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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-23
American Opportunity.

When Hon. George Bruce Cortelyou
general the other day there was an
other fine illustration of American OPP
portunity seized ut the psychological
moment by a resolute hand. .'Seest
thou man diligent in his business?
He shall stand before kings" says Sol
ONION That fits Cortelyou. He began
on the Washington stage as stenogra-
pher to Grover Cleveland. Following
the Scriptural injunction, he did with
his might whatever his hand found to
do He was steadily promoted for mer-
it till he has been secretary of com
dent, chairman of the Republican na-
tional committee and postmaster gen
eral of the United States He is still
young man and would not make bad
candidate for president His head has
not been turned by his success. and he
is still polite kind hearted and APP
proachable. He has excellent business
capacity and will no doubt make an ac-
ceptable postmaster general, for that is
great business office People general
ly will indorse Mr. Cortelyou's action
in resigning the craftsmanship of the
national committee. There is no law
compelling him so TO do. In fact, the
precedents are rather the other way,
for Postmaster General Payne held on
to his vice craftsmanship of the national
committee while in the cabinet. New
ertheless Mr.. Cortelyou shows both
taste and delcacy in giving up the
craftsmanship. He was an unqualified
success In that position. Perhaps he
takes to heart the philosophy about car
rying ones pitcher TO the fountain once
too often and does not propose to jeop-
ard his reputation as chairman by ven
turing to act III that capacity in an
other campaign, for the chances are Il
thousand to one that it will not be
such easy sailing on such pleasant seas
for the Republicans four years hence.
Bnt. whatever his reasons or his mo-
tiyes. Mr. Cortelyou does well for him
self and for his party to prevent such
criticism as came to Governor Benja-
min Il. Odel of New York last year for
holding on to both the gubernatorial
chair and the state Republican chair
manship. People who know Mr. Cor
telyou we'll will without regard to poll
ton of the great office which he now
holds, for personally he is a most esti-
mable and amiable gentleman
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-23

leading and professional men Of that
city, has been Investigating some of the
frauds committed at the recent election
in the interests of the corrupt Republican
machine and has already made a rich
find. On Saturday the members of an
election board Ia the Thirteenth ward
had a hearing upon charges of fraud and
the fact was developed that the ballot
box had been stuffed
Although it was testified that only ia
men had voted at the polling place, there
were returned by the board 27S woes as
having been cast. 1t was further testi-
fed that the extra ballots had been piac-
ed in the box by the son of a former
member of the Legislature who is now
holding another public position. All the
fraudulent votes were cast for the ticket
favored by the Republican machine
There is no doubt that similar fraudu-
lent practices We're general throughout
Philadelphia at the last election, as they
have been at every preceding one for
years There may not have been many
cases of wholesale stuffing of the ballot
box, as was done in this Instance but the
same result was arrived at by permitting
repeaters to cast thousands of fraudulent
ballots and by allowing many persons
not qualified to vote to do So
The condition of affairs in Philadelphia
is crying shame. 1t could be largely
remedied by the enactment of an effective
personal registration law but the scoun-
drels. big and little, who control the po-
litical affairs of the city and state will
not permit such a measure to go on the
statute books If they can prevent 1t, as it
seems to be in their power to do.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-23
r. E. w.

Tom Watson's Magazine is born To
do Tom justice, his first number is de-
cidedly refreshing and interesting.
deals political damnation round the
land with free and impartial hand. He
has pronounced opinions on men and
things, and he expresses them vigor-
ously Whether he is right or wrong,
folks will not go to sleep while reading
his editorials. Brother Watson has
played many parts congressman, law
yer, historian, lecturer. biographer-
and played them so as to attract public
attention. Even while leading forlorn
hope as presidential candidate last
year he managed TO keep more con
stantly in the limelight than either
Colonel Roosevelt or Judge Parker. |
never heard that he sets up for a hui
morist but considering who he is and
what he does certainly these words
from one of his magazine editorials
constitute as rich humor as Mark
Twain or Artemus Ward ever evolved
from his inner consciousness. Hear
him: IF there is anything on this bless
ed earth that we have got enough of
at this time it is talk, talk. talk, From
presidents in fact and presidents in
prospectus, from senators of all shades
ana congressman of every variety
down TO oratorical federal judges, col
lege doctors and legislative lights. we
have floods of talk, talk, talk. The mis-
cry of it all is that this oratory doesn't
mean anything. 1t strikes a bee line
for the wastebasket.
That's emphatic and to the point, but
it's only-''talk. talk, talk" Thomas
is only increasing the output of that
which he condemns. If his remarks
are true, why doesn't he quit waggIng
his tongue and wearing out pens? He
is one of the most voluminous takers
of this age We all read what he says
and what he writes, for everybody
likes to see somebody skinned, and
Brother Watson is a skillful skinnist.
But certainly he has heard the old
proverb about the pot calling the kettle
black and the inhibition against people
who live in glass houses throwing
stones. SO he ought either to quit talk
ing himself, take his own medicine
or let up on making mouths at others
for talking.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-23
Strikes Hidden Rocks.

