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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09

the last fiscal year in extending the de-
livery Of mail into rural communities.
Had this expenditure been eliminated, in
stead Of deficit there would have been
surplus Does anyone believe that the
surplus would have been desirable at
such a COST Is there anyone who donbts
that the 100000 expended for rural
delivery will breed other millions, which.
although not directly discoverable in pos
tai receipts, are none the less subject to
entry on the credit side of the great pub
lie ledgerl The rural delivery is so beue-
ficent that the only wonder is it was not
established long ago. Ii is not likely that
our Democratic friends will use this
particular feather in the Republican cap
as a target in the campaign
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
ALMOST LIKE PROPHECY.
Roosevelt's View as TO Qualifications OF
the Vice President.

Theodore Roosevelt is not a prophet.
nor the son of prophet, but he looks AT
things very straight and sees into them
pretty clearly.
During the presidential campaign of
1896 the editor of the Review of Reviews
sked Mr.. Roosevelt who was then Pres
dent of the New York Police Board.
10 write an article on the Vice Presi-
dency, together with comments on the
three candidates who had been nominat-
ed respectively by the Republicans. the
Democrats and the Populists. Following
is an extract from Mr.. Roosevelts arti-
Gle:
The Vice President should, so far as
possible, represent the same views and
principles which have secured the nomi-
nation and election of the President. and
he should be "A man standing well in the
couacils of the party, trusted by his fell
low leaders, and able. in the event of any
accident to his chief, to take up the work
Of the latter just where it was left"
This was written nearly four wears
before Mr.. Roosevelt was even mentioned
for Vice President. and before his cleo
ton as Governor OF New York. He was
nominated for Vice President against his
own wishes because the Republican party
believed that if elected he would be able.
in the event Of any accident to Mr.. Nc
Kinley. TO take up and carry on the work
Of the latter, and history has proved the
correctness of this view.
Mr. Roosevelt's first public utterancc
after he succeeded to the olhce Of Presi-
dent was promise TO carry on the work
of his lamented chief to the best of his
ability and strength. How faithfully and
successfully he has done so is shown BY
the history he has helped TO make In
the light Of subsequent events what he
wrote in 1896 regarding the qualifications
of a Vice President seems almost like
prophecy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09

the action Of Republican administra-
ton in this behalf. The whole civilized
world. except that portion Of the Ameri-
can people included in the Democratic
party, approves Of the administrator
canal policy. "The action OF the United
States at every step" says Former Sec
rotary of War Root, was In accordance
with the law Of nations, consistent with
the principles Of justice and honor, in
discharge of the trust TO build the canal
we long since assumed, by denying the
right OF every other power to building it,
dictated by high and unselfsh purpose,
for the common benefit of all mankind"
This is the plain truth and no amount
of Democratic kicking can change it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
AN INFAMOUS ACCUSATION
senator Baiiey's Charge that Roose-
welt Advocates Lynch Law.

Senator Bailey, Of Texas, in a speech
made in Brooklyn, August %. and re-
ported in the class Of journalism known
as "yellow" and disreputable, declared
that the President had been an advocate
OF lynch law. The Senator goes further
and becomes more definite. He refers
to the shooting and lynching of sixty
horse thieves in Montana and then makes
q blunt accusation against the man who
will be again President of the United
States.
Here is a man." said the speaker,
"who advocates lynch law as a penalty
for stealing, something unheard of in my
part Of the country. Lynch law is ap-
piled there sometimes, but only for one
crime. an unspeakable crime"
Here is a man. Senator from Texas.
who badly and recklessly makes the
statement from the platform that the
President of the United States advo-
Gates lynching for certain crimes. The
thing is infamous, but so shallow and
so false upon its face that it cannot
affect the thought or action OF any Amer
ican citizen. Senator Bailey has be
come conspicuous in the political affairs,
not merely of the largest State in the
Union. but in the conduct of affairs by
the Senate of the United States He
has the gift Of oratory. he has a Ger
tain forcefHlness, but ii is most unfor-
tunate that in the makeup of his men
tai composition he does not recognize the
fact that orators should never tell bald
lies, even in the utmost heat Of a politi-
cal campaign.
The thing is so absurd, so utterly out
of the question that one cannot under
stand why this Texas Senator was so
lacking in tact, sense and judgment. as
to intimate that Mr. Roosevelt could
compromise with lynching under any cir
cumstances.
The attitude Of the President has al
ways been to demand the utmost observ-
ance Of all enacted laws He has shown
il at all times. throughout his whole
career, risking at one time his political
future. by enforcing in the State Of
New York the laws, which he may not
have himself countenanced, but any
where and everywhere he has shown him
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
The Way 1t Works,

