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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
KILKENNY HARMONY.
That Is the Kind that Prevails Among
New York Democrats.

-~eW OEk democrats
Not since the traditional cats Of Xii
kenny were hang across line By their
tails has there been such an amusing
harmony of suhdIed diScord as is heard
in New York. now that Judge d. Cady
Herrick has been nominated by the Dem
ocrats fer governor. Judge Parker want
ed Edward VI. Shepard, or District At
torney jerome nominated for governor IN
order to galvanize his campaign into the
semblaHce Of life.
David Il. Hill wanted John Il. Stanch-
field. because Stanchfeld best represent
ed the organization outside of New York
City. to which Mr. Hill owes his ascend
ancy il the State Democracy. Mr.. Hill
had no use for Herrick. who as Demo
cratic boss of Albany County. has been
4 thorn in his side for years. But, it
is said, he accepted Herrick and put
him in nomination on the principle OF
the salesman who sold a coat marked
SO for SO, on doubtful credit, because
he would lose less if the bill was never
pad. Hil viii lose less in Herrck's
defeat than if he had succeeded in nomi-
mating his friend Stsnchfeld.
Senator Patrick H. McCarren, the
Brooklyn boss. to whom Judge Parker
( owes his nomination. wanted COmptrOl-
Ter Grout nominated, and for time he
had Mr.. Hills oSteusible support for
Grout. Judge Parker and Hill went back
on NcCarren; the former to placate
Charles T. Murphy and Tammany. and
the latter because he couldn't help him
self.
|ammaHy accepted Herrick because Il
was wiling to accept anybody who stood
Tor the discontinue Of Boss McCarren-
As Il tomahawk in the hands of Charles
. T. Murphy with which to dispatch Nc
. Carrea. D. Cady Herrick would serve
| Tammauy much better than either Shep-
ard or jerome.
Besides. did not Judge Herrick's career
on the bench present sterling claims on
the admiration and necessities of TAM
/ many? His abuse Of his judicial posi-
ton to the political eXigeacies in Albany
Is along the line Of what Tammany cor
! siders the higher walks of politics. " ore
over has he not practically pardoned an
| oiiicia! bla@I.mailcr and protector of dis
/ orderly houses by imposing paitry iins
/ OF $1,000 on the notorious police Captain
/ Diamond "a stroke of judicial le:.iency
| toward corruption in New York Cijy Pc
/ cuGar.y attractive to Tammany. II e
! would so act as judge. what prod.gi
| OF ciemency 10 good men might he not
+ perform as governor? 50 Tammauy drop
! ped Mayor Mcclellan and swallowed
! Derrick and his record with genuine rel
ISL ana noisy gusto.
( Not 50. however the Democratic press
( Of New York City. The WORLD axes
/ its medicine with evident nausea: the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Judge Parker's letter Of acceptance
stands pat-on Republican achievements.
but coyly admits that its writer would
he a safer man at the National throttle
than President Roosevelt so long as a
Republican Senate sits on the safety
valve. If the protective tariff is rob
berry, he is willing to turn sneak thief
If We burgiarizei Panama he is willing
20 keep the stolen goods; if order No. IS
lets down the bars for pension scandal
he Will revoke the order, but let the
bars remain down just the same. 1t is
very pretty confession that the Repuh-
leans have administered the government
50 wisely, diligently and effectively that
they deserve a vacation. while be tries
his prentice hand at running it without
reversing a single lever.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

The Democratic assertion that PRO
lection is POTTERY:" tA-t the tariff is a
tax on the american consumer. is best
refuted by examining the eject of pro-
lection on the IN Plate industry. When
the Mckinley bin was passed niEe-tenths
of all the TN used in this country was
manufactured abroad. To-day the manu-
facture Of tin IS one OF the most impor-
taut Of our home industries. contributing
millions Of dollars annually to our ma
tional wealth. But this Is the least part
of the story. il so far as the tariff is
concerned-the price Of tin began to go
down il proportion as the United States
began to produce it, and the American
Consumer has never paid under the Nc
kinley tin tariff anywhere near as much
per pound fer tin plate as he paid when
tin was ca the free list.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

