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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-01-28

Beginning at corner MI
whence the southwest corna,
tion 36, township 40, south a
west, willamette Meridiar-
north 80 deg. 40 min, west
thence south II min, west
to corner number 2; thence
deE. ~ min., east 900 feet
number 3; thence north I'm
1900 feet to corner number 4
moth 80 deg. 40 min., west
to corner number l., the ph
ginning.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-01-28
Blue Print Paper by the yard or rol
at the Courier office.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In The County Court For Josephin
County, Oregon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-01-28

D. -. l. DhAL'
he gstsr United States Land
hoseburg, Oregon.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
CANDIDATES COMPARED.
Why Roosevelt L. More Popular tn,


Why Roosevelt l. More Popular than
Parker.
The New York Sunday Democrat, a
newspaper that recently bolted Parker
and came out for Roosevelt, in giving
the reasons why the Parker campaign
is 5languishing and the Roosevelt CAM
,paign is booming, says:
Judge Parker has few of the attri-
butes Of popularity; Theodore Roosevelt
has them all. S &. y ssz
Parker is timid; Roosevelt is brave.
. ..Parker is controlled by friends and
patrons; Roosevelt is independe dent.
# s.Parker represents no policy and has
no political record; Roosevelt is one of
the acknowledged progressive statesmen
OF the century and his record IS the rec
ord Of the sunshine years OF militant
and advancing Americanism.
As there is practi cally no one to vig-
orously oppose there is no one to active
Ii defend Judge Parker as political
standard bearer Theodore Roosevelt in-
vites the FIRE of partisan enemies and at
tracts to his support thousands Of pat
sriotic and earnest admirers
s.. Judge Parker IS q YEA didafe an
snnMisencandidate an us,fost innate Scandi-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
PARKER AND THE TRUSTS.
No Likelihood that the Democratic
Candle ate Would Antagonize Them.

No Likelihood that the Democratic
Candidate Would Antagonize Them.
IF Parker should be elected President,
what would he do about the trusts
those gigantic institutions which. the
Democratic platform says Should be
prohibited and punished by law" but the
prohibition and punishment of which
would involve direct personal loss to
some of the Democratic candidates
trusty Wall street friends including
gentlemen like; August Belmont, George
F. Peabody, Daniel S. Lamont, John r.
Mclean, Thomas S. Martin, Col. James
M. Guffey, John D. Crimmins, James
Smith, Jr., and Thomas E. Ryan? 3
:? The Democratic position on the trust
question is grotesquely illustrative of the
saying that politics make strange bed
fellows. -.'
= August Belmont and the other great
Democratic promoters of trusts do not
seem to feel a bit nervous standing on
the Democratic platform with w. J.
Bryan and other great: Democratic trust
busters. They have too much confidence:
in the candidate whose. campaign they
are managing to ever believe for a mo-
ment that he would do anything to inj ure
the trusts with which they are connect
ed, should he be elected President. They
know Parker too we'll to think it posi-
BILE that he would turn out to be an in
CRATE. and attempt to ruin his personal
friends and benefactors.
They are quite willing that the Bryan
trust-busting faction of the Democracy
should have the Democratic platform
just the way they want it, so long as
the Democratic candidates who stand Oh
this platform are theirs ''to have and to
hold.''
Despite the Democratic platform de-
mand for law to- limit corporations to
the States where they originate. Alton B.
Parker thinks the common law is all
the law necessary on the subject of
trusts. The common law has been well
tested in Democratic times as well as
Republican, it never proved itself
anything Of a detriment to the trusts
hence it is easy to understand why Par
ker prefers it to statutory regulations
like the Sherman antitrust law, which
might force him into the embarrassing
position Of some time having to- decide
whether to violate his sworn oath as
President to uphold the laws of the
United States. or to make things I'M
pleasant for Wall street friends, who
would thereby be forced to consider him
a traitor and migrate to their interests.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15