Prior to the establishment of protec-
tive duty on tin plate the annual impor-
tation of the article into the United
:tates ranged in the vicinity of 650.000,-
600 pounds, for which we paid over S20.-
6OOo0 year When the Mckinley tar
iii law took effect, Oct. l. 1890, there
was not tin plate factory in the United
states, and Democrats declared there
never would be. BY 1892 the production
of American tin amounted to over 49,
100000 pounds: by 1894 to 139.000,00o
pounds by 1896 TO 307. 100000 pounds,
by 1890 to 791 100000 pounds. since
when it has largely increased. Now, in
stead of sending millions of dollars
abroad every year for tin we make the
tin and keep the money at home. That
is the way protection works.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09

self such a delicate and forceful regard
er Of all laws enacted, that, in this one
respect, he stands almost splendidly
alone.
Now comes one OF the Senators Of
the greatest State--in area--in the
Union and says that Theodore Roosevelt
is an advocate of lynch law, How came
ii that he has uttered such false aud
foolish words?
The condition and mood and proper
ton Of all things among the American
people is such that no campaign OF vii
ihcation will be endured this year. So
grossly in bad taste so utterly inexeus-
able from any point Of view, is this
assault from Senator Bailey, that it
passes almost beyond the realm of ques-
tioning. 1t is incomprehensible
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
Taggart as an Organizer.

Hon. Thomas Taggart was chairman
of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee of Indiana in 1892 and 1894. In
the first year the Democrats barely es-
capped defeat after having carried the
State in 1890 by nearly 10000, and in
1894 the Republicans carried the State
by nearly $1,000 majority.
Mr.. Taggart was the Indiana member
of the Democratic national committee in
1900 and 1902. In that capacity it was
his duty to look after his own State as
much as if he had been chairman of the
St&'e committee. If he did the results
of his work did not matherialize. for the
Republicans carried the State by 26,500
in 1900 and by $4,000 in 1902.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
PROSPERITY AND POLITICS
Why Should Anyone Desire a Change
of Existing Conditions!


When Mr.. Mckinley was first elected
President in 1896 the country was in the
midst of an industrial panic. Business
was depressed, trade was paralyzed and
confidence was destroyed. This was the
result Of four years of Democratic rule.
The election of Mckinley was followed
10y an immediate revival of trade. which
continued throughout his administration
and TO the present time.
Our foreign trade increased enormous
ly during Mr.. McHinley's administration.
In 1899 we sold foreign nations S1,227,-
443. 425 worth of American products and
in return bought only $G96007 1858. or a
balance of trade in our favor of S53l,-
1860 for the fiscal year ending June
80 1898, we sold foreign nations S1.231.-
320950 worth of products, and in return
bought only S6l6. 205, l59 a balance OF
trade in our favor of $615,000000. The
total balance of trade in our favor during
the two years was 81. 143 100000.
Compare this with the last two years
of Cleveland's administration under the
tariff act Of 1894 During those two
years the balance of trade in our favor
was only $2S7 100000 as against ST.
l45.000,000 during the last two years of
the Mckinley administration. One was
under the Democratic tariff of 1894 and
the other under the Dingley law, which
is still in force
Since the election Of Mckinley in 1896
the country has been lifted out of chaos
stagnation and financial depression, and
brought into an era of prosperity the
like of which was never before written
on the pages Of history Why should
any patriotic American wish to exchange
present conditions for those which pre-
vailed under a Democratic tariff and ad-
ministration?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
Remedy for Bushes. Paralysis.