cent. greater than during the year 1896
1881 Moreover, it is Il notorious fact
that these averages do not begin to rep
resent the increase in the earnings Of
railway employees during the summer Of
1903, when the rate of pay of certain
classes was raised from 10 to 10 per cent.
In that year, too, there were 227,912
more persons employed in the six classes
named than in 1897, and according to the
Interstate Commerce Commission they
were receiving the increased daily aver
age pay where they received nothing in
the year last named.
Finally, returns gathered from the an
nual reports for the year ending June
both, 1904, Of eight representative rail-
ways in different parts of the country,
having total mileage Of 1G,5S7 miles.
indicate that the compensation Of their
employees has increased more than 10 per
cent. over the year previous, while the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

These figures present the results of an
extensive investigation into the wages
and hours of labor in the leading manu-
featuring and mechanical industries o.
the United States during the period nam
ed. 1t has designed to cover thoroughly
= principal distinctive occupations, and
Wright, in submitting it (see Bulle-
tIn of the Bureau Of Labor, No. 50, July.
1904 says: at is believed that the
data presented are more comprehensive
and representative so far rs the manu-
featuring and mechanical industries are
concerned than any that have been here
tofore published"
The figures as to income and expen-
dlture are summarized from data gath
cred from 1861 families. in 80 States.
whose average income from all sources
was 1927 year, whose average expen-
diture was $7GS, and whose average
expenditure for food was 1926 per fam
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
A Boomerang,

Make Rooseveltism the issue" de-.
manded the New York World, and DEM
ocrats. big and little, began barking and
snagling at the heels of the President,
but the more they barked the more
friends they made for Roosevelt Now,
Judge Parker. having seen the effect OF
the lll-adyised issue, has asked his man
ayers to drop Rooseyeltism, but his ad-
monition comes too late. Republicans
will see that the issue is not lost sight
of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
Democratic Financial Management.

On the list of July, 1892, the last year
of the Harrison administration, the total
bonded debt of the United States was, in
round numbers, $3.50, 100000. On the 1st
of July, 1897, the last year of the sec
ond Cleveland administration. the total
bonded debt was $S43, 100000, an in
crease of $25S000,000 during four years
of perfect peace.
July l, 1892. the annual interest
charge on the public debt was s.. S93.-
600. July /, 1897, it was $34 1897 900
an increase of $11,494,0O0 during -four
years of Democratic administration.
A party that cannot administer the
government during a short period OF
four years without largely increasing tn,
public debt and the annual interest ac.
count is not fit to be entrusted with the
control of affairs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Judge Parker is in training in earnest
for November s. On the occasion of his
trip to New York to consult Hill. SAee-
han, Murphy, McCarren and German
about supersediEg Tom Taggart as cam
paign manager, the New York Times
correspondent described him as going
on a swift drive down the rocky hill
road to the dock In November there
will be no elegantly equipped steam
yacht to receive him at the bottom of the
hill. only gaping hole labeled Job
!iyiOU."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

DemOcracy's effort to show that times
have not been good under Roosevrit's
administration is Il ludicrouS perform
ance The compilation of all the strikes
which have taken place in the last three
years, instead of showing lack of pros
pcrity, indicates the country has been
unusually prosperous. Strikes are 4
rarity in bad times. Workingmcn de
mand higher wages only when business
is good. They are astute enough ts
know that they stand better chance
Of getting what they want when fac
tories are flooded with orders than when
they are running on short time
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
METHUSELAHAND THESPHINX

Come all We Bryan Democrats,
Your peerless leader sinks;
Come all We Uloated putocrats,
Forget your former kinks;
The banners float for and you must vote
for
Methuselah and the sphinx.
Come all We scattered Democrats
That sulk like frightened minks,
So lean that we can see your stats,
As hungry as the lynx;
The banners float for and you must
vote for
Methuselah and the sphinx.
Come all We hopeless Democrats,
While Parker thinks he thinks,
Climb off the ship like frightened rats,
Before the old thing sinks;
The banners float for and you must
vote for
Methuselah and the sphinx.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

The New York Times, one of the
Democratic newspapers which has been
deuOuncing President RoOseveit's Philip
pine policy, recently printed an editorial
leader on the settlement of the Friars'
land question. The article concludes:
1T is creditable both to the intelligence
and the humanity Of the government "
If the Times was less partisan it could
truthfuly say that every act of the
Roosevelt administration in dealing with
the Philippine question was creditable
to the United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
Words of Cheer for the Democracy.

