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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
UNWORTHY OF TRUST.
Gold Dem ocrats Stunning the Hill
Sheehan Combination.

Gold Democrats Summing the Hill
Sheehan Combination.
The Gold Democrats of Indiana are
unwilling to trust Judge Parker's spon-
sors. They are willing to contribute $10,-
900 to the campaign fund, but the money
will not be sent to the Hill-Sheehan
combination. They have asked Parker
himself to take the money. If the Demo
Gratis are unwilling to trust their leaders,
how can the mass of the people be ex,
pected to take any stock in the profess
sions and promises Of the party? If the
Gold Democrats are correct in their esti-
mate of Parker's managers, the latter
are no better than a gang of sand-bag
gers. Sterling r. Holt, one Of the lead
ing Gold Democrats Of Indiana, said a
few days age: ''The Gold Democrats
are not going to be coaxed behind
barn and relieved of their money and
then driven to the polls and voted"
1t is gratifying to learn that such
man as Mr.. Holt entertains the same
view of Hill and Sheehan that Repub-
deans do, but it is somewhat remarkable
that Mr.. Holt does not realize that Par
ker is merely the creature of his man
ayers, and that any money given to the
judge will find it's way, through some
channel, TO Democratic headquarters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
SUGGESTIONS TO DEMOCRATS
Great Thoughts of Great Democrats
Should Be Widely CircuIated

Great Thoughts of Great Democrats
Should BE Widely Circulated.
The Democratic party is Boosting Of
the fact that in this campaign it is
sending out great number of tons Of
literature, though why literature should
be sent out by the Democratic party no
one can understand. Upon second
thought, though, it must be admitted,
as matter Of fairness in speaking OF
people who vote the Democratic ticket.
that quite number of them can read.
However, this is merely a suggestion
to the men whose business it is to handle
the Democratic campaign of education.
To be consistent they must keep up
the campaign lies. In their tons of lit
erature they must first reiterate the
falsehood Of Senator Bailey Of Texas.
when he declared in recent speech
that the President advocated Iynching
as punishment for stealing.
They should issue a few million
pamphlets advocating the attitude Of
Democracy's great representative,
Champ Clark, in assuming that when
some one in the audience disagrees with
the speaker on the platform it is the
prerogative of the speaker, after his
speech is over, to cut the throat of the
objector from ear to ear
There is an old saying that lie well
stuck to is as good as the truth. It
is not a sound proposition, but there is
in it suggestion as to what the Demo-
Gratis might do with their money in cir
culating campaign literature.
1t is to be hoped that they will be
grateful for these suggestions, but the
chances are ten to one that they won't.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

Congressman George J. Smith of the
Twenty-fourth New FORK District, in
which is Judge Parker's home, told
President Roosevelt few days ago
that he had made tour of the district
and found no Republicans who would
vote for Parker. If the Democratic
candidate gains no votes among his Re-
publican neighbors, he certainly should
gain none elsewhere. In other words,
If his popularity is not sufficiently great
to draw votes from those he daily comes
an contact with, he need not expect to
secure the support of Republicans who
know him only by what he has said and
done
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
PARkER's DEFICIT SCARE.
It IL Easily Exploded by nm Appea
to Facts and Figures.

