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The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
THE "BIG STICK" LIE.
Nonpartisan Tcstimoay that Roossvsls
Is Leader of Peace Movement

Nonpartisan Tcstimoaythat Roosevelt
Is Leader of Peace Movement
Apropos of the silly Democratic charge
that Mr.. Roosevelt is war lord" 4 10
interesting to note how the lnterparlaA
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 VS.
itors were entertained at luncheon by the
National Civic Federation in New Yorh
recently. Here is what Thomas Tough.
an Irish member of the Union, In pro-
posing toast to the President Of The
United States, said. as reported by Ahs
New York World, n newspaper that has
been picturing Mr.. Roosevelt - . vsritA.
Bile god of war:
We. who are visitors here, after few
days regard him as q ruler Of one Of the
mightiest powers Of the earth, who has
taken more distinct step In the interest
of peace than perhaps any other power
has taken. He is not only great ruler
himself, but is worthy representative Of
| Il great line OF rulers who have done much
| for the liberties OF mankind.
w. Randall Cremer, a noted msmbss
of the British Parliament, also praised
the President The soveregns OF Bp-
|
| peace propositions" "always with .
| but" He then said
| Not so your young President; ne, but-
| but, but with him In any OF his utter
1 ances lie talked in clear, manly tone.
| straight from the shouIder-noble words
| and we all rejoice in his statement Of Sat
| ur.lay and in his assurance that the great
| United States will sign what We failed
| eighteen years ago to get.
Others spoke in the same strain. givins
non partisan testimony that President
Roosevelt has done more to aid the uni'
versal peace movement than any othsl
| President.
The big stick" bugaboo Is not worry
ing anybody but those Democrats wha
are foolish enough to think they can BE-
guile the voters by mutilating the Presi
dents speeches and twisting their moan
ing into the opposite of what he said
Democracy has never yet been able b
conduct an honest campaign. Hypocrisy
deception and forgery are the chief tenet
of it's creed.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
FOR HOME AND FIRESIDE.
Lincoln Signed Homestead Law-Mil-
lions Thue Become Frecholdere.

Lincoln Signed Homestead Law-Mil-
lions Thus Become Frecholdere.
The Homestead Law was passed by a
Republican Congress-Democrats oppOs-
ing-and signed by President Abraham
Lincoln in 1862. 1t has proven to be
one of the most beneficial measures ever
enacted by Congress or signed by
President. 1t has largely populated the
West, up to date. with independent
homecoming citizens. 1t opened to i'm
mediate settlement millions of acres OF
public domain. chiefly west of the Mis-
sissippi. Settlers rushed in from the
Eastern States and from Europe. More
than any other influence. it has contrib
uted to the development of the Western
States and the rapid growth of the ma
| ton.
The Democratic party was true to its
policy of obstruction in this. is it has
been in every other measure intended
for the good of all the people. The first
bill, introduced in 1859, passed the
House by a vote of 12O to 16 The Re
publicans We're supported by few scat
! tering Northern Democratic votes, but
the Southern Democrats voted in a body
against it. The Senate was then Demo
|
per house. In March. 1860, Mr.. Love
joy reported the Grow Homestead bill
and it was passed by a vote of 115 to
60; all of the affirmative votes, except
one, being from the free States. The
Senate passed different bill and there
was a conference which finally agreed
upon a modified bill. This was vetoed
June % 1860, by the Democratic presi
dent, Buchanan.
In 1862, when the Republicans had {
majority of 30 in the House and II il
the Senate, a new homestead bill wa
passed and signed by President Lincoln
as stated. The measure was framed b.
Republicans and passed by Republican
votes At the same session were passe'
the acts establishing q Department o
Agriculture and providing for agricul
tural colleges. In 1864, 1870 and 1877
bills were passed by Republicans givin
Union soldiers special homestead priv
ileges These measures encouraged thou
sands OF soldiers who were discharge
: in 1868 and 1866 to emigrate from tn
East to such States as Iowa, Nebraska
Kansas and the Dakotas, in the middl
, West.
There are many and strong reason
why the western farmers, ranchmen an
miners should vote the Republican ticke
but the national Republican legislatio
that gave homesteads to millions
enough, of itself to bind the West irr
vocably to the Republican party.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
THE PARTY OF THE FLAG.

