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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07
SITUATION.

Favorable conditions continue to
exert a stimulating Influence In Wall
street, III spite Of present high pri,
| ccs aud the fact that stocks are stead.
lily passing from strong into weaker
hands, the market shows d strong nn-
aarione, because powerful banking In,
forests are lending their support, be.
cause general conditions arc favor
able and because the monetary out.
look ID entirely satisfactory Such d
~sltuatlon undoubtedly encourages
speculation, and untIl some radical
change eeurH II Ii impossible 10 tell
when tho market will turn
The attitude of the large bankers
towards the market IL easily sxplain
"a and logical One or two years as,
American railroads needed large suns
III new capital Id order To enahlA tiiem
10 carry out important impfo aments
demanded by the conntry's growth,
At that time the stock market was
suffering from effects Of the trust
craze and the collapse Of the boom
In September. 1909, 1t was impos-
sihie To place any securities. even OF
the better class. among Disguised or
lmrrovefishea investors These I'm.
pruyements being Imperative the only
recourse was to short.term borrow
ings. and the result was the placing
of biz amounts OF railroad paper by
the leading bankers. These notes be.
ing first.elass security were readily
taken by institutions, and were an nd.
mirahlc expedient for tiding over I'M.
Ill conditions favored their being
turned into fixed form. Many Of these
obligations are maturing and
more will follow The great improve
nient In financial aud business affairs
affords an excellent opportunity for
these funding schemes, and our hiH
bankers find it good policy to keep
the market IN an optimistic moai M.
IA such operations are completed
This explains the part taken ny biz
financial interests In the market For.
~tunasely investors show IN eagerness
for good securities. The absorption
81 bonds during tho last few months
and tho readiness With which Is.
sue arc stu taken can only he 9
nlainea tn The fact that Investors
have been Withholding their funds
more than necessary and awaiting the
outcome Of the crops aud the cleo
tons. Now that both OF these oues
tinns have been solved satisfactorily.
boarded eapital Is being released and
a demand has set In which Is still I'M
satisfied No better basis for a strong
and active market could be found
General business conditions
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07
CLEWs
THE EARLY SHOPPER CATCHES
THE BARGAINS.

Holiday shoppers Will Ilnd Ii grsat-
N III their advantage TO make their
Christmas purchases as early IN the
month as possible.
There are many good reasons for
this. The Christmas stocks are at.
ready displayed in most Of the stores,
and II IL far better to have first pick
of a complete stock rather than last
pick of i stock that has been picked
over by other buyers.
The purchaser can also get far bet
Tor service from the clerks by visit
inn the storcs now than by waiting
nntll the big crowd fills the aisles and
compels the clerks to give h least
possihle time and attention to their
customers,
Experienced shoppers In Las Vegas
are unanimous in declaring that the
merchants az this city have never
presented such an attractive line OF
holiday goods and novelties as they
have secured for this seasons trade.
and II the indications Of the early De-
cember business are trustworthy, the
volume OF trading this year will ex'
coed all former records,
The Optics advertising columns al.
ford a most valuable guide to holiday
shoppers a. well as TO regular pur-
chasers and no one ieea have any
difficulty III deciding what e buy
after looking ever the list sof what
tn offered hy tho local merchants.
Under me1ern American business
methods Il Il practically \ worlds fair
thai Il exhibited to holiday buyers,
ami the latest achievements Of med
ern arr and Industry are freely ex-
hihited "a all that care 10 see and
cease 70 appear miraculous because
ef our familiarity with modern meth
ODDS Of manufacture and Transports
ton it is a very ahobseryant person
that permits the holiday season 10
get past him without learning much
OF modern progress as well AS ap.
propriating a large slice of happiness
sg4 himself and for his friends.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

Education Is not II certain amount OF
raw knowledge which you have been
able TO stow away, There are many
men full OF facts who in a moments
conversation show they are without an
education. True. education Is the awak
ening of the mind to see and %enjoy-it
Ii giving It wings by which to mount
higher. e more clearly and enjoy
nor fully.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

