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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

you're the first Parker man I've
seem" said an Illinois man to 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 weal be
ready for business"
Rather hard, that, on the Esopus can
didatel
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
MUST TRUST ROOSEVELT
There Is No Other Alternative for the
~ Work. gmen.


Wage earners, though saying little, arc
taking q deep interest in the campaign.
They have compared the records of the
two leading Presidential candidates, and
have found Parker wanting in sympathy
for the workingmen. Roosevelt's record
speaks for itself He has never lost an
opportunity to show. by word and deed,
that he is heart and soul in sympathy
with the toiler. In this connection the
following extract from an editorial in
the Western Laborer, Of Omaha, one of
the best known organs of union labor in
the West, is interesting:
The workers Of the doubtful States must
trust Roosevelt because they know him
and because Of what they know him to
have done as assemblyman at Albany, as
governor of New York and President of
the United States. If the workers in the
doubtful States will read Parker's letter
of acceptance they will fail to find any
comfort for labor in that, and will GER
document is the work of designing knaye
or incompetent and certainly not the work
OF statesman, because it is fiat, stale and
improbable to the reader. closely resemb-
ling all his other expressions III which he
has expressed nothing tangible in any Of
his promises or propositions, wherein moth
Ing is but what is not" and the very fact
that the anti-uniOn solid south Is anxious
for his control of the government should
be sufficient to alarm all liberty loving,
generous hearted and fairminded men.
We must trust Roosevelt. There is no
alternative for the workers Of the United
States
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
THE "BlG STICK" LIE.
Nonpartisan TestimOH that ROoseveIt
Is Lender of Pence Movement.

Is Leader of Peace Movement.
Apropos of the silly Democratic charge
that Mr.. Roosevelt is a war lord" it il
interesting to note how the Interparlia-
mentary Union views the President. The
Union is composed of some of the lead
ing parliamentarians of Europe, who WIS.,
tied this country in the interest Of inter
national arbitration and peace The Wis.,
itors were entertained at luncheon by the
National Civic Federation in New York
recently. Here is what Thomas Tough.
an Irish member of the Union, in pro-
posing a toast to the President OF the
United States, said, as reported by the
New York World, a newspaper that has
been picturing Mr.. Roosevelt as n verita-
bic god of war:
We, who are visitors here. after a few
days regard him as a ruler of one of the
mightiest powers of the earth, who has
taken Il more distinct step in the interest
of peace than perhaps any other power
has taken. He is not only n great ruler
himself, but is a worthy representative OF
a great line of rulers who have done much
for the liberties of mankind.
w. Randall Cremer, noted member
of the British Parliament, also praised
rope, he declared, were ready to listen to
but He then said:
Not so your young President; no, but,
but, but, with him in any Of his utter
ances. lie talked In a clear, manly tone,
straight from the shoulder-nobe words
and we all rejoice In his statement of Sat
,urday and in his assurance that the great
United States will sign what we failed
eighteen years ago to get.
Others spoke i'll the same strain, giving
non-partisan testimony that President
Roosevelt has done more to aid the uni-
versal peace movement than any other
President.
The "big stick" bugaboo is not worry
ing anybody but those Democrats who
are foolish enough to think they can be-
guile the voters by mutilatng the Presi-
dents speeches and twisting their mean
ing into the opposite of what he said.
Democracy has never yet been able to
conduct an honest campaign. Hypocrisy,
deception and forgery are the chief tenets
Of its creed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
MINERS LIKE ROOSEVELT.
William Little Tells Why the Presi-
dent Should lie 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 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-
y sizes up the political situation. In an
interview in the Labor World of Pitts
burg, printed in its issue of Sept 2,
Mr.. Little says:
/ find a Roosevelt sentiment prevailing
among those who do not take much interest
In politics we'll 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 true friend. / have
watched his policy toward organized labor
ever since he became a public man, and be-
yond all doubt he is In 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 it that he will get
us more than any other man | know Of
/ 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 great truth and it is this
If we do not want to throw our vote away
let us cast 1t for Roosevelt. To vote for
the SOpi1 list ticket is wasting vote for
there is no possible chance for other than
the Democratic or Republican candidate be-
ing elected. 1t is simply contest be-
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 80 chances to 1
against his being as good. 1t is our duty,
therefore, to use our votes in a way that
they will do most good. We can do this by
voting for Roosevelt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

that THE apprehension which now pre-
walls in business circles and the present
unsatisfactory industrial condition of the
country. seems TO demand q political
CHANGE
The official announcement that the
stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company now number 44,95O-an
increase of 81 per cent. since May, 1902
is q significant bit of testimony in
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
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

