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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
KANSAS OIL STOCK ABROAD.
How Ii Happened That 1t Was Sold
IN Hong Kong. China


Talking about :he virtue or an I'd
vertisement." said H. H Tucker, IT.,
OF Cheryvale, why, you cannot esti-
mate it Nobody knows how long Al
advertisement is valuable SOM Of
them are good for a year But 1 have
Just had conclusive evidence Of how
far an advertisement can each
got four letters this morning from
Hong Kong and every one nf chem
contained a subscri oti IN for stock a ID
every one was from a sailor man on
a big battleship- And every one Of
them mentioned the fact that he had
seen the advertisements OF the com
pany and purchased the stock on the
strength Of the advertisements Now
il took more than a month for these
letters to get here It took at least a
month for the papers from Gods
country to reach the fighters on the
battleships. That makes the adver-
tisements at least sixty days old The
chances are that the papers were old
ct than that and had been following
the boys around the China naval sta
ton till they landed at Hong Kong.
When you get returns from the
corners Of the earth farthest away,
from isolated naval stations and from
lonely islands in the Pacific you begin
10 EEdllLt the power OF the american
press It reaches all over the globe.
We have had answers to our adver-
tfsements in foreign languages and in
our own language from many lands
more than 10000 miles away. Some
times they refer to the big city dailies
and sometimes they refer to the cOun-
try weekly which their good old par
ents have sent them to keep them
posted on the news at home All ad-
VertiSing counts If a man did not
put a sign in front of his door and tell
the people, through the newspapers,
what he has got to sell, nobody in
this country or any other would ever
find out he is on earth. The more he
advertises the more results he will get
and he will get results where he never
expected them Just because the post
Office does not have to put on an ex-
ira carrier the day after the advertise
ment comes out is no sign the adver-
tisement is no good Advertising works
while you sleep 1t is good for ev-
erything."
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
KAESAS BOZ OFF FOR INpIa
W. D. SCHER0IEHoRN, A KANSAS
WESLEYAN GRADUATE.
Enters Upon New Work Under Aus
pices Of Missionary Society OF
Methodist Church.

Rev and Mrs. ". .. SchermerhOrn
OF Wilson viii leave in a few weeks for
India. where they viii 90 under the
auspices Of the missionary society Of
the Methodist church Rev. Scher-
meThorn has been pastor Of the Ne
thOdist church at Wilson, Kan, since
he finished his course early in 1904 in
the Garret Biblical fnstitute-the the
illogical school embraced in theNorth-
western university at Evanston, III.
Mr. Schermerhorn is widely known
through the northwest Kansas confer
ence, and held the position OF presi-
dent Of his class during the three years
he was at Carrot He is a young man
Of magnetic personality, a good stud
ent, and a man who wins the deepest
respect Of those with whom he has
come in contact His many friends
who have been watching his progress
regret to have him leave America, but
wish both himself and his wife good
health and success in the foreign land
Rev SchermerhOrn was graduated
from the Kansas Wesleyan univer-
sity at Salina several years ago. Upon
leaving the Wesleyan he served a
pastOrate of nearly three years in
Lincoln, from which place he went
to theological school and since his
graduation he has been in charge Of
the church at Wilson.
His pastOrate there will close jan
uary 1. The last two weeks Of his
stay in Wilson viii be occupied in a
revival service, which opened last
week
Mrs. SchermerhOrn is a daughter
of Rev and Mrs r. A Hoffman. of
Salina, and is a graduate Of the nor
NAL department Of the Wesleyan. At
present Rev Hoffman is district
superintendent in this part Of the
state for the Society for the Friend
less, and comes to GoodIand occasion
ally to solicit funds for the mainten-
ance Of the society
After leaving Wilson Rev. and Mrs.
SchermerhOrIr will spend a short time
visiting in Salina with the family Of
Rev r. A Hoffman and with Mrs. 7.
F. Porter. a sister of Mr.. Schermer-
horn From here they will go to Og-
den, where they will visit Mr.. Scher-
merhOrn's parents and Will also spend
some time with Mrs. Wilcox Of Peo-
ria, Ill, a sister of Mrs. Schermer-
horn
They will sail February I. from
New York for Haiderbad. India, one
Of the largest cities in southeastern
India.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
MANTs A CLEANING UP.