tinuo 10 improve. Clearing house 70.
turns AT leading cities last week show
cd an Increase Of over 80 per cent.
or course this was largely due TO
speculation In New York: but Balti.
more showed an increase OF ~ per
cent. Philadelphia 10 per cent, Chi
cage IL per cent, Boston 80 per cent
and New Orleans 20 per cent. Re
ports from all sections Of the coun.
try show similar gains In clearings,
which, beyond question, tell the story
Of business Improvement, Further
proof r. afforded In railroad earnings.
twenty-one roads reporting an In
crease OF IL per cent In tbe 'hlrd
week of November. Traffic managers
tell Ms that their roads are again like
~ To be o%vertaxed with traffic, and
are urging car and locomotive works
TO hasten deliveries Of newly placed
orders FOR rolling stock. Our rail-
roads are once more heavy buyers OF
Iron and steel products. and are chief
" responsible for the latest boom In
iron and steel Heavy advances have
already taken place in prices OF many
products, the effect Of which Is to
crente a buyers panic and another
spasmodic boom In the steel issues
on tho stock exchange, Nor II this all.
The chief base OF present improve
ment IL In the profitable harvest. Sec
rotary Wilson OF the department OF
agriculture, tells us that our cot; on
crop will reach a value OF 600 NIL
lions. N corn crop a value OF LOCO
millions. our wheat and hay crops a
value OF 1000 millions. and all u
farm products combined a total value
Of 1900 millions. compared with 4.iSo
millions last year. This Il an increase
Of $500. 900, 900. or nearly 10 per cent.
In the value Of our agricultural pro-
ducts within one year. Surely the
American farmer Is more than ordi-
narily prosperous.
Monetary conditions are entirely
satisfactory, and beyond slight occas'
ional ~flurries no disturbance OF conse.
cuence is anticipated in the money
| market. Gold exports have ceased.
except shipments connected with the
| Cuban bond issue. and Europe ls more
| likely to want our commodities and
securities than our gold. although We
can spare considerable Of the lat.
fer without Inconvenience. Just now
Europe IN a much better buyer OF
American securities, and considerable
horizons of now impending railroad
issues are likely 10 be placed abroad
The prospect Il still for an active
and strong market. Many stocks are
high enough, II not too high, on their
merits; but that does not count much
when the speculative spirit IL as buoy.
ant AS IL now Is. Any seriously unfaV-
orablc news would cause a rush OF
liquidation, for the big insiders are
quietly distributing their surplus hold
Iings. Bnt the financial Fkies are still
fright and the market leaders aim to
sustain the market and encourage
trading Congress opens Monday. and
no disturbing issues are mp for con
alteration Nothing radical IL OK
pocted from President Roosevelt's
message on either trusts or tariff. the
two principal subjects IN which :"
street II interested
HENRY CLEWS
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07
albuquerque has elected

Albuquerque has elected Officers
and an executive committee to az
range for the next territorial fair. /,
seems passing strange 10 miss tho
name " r +. McCanna from The
list Mr. MeCanna. either as aeeFe-
tars or al chairman of The executive
committee. has been connected with
the fair movement for years, and has
done more to make the annual festi.
val successful than any other man.
Doubtless the gentleman has begged
pff this time.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07
G~atus.

That boy ri yours looks like a
genius"
well, l reckon he must BE-. He's got
q most amazinf appetite. would ruther
sleep In the garnet than on the first
door. walks In his sleep, tries to play
football with the stars an climbs a
tree whenever he sees a bnilifY com.
in's'-~Atlanta Constitution.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07
barred the Ola Man.

Agent OF Apartment House-l think
you say you have no family. House
Hunter Only my husband and myself.
My husbands father viii live with us
part of the time, but he's old and child
Isl, and Agent-Childish9 I'm sor-
~, madam. but ] can't let Won have
the rooms. ~Chleaco Tribune.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

The trouble with Colorado III that
both parties nre corrupt and that tho
corruption extends upward 10 The a,t.
preme court and downward to the
ward and precinct politicians. Whore
state lndges arc puppets that can be
made 10 dance when the political
LEADERS pull the strings. not much
can he expected In the way of reforr..
Colorado occasionally gives advice to
New Mexico and Arizona on the
statehood matter. There are a good
many people In New Mexico who be.
llese Colorado and her methods arc
a Disgrace To the union and that the
voters should ie disenfranchised I'M
TIL they learn tho sacredness Of the
ballot. For nothing Ii more certain
that the corruption among the courts
and the leaders Ii q direct result OF
the corrupt condition Of the voters.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

"AhH' She said, with a sigh Of relief.
as the flames licked up the last hit OF
what had once been her happy home.
that old Rihle with the date Of my
birth In it Ii gone. anyway"~Chicago
Record Herald.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

Delegate-elect William II, Andrews
II already engaged actively In secur-
Ing from influential national lcgisIa-
tors support for his campaign for ir.
rigation IN New Mexico. Mr.. Andrews
win do much good for New Mexico
In The United States congress.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

The re.nppointmAnt Of Judge Mann
will be pleasing To New Mexicans.
Word comes from Washington that
President Roosevelt Is pleased with
the record Of all the judges and they
will be continued In office.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

The Las Vegas ladies' Home is a
most worthy organization and It Is
engaged In a noble and beneficcnt
work. II Ia doubtful II any instItu-
ton IN New Mexico can show Az good
reaults from the outlay as the one in
question,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

The Optic has received information
from various councilmen. elect that
leaves no d for doubt that John
y. Clark Of this city will bc the next
president OF the council, This viii
be pleasing news for the gcntlcman's
many friends throughout the terri
tory
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

