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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
PROGRESS SLOW.
Democrats Feel Confident of PattisOn's
Success.
CAMPAIGN ALREADY OPENED.
Herrick Has Many HeartIess Things to Answer For
Before He Is Through,

waiting for the assistance Of set
of campaign managers.
1t may in fact, be said that the
campaign opened year ago last
winter " hen Governor Herrick
with the veto pen poised for the
blow told the Legislature what to
do and what not to do with the
Brannock bill. 1t opened a little
farther when the governor vetoed
appropriations for agricultural in
terests ard when he cut down the
needful with reference to educa-
tional matters.
Its portals swung farther ON
their hinges when the cases of the
boy with the armless sleeve was
presented to the public in all its
pitiful details, when the governor
of Ohio could find money for i'm
mense appropriations for state in
stitutions, with which to pay fat
salaries to fatter political friends
but could find, among the millions
in the state treasury, not dollar
for the boy who lost his arm while
engaged in work at state insti-
tuition and for whose relief the
legislature passed a bill giving
him $25OO.
Since that time the campaign
has opened further, sometimes be-
ing what is described as "wide
open" when pools were sold on the
stald old "Western Reserve" and
frequently gaping, in evident as
tonlshment, at some of the utter
ances attributed to the Herrick
propaganda, which appears to be
operating without the aid, and most
of the time without the consent,
| ~.
of the regular Republican ma
chine.
The gates were not only opened
but great rent was made in the
sides when the newspapers and
magazines began their expose of
Cox and "The System" as repre-
sented and exploited by him.
The campaign also sat up and
took notice when Herrick repudi-
ated Cox, the man who had nomi-
mated him.
So, it would appear, there is no
real necessity for a campaign
"opening," the job appearing to
have been pretty thoroughly done
already.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
An Astounding Canal opinion,

A recent dispatch from Council
Bluffs, Ia, conveys melancholy news
to the American people who are to pay
the fiddler. Hon. j. u. Yeomans of that
city, ten years a member of the inter.
state commerce commission, but nc
longer connected with that august
body, in an interview relieved his mind
by these words:
Wallace was right when he resigned as
chief engineer of the Panama canal com,
mission.
Wallace made fool of himself trying
to tell why. All he should have said was,
~ have had enough of Panama and re.
sign"
1t Is no place for any one to stay. Be
fore was moved off the interstate COM
merce commission 1t was intimated to me
that l would be q valuable man In pan.
anna. No Panama for me, not for $1UOO a
minute. did not come to this world tc
die; came to live.
The Panama canal is the biggest hum.
bug of the age. have no hesitancy In
saying that In my opinion there will new.
er be canal built there. No important
american engineer who was not paid foi
II ever hazarded the opinion that there
would be a canal there, The last monthly
report of work lone shows that 1t will
Take llu yedfs 10 ilflbn III. Ine weeds
grow in one end faster than they carry
the dirt out OF the other
No engineer has ever found a rock or
clay bed In that celebrated Culebra cut
where the United States has done the most
Of its work. There has been a cut of 800
feet there, and thirty inches OF rain falls
In thirty hours down those banks. Does
any ono suppose that the alluvial soil
won't wash down in this to make a mud
canal too thick for ROVarnmQnt dradQa
boat to keep afloat in2
The Nicaragua route was feasible. and
for that reason It was abandoned. was
member OF syndicate prepared to build
canal there for $40 000, 900, which would
have carried N,0O0000 tons OF merchan.
disc annually. We were prepared to do the
work IN four years This looked too much
like a canal, and the great influences be.
hind the present transcontlnental trans.
portation business suddenly ceased op-
posing the canal project and pushed shs
clamor over 10 Panama.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
Two Humorists.