The old flags still s-waving the starr
are clean and white,
The red and blue are cleaning, = jsJ
to every sight.
With drum beat and with trumpet, With
musket and with sword
The old flag came to being. each thrsa1
with glory stored.
We held it high. triumphant when
was but rag.
And still we stand beneath 1t. the psrty
of the flag.
The old flag and its story The old ea0
and its truth!
We wove it in the passions that marked
the nations youth;
We dyed it in the lifeblood OF our heroic
sons;
1t wrapped the laureed caskets Of ous
heroic ones.
II waves to-day in honor from forepsab
and from crag,
And we stand proud beneath 1t, the party
of the flag.
The old flag and it's honorl The cid Aas
and it's pride!
1t shakes silent challenge whenever ~
defied;
1t whispers us a blessing all through tie
starry night;
1t sings song of safety when blasin0
in the light.
1t bushes all contention all bluDteS and
all brag,
And we stand firm beneath It, the party
of the flag
| The old flag and it's meaningl The story
1t has made!
The story of brave actions Of soldier
| unafraid,
The story Of stern duty: OF faith ohas
| there should be
One land from south to ,northland. one
land from sea to sea.
We held it high. triumphant, shot-rid-
| died and rag;
And still we stand beneath II, the party
of the flag! NR
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

that THE apprehension which now pre-
walls iii business circles and the present
unsatisfactory industrial condition of the
country. seems to demand political
change"
The official announcement that the
Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company now number 44.9JO-an
increase OF - per cent. since May, 1907
lis significant bit of testimony in a
new quarter TO the fact that here in the
United States not only is wealth increas-
ing, but that it is being more generally
and widely distributed than ever be-
fore
More men receiving larger wages,
more stockholders getting better divi-
dends. is the condition as regards the
railroads Of the United States now as
compared with four and eight years ago.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
MUST TRUST Roosevelt
There Is No Other Alternative for the
Work gmen.

Wage earncrs, though saying little, are
taking a 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 Parkers letter
comfort for labor in that, and will GER
tainly conclude that the long-looked for
document is the work of a designing knave
or incompetent and certainly not the work
of q statesman, because 1t Is fiat, strle and
Improbable to the reader, closely resemb-
ling all his other expressions IN which he
has expressed nothing tangible In any Of
his promises 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 10 alarm all libertyloying,
generous hearted and fair-minded men,
We must trust Roosevelt. There Is nc
alternative for the workers OF the United
States.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

you're the first Parker man I've
seem" said an Hi is man to a New
York Democrat who had strayed away
from the city and travelled west for a
change.
"Weu." said the New Yorker, I'VE
don't expect to elect Parker, but we are
gathering the pieces together to recon-
struct the regular Democratic party. leav-
ing out the wild-eyed wonders Of 1896
and 1900. In about eight years we'll be
ready for business
Rather hard that, on the Esopus can
didate'
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

gress voted $1,o00,0O0 in the de6ciepcv
plli Tor last year. Steve tells me thar
$l,4lOOO0 has been covered bacL ;ntl
',e treasury as the unexpended balance
y, ,'at constitutional appropriation.
Catch Democrat coverin' anything back
INTO the treasury, once he got il appro-
priated.
AIT my boy, fear you have been
iampasting mares nest filed with hor-
nets, as you will find out when the old
soldiers are aroused.
see that in our foreign relations Won
Iavor sort Of spineless Monroe doctrine
that would invite every European mower
10 annex American territory without any
real opposition from Uncle Sam. Steve
says the sturdy miners of West Virginia
won't stand for any such pusillanimous
policy. They believe with Dick Olney
that on this continent the will of the
American people is sovereign and its fiat
law, without consent of English King,
German Kaiser or Russian Garland
they don't care who knows it.
see you are kickin' because the m
tlonal expenditures were 1852 900, 600 in
l9o4, against $274,O00.OOO in 1875, the
year before Tilden was not elected to re-
form them, though you seem to think he
was. You appear to have forgotten that
this country has nearly doubled in popu
lation and trebled in wealth, business
and national Importance since 1875. In
my "Liniment for Man and Beast Al
manac" for 1904 l find such facts a.
| these:
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 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 will disappear. Why doesn {
Senator Bacon begin campaign FOR the
secession of Georgia from the Sohd
South? OF course he will answer The
Negro" But, so far as national politics
go. the negro is the merest DOGGY ever
coniured out Of the brain of political
dema gogIeS.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
Railroad Prosperity Beuefits the Peo-
pie.