Scotsman Ito porter. who has been
about twenty minutes looking after his
luggagel-Man, eonseeier we've been
vera obicegiu', Will ye tax O pinch
o. snnfls
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07
TIE J
A-1 HsEgIsaxtsss5

The following New YORK stucA auolatiun
$ere received by Levy Bros, tmambers Oh
,ago Board Of Trade) rooms 2 and
stt Block, Cole. Phone 80, Las Vegas Phone
NO. over their own private wires from New
posdeut OF the firms Of Logan a Bryan N Y.
and Chicago menlber New York Stock FIX
change and Chicago Board OF Trade, and VIM.
4. Otis 4 CO.. Bankers and Brokers, Colorado
springs:
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

Santa Claus will probably have =
good deal Of trouble In keeping tho
fourth commandment.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

Education is only like good culture
II changes the size, bet not the sort
Beether.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07

For Rent Mooern room with bath,
tpaalre 1904 Eighth street
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07
Shoe-safety in
SELF Royal Blue Shoes

Shoe safety means a lot Of things
that you want when you spend your
shoe money.
It means being sure of goodq uality,
good At, good style, good value for the
price. It means satisfaction 40 you in
every respect.
You are sure Of this when you get
a shoe with SEEK on it.
You may get it with some other shoe,
or not; you're sure of it with SELF Royal
Blue shoe.
Price $3.50 and 81.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-07
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. I

Las Vegas must have that reservoir.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25

The Dover, Del Index says it is admit
ted on all sides that bribery in the recent
election was carried on to a greater and
more daring extent than at any other
time within the history of that State, and
persons cognizant of the enormity of the
ofense and DESTROYS of the elimination of
the corrupt system rampant in Delaware
politics seem to have lost all hope for the
be,terment Of their political condition.
The knowledge that representative gov
eminent has come to an end in Delaware
is possessed by every intelligent citizen in
the State, and how to restore republican
form of government for Delaware is the
perplexing question with which the people
of the State have to deal. Government
of the people, by the people, for the peo-
pie" has met with absolute destruction
and has been destroyed since the whole
sale corruption of the suffrage of vast
majority of the people of Delaware has
been continued and permitted to take
place.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25

It is stated that President Roosevelt and
Governor Odell, of New York, are greas-
ing sliding board on which to slip Mr..
Depew, the famous after dinner man, out
of the United States Senate, and place in
his stead some younger man who belongs
to their faction, presumably Ex-Governor
Frank S. Black This scheme is simple
enough in its inception. but it must be
remembered the Vanderbilts and their
vast interests will have to be reckoned
with before its accomplishment, as Mr..
Depew is their mainstay and mouthpiece
in the Senate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
Hospital Meeting.

Pursuant TO call issued by the man.
ayers of the proposed Union Hospital for
meeting to be held in Rising Sun hall
last Tuesday afternoon, about twenty Eve
ladies and gentlemen assembled for the
purpose of learning the course of proceed
ure proposed to secure this needed insti-
tuition for Cecil county. DIR. Howard
Bratton, secretary of the board, was pres
ent and showed the needs for hospital
within our borders and outlined a course
to procure it. He stated the approximate
cost of .such an institution would be
SIS, 900. of which sum the State would
furnish $1,000 as soon as an equal amount
had been raised. The State will also APP
propriate sufficient for its maintenance
after erection. The hospital will be 10.
Gated at Elkton and the Third district has
subscribed, by donations, festivals. ETC.,
about s., 900. 1t is proposed that each of
the other districts organize auxiliary
committees for the purpose of raising col
lectively sum sufficient to secure the
State appropriation. With that end in
view, meeting of the citizens of the
Sixth district will be arranged for at al
early date and an auxiliary COMMITTEES
appointed to take the matter in charge
The help of the ladies is particularly
desired in this movement, which it i:
hoped will be pushed with vigor in ordei
that the necessary fund may be RAISED
which will enable the actual work o
construction to being at no very distan
date.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
Bryan On the Election.

