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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

retary IS to be most heartily congrotu-
lated on this effort at economy The
secretary proposes, and the congress
dlsposes. IL Republican senators and
representatives who have sons and
other near and dear kin on the pay
rolls do not get together and raise the
estimates, then one long step will be
taken in cutting down appropriations
generally to something like what they
ought to be; but In this case seeing is
believing, for everybody knows that 1t
is not the habit of Republicans to econ
omlze. Still the deficit is so alarming
that they begin to realize that some
thing must bo done to cure 1t. If all
the deldheads could be divorced from
the payroll, reduction In appropria-
tions equal to the deficit might be easi-
ly accomplished; but the SONS of their
fathers and the sons-in-law of their IA
thers-in-law and the nephews Of their
uncles will never let loose until they
are choked loose So long as Secretary
Taft confines himself to general sug-
gestions as to economy all will be well,
but the moment he becomes specific
and suggests that some favorite or rel
ative Of powerful Republican senator
or representative shall cease to feed at
the public crib the devil will be to pay.
As the French say, Nous verrons.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
An Apt Pupil.

Father--Never lie, my son. AL
ways tell the truth. Who's that
ringing dun? Tell him Pm not
in.
Son = Wouldn't that be lie,
papa2
Father-0h, no, my son. It's
financial necessity.
Father-You scamp, If you ate
that cake Ill whip you'll Did you
eat itp
Son--No, father.
Father-Why. / saw you eat it
myself. What do you mean by tell
ing me that liep
son-'Tain't lie. It's protective
diplomacy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
Democrat, Republican or pop2

The public mind seems to be greatly
befogged in an effort to ascertain or
fix the political status Of President
Roosevelt. OF course the Republicans
claim him. With the aid of million
Democrats who stayed ut home by
reason of the Parker telegram they
elected him. Sporadic Democrats claim
him as Democrat. In fact, one, Sen
ator Braxton of Virginia, has gone so
far in his enthusiasm as to declare
that it will be race In 1908 betwixt
the Republicans and Democrats as to
which will nominate him first for a
third term. Now comes a Kansas Pop
and asserts that the president is a
jam up, donble back acting, dyed in
the wool Populist. His letter to the
Washington Post is SO delicious that
here quote 1t in full:
Editor Positive Populists resent the
rlaim put forward by Democrats in the
jouth that our great President Roosevelt
Is convert to Democracy. The president
IL less OF a Democrat today than ever.
He is a full fedsed Populist, and every
disciple of that righteous creed will ac-
claim him as such. The president is to-
day advocating the same righteous doc
trines and principles that those immortal
Populists. Pfeftcr. Weaver, Mrs. Lease,
Redstono and other great Populists. advo-
Gated and fought for In the early days Of
Populism. The president, like the peer
less and immortal Bryan. has succeeded
in steering his party away from the moor
ings Of old and has piloted 1t straight into
the Populistic harbor He Is today our
greatest statesman, and history will ac-
cord him vtry high place in IT'S an
nails for having brought about those ideals
the Popullst party.
The PopulIst party long ago realized
that the only salvation for the country
say In strong centralized government,
and II the country Is to be saved from tho
gresd OF wealth the government must
take charge of the railroads insurance
companies and other quasi public corpora
tions. 1t is more than gratifying to Popu-
lists that our great president has colhe to
the same righteous conclusion and Is
striving with all his might and main to
transfer the rights OF states to the fed
eral government In order that he may
take railroads and trusts by the throat
and dangle them over the legal sridiron
until they promise to be decent.
The president. like all good Populists,
realizes that the states are impotent, and
the only way to strangle greed is 10 place
practically all power In the federal gov
ernmcnt so the president can DO his win
with corporations.
No. no. my Democratic friends. thu
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
THE MUSSULMAN.
@ts Devotion Is Intense and He IL
Proud of His Religion.


