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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-05


"In order to please few admirers
he Parker decided the destiny and i'm.
perled the welfare of several millions OF
people without regard to the facts or con.
sderng the consequences He accuses
President Roosevelt Of reckless speaking
hut Roosevelt never made half as reck
less a speech. Judge Parker demonstrat.
ed with his own tongue that he is not ii;
to exercise the authority and assume the
~, va t'@ P'''N'
lie ~ e''Her ueHlaSoSue Ni'h'"'
conscience or else the victim Of ma.I"i-
Gus enemies or foolish advisers. The
statements he utters are 50 false and
absurd and ridiculous that he deserves
more pity than blame. For example. be
tells us that We have wasted over $3.50.
100000 of the peoples money ana sacri.
feed over 100000 lives i'll the Philip.
pines. Mr.. Bryan. Mr. Hill and Seyera
other gentlemen have asserted that the
Philippines have cost the people Of the
United States $G0OG 100000. Mr.. Olney
put the figure at 100000 900. Judge
Parker splits the difference. 1t would
be interesting to know where he gets his
figures.
"A resolution was introduced in ia,
Senate in the spring Of 1902 inqI.rina
OF the war department rs to the exact
amount OF money expended for m..itar!
purposes III Tue A!HPpIhe lSIahds ron
ni"' 'I,I' "'.o p''II'eS. S'''e'lIF''
W ..'I' I"'''i'''eN ps 's.e ~ ., e.n'! ~
The principal items are as follows:
uci"r.iheL' '''S 1900,
PAY derortuirIt ta.I,I; ~
Medical department ............ 3.S7N.7Ic
ordh""ce department ...''...... 4~2.. ~,
Tint brings the accounts dawn f.,
Anril "a 1900 since tbot d.+, tho ,y
nrndjtnras have rr,h,hIv hoo, s1ouau
oo0 = vear Al tho nrts;de f,,,rc. f.,
to,ol eynpnait1rae Of tbe I,rirr5 St,,.,
cnyarr,oan. since Adr,irol Dow,v &C.,.
tered tho E,v or Mani, ,y.tb Ms e,n.
have been nnaer Sonl OrDuu irc,n1i,,.
,be S.n nnO W,n ,oiI a. S,,.,ir ,,,,I,, .f,'
treaty md pvery nrhnr caor.,e dfroc, ..
inlirr..t Tim, cn,,la nns.i(,Iy he coryt.,,.t
nc co,,ncrtcl Win ,bn oco,isf+in, nod
retent,or nf mo phiIin,fn. or.nan.I,,.,,
civil naval a,,1 ni,;,my If InI..,
Parker should add 10 this total All IN,
money that has been spent since NAV l.
1898. for the support of ;he army and
navy. for the construction of skins for
tfcations and navy wards. and for tn,
pay of the clerks in the War and Nav,
DEPARTMENTS at Washington. lie could
not pie I'm the figures as l!gh as b,
makes them in his speech.
HIS assertion that 100000 lives have
been sacrificed is even more absurd and
sensational, and il would rot be true =,
every man. soldier. sailor and civilian,
who has gone to the phlippiue arch.
pelago for any reason since May !. lSn,
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Everybody profits hy the growth VI
manufactures Those who are eus.,rl in
the business either AS capitalists or wage
earuers profit first of all, but in addi-
ton to these are the merchants who
handle manufactured products, the rail-
roads that distribute them, the farmers
who enjoy an increased demand for their
products, and all other classes who share
il general prosperity.
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Don't fail to return Republican
Congress. The election of Roosevelt
and Fairbanks will be aim ost a barren
victory If the Legislative branch of the
government is in control of the oppo.
sition. If Republican policies are to
be continued 1t is absolutely necessary
that all branches of the government
DO in accord.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-05

If you wish continuance Of the pres
ent prosperous times. vote to retain the
Republican, party III control Of national
affairs.
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II is fortunate for the Republican
party that its candidate for the presi-
dtncy is so well known to the people OF
the United States that no story. no re-
fection upon lis character or his work
affects the public ind III the slightest
degree The American people have had
their eyes on President Roosevelt for
many years; they know him. They re-
speyt and trust him. The falsiirGtion.
OF the enemy against him are useless
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THE TIME FOX TALKING is
OVER. NOW NOTEl
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LATEST FIGURES AS TO COST.

