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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26
MINERS LIKE ROOSEVELT.
William Little Tells Why the Presi-
dent Should he Elected.

Democracy's campaign managers are
trying their utmost to show that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is not the friend of the
wage-earner. but are meeting with re-
Bluffs on every hand. All the big, pros
porous labor organizations are non-par-
tisan, strictly ignoring politics as a body,
but influential members are not chary in
expressing their views individually. Will
liam Little, Il member of the executive
board of the United Miners of America,
is as careful an observer OF public senti-
ment as can be found in the great army
of toilers. He travels extensively, and
has become convinced, after talking with
representative labor uniOnists through
the country, that there is nothing or
nobody in it but Roosevelt" as he terse-
ly sizes up the political situation. In an
interview in the Labor World Of Pitts
burg. printed in it's issue of Sept. 2,
Mr.. Little says:
find n Roosevelt sentiment prevailing
among those who do not take much interest
in politics as well as among those who do.
Roosevelt will certainly have a big vote
among the workingmen for 1t is their firm
conviction that he Is their friend. And let
me remark that he Is a true friend. l have
watched his policy toward organized labor
ever since he became q public man, and be-
y0nu al uOuDC ne Is III sincere sympathy
with the man who works for wages. There
Is no denying this fact. He may not be
able to secure all that we reasonably need,
but we can depend upon 1t that he will get
Us more than any other man / know Of.
I am aware that among the workingmen
there are many who will neither vote the
Democratic or Republican tickets. They
will vote for some radical candidate. Let
me point out a great truth aud 1t Is this:
IL we do not want to throw our vote away
let us cast 1t for Roosevelt. To vote for
the Socialist ticket Is wasting q vote, for
there Is no possible chance for other than
the Democratic or Republican candidate be-
ing elected. 1t is simply a contest b.
tween Parker and Roosevelt, and We all
know that Teddy has been our friend and
will remain so. We don't know what Par
ker is, but he cannot be any better than
Roosevelt, and there are 30 chances to 1
against his being as good. 1t is our duty,
Therefore, 70 use cur votes IN q way that
they will do most good. We can do this by
voting for Roosevelt.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26
WATSON'S VIEWS.
The Georgian's Opinion of Roosevelt
and Parker.

~
Thomas f. Watson, he candidate of
the Peoples party, is getting a great
deal of amusement out of what he calls
the independent side-show of his own,
of which he is Sin full militant agrees
sive CONTROL" He says he respects
Roosevelt and the Republicans because
they know what they want, are candid
in stating their position and fearless in
fighting for their principles. He prefers
Roosevelt to Parker, because the former
lis not seeking the support of Bryan
Democrats upon false pretenses. He is
not playing a confidence game on the
negro question. He is not attempting
to win Jeffersonians by a sham adher-
ence to Jeffersonian principles. He. is
not in ambush; he is behind no blind;
he stands out in the open and says to his
enemies: Here l am, a Republican
who stands pat on all existing conditions:
If you want a fight, come on"
Mr.. Watson's letter is full of v~itriolic
contempt for Judge Parker as a weakIing
and artful dodger. 1t ridicules his posi-
ton on the pension question and says
his pledge to revoke Order No. IS
amounts to saying, Roosevelt did the
right thing, but not in the right way,
and il you will elect me President /
will do the same thing in the proper
way"
As to the Democracy itself Mr.. Wat
son asks:
"Who could put faith in the pledges
Of the party which has SO little unity
of conviction as the National Demo-
cracy?"
what party ever made and broke 50
many ~pledgesy
what party ever changed its ground
so often?" K
"What other party ever unloaded all
OF its principles at one quick throw
down as they did at st. Louis
Candor compels the answer None"
II remains the party Of nothing but big
professions, unfulflled promises and
pledges.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

that The apprehension which now pre-
walls in business circles and the present
unsatisfactory industrial condition of the
country, seems to demand n political
change"
The official announcement that the
stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company nov number 44,950-an
Increase of 81 per cent. since May, 1907
lis a significant bit of testimony in a
new quarter TO the fact that here in the
United States not only is wealth increas-
ing, but that it is being more generally
and widely distributed than ever be-
fore.
More men receiving larger wages.
more stockholders getting better divi-
dends. is the condition as regards the
railroads of the United States now as
compared with four and eight years ago.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