When your ship Of health strikes the hid
den rocks of Consumption, Pneumonia,
etc., you are lost, if you don't get help
from DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. j. w McKinnon, Of ralladega
Springs, Ala, writes: Il had been very i'll
with Pneumonia, under the care of two
doctors, but was getting no better when I
began to take DR.. Kings New Discovery
The first dose gave relief. and one bottle
cured me. Sure cure for sore throat, bron-
chitis, coughs and colds. Guaranteed at ].
W. Merritt's drug store. price SOC and ST. 90.
Trial bottle free. 3-2-lm
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-23
&. Il = = = = II

Hoosier politics. Mcdonald and Hen
bricks and Voorhees,, Gray and Turpie
and Blue Jeans Williams. Democrats,
We're always in each others way Con-
lsequently none of them reached the
White House. The Morton-Julian and
Harrison Gresham feuds among Re-
publicans wrecked many lives and
blasted many hopes True, Harrison
captured the presidency. but that was
not by reason of his own strength, but
because the convention had worn itself
to fragile trying to nominate a more
popular man and, failing that, in des
peration, took him as dernier resort.
Ii Republican success should continue
at the food till 190S-a thing not at all
probabIe-an Vice President Fair
banks could have the solid support of
Indiana Republicans be would be a
formidable candidate for the preSi-
dental nomination, but if New leads a
revolt his chances will be much di-
minlshed, for New will not have much
trouble in setting up Senator Beveridge
as rival for Fairbanks, because, ac-
cording to rumor, Beveridge has been
intensely jealous of Fairbanks for
some years and lies awake O nights in
ducing insomnia by Fostering his head
to discover ways of breaking into the
White House himself. It's pretty
fight as 1T stands and may rebound to
the good of the Democrats-a consum-
nation deyoutly to be wished
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-23

President Roosevelt seems TO be very
fond of the editorial fraternity, a fact
which does him honor He made Rob
ert J. Wynne postmaster general and
is about to make him consul general to
London, the best paying position with
in his gift. He sends Whitelaw Reid
as ambassador to the court of st.
James, and he made Henry l.. West
one of the commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia. There are other
newspaper men no doubt of whom he
has taken care. but these will snffice
as examples
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-23