Only sl94, 10000 Expended on the
Philippines Up to June 30.
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Tribune shows that the actual
cost Of the Philippines up 10 June 80,
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a BELATeD KEYNOTE
JUDGE ALTON 3. PARKER DE.
FAMeS HIS COUNTRYMEN.
Quotes Unnamed Authorities and Mis-
represents History in an Attack
Upon the Iouor end Honesty of His
own Nation.

probation of the Constitution, Judge
Parker parrots the impcrlous views OF
Joseph Pulitzer, demanding the ahan.
donment Of the Philippines to the forces
OF Savagery and reaction from which
American civilization has rescued them.
There can be no doubt that the oc-
rasion for the sounding Of this belated
'kcynote' of lahhy campaign was
deliberately planned and carried out.
Two hitherto uuheard.ot marching clUhs
led by "Colonel' Charles K Goldman,
of Boston, and Henry W. Uarhou, of
New York. tcrvent scuttters buth. ap
rcared before the Judge on his porch at
RGsemount, and homharled HIM with
two extended addresses On the iufamy
of American r&ie in the Philippines.
Then Judge PARKER unrolcl the speech
that bears internal evidence in every line
OF having been written for him. and Went
them one better IN falsigy!ng tile record
and m.Sreprcsentiug the heneiiCcnt aim
OK American control in the islands res
cued from the oppression of Spain.
70 Justify himself IN his attack upon
the American position in the Philippines,
Judgr Parker quoted from an anony.
NOUS student of conditions there,
whose phrases also bear S;"hlng re
SemhIance to the balance OF the address,
IN which they were htilnE.I emhAimcd
ms unnamed malignant. II the race OF
"NeFWhrIiAihE testimony u Inc contrary
mas the ehr"H'"r! to say 81 "nF "tnriAIS
there, At tine lest they nave been II.
thrir"'' at iAt M"fS' d'ShH"eH', cor
rhp' ana Gr>p"I!r. lie Islands seem
I" nave succeeded III getting the very
die@> OF our rrHr.F. IA.H Wo"'d r."@Fi'
~ Secretary NL!AW l.. 4"ll ana rs
associates an" Successors III A&ht" as
among the dFr@H ct Cur people.
Jag" i"rNrr tar'"c; quotes I"'m TINS
"nonym"uN d"t"m.r vi America" E"i" i"
;"' IhHtm"cS; AgE"GNWHhF. the
country - for IN" ''"e ra'n'tl !.a""
- s"Ac ont II cultivation; i"r l"pd'".
;:".. :, .'-t"d ana !" Somr places ""au.e
T.. get W." The country is "'"i-h@r-
d'"ed with i"\a,j"", disease IS I'e,a.ei.i.
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"Undoubtediy II woUll be possible
at the present time TO prevent any OF
the trusts from remaining prosperous
by the simple expedient of making
such a sweeping change IN the tariff US
to paraliae the Industries of the conn
try. The trusts would cease to prosperi
but their ernulIcr ompetitora would
be ruined, and the wage workers would
starvc, while it would not pay the
farmer TO haui Il spro:luce to market"
-RooseNe.ts ..t;eI Of Acceptance
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So-ca!led independent voters who pro
fess to see little good in either Of the
great parties might prcftah|y fo,0w the
wise maxim of TIVE evils. rh"osc the
lesser" No man car, be 81 h..ud , uuu.
partisan AS not TO ste the tHc Rrruh.i.
can party has dome mott good tor ;Mp
country diam the Democracy.
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Self Importing.