It IL Easily Exploded by nm Appeal
to Facts and Figures.
The Ulster County candidate, labor
ing hard over Judge Parker's speech to
the faithful Democratic editors, scissored
out some statistics with which to ham
mer the Republican administration. But
while the judge was toiling over his
empty sentences,
Ellis cogitative faculties immersed
In cogibundity of cogitation,"
his aptitude for figures went on a vaca-
ton and he prepared, or accepted, some
very queer conclusions, which he gave
to the admiring editors with much pomp
and circumstance.
The trouble is that the Ulster County
politicians deficit is not deficit at
all, when it comes to realities. The Re-
publicans delightedly accept the chal-
lenge of the Democratic candidate, for it
gives them chance to show few sta
tistics themselves.
Judge Parker asserts" says Wash
ington dispatch to the Chicago Chron-
icle, that there is now a deficit of S42,-
100000, instead of surplus of $4,000,
600, which Mr.. Roosevelt found on be-
coming President. Both statements are
reckless, as careful examination of
the records of the treasury will show.
In regard to the deficit, the receipts and
expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1904 show an apparent deficit
of $4O,OOO,O0O in round numbers, but
during that time the United States paid
S5O,O0OO0O for Panama canal and adj
vanced $4,5OO,OOO to the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition, which latter amount is
to be returned to the government. If
Mr.. Parker will deduct his apparent def
cit of $42,OOO,000 from the $54, 800 600
paid for the purchase of the Panama
canal and the encoura cement of an ex-
position of worldwide scope and impor-
tance. he would find a balance of $12,-
100000 and upward ON the other side of
the ledger"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
RAILWAY MANS VIEWS.
Country Is Prosperous, and Roosevelt
Will Be Elected.

VIII be Elected
e. I'll. Hartman, one of the best in
formed railway officials in the country,
says continuation of national pros
perity is assured Recently he said to
New York Herald reporter
Conditions which in other years
caused panic and national distress do
not now exist. In all localities-in Ne,
braska and Kansas, in the East and the
Far West7-the local moneyed interests
are conservative. 1t is possible to in
vestigate with accuracy any financial or
industrial question. The small money
centers as we'll as the large ones are
we'll supplied with. funds, and this fact
insures careful investment and mini
mics risk. There has been a slow,
steady enhancement of values, and it is
still going on"
When asked for his opinion on the
probable outcome of the election, he said:
1T will be Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Every one wants them. No one can af-
ford to change"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
The Party for Young Men

Edward Hoch, Republican nominee for
Governor of Kansas, in an address at
Marion, in that State, said:
But now these vociferous gentlemen
have suddenly discovered that the gold
standard is all right, and their candi-
date for President blandly announces
that that question is 'irrevocably set
tied Young men should join party
that espouses good principles and poll
cies at the beginning, and not a party
that opposes every good thing until it is
irrevocably settled against it, and then
tags along with a belated approval of all
that it had stubbornly opposed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
A Rear Guard Action.

Already in the presidential campaign
OF this year the Democrats are fighting
a ''rear-guard action" The Russian
Gen. Kuropatkin has his troubles. and
has been fighting rear-guard actions for
some time, but his condition is good as
compared with the condition of the pres
ent leaders of the Democratic party.
The Democracy is fighting rear
guard action" and about the only trou-
BILE the Republicans have in the premises
is that there will not be fun enough in
the campaign. Even the srear-guard ac-
ton" appears to be about over.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
We Have Our Troubles.

This is the attitude of the Republican
party in the present campaign.
1t is "spoilin' for fght;" it is 'blue-
mouldy for want of batin';;" it is the
Crested Jayhawk of the Mountain" and
can find no ''Bald-headed Snipe of the
Valley" 1t wants to 'take the bull by
the horns,' and can't find the bull; it is
trailing its coat-tails on the ground and
can't find anybody to step on them. 1t
yearns for Kilkenny Fair and has dis
covered only ''sociable."
We have our troublesI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
CATHOLIC PAPER BOLTS
Sunday Democrat, Of New York, Pre-
fere Roosevelt to Parker.