The following are extracts from an
by VIM. ]. Bryan:
"The democratic party has met with an
overwhelming defeat in the national cleo
ton, and the questions for consideration
at this time are what lesson does the cleo
ton teach and. what of the future? The
defeat of Judge Parker should not be con-
sidered personal one. He did as well
as he could under the circumstances; he
was the victim of unfavorable conditions
and of mistaken party policy.
"The so-called conservative democrats
charged the defeats of 1896 and 1900 to
the party's position on the money ques-
ton and insisted that victory could be
won by dropping the coinage question
entirely. The convention accepted this
theory, aud the platform made no ref
erenceto the money question, yet defeat
was greater than the party suffered in
either of those years. The reorganizers
were in complete control of the party;
they planned the campaign and carried
it on according to their own views,
and the verdict against their plan is
unanimous one. Surely silver cannot be
blamed for this defeat, for the campaign
was run on gold basis; neither can the
defeat be charged to emphatic coudem-
nation of the trusts, for the trusts were
not assailed as vigorously this year as
they were four years ago.
"The result was due to the fact that
the democratic party attempted to be
conservative in the presence of conditions
which demand radical remedies. 1t
soundeda partial retreat when it should
have ordered a charge all along the line.
The democratic party has nothing to gain
by catering to organized and predatory
wealth. If it hopes to win success it must
take the side of the plain, common
people.
1.-THE election has opened the eyes of
the hundreds of thousands of honest and
we'll meaning democrats who few
months ago favored the reorganization of
the party. These men now see that they
must either go into the republican party
or join with the democrats of the west
and south in making the democratic
party a positive, aggressive aud reform
organization. There is no middle ground
"The party must continne to protest
against large army and navy, and to
stand for the independence of the Fill
pinos; maintain its position on the tariff
question; renew its demand for an income
tax; maintain its position in favor OF
bimetallism; make its attack upon the
trusts so vehement that no one will sus-
pect of secret aid from them; continue its
opposition to national banks of issue and
insist upon divorcing the treasury depart
ment from Wall street; continue its fight
for the popular election of senators and
direct legislation.
/ Among other reforms advocated by Mr.
Bryan are the postal telegraph system.
!. state ownership of railroads. the election
of federal judges for fixed terms, and the
election of postmasters by the people oil
their respective communities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25

Maryland's split electoral vote, where
by Roosevelt will receive one and Parker
seven votes, serves to recall similar sit
nations which have occurred at other
elections. In 1892 North Dakota chose a
populist. republican and democrat as
its three presidential electors, and the
State gave Que vote each to Weaver, Har-
rison and Cleveland. California's cleo
toral vote was split in 1880, when Han
cock received FIVE and Garfield one; in
1892, when Harrison received one and
Cleveland eight, and in 1896, when Bryan
got one electoral vote from the State and
Mckinley eight In 1892 Ohio elected
twenty-five republican electors and one
democrat. Michigan's electors in 1892
stood FIVE for Cleveland and nine for Har-
rison. In 1896 Kentucky gave one cleo
toral vote for Bryan and twelve for Nc
Kinley, and in 1892 three Harrison cleo
tors and one populist were chosen in
Oregon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
4 political historian says that Genera

A political historian says that General
Scott, not Greeley, was the worst beaten
man who was ever run for president by
any of the great parties. Scott only car
ried four states, Massachusetts, Vermont,
Kentucky and Tennessee. The Nwhig
party at that time was in exactly the
same condition that the democratic party
was in this election. 1t was half for slav-
cry and half against it. In this campaign
the democratic party was half for Wall
street and half against it. The whig
party died an inglorious death. What OF
the democratic partye
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
Disastrous Wrecks.

Carelessness is responsible for
many a railway wreck and the same
causes are making human wrecks OF
sufferers from Throat and Lung
troubles. But since the advent OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Com
sumption, Coughs and Colds, even
the worst cases can be cured, and
hopeless resignation is no longer
necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg of Dor
chester, Mass, is one of many whose
life was saved by DIR. Kings New
Discovery. This great remedy is
guaranteed for all Throat and Lung
diseases by Eli 7. Reynolds, Drug
gist. Price soc, and $1.00. Trial
bottles free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25

The London bond holders want Presi-
dent Roosevelt to act as arbitrator and
incidentally compel Panama to hand
over portion of the $Io 600, 900 paid by
the United States in connection with the
canal, the claim of the bond holders
being that the new republic ought to pay
a certain amount toward the liquidation
Of Columbia's debt, and the opportunity
to collect usury is too good to let slip by
these London pawn brokers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25

Judging from the gradual trend of
thought government ownership of public
service corporations will be the issue in
1908, as the people are beginning to real
ize as never before that they are face to
face with the problem of governing these
corporations or being governed by them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25

If it is feasible for our government to
build and control great canal for the
good of commerce, why is it not equally
so for it to build and operate railroad
for the good of the people?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
R returns Of the elections for members OF

Returns of the elections for members OF
Congress, held Nov. s, compiled by the
clerk of the House of representatives,
show that there we're elected ISL republi-
cans and 135 democrats, which will give
the republicans in the Fifty-ninth Con-
gress majority of II6. gain of So over
their membership in the present Congress.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25

Utah went republican and now the
chairman of the Smoot investigation COM
mittee declares it is impossible to get the
members of the committee together.
Strange
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER s5, 1904.

Georgia wants worlds fair next pres
idential year, in order to see if the cleo
ton returns in the State will pan out as
we'll as they did in Missouri this year.