Anu ni&l.I' me '"H''f""t 'a''''
u''e LOT 'n' itS'ue"'H "NNS' are 'He
i'HIIppine 4slah0S s''''NnPPo'thE com
MUMMY!
lie c"nleS>'S MS '2A'rA'ee nloA th'S
point ID utmost we same hFe"'A th"t lie
declares 'Hrih III Tor ''d'feM"ence ana
S't governments II """sc IafNrt Aah
mace any preparation !"F ms speech, II
lie had take" 'he 'Fo""!e 10 .hI"Fhl MN
sell upon tue most important c"h"!uohS'
lie Wo"iu nave khoN" NAT The customs
revenues "l"he curing 'he Ihsl tAFet OF
f"hr years nave been seventeen. e.Eh''eh
ana h4he'ee" u"'!oh ""!'"!s Il year an
increase from lhfee. 1"uF or I'VE millions
year during spanish RUE. ana mat the
other revenues nave '"VrOvel IA sim
liar ratio. The Islands are not only self
supporting: theN ho' ON! pay every CeH'
81 the expenses Of TIER government e&-
'eptiu@ the maintenance OF the ll,ODU
regular troops now Oh duty there, but
they could AFFORD an exhibit costing a
i"..iion and a quarter II the -. Louis
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foreigner, European and American. that
our little brown brother already has
@hout as much Independence and self
government as he can stand. 1t is
little provoking for Judge TAFT and his
successors tn be condemned In tbs coum-
try for giving the natives to, small Il
share in the government ana IN the
Philippines for giving them too much.
No. I. Plays produced in the tAeaters
are censored
There is no censorship whatever in
the Philippine Islands. and there has
been none since civil government was
established. Somebody has evidently
been telling Judge Parker about the sup
preston of a play based upon incidents
in the iusurrection, in which the I'M.
ted States flag was pulled down 10y the
actors in a very dramatic manner, torn
into pieces and trampled upon The play
was presented but once. If the police
had not prohibited Il second production.
the theater and the actors would have
been torn in pieces by mob of indg-
nnnt soldiers and citizens who had or
gained for that purpose. To satisfy
public clamor, Senior Toientno. the
author, was arrested He was released
under bonds hut jumped his bail and ran
away He afterward fell in with RIcarte,
the supreme chief of the National Demo.
cratic Republic OF the Philippine Is
lands, and prepared his proclamationS
and conducted his correspondence. for
Ricarte cannot read or write. Both Of
these gentlemen are LOW in the peui.
tertiary.
Trial. Are Fair.
mo 3 'Detectivas arneor in the puise
Of servants and th. nath of g. sincls
one is euouyh TO tes,rny mans reru-
totion urnnertv liberty or oven If. if.
self,
"When lert Manila last summer
there had been four ,.jaIs for sedjtion
since the establishment of the civil gov.
erpment. the latest, in which DR.. Gomez.
editor OF n uotive uewsn,pcr was de
PENDANT, having lasted four months, and
he was acquitted upon techncalities; 1866
people had been convicted Of what may
be termed political offenses. including
the deiuded victims Of the Hong Kong
janta and other reasonable orgauiZA.
tions. and thirty-three persons had suf-
fered the capital penalty. each case hav-
ing been carefully reviewed hy the Su-
lItIlt NbLTl. !UbI crimes were llluT'
der, arson. rape aud highway robbery.
There are two detective organizations
---one CONNECTED with the city police,
which works within the municipal limits.
The other, come ted with the cuustabu-
larry, works in the rura! districts. Amer.
lean, Spanish and native detectives are
employed. Their methods are exactly
the same and the weight of Their test.
mony in court is similar 10 that Of the
police OF New York or any other city.
Bishop Brent. of the Episcopal church.
il an interview with me published last
June said Manila is comparatively free
from crime. disorder and drunkenness
Few cities Of the size are so well govern
ed or are 50 free from saloons or vicious
classes. There is surprisingly small
amount of crime and vice
Extr,ordinary Statement
No .. Judge Parker himself declares
that the islands remain to-day utterly
untouched for any good that the United
States might have done for them
This is Il most extraordinary state.
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Truth of History.