Senator Bacon has been reduced to
tears because the North continues to pre-
sent a 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 viii disappear. Why doesn't
Senator Bacon begin a campaign for the
secession of Georgia from the Solid
South? Of course he will answer ''The
Negro" But, so far as national politics
go, the negro is the merest DOGGY ever
conjured out of the brain of political
dema gogues.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
Railroad Prosperity Benefits the Peo-
pie,

The Illinois Central's total pay roll for
the year ended June 80, 1904, according
to it's annual report just issued, showed
a gain of $2,400,595 over the previous
year
This is a significant bit of testimony
as to how times are still improving under
Republican rule and as to the absurdity
OF the statement of FL. G. Davis, the
Democratic candidate for Vice President,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
A Coming surprise for Tan,nany.

There are likely to be some surprises
fol Democrats, even in the New York
city elections The Russian and Ger
man Jews are, to a man, for Roosevelt,
and for obvious reasons. He is the
champion Of the oppressed Of all nations,
and has spoken out, with no uncertain
tones, for the most oppressed, maligned
and abused race in existence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

Grover Cleveland originated the
phrase. 1T is a condition that confronts
us. not 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.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

"Unti1 our opponents as party ex-
p.icitiy adopt the views which we hold
ani upon which we have acted and are
acting, in the matter of sound cur
rency, the only real way to keep the
question from becoming unsettled ID
to keep the Republican party In
.,-Roosexelt, letter of aceeptance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

The Railway Employees Twentieth
Century Club OF Illinois is up to date.
1t adopted resolution indorsing Presi-
dent Roosevelt and denouncing the Dem
ocratic national platform as devoid OF
sincerity" It's hard to fool a good rail-
road man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

gress voted 81 100000 in the deficiency
bill for last year. Steve tells me that
S1,4t0,000 has been covered back into
the treasury as the unexpended balance
Cf that constitutional appropriation.
Catch a Democrat coyerin' anything back
into the treasury, once he got it appro-
priated.
Alt, my boy, / fear you have been
lambasting mares nest filed with hor-
nets, as you will find out when the old
soldiers are aroused.
l see that in our foreign relations you
favor n 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 OH 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 it.
see you are kickin' because the ma
tional expenditures were S5S2, 000,000 III
1904, against 1914 100000 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 1870. In
my ''Liniment for Man and Beast Al
manac' for 1904 | find such facts as
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
One Credit Mark to New York DE m o.


One good thing can be said of tina
New York Democracy. 1t is rapidly
clearing the higher court bench OF ac-
tive political bosses. First Judge Park
err, and now Judge Herrick. Next?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

The election next month viii indeed
turn upon the trustworthiness of the re-
spectiye parties, and Republicans bide
the result with the confidence born of
stewardship faithfully, courageously and
successfully administered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

''It is idle to say that the monetary
standard of the Nation Is irrevocably
fixed so long as the party which at the
last election cast approximately forty
six per cent. of the total vote, refuses
to put in its platform any statement
that the question is settled. "-Rooseveit's
letter of accordance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

There viii be a balot-box famine in
the middle West unless the election Off
Gals provide a good stock Of new ones
to hold the first voters ballots for Roose-
Nnlf
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
The Truth About 1t.