date for the presidency. \ life OF judi
cial monotony and exclusion from polt-
ical affairs does not appeal to the allie
glance of partisans. Theodore Roosevelt
is strong, vigorous, an invincible
candidate for the presidency. He is
man of action nominated for an cleo
torate Of Astounding energy, force and
progress He is. especially, the idol of
the young men of the country.
1T is, therefore, not at all surprising
that as tbs. voters contra st these two y!
candidates they should be irreslstfDly
drawn to one-to Roosevelt-and should
be repealed from or become indifferent
to his antagonist, Parker Such is the
present trend of the campaign and it is
decidedly favorable to President Roose-
welt. No reasonable doubt of his cleo
ton exists or is entertained by anyone
familiar with politics. Democrat or Re
publican"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
LABOR CONTROVERSIES.
Republican Legislation Providing for
r. " Arbitration.


b. s.~.4 Arbitration.
The only national legislation providing
for the arbitration Of labor controversies
and recognizing organized labor was en-
acted by the Republicans. On June l.,
1893, President Mckinley signed q bill
passed by Republican Congress entitled
IAN Act concerning carriers engaged in
interstate commerce and their employees"
1t should be understood, Of course, that
Congress could not legislate for employees
in general. but it has authority to regu-
late interstate commerce. The act re-
ferred to provides that whenever con-
troversy arises between an interstate
railrond and its employees the Interstate
Commerce. Commission shall first offer
mediation, and, that failing, shall en-
deavor to bring about arbitration Of the
dispute. The act provides that if arbi-
tration is agreed to, tone member Of the
board of arbitration shall be selected by
the employer, one by the labor organiza-
ton to which the cmploye belongs, and
a4ti,ird by these two Another section
of the law makes it misdemeanor for
any interstate railroad to dismiss an
employee or threaten him with loss Of
employment for belonging to union.
This law is still in force. and it is the
only piece Of national legislation that
recognizes organized labor. Democrats
have talked, but Republicans have acted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
ALTON B. PARKER AND HENRY
G. DAVIS.

ALTON B. PARKER AND HENRY
G. DAVIS.
il. Backed by
David 3. Hill, William Jennings Bryan
Benz. Tillman, Champ CLARK, Will
liam +. Sheehan, Patrick II. Nc
Carren, Charles F. Murphy and Tom
Taggart.
Senator German and the Democratic
minority in the Senate.
Congressman Williams and the Democra-
+" tic minority in the House of Rep
resentatives. ~ - =,
Bourke Cochran and the host of fossihz-
ed hired advocates who have been
shouting Unconstitutional at every
measure taken to preserve the
Union, advance its prosperity and
establish it's power during the past
forty years, and
The Democratic RECORD of secession, re-
pudiation and obstruction.
The issue before the American people
next November is not between the per-
sonalities of Theodore Roosevelt and
Alton B. Parker, but between two great
organizations representing Respectively
progress and stagnation in national life.
The verdict promises to be as con-
elusive as it was on the same issue in
1Cc1
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
DON'T FORGET CONGRESS.
1t Is Very important that It Should
Be Republican,,

1t Is Very Important that It Should
Be Republican,.
In the great political contest which
occurs in this country every four years.
and which as now on, the election OF
President is apt to overshadow all other
interests. This ought not to be so. The
President is the head of the executive
branch Of the government, but the legis-
Iative branch is equally as important.
Republicans should remember that it is
as important to hold Congress as it is
to elect the President. The election of
Judge Parker would mean much more
than the induction of his personality into
that high office. His election would mean
the election of Democratic House Of
Representatives, and this would be most
unfortunate, because:
First. the Democratic party, composed
as it is of all the distracted elements of
the country, is not capable Of success,
fully administering the affairs of this
deal with the great problems that now
confront us. Second, a Democratic
House of Representatives would mean
that the entire legislative machinery Of
that body would be placed in the control
Of the South; the Sneaker, the committee
On rules, and all the important commit
tees, as we'll as the airmanships of the
same. would be- composed largely Of
Southern men and the great interests OF
the North would be subordi.iated to
Southern policies. In answer to this it
may be said that Democratic House
could do no. harm, as, the Senate would
still be Republican and could prevent
any .unwise or radical legislation. But a
Democratic House could prevent Republi-
can legislations and great harm might
result from that. The election of a Re
publican Congress is scarcely second in
Importance to the election Of a Republi-
can President. r. ...'s.'. r. .4...z.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
WANT a REAL LEADER.
Democrats Finally Realize that Par
ker Is Nonenity.