The senate OF the United States is
still suffering from its moral Iegar-
thy. From the eruptiOns OF discOv-
cry in these late days. fear Of inse-
curity has doubtless shaken a consid-
cradle number Of that august body.
but the senate conscience has just
walked up to the necessity OF doing
something on its own TOIitiOn. he
moral nature IS beginning TO put out
the tender shoots from among its
rotten and decaying body If the
senate will now get busy with pitch
forks. rakes. hoes and the like with
a determination Of clearing the place
OF all nOxiOus and deIeterious sIb-
stance, the moral sanitation may be
much improved
Senator Burton hasn't been grubed
out yet. He still draws his salary
and is still carried on the senate rolls.
and is now under sentence Of confine-
ment for six months in jail and to
pay fine Of $4,000. He hopes to
wriggIe out by another appeal to the
federal supreme court
In this cOnenctiOn Senator Bailey
keeps reminding the senate Of its duty
To Gust the tainted Kansas man. Bur
ton Is either guilty or not guilty. But
,hC senate. in the face OF these trials,
has taken no action and the infer
ence is. that the Kansas senator is
not guilty before the bar Of that body
They have neither investigated his
case nor been jealous Of that public
honor which, it would seem. ought to
be as dear to them as the apple Of
their eye In one paragraph of Bail
ey's speech he said: If under such
circumstances a senator will not re-
sign. the senate ought either TO re-
move him from the sense % duty
which keeps him from the chamber.
or else it ought to relieve the senate
from the representation Of a man who
is not allowed to exercise the rights
and privileges OF his great office"
Discussing the public estimate in
which the ..sr.ate is held, Mr. BaIley
said:
None Of Us can be unmindful that
throughout the length and breadth Of
this land we are daily called upon to
answer at the bar Of public opinion
why we do not call SENIORS TO an
swer at the bar Of the senate
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
ELECT THE POSTMASTER.

The Washington correspondent for
the Houston CTexas) Post says that
many republican members Of congress
are indignant because Of the new
plan OF the president and the post
master general to ignore congressional
ships This correspondent adds: 50
angry are some Of the influential
members Of the majority that they are
talking Of introducing legislation pro-
viding for the election Of postmasters
in cities of more than 10000 inhabit-
ants
Why not adopt this proposed re-
form, for t you'll. indeed. be a re-
fOrm2
Why not elect pOstmasters not only
in cities OF more than 10000 nhabit-
ants, but in all towns?
Doubtless some republican congress-
men are verv angry at the president,
put it is not Xix eIy that a republican
congress viii carry out the threat It
is not likely that a republican congress
will willingly do anything to place any
feature Of the government more di-
rectIy than it now is IN the control Of
the people.
Why should q president be permit
ted TO turn the postofice department
into a partisan machine and use thou
sands Of postmasters as paid agents
to advance his political fortunes? He
should not Why should a member of
congress be permitted to build up a
personal organization composed Of the
pOstmastcrs recommended by him but
paid by the government and use this
organization to defeat other congress
sionaI aspirants in his own party? He
should not Why should a chief ex-
ecutive be permitted to fill the most
frequented Office in the community
with a postmaster Objectionable to the
community and reward him for his
services with the money paid in by
the community He should not And
yet ali these things are openly and no
tOriOusiy done today The election Of
BOSLAlldSLeES DE the pGOplG NnOLn LLleg
are to serve viii correct all these
abuses It is in harmony with demo-
cratic principles; it is consistent with
the doctrine OF local self-gOvernment
What objection can be raised to it?
Can a president know the aspirants
more intimately than the community
and better judge OF their qualifica-
tons? Is he more interested than the
community in prompt, honest and eff
icient service2 BY leaving the ap-
pOintment, the removal and rejection
in the hands OF the president, by re-
stricting appointment TO a list fur
nished by the community, the rights
and interests OF both the federal gov
eminent and the various communities
can be protected. Presidents and con-
gressmen will then run on their own
merits and not on the machines which
they have built up; the public service
will be improved and communities Will
be protected from the impOsitions that
are now practiced upon them.-The
CommOner.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
DEEPEN AND CORTELYoU.
The New York Press is a repuh