1t has been given out to the forIorn
and dropping Democracy that willie
Hearst is loosening up; that he has
teen induced to put in a few thousands
to open headquarters for the National
Democratic Clubs. The hungry know
well that this means that Hearst aspires
TO be candidate again, but they are not
worrying about 1908 now
-Four years ago Hearst was presi-
dent and footer of bills for the National
Democratic Clubs The members met.
if memory serves Alright, at indianapolis,
expecting to greet their president But
he sent one of his hired men to receive
the greetings of his admirers. This
dampened the ardor of the crowd. de-
spite the fact that their fare back home
was paid. The November election set
tied the whole concern, but it seems that
the \. d. c. is to be resurrected, what
little there is left of its ashes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
The "Cusnfe" Roosevelt.

Democratic editors and speakers a"e
united in declaring that President Roose-
Welt is IAN unsafe man" If that is SO,
he has at least been remarkably success
full in his unsafe undertakings-in set
Ting the coal strike, in enforcing the
antitrust law, in acquiring the Panama
canal strip. and il all his delicate deal
ings with foreign nations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

simply because there may be some com
motion caused by the steps he has taSen,
and yet almost invariably the develop
ment Of events proves, conclusively, that
he is right, and acting with wisdom and
prudence
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

There seems to be one tie that binds
New York's judicial candidate for the
Presidency and the Democratic candi-
date for governor Of New Nork-they
both voted for free silver in 1896 and
1900. Neither Of them apparently would
have conscientious scrupes about voting
for a yellow dog, provided he had the
regular emblem of his party branded on
hoth ears and wagged his tail without
the consent Of any other nation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Protection has done more for tn.
American farmer than any other policy
carried out by Republicans. If Pro
lection is robbery" as the Demo
cratic platform asserts, the only persons
robbed" are the manufacturers and
t,iiers of Europe American wo.,,5ng-
men certainly do not suffer FROM p4otec-
ton. They arc the chief bcncfc,arips Of
the greatest Of Republican, policies. with
/ ont 4 protective t@ri:f wages woa'l sJoa
. drop to the European level. which is ON
&C to 100 per cent. below the rate .4oW
PAID in the United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Nothing could better illustrate the in
finite capacity of the yemocratic party
for doing the wrong thing at the right
moment than its attempt to OUTAGE
acknowledged industrial conditions win
the bald statement of its campaign text
book-'that business depression Of this
year is greater than was that Of 1893 and
1894"
As there are as many million Amer-
can voters as there are millions engaged
in industrial pursuits whose experience
spans the decade. and who know this
to be most fortunately false. there : no
need to waste time in refutiug il. The
Democratic depression that prevailed
from 1898 to 1897 paralyzed industry in
every section Of the United States. and
its pinch was felt il every home. The
business depression of LIS year" is 50
largely a Pigment of Democratic imagi-
nation that it requires a magnifying
glass to be seen and what there is of
it is rapidly fading from sight as the
prospects of great Republican victory
become more certain.
But the Democratic campaign book is
not satisfied with this groteSque general
cation, 50 it attempts to controvert the
Republican claim of prosperous times in
farm, Office and workshop with the as
sertiOn that no one is better of by rea-
son of increased incomes, because the
cost of living has increased dispropor-
tionately.
How utterly and irratiOnally absurd is
this contention is proved by the fact that
If prices were advancing more rapidly
than the earnings of the great mass Of
the people, the great mass of the people
would soon be irretrievably insolvent or
their purchases wou!u be so curtailed
that the volume Of business would be
enormously reduced.
There is no possibility of making a
scientific comparison of me relative in
crease in wages and the cost of living.
because they are controlled by different
factors. The rate Of wages is controlled
by industrial conditions; the cost of Gv-
ing is controlled by the individual No
man can fix his income at will: any man
can limit his expenditures. Let condi-
tons provide sufficient wages to the
workingman, and it rests with him to
say by what margin he will live within
his income. The larger that income the
larger his possible surplus If better
wages breeds extravaganza, the result,
in the language of Micawber is misery:
Ii they are expended with economy, the
Nult is an accumulation of wealth and
Jpiness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