The Illinois Centrars total pay roll for
the year ended June 30, 1904, according
to It's annual report just issued, showed
n gain of S2.4OO,595 over the previous
year.
This is significant bit Of testimony
as to how times are still improving under
Republican rule. and AS to the absurdlty
of the statement Of ii. q. Davis. the
Democratic candidate for Vice President,
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20


Where are you goin' to begin cuttin'?
Will you inform your aged but strictly
business associate on the Democratic
ticket-and it shall go no further-how
in the sacred name of Sammy ]. Tilden
you expect to run billion dollar country
on a 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 II
foot of 1904 into 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 yonr
peroration, in 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 hleared yet-Steve says IT.
old age-over this confession of self
sacrifice for which you and Dave Hi
and Bill Sheehan and Pat McCarreI
have been pulling wires for two years
When | shut my eyes | think of you a
Ajax defying the lightnin' with one han'
on the electric sparker and one foo
workin' the sheet iron thunder.
That's right. partner" says l, def
the presidential lightnin' bug. O, tho,
sage of Esopus. Don't be afraid; It'll
never strike either of us"
It's after s O'Clock and I've been yawn
in. SO the nurse says l must be put t
bed.
So good night. from Uncle
HENRY GASSAWAY.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
A Coming Surprise for Tanimany.

There are likely to be some surprises
for Democrats. even in the New York
city elections. The Russian and Ger
man Jews are, to a man, for Roosevelt,
and for obvious reasons. lie 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.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
MINERS LIKE ROOSEVELT.
William Little Tells Why the Press-
dent Should Re Elected.

Democrecy's campaign managers are
trying their utmost to show that Presl-
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 i'll
expressing their views individually. Will
liam Little. member of the executive
board of the United Miners Of America.
is as careful an observer of public senti-
ment as can he found in the great army
of toilers He travels extensively, and
has become convinced, after talking with
representative labor unionists through
the country, that there is nothing or
nobody in it but Roosevelt" as he terse-
ly sizes up the political situation. In an
interview in the Labor World of Pitts
burg, printed in it's issue of Sept 2,
Mr.. Little says:
find a Roosevelt sentiment prevailing
among those who do not take much interest
in politics as well as among those who DO.
Roosevelt will certainly have big vote
among the workingmen for it is their firm
conviction that he is their friend. And let
me remark that he is a true friend. | have
watched his policy toward organized abor
ever since he became a pubic man. and he
You'd 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 1t that he will get
| us more than any other man l know of.
am aware that among the workingmen
| there arc many who will neither vote the
| Democratic or Republican tickets. Iney
| will vote for some radical candidate Let
me point out a great truth aud it is this
| If we do not want to throw our vote away
| let us cast 1t for Roosevelt. To vote FOL
| ba LIST ticket
| there is no possible chance for other thar
! The Democratic or Republican candidate be
| ing elected 1t is simply contest be
| tnoy thai ..'reddv' has been our friend ant
| will remain SO. We don't know what Par
| ker is. but he cannot be any better thar
Roosevelt and there are 90 chances 70
against his being as good. 1t Is our dnty
! tharefore TO use our votes In way ina
they will do most good. We can do this b!
/ voting for Roosevelt
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

ut IL idle to say that the monetary
standard of the Nation 10 irrevocabiy
dxed 90 long as the party which at the
last election cast Approximately forty
ak per cent. of the total vote, refuses
tn put in its piatfor aay state meut
that the question 10 ssttIed- "-Rooseveit's
iett or of ACCEPT ancc.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

waIkaway for Roosevelt.
ann carry Won. New York" said Far
ker.
r.o GOOD old State said: "HOw you
talk!
On this plain truth just put ma,ke
I'm more than old enough to walk.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

President Roosevelt personally stands
for courage. honesty. decency, strength
and common sense. As RepuDnean he
stands for wise administration OF the
laws. serving all classes alike he rear
ICES he is the servant of all the people,
sworn TO act without discrimination
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

The election next month will indeed
,,rn mon the trlistworthin-ss 81 the re
sDectiye parties. and Republicans bide
the result with the confidence born OF
stewardship faithfully. coursgeous'y and
successfully administered.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
The Railway Employer Twens

Century Club OF Illinois 10 up 10 date
1t adopted a resolution indorsing Pres
dent Roosevelt and denouncing the Dem
ocratic national platform as devoid a.
sincerity" Its hard to fool q good saSb
road man.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

C,avalauJ originated the
-. .It is a condition that confronts
pn' not . theory" Applying it to the
present situation it may ne reiiarNe"
that the condition is Repnbiicah prosper
ity and the theory consists Oh De'i''
cratic promises.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

Oh I wish the war were over.
Would the cruel work re done'
Would the party were niltSd,
And the many crarks as oLs
A. P.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

One good thing can DO said Of the
New York Democracy. 1t is rapidly
clearing the higher court bench Of ac-
tive political bosses. First Judge Park
err, and now Judge Herrick. Next7
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

There will DO bailot-box famine -
the middle West unless the election on
Gals provide good stock of new ones
to hold the first voters ballots for Rooss-
Welt.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

"rYrtii our opponents as party "a.
,..,,,v adopt the views which we hold
-, mon which we have acted ana arc
..t,ur, In the matter Of sou.d cur
-.ncv. the only real way to keep the
.r..tion from becoming unsettled u
zen the Republican party In
:, poo<evelt,s letter Of acceptance
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
The Truth About II.