a traveller In Africa writes "This Is
land Of religion. The Nussulman's
devotion IL Intense, ever present and
all Pervadlng, being Not an accessory
tackled on, as it were. to his life to be
practiced more or less surreptitiously,
but an essential part, wherewith and
wherein he lives at all times. A Mus
sulman prays openly and publicly, in
nowise afraid to be seen. Every man
wears his string of beads whereon lie
records the number of his daily pray
ers. Notwithstanding it's, to us, un-
inviting appearance, the religion has
made and still Is making great strides
In Africa, and one can only attribute
this to the fact that here at last is a
religion Of which its adherents are in
no way ashamed. 1t offers to the
faithful absolute assurance of saliva
ton and engenders that blind, unhusi-
tating faith therein which Is so COM
fortlng to the native mind.
Seeing crowd of pilgrims bound for
Mecca patiently-nay, with pleasure
enduring the worst treatment that one
could imagine meted out to herds Of
driven slaves, one envies the excess
Of faith that can engender such a dis
position. Though robbed, slain, starv-
ed, herded with pestilence and sub
tected to countless hardships and an
noyances, yet year after year they
come from far and near thousands and
tens Of thousands strong on this the
most wonderful and far reaching OF lat
ter day pilgrimages.
"At Jedda one sees pilgrims from
all corners Of the globe-Dutch sub
jects from Java, Chinese from Peking,
shiploads from India and Farther In
dia, Russian subjects from all parts
Of the great empire, French subjects
from Algiers, from Morocco, and dusky
negroes who have tramped for months
from the western shores OF Africa.
Through many lands and midst many
tongues they come, all to meet at this
thronRed center of the maelstrom Of
the MHssulman faith"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
A Literary Coincidence.

"My father. w. Clark RUSSELL" said
Herbert Russell in telling of literary
coincidence, had finished maturing the
plot of his novel, The Death Ship,
which is a version of the legend Of Van
derdecken. l was his amanuensis al
the time. He said to me, Tomorrow
we will begin the story On the fol
lowing morning when / entered his
study to take his dictation of the open
Ing lines he showed me letter he had
Just received. 1t was from w. 8. Gil
bert, the well known dramatist, asking
him why he did not write a move
about the Flying Dutchman."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
Identified.

'I feel quite lost tonight-forgot
to bring my new glasses. Who Is
that overdressed woman by the pi-
amor"
"Eh? That's my wife,"
'Beg pardon. And who is the
scrawny girl in blue standing by
her ?"
"That's my daughter?"
"By Jove, how stupid! And tell
me, please, who is that gawky look
ing fellow with the big ears who is
standing just opposite to us ?"
'"That's your own reflection in the
mirror, you idiotp
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
No sanetIty In Garments.

There is no sanctity in garments.
A rose in mans hat does not en-
large his piety. Grace is not con-
yeyed by piece of lawn or chastity
by the wearing Of girdle. A black
gown has neither more sense nor
better manners than black coat,
nor is black coat more edifying
than a fustian frock, no more than
9 cambric bib is an antidote against
lewdness or an atonement for it,
Independent Wing, 1919.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

pia the stone slabs are still to be seen,
with the grooves at regular intervals
that had to he toed at starting.
"Greek long distance men ran in the
most approved style of the present
day. But the sprinters apparently en-
ployed a considerable amount Of arm
action and took very long steps, rising
well on to the toes. Then there was the
race in armor. an event highly praised
by several of the Greek writer's as q
valuable preparation for war and
which is supposed to explain the ia.
nous running charge of the Athenians
at Marathon"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

u EHEN the maximum and min
NM imum tariff scheme was pro-
WV posed in the late Chicago
reciprocity convention, In
which Governor Albert b. Cummins
and Uncle Shelby NJ. Cullom played
star parts, it was hailed as panacea.
En- passant it may be remarked soto
voce that Uncle Shelby has already
fallen from grace. Tariff revisionists
hailed it with delight as the easiest
and most expeditions method of reduc-
ing tariff rates. The large number OF
Republicans who indorsed 1t raised
suspicion as to the value of the plan
as tariff reducer. Governor Cummins
and the rest who really believed in 1t
as a cure will all have to pinch them
selves to discover If they are awake or
have been only dreaming when they
learn that Senator Aldrich of Rhode
Island, the arch stand patters favors
the maximum and minimum scheme.
But he goes further than the conven-
tion went. He boldly announces his
minimum, and it is the Dingley bill!
His maximum is out of sight, high
above the Dingley bill, In the boundless
realms of space. Now, IL Aldrich can
work his scheme of maximum and nain-
imum the last condition of the revision
lists will be worse than the first. Re-
publican revisionists will wake up aft
er awhile to the realization Of the fact
that they have no place in the Repub-
lican party.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
The Novel and the Play