The last four years Of Democratic
rule left the country oppressed by mis-
fortune and doubtful Of the future. Why
should any patriotic American wish to
repeat that experience?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

According to astronomers it is about
% trillions of miles, as the crow flies.
from the earth to Alpha Centaur. the
nearest fixed star. 1t is about the same
distance from Esopus to the White
House by the Democratic route.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

number of their employees has remained
practically stationary, as is shown in the
following table:
Number and Compensation OF employees Of
eight representative railways:
Year ending Compensa-
June 80 No. employees. ton.
10 10 -.--.-'.......-loi+ ~ SG6.4 a. %.
1875 ---.--.-...--....-lu a-SDl tJ,-So-V'i
Increase ........... 45s G.2l5.57o
Increase Ter cent. o. 1-5
Here al last we see truly reflected the
effect Of the horizontal raise in the wages
or railway employees made as the result
OF the widespread labor agitation in the
summer Of 1903. The advance was
yariously estimated At the time as from
J. to 10 per cent. and any statistics
that fail to show it must he distorted
by the introduction Of some factor, such
as a disproportion Of low price labor
tending to reduce the average.
In connection with the above proof
Of the 10 per cent. advance in railway
wages in one year, it should be remeH-
bered that the decline in prices begun
III 1903 continues.
If the Democrats are willing to ac-
cept the pay of railway labor as the most
accurate barometer Of wages, the Re
publican party can call to the witness
stand 1,3l2,337 railway employees to
testify to the fact that. measured by
what it will buy. their income of 1904
IS higher than it was in 1897. and near
ly half million of them can truthfully
affirm that they received no compensa-
ton whatever in 1897 where according
to the above system Of average compen-
SatlOu they now divide some S2I5tKED-
$50 among them, or about SOS apiece.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Judge Parkel's frantic demand that
nothing further be said about Roosevelt :
personality is fresh evidence that Demo
Gratis have become alarmed over the eff
feet Of their assertion that Roosevelt
ism is the chief issue of the campaign.
The more Roosevelt's personality is eX-
plotted the more popular he becomes.
Democrats have been making Republican
votes by the score il quoting the Pres-
dents utteranceS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

1--WE do not have to guess a our con-
victions, and then correct.the guess if
it seems unpopular. The principIes
which we profess are those in which
we believe with heart and soul and
strength. Men may differ from us;
but they cannot accuse us of stiffness
or insincerity."- Roosevelts letter Of ac-
ceptance
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Judge Parker, judging from his con
duet and the company he has kept
stands for Hillism in politics, which
means that any INSCRIPTIONS act is jus.
titiable if the end be gained lie is the
very opposite Of President Roosevelt. for
his eyasiveEess shows that he lacks
courage and decisiyeness-two requisites
that should not be found wanting il
aspirants for the Presidency
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Perhaps the policy of protection has
made business prosperity more dependent
upon politics than it would have been
otherwise, but it certainly has contribut-
ed more largely than anything else to
our extraordinary and unparalleled pro-
greSs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Prosperous times are more truly re-
fected in the increased number earning
wages than IN any statistics oC avcg!"r
wages, for tae obvious reason that tAe
RANKS of labor are recgaitcd from the
bottom.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

1t should be remembered that under
irrigation agriculture becomes almost an
exact science. Twelve inches of water.
intelligentIy distributed at the proper
time, is sufficient 10 insure ON the arid
Lands an abundant Weld Of the ordinary
farm crops eff that latitude.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

"Ghc expenditure Or the Nation have
been managed in spirit of &C uomy
as Ter removed from waste as f~1m
ui"GG-!I.n"-' ava in The f1tmr" 10y
Z" TT VIII Ia" cont rneA Sc n.'r geo. ia
see tuIuv t!s -: ~itr .. - G. r-i.1'I.' nh
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

But for the Republican party the gov
eminent would not have survived the
storm Of civi! war nor taken any of the
progressive steps that have marked our
history since the war.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
What the Figures Prove.

