through the,
woods along the 500 tracks, and about
half mile from Central avenue, when
his dog started big male gray wolf,
which sneaked through the under
brush, and finally came within shot
gun range of Mr.. Thies, who brought
him down with the first shot ! +"
Socialist Vote.
The Debs vote in Hennepin county
was one of the surprises of the election.
The socialist candidate received 1891,
votes, almost as many as Parker,
whose vote was but 6,432. Roosevelt
has a vote of "a, s91, or a plurality of
%, $50. establishing a. new record for
the republican pal ~ in Hennepin
county. Swallow, the prohibition can
didate, received 1874 votes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25

man Of the highest
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14

nature, while the gullible many, he i'm
AGNES, VIII joyfully count upon his meek
~ retiring into private life as soon as he
has seen his party triumphant in the fall
elections.
1t is grotesque position. that Of the
Woifert's Roost politician. To gain his
ends he promises to keep out Of all par
ticipation in the results he is working foi.
IL must have been at some cost il self
respect that this sop was given to the
more respectable wing of the New York
Democracy, men who will not train with
llill, aud who do not scruple 20 say 50.
But with those at whom the shot was
aimed Hills promise will avail nothing.
They know the man. He has no friends,
nor has he any enemies who believe III
him. except as to his limitless power for
evil politics in whatever he undertakes.
1t is quite probable that he will retire
from politics before the first of January,
1905, but it will be, not by his own wolf
tion, but because of the defeat of his
party at the polls in the preceding No
VEN her
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
Why Change?

Why should there be change In the
national administration? What's the
matter with Roosevelt? Has anything
gone wrong? Has it been necessary I,
Issue bonds to pay the running expenses
of the government? Is there any money
in the treasury? Has the soup house as
serted its supremacy since the palny
days of Grover? Has Theodore Roose-
welt betrayed any trust reposed in him,
or has lie manifested any symptoms OF
spinal affection? Has the so-called Dem
ocratic party advanced any assurance Il
the American people that they are any
more proficient in the twentieth century
than they were in the nineteenth? Can
they satisfy the honest, industrious, pro
ducing citizens of America that they seek
for anything but to again grasp the sur
plus and again empty the treasury, as
they have on every previous opportunity:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
Democratic Efforts to Breed Distrust Have So
Far Proved Futile.
REBUKE FOR THE CALAMITY HOWLERS
Railway Traffic Is Heavy, New Factories Are
Being Erected, and Iron and Steel Mills
Are Crowded with Orders.

expended by the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad In improving the
service from New York to the Bronx. The
road will issue $l5.0O0OOO of bonds.
Altoona, Twenty-Five locomotives
are being built for the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company at the Juniata shops
Derby. COnn-The New York, Few Ta-
ven and Hartford Railroad Company has
decided upon important Improvements on
the Berkshire division at Derby.
Memphis The projected railroad from
Clarksdaie to Friar's Point in Mississippi.
is said To he assured; estimated cost Of con
strUction, S15oGO per mile.
Jefferson City.-lhailrOId officials at JEFF
ferSon city say they are much encouraged
because Of the heavy Increase in business
within the past two weeks.
Fitchburg.A S7.H0.O00 deal involving
the purchase Of twenty different trolley
roads In Massachusetts and Northern Con
neCtiCut is under way.
superior Wis-Thc docks are 50 full Of
coal many boats are still compelled TO
wait several days TO unload. This condi-
tiOu is owing to a scarcity Il cars which
are being used In the wheat fields
Detroit Freight traffic officials Of the
roads ceutering in Detroit all state that
business is picking up.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
DAVIS WILL NOT DO.
Too uId for the High Position to
Which He Aspires.