It's a far cry from New York to Mis-
sissippi, and yet those two states, one
in the extreme north and the other In
the extreme south of "the United
States proper"-God save the mark!-
are connected together by u bond Of
sympathy in possessing the two mcst
famous humorists in the land, Senator
Chauncey Mitchell Depew and Private
John NJ. Allen, eX-representative in
congress. Recent developments in the
nasty Equitable Insurance company
muddle will perhaps place a damper
on the enthusiasm of the New York
humorist for some time to come. A
salary or retainer or something of the
sort has just been lost to him by the
cruel conduct of Mr.. Paul Morton, the
new head of the Equitable, and there
is rumor that he is to be sued for a
quarter of million. Therefore lie will
probably cease to joke for few days
may quit adding to the gayety Of ma.
tions for good and all.
Not SO. with Private John, however,
Conditions are favorable for hilarity on
the part Of the illustrious sMlssissippian
Not long since I was down south ON a
lecture tour and passed through Johns
thousand acre cotton patch! Only think
of that, with cotton at IL cents and
still soaring! Who with such posses
sion as that would not be In frame
Of mind to joke? But that's not all, foi
as Louisiana exposition commissioner
John still draws a congressman's sala
ry and expenses. Happy John!
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

The progress of the state cam
paign is difficult of determination.
1t presents a peculiar aspect for
from a democratic viewpoint, it is
necessary for only one side to
make progress, and that the re-
publican side.
The campaign, so far as Patti
son is concerned, as viewed by
his managers, has already pro-
gressed far enough to admit of his
election. So the efforts of the
democratic committee are direct
ed largely to "hold our own"
policy.
The republican managers who
are willing to be frank about the
situation admit it does not look
rosy at this time but they say it is
steadily improving and their
heavy majority will be able to
stand all the demands made upon
it, with plenty of votes to spare.
Chairman Dick announced from
Washington some time since that
there were some "bad spots" but
that they would soon be straigh t.
ened out when the republican
position and Governor Herrick's e
record in Office were explained to
the people in detail.
The progress of the campaign,
therefore depends upon how much
of the literature that is sent out is
taking and how much is not. For
thus far the campaign has been
conducted by the literary bureaus
exclusively, and directed mostly
to the personality of the heads Of
the tickets.
The speechmaking will not take
place till the latter part of Sep
tember, and by some coincidence OF
other the republicans are about to
choose the same date for theil
formal opening that the demo.
Gratis have chosen for theirs, Sep
tember % democratic opening to
be at Newark and the republican
opening at Bellefontaine.
But while the committees are
making preparations for e"open.
ing" the campaign has taken upon
itself the aspect of thing that
has already opened. Like the
bark on hickory nut it opened
| just as soon it got ripe, without
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

pcy that their soldiers thus gained equipment stress
they could have gained had they many other ma
on abandoned themselves lives of luxury soh and been
unwilling not unable put their hands STRENUOUS tasks
President Roosevelt would has from the very beginning
recognized the value and truth Of the idea expressed by your
philosophers when he referred an living high hnn
The Importance of the simple life has Japan been
BY THE WHOLE BODY OF THE PEOPLE Just as it has
been by few individual instances in this country.
will not require years for Japan recover fully from
the effects OF the war with Russia She will gain also from the growth
OF commercial and political relations United States England
and Europe, and positive that the those who are
prophesyng about the ow per will find horrfyine
predictions realized IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE. s i6l
Especially will Japan and the United States mutually flourish IN
the growth of international relations We many things Won
need and you supply with such hafnd
Our treatment of prisoners of has SO humane that the
Russians have not word of complaint make.
BESIDES NURSING AND GIVING THR oTttrR pna
ohEAs THE Best or CARE WE FoR
THEM AND AS a RESULT MANY FELLOW LEADS a
HAPPIER LIFE IN THE ENEMTa COUNTRY THAN NE EVER DID
IN Hls OWN. .,. y, rys.,s b
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
Mr.. Speaker Cannon.