When Mr.. Mckinley was elected Pres
dent in 1896 business was paralyzed, the
revenues of the government were not
equal TO its expenditures and the Cleve-
land administration had borrowed large
sums OF money to meet current expenses.
Eleven days after his Inauguration Pres
ident Mckinley had Congress in session.
and. pursuant 10 his recommended ton.
il passed the Dngley tariff bill, which
has restored prosperity, equipped am
pie revenues to the government, and, in
the language of President Mckinley, has
given labor in every field the useful oc-
eupation. the liberal wages, and the ade-
quate rewards to which skill and indus
try are entitled"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
LEST WE FORGET.

People who rule this land beware,
Look TO the ways in which We go,
For willy men have spread a snare,
Have digged a pit and left it So
Panics of yore remind us yet.
Lest we forget-lest we forget.
The clamor and the din is on,
The battle RACES far and near,
The terror of hard times is gone
Ye dare not let it reappear-
Panics of yore remind us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget.
Far are the days of ninetythree,
Dimly their hideous shadows loom.
But let their grim-taught lesson be
Guards to keep us from new doom
Panics of yore remind us yet,
Lest we forget--lest we forget.
If drunk with high success to-day
We boast and do not fear defeat.
Let some grim threat of yesterday
Debar us from a dire retreat
Panics of yore remind us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget.
Voters who rule this land, beware,
For whom We vote and how, and ther
Heed not fair promises of air
Put not your trust in untried men
Panics of yore remind us yet.
Lest we forget-lest we forget.
Chicago Chronicle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09

The report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission for 1902 showed the total
number of railroad employees la the Uni
ted States to he 1,lS9.315. The report
says: "As compared with the statement
for 1901 this shows an increase of 49,
146 The return of prosperity in rail-
way transportation occurred about the
beginning of the year 1893 (the second
year of the Mckinley administration
The number of men employed on June
30. 1897, was S23,476, showing an in
crease in railway employees during the
past five years of &c., $50" This testi-
mony as to the effects of Republican
administration is official.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09

The Japs-who fight as well as Ameri-
can soldiers-and no greater compliment
could be paid them-are eating Ameri
can bareback every other day. That
means that American wheat in Asia for
all future time. Who talks about impe-
rialism now?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
Was There Any Crimer

"The crime Of 49," when silver was
"demonetized," seems to have been for
gotten by the Democratic party, which ia
1896 and 1900, so bitterly accused the
Republican party Of the crime" Or
has the party really discovered that there
was no crime, after all--only a premedi-
tated scheme of the Republican party to
nly itself with the intelligence OF the
country and win popular gratitude by a
financial policy that brought prosperity!
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09

No person should deceive himself as
to the cause or continuance Of the pros
perity that now prevails in all lines OF
business. 1t is due to a protective tariff
and sound money, aud will continue just
as long as we have a Republican admin
istration and not day longer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09

In the year 1900, the first year of
McKinley's second term, the number Of
railroad employees in the United States
reached the million mark for the first
time in our history. In 1895, the last
year of the Cleveland administration, it
was only 7S5034
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
RennhIican Canal policr.

It is the height of impudence for the
Democratic party, which has never taken
step nor lifted a finger towards con-
structing an isthmian canal. to condemn
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09

sour opponents, either openly or
secretly, according to their several
now ask the people to
trust their present promises in con-
sideratiou of the fact that they Intend
TO treat their past promises as nall
and void. "-President Roosevelt
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09

Six years experience of the present
tariff law has shown that it protects the
American workman's work. the Ameri-
can workman's home and the American
workman's wages. Free trade would rob
him of this protection in the interest Of
foreign workmen.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-09
RuaAL MAIL SERVICE.
Boon TO Farmers that Cost s 10, 100000
Last Fiscal Year.