DIR. J. b. McFatrich, editor Of the
Third Ward Republican, Chicago publ
cation, says:
1T may be that former Senator Henry
GasSaway Davis is planning 10 have his
money talk for him during the campaign.
1t is only on this hypothesis that his re-
ply u the notification address of John
Sharp Williams can be satisfactorily ex-
planned The oetogenarian vice presiden-
tial candidate of the Democracy at the
White sulphur Springs function indicat-
Ell that he is sadly deficient. in so far
as present issues d e concerned. He had
nothing to say upon any of the questions
which interest the voters of both parties
4 careful reading of his address fails
to disclose where he stands on any vital
issue,
The man who is popularity supposed
to carry the State of West Virginia
around in shawl strap had not word
To say regarding the trusts. He omitted
an allu>ion to labor and capital. So far
as the speech indicates there is no such
thing as the Philippine question. He had
nothing 10 say about the tariff. He is
certainly old enough to have heard of the
Monroe doctrine, but not line of this
important bit of Americanism can be
found IN his speech. For all he says
there is no such thing as the Panama
canal and the closest observer cannot
learn whether he believes in the open
door or reciprocity or any of the things
which men discuss. And has not Uncle
Gassaway heard of the United States
navy?
For a speech which was looked for
ward to-as a sort of keynote essay. the
Uttegance of the old gentleman with the
barrel is great disappointment to the
Democrats To the Republicans it is
merely an evidence of the fact that Mr..
Davis does not possess, at his advanced
age, the necessary mental equipment to
properly appreciate the great public qnes-
tions which must confront the next pre-
siding officer of the Senate.
''Of course, Uncle Gassaway is a thor
oughly respectable old gentleman. He
is also possessed of much wealth and for
man who has slipped over the so mark
is well preserved and active. But there
is a vast difference between mihding his
own personal business and attempting
at the sunset of life to take hand in
the strenuous work of conducting the
great affairs of big nation. As Vice
President Henry Gassaway Davis will
not do
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
Those Nhs Voted for Mckinley Prob
ably Will support Roosevelt.
(kanaas City Star. Independcnt.l

(INanSas City Star, independently
Some allowances must be made. of
course. for the optimistic representations
of politicians at the approach of every
great election. 1t is a part of the game
to manifest confidence, even if the policy
of claiming everything has been dis
credited by the best political managers.
But the declaration that, according to
more or less careful eanvasses. those
young Democrats who bolted Bryan and
voted for Mckinley will remain in the
Republican party, is quite plausible.
Those old Democrats in whom the party
spirit is still strong in spite of the trying
alignment of the Democracy fanr and
eight years ago. may be expected to re
turn to the fold pretty generally this
year; but there is nothing except parti-
san feeling to draw them, and this does
not exist to any great extent among the
younger generation. especially among
those who have already broken over the
lines to vote for Republican Presi-
dent.
Indeed. President Roosevelt appeals
with especial force to the young men Of
the nation Considering his achieve
ments. he is still young man himself.
He is in intimate sympathy with the
spirit of early manhood. He is vigorous
in mind and body, and is active in both.
He is strongly progressive. His leader
ship has been inspiring TO all classes,
but more especially to those in whom
ambition is assertive. His policies ap-
peal forcefully to those who would make
a stronger and better nation. He stands
for those reforms that are regarded as
essential to the perpetuity Of personal
liberty and civic righteousness.
The belief that President Roosevelt in
his splendid ful6llmeilt of an obligation
assumed as a result Of accident. has earn
cd nm election at the hands of the people
he has served. is especially strong in the
hearts of the younger generation of vot-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
Mr.. HILLS RETIREMENT.
1t Is Fortunate for Him, but Its Man
ner 10 Not the Best.


