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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
TENNESSEE DEMOCRACY

The Tennessee democrats continue
to race in SO extraordinary fashion,
that every disinterested onlooker has
very grave doubts whether they are
safe and sane" or not. Here is a
specimen from. the Nashville Banner:
Can it be that the republican cam
paign is SO desperate that Tom Wat
son is become a valuable political as
set, recruited to help Roosevelt be-
cause the democrats nominated agold
standard man? What good can the
rawlings Of this blatant demagogue
about the gold standard do the repub-
lican cause, when, only last winter,
he insisted that the democratic con-
.ventiOn should nominate another gold
standard man if it wanted his sup
port" s
A southern democrat goes wild when
ever the name of Tom Watson is men,
toned. Could any man come to any
other conclusion than that the writer
OF the above paragraph had gone daft :?
There are going to be many populist
votes in the south or the democrats
down there would not take on" in
such cranky manner
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08

There can be no public trust that
more vitality touches the pockets of the
people than that of public treasurer.
The people of the state of Nebraska
have had some sorry experience along
this line, that has burned deeply into
their minds the Importance OF this
fact. Because of past experience, vot-
ers hereafter Will look carefully into
the record OF every man seeking cleo
ton to this high Office. The candi-
date OF the peoples and democratic
parties for state treasurer will bear the
closest investigation into his business
and official life, and that investigation
Will satisfy tho most exacting.
Senator John M. Osborn is a ma
tive OF Indiana, and was born March
10. iSl3. After graduating from the
common schools of his neighhorhood,
he attended Union Christian college.
At the breaking out OF the rebellion he
loft his farm life 20 enlist In The
Nlnety-seventh |. ". T., and served
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRACY


The democrats in Massachusetts,
went to work and re-organized their
party on the sane and safe'' plan.
They downed Geo. Fred Williams and
kicked out all of his kind. Now the
Worcester Post, which is one of the
sane and safe kind says:
IF ever a party organization needed
to be re-organized and shaken up, the
democratic state and municipal or
CARNATIONS in Massachusetts do In
the municipal organizations, there are
grafters that have no earthly interest
in the party's success. They fight for
an election to the city committee for
what they can make out of it.
So it seems that the reorganization
headed by Olney and CASTOR, which
resulted in making over the Williams
democracy into another republican
party, has not succeeded in getting
any additional votes and in many parts
OF Massachusetts the democratic vote
has fallen off since CASTOR threw Will
liams over the transom The perform
ance of the democracy in Massachu-
sets is safe lunacy but the sanity does
not appear. Graft is it's most dis
tinguished characteristic.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08

The populists OF Douglas county are
becoming vigorous as the time APP
proaches for the county convention.
There are few counties In this state
where the populists have been so wan
tonly betrayed by so-called democrats
as in Douglas county. So much SO that
tho aggressive and valuable members
Of the party have 10 large numbers
gone into the socialist ranks rather
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
NON-PARTIsAN

The laying of the corner stone of
the new postoffice building in Lincoln
was announced in the republican pa
pers as purely nOn-partisan cere-
mony. The speakers on that occasion
were Governor Mickey, republican can
didate for reelection, Ed Sizer. re-
publican postmaster; Burkett, republic
can candidate for senator and for con-
gress.s 1t has been the republican idea
in Nebraska for years that any sort of
a public performance to which no one
was admitted except republicans was
strictly non-partisan.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
a LIVELY CORPSE

Since Morgan made his deal and got
his guarantees from Roosevelt and
turned his papers and influence over
to the republicans, there has been a
woeful wall sent up from every demo-
cratic headquarters in the land about
a lack of funds. The othef day Rep
resentatiye Cowherd, who is at the
head of the democratic congressional
committee, after keeping the wires hot
for a long time with demands on Shee-
han and Belmont for funds, left Wash
ington for New York after making a
statement that II he could not get
funds he would close the congressional
headquarters and give up the fight, He
went To New York and nothing has
been heard from him since. The fact
IL, that Wall street having made a
satisfactory deal with Roosevelt. Is not
going to spend much money on the
democratic campaign. They look upon
such proposition as throwing good
money after bad, since Cooper Union
meeting. That meeting took the last
hope from the democrats Of carrying
New York. The populist party, which
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
SEND FOR 1T AT ONCE.