Receipts OF the postal service last fiscal
year fell about $s,000,0OO below expec-
tations. In discussing the matter the
New York Press says:
Nearly Sl2.OOO,OOO was expended in
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14
THOUSANDS KILLED
HORRIBLE CARNAGE DURING
SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR.
One Battalion of Japanese Was Ann"
hjlated In Trenches Which lhey
Refused to Desert.

A private letter received from Pon
Arthur, dated September %, gives fur
Their details of the fighting from Sep
TENDER 10 to September ~. the AZ
tack began with a heavy bompara
ment directed against nearly al inc
Russian outposts and many OF th'
main forts. The Smelling OF the re-
doubts protecting the water supply ="
Port Arthur was tremendous. Night
fall, September 10, found the wafer
works redoubts reduced to mere heap'
of debris. The garrisons OF the re-
doubts thereupon retreated safely to
the main Notifications under the cover
Of darkness.
At 4 O'CLOCK the same afternoon th'
Japanese assault on "Higu hill" began
The Japanese plan of attack never
varied. First bombardment ana
then an assault, and when repulsed
a bombardment and then another as
sault. The desperate determination
of the Japanese to capture this pos'
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14
ton amounted to fanaticism, their CT

ton amounted to fanaticism, their ef-
forts never ceasing during four days.
One battalion of Japanese, having re-
treated into valley were exposed to
the Russian shrapnel fire and were
almost annihilated. Eventually the
Japanese succeeded In placing one
neld gun and two machine guns in po-
stion behind hastily made barriers.
Their tenure of the position, owing to
the fire of the inner forts, was very
insecure, aid when Lieutenant Pog-
gorsky and the volunteers charged the
tide turned against them. One bat
talon, composed of the remnants OF
two companies, was annihilated in
trenches which they refused to de-
sert. Another attachment was driven
into the Russian entang emerts, whore
Captain Sychaff's force was waiting
and completed its rout. Two other
attempts made by the Japanese to re-
take the positions tai ed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14
Koreans Forced to Fioht.

Advices from Russian sources state
that the japanese minister at Seoul
has demanded that every town in Ko-
rea furnish a contingent of forty to
sixty men for the army now being or
ganized, but the emperor of Korea re-
fuses to- do so. The Japanese none the
less continue to recruit Koreans I'm
der the pretense of employing them as
coolies. 1t is reported that they re.
cruited GOO men at Ping Yang, dressed
them in uniforms, sent them to Man
churia and placed them in the front
line, fastened to posts, until nearly all
OF them were killed The Russians
found only one man alive.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14
japan Exccls the World.

Among the passengers arriving In
San Francisco on the liner Mongolia
from the Orient was Major Louis L..
Seaman, surgeon in tho United States
engineer branch of the army, who has
been studying japanese methods Of
surgery in the campaign of that army
against the Russians. In his opinion
Japan is far ahead of all other ma
lions of the world in the organization
of her sanitary branch of the army
and has been the first to anticipate
and take measures against the fact
that the greatest number Of deaths in
war are caused, not by bullets, but by
disease.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14
SCENE OF NEXT BATTLE,
Topography of the Country as Seen
by the Japs.


by the Japs.
It is evident that the country which
is embraced by an irregular triangle,
the apex of which is Tie pass, with
the base running from Mukden to
Fushan on the upper reaches of the
Hun river, will soon be the theatre
of extended and extensive military
operations.
The Russians apparently are using
Tie pass as their main base, and are
constructing a series of defenses to
shield 1t from the south and the east.
Two ro9dways approach Tie pass from
the south. One of these roadways is
the main hiehway from Nukden and
the other, which is smaller, starts at
Fush'n and winds through a billy
country. Nineteen miles north of
Mukden is TIE town of Yilu, the south
ern and eastern approaches to which
are sheltered by sharp ridges Offering
strong natur"l protection. It is re-
ported here that the Russians are
strongly entrenchirs in these ridges
and are erecting semi-permanent for
tltications. The Yilu river. which is
sh'llow and forbade, runs through the
town.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14