The New York Press is a republi-
Press printed the following editorial;
Those gOssipers who breathed
scandaIOus reports to the effect that
Chauncey NJ Depew has resigned his
United States senatOrship owe him a
most abject apology. 1t was Depew's
Equitable dictatorship that he had re-
signed. There was nothing left for
him to do but get out Of that post or
be kicked out Therein he was too
much even for Thomas F. Ryan or
Paul Morton to stomach. In the Unit
ed states senate, however, there are
others who delight to do him honor.
There he is welcome There he has
not OutIived his usefulness to those OF
his kind The commission bought
with funds stolen from the widows
and orphans cannot be revoked. It
was a gross libel on him for any one
to hint that he would give up any
thing which could not be torn away
from him BY main strength-and Of
all things a senatorship OF the United
States. worth at least S5OO.O0O this
year to men OF a certain type
These are very bitter words. in
deed. but the editor OF the Pres must
not forget that Chauneey N. Depew
is one Of the defenders OF national
honor" On the stump in 1856 De-
new ike other v,aur4hIfrar- o-,fo-z
pleaded for republican victory In or
der that the funds OF the widows and
orphans might be protected True
the evidence discIOses that several
thousand dollars Of the funds o. the
Widows and orphans" were traced to
Depew's pocket; but the editor Of the
Pres must net forget that several
hundred thousand dollars o. thess
funds belonging to the aidoss ana
orphans Hers traeed % the pocEet
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29

L hereby SOlemnly promise, God
helping me, to abstain from all dis
titled, fermented and malt liquors. as
a beverage, including wine, beer and
TO discourage the use Of and traffic in
the same
The time for making good resoIu-
tions is at hand. There are, doubt
less, several dozens Of people who viii
read this, who would be benefited in
health, in worldly wealth and in hap
piness both in this world and the
next, If they were to resolve to keep
the above pledge and then keep it
And when you turn over this new
leaf, why not keep it whittier still by
abstaining from tobacco in all forms
Believe me, dear friend, who ever you
may be, il is the very best New Years
present you could make the man
wonderful in the house beautiful" in
which you live Be good to yourself.
!: . =
Neither President Roosevelt nor
Vice President Fairbanks uses tobac-
co, a coincidence which somewhat dis
credits the assertion that smoking is
becoming almost universal. It also
suggests that the social smoke is not
a absolutely essential to getting along"
in the world.
A few years ago a noted trainer Of
wild beasts gave a performance in
large London theater. At the close
he brought out an enormous boa con-
strictOr. thirty-fve feet long. He had
bought it when two days old, and had
seen it grow from a tiny reptile which
he often carried in his bosom into a
fearful monster. He considered it per
feetly harmless and under his con
troll. The curtain rose on an Indian
woodland scene. A huge serpent was
seen winding its way through the
trees. A man emerged from the
heavy foliage and their eyes met. The
serpent quailed before the man, and
under his guidance performed a series
of frightful feats. At a signal from
the man it began to coil its heavy
folds around him. Higher and high
er they rose until man and serpent
seemed blended into one. The man
screamed while the audience applaud
ed. But the applause frOze on their
lips as they saw that the trainers
screams was a vail of death agony.
Those cold, Shiny folds had embraced
him for the last time. The life was
even then crushed out of him His
slave had enslaved him.
This is the story of intemperance.
The man who takes the first glass has
the boa Of intemperance in his bosom:
Some day its deadly folds will crush
him.
One of the lawyers who spoke at
a meeting in London Of the Royal
Courts of Justice Temperance Society
said that if England were to turn
sober the legal profession would be
ruined. The medical profession also
would lose hosts Of patients. This
should be stored in the memory side
by side with the English preachers
short definition. Let us call faction
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
JUDGE WEST AND THE ATTOR-
NEY GENERALSHIP.