Democratic newspapers continue to de-
mand that Parker withdraw from his
shell and play the role of leader. Sage
Of Silence sounds well, they say, but
the phrase won't win votes. Give us a
ina nrssife"is ca pa tic Of arUdsfnsr entfus:
iasm or we are BEATEN Democratic edi-
tors are crying. I'VE don't want Hill,
Sheehan and Belmont kept, in the fore
ground, while Parker is muZzled at
Esopus" The editors should have
thought of this before Parker was nomi-
mated. They might have realized, had
they given the matter thought. that
Parker would be nonenity, with such
willy politicians as Hill and Sheehan in
charge of party affairs. Truly, the Demo
cracy is not more of a HAPPY family
than it was four years ago when it had
Bryan as an aggressive leader. Com
menting on the demand that Parker as
sumo the leadership, the Des Moincs
Register and Leader says:
''No man ever entered Il national cam
paign hampered by advisers so diametri-
cally opposed on every vital issue. He
might as we'll expect to make a pair of
Siamese twins out Of Cleveland and
Bryan as to assume that he can an
nounce an aggressive, affirmative and
positive program that will not at once
be set upon by an influential element
of his following.
Judge Parker was nominated to play
the role he is playing. 1t is unfair Of
the men who foresee defeat to begin
at this early stage, to saddle the blame
on him. He is just ,the sort of leader
no was held ont to he inst the sort of
man he always has been. He is con-
Quoting exactly the campaign that his
twenty years on the bench gave pro-
mise of. If the campaign is failure,
let the men who planned it bear the
blame. Judge Parker has deceived no.
body. and is acting his part in the politi-
cal drama exactly as it appears in the
play book" ."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
rhe Viking Fringe.

The, northern fringe of the United
States is being "a pidly and densely popu-
lated with people from Norway, Sweden
and Denmark. This is right, for we are
-of them We are Of the trend of human
ity which populated England and made
tle Anglo-Saxon and subsequently made
the United States. and whose descend
ants generally vote the Republican ticket,
IF any one, doubts that the Northern
States in which are settled so many Of
our own Scandinavians will this year go
anything but Republican-well. he should
be taken care OF by his friends.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
UNDULY PUFFED UP.
The Get-Rich-Quick Democrat Rosse:
ToQ Sona.

The Get-Rich- Quick Demo crat Hoses
Are Dragging Too Soon.
Certain Democrats. with the exuber-
ance Of the newly rich, are Boosting of
the States they are going to carry by
means of their big campaign fund. There
is no telling what may happen, even
with money in the treasury. Only day
or two ago, one politician from West
Virginia was bewailing certain we'll
proved facts in connection with campaign
money. They are: thinking a good deal
of campaign money in West Virginia
just now. This particular individual OF
the Democratic camp said, in effect, that
West Virginia is likely to go Republican
this fall. THE MI gers will all vote the
Republican Ticket. he declared, those
who are allowed to vote. They'll take
our money and then so and vote the Re-
publican ticket straight" ~.... =. -
This is a complicat ton of great import
to our erling brethren e tbs opposing
camp. It was not always thus, but now,
with the Australian ballot, in some form,
in use in many States it is a sad fact
that the riffraff who sell their votes take
the money and then vote as they please.
The Oil trust can put its money into
the Parker campaign fund, but it cannot
buy even one Of its own vast army Of
employees, nor any Of its victims in the
world of business. H.
The Democrats are pulled up over
their fat pocketbook. but it won't help
them in the coming election. The people
prefer. to have money in their own peck
cts, honest money which they have been
able to earn themselves. in time OF
prosperity and industrial activity such
as Republican administration gives
them. teS ~. .E-5.-> 49, r ~ /
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15