You're the first Packer man I've
seen," said an Illinois man to a New
York Democrat who had strayed away
from the city and Travelled west for a
change.
"Well," said the New Yorker, 1--WE
don't expect to elect Parker, but we are
gathering the pieces together to recon
struct the regular Democratic party, leav-
ing out the wild-eyed wonders of 1896
and 1900. In about eight years we'll be
ready for business"
Rather hard, that, on the Esopus can
didate!
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26
Senator Bacon has been reduced t,

Senator Bacon has been reduced to
tears because the North continues to pre-
sent q practically solid front to the Solid
South nearly forty years after the clos
ing of the bloody chasm. The emotional
Senator should reserve his tears for the
Solid South. When they can dissolve
that Bourbon combination OF traditional
mistrust and exploded political dogmas
the chief cause and excuse for sectional
politics will disappear. Why doesn't
Senator Bacon begin a campaign for the
secession Of Georgia from the Solid
South2 Or course he will answer THE
Negro" But, so far as national politics
60, the negro is the merest DOGGY ever
conjured out of the brain Of political
demagogues.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26
Railroad Prosperity Benefits the Pso.

The Illinois Central's total pay roll for
the year ended June 30, 1904, ACCORDING
to its annual report just issued, showed
a gain Of 81, .595 over the previous
year.
This Is a significant bit of testimony
a. to how times are still improving under
Republican rule, and as to the ~sbsurdity
Of the statement of III. G. Davis. the
Democratic candidate for Vice President,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

The Railway Employees Twentieth
Century Club OF Illinois is up to date.
1t adopted a resolution indorsiDg Presi-
dent Roosevelt and %denouncing the DEM
ocratic national platform as devoid OF
sincerity" It's aard te fool a good rail.
road man.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

ut 10 Idle to soy that the monetary
standard of the Nation IL i~rrevocabiy
fix I'd 90 long as the party which at the
last election cast approximately forty
six per cent. of the total vote, refuses
TO pat in its platform any statement
that the question Is settled. ''-Rooseveit's
letter Of acceot apce.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

Oh. / wish the war were over!
Would the cruel work were done!
Would the party were united,
And the many cranks as one.
"a. p. p.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26
A Coming Surprise for Tammany.

There are likely to be some surprises
city elections. The Russian and Ger
man Jews are, TO n man, for Roosevelt,
and for obvious reasons. He IL the
champion Of the oppressed of all nations.
and has spoken out, with no uncertain
tones, for the most oppressed, maligned
and abused race I'm existence.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

The election next month will ialeed
turu upon the trustwo.tainess of the re-
s,e,tive parties aiLl l~.epib,ivans bilc
the result with the confidence born Of n
stewardship faithiuly. ,ou. asco.s.y and
successfully adninix cred.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

President Roosevelt personally stands
for courage, honesty, decency, strength
and common sense. As a Republican he
stands for wise administration Of the
laws, serving all classes alike. He real
ICES he lis the servant OF al the people,
sworn to act without discrimination.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26
a waIkaway for Roosevelt.

''IIl carry you, New York." said Par
ker.
The good old State said: "How you
talk!
On this plain truth just put a marker
I'm more than old enough to walk"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26
One Credit Mark to New York Demoe

One good thing can be said of ths
New York Democracy. 1t is rapidly
clearing the higher court bench Of ac-
tive political bosses. First Judge Park.
CIR, and now Judge Herrick. Next?A
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

Grover Cleveland originated the
phrase, 1T is n condition that confronts
us, not n theory" Applying it to the
present situation it may be remarked
that the condition is Republican prosper
ity and the theory consists Of Demo
cratic promises.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

There will be a ballot box famine IN
the middle West up!ess the election off,
Gals provide a good stock OF new ones
to hold the first voters ballots for ROoss-
vet. !.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

"Until our opponents as n party en-.
pIicitiy adopt the views which we hold
and upou which we have acted and are
acting, In the matter Of a sound cur
rency, the only reai way to keep the
question from becoming unsettled 10
to keep the Republican party In
power.n-Rooseyelt's letter Of acceptance
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