The appointment OF Judge J. 5
West OF Topeka, as assistant United
States district attorney, if it takes
place, which now looks certain, viii
have an important bearing on political
affairs in the state Judge West, at
present, is assistant attorney general.
He is a candidate for attorney general
Up to date he has had no opposition
West stands in with the common peO-
pie and the politicians were inclined
To let him have the nomination for
attorney general without a fight, But
II he becomes assistant district attOr-
ney he will withdraw from the race
for attorney general. That position
pays within $500 a year as much as
the office OF attorney general, and the
incumbent has plenty Of time to Prac-
tice law on the side
From a financial standpoint the fed
eraI job is euaIly as good, if not bet
ter, than the state job. From a poll
teal standpoint the federal job is bet
ter. As a rule an ex-attOrney general
never gets very far in politics. No
matter how good a lawyer he is, how
honest and straightforward he con-
ducts the Office. he necessarily makes
enough enemies generally to prevent
him from getting any thing higher in
a political way. The only exception
is that Of Judge W. A Johnston. He
went from the attorney generals Of
fee to the supreme bench, where he
still remains But he is the only at
torney general ever promoted. The
others went back into the practice Of
law, and dropped out OF sight pOliti-
calIy.
An attorney general has too much
to do with the enforcement OF the
prohibitory law. the handling Of the
state school fund, and the assessment
OF railroads to become immensely
popular. Some Of Judge Vests friends
want to see him on the supreme bench
sometime. and they believe that the
position OF assistant district attorney
would be . safer stepping stone than
the office Of attorney general So
they hope ne will take the federal job
It lasts for four years. is soft snap.
brings the incumbent in touch with
people all over the state, and is free
from the political chickering's with
which state oficials are afflicted
The retirement OF West from the
race for attorney general would bring
on a general scramble for the job
W s. ROark OF Geary county, COrb
Mcneil Of Cherokee county. County
Attorney Tom WagstaI Of MOntgOm-
cry county. Judge 5. S. Ashbaugh Of
wichita, Frank Williams Of Clay
county. private secretary to Governor
HOch. and law partner Of Attorney
General Coleman. perhaps would not
shy from the nomination
He would have an old established
precedent in his favor-Tesidenee in
Clay county For the past SIX cam
paisns Clay county has furnished the
republican nominee for attorney gen
eraL F. B. Dawes was nominated
twice, A. A. GODDARD twice. and C. c.
Coleman twice. Godard and COlenaH
Rere each elected both tines Dawes
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
ROOSEVELT FOR SENATOR.
His Activity ina New York Politics Is
So Construed.

His Activity ina New York Politics Is
So Construed.
Washington, Dec. ga story was
told today to explain President ROose-
velt'Sactivity in New York political
affairs 1t is said he is preparing the
way for an election to the senate when
he ceases to be president.
Up to this winter President RoOse-
welt has never taken a very strong
interest in the troubles Of the organi-
zatiOn in his own state Even last
fall, when Wins was a candidate for
mayor of New York city, he refused
to declare one way or another on the
subject; but since the question Of a
speaker for the assembly has come up
for settlement, he has shown an in
terest that is not easily explained.
Senator Plat is too old to hope to
succeed himself when his time ex-
pires in 1909. He is so feeble now
that he has to be assisted when
he walks Disclosures in the insur-
ance scandal have made Senator De-
pew, for the time being, at Ieast-an
impOtent leader Of his party. His
term expires in 1911, two years after
the presidents term OF office will
end. If he should decide to become a
candidate for a third term it would
be necessary Tor MIN 10 Degln organ
izing now. The friendship between
himself and Senator Plat will not be
Of any weight in 1903, and unless he
has an organization OF his own, even
a tyro would declare he has no chance
Of election
The time is at hand for a reOrgani-
zatiOn OF the party because the old
leaders are about out of the game.
Now is the time for Theodore ROOse-
Welt to make himself a leader of or
ganizatiOn if he has any aspirations
Control Of the organization would
help him very much in forwarding the
interests Of his friend, Elihu Root,
who nearly everybody here, as well
as in New York, believes is the
Roosevelt candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination three years hence
Secretary Root. it is believed en-
tered the cabinet a second time main
" to keep his name before the public
as a candidate for the presidential
nomination He is known to have
told a friend who urged him TO take
the nomination for governor Of New
York. that If he thought election As
governor would make him the New
York candidate for the higher office
he would accept the nomination for
governor, which then would have
been for the saying So
No matter whether the president -
thinking Of the senatOrship or Of
Roots ambition to become president,
control Of the organization from this
time forward would be Of great ser
vice to him
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29

Il hereby sOlemnIy promise, God
helping me, to abstain from all dis
titled, fermented and malt liquors. as
a beverage, including wine, beer and
cider, and TO employ all proper means
TO discourage the use Of and traffic in
the same
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
THE PENTTENTs.