The evidence of history and Of contem-
puraneous conditions afford incontrovert.
lille proof that England's greatness TO-
day is the direct return for her coloni2-
ing efforts on this continent in Asia, in
Africa and III the islands of every ocean.
Good has gone out from her and good
mas returned 10 her a hundred told for
all the blood ana treasure spent" il the
coloniaiue she has done in the four cor
nerS Of the earth.
This republic. the highest and most
successful development of self govern.
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The criticisms of the administration
which appear daily III the Manila papers.
often bitter and violent. are almost with
cut exception based upon its Hberality
toward the natives; for doing exactly
what Judge Parker says il has not done;
for giving the fiipinos too much self.
government; for promising them indie.
pendence and for appointing so many
natives to office. Every governor OF
every province. every mayor OF every
town except Manila and almost every
uroviueinaI snd municipal oRcia! Is a
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15

ers and employees. For that reason
troubles between the miners and oper-
ators have been few and those which
have sprung up have been settled in a
most anicable manner
Mr.. White deserves much credit for
the position the miners union occu-
pies in Iowa today. Through his eff
forts and those of the men who have
worked with him, the organization
has grown from almost nothing to be
a respectable and respected, orderly
body of men. Its affairs are managed
in "a business-like manner. Justice is
its watchword. The coal industry is
managed by board composed of rep
resentatives of the miners and operat-
ors, who fix conditions, interpret the
scale and adjust difficulties with the
greatest measure of good feeling al
ways peryading their gatherings.
Thus has one of Iowas largest insti-
tutions been managed with mini
mum Of friction
If Mr.. White withdraws from the
ranks of the union in Iowa it will be
heavy loss and one hard to fill. He
is an admirable labor leader, of the
kind that brings the labor unions the
recognition that is due them as bust
ness organizations. People connect
ed with the coal industry all over the
state, miners and operators alike hope
that he will not be compelled to re-
sign
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15
BUCKEYE.

G. l.. Bryson and wife are. attending
the S. Louis Fair this week.
Cora Graham visited Mrs. Will
Campbell one day last week.
Carl and Cecil Campbell visited
cousins at Reasoner recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Jewell visited
relatives in Des Moines recently.
Ed Bridges and wife visited their
daughter, Mrs. Dick Headley, Sunday.
Buckeye w. c. T. U. met at the
home of Mrs. A. J. Jewell last Thurs
day afternoon.
Walter Campbell and wife, of the
city, spent Sunday at the parental
Campbell home.
Will Rice and wife visited at the
home of Mark Barnes near Eddyville
one day last week.
Miss Hattie Moore begins school
on Monday, Sept. IL, at Buckeye
Miss Moore comes well recommended
as a teacher.
Quite a number from this section
attended the district S. S. convention
at Wright and report very interest
ing convention.
Walter Gray, w. H. Gilchrist's two
sons and Will Rice and wife are
among the number attending the St
Louis Fair this week
Miss Mamis sfffHs; Sss- sofHmD6s
OHIO, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Pringle o
Oskaloosa, Miss Maud Wilson, o
Keota, and Misses Jessie and Sadie
Jamison took dinner at the A. jew
ell home one day last week.
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oTTUMWA AUToMoBlLIsTs.
Twelve Car Loads Come to oskaIooss
in Party On Sunday.