Republicans In Maryland are making .
ga.la..t f=.t. For pure grit and '.git
there" a Mary,s<&se every timsl
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26
The rruth Ahout Il

The Truth About II.
"A doubtful Statev' the Demmies say.
But later on they'll shout less,
Fo? after next election day
They'll find the State was doubtless
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

gress voted 81, 500, 600 in the deficiency
bill for last year. Steve tells M that
$1,410,OO0 has been covered back into
the treasury as the ~unexpended balance
Of that constitutional appropriation.
Catch a Democrat coverin' anything back
into the treasury, once he got it appro-
priated.
Alt, my boy, / fear you have been
lambasting a mares nest filled with hor-
nets, as you will find out when the old
soldiers are aroused
1 see that in our foreign relations you
favor a sort Of spineless Monroe doctrine
that would invite every European power
to annex American territory without any
real opposition from Uncle Sam. Steve
says the sturdy miners of West Virginia
won't stand for any such ~pusillanimous
policy. They believe with Dick Olney
that on this continent the will of the
American people is sovereign and its fat
law, without consent of English King,
German Kaiser or Russian Garland
they don't care who knows il.
/ see you are kickin' because the a
tional expenditures were $3.50, 000, 1000 in
1904, against $274,OOO,O0O in 1875. the
year before Tilden was not elected to re-
form them, though you seem to think he
was. You appear to have forgotten that
this country has nearly doubled in popu-
lation and trebled in wealth, business
and national Importance since 1875. In
my "Liniment for Man and Beast AL
manac" for 1904 / find such facts as
these:
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26

Population 43,957, 900 1000. 900
Wealth -. 1885, 00.0 o Nh S106, OD0,O 600. 900
Farm prop'y. 10000 y 900 22. ZOO, O00,O 900
Sav'gs dep's 924,037, 304 a 2,035, 204 .S45
Natal Jank
deposits . CSC, ATS, $50 q 1912, 439, S41
Money In cir
citation -. 754, 101, 947 2,521, 1J1 5o7
L. D. rev.
enues go. %, I91, 800 143, 224, 443
Pensions -. 81, 253, 100 14l, 752 $50
a 1903.
Panama cal b00O0,OOO
Navy eXpen-
ditures -. 21,407, 6os lO2, 1856, 1902
Army expen-
difures -. Al, 12O,6 GAG 1905 All
Where are you goin' to begin cuttin ?
Will you inform your aged but strictly
business associate ON the Democratic
ticket-and it shall go no furthcr-how
in the sacred name of Sammy j. Tilden
you expect to run a billion dollar country
on a million dollar scale? l tell you,
Alton. my boy, the American nation is
out Of knickerbockers, and it amt no
use tryin' to jam the healthy number IL
foot of 1904 into a Sammy Tilden No. 4
prunella of 1876.
l notice you ignore the repeal of war
taxation as a]ccountin' for the reduction
in government receipts. This is slyness
worthy of the sainted Sammy himself,
who was something of a juggler in eli
pliers, as you may remember. | now
perceive that you are not altogether too
good to achieve the presidency by sup
pressing the truth.
Believe me, l shed tears over your
peroration, in which you speak so feel
ingly of putin aside the c%onGenial work
of Il lifetime TO assume the responsible
ties the convention thrust upon you. My
eyes are bleared yet-Steve says it's
old age-over this confession of n self
sacrifice for which you and Dave Hill
and Bill Sheehan and Pat McCarren
have been pulling wires for two years.
When l shut my eyes | think of you as
Ajax defying the lightnin' with one hand
on the electric sparker and n foot
workin' the sheet iron thunder.
That's right, partner" says /. defy
the presidential lightnin' bug. o. thou
sage of Esopus! Don't be afraid; it'll
never strike either of u.s."
It's after 8 o'clock and I've been yawn-
in, so the nurse says l must be put to
bed.
So good night. from Uncle
HENRY GASSAWAY.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-26
REGULATIONS OF A GREAT
GRANDFATHER.