/ speak of Mir. Speaker Cannon as a
presidential probability rather than as
presidential possibility. This, Of
course, has reference to the nomina.
tion and not to the election, for the way
things are running now the chances are
that the Democrats, and not the Repub.
licans, will elect the the next president.
1t is strange that in all the jabbeI
about whom the Republicans will nom.
mate 50 little Is said about Uncle
Joe. It's a ten to one shot that the
stand patters will control the next Re.
publican national convention. If SO,
why not nominate Uncle Joe? From
the stand pat viewpoint he is sound on
the goose. He more than any other
man caused President Roosevelt and
Secretary Taft to take water on the
proposition to buy where we can buy
the cheapest when purchasing ships
and materials for the construction OF
the Panama canal. Honor should be
bestowed where honor is due, and the
lions share of the honor, from stand
pat view, belongs to the speaker. In
his blunt, vigorous way he blurted out
the stand pat gospel ut the critical mo.
ment and aroused such storm OF
stand pat protest that the president and
his war secretary concluded to refer
the whole matter to congress, and such
congress--a two to one Republican
majority In both branches, with Mr.
Speaker Cannon sitting on the lid in the
1nh xx,ltn
bills must originate. What more could
the stand patters desire? Who said the
house has lost Its power when the
speaker can turn trick like that? So
unless the stand patters are destitute OF
gratitude, they will be much inclined
to rally round the sage of Danville.
He must be in great glee ut the ap
pointment OF Hon. Elihu Root as sec
sretary of state, for he will make the
third active presidential candidate II
President Roosevelt's official family
Tnft, Shaw, Root-to say nothing OF
Secretary Cortelyou, who is said to bC
in o receptive frame of mind now. Al
certain as fate, Colonel Roosevelt can
not support all three of them. and the
chances ere that by their chickering's
ambitions and jealousies they will
make his life so miserable that he vii
end by supporting none OF them. St
the more cabinet presidential candi
dates there are the better will Uncl,
Joe's prospects become.
He Is q veteran pubic functi0nary
He knows the governmental machine
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

Especial Washington tetter.l
n r one bound General Charles Dick,
u Junior United States senator
from Ohio, has jumped to the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
Quit Eabricatinu.

A Washington dispatch contains this
remarkable statement: "A threatened
crisis in the governmental affairs of
the Philippine Islands, the alleged
partial failure Of the administration of
Governor General Luke Wrlght-these
are the two things which make 1t i'm
perative for Secretary Of War Taft to
go to the Philippines" Alas and
alack! With General Wood at home to
have his head doctored and with Gov
ernor General Luke Wrlght's admins
tratlon going to "the demnition bow
vows" how can it be claimed with a
straight face that the paciiication of
the Philippines is complete? It's all
bosh. And they might as well quit
lying about ii.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

Az Last.
1t will be remembered that the Re-
publican national platform of 1904
contained this mendacious sentence:
"a Republican tariff Is always fol-
lowed by business prosperity, Demo
cratic tariff by adversely" For saying
that that statement was n lie / was,
hauled over the Goals by Mr.. Secre-
tary Shaw in his speeches in and about
st. Louis, and the st. Louis Globe
Democrat jumped on me with both
feet, and, having no argument to urge,
1t contented itself with personal abuse.
Governor Shaw, In order to bolster up
the false platform declaration, under
took to make it appear that the panic
of 1857 was produced by the Walker
Democratic tariff of 1S46 and the
amendments thereto of March 3, 1857,
and, as the Globe e-Democrat published
his erroneous statements and flimsy
logic with Communications, 1t stood by
consenting. But the whirliglg Of time
brings its own revenges There is no
general election pending now; hence
there Is no pressing necessity for
warplng, twisting and distortng the
facts of history in order to deceive the
unwary voter into supporting Repub-
llcan candidates and policies. Conse-
quently in an elaborate editorial on re-
cent bank failures the Globe Democrat
says, inter ala 1.-The wild specula-
ton in western lands and in the con-
struction of railways beyond the i'm
mediate needs of the country, which
were the chief causes of the wreck in
1857, is conspicuously absent now"
The chief causes! That's n confession
on the part of the Globe Democrat
which should do it good. But If the
Globe-Democrat Is right now as to the
chief causes of the panic Of 1851. what
about those great campaign speeches
of Mr. Secretary Shaw in 1904 in which
he boldly asserted that the wicked
Democratic Walker tariff of 1916 was
the great and only cause OF that wide
spread disaster? Ought he not to re-
wise those oracular utterances, which
the Globe Democrat published with
glaring headlines and with tremen-
dous flourish of trumpets. Isn't 1t high
time for the secretary to do little
confessing himself? Will he do it?
Not much, and Notwithstanding the
above quoted sentence from the Globe
Democrat, when the Republicans find
themselves hard pressed on the tariff
they will be busy quoting the old plat
form fable. Habit is very strong
strong sometimes as nature. Having
formally and solemnly declared in
their platform practically that the
panic of 1857 was produced by the
Democratic tariff of 1916, the Repub-
licans are in the woefuI plight of the
man who rashly declared his horse was
seventeen feet high and then erro-
neously concluded that he ought to
stick to that declaration. So they will
go on in the old way, telling the old
story and denying the truth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
Civil Pansions.