punishment in the whole empire. What
is astonishing is that any body Of men
in Russia should have dared to de-
mand complete freedom OF the in
dividual, of speech and of assembly"
Such a demand as that before the
war with Japan would have sent every
one connected with it to Siberia.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08

SO many astute gentlemen in Nebraska
and elsewhere declared dead, rose up
and with one blow. knocked the gold
standard democracy cold. The umpire
counted it out and that ended the fight.
Populism is pretty lively corpse.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08

democrat, such a party should get into
power, governmental choas would re-
suit again, just as it did under Cleve-
land during his. last administration.
II is true that large majority of
lnose who at present call themselves
democrats have certain well-defined
principles, but they are overwhelmed
Dy the shreWd managers of the trusts
and the money power In the south
they are made to believe that the
north intends to invade that section
and place The negroes in power over
the Whites-to force. negro social
equality upon them. In the north
they denounce every, effort to stop the
concentration of wealth in few hands,
or any opposition to the power that
controls legislatures, city councils and
courts and every department of gov
eminent in the interest of corpora
lions. trusts and banks. They call
themselves sane" and denounce all
allo care oppose them as wild-eyed
lunatics. They downed Bryan and seek
to make the principles which he has
advocated appear ridiculous and abb
surd And the basis of all this, the
very foundation upon which it all
rests is the claim that they can poll
$50 electoral votes in the south, by
making the people there believe that
the north is coming down there to
force negro social equality upon them.
For thirty years the republican party
held power and built up great mon
led plutocracy by waving the bloody
shirt" in every campaign Then the
cry was that the southern .brigadiers'
were coming to Washington to take
charge of the government and run it
in the interest of the defunct south
eIn confederacy. The mullet heads of
the north were willing to turn the
government over to the banks and the
bondholders to prevent the southern
brigadiers. who hadn't a gun, or a
soldier and hardly dollar in their
pockets, from overriding the north.
Now the same gang Of predatory pi-
rates are getting the southern mullet
heads to vote 'er straight, to prevent
the north from forcing negro equality
upon them.
There was Just as good basis for
the old 'bloody shirt campaigns as
there is now for this solid south"
campaign on negro social equality.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
COLORADO

One OF the first articles in The In
dependent on the Colorado situation
called attention to the fact that the
course of the courts out there and OF
the civil authorities would be used as
a precedent in other. states whenever
the occasion arose. In an editorial
last week the Boston Herald in COM
menting on the situation in Colorado
takes exactly the same position. It
says:
Zone great impending mischief is
that Colorado is thus furnishing an ex-
ample that other states may initiate.
The conditions for similar civil war
exist in every state having large in
dustries and "a large labor union popu-
lation Are the conflicts that arise
between employers and employed to
be settled in this way everywhere
Will. other governors undertake to
treat strikes as rebellion and to sup
press labor unions by similar strenu-
GUS means, holding that one party has
no rights and the other has all license
to oppose it, even to the extent of SUBJ
stituting martial law for civil law and
lending the military authority to sup
port the unlawful action of mobs COM
posed of gentlemen of property and
standing?
The international socialist congress
at Paris. which ended last week,
adopted resolution condemning hos
tility to trusts which the European So
ciaiists, equally with their American
brethren, regard as working out short
cuts toward the regime of state-owned
industry. Here is where socialism and
plutocracy stand together.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
DOUGLAS COUNTY

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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11
The Paramount Issue.