David Bennett Hill announces that he
will ut the end OF his sixty-first year re-
tire from politics. but that he will take
n part in the present campaign. The mis-
take that Mr.. Hill makes is that he does
moi retire now. This is one of the things
he said in his recent opening campaign
speech at Binghamton, New York;
That vast CORRUPTION exists in many de-
partments Of the Federal Government is
virtually conceded. 1t has been declared
often that more corruption has been dis
closed during the last four years than dur
ing the whole previous period of our his
tory. Therefore 1t must exist or it could
not be disclosed, Convictions for frauds.
however, can be counted on ones fingers.
The Republican party tends toward social
ism when it advocates the right to build
up one mans business at the expense of
the community. What the American people
demand Is free field and n fair contest In
the race of life.
1t is perhaps fortunate for Mr.. Hill
that he has decided to disappear from
politics. 1t is most unfortunate, icI his
sake, that i'll his speech, practically open
ing the campaign on the Democratic
side, he should have been guilty of polit
ical falsehood. That is not the manner
in which a good American should sing
his swan song.
All men should be fair. Mr.. Hill de-
clares that enormous corruption exists
under the present Republican adninistra-
ton. and intimates vaguely that the Re
publican party is responsible for any evil
which may have occurred. He refers
especially to frauds of the Postofliee De
partment and there We're some frauds.
We Mt least admit this. Into every
great party will necessarily be ingrafted
some thieves. What has happened in
the United States following the discoy
cry thar some officials of the Postoflice
Department were indirectly stealing?
What has happened is this:
The Republican party Furnishes its
own thieves and throws them out of its
ranks. What happened to the men who
stole under the present administration !!
They are already wearing striped clothes
and doing the loclStep in various l0cali-
ties. Could there be a better proof of
the soundness and honesty of the present
administration in that it Furnishes its own
sinners. and, very properly, Furnishes
them to the utmost.
David Bennett Hill, in intimating that
there has been UNPUBLISHED crime among
the vassi Is of the party which is conduct
ing the affairs of this government just
now, is guilty of political trickery and
political falsehood of the baldest kind.
1t is very earnestly to be regretted
that an exceedingly clever American
should mar the circumstances of his exit
from political life by expressions of what
are not facts, AMI of sort never coun-
tenanced by the greatest leaders of great
parties. What Mr.. Hill said at Bling
hamtOn cannot mar the outlook of the
Republican party one jot or title, but it
ear mar the respect which the American
people held, aside from all party lines,
for one Of the shrewdest Of politicians.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
The Lone I'i.herm In.

1t is only one of the cul-ioSities of an
American national campaign the result
of which is foreordained. but it arouses
more than slight degree OF interest.
Where is the Lone Fisherman, the man
who has been twice President of the
United States? Where is he. and what
IL he SHnG to do between the present
time and the Sth of November?
What is he thinking about-this Lone
Fisherman, and what are his inclna-
tiotis,f We are all interested in him as
We should be interested in any eX-Presi-
dent of the United States, and, being
interested. we have also a curiosity.
What about Cleveland? Is that portly
and forecful old gentleman going to have
anything to do with politics this year, or
is he si'apiy intent upon the considera-
iion of the subject Of lines, bait, ard all
that sort uf ching:
The inn rr~Sion seems to prevail. and
oue apparenr'y justified. that the Sage
oI Princeton : not much interested in
the Sage of Esopus. The Sage of
Princeton has IL least a certain caliber,
and The two me. do not fit.
still, We all want to know what the
Lone Fisherman i, going to do.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
WHEN HILL WILL QUIT.

tDavid Bennett Hill says ne will aban-
don politics when Parker is elected
when Parker is elected" Mr.. David
Bennett Hill
Announces that his speaking voice will
Iddenly grow still;
He says that for rude politics he really
shall not care,
When Parker has been planted in the
Presidential chair
o. gentle reader, with alarm do not
grow cold and stiff;
There's much Of virtue in that When"
as Shakespeare said Of If
when Parker il elected''-it's strik-
ing trait of Dawes
That always in his statements there's
little phrase that saves.
You see, it would have sounded like an
unexpected joke
Had he said he'd retire the day that
Davis said; I'm broke"
WHEN Parker is elected. 1 shall put
campaigning by"
Was how he emphasized it, and he wink
ed the other eye.
When Parker is elected, then the stars
VIII shine at noon,
And we will shovel snow along about
the month of June.
1he birds will put on trousers and the
crocodiles will sing
The frogs will be electing Mr.. Stork ITO
be their king.
And when these things have happened
if you think to notice it
WHEN Parker is elected" David
Bennett Hill will quit.
when Parker is cted"--why. he
might as well have said
That he'd be chasing ballots when the
rest of us are dead,
And that we'd hear him talking when
the Last Days trumpet called.
Or that he'd drop his scheming when he
ceased from being balled
When Parker is elected-he will quit
and also then
Wen learn that David Bennett Hin
is growing hair again.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
SLY OLD DAVID.
Unique Position Now Occupied by
Iudge .Farker's Manager.