1t will be observed that these six dis
tinctiye classes Of railway employees, en-
hracing almost half of all the railway
employees in the United States (59l.475
in 1903 against 3G3,3G2 in 1897 were
receiving an average daily compensation
during the year 1923 more than 10 per
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Three words in the Democratic plat
coym are sufficient to defeat that party.
Protection is robbery is a phrase that
is helping the Republicans mare than
hundred speeches by campaign orators.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

The last few years Of Republican ad-
ministration have added untold millions
to the agricultural wealth of the country
lay opening new markets for farm pro
ducts at constantly improving prices. The
beauty of the Republican policy of pro-
lection is that it develops manufactur-
ing and agricultural interests on paral-
lei lines.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

Judge Parser is ihat he is safe Sfis
\ grave safe. II also resembles ,jaise
Parker n lacking enough a:t&A4t b. TO
..... u >.:...t Us. e.. c...~;-l.e
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
Convincing Testimony.

Good times under Republican admin
istration has provided the better wages,
and the economy Of she American peo-
pie has piled up the means Of content
nent and happiness, as is evidenced by
the following statement Of the number
of depositors and deposits in the savings
banks of the United States for the eleven
years from 1893 to 1905. inclusive:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13

At one stroke Of his pen Abraham
Lincoln freed 100000 black men With
one stroke Of his pen Roosevelt has
made it possible to reclaim more than
I0OG00.U20 acres of land TO agriculture,
adding millions Of American farm homes
with their vast volume Of agricultural
products which viii Gow from this rich
area of land redeemed from the desert
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
Col. Wright's Summary.

Turning now to the direct comparison
of the advance in wages and cost of liv-
ing during the period under review. the
Democrats affect the greatest contempt
for the government statistics, which,
under the able, conscientious and un-
biased direction of Carroll u. Wright.
present the following instructive sum
mary:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13
ON 1898 TO 1905. inclusive:

The Democratic depression Of 1888
and 1894, to which the campaign book
inadvertently directs attention. was
marked by falling off in deposits of
over $37,000G00 in one year. Between
1893 and 1903 the average due each
depositor increased from 1868 to SAT-.
More significant than the increase il
deposits is the fact that in 1903 there
were 2,474629 absolutely new savings
bank depositors in the United States.
marking an increase of nearly so per
cent. during period when the total
population only increased a per cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-13


over number ..................... II
That this relative increase of compen-
sation, compared with that in the nun
her Of railway employees, does not tell
the whole truth is proved by the follow
ing table:
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-11
BON DVILLE.

owing TO break down the mel
employed In +. s. Burbee's mill hav,
been having a holiday.
The people of Bondville listened to O
remarkably effective sermon Sunday
evening by Rev. Mr.. Smith of South
Londonderry.
The graphaphone concert In the
town hall the evening of March 2 must
have been n success as the hall was
packed full OF listeners and all de-
parted after over hours amusement,
well paid for going,
The late thaw played havoc with
our roads, The river overran its
banks and forsook its old channels and
effectually stopped all travel in a
number OF directions.
The dramatic club Of South Lon
donderry entertained the public Fri
day evening March 4 with short
play. our Folks. The play WAS by no
means equal to many with which they
have favored the public. but II was eX-
rendered. II the dramatic
club intend to continue 10 favor us
from time TO time we would suggest
that Il would pay them and certainly
pay the public TO institute a cloak
room where people could leave their
wraps in safety. 50 many articles were
missing Friday evening one would
hink this suggestion would hardly be
,eeded. valuable fur coat, over
hoes, rubbers mittens, etc, were |
'ainly looked for when their owners |
tarted to go home. |