WENT Oil Il lecture tOuI Through
a Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ken
lucky. One day | had to stop
over four hours in Mansfield. No man
of ordinary intelligence can be in that
delectable little city for even one fleet
ing moment and not remember that it
was the home of John Sherman, who
helped to rock the Republican cradle
and who for almost half century held
office continuously as representative
and senator in congress and as secre-
tary of the treasury and secretary of
state. 1t would appear that he ought
to have been happy, but he was not.
On the contrary, he died as miserable
as any hobo on the road, not because
he had not wealth. for he was a multi
millionaire; not because he did not
hold high office for the length of his
official career was almost unparalleled.
but because he could not get the one
thing needful to I'LL the measure of his
soaring and Unsuitable ambition-the
presidency of the United States. Fall
ing that, nothing could console him to
what seemed to him hard and unjust
fate 1t was his fortune to possess
and to secure any position he wanted
except one He repeatedly saw smaller
men of his own party, sometimes of
his own state, walk off with the gilt
tering prize for which he .hankered and
strove and schemed, and the iron en-
To ar,aa od Qaf
fortune which, having no children of
his own. he left to an adopted daugh-
ter not of his blood. He fastened his
name upon great measures, some of
which have been unduly praised, some
of which have been sayagely abused
he had absolutely nothing to do. But,
while he somehow managed to appro-
pirate other mems bills, he could not
reach the goal on which his heart was
set The history of the republic can
not be adequately written without his
name figuring III it extensively, but the
knowledge of that fact only increased
his bitterness. Why did the people
deny to him the supreme honor of the
republic: 1t would be difficult if not
impossible to say. He was cold, but SO
was General Benjamin Harrison, who
with only handful of original follow
ers was nominated when Sherman was
the leading candidate. There was some
occult force which shut the doors of the
White House in his face every time he
strove to enter No doubt at last. had
he been asked the question which Ma
thanel T. Willis propounded, he would
have given Willis answer; What is
ambitions TITS glorious cheat
To a mere locker on in Vienna it
would appear that the people of Mans
field would have preserved his old
homestead as a show place. as the res
idence of her most distinguished citi-
zen, but they did nothing of the sort.
The very day l was there the last stone
of that mansion was removed and the
ground cut up into city lots. In few
years more John Sherman. one of the
ablest of the Republican chieftains,
will be an unfamiliar name even in the
ears of the denizens of Mansfield.
where he began his public career.
which he always claimed as home and
where he sleeps the last sleep.
Isle transit gloria mundi."
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-23
In the LimeIiqht.

Some men appear predestined to stay
within the shadow and others in the
limelight. Judge Tayler Of the United
States district court at Cleveland, O..
belongs to the latter class. While in
congress he was appointed chairman of
the committee to investigate the Brig
ham II. Roberts case from Utah and at
once leaped into fame. When he quit
congress he was employed in the prose-
cution of Reed Smoot, another splen-
did ''ad." Appointed to the bench large
" because of the prominence gained
in those two spectacular performances,
among the first cases on his docket he
found that of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick
waiting for trial. Certainly he is in po-
sition to realize the truth of the old
saying, Better be born lucky than
rich
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-23
II II Il = = = i

Especial Washington letter.
wUST after congress adjourned I
went on lecture tour through
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ken
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-17
NEARLY 100 MEMBERS
The Modern Brotherhood of Americ
Nearly Doubled Their Mem
bership Friday Evening.

"A month or six weeks ago Manager
Stegner, of the Modern brotherhood
OF Amerlca, came over from Sioux
Falls to increase the membership of
the local lodge. with the idea of
writing 100 policies, and he came
within two OF doing it. With all tile
fraternal societies i'm town III was
thought he had undertaken a biz
contract, but with the aid of his dis
trict managers and the local mem
6ers he came close enough to the 100
mark as to entitle him to the whole.
The new members were initiated
Friday evening in the Odd Fellows
hall aud there was a great turnout.
Wuen the work of the evening was
over a short time was given over to
literary matters ana remarks were
made by Manager Stepner. DIR. Sam
uel Wier, Prof. John L. Seaton.
Deputy Rogers, aud President Warne.
Mr.. Virgil Boyles sang a bass solo to
the pleasure aud satisfaction of all,
and he was required to give an en-
core. His accompaniment was play
ed by G. W. Downey. The evening
closed with the serving of refresh
menus.
The lodge was organized here five
years ago and at n time dropped
to a low membership. With the &C
cession of the new members on this
oc, aston the total number now
reaches 1871.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-17
THE LOST ARTS"
They Are Not So Much Lost ms They
Ar. DiscarLcsI.

Are Discarded.
Not SO many Years ago it was cutie
commonly asserted that modern work
men could not quarry, OF, having quar-
ried, could not handle stones as large
as the monoliths of Egypt says a sci
enlist, land the writer has heard a pub
lie speaker of note assert that it would
be impossible to handle, with modern
implements, such large stones as We're
used in the pyramids or to join them
as perfectly as they are joined there.
Yet. when occasion arose. larger stones
than any OF these We're quarried in
Maine, and some of the larger mono
liths themselves We're transported not
only to sea, but across it and erected in
England, France and America.
"There are individuals today Who
might if they chose cause the tralspor.
tation to and erection in this country
of the largest pyramids or build new
ones ten times larger and more dur
able. Pyramids are not being general
~ built nowadays because they are not
in line with the trend of modern ambl-
ton, that's all.
ut is very doubtful if a Damascus
blade would stand half as severe
usage as a modern band saw blade or
even as much as the spring of q forty
cent clock, while the enumeration of
those wondrous blades, SO far as the
mechanical execution is concerned, can
be cxcelled by apprentices and anna
teurs of today
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-17
NEWSPAPERS.
Striking Things That Great Me,
Have said About Them.