Sunday Democrat, Of New York, Pre-.
fers Roosevelt to Parker.
The Sunday Democrat of New York,
one Of the oldest Irish-American and
Catholic journals of the United States,
has declared for Roosevelt. 1t says edi-
torially:
storm and sunshine, the Sunday Democrat
has supported the Democratic party, adyO-
Gated it's principles and sustained it's cam
dldates., During all that period it has
To-day, believing that courage to carry
out the constitution and laws of this coun-
try in q fearless and just manner should
be realized and appreciated, and feeling
the interests of our people win be best
served by his election, this journal has
concluded to lend it's support to Theodore
Roosevelt for President of the United
SfafoC ~-->s~ss
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Mr.. Parker Democratic nominee 70,

Mr.. Parker, Democratic nominee for
President, has never journeyed west of
Buffalo, N. Y. What does he know of
the great West, its people, their achieve
ments, their possibilities, their needs?
How can he reconcile the demands of
the different sections, and decide great
questions properly and for the good of
the whole country? OF limited expert
ence, narrowed horizon, he is not COM
parable with Theodore Roosevelt, who
has Travelled the country over, lived east
and west, knows the people, the country,
and is President of the people, not con-
trolled by Wall street and its influences.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Retail Merchants Busv.

Reports from every city ina the country
tell of great activity among the retail
merchants, who are laying in stocks and
preparing for a lively fall and winter
trade. When the retail merchants are
busy the country is prospecting, for they
depend largely on the working people for
custom. Democrats who are bowling
calamity and hard times should retire
to the Halls of Silence at Esopus and
immune themselves until the campaign
is over lest they be engulfed by the Re
publican wave of prosperity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
DEMOCRATS ADMISSION.
Parker's Party Afraid to Stand on Its
Past Record.

John B. Stanchfeld, one of the leaders
of the New York Democracy, said in a
speech at Schenectady:
''They the Democrats) do not stand on
their past, but they present live inter-
probation of live issues"
Truly, the Democratic party does not
stand on its past. 1t dares not stand
on its past-on it's advocacy of free
coinage of silver, on its demand for the
hauling down of the flag in the Philip
pines. on the business paralysis that
marked the last period during which the
Democratic party was in control of the
government; on its declaration that the
war for the preservation of the Union
was a failure; on all the laundering OPP
position of which its history is a con-
tinuous record.
The Democratic party does not and
dares not stand upon its record, because
its record would discredit the most en-
ticing promises that it could make.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Many People from Missouri. y

1t is now said the Parker gold tele-
gram is myth, that Parker sent no
such message to st. Louis, and that it
was concocted by Sheehan and Hill in
the hope of winning the support of gold
Democrats. There are great many
people ''from Missouri" who will have
to be shown the original telegram before
they will believe it was genuine, but
they are mainly Bryanites. However,
if the telegram was not myth, it cer-
tainly was an afterthought.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

When we increase our population we
increase our national revenues in pro-
portion. Unless we reduce the rate Of
taxation we would double our national
revenues if we doubled our population.
AS President Roosevelt said in his mes
sage: ''The western half of the United
States would sustain population greater
than that of our whole country to-day, if
the waters that now run to waste were
saved and used for irrigation
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
The Issue in syIlogistic Nut.hel

4 ne ISSUE III oylIOSIstAc NutsheIis
In one crisp sentence of eight words
Of his letter Of acceptance President
Roosevelt has given the first premise for
a conclusive syllogism:
First PremiseA"A PARTY FIT To
GOVERN MUST HAVE CONVIC-
TIONS."
Second Premise-The Democratic
party from Judge Parker down to Tom
Taggart has no convictions.
Observation-Disclosures the Demo
cratic party is not fit to govern.
And there you have the process OF
reasoning that will decide this election.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

second administration the public credit
had been lowered, the revenues were de-
Ginning, the public debt was growing, la
Dor was unemployed and business was
paralyzed. The election of Mckinley
in 1896 transformed this condition into
one of universal prosperity which has
continued till the present time. Why
invite another period of business depres-
ciop.2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Sure Sign of Confidence.