A great IN my Republicans do
not believe in negro equality,
ant yet they are seriously
thinking about voting for Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Here is an eye-opeuer, a let
ter from Henry S. Barker, a
prominent colored citizen of
Washington, D c., which re.
Gently appeared in the Post Of
that city:
"E I;tor Post: AS a colored
man 1 wish to call attention to
the difference between the Re-
publican and the Democratic
NATIONAL conventions. At the
Republican convention the COL
ured man was treated as a COM
union, friend and brother.
There he was made TO feel as If
he were not only a political,
but a social eql,l. The dele
gates followed the advice aud
TX lmpIe vi our beloved pres
dent. Theodore Roosevelt, WHO
teaches that the colored man
deserves to be treated as
socil equal. To emphasize
this tact, he had the courage
to have at his table Prof. Book
err I. Washington. II r pose.
welt is elected t will so encour.
age the cblored nln that we
will demand that Prof. Booker
T. Washington shall be the Re
publican candidate for vice
president in 1908.
LET not my colOred brethren
forget that scene in the Repub-
licau convention when a beLuti-
tut white glrl was placed upon
t lie stage and by her side L ne
gro boy. They then placed
flags in their hands aAd allow.
ed them to lead the cheering,
thus making the first and
grdudest example of the equal
ity of the races that history re-
cords.
"lu the Democratic conven-
ton there was not a single col
ored man. 1t was in word and
in deed a white mans couven-
tion of a white mans party.
All hail to Roosevelt, who has
given to the poor negro so much
to encourage him to persist in
his political and sociIt rights"
There you ar--whdt do you
think y! ? III ..uibal Jour-
nal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

The Mokane Herald Post
under the management of r
Earle Hodges keeps right on
moving forward and is today one
of the best papers in towns of
1000 iuha bitants. The paper is
now an all home print six COL
umu folio and is credit to the
elitor and the town in which it
is published.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11
$50 Students

We're enrolled in the Chilli
cuihe Normal, Commercial,
Shorthand and Telegraphy Col
leges the past year. 1t pays to
attend a noted institution like
this Write to Pres. Allen
Moore, Chillicothe, Mo, for cat
alog containing 725 pictures.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11
One Hundred Dead.

st. Louis, Aug, 8.-Fully ore
hundred lives ave now said TO
have been lost in Missouri
Pacific wreck near Ellen, Coio-
RADIO. The east bound Flyer,
continuing five coaches, went
through a bridge across Dry
creek. A cloud burst had made
the creek a raging torrent and
one coach Was carried four
miles down stream. 1t ia i'm
possible as yet to get list of the
dead. except Il few. Thirty
b dies have been recovered.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11
For sale Cheap.

Dresser, wash stand, ex-
tension also kitchen table.
bath tub, wood. also coal
heating stCve.--See E. G.
Shyrack at once, over Variety
Store.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

W. V. Hucbsch as accepted a
position with Williamson.
Hawkins and Yates where he
will be pleased to meet his
friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

J. P Sullivan and wife Itt,
Monday for their home in Chi
cago after a pleasant visit with
Mr.. Sullivan's father, Michael
Sullivan.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

When it comes to asking for
Off eS Marion county is strictly
in it. For thirty-six out of
forty eight years Marion county
has been the home of the Cir.
cult Judge and for the last
twelve years Marion county has
furnished the State Senator
Give us little rotation.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Elder Walter Cash, of St
Joseph, was in the city Monday.
enroute to Bucklln to attend
the funeral of a niece. He
came here from Madison.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Misses Allie aud Title Nevins
went to ST. Louis yesterday to
select = fall stock of bedu'itu'
head wear for the ladies and
spend few days at the Fair
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

There will be a big bali next
Thursday evening August 18th,
1904 at the opera house Mon
roe City for The benefit OF the
Holy Rosary Church.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

An excellent time was had by
those who attended the picnic
at Joanna. Saturday. There
was a good crowd in atteno-
ance. Young and old enjoyed
the occasion and the day was a
pleasant one. 1t does one good
to meet with congeuial friends.
In every respect the picnic was
a success.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