The Washington Post Is urging edi.
torially pension system for civil en-
ployees of the government. 1t cites
the retirement of army and navy Of
ficers on three-fourths pay and the re
tirement of federal judges on full pay
as precedents, but they are bad prece'
dents and should never have been es
tablished, There has never yet been
suggested valid argument why civil
employees should be pensioned. They
are paid higher wages than the average
for like work the country over, and
there are just as good reasons for q
general old age pension as there are fol
pensioning them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
Influence of the Simple Life
Upon the Success of japan
Baron Kor1UR. rkado, Chief Peace pienipo..ntry

By Baron Kor1URA Peace Penpo
HE called yelow peril wholly creation of the ag-
nation on the part of INTERESTED people of Eu-
w. rope.
Not only japan and China, but the entire civilized
world will gain mneasuraby by conflict with Russia The
Japanese feel gfed because they have not only OBJ
tanned the safety and lasting security country
as it now, but have FOR AT LEAST CENTURY and
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

perhaps for all time arrested the glacial advance"
of the bear to the southeast
The Japanese people could never have won the
victory they have were it not for three things
In the first place, they thrice armed by having
their quarrel just; secondly, THEIR ENTIRE
PUBLIC SERVICE WAS ABSOLUTELY FREE
FROM CORRUPT PRACTICES, and, lastly their
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
Trouble In the Republican Camp.

Trouble In the Republican Camp.
The Republicans are not in happy
frame of mind on the tariff question.
Recently the Boston chamber of COM
merce composed largely of Republic
ans-adopted the following declaration:
We believe a revision of the tariff upon
the principle of reciprocity to be ncces-
sary. and we affirm that the adoption of
a maximum and minimum tariff system,
having for it's purpose reciprocity rather
than retaliation is best calculated to pro-
mote and maintain rational system of
protection and to guarantee the equitable
treatment of all foreign nations
Commenting on that, the American
Economist, organ of the American
Tariff league, says:
Here the mask is thrown aside, and tar
III tinkering by way of reciprocity con-
cessions is explicitly demanded. That is
the Boston chamber of commerce idea OF
the proper way for Americans to treat
the threats of foreigners. That was not
the way of Concord and Lexington and
Bunker Hill! But times have changed.
We are now considering commercial Bos-
ton, not patriotic Boston.
The patriotic way. the sensible way,
the level headed business way, would be
a very ulHerent way. IL Wouiu keep tne
Dingley tariff as 1t is, or II any change
were to be made such change would be
to the advantage and not to the injury Of
American labor and industry. 1t would
keep the present tariff as the minimum
for all the world alike and for a maximum
would increase the present tariff 10. 2O &C
per cent IL need be upon the goods of any
and all nations which should levy upon
American exports higher tariff than that
levied upon similar exports from any 9TH
er country or countries.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
In the Realm of Politics.