After an exhaustive review of the
situation in the Hoosier State Walter
Wellman, the staff correspondent of the
Record Herald, says: With the Re
publican ranks virtually solid with
the Democracy bound to lose few
thousands OF the Bryanites, with nothing
present in the public mind to lead to an
upheaval, and with Indiana a Repubi-
can State to start with. one does not
need to be seventh son to foresee@ the
result. And he estimates the Republi-
can plurality at Somewhere between
5000 and 10000"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15

Is S ..The record Of the last seven year,
proves. that the party&row: In power:
can be trH.tcd to take the additional
action necessary tn improve ard
strengthen oursmenetsry system, and
that nur oppon-nts cannot be 30
trusted - RnoSevelt's letter Of acceptance.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15

II is freely predicted by those who
onght to know that: Ulster county, New
York. Judge Parkers home count !, will
give Roosevelt. good majority.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15

II This ampsfxn Lie9.
o. this may be IMPORTANT
You'd better keep it dark.
They say that Uncle Henry .s'
Was with Noah on the ark.
They say he ran for Office
While living on that boat
And that, just as to-day, he failed
To get the foating vote. sz tsz
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15

Chicagoans of the Democratic persua-
sion are trying hard to get Judge Par
ker to come out West and attend ban
qnet. But Judge Parker is not hungry.
Like Poo Bah, just before the execution.
III. doesn't want any lunch!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
= No census taken.

1885, 1856 ::. o.. .:..:.. 81 ,953, rs
= No census taken.
Had these census reports included the
period from 1894 to 1904 the compare
son would be far more striking. for
thousands of workingmen lost their jobs
shortly after the last Democratic admin
istration (1S93-1S9O went into power,
and there were very few workingmen Of
those able to keep their jobs who did not
have to submit to at least some reduction
in wages. =
Those were the days when Democracy
: piled trouble on to trouble. and seemed
to leave nothing undole that could be
done to bring impoverishment to the
American workingman. =.
= The entire country was made a sort of
labora tory for original Democratic eN-
perimentati ton in various explosive pro-
ducts and by-products. including especial,
" free trade, free silver, free riot and
free soup. 1t mattered not that desola-
ton was brought into thousands Of
American homes. that the worklnsman
and his wife and little ones We're pinched
for the necessities Of life. so long as
Democracy was given the chance to ex-
pertinent with the idea of taking the
home market away from American indus
try and giving it to the foreigner, and
anita gonizing business interests by agita-
ton against the gold standard. e..
AFTER William Mckinley was elected
President and the policies of protection
and of sound money once again cstab-
lished. the phenomenal growth of the
United States in wealth and prosperity
:; ttracted the wonder o. al! civilized ma
tons; and this growth has continued
with accelerating velocity up to the press
ent time. .,.* 49,.
The census of 1900 recorded this great
upward movement when it was only
about half way to where it is now. OF
course, an increase of nearly half bill
ion dollars in workinsmcn's wages does
not concern the workingman alone by
any means. 1t concerns every business
man in the United States. every farmer,
and every woman and cliEls dependent
on the labor of others for their support.
For instance if the wages Of labor in
manufacturing industries had not in
creased in the millions the per capita
CONSUMPTION of wheat could not have in
creased from 3.44 bushels in 1894 to 6.33j5
bushels in 1904, and the price of wheat
almost doubled. Prosperity is always
made up of an almost endless chain OF
circumstances, and it is only by having
every. link sound and strong that pros.
perity for all can be preserved.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15

"Reing unable to agree ann oug tn en1-
selves 10 to whether the gold standard
10 a curse or . blessing. and 40 to
whether we ouxtt or ouEhtnott 60 have
free and un1imited coinage fsilver,
they tonr sopponsnsslha have apparently
thought Is expedient TO avoid any
mmitta1 on these subject, and indi-
yidnallyseach TO follow his particular
bent. ~ Rooseselt's letter Of acceptance.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
The Limit.

That the Democratic party Ian,
Bright's disease, cancer OF the. stomach,
and swift consumption is gelerally ad-
mitted, but it was never realized 20
thoroughly before how much,it had Hin
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
a sure ThinR.