Striking Things That Great Men
Have said About Them.
A correspondent requests that we
print some of the striking things great
men have saM about newspapers-that
is, sayings Chat embody the purpose
and doings at the press. With pleas
ure.
Bryant said: 1.-THE press is good OF
evil, according to the character of those
who direct II. 1t is a mill that grinds
all that is put into its hopper. Fill the
hopper with poisoned grain, and it will
grind it to meal, but there IS death in
the bread"
James Parton said: 1.-THE newspaper
press is the peoples university. Half
tie readers NJ Christendom read little
else"
Jefferson said: 1.-THE basis Of our gov
eminent beng the opinion of the PEG.
pie, the veIS first object should be to
keep that r..x;,t, and were 1t left to me,
to decide whether we should have 8
governments without newspapers or
newspapers without a government j
should not ! estate a moment to prefer
the latter"
Cardinal Gibbons said: "The dread Of
exposure In be public press keeps mary
a man sticking close to the path of rec.
titude who Otherwise would stray Oh
into the byways of graft Chicagr
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-17

OF Queens root, Prof. King eAy0S
Van Alternative (blood puritier) nsur-
passed by few if any other q the known
alternatives. Most successful in skin
and s%crofulous affections; beneficial in
bronchial affections; permanently cures
bronchitis; relieves irritations; an inn
portant cough remedy; coughs of years
standing being cured; aids in blood
making and nutrition and may be taken
with out harm for long periods"
Queens root, Golden Seal root, Stone
root, Black C%herrybark and Bloodroot,
all articles extolled by leading practi-
TONERS of all the schools, as the very
best Of cough medicines, are made es-
pecially valuable when combined with
chemically pure glycerine which greatly
Ingredients in all bronchial, throat and
lung affections, severe coughs and kim
dred ailments.
Who can doubt the efficacy of such q
compound, when scientifically made
up, as in DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery? Who can doubt that it is q
most effective remedy for the several
diseases for which its ingredients are so
! highly recommended by the formost
writers on Mateyia Medsca?
1t is in the cure of the more chronic
or lingering, persistent, and obstinate
cases Of bronchial, laryngial and lung
affections, attended by hoarseness and
severe cough, which if neglected or
badly treated would generally have run
into consumption, that "Golden Med
ical Discovery" has won the highest
praise from all who have observed it's
marvellous control over these and kim
dred affections. It is no cheap COM
pound made-up of trashy ingredients
for free distribution, that curious peo-
pie may experiment upon themselves
as with the many fake nostrums SO
commonly sent out as Strial bottles"
1t has a forty year record, embracing
many thousands of cures behind it, is
sold at a reasonable price and may be
found in all drug and medicine stores
in this and many foreign countries.
1t will be seen from the above brief
extracts how we'll Golden Medical Dis
covery" is adapted for the cure of all
blood diseases, as, scrofulous and skin
and kindred ailments; also that it is
equally good in all Catarrhal affections
no matter where seated, and for all
cases of indigestion, or dyspepsia, tor
pid liver, or biliousness and as q
tonic and %invigorator in all manner of
weaknesses, and in nervous debility
and prostration the above extracts
amply show.
Much further information as to the
properties and uses ofuGolden Medical
Discovery" and DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription for weak women, will be
found in a little booklet of extracts
from standard medical books which
will be mailed free to any address on
request, by letter or postal card, sent to
Dr.: R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
All the several ingredients of DR..
Pierce's medicines will be found, from
the reading of this little booklet, to
have the strongest possible professional
endorsements and recommendations
for the cure of all the diseases for
which these medicines are recon-
mended. No other medicines for like
purposes have any such endorsement.
Thee are non-alcoholic, non-secret, safe
and reliable.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-17
ITnE FARMERS INSTITUTE
The Farmers of Dawson County wiz
Meet in Thi. City Thursday
and Friday Next.

