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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

A meeting of the Democratic state
executive committee was held at the
Throop Saturday night and it was ar
ranged to keep headquarters open
right along. An effort will also be
made to build up the Democratic press
of the state and have it in fighting
trim for the next election. The Demo-
cratic editors will be cheered by the
announcement that they are to receive
some financial assistance from the
state committee. Most Democratic
financial returns for their political
faith. Those who were present at the
meeting were Chairman w. F. Sapp of
Galena, George t. Pitts of Wellington,
]. N. Fike of Colby, DR.. c. w. Bran
denburg of Frankfort, P. E. Yearout
of Emporia and L. M. Penwen of To-
peka.
In the State Journals classification of
the members of the next legislature w
p Humphrey, representative-elect from
Hamilton county, was scheduled as far
mer and stock raiser. Instead Mr.
Humphrey is a banker-cashier Of the
porous banks of the extreme short grass
country. This makes one less farmer and
one more banker in the legislature.
Charles Gibbs, who was chief stenoe-
rapher and Chairman Stubs secretary at
Republican headquarters during the cam
paign, and who has been helping Govern
or-elect Hoch at Marion since the cleo
rapher after he goes into office.
David D. Leahy, secretary to Congress
man Murdoch, left Wichita Saturday to
recovered from his illness which has kept
MIN down for several weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-15
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.
ITS Great Advance Under the Stfmu~
1us of Protection.

ITS Great Advance Under the Stfmu~
lus of Protection.
Under the Wilson-Gorman law our
exports averaged about $40, 100000
annually. In 1892 under the Mckinley
law they had risen to $1,030,27S, 14S.
Since 1897 they have ave>aged over
S1,250, 100000. With present trade con-
ditions unchanged they promise to av-
erage for the next five years some
thing like 81 00,00O,0O0, says the New
marks the climax in the steady growth
of foreign trade begun under the slim
ulus of a restored Republican tariff.
What possible excuse can there be for
urging an interference with this benef-
icent process, for advocating derange-
ment of the conditions under which we
have achieved an extraordinary ma
tional prosperity?
1t is the custom of free trade critics
to explain away the expansion of our
export trade by saying that iScomes in
the main from an unavoidable Europe
an demand for raw materials and food
stut1s. But this answer ignores the
fact that our exports Of manufactures
are increasing year by year. More
American manufactured goods were
sent abroad last year than in any other
year in our history. Complete figures
in the two classes of exports are not
yet available But the department of
commerce and labor estimates that
this years gain in manufactured eX-
ports over last years notable record
will be at least $200O0,000, greater
gain relatively than that made in nom
manufactured exports.
Our trade with foreign countries in
10000 leaves us with Il balance in our
favor of $4T0.000,0OO. This is $76,O00,-
300 greater than our balance for 19O2-O3
and is four times the average balance
shown under the Democratic tariff leg
islation of 1894. Whichever way one
turns those figures they utterly dis
credit the contention that conditions in
trade and industry have 50 changed as
system. Judged by its results, that
system needs no oyerhauling. Least of
all does it need revision at the hands
of a party incapable of unity or logic,
whose only serious experiment at tariff
legislation in nearly half n century
ended ten years ago in a confessed and
melancholy failure.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-15
TARIFF REVISION.
Judged by Results, Our Economic
system Needs No OyerhnuIing.