White fingers tapping on the pane,
Through all the silent day;
White faces down the orchard lane,
Where gusts and snOwdTtfts play
Ny heart would hear the messages
Your lips are fain to say
We are the myriads whom men
Have loved from olden time;
The ghostly train Of Magdelen
Through every age and cline;
The winds Of fate are tossing US
Before their scorn sublime
BY times upon the lonely wastes
Where cities tran their lights.
We blind the traveller as he hastes
Across the troubled nights
Or meath the moon we nestle down
On some cathedray's heights
The mountains know our coming
well.
Far pilgrimage to make;
The salt seas scOurage US with their
swell.
The winds our Wild prayers take;
The sunlight and the starlight strive
Our feathered hearts to slake-
Til when upon our Gained souls
The peace OF mountains creeps.
Our trembling sfsterhOOd unrOlls
Within the valley deeps-
And clusters 'mong the thatch and
vines
Where some pure maiden sleeps
White pilgrims down the orchard lane
LOl Night comes on apace.
And one Ear easement lights the plain
From my loves dwelling place
on. grant here there when cones the
1ocn
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
We Do Plumbing

The undersigned firm is prepared to
do your plumbing for you on short
notice, and in good shape We have
had experience in this line Of work
and are wen equipped with tools. First
class work and satisfaction guaran-
iced Headquarters at Water Works
Building. Phone 96.
STARR & WILTSHIRE.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
Good WTn 20 Men

At Christmas Of ali times, there
should be perfect harmony among
men, One who harbOrs in his heart a
grudge against any OF his fellows can
not possibly enter into the spirit OF
the season as he should. neither can
ne expect his prayers to be acceptable
TO that Christ who taught rs when We
pray to say Forgive Us our trespasses,
as We forgive those who trespass
against u.s. All wrongs must be
rfghted- all transgressious bIotted out
from our remembrance, and all In
furIes wholly forgiven, or Christmas
has failed Of It's mission fH our hearts
Selected
God bless us every one, and may
1895 = the haDplest year in tse lie
~ every nan. woman ana CHIC p
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29

met and thence to the republican par
Tvs treasury
Should Depew resign2 To be sure
he should resign But why should
COrteiyOu remain in Officer And why
should the managers Of the republi-
can party turn a deaf ear 10 the de-
mand put it back 2''-Bryan's Com
moner
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
Somebody Waiting for Me.

'I met a man the other day" said
a well known physician, whom had
long thought dead
Poor drunken fool a passer-by
had said Of him as he lay in the sun
by the roadside, he won't live a
month pity his mother
Last week I saw him, strong and
clear-eyed-a splendid specimen OF
manhood He, too, had heard that
verdict pronounced upon him The
words stung- He could not get them
out of his mind. That night he went
home to his mother. He had not been
in the habit Of going home, but she
was waiting for him just the same
did you ever think OF the waiting
women all over the world The sa-
cred vigils OF the loving, longing
hearts of mothers and wives, OF sis
tiers and daughters, night and day,
over Gods EARTH
THE mans mother was waiting for
him. and welcomed him as only a
mother knows how. She made him
a cup Of hot coffee. and told him Of
little happenings in the neighbOrhoOd,
Mother he said, suddenly, II you
will help me, III never drink another
drop
He heard her on her knees all that
night and many a night afterward-
They were very poor. and he had diff
iculty in persuading anyone who
knew him that he was trustworthy
The first dollar he earned was by stay
ing all night with a neighbOr's little
children while the mother went to
visit an older daughter who was i'll
at a distance
I don't know as ought TO trust
them with you, Jim Lent the mother
said, frankly, but remember III be
praying for you all every minute I'm
awayand don't you let the fires go
down.
Well. il Mrs. Coles can trust him
with her little ones another neigh
Dor said, I guess he'll be safe with
our team, and he may as well have
that bit OF hauling-they say his
mothers pretty bad on
so it went from one to another.
Later he got steady employment It's
keep away from the drink and hard
to live down the reputation I'd been
making for years But when temp
tatfons come 1 think OF those who
have trusted me-who trust me now
think Of my mother and ali the
lonely nights she waited for me when
I never came home. Z tel you doc
tor he said stronger than any
pledge, stronger thany any threats OF
punishments. is just knowing that
somebody believes in you-that your
keeping straight means something to
somebody that loves you YOUTH
Comnaufou