ECHOES FROM THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
The only two old soldiers asking recognition the Re-
publican Primary slaughtered Cap Ryan for Sheriff.
and Hi Brown for Commissioner The old soldiers are good
enough to vote the republican ticket but they must not ask
for office Joe Collins good enough to the republican
ticket but Boss White proclaimed him not fit for truant
officer, and turned him down.
Our cid friend Cart Webb bed bug poison, Webbs pike
and all, galoped in Cart commissioner term,
some years ago. and he such misft, that he was
handed gnomnious defeat for a second term We pulled
startling figures him at that time, that he was
mixed up n and have the figures salted away for
this year
They do say that Fred Bright got scratched like everything
in the county Who did it? Why the fellows that tried
control him in the legislature.
The Hooking Republican, the peanut organ of Boss
White in which he has little confidence hurt because
few Democrats vote behind the number of votes
cast Holy Noses how their last Saturday Some
as high in Logan alone The shoe the other foot
now.
Cap Ryan has been interviewed and says he s still Re-
publican and belongs to factions. We added that he
should be congratulated losing the first heat for the
ond will be landslide for Williamson. Should Ryan have
been nominated, "Chuck' Armstrong would have had
other knife up his sleeve like he carried for Sheriff Thomas
Auditor Martin, Marion Alstadt and Others
O
We remember few years ago when the Adelph Border
News started mud singing campaign for E. d. Ricketts,
that did rebound to his pleasure That paper turning
up again Nothing gives delight than to take up
the contest. There are coms to tramp.
0
1t is said that than fifty republicans of the Second
Ward Logan Boss Whites ward did not attend the primary
Saturday and barter but conscience that kept
them away. 80
Holy Moses Sawn tipped around Saturday like button
on door, The edct went forth from his Boss
that Armstrong be nominated Then Moses putered
and padded against Comrade Ryan all day
Candidate Ricketts, just sick the situation and is
rumored that may decline the nomination these wang
factions do not get together.
udge p Harley Barley still has gall enough to believe he
is really going be elected Probate Judge of Hooking
County He supports hat two sizes larger since his
nomination. Bless u.s. he will have to balloon,
when he gets to be Judge.
1t is said that Boss White has found out that matter
OF law the square deal Committee will stand and his
ganization turned down. he seeks compromise The
Square dea' Committee is standing pat and will suffer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

from top to bottom. He has the pop
ular manner developed to an extraor-
dinary degree. He can make as fetch
ing speech as any of them. He
would have the great Illinois delega-
tlon solidly at his back. Most of his
congressional brethren would support
him enthusiastically. With the admin.
istraton forces divided, he would per-
haps land the presidential persimmon.
In the next two years-until we elect
a Democratic house-he will have many
opportunities to distinguish himself,
and it is certain that he will avail
himself of them to the utmost.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

Every man selected so far to do the
work has been picked from a transcontl-
mental railroad. This may be all right,
but none of II looks like canal to me.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

Senator Chauncey Mitchell Depew
says, 1--WE must inaugurate training
school for future consular and diplo-
matte employees of the United States"
aud then goes on to argue for life
tenure and higher salaries. But why
have a training school for consuls and
diplomats and have none for repre-
sentatiyes and senators in congress,
cabinet officers and federal judges, vice
presidents and presidents? The body
of the American people are opposed to
life tenure and to official classes. The
senator names certain capable minis
ters abroad that we have had, but,
strange to say, the names of Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John
Quincy Adams are not on his list.
Once more is illustrated the truth of
the Biblical saying that "the way of the
transgressor Is hard Senator John
Hipple Mitchell OF Oregon Is the dem
Onstrator this time. 1t Is strange
that the aceursed greed for III gotten
gains should have driven him to the
position be now occupies-a position
worse than death, twenty-five years
senator of the United States. with his
head blossomlng like the almond tree,
with felon's sentence over him, his
lot Is not to be envled by any hobo on
the road
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-04

it. No mirage of the early days presented so grand a
spectacle as one that appeared southwest from Miller
Tuesday morning. Groves, stacks, buildings, roads.
etc. seemed to be drawn up In the sky in plain view
though many miles away. In fact the mirage now Is an
improvement over the one of years ago because there is
more on the ground to be carried up into the sky by
nature for early risers to gaze at.
Shipments CT calves and stock cattle from eastern
markets are being made to the towns along this line and
sold to the farmers. The custom in the past was to ship
this class of stock west in the spring.
Thrashing is more than half done in this part of the
state. The weather is favorable and with two weeks
more the work will be about finished.
A telephone message from Howell this morning
Rymal had ended his life by shooting himself in the
head with a revolver. He had been at Orient Tuesday
home feeling the worse of the trip and concluded to put
an end to it all by killing himself. About d month ago
he narrowly escaped death in Miller by being thrown
from a buggy to the ground on his head on account of
the horses running away. He was a single man about
80 years old and had many acquaintance and friends
who regret that he thus rashly ended his existence.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-04
Stoves for sale.

I have three hot air heat
ing stoves and about eight
or ten small stoves for sale
They are suitable for
scheolhouses etc. | have
Just put in a steam heating
plant and have no use for
stoves.
B. F. Torrey,
Vanderbilt hotel, Miller
S. ID.