Unique Position Now Occupied by
Judge 'Parker's Manager.
1t is not often that a political leader
finds it necessary to promise his party
associates that he will keep out Of office
and he unrepreseDted in the councils Of
his friends in case of the success OF his
own nominee. This unique performance
has been exempliied 10y the Mepllisto-
pheles of the Democratic party, David
Bennett Hill.
The effect is rather grotesque. II -
much as If the king of the nursery rhyme
were to declare that he would not. IN
any case, taste Of the pie. after the four
and twenty blackbirds had been caught.
plucked and baked in Il big dish of pastry
The reception given to the promise
of MephiStopheleS to he good after
the LIST Of next January" is rather com
ical. The more outspoken of the Demo
Gratis say plainly. "pshaw! | don't be
heve it" while the more secretive ones
simply wink the other eye" with a
griulaee that would make the fortune of
the man that broke the bank at Monte
Carlo
1t is a sly old David. so il Is! Well he
knows how to draw the ASS skin over
his own: confident is he that no braying
will hide from the faithful few his real
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14

the journeymen an increase Of wages from
$40 to S4.75 day; the agreement runs
two years,
Trenton. ". J.-Statistlcs show that the
increase in the number Of manufactures III
New Jersey in the last ten years is almost
double that Of any other State, the percent
age being ~.
Kansas City. Mo- Among the notc worthy
improvements at Kansas City are $1,000
900 soap factory; S1,000,OOO oil refinery and
pipe line; S1.0O0000 packing plant; railro, "a
elevators, additions to terminal facilities
costing $1,000, O00
Harrisburg hundred men and
women are TO be given employment IN new
Industries at Lochiel near Harrisburg. The
large farm OF former United states senator
J. d. Cameron Is TO be transferred into an
industrial village.
Canonsburg. Pa Employing 5000 men,
the Standard Tin Plate Company has re
sumed operations.
Minneapolis Eastern capitalists are con
teInplating the establishment of large
soap factory at Minneapolis.
salem, Ore One hundred thousand dol
lars is to be invested In a linen mill at
saie.c giving employment to 100 persons
the frs year.
Pittsbdrg. The capital stock of the Vel
low Creek Coal Company Of WilkesDarre,
Pa has been increased to St!O00.0O0, the
company having purchased loo acres or
coal land In Brush and Saline Townships,
Ohio.
GAINESVILLE. Oft is positively stated that
the mines Of the crooksyille district will all
be In operation within few days.
Pittsburg.-More than 1000 of the loo
men laid off In the last three months by
the Westinghouse Electric and Mantfac-
turing Company of East Pittsburg have
been taken back The Westinghouse Ma
chine and Air Brake Companies are rushed
with orders.
Detroit.@A new $4,000 passenger
steamer ordered by the Anchor Line TO be
built by the American ShipIuilding Com
pany.
Toledo Marina mon are speculating on
an increase of sailors wages with the open
ing Of fall trade. The wages are now 81
per day, or % cents higher than in pre-
vious seasons.
Fort Collins, Colo Fifteen thousand dol
lars has been subscribed for the establish
ment Of canning factory at Fort Collins.
The enterprise is being promoted by the
Fort Collins Beet Growers Association.
MISUNDERSTANDING stock Of the Wiscon-
sin Bridge and Iron Company increased
S2Oo,0O0 to meet expansion of business.
New Bedford, Mass Company organized
with capital stock Of 100000; will erect n
JON0 spindle mill
WilkesI)arre. Pa.-The 500 stviking miners
at the Barnum Colliery Of the Pennsylvania
coal Company, at Pittston, have returned
70 work.
Pittsburg. An unusually heavy move
nent Of coal and coke is reported. At
Nuungwood alone 400 loaded cars are
awaiting movement.
Detroit Six-story addition TO plant of
the American Lady Corset Company giving
employment to 600 more persons,
Ovid, Mich.-Board Of Directors elected
for proposed factory.
Mcpherson, Kan--The assessors report
shows an increase of 216I acres OF broom
corn planted this year over last year
Norwalk, Conn.-lndustrial differences
between manUfac tureFs and their employ es
III the Norwalk district havN been ADJUSTED
satisfactorily to both sides.
New York.-The new 100000 Hotel
Astor will be opened for business Sept 10.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
ROOSEVELT AS PRESIDENT.
Some of the Prominent Achievements
of the Administration.
Chicago Tribune.)