DIR. r. Woods. oculist Of Quin-
cy, will be in Monroe City at
New Monroe Hotel on Thurs
day August IL (eleventh) from
8 a. m. until 9 p. m
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

There WAS big attic ldance
at the Stoutsville picnic last
Friday. All the county candi-
dates were there. mingling with
the peopl'. Monroe City sent
quite a delegation.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

John L. Green from shepherd,
LII has moved back. Says he
likes the people ard country.
here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Misses Ruth Latham, Nell
GLllaher and lola Harwood of
Rensselaer, and Helen Southern
of Atlanta, Mo, are the guests
o. Mrs W. II. Rntledge.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

The Republicans OF the First
District have nominated Judge
E iward Higoee, of Lancaster.
Schuyler Co, as their candidate
for Congress.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Master Paul and Miss Lucille
Noland, of Shelbyville are
spending the week with their
grandmother, Ms. Mary e. Mol
and.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

LOST-A par SIP, clacies on
Saturday. between Richard
Hays aud Monroe City. Find
err leave at post office.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Mrs. John Gottman and Miss
Mcneil came up from Hannibal
yesterday to visit friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

DR.. w. P. Abel. Osteopath,
will be in Monroe City every
Monday and Friday, beginning
Aug. I, 1904.
If. w. p. ABEL, d. o
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Frank Dimmit and wife, #
Shelblna, spent part of the
week with the family of w. R.
P. Jacks IN.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Master Harry ana Miss Myr-
tie Baker returned to Shelby
vile Monday after Il visit with
their aunt, Mrs. NARY Nuldnd.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Mrs D. j. Ebey returned Tues
day from visit with her daugh'
ter. Mrs R. G. Vasey. at st
Louis.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11
Griflth's dinners are the best.

Thomas M. Boulware has
been in st. Louis this week buy
ing goods and taking in tie
Fair
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

John f. Ora wford is in ST.
Louis looking for bargains for
Lis customers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Ira Nelson and wife of Jack
sonville, Fla, came yesterday
for visit with relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Mrs. Anna Moss, of Clayton,
H., is the guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Mcintyre.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Roy Meriwrther will study
law at the State University
this year.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11
Go to Griffith's for ice cream.
The big strike goes on.

Piano for sale or trade. A
big bargain. Call at office
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Misses Waful, of Lathrop
spent part of week with their
friend, Miss Anna Fl. Ely.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Mrs. J. II. S. Hickman and
children returned to their home
at Hannibal Tuesday
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Yancy Sullivans is here from
Columbia visiting relatives and
friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

It is estimated that the war
is costing Russia s; $40 600 per
day and Japan 81, 200, O0U every
"a hours.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Dr.4 Joseph Hardy was here
fro ST. LOUIS part of the
week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Vacation days for the pupils
of the public schools are rapid
ly drawing to a close.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Blackh rries have been a
scarce drLIcle on tue market
here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Misses Ethel Dillon and Ger
trude Roberts Jaw we're QIIucy
visitors yesterday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Miss Sue Bohrer was the
pleasant guest of friends here
part of the week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

JAM N. Wilson and family,
Of near Tulip spent part of the
week with relatives near Nor
roe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Mrs. Thornton Marshall and
children of Quincy are visiting
here. ....
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

r A. Oge of st. Louis, spent
part the week with friends in
tins city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Let. US fix up your Office sta
tipnery.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11