"a doubtful Statev' the Demmies say,
But later on they'll shout less,
For after next election day
They'll find the State was doubtless.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

1875. 1904.
Population 43,957 900 5000 900
Wealth -. .$36, 900, 600 900 $1O6. OOO,OOO,O0O
Farm prop'y. 1O,OO0,OOOOOO 22,OOO, 100000
Saws s dep's 924,O37, 304 2,935, 204, $40
deposits =. CSC, AIS, $50 a 1872, 439, S41
Money in cir
citation :. 754, 1O1 947 2,521, Isl, 527
7. .. rev.
pe snqes e. 3S iS SS IL H. IS SO
a 1908
Panama cal 5O,OOO,O00
Navy eXpen-
ditures -. 81, 497 ,626 1O2, 9J6, lO2
Army expen-
ditures " 4112O646 115,O35, All
Where are you goin' to begin .cuttin' :?
Will you inform your aged but strictly
business associate on the Democratic
ticllet--and it shall go no further--how
in the sacred name of Sammy J. Tilden
you expect to run billion dollar country
on Il million dollar scale? 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.
| notice you ignore the repeal of war
taxation as accountin' for the reduction
in government receipts. This is slyness
worthy of the sainted Sammy himself,
who was something of a juggler in CT
piers, as you may remember. now
perceive that you are not altogether too
good to achieve the presidency by sup
pressing the truth.
Believe me, | shed tears over your
eroration, i'll which you speak so feel
ingly of putin aside the congenial work
of a lifetime to assume the responsible
ties the convention thrust upon you. My
eyes are bleared yet-Steve says it's
-age-over this confession of a self
sacrifice for which you and Dave Hill
and Bill Sheehan and Pat McCarren
have been pulling wires for two years.
When | shut my eyes | think of you as
Ajax defying the hghtnin with one hand
on the electric sparker and one foot
workin the sheet iron thunder
That's right, partner" says I, "defy
the presidential lightnin' bug @, thou
sage of Esopus! Don't be afraid; it'll
never strike either of u.s."
It's after O'Clock and I've been yawn-
in, so the nurse says 1 must be put to
bed.
SO good night, from Uncle
HENRY GASSAWAY.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

President Roosevelt personally stands
for courage, honesty. decency, strength
and common sense. As a RepuDncan heS
stands for wise administration of the
laws. serving all classes alike. He real
ICES he is the servant of all the people,
sworn to act without discrimination
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

Oh, I wish the war were Overt
Would the cruel work We're done!
Would the party were united,
And the many cranks as one!
A. 3. ?.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
A waIkaway for Roosevelt.

''I'll carry you, New York." said Par
ker.
The good old State said: "How you
talk!
On this plain truth just put marker
I'm more than old enough to walk
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

Republicans in Maryland are making a
gallant fight. For pure grit and git
there" q Marylander every time!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
TRlBULkTlC OF A GREAT
Ora FATHER.

Analyses the Letter
on the De mocratic
- Issue with Young
ar1y Every Point, but
mbs to Dro wsiuess
BED.
Elkins, Sept. %.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

The QctoRenar
of His Assoc
He Il
Alton Upon
Finally Sue
and Is Put te
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-26
a MOMAhts PART

In connection with the decisive act.
ION of the Western Union company
In cutting off is pool service. the
public has heard much mention Of
the names 81 President ciowry,
channesy Derew and others Of the d.
rettors. While Ii Is generally known
that the Gould fortune controls the
great corporation, little has been said
Of the possible part played BY Miss
Helen Could. But who VIII doubt thar
her influence was not only indirectly
but very directly felt In the conferen-
ces which led 10 this action on the
part Or the company. Possibly, also,
some Of the directors have wives who
when they learned Of the state 81 At.
fairs through the press, expressed q
preference for dceency rather than
dividends.
II Is Just q new Illustration Of an old
truth:
There's moi a death. there's not .
birth,
There's not a thing in Heaven q
earth
That has q feathers weight Of worth,
Without d woman In II.
NE=Nf HEENg HTHrI-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-26
Uncle pasid,s aFilosofy.r