The Octevenarian Analyses hi Letter
Of His Associate on the Democratic
Ticket-He Takes Issue with Young
Alton Upon Nearly Every Point, but
and II Put to Bed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22

One of the Cincinnati papers lately
opened its columns to a symposium
in answer to the question: What
should a girl do upon the discovery
that the man to whom she is engaS
ed is addicted to drink? Ought she
to break the engagement or to try to
reform him?'
Various answers were given. In
general they warned against the mar
riage. We found the appended letter
one of great pathos and suggestive
ness. and think it eminenuy worth
while to give to our readers as it is
full OF good sense and deals with a
vital subject:
II would like to appeal to the girl
who wants to marry the man who
drinks (perhaps just little at frsD
Being the wife of a drunkard, also the
mother of two, I could reveal heart
aches and misery that are beyond be-
lief bv telling my own life history for
TWENTY-FIVE years past. If | could save
one soul from being drunkard 5
com panion. l would do it.
4 believe any girl who deliberate
" stands before a minister of God,
taking the mans hand, saying, For
better or worse. until death, Knowing
he drinks. that girl commits murder,
for she cannot reform him by her
good example. If he won't quit be
fore marriage, he won't after Then,
il she is willing to risk her own soul
she has no right to risk the souls
OF her children, for they are TO De
exDectcd and it is only ono case
in thousands that the children do not
follow the father. / did not marry
y man to reform him. as l scarcely
knew what drink was, but | have
tried. . so hard, by kindness and loE.
ing affection, TO get him TO stop MS
drinl-inc When he is sober, which
is very seldom now, he will tell yod
Il he has the purest, sweetest, and heSE
wife in the world. and when he IS
drunk he will curse MS all until al
most doubt there is a God to Judge
This man has fine talents, IS Wei
educated, and was once prosperous
business man. | say TO any girl vii
ling to marry a drinking man. let
her 20 into the police court and there
| look at the Observation-Disclosures
some say, o, l would get di-
vorce: I wouldn't live with him..
think that is easier said than done,
for the VOWS read, For better or
worse, till death, and if you know
Of the drink you viii be pretty sure
to get it worse, and the minister
says, What God has Joined together
let no man put asunder.' "a Drunk
ards Wife.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22

days work is done, and brush out the
fetIocks, the neck and breast, and if
there is any sign OF tenderness battle
with salt water, or vinegar and water.
If the work horses do not go out into
the pasture to get grass occasionally
give each pound OF carrots OF man
gels two or three times q week. No
work horse sho@ld be fed dusty hay.
The cattle can eat it, but it clogs the
lungs of the horses and brings on
coughs that may become trouble
some.
There has always been some doubt
in regard Ito the propriety of sowing
clover hay very early in the spring.
At. the Michigan station seed was
i'm the year by way OF experiment
That seeded in March did fairly well.
but the plots seeded in April. May,
June and July did better. the August
plants not growing very large. The
amount Of rain and other conditions
were not stated. The results do not
accord with those obtained by farmers
in this section, as the March wheat
seems to thrive best. :
Corn ensilage weighs from 40 to SO
pounds per- cubic foot. depending
mainly on the height of the ensilage
above it and the compression to
which it is subjected. Probably 40
to As cubic feet will be the usual
bulk of a ton Of ensilage. 1t is worth
fully one third the value OF hay ton
for ton. though it is rather cheaper
for most farmers to put up three tons
of ensilage, including cutting it, than
one ton of hay. as all the way from 10
to or more tons of succulent corn
fodder can be grown on land where
it would be difficult tC cut two tons
of meadow hay.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22
NO PLACE FOR THE PEANUT.
Cotton Is Slowly But Steadily Crowd
ing 1t Out of the South.