Democratic orators and pamphleteers
administration and for more or less
complete revision or our fiscal and rev
enue policies can find no comfort in the
summary of our foreign trade for
1903-04, just issued by the department
of commerce and labor.
1t is the favorite contention of Demo
cratic writer's and speakers that for
eign trade cannot expand under a high
protective system. If we do not open
our markets to the foreigner, they say,
we cannot get a foreign market for
our surplus products. Exports should
shrink, according to their logic with
every increase in tariff rates and ex
pand with every reduction. Yet under
the Dingley tariff law, the most avow-
ed and radical protection measure we
have ever had, our export trade has
advanced by leaps and bounds till the
United States stands today at the head
of the great exporting nations.
For five or six years past we have
been struggling with Great Britain-a
free trade country-for primacy as an
exporter. We first overlook and passed
the United Kingdom in 1898. In 1900
and 1902 our exports also exceeded our
great rivals. But in 1899, 1901 and
1903 they fell a little below hers. This
year the United States again seizes the
lead, our exports for the twelve months
ended June 80 reaching Il total value
of 81, ,460, 500, ,539. This total has been
exceeded but once in our history-in
19O0-01, when the figures rose to ST.
4S7, 7,1G4,991. But the aggregate of i'm
ports and exports for 1903-0I- S2,451,-
I4623-breaks all American records in
foreign commerce.
The extraordinary growth of our ex-
port trade under the Dingley law is Il
fact against which Democratic theories
of reimbursement and revision dash in
pieces. New York Tribune.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-15
STILL ATTACKING uABCR.
Democratic Party Continues to As
sail the Worker

The Democratic party, including Bry-
an, admits defeat until the next cam
paign on the issue of honest money So
it is proposed to fight this year on the
issue of the tariff
For eight years the Democratic par
ty has fought the honesty of the Ia
borer's wages. Now the fight is against
the suiHciency of the laborer's work.
The people resisted successfully in 1896
and in 1900 the fifty cent dollar in the
pay envelope and will resist as sue
cesslully half time in the works of in
dustry.
The Republican party and its candi-
dates represent steady employment at
American wages. That party and its
candidates will be victorious over the
tariff tinkers as over the dollar plug
gers.-Troy Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-15

1t is said that the encroachments
made by the Populists upon the Demo
cratic vote in New York state have in
duced the Parker managers to send
for Bryan to speak in New York. Some
time ago Bryan called New York the
enemy's country and there are sus-
picions that lie has not changed his
opinion, although David b. Hill might
reassure him. Troy Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-15
Harmony on the Money Question.

Candidate Davis fully agrees with
Candidate Parker on the money ques.
tion and Candidate parke" fully agrees
that Candidate Davis must come down
with the cash. This harmony on the
money question is decidedly refresh
ng.-Phiadelphia Item.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-15
Feeling Is General.

Bryan predicted that Il campaign
with Parker as the candidate would
begin with foot race and end with
a rout." The country feels the same
way and refuses lc a..."..Cl ovcr
prospects of II change OF aGministra
ion.-Georgetown tal0 News.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-15
Bryan's "SuppOrt."

William Jennings Eryan announces
that he will support the ticket. but re
serves the right to box its ears ut fre-
quent intervals. - Burlington Hawk
eye
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-15
Up Against EN-.

Parker against the trusts? Nay nay!
Yet. If you view him right.
Hes 30 close up against them they
Are sticking to him tight
New York Press
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-15

A Futile Attempt to Center Atten-
ton on other Issues-The Position
Ii Has Taken on the Tariff Extreme
ly vulnerable.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-20

For Sale-Five room house. In.
qnhe at I,7 Florence S.. 8 Itf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-20
For saleat Opera House Drugstore
Oklahoma Lands.

The Frisco system, by estab-
fishing the Frisco Colonization
Bureau at Pittsburg, Pa, have Ia
ken steps TO enable Eastern peo-
pie to obtain reliable information
concerning the very rich lands in
Oklahoma and Indian Territory,
and to also obtain the lowest rail-
road fares to that locality. Along
the Frisco system are the finest
agricultural lands in the south
west, at prices within the reach of
everybody. If you are interest
ed in that section and want the
finest farms and the lowest rail-
road fares, write your wants to
Sydney Van Dusen, travelling
agent, 318 Lewis block, Pittsburg,
Pa. lift
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-20
Pacific Co ast Without Change

In new Pullman "Ordlnary''
sleepers. wide vestibuled and
with every modern convenience,
in charge of competent agent,
from Cincinnati to Chicago, via
Louisville, New Orleans, Houston,
San Antonio, Ell Paso and Los An
geles to San Francisco. Rates for
berths less than half of cost in
regular sleepers. For free descrip-
tive natter and full particulars,
address E. A. Richter, travelling
passenger agent, Illinois Central
railroad, Park building, Pitts
burg, Pa
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-20
Easy