Hell hath no fury ike a advertizin'
agent scoarned.
4 friend in need is a good thing.
sometimes. but / always make he
limit I'VE dollars.
There Is a lot Of talk about the OPP
portunities In life. but / notice the best
opportunities Is them that is Hand
made.
You can hear a threshnn machene
furthest when II happens - he out of
wheel. It's the same way with men
folks; the fussessiest man IS the feller
that Is doin the Ieest
Al this date on the San Marcus.
the grass ii gittin' green an the mock
ers IS singin, an the bass is beginning
10 take notice. ! pefdict d great sea
son for bass and subscripshuns.
Whatever yon do don't worrie. Yea
may have TO punch a new hole in
sOlE GIA&&*#tI &# DiI Ii0lAISA
gets TOO loose. but wor
ryin over il aint agoin a maik en-
no liter. Jest a few lines of husse
beats four worrys Of a kind.
There is q few subscripshuns tool
10 a magazine BY sayin' you neei tht
money. and cryin' il yew don't get II
lIf, OWN TO the sterne necessities
of lyfe. We feel that you've got to rol
your Teller man, you'd a heep bette
smile while you've got your hands y
his pocket. than for to weep at tina
Kritical Moament.
The old Woman @as quite crule Z
me this morning, because | tole her !
was my dooty 70 90 fishin' and not sc
out her -four bed. This led me- 4
set down and moralyze thus. that tn
luye may be intoxicatin, marriage |
ocashunly like bromo seItzer.
P. s. ! mean it Is soberin.
Unkel David
In May Field and Stream.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-26
Prize Winners.

The following persons have been
awarded prizes In the Rock Islands
prize letter contest:
1st P~rize-$50y00 In cash. Richard
Holton. Hutchinson. kas.
I'd Prize-s50.O0 In Transportation.
VIM. ]. Patton, ~Springdale, Ark.
Sd P~rize-s30.00 in cash. j. r. w
cars. Pond Greek. Okla.
4th Prize-ssO.O0 in Transportation.
Mrs. II. Siegliner, Lone Wolf, Okla.
9Th prize-s27.5 so In cash. Minnie
Hendricks, Lebanon, Kan.
9Th Prize-s27.5e in transportation,
W r. Lynch. Milburn, Ind. Ter.
It'll P~rize--s25.0D III casn. j.. Poe
Wilburton. Ind. Ter.
sth Prize-s2500 In transportation.
Florence Bernard, Box As, Yukon,
Okla.
9th Prize $4,000 In cash. Il. W. lei,
bridge, Tularosa, N, NJ.
10th Prize $4,000 In transportation,
|A g Martin, Relleyile. Ark.
18th Prize $1,000 III cash. L. H.
Hall, BOX 80. Lacey, Okla.
18th Prize s15.ap Ii transportation.
II ]. WATSON, Pond Creek. Okla.
18Th Priz $1,000 III cash. Mrs.
- %EAr
Cora Il. Davis, coalora, u, Nj.
18th Prize ston0 III transportation.
". L. Graves. Graham. Texas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-26

and is s. 3 900 in appropriations mas
produced 500 miles of exsellenf aoads
On a similar scale, Maine, New Hamp.
shire, Vermont, Rhode island AMI
Delaware assist In the buildias I.
good roads.
BY the New York plan the state
pays oHeshalf the cost OF building
roads. the counties thirty-hFe per cent
and the townships fifteen per cent.
Appropriation have reachel 4 total
of over 81 900. 900, last years install
ment being 100000. Pennsylvania.
at the last session of the legislature,
appropriated 4 lump sum y. 5 i 100000
for good roads. the state to pay two
thirds and The counties and townships
one.sixth each, But there seems 10
be a ioophole in the law in the mat
Ter of determining routes. ami lie RI
yalry, Or Jealousy II neighbnrhoods
has prevented much headway thus
far. The principle ct state all n IN.
proved roads has been firmly nab
|lishsi, On the ground that the whole
people are Interested In the hes nigh
VAS ami thar al, eltizsns sfnnls Bear
d fair proportion ii tAnfr c6s Az
ready The roads bull N This aasis u
Massachusetts Nes York, New Jersey
and Connecticut arc an impressive
lesson On the value of the COOL roads
movement.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-26

All the delegates 10 the National
Republican Convention have ii last
been elected Out Of 9sS, he total
lrumber, 70s hass been Instructed 10
vote for Mr., Roosevelt Many ofsthe re.
naming $50 are doubtless under ms
tructions which the press dispatches
failed to report. Not = single del.
has been instructed TO vote for
any other candidate And when
Mr.. Roosevelt's name goes before
shc convention there VIII not &c a
single dissenting voice.