We are told that the great doctrine
of the solidarity of mankind is being
enforced as never before by the dis
cine. enconomics, biology, physics, in
their latest Developments, teach us
with hitherto unapproached force that
all men and all things are so bound
together that what affects one affects
all. 1t is an impressive truth Con
slider the case of man. the cotton crop
and the peanut. Within the last few
years the consumption of the peanut
has vastly increased. The interesting
leeume has fought its way over preju-
dice and contempt to place of I'M
challenged prominence in popular es-
TEEN. Sneers have not prevailed
against it. Contumely in the pres
ence of unparalleled popularity of the
peanut hides at last its diminished
front Last year, we broke the wrin-
kled shells of 100000 bushels of
pindars and ate some billions of ara
chan nuts" If essentially the choice
of a plebeian taste, if the rich and
fastidious prefer dainty delicacy,
the peanut is without rival in the
favor of the multitude.
But now observe. The plant ara
CHS hypoSaea demands an early
spring, hot and moist summer and
sandy, friable loan. But these are
conditions required by another plant
of great usefulness and value-name-
ly, cotton. With this staple at nor
NAL value. Virginia. North Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee have found it
advantageous to devote part of their
acreage to the edible at the expense
of the SartOria1 crop. But lately cot
ton has been going up and the South
is naturally planting it to the neglect
of other crops. unhapply almost to
the exclusion of the peanut. Thus
we see that such an unimportant fact
as the value per bale OF cotton vitality
affects human happiness in a remote
particular.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22

Hosiery sale at Stemple's. Saturday.
April 23d. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22
VAST FARMING OPERATIONS
Flowing Done With Traction Engines
in California,


Six hundred acres of San Joaquin
county land are being turned over ev-
cry twenty-four hours by plows haul
ed by traction engines. There are
now fifteen traction engines engaged
in blowing on lands in this county,
ard each engine plows from forty TO
fifty acres per day, says the Stockton
Record. On the islands a few of the
engines are kept blowing night and
day. These peatland engines are pro-
vided With headlights as powerful as
those used on modern locomotives,
by the aid of which the engineer is
enabled to follow his last furrOw as
closely as in the daytime Not only
does this big steam horse pillow the
land, but it seeds and harrows il at
the same operation on land which is
to be planted TO grain. Each pillow
is fitted with a seeding device, behind
which follow teeth that cover the
grain just at the proper depth Four
men and a span of horses and a w2.g-
on make up the crew Of one OF these
big plowing machines On the engine
are the engineer and fireman. The
third man rides on the plows and the
fourth hauIs the seed, oil and water
10 the outfit as il is needed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22

When the patrons Of the creamery
formerly took their milk to the cream
cries. and were paid by the can, ire
sDective Of quality, there was no in
ducement for them to improve the
quality OF milk. Since the advent OF
the milk tester each PATRONS milk can
be Judged as to the proportion OF
butter fat it contains. The method
of testing for butter before it is churn-
ed is sure to give correct results and
will do much in forcing farmers to
improve their stock and thereby get
rid OF the scrubs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22

The heat in a hive of bees when
the weather is very warm is increas-
ed by the animal heat given Off from
the bodies of the insects. This should
remind those who have bees that the
hive hust be in the shade or the COL
ony will become reduced by disease
The most honey is only secured "heA
the colonies are large and healthy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22

Guessing at the product of COW IS
very common. Farmers can very cas-
Jlv arrive at = knowledge of the
amount of milk produced, but it IS
not easy to know how much food
ms been consumed unless it is weigh
ed. The cost OF the food is also an
other item to observe, and by 1ully
understanding the receipts and OK
pense:s OF each COW the most unproti-
table in the herd can be disposed Of
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22
Rich Gold Discovery in Caucasus.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 21.-Pop-
uiar excitement caused by the present
war has in many quarters been almost
obScured by the discovery of rich gold
bearing sand in Caucasus y railway
is being built to the locality, but owing
to the lack OF capital, there is not
much possibility of the gold being
mined in the near future.
1t was learned to-day that the grand
son of the last of the Uhrigis khans
had offered 10000 roubes for the
equipmentlof a cavalry force in Man
churia.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22

No man ought to be employed to
drive or care for a team that is not
naturally fond of horses. If he does
not like them he will be likely to neg
lect and spoil a good team. Such a
man ought to drive mules or oxen,
or work out his living with spade
or pick 1t does not take a careless
or needless man long to spoil more
horse-fesh than his wages amount to
in a season A bad-tempered man
will spoil the temper of the best horse.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22

A COW which yields a product OF
500 a year is pretty sure to be pay
ing investment if bought at a reasona-
BILE price. One which will give you
but half that amount, as many OF them
do, is a poor thing to keep, even IL
a gift Have good COWS or none. II
buying do not be guided by the eye.
Value depends upon the cows yield
of milk and not upon her beauty.