o
NOVELIST ought first and foremost to be who can
tell story But this is perhaps the EASIEST QUALIFI
CATION. If there is ETHICAL value to his
works fear his force and likely become great
speaking of plays In play writer's work much
what OTHERS make it. Its charms lie much in the representa-
on of that wholly his He ought not be given
credit for all the exceences which may accompany its presentation
and he ought suffer ALL of the humes of its failure for
he be fully responsible for either But in book
responsible for what he puts and for that which he leaves
HAVE REPRESENT RELIGIOUS
PRINCIPLES FEEL.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

Crop rotation is a fundamental agri-
cultural necessity. Some men do not
seem to understand this fact 1t is not
at all an uncommon thing to come
across men who will actually brag that
they have raised certain crops ON the
same field for ten, fifteen or twenty
years, just as though 1t was something
worth Dragging about. 1t is good
rule to follow on all soils and on all
farms of putting the land into differ
ent crop each year. The same rule
should be observed in the garden, and
the different vegetables grown should
have new locations each year. There
are certain mysterious processes going
on in the soil all the time in connection
with the manufacture and liberation of
plant food which imperatively demand
this rotation OF crops.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
Funerals In the Highlands.

A Scottish correspondent writes OF
funerals III the highlands: '"There are
no undertakcrs here. A carpenter
makes the simple coffin, relatives and
friends carry 1t, hip high, to its last
resting place, which is dug when the
end Of the journey is reached, and
having walked perhaps six miles to
the chosen kirliyard, they take re-
freshment Of sandwiches and whisky
and walk home again. The rigorous
absence Of pomp is maintained, but
there is the added establishment OF
pipe music"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

There is always an end to wheat
farming. Most new countries take it
up for the reason that it is quick
cash crop and easily raised, but they
all have to give 1t up sooner or later.
Constant cropping with wheat in a
few years removes those elements in
the soil which make a good crop pos
sible. The vast wheat growing area
of California is now about at the end
Of its rope. The annual yield has been
growing less and less, with constant
ly depreciating quality Of the wheat
raised, until now the millers there are
obliged to ship in wheat from Kansas
to mix with their own in order to make
a merchantable -four
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
A Prspnsed Economy.

Mr.. Secretary OF War William II. Taft
has prepared his estimate for need
ed appropriations for the army for the
iscal year ending June 80, 1907, and
asks for $9,717,D22.52 less than the ap-
preparations already made for the fis-
cal year ending June 30. 1900. The sec
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
The Canal.


People generally want an isthmian
canal and are willing to pay any fair
or reasonable price for the same. A
year and u half ago they thought they
would have it in five or six years. Now
shey are becoming skeptical about ever
getting it. Hope deferred maketh the
heart sick. First and last, some $60,-
100000 one way and another has been
spent in surveying, jawing, estimating,
quarreling, crossfiring and chaffering
with the French. Still no canal and
precious few signs of one. Even the
kind of canal to be attempted hasn't
been determined on. Nobody knows
whether 1t is to be a lock canal or sea
level Mr.. Youmans, ex-canal COM
missioner, says it will take century to
build it at the present rate. Some other
savant has raised him, placing the time
at 800 years. Still another savant
vouchsafes the Information that ships
will be sailing through the canal in
about four years. It's dreadful mess.
When we voted for the canal the esti-
mates Of cost were $150000,o0o. Now
$1,000,000000 is mentioned as the price.
In the meantime Hon. Samuel Com
pers, president Of the American Fedora
tion Of Labor, has proclaimed that Chi
nese coolies shall not do the digging;
hence Barbados negroes will be the
main reliance, and they appear to be a
sorry lot.
1t Is given out that Secretary Taft
and Mr.. Chairman Shonts are at log
gerheads. At any rate, the secretary
has gone to the isthmus to see what he
canIsee. One thing is cocksure-he may
not know much about building canals,
but II he keeps on travelling he will be
an expert In geography.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
ynhapplness.