The Ottumwa Touring Club with
their auto cars, runabouts and what
not of horseless machine descended
upon this city yesterday and for sew,
eral hours the natives here were be.
wildered by the excessiveness Of the
carriages. Twelve autos were in the
party starting out for this city and
the trip was made a sort of a road
race. Each driver Of a car drew a
number from a hat and the position OF
his wagon at the start was governed
accordingly. The, same rule was oh,
served as the company started for
home about four o'clock. ..~#
Three of the autos steamed into the
city in the lead of the others. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. F. Kerfoot, Mr.. and Mrs
G. o. Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. E. H
Emery were the leaders. The com.
pany took luncheon at the Hotel
Downing and the register showed the
following record: ,#
DR.. A. G. Iced and wife, ]. F. Ker,
foot and wife, C. o. Taylor, wife and
son, j. E. Sease and wife, F. M. Hun
er and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. EN-.
cry, Henry Phillips, Philip P. Phillips
Howard Phillips, Clyde Holton, C. d
Pierce, w. e. Creath, B. P. Brown and
wife, Chas. p. Swift, G.. l.. Craft, Mrs
H.. Graft, c. r. Murphy, Mrs. H. Muir.
pny.
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JOHN p. WHITE.

Ottumwa Courier: Some Iowa news
papers are publishing stories to the
effect that John P. White, of Oska-
loosa, president of the Iowa branch
of the miners union, is seriously
thinking of resigning his office at the
end of the present fiscal year, April 1,
1905. Mr.. White is in poor health
and may motif is saddle able to serve
through the present term. This an
nouncement, if true, will be deeply
regretted by coal miners and coal op.
orators alike throughout the state.
Mr.. White has been connected with
the miners union for several yeras.
first as secretary-treasurer and later
as president. While John p. Reese
was president Mr.. White served as
secretary-treasurer, and under their
administration the. union grew to be
more thoroughly respected and better
understood than at any previous time
during its existence. Both these men
and Edwin Perry, who succeeded Mr..
Reese as president for the first year
after his resignation, have the re.
spect and confidence of the coal oper-
ators and are known ny the miners as
able, conscientious, incorruptible off,
cials.
Since Mr.. Reese has been commits
sioner for the operators his dealings
have been largely with Mr.. White.
These two men are firm friends and
when Mr.. Reese became the repre-
sentative Of the employers their rela-
tions did not change in the least.
Each realized that the other was work
ing conscientiously and with an eye
always for the rights OF both employ
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15
MINERS FOR ROOSEVELT.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
The miners Of Iowa are counted as
solidly for Roosevelt.
There lives in Keb, Iowa, miner
who is today free man by virtue of
the act Of President Roosevelt.
And this man was freed from an i'm
prisonment to which he had been sub.
jected at the instance of the coal com
pany of which Henry G. Davis, demo
cratic vice-presidential candidate, was
the presiding and managing genius
He had gone from Iowa to West Vir-
GINA to organize the miners there,
miners who had been principally en-
ployed by Mr.. Davis. He was ma
tional organizer for the great organi.
cation of miners, the United Mine
Workers union, and had been sent
by his superior officers to the West
Virginia fields.
While there an Injunction was Sc
cured by the Davis company against
this Iowa man, and Immediately a
charge that he had violated the in
junction was lodged against him. He
was summoned by the court and
placed in prison for contempt.
President Roosevelt promptly inter
coded when the matter was called to
his attention and set the man free,
He returned to Iowa and is now en-.
gagged in mining near Keb.
The facts relative to this case have
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES.