Insurance cannot prevent
FIRE, but 1t can and does pre-
vent the ruin and suffering
that would ensue without It.
It lets you down easy--sus.
tains you until you get anoth-
er foothold.
I represent a score of the
Oldest and best FIRE insurance
companies In the land, and
am giving very low rates just
now. TIE probability Is that
they will not be so much lon.
ger. Better take ont sufhci-
ent insurance without delay.
As every Company now
charges exactly the same rates
why not have your property
insured with a company that
Is we'll known In this City and
one you know has and will
pay all Its losses promptly!
Here Is my list and everybody
knows that there are no better
companies on earth.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-20
Brain Food Nonsense.

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities. They have dis
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind of food is needed for brain
another for muscle, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish particular
part of the body, but will sustain
every other part. Yet, however,
good your food may be, its nutrl-
ment is destroyed by indigestion
or dyspepsia. You must prepare
for their appearance or prevent
their coming by taking regular
doses of Green's August Flower,
the favorite medicine OF the
healthy millions. A few doses aids
digestion, stimulates the liver to
healthy action, purifies the blood
and makes you feel buoyant and
vigorous. You can get DIR.
Green s reliable remedies at D. A.
Fendershot's s.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-20
Makes a Clean Sweep.

There's nothing like doing a
thing thoroughly. Of all the
Salves you ever heard of, Buck
lens Arnica Salve is the best. 1t
sweeps away and cures Burns,
Sores, Bruises, Cuts, Boils, W.
GERS, Skin Eruptions and Piles.
It's only 25c, and guaranteed to
give satisfaction by D. A. Hen
dershot, druggist.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-20
TRAGEDY IN PIKE COUNTY.
Roldolph Sword Put Ten Bullets
Into Body of Will Bradford.

lnL0 BODY Oh Will DTduOIu.
That man can hold malice
was exemplifed by murder
committed four miles above Pike
vile, in Pike county, Kentucky,
Friday.
About six years ago Will Brat
ford destroyed a home in Pike
county. He won the affections OF
the wife of Roldolph Sword and
caused her to leave her husband.
They lived together for, several
months, and the woman, getting
tired of her new love, returned to
her husband. They lived together
until Friday, when the wronged
husband revenged himself by
killing the man who did him the
wrong and afterwards took his
own life.
Sword had sworn to kill Brat
ford at the first opportunity. Last
Friday the two men met al a gro
Gerry store, four miles from Pike
vile. Sword drew from each hip
pocket a 38-calibre revolver and
in rapid succession fired ten bull
lets into the body of Bradford,
killing him instantly.
Swords next move was to
make good his escape His father
was nearby, and, realizing the po-
sition of his son, attempted to
hand him a pocketbook contain
ing 800, but in his haste and ex-
cited state he handed him one
containing only So or 81 instead.
This was not a sufficient sum to
carry Sword very far, and he con-
ceived the idea of hiding close
by until he could get the money.
It was but a short time until
Sheriff Smith was notified, and
with fifteen deputies he went into
the mountains in search Of Sword.
Their attention was attracted by
the barking of a dog at the mouth
of a coal bank on the mountain
side. After investigating they
found the tracks of a man leading
to he opening. The officers were
of the opinion that Sword would
have to be killed, and all but
three-Sheriff Smith and two 9th
ers-refused to approach the
mouth of the opening. The Sher-
if and a deputy. took their posi-
ton at each side, while a third
started to enter. The officers were
right in their surmise that their
man was in there and, upon the
approach of the deputy, a shot
rang out and Sheriff Smith imme-
diately discharged his Winches-
ter, which he had pointed into
the opening. Sword then called
to them and asked them not to
shoot again. He said, "C6me in
boys; I didn't shoot at you; l
have shot myself. y
Sheriff Smith then went in and
found Sword barricaded behind a
wall of slate he had constructed.
lie was brought out and found to
be mortally wounded, having. as
he stated, shot himself. The ball
from the Sheriff's Winchester
passed through his hat. Sword
was taken to his home, where a
large number of his friends had
assembled, and the officers say 1t
took some tall explaining" as
to how he came by his wound to
prevent a general battle.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-20
T. K. Smith

Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Sewer
Building, Gas Fixtures, Globes
and Mantels, Awnings and Porch
Curtains.
Sole agents for Elastic Carbon
Roofing Paint.
Do not buy a new roof. You
can repair the old one with mus
lin and Elastic Carbon Paint.
Guaranteed for three years. You
will find me at 70S Main street,
near City Building.
Having plenty of room to carry
complete stock can quote inter.
esting prices.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-20
.BlROSMi CURES BACkACAE.

|; THoursos's BARosma win positively cure any
ease OF Backache. Kidney, Liver and Bladder
troubls. or money refunded. THohfsoss
BAnosxA also cures sciatic Rheumatism. Nervf
business and Paipitation OF the Heart perfectly
harmless. Pleasant 60 takes Has cured many
sa,fldrsp of uon-retention- druggists.
Sold by G. w. Grier.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
THE HALF EDUCATED.

The ability to master facts is the
foundation of all success. But the mere
memorizing of facts and a glibness
in their utterance does not denote mas
terry, for facts are not the servants of
man until he realizes that their i'm
portance is relative and until he can
trace clearly and test surely this relation
ship In the agitation that has resulted
from a questioning of the value Of
the public schools in various parts of
this country, it might be we'll to re-
member that the important question is
not whether a boy shall learn to speak
a foreign language or to build cab
met, but whether he shall learn to do
either honestly or dishonesty.
The public schools cannot teach
can so train pupils that whether
they decide to become cabinetmak
ers or Greek professors they will
be able to master their work, for
they will know how to go about it's
mastery and to discern what should be
done in it and what should not. This
training can be accomplished with a
Latin grammar or with a set of car
penter's TOOLS 1t cannot be accom-
plished by using the grammar and the
tools and several different books and
instruments besides. There is no hon
esty in such composite scheme of ed
ucation.
The most serious failure for which
the modern system of education is an
'swerable is the turning out of half ed
ucated young men and young women
who are pulled up with pride because
of the smattering of learning they pos
sess, and who have not the remotest
idea of how to master anything. Their
little learning impedes rather than aids
them, for it sets them up on pedestal
from which they dare not descend for
fear of losing their dignity. If they
had been taught that it is not what one
does that is important. but how it is
done, they would be spared many
heartaches and that benumbing sense
of failure that dwarfs the soul and
makes life merely miserable exist
ence. But the girl or boy who is hon
estly taught is pretty apt to appre-
eiate honesty and to select for life
work that which can be honestly per-
formed Modern education thrusts
upon them false standard. for it
makes not how well but how much the
important consideration.
But the half educated are not only
unhappy themselves but they are real
detriment to any country. They are the
eternal gullible. The clear vision Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20

the educated man and the fear Of the
ignorant man are both protection,
but the confidence of the half educated
is his undoing. He is bowled over by
the glittering language and the spe-
cious- reasoning of every fakir who
would take advantage of his inability
to master facts. The gold brick" in
every form. whether done up in new
thought tract or in a socialistic pam
phlet, whether the foundation stone of
a get-rich-quick scheme or a new
creed relies for support on the half
educated. He is the real problem of
today, and the sooner he is solved (and
he can be solved by a system of edu-
cation that is genuine) the sooner will
the bud of civilization flower.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
PEACE I'm THE JUNGLE.