"a doubtful State!" the Demmies say.
But later oil they'll shout less,
For after next election day
They'll find the State was doubtless.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

Republicans in Maryland are making .
gallant fight. For pure grit and "Gis
th.-s" MsrvIsnder every tinnsl
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-20
TO WRITE HISTORIC PLAY

new light. There are stacks OF
books about this affair of Burr s,
and she has read them all. The
play will be about the attempt to
establish new empire west of the
Mississippi.
The play will be called "The-
!odosa," the name Of Burr's daugh-
ter, the girl who was drowned IN
a wreck on the southern coast just
as her fathers plans were matur-
ing, The playwright is going to
make Theodosa her heroine. She
is to be the Queen Of Montezuma,
or something like that.
The characters in the piece
will include Burr, Washington lr-
wing (who was said to be Theo-
dosa's sweetheart), Pontiac, the
Indian chief; his brother, the
Prophet, and a few picturesque
Spanish adventures from New Or
leans.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-20

If there happens to be a hotel on
Blennerhassett island, near Park
ersburg, the keeper thereof is adj
vised 20 keep a sharp lookout for
a young and beautiful woman
who will descend upon him inside
of a week, says Chris Hawthorne
in the Pittsburg Dispatch.
This lady is going down the
river from Pittsburg and will re-
main in the vicinity Of the island
for about month with the pur-
pose of gathering material for a
play on Aaron Burr, the scene OF
which is to be laid'on the island.
She will interview in a discreet
way all the old inhabitants, and
she hopes to meet some old fellow
who was a boy when the brilliant
adventurer went down the river
and invaded the quiet home OF the
BIennerhassetts. From such a
person she hopes to get a little
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-20

Hawkins, Larsen & company
tapped the Keener pay last even
inc at No. l well on the Barkwlll
farm near Raven Rock, and the
hole filed up 1900 feet with the
fluid. The well, which will doubt
less make a good producer, was
shut down for tankage. 1t will be
drilled in today.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-20

Mrs. George johnson of South
Wells street, did not return home
this week as she had intended do
ing, owing to the serious illness of
her sister, living in Washington,
Pa. whom she has been visiting
for several weeks.
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Master Perry Wolfe is i'll at the
home of his parents on Clay street.
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Miss Tillia Kinney Of Phlladel-
phia, Pa, is the house guest OF
Mrs. p. Shaw of Clay street.
q 4 4
Misses Hazel STRANGE and Babe
Miller left last night for Wav-
erly, where they will spend a few
days.
Misses Mayme Quigley and
Ethel Robinson, 'O4 graduates of
our High school, are preparing to
enter Oberlin college in Ohio this
fall to pursue musical studies.
e 4. q
Carl Knoke, the barber, who
has been taking treatment at Has
kins hospital for the past several
weeks, is able to be at his accus-
toned place at Conser's barber
shop.
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Holy Rosary.
The masses at $50 and 1890
a. m.
Sunday-school at 9 a. m.
Vespers and benediction at 8
p. m.
All are cordially invited to at
tend these services.
Z: q q
Episcopal.
On account of the absence OF
the rector. there will be no morn
ING or evening service in st.
Paul's church.
The Sunday-school will meet at
3 D. m. rs usual.
q I. Z
Presbyterian.
There will be no preaching at
this church Sunday.
Sunday-school at 40 a. M, fol-
lowed by Mems Bible class.
PRAYER meeting Wednesday at
8 p. m.
2 = e
Baptist.
Sunday-school at 9:43 a. m.
Bible classes for men and wom-
en-.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at s
p. m. ,.u
No preaching service till All
Gust %, on account of vacation OF
the pastor.
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Christian.

Sunday-school at 9:45 a. m.
Preaching by Ed. Dotson at IL
a. m. and 8 p. m, at Citizens
Hose house.
All are cordially invited to at
tend.
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Methodist Episcopal.

Sunday-schOol at $50 a. m:
Preaching by the pastor, Rev
H. Barton Bowden, at II a. m. and
8 D. m morning subject, "Medl-
tation;' evening, "The Important
Thing"
Junior league on the parsonage
lawn at 3 p. m.
Wednesday and Friday services
at 8 p. m.