The American Bible Society has re-
ceived report from the Rev. Jay G.
Goodrich, it's agent in the Philippine
Islands, stationed at Manila, in which
he tells about MISSIONARY work
throughout the archipelago. The Bap-
fists, he says, have materially strength
ened their stations in northern Panay
and western Negros. The New Tesla
ment, as translated by the Rev. r.
Lund, has been published, and is now
being circulated. They report an &C
tive interest in their field and an ag-
gressive plan of action that promises
large results. The Presbyterian mis-
sion has opened new work in Taclo-
ban, on the Island of Leyte; Ce5u, isl
and of Cebu; Batangas, province of
Batangas; Santa Cruz, Laguna prov
ince, and Albay, province of Albay. A
new church building has been COM
pleted and dedicated in Trozo, dis
trict of Manila. This is the first per-
manent church building erected in the
islands for Protestant uses.
The Methodist Episcopal mission
has established new stations at Mala.
bon, Rial province; Dagupan, jPanga.
sinan province; Baliuag, Bulacan prov.
ince; and San Isidro, Nueva Eciji
province. The United Brethren have
opened work in San Fernando, Union
province, while the Protestant Episco
pal church has opened work at Cavite
Cavite province; Iloilo, Panay CehE
Cebu; zamboanga, Mindanao, and IA
guio, Benguet province. A station
has been located at Bontac, in the
province of the same name, for the
n-Christian hill tribes.
The practical working basis of terri
torial division was continued at the
annual meeting of the Evangelical
union, and outside of Manila there is
practically no multiplication of agen-
cies in any field. The informal re-
ports Of the various representatives in
the meeting showed a hopeful spirit
and evangelistic fervor, according to
Mr. Goodrich. Something like 5000
members have been enrolled. Re.
quests for pastors and teachers are
constantly coming in, and frequently
communities offer buildings and pas.
toral support. The personal expert
ences and sacrifices of members, the
demand that hey make of morality in
their preachers, are said to be sur
prising and satisfactory. Students in
the government normal schools show
an interest that affords an opening
that will be difficult to meet, and 1t
is suggested that here is an opportu.
nifty for the Young Mems Christian
association. -..
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r THE STOVE EXPLODED.
And An Exciting Blaze Started in
Dangerous Surroundings.

An alarm Of fire Thursday evening
about six-thirty o'clock took the de-
partment to little shoe shop run by
Nathan Elicit on High avenue west,
near the Iowa Central crossing. A
gasoline stove upon which was being
prepared the old gentleman's evening
meal, exploded from some cause and
started blaze in a box of books and
old papers. The fire was quickly con.
trolled and no damage occurred out
side Of the loss of the stove and the
books. The buildings in the vicinity
are all frame and blaze we'll started
in the place would have made an in.
teresting time in the block betwe IN
the railways.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15

Rev Charles Williams, OF Accring-
ton, England, who has just returned
nome from his fourth visit to the
United States, writes in the Baptist
Times and Freeman: ITO me it is ex-
ceedingly marvellous that the 10000
600 Inhabitants of the republic, in
which are included thousands Of ma
tives from every country in the world,
are one nation, and that the nation is
Christian and Protestant. I think the
secret is twofold-ther common school
and the Puritan spirit. Till now they
have made America what it is. think
the future of America depends largely
upon their maintenance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15

During the seven years that
have just passed there is no duty, do
mestic or foreign, which we have
shirked; no necessary task which we
have feared to undertake or which we
have not performed with reasonable
efficiency. We have never pleaded
impotence. We have never sought
refuge in criticism and complaint in
stead of action. We face the future
with our past and our present as guar
antors of our promises; and we are
content to stand or to fall by the rec
ord which we have made and are max
ing President Roosevelt's speech
of acceptance. H..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15
! peculiar ard unusual damag

"A peculiar ard unusual damage
suit has been begun at Boone. Mrs.
Ida H. Leatherman, administrative of
the estate Of H. Leatherman, claims
that her husband contracted typhoid
fever and died of the dread disease,
owing to the fact that the plumbing
in the house which plaintiff occupied
and which is the property of the de-
PENDANTS, was defective. Mr.. Leath-
erman was 35 years of age, and his
earning capacity was $1,000 per an.
mum. The plaintiff AYERS that her nus.
band would have lived at least until
his seventeen year and that his earn.
ing capacity would be unimpared,
hence she asks judgment for $4,000
against the defendants.