At this late date the tidal wave ID y
Careening over III. G. Davis,
And every outlook grows the darker
For the unspeaking, silent Parker.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
= ST. PAUL AND MlNNEAPOLIs 0CT0BER

plicitly declare, as the sense of the Ameri-
can people, that after four years OF failure
to restore the Union by the experiment. OF
war. during which, under the pretense Of a
military necessity-or war power higher
than the Constitution-the Constitution It.
self has been disregarded in every part, and
public liberty and private right alike .trcd-
den down, and the material prosperity OF
the country. essentially impaired, justice,
humanity, liberty and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made Tor
Il cessation Of hostilities, with a view to an
Intimate convention of all the States, or
other peaceable means, to the end that. at
the earliest practicable moment, peace may
he restored On the basis Of the Federal
Union Of the States. : ... r
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
MONEY FOR LABOR.

Nearly Half Billion Dollars More
for Wages. "
The census of 1900 showed that the
wages of all classes of labor in all the
manufacturing industries of the United
States was $2,322 1888 s, as against ST.
S91, DDS, 321 in 1904 gain Of $431, 1885,
$50. .~- z s4ssss4.. ~: - s.},.s.s.:--
The census reports Of wages for labor
and salaries. ieefss'e11'-
1p1oyed in manufacturing Industries for
the last three decades are as follows:
1870 391. 0S8, POS ] .991, 22S 321
1850. ..:... ....... 947 1853, 775
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-09

has taken place near the islands of
TsUshima, in the strait of Korea, about
midway between Korea and Kiushiu.
The text of the Russian reply to ia
pans last note has been received at
the japanese legation here. At the lega-
ton the opinion is held that the reply
is utterly opposed to the main Jap
anese contentious.
The Russian ambassador, Count
Bcnckendorff, and the japanese minis
ter, Baron Hayashi, have visited the
| foreign office and had half hour con
fcrcnces with Lord Lansdowne, to
whom the text of the Russian reply to
| Japan was communicated.
The British government is continuing
its efforts in the interests of peace.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
lat Seoul says that guards for the for
leigh legations are still arriving there
ard that twenty British, forty Ameri-
can and thirty Russian guards have al
ready arrived.
Tokyo advices say that the elder
statesmen of Japan did not hold a con
ference, as arranged. but will probably
confer at an early date.
In the meanwhile the widest rumorS
are current.
The press unanimously demands that
the government take decisive action
thereby preventing Russia from gain.
ing advantages by further dilatory tao
tics.
The people repose confidence in the
governments ability to rise TO the OPP
portunity.
Russia's answer to Japan makes far.
reaching concessions respecting Korea,
aud the concessions are equivalent to
permitting the occupation of Korea by
Japan on lines somewhat similar to
the position of Great Britain i'll Egypt,
but Russia firmly rejects any right OF
Japan to mingle in affairs in Manchu.
ria.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-09
The Retort courteou..

The pulpit steps of the kirk in More
battle, a little town in Scotland-and
there were as many as 20 leading to
the high platform from which the min
lister preached-were occupied each Sab
bath day by the deaf old women Of the
parish, who knew their Scripture as well
as the minister himself. One Of these
pious old persons was wont to inter-
rupt the minister's wanderings by cit
ing his authority for each and every
quotation.
That's frae Paley's Evidences" she
would say, and "Ye got that GOT O. the
Concordance" Or ''That frae the Lam
entations O. Jeremiah" till the exas-
perated minister could stand her inter-
ference no longer and exclaimed with
much irritation: 81 wish you'd hold
your tongue, you meddling old woman!'
With her equanimity in nj wise dis
turbed, the old soul nodded her head
wisely and replied: "Aye, sir, that's
yersel ."-Leslie's Monthly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-09
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1904.

the new primary election law. He is
the center. of the whole system and
upon him o greater part of the work
falls. Elections, Licenses, warrants,
reports, city statistics and hundred
and one things which fall to the lot
of the city clerk have increased won
derfully. Now, the Excise Board
honors the Office with making the
holder thereof the custodian of funds
amounting to over $40, 900 of the oity's
money.
Extravaganza in spending the
peoples money is to BIZ d%eplored.
There are a hundred ways to spend
every dollar, but the laborer is worthy
of his hire and when a mans duties
increase two and three fold, it is but
just that he receive due compensation.