The newsman hats in his career OF
ruth; the cable rests in it's remorseless
clicking out of tales Of carnage in the
far East; the world pauses in it's matu-
tfnal feast Of fact and fiction served up
to prove the CORY impetuosity of the
Jap, and listens to the pleasing voice of
society as it tells Of what is doing in
Monte Carlo with the great ones Of the
earth.
The Duchess of Rexburghe, born Goe-
let, is resting quietly at the Hermitage,
while the duke is working out system
that is calculated to put an intricate
and effective knot in the tigers tail.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is letting the
light of her diamonds shine on the
guests at the Grand and waiting for
the support that will presently be given
her house when Willie K. Vanderbilt
Jr. arrives. Mr.. Vanderbilt is touring
towards Monte Carlo in his new ninety
horsepower motor, his progress inter-
fered with at times by the stupid peas
antry of the country through which he
is travelling, who insist on SO disposing
themselves that occasional stops have
to be made to drag their remains out
Of the machinery. Mrs. Tony Drexel is
doing penance for her frfvolities by
apfortoi,,;pcr a Topton parfu consisting
Of the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin and the Duke and Duchess Of
Devonshire. When the dueal encourage
arrived Mrs. C. T. Yerkes went back to
London to get couple of wagon loads
of dollars upon which she might slide
into the limelight.
To this purport is the cable burdened
or let us rather say that it is glad
dened. 1t is cheering to observe that
all the world is not at war; that there
are some who can rise above the sordid
speculation of whether or no Port Ar
thur has fallen. Is it not more salts
flying to sit at the breakfast table and
read that Charles M. Schwab has put
the gambling syndicate at Monte Carlo
out Of business than to be compelled to
note the fact that Vladivostok has
again been totally destroyed?
Those who toll not serve their pur-
pose in the economy of nature in that
they show the rest of us the uses of re-
pose They exemplify the antithesis Of
strenuosity. The register Of their do
ings serves us with a course of reading
that takes our minds off the ruthless
slaughter of the Russians in the far
East and gives us surcease Of sorrow
in the matter of Mormonism, at the
same time permitting us to rest from
the strained intensity of watching the
Rooseveltian drama.
Long live the idle rich and may their
idleness and riches increase until they
are absorbed into the nothingness of
the Nirvana, and their clnildren's chill
dren take their places as the idle born
of the idle rich with nothing to do but
rest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20

longer exist enough to till the soil and
to conduct manufactures and COM
merce, then, its home resources fer the
creation of wealth being cut off, it can
do no more. But as long as there are
enough people to carry on industries.
and these people are willing to lend to
their government in the belief that they
will be repaid, or that failure to sup
port their government will mean ruin
to themselves, hostilities may be con-
Quoted with great energy. This condi
ton certainly exists in Japan, and we
have every reason to believe that it ex-
lists to almost similar degree in Rus
STA. If this be true, then the end Of the
war by the exhaustion of either COM
Blatant could not occur for many year,
if ever
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20

much of Jacob A. Riis and that Jacob
A. Riis thinks SO much Of Theodore
Roosevelt. 1t is pleasant to learn that
in the stress of busy life Mr.. Roose-
welt has frequently found time to tele-
graph Jake" and that Jake" has fire.
quently enjoyed the honor of break
fasting with Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t is graft
flying to read that in Mr.. Riis' eyes the
president is a hero and absolutely in
capable of base deed. But the good
taste Of relating it all in a book is open
to question. 1t is impossible to ignore
the fact that the book is sold for
price and that If it has any sale at all
the author will profit financially by the
friendship. Moreover, no matter how
honest his intention might have been,
Mr.. Riis will not escape the imputation
that he has deliberately sought to make
the public aware, not of Citizen Roose-
velt's friendship for him, but of pres
ident's friendship.
But it is probable that Mr.. Riis is
friend after President Roosevelt's own
heart. Every man has the privilege of
choosing his own Aehates and it is not
surprising that the president should
pick out one with excellent press agent
qualifications. The chief executive
himself has never hesitated to speak
his mind concerning his friends and his
enemies, nor has he permitted con-
seriousness of the dignity Of his high
position to curb his natural impulsive-
ness. He has acted in haste in his es-
innate of both men and events, and the
public has repented at leisure. Mr..
Riis eulogy doubtless fits in with his
own peculiar sense Of the eternal fit
ness of things. It will serve to in
crease the clamor Of an adninistra-
ton that is, by preference, noisy.