The price of railway shares on the
New York Stock Exchange is steadily
advancing, which is sure indication
that railway traffic is good. 1t also is a
sign that holders of stocks are confident
there will be no change in the national
policies which have made good times
for the whole country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

Candidate Watson knows thing or
two. He calls Roosevelt the genuine
article" and Parker the spurious sub
stitute." Rollicking Tom need not be
alarmed for the republic. The voters
will never be fooled by something "just
as good'' from the pack of the itfnerant
statesman of Wolfert's Roost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

mortal saying of their well-beloved
Thomas Jefferson, namely:
''IF A DUE PARTICIPATION OF
OFFICE is A MATTER OF RIGHT,
HOW ARE VACANCIES TO BE
FILLED? THOSE BY DEATH ARE
FEW; BY RESIGNATION, NONE"
This is indeed, for the Democrats, "a
hard saying!'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
First Voters, C1nh.

Roosevelt and Fairbanks First Vot-
ers Clubs are being organized in every
State in the Union. If you are first
voter and intend to cast that vote for
Roosevelt and Fairbanks this fall, you
ought to join one of these clubs. For
detailed information apply to the Chair
man of your State Central Committee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
rarker,s Political Conferences,

It is announced, with flourish Of
trumpets, that Richard Olney, who was
in President Cleveland's cabinet, has Wis
tied Judge Parker, spending two hours
with him at Rosemount. Nothing is
said about the visits of "blue-eyed" Billy
Sheehan of Tammany fame, who is a
near neighbor Of Judge Parker, and who
can run in any time 1t would take many
pounds of Olneyism to cure one ounce
Of Sheehanism.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

A sound and stable currency. good at
par in all countries, is badge of ma.
tlonal honor and a source of individual
profit. For this condition the American
people are indebted to the party that has
always stood for maintaining the public
credit and a Sound currency.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
The annual report on the coal indust,

The annual report ON the coal industry
of Illinois, furnished by the State bu-
reau of statistics, shows that miners were
never so prosperous as under the McIxin-
ley and Roosevelt administrations. The
coal output of the State now is nearly
twice what it was under Cleveland; 15,-
600 more men are employed than six
years ago, and wages are fully so per
cent. higher than in 1897.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

Under the. Republican policy Of pro-
lection our manufactured products have
become oue-third of those of the civil
lied world, and American workmen Sc
cure almost double the pay for their
labor that similar labor receives in 9TH
er countries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
The Real Question.

On the day of the issue of President
Roosevelt's letter of acceptance-the day
Of the Maine election, by the way-the
press reports noted a long visit to Judge
Parker by David Bennett Hill.
1t is probable, if not certain, that the
two friends who shave drunk from the
same canteen" throughout more than one
campaign, discussed, thoroughly, one i'm
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Trust Magnates for PARKER.

A Millionaire club will raise a Parker
and Davis silk campaign banner at
Great Neck, N. Y. The club is COM
posed of Wall street and trust magnates.
Cord Meyer, chairman of the New York
Democratic State Committee, is a resi-
dent of Little Neck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

"We are not unmindfu1 of the inn
measurab BILE contribution which our
foreign-born population has made to
the upbuilding of the Republic. Its
work and influence have been felt
throughout the country, and much of
all that is great and splendid about us
is the fruit of its genius and Indus
try."- Senator Fairbanks in the Senate Janu-
airy IL, 1898
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
The Policy of Silence.

A German proverb says speech is
silver, silence is gold" The Democratic
party certainly has come out for gold
if that means silence on the money ques-
ton, and it certainly has gone back on
silver, if that means any speech positive
" committing it to friendliness TO any
sane system of finance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

A young man about to cast his first
vote should identify himself with the
party of progress. Why should he ally
himself with a party that has to go
back hundred years to find something
to talk about?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Democrats Relieve Roosexelt.