They who have never known prosper
ity can hardly be said TO be unhappy.
1t is from the remembrance Of joys we
have lost that the arrows Of afiiIction
ere pointed. Emile ZoIa.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
It ii Il Il Il It q *s tt u It t. It =
y Champ Clark S =
Senator Maximum
inlmumT ar ~
IieanR Rivalry In =
I'll III Warmers Good
IL Canal
It IT tt IT tt tt IL tt Il 1t tt 3& &t IT

president is no convert TO your faith; lie
is convert to Populism, and all Populists
are proud to claim him as their comrade.
We will not permit tho Democrats to
adopt him as they did our platform in 1886,
1900 and ever since
REUBEN JONES or KANSAS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

In the light Of recent events Secre-
tary Taft's opinion of George s. Cox,
whilom Republican boss Of Cincinnati,
lacks the flavor 1t possessed before
election, but In any case it is interest
ing reading. In his Akron speech the
secretary said inter ALA:
The Hamilton county-i. e., Cincinnati
machine is the result of from fifteen to
twenty years labor by George B. Cox. a
man of great executive talent and polit-
ical sagacity. Beginning with the pclitics
of the ward, he has created a political or
ganization in the city of Cincinnati and
the county of Hamilton, founded on the
cohesive power of the public patronage,
which operates as smoothly to control the
nominations and elections in the city and
county rs a nicely adjusted Corliss en-
gine.
The whole government of both county
and city Is absolutely under his control.
and every Republican political convention
nominates the men whom he dictates.
The organization Is carried far beyond
the mere preparation for conventions and
embraces the strictest discipline among
the cohorts in bringing out full vote on
each election day.
The government under the machine is
constantly described as a very corrupt
one. Such q government generally begets
corruption. But If 1t exists In Cincinnati
It seems difficult to secure legal or prac-
tical proof of 1t sufficient to convince the
voter.
But the power secured by the boss and
his assistants under the machine has un-
doubtedly Injured to their pscuniary BEN
eflt, and 1t is seen in the large fortunes
which they now have. How their money
was made has not been disclosed. The
large public utility corporations seem to
regard the boss as conserving influence
and are content to have the control of the
machine continue as 1t is, because they
regard themselves as thus insured against
disturbance in their franchise.
The condition is one of absolute help
lessness on the part of any independent
Republican seeking to take part in poll
tics and to act Independently of the ma
chine, and the distressing effect is now
seen upon all the young men ambitious
politically. as 1t either drives them out of
politics and deprives the public of their
probably valuable services or II they go
into politics they must subordinate them
selves to the tyranny of the boss.
II Is a condition of affairs-a local des-
potism-much to be deplored, and IL had
thought that by speaking and supporting
Governor Herrick tonight j should be do
ing anything for the perpctuation of the
power of the Cox machine In Cincinnati.
or IL thought that Governor Herrlck had
entered into the corrupt bargain with
Cox, as charged, l should not be here.
In reading those words one naturally
recalls the words of the psalmist, "Be-
hold how good and beautiful 1t is for
brethren to dwell together In unity"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
The Word "cad.p

When did the word "cad" come to
have its present odious meaning?
In 1887 1t was applied to London
omnibus conductor without the
slightest disrespect. In a letter
from Carlyle to Abraham Hayward
in that year occurs this passage:
"When you have time to write an
Swer, pray pack up the quarterlies
along with it; send your famulus
into Fleet street, and he will see a
Chelsea omnibus; the cad will bring
it me for sixpence within an hour"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
Correct.