(CnlcaSo IrlDune.l
What, positively, has he Roosevelt
accomplished?
He has handed over to Cuba the gov
eminent of the Cuban republic.
He settled the anthracite coal strike
which for half year had demoralized
the industries of the country
When Great Britain, Germany and
Italy were attacking Venezuela he in
duced them to desist, thus preserving the
inviolability of the Monroe doctrine.
The three commissioners appointed by
him to discuss the Alaskan boundary
question gained 1 complete victory for
the American contention.
The Cuban reciprocity treaty, which
had been defeated by one Congress. was
passed in a subsequent special session,
because Roosevelt insisted.
BY the creation of a bureau If COM
merce and labor, for which his iniu-
ence is solely responsible, the President
has taken the first definite steps towal
the solution of the trust problem. Light
will be let in on the mans cement Of the
trusts. Then, when their evils are defn
itely, not vaguely, ascertained proper
corrective can be applied.
The door to Chiua's trade has been
kept wide open to our trade.
But the most enduring benefit the
President has brought to the country has
been the assurance that the Panama
canal would be finished. In the isthmian
imbroglio the President acted always
within the treaty rights of this nation:
his official conduct was eminently cor
rect. But were it not for his exceptional
adroitness and vigor during the crisis the
prospect of the interoceanic canal would
still be years in the future. For nearly
400 years man has dreamed of piercing
the American isthmus. But it remained
for President Roosevelt to bring these
dreams within sight of realization. His
tory will record his connection with the
Panama canal as the most moncntous
feature of his first term.
Thus Theodore Roosevelt has been an
upright and paiIistaking. vigorous ana
useful, honest and patriotic President
1t seems both wiser and fairer for tae
American people to re-elect him rather
than to elevate in his place an untried
jurist, who, however exemplary his per-
sonal character, has had practically no
experience whatsoever to fit him for the
most difficult position in the world
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
Iron and Steel Industry,

Pittsburg One hundred and nifty more
men 10 be given employment in new mills
being erected by the Interstate Steel Com
paiIy Of Tarentum and the Allegheny Steel
and Iron Works
rittshurg. By producing 1851 cotton
bundle ties In eight hours work the en-
plores Of the PittSburg Steel Company
break the worlds record; previous record.
1,6l4 bundles.
st. PauI-Oue hundred Thousand tons e
orr in excess Of last years product win be
taken ont Of six working iron mines on the
Iron Range, adding in royalties 10 the
school fund 10000
Ensley, O-Enslcy steel plant running
on double time turning out 10000 tons Of
steel rails for the Louisville aud Nashville
Railroad Company.
Braddock. Pa.-1'he Edgar Thompson
plant If the United States Steel Corpora
ton has resumed operations. giving employ
ment to 1000 workmen.
Pittshurg Twelve hundred men given
employment by the resumption Of work in
Charlton Furnace No. Of the United States
Steel CurpOrHtioIGaHd Mills Nos aud Of
the American Sheet Steel and Tin Plate
Company.
Pittslurg six hundred and fifty given
employment by resumption of mills In the
Homestead plant Jf the Carnegie Steel
Company
PittsInrg. New open hearth furnaces Of
the United States steel Company plant at
Canton started Up together with the plate,
sheet, bar and liITCf mills.
Chicago Contract for 64.D0,00 pounds Of
material awarded the American Bridge
Company hy the South Side Elevated Rail-
road. to be used Ia extending the system;
estimated cost $JHD,O0U
Newport, Ky.-Five hundred men Civ, t
employment by a resumption Of work III the
sheet, puddle and har mills.
Braddock. Pa.--One hundred and forty
Thousand dollars was pail out by the Ed
gar Thompson Steel Works after the first
week of resumption Of business.
Pittsburg. The pay roll Of the Home
zfa hss Il
Ooo 10y the employment Of additional men.
Pittsburg. The large portion Of the big
rail order of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company was secured by the Carnegie
Steel Company. This with other orders
will keep the rail mills Mt B1ddock oper
ating FOR the next SLY months
New York,-At cost of $lUoo.OOO new
plant Of the Seamless Tube Company l.
beipi, built ut nessen, Pa