The coming Farmers Institute
which will be held In Mitchell Thurs
day and Friday, Nov. is and II, pro-
misses to be a good strong meeting
from start to finish. Able speakers
have been engaged to lead the VAR
ious discussions-and are coming.
No pains have been spared either by
our citizens or by those in charge of
the work to make the meeting of
lasting value to those who attend iii.
The meetings will be held in the
rooms OF the Mitchell Club, and
the sessions will begin at 10 a. M :.
80 and 1880 p. m. The subjects
discussed will be those of strictly
local interest, and every n will be
given an opportunity to ask questions
and join in the discussions. For
those who prefer to put their quest
ions in writing. a question box will
be open at all sessions and every
query going into it Will he taken out
and answered before the audience.
We cannot hope to have another In
stltute at state expense for year
at least, and may not then-unless
good attendance indicates that our
people are Interested. One day. at
least, most Of US car spare for such a.
meeting. Come prepared, if possible
to spend the entire day and evening.
Among the subjects TO be discussed
are Forage Crops in Dry Seasons;
Economical
Production of Mutton, Beet, etc. !:
Ti.lage and Rotation for conservation
OF moisture and fertility; Poultry
keeping; Buttelmaking; Potato
Growing. Prof. Cole, of the Brook
ings Experiment Station. will talk
on DIouth Resisting Grains and
Grasses and will have IL fine collect
ion OF samples grown at our different
stations, with him for inspection.
The strong, helpful talks by Mrs.
Bertha Dahl Laws no home maker,
either in town or country, a afford.
to miss-leither can the farmers.
These talks alone will many times
repay all cost and trouble Of attend
ing.
The work will be in charge of NJ.
r. Greeley, editor of the Dakota
Farmer. who will be present and
speak at each session.
The speakers will be supplied with.
charts to make interesting and plain
the subjects discussed and, il time
permits, a model silo of moderat e
cost, will be shown and a short talk
given on its cost, value and possi-
Lilities. Every moment from the
opening hour to the close will be
crowded full of the best that exper-
fenced managers and speakers can
provide. There is a great demand
for this new state work and Mitchell
IS particularly fortunate in having
secured a meeting so promptly. We
feel confident that, however busy a
farmer may be, be cannot afford to
let Others tell him what was said
and done at the meeting.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-17
Increasing His Newspaper.

Frank Mayes, who used to be asso-
ciated in the publication Of the
Mitchell Gazette, is making a fne
success of his daily newspaper bust.
ness down at Pensacola, Fla, where
he bought the Journal some years
ago. 1t was about on its last legs
and Mr.. Mayes has succeeded il
building it up to one of the most
prominent and leading papers OF the
state, installing the latest machinery
in the way Of presses and t~ypesettinp
machines. His many old friends will
be glad to learn Of his deserved src-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-17
INSPECTED EASTERN STARS
Grand Worthy Matron Paid an OF
fetal Visit Friday Evening to
Star Light Chapter.

The occasion of the official visit OF
Mrs. DIR. Mary Farr, of Pierre, grand
worthy matron of the Eastern STAY,
to the local Chapter vas a memorable
one in point OF attendance and in
other ways. There were Two new
members initiated during the even
ing, which gave the officers an oppor-
tunity to exemplify the work for the
benefit of the grand worthy matron.
In the course OF her remarks Mrs.
Farr sp%oke.very highly Of the efficient
work Of the officials and offered some
suggestions for the future guidance
OF the members She spoke with
particular reference to the floral work
done 10y the Chapters officials. which
she said was not often see ia snbor-
Sdinate Chapters
A banquet was served in the adj
joining room, at which plates were
laid for IS, among whom were a
number of visitors from outside
towns. An elegant menu was served
by the members in charge and it was
an important feature OF the evenings
program.
Mrs. FAIR was presented with a
handsome corn palace souvenir spoon
by Mrs. Clara a. Lukens, Worthy
Matron, on ..behalf OF ..the Chapter,
and Mrs. Farr was evidently touched
by this little act of appreciation on
the part OF the Mitchell Stars.