SOTIcSe
Mr.. Secretary Taft rather increased
than diminished his chances Of secur-
ing the Republican presidential nomi-
nation by declaring that he doesn't in
tend to resign from the cabinet or to
inaugurate n campaign in his own be-
half. His Is the correct and dignified
attitude In the matter. All sensible
men for nearly century have thor
oughly indorsed the utterance of that
great South Carolinian, William j..
Lowndes, to the effect that the presi-
dency Is neither to be sought nor de-
clined. No man in his senses believes
that Governor Taft would decline q
presidential nomination at the hands of
his party. He Is man of splendid
like all his fellow citizens, no doubt re-
CARDS the presidency of this paissant
republic as the highest political honor
that can be conferred upon any of the
teeming sons Of Adam, so IL any of
the eager chasers after the nomination
are laying the flattering JUNCTION to
their ambitious souls that the secretary
are very much mistaken.
1t Is an open secret that there
are three If not more presidential
posslbilities-ind probabilities-in
President Roosevelts cabinet, Taft,
Root and Shaw. Taft's habitat Is
better than those of the other two.
Ohio Is most centrally located. Then
she has the presidential habit. Just
why nobody seems to know, but she
has 1t all the same. In fact, the Buck
eyes have the officeholding habit in
general more largely developed than
have the people of any other state.
More than once she has lost the presi-
dental nomination by having a sur
plusage of aspirants.
In 1876 Allen G. Thurman had rat
ting good chance to win the prize, but
his political Ohio enemies in his own
party set up his uncle, Rise Up Will
liam Allen" popularity yclept "Old
Bill" as rival, and "the grand old
Romans" cake was all dough. Per-
haps George II. Pendleton might have
been nominated for president some
time had not Henry B. Payne and
William s. Groesbeck become ambi-
tious to reside in the White House.
Ohio rivalry and Ohio treachery kept
John Sherman from being president,
though for one am most heartily glad
of 1t.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

Little and often should be the rule in
the application Of oil to machinery and
fertilizer to the soil. We have some
times noted that where twenty-five or
thirty loads of manure were spread on
an acre of land no better results were
obtained than where one-third as much
was applied with manure spreader.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

The men who are making the most
money in feeding beef animals are
those who know how to take well bred
calves and 80 feed them that at one
year old they viii sell for $50 or more
as baby beef. This type OF beef Is in
much favor and brings the top of the
market, and then the gain in flesh
made by the young animal is always
more cheaply secured than on thu wa-
tured one.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

Everybody is glad that President
Roosevelt Is safe and sound back in the
White House, and everybody hopes he
will not take any more such long
chances Of being drowned.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

We have two or three inquiries about
mushrooms, their culture and where
the spawn may be procured. The agri-
cultural department has issued very
excellent bulletin on mushroom cul-
ture which may be obtained by writ
ing to the department. The spawn can
be procured of almost any up to date
seed store.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

The general consensus of opinion
seems to be that the presidents latest
order touching civil service removals
has knocked the bottom clear out Of
that system. 1t will simply enable Re-
publican chiefs to weed out the Demo
Gratis without hearing. If any system
ever needed an overhauling which
would put some common sense into It,
surely it Is the civil service system.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23
So Early.


1t is three years till another presi-
dent is to be elected. Nevertheless one
hears nearly as much about presiden-
tial candidates as is usually heard one
year before an election. Ever since
last November Republican candidates
have been gallavanting over the land
electioneerlng as though they were run
ming for constable. Now Democrats
are beginning to sit up and take notice.
OF course everybody knows that Colo
mel Bryan is commanding figure, and
1t is taken for granted that he will be
candidate If lie sees any chance Of
election. Second to Bryan, and Bryan
only, in popularity is Governor Folk of
Missouri. Recently an editor out in
Kansas, desiring to feel the public
pulse, sent out 1000 coupons and asked
his readers to name their choice. Folk
got nearly as many votes as Bryan.
Then there are Mayor Mcclellan and
Editor William r. Hearst, who are fire.
quently and favorably spoken of and
who unquestionably have each strong
following At the dedication of the j.
Sterling Morton monument Grover
Cleveland and Paul Morton, who late
ly retired from Roosevelt's cabinet,
urged Ex-Governor David r. Francis
to accept the Democratic nomination.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-23

The kaiser's premier Is evidently pos
sessed Of keen sense Of humor as
well as of great ability. He proposes
that ten German statesmen debate the
tariff question with ten American
stand patter statesmen. That would
be great show, with the odds in fa-
vor Of the German statesmen, because
they want to make fair exchange Of
products with US, whereas our stand
patters want to sell everything and to
buy nothing-preclsely what President
Mckinley in his Buffalo speech said
we could not do