Schouten's bread at Griffith's.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-02

and III G. Davidson is fitting four
head for the under the six months
class. Mr.. Warren and Mr.. Hen
derson, after spending the night
with U-Know, left Saturday morn
ing for Kenton, where the former
boarded the train to visit herds of
stock in other counties of the State.
Mr.. Warren informed us that the
above mentioned three herds of
Berkshires were the only stock of
any kind in Obion county that were
being prepared for the ST. Louis
show so far as he was informed
It is shame that this grand coun-
ty of ours will have but a meager
10 head of live stock in this great
Worlds Fair to advertise to the
world the great possibilities of the
live stock industry of our county
which every we'll posted man is
ready to admit equals that of any
other county in the State and far
surpasses many. Had we had a
county and State fair years ago
our people would not have been in
this state of lethargy as regards
the needs of and the benefits that
would acrue to our county and
State by having representative
show of live stock at st. Louis this
year. Many counties in the State
will not have single live stock ex-
hibit there and doubtless the total
number from the entire State will
not exceed the .number that the
grand county of Obion could and
should have had on exhibition.
Mr.. Warren states that the live
stock exhibit of the State will be
very creditable indeed in point of
quality, but the number will be far
below what it should be. But with
county fairs springing up all over
our state and the bright prospects
now in evidence for the establish
ment of a State fair we feel en-
couraged to believe that ere many
years the grand old Volunteer State
will occupy the rank that she
should in the live stock industry.
If every citizen in the county will
lend their aid towards making our
county fair success and demand
the establishment of a State fair
under the auspices of the agricul-
tural department Of the State we
would soon be on top of the wave
OF solid prosperity.
U-KNow.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-02
ELBRIDGE.

Good rains in the past two weeks,
Pasture lands have taken on new
life and stock of all kinds is doing
we'll.
Health is generally good and
there is nothing to mar the peace
and happiness of our people.
The following citizens, of Num-
Der Nine, are taking in the sights
at the Worlds Fair this week: G..
A. Davidson, wife and son; d. B.
Jackson, wife and daughter; Wal
ter Scoggins and wife, Mrs. Dona
Mangrum and Miss Myrtle David
son.
Cyclone says everything is ad.
vanced but labor. We can't say
how this may be in Cyclones sec
ton, but if farm wages should adj
vance any higher in these parts
somebody about like U-Know will
have to sell farm to make buckle
and tongue meet and even at the
extreme high prices that labor is
commanding it is utterly impossi-
BILE to secure sufficiency Of relia-
BILE farm help at all times. We
never did have any luck at apollo
giving, Cyclone, although we are
not averse to doing so if you will
tell us how, in the meantime you
may give us dose of Topsy if you
wish.
Rev. G. c. Brown, cashier of the
Bank of Obion, purchased pair of
Berkshire hogs, Mr.. Hugh Melon
aid a pair of Cheviot Buck lambs
and pair of B. P. Rock cockrells,
Mr.. Ed McCorkle Polk Beard and
J. ]. Pickett buck lamb from the
Cloverdale stock farm last week
and Mr.. w. c. Caldwell, of Rives.
also visited the farm and is negoti-
ating for several head of stock.
The demand for fine bred stock is
slowly but steadily increasing. Our
grand old country can never be
what it should until scrub stock of
all kinds are eliminated from every
farm in the county and pure breeds
used in their stead. What we need
is quality rather than quantity.
The Tennessee Worlds Fair live
stock inspector, Mr.. Sam N. War
rem, of Spring Hill, Tenn, came
down Thursday of last week to in
spect the live stock of West Ten
nessee that is being fitted for the
show at st. Louis. He stopped off |
1t Kenton and inspected the show
herd of hogs being fitted by J. S.
Henderson and Friday morning he
md Mr.. Henderson drove over to
and Mr.. Warren viewed
he herds OF Berkshires being fitted
oy DR.. /. N. Johnson and III. G.
Mr.. Warren pronounced
ZACH herd worthy and in every way
we'll qualified to enter this great
Fair. Mr.. Henderson is
ittiug one SOW tor the aged class
ind one SOW and one boar for the
Inder a year class and one boar for
he under six months class Or. 1.
Y. Johnson is fitting eight head,
our for the under a year class and
our for the under six months class