During the last session of Congress a
Democratic Senator arose in his place
and said: "When the President affirms
that this government had no part in the
revolt Of Panama, that settles it, so far
as he is concerned. / believe him"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

When the industries of the country
prosper coal is in demand and miners
get their full share of the general pros
perity. When the mills and factories
close or work on short time for lack Of
orders, railway traffic falls off and the
mining industry suffers. Miners are as
much interested in maintaining the Re-
publican policy of protection as any other
class of workingmen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

"It may we'll be that our opponents
have no real intention of putting their
promise Ito give Filipino s independ-
encel into effect. If this is the case, if,
in other words, they are insincere in
the promise they make, it is only nec-
essary to say again that it is unwise to
trust men who are false in one thing
to deal with anything. "-Rooseyelt's let
ter of acceDtance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
blocking to the Popnlist Candid ate

blocking to the Populist Candidate.
Bryan's bitter denunciation of Par
ker is bearing fruit. Dispatches from
several States report that the Nebras-
kan's admirers are focking to the Popu-
list standard. Some of Judge Parker's
close friends are accusing Bryan of di-
rectly inspiring the desertion of such
men as Melvin G.. Palliser, the New
York leader of the Bryan forces.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

The value of farm lands has been ma
terially enhanced by rural free delivery
This increase of value has been esti-
mated as high as So per acre in some
States. A moderate estimate is from
s. to So per acre. For the rapid de-
velopment of rural free delivery the
farmers are indebted to the Republican
party.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

Democratic claims Of carrying New
York this fall do not appear to appeal to
the class of men whose money talks in
he betting ring. The 100000 hung up
by a wealthy Broad street broker to
wager that Roosevelt carries New York
has scarcely received ten per cent nib
BILE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
He HASN'T Ioafed.

The American Secretary of State has
accomplished about all that has been at
tanned by the great diplomats of the
world within the last four or FIVE years.
In other words, John Hay hasn't done
any ''loafn' round the Throne"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Why?

The last four years of Democratic
rule that we had should be warning
to the people not to repeat the expert
ment. At the end of Mr.. Cleveland's
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

Experience has shown that the public
credit and the national currency are
absolutely safe in the hands of the Re
publican party. Why risk entrusting
them to a party that has never shown
any capacity for managing them?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

If Democratic promises were Of value
it would be proper to insist upon less
expression of 'woe" and little more
eight"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

And so in this year 1904 she has gone
this Maine of ours-on the side Of the
Republican party, and oh, hasn't gone
half way yet! 1t is good to contemplate
the manner in which she will conduct
herself in November.
Maine is peopled with Americans, with
the descendants of those who wrenched
the wilderness into civilization on this
continent. Very acute and sensible are,
the great grandchildren voters of Maine.
They have expressed themselves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

The record of the Republican party
is one of things done and pledges full
filled; that of the Democratic party is
one Of the things promised and pledges
broken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
AZ to Maine.

And did you hear the news from Maine!
From Maine, Maine, Maine
She went hell bent for Governor Kent,
And Tippecanoe, and Tyler, too.
The Washington times., 1904-06-14
PREACHERS
GAMBLED IN STOCKS
So Say Baltimore Brokers, Who Declare That One Of
Them Owes the Firm $500.

Asbury Methodist Episcopal Churcn. in
this city. Both were present a. the
meeting. They contend that they did
nothing contrary to JEe rules Il the
church The meeting vas secret, and
none of those present wouIi talk. OK
ccpt in the most genC,al way.
As DIT. Corkran was leaving the
church, he was met by Deputy Sheriff
Charles Bowers, who served a summons
i'm the case brought against him In thc
State courts by Zell * Morccret. the
Baltimore Do okers, who Ihege that the
doctor owes them balance of about
&.Io2 for money due on stock transac-
tons.
The Washington times., 1904-06-14

WILMINGTON. Del. June 4-Mem-
hers of the Wilmington District Metho-
DIST Preachers Association spent sew
eral hours I'm conference, considering the
cases of the Rev. Wilbur +. Corkran
and the Rev. Charles :. Baker. who are
charged with dealing i'm stocks. Tho en-
tire question was roserLej 10 Presiding
Elder \. 8 Mowbray, who viii act on
his return 90 the city. and decide
whether to- apuoiuJ "a committee TO IN
ycstigut,. ih, cdl' geS.
Dr. Corkrau is still connected with his
conference. but is stationed IN Bethle-
hem, Pa. Or. Baker Is the pastor OF