Prof. Grove X. Gilbert, one of the
delegates to the International Geo.
graphical Congress, has attracted
wide attention to himself by predict.
ing that eventually the city of Chi
cago will be submerged in Lake Mich
igan. He gives the city, however $500
years more of existence, explaining
that the lake is only rising at the rate
of eight inches each century. Prof
Gilbert is native of Rochester, ~
T., and has been government geolo-
gist for nearly thirty years. His in
vestigations and writings have en-
braced wide range of subjects, but
he is best known through his studies
in dynamic geology and physical GO
ography. He has been president of
the American Society of Naturai;sts
and of the Geographical Society Of
America, and is now president Of the
American Association for the Advance
ment Of Science.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14
HARTMAN WAS MUM,
Didn't Want to Answer Questions IN
Court Room,

e. H. Hartman and Jacob H. Schiff
appeared as witnesses before a referee
In New York, on Wednesday, in the
suit of ]. J. O'Leary of Chicago
against New York broker for SIS. 900
losses in dealing in Northern Pacific
in May, 1901.
Mr.. Hartman said he could not re-
member how much Northern Pacific
stock he had about May 9, 1901. He
refused to reply to questions as to
whether or not he was concerned in
any way in trying to gain control of
the Northern Pacific road.
why won't you answer these cues.
tions?" he was asked
Il don't want to-" replied Mr.. Harri-
man.
Mr.. Hartman refused to answer
questions as to whether or not he sold
Northern Pacific stock to the North
ern Securities company
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14
THOUSANDS SHOT DOWN.
Russian Report Of Latest Attack oy
Japs Upon Port Arthur.

Japs Upon Port Arthur.
A st. Petersburg dispatch scys EN-
peror Nicholas has at last received
General Stoessel's official report OF
the desperate four days assault OF the
besiegers upon Port Arthur from sep
TENDER 10 to September %, from
which 1t appears that the unof1ciai
report from Chefoo was by no means
exaggerated. The japanese displayed
frenzied bravery, but they lost 10 900
men and their only success was The
capture of two redoubts guarding The
waterworlls. They prepared for The
assault by a general bombardment
and then launched their attacks stimuli
taneously from the north and west.
Night and day they fought under a
cover of a continual bombardment
from their siege guns and finally
reached the redoubts on the north
side, but only after the defenses there
were completely demolished by shell
fire from the west.
The japanese efforts were directed
chiefly against the commanding posi-.
ton on High mountain. which faces
Pigeon bay, slightly south of Fort
Else. The mountain is 500 feet higl
and if it had fallen it's possession
would have given the Japanese ire
mendous lever against tho chain Of
inner defenses. The carnage there
was terrible and eliminated Septem-
Der % when the Japanese succeeded
In reaching and occupying the Rus
sian armored shelter trenches, whence
they expected undoubtedly to storm
the summit. During the night Lieu
tenant Poggorsky of the navy, at the
head of detachment of volunteers.
descended uron the trenches and blew
them up with pyroxylin bombs, pro-
ducing panic among the besiegers
who fed leaving TIE mountainside
strewn with dead. The Japanese then
abandoned further attempts but after
a doy or two to recuperate. according
to General Stoassels second dispatch,
dated September 80, they resumed the
bombardnent of the city and outer
works end began to construct zig-zag
approaches. evidently getting nearer
from which to launch their next as
sault.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14

report of the battle of Lao Yang. The
messenger who submitted to an in
terview, declares that the main army
is concentrated at Tie pass, and that
it is not likely General KuropatkiD
will make a determined stand at MuB
den.
There were recurrent rumors of the
fall of Port Arthur, but they have not
the slightest foundation.
Mukden reports that the days are
fine and warm. but that the night:
IRE growing bitterly cold. Snow has
fallen at Hing Chang. An official re-
1ort from Toxic giving an account of
a skirmish contains the announcement
that the state of affairs at the front Of
ur army remains unchanged"