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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-04-16

sith historical exaggeration to as
all bad man with untruth. An
pidemic of indiscriminate assault
upon character does not good, but
very great harm. The soul of every
seoundrel is gladdcned whenever an
honest man is assailed, or even when
a scoundrel is untruthfully assailcd.
''Now, il !. easy TO twist out Of
shape wha have just said, easy to
affect to M understand it, and, il it
is slurred over in repetition, uot
difficult really to misunderstood it.
Some persons are sincerely incapable
Of understanding that to dcnounce
mud singing does not mean the in
dorsement Of whitewashing; and
both the interested individuals who
need whitewashing, and those others
who practice mud singing, like to
encourage such confusion of ideas.
One of the chief counts against those
who made indiscriminate assault up
m men in business or men in pub
ic life. is that they invite a reaction
which is sure to tell powerfully in
favor of the INSCRIPTIONS scoundrel
who really ought to be attacked, who
ought to be exposed, who ought. if
possible, to be put in the peniten-
tiary. II Aristdes is praised over
much as just, people get tired of
hearing it: and overcensure of the
unjust finally and from similar rea-
sons results in their favor.
"Any excess is almost sure to in
vite reaction; and, unfortunately.
the reaction. instead of taking the
form Of punishment of those guilty
of the excess, is very apt to take The
form either of punishment of the un-
offending or Of giving immunity,
and even strength, to offenders. The
effort TO make financial or political
profit out of the destruction of char
artrr can only result in public ealam-
ltv. Gross and reckless assaults on
character, whether on the stump or
in newspaper. magazine, or book.
create Il morbid and vicious public
sentiment. and at the same time act
as profound deterrent to able men
of normal Sensitivcness and tend To
prevent them from entering the
public service at any price
Though it be only repetition. vet
the Telegram feels it but right and
lust to its many readers to lay
stress on how very fittingly the
Presidents words quoted above arc
to the course pursued by the Demo-
cratic paper here at the instance of
trio Of clique politicians, whose
cowardice was too great to permit
themselves to be publicly known as
the authors Of the vile and repulslvc
matter which abounded in the
columns of that miserable sheet. 1t
Is known that the editor himself was
ayerse to pursuing such a course. but
was virtually usurped of his own
prerogative and compelled at the
point Of the bayonet of boycott to
DO their bidding. The general pub
lie doubtless did not know this and
with the seed Of dissatisfaction sown
privately from house to house
against the government and those in
charge Of city affairs. many Of the
people were led to believe the fabri-
cations. fancies and falsehoods that
trio worked upon them through the
columns Of newspaper.
A. the President SAYS there win be
7 reaction. II began the next day
after the election and is constantly
growing. The Interior motive of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-04-16
New Pictures Shown

"Cascy's Dream Seeing the Show"
and young Tramps" will be the
moving-picture program at the
Nickelodeon Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. This program had a
great run in Pittsburg Friday and
Saturday and is expected to attract
large crowds here. Ladies and child
ren will be especially pleased with ii.
The best Of order is maintained and
the most courteous attention given.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-04-16
NOTICE TO MERCHANTS.

Copy for advertisements III ii
Daily Telegram should be hamde,
in By nine o'clock a. m. to g'4ara,ste,
change the same dag, and for IL.
Weekly Telegram not later thar
Wednesday noon each week. Tn
earlier sent in, the better the servic.
sDiH be.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-04-16

the Democratic schemers and trick
sters has dawned upon many an hon
est citizen, who was lured into their
well-secreted but dangerous trap, but
the revelation afterward has broken
open that trap and the people will
not be ensnarcd into supporting or
abctting them IN their selfish, poll
tic,l design for the future.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-04-16
Federal Prisoner in Jail

Roy Shafcr, of Buckhannon, was
brought here Saturday night from
Parkersburg by United States Depu-
ty Marshal Todd Barrett for trial
at the coming term Of federal court
for violations Of the internal revenue
laws and was placed in jail.
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THE DAILY TELEGRAM

A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER.
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Clarksburg, W. Va.
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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-29
RARE EXOTIC IN ENGLISH.
Specimen of His Native Tongue CD
tained by Mark Twain
I'm Italy.

Mark Twain in his recent soiourn "
Italy did not confine himself 10 study
ing the Italian language. as might bt
thought from the accounts OF his adj
ventures with II. He let the Italians
try their English on him. and als,
made a fine collection Of English as II
Is written in that country. relates ths
Chicago Record-Herald Sunday Maya
zine.
zone of my choicest gems" he re-
marked TO a recent caller. rs a cata,
logue which came to me by mail from
a seed and plant dealer at Naples. !
have marked the description of ter
resttial orchid on page 80 as a fair
sample" and he handed the catalogus
to the visitor and pointed to the fol-
lowing:
"aiagnifc potplant! Notorious for
the long lasting cutfioweri The soil
to be light but nutritious, and the bulb
downthrust early, and the first up
shoot to be covered with glass Wills
the equitable fahrenheit is nain-
tanned"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-29
Bre,ity the soul of wit.

While anecdotes are common OF the
brcvity OF great men In the most i'm
po-tant decisions. the record in such
matters is probably 10 be found in the
story told upon Won Moltke. The great
general never opened bis mouth II q
gesture would answer the purpose.
HIS comment at the time the Franco
Prussian war was announced is mat
ter OF history. The news was brought
to him that the French had declared
war. He was at the war office OF the
time and his entire b,af was boiling
over with excitement. An aide-de-
camp rushed In to Won Moltke's pri-
vate Office with the document an
nouncing the beginning of the great
conflict. Won Moltke, without looking
Up from his letters, said:
Second pIeson hole on the right
first. tier"
And went on with his reading ~.
Y. Herald
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-29
NIGHT IN THE COUNTRY.

In the city the night Is gay.
Brighter, more fevcrish than the day;
Throngs unceasing pass through the
glare.
Allured by pleasure or urged by care
The noisy stir. the busy hum
or unresting life IL seldom dumb.
The benediction of midnight deep
Never may fall on the city's sleep.
In the country the dusk. sweet night
Has the solemn calm of the inhnite:
The dim, wide fields I'm silence lie
Under the arch of ebon sky.
The wind steels out OF the quiet woods
To blow over dew-chrismed solitudes;
The hush Of the hour Is still and deep
In the pastures where the cattle sleep.
The kindly stars shine above the hills,
With balm and healing the nighttime
fills.
Here in the country one may rest
Like a child on its mothers breast
Il. NJ. Montgomery. in Farm Journal
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-29
BALZAC AND HIS DEBTS.
Famous French Novelist was Chua-
fshIy ExtravREant In Ills Tastes
and Expenditures.

with Balzac's rising fame rises the
mountain OF his debts" writes a critic,
These, starting from his two disas.
trous years OF printing and publish
ing in Paris. accumulated until at tAs
the top Of his literary renown. he bad
to hide from his creditors In a garnet
under the name OF his landlady or bis
washerwoman. In 1887 Balzac. at that
date the best-known and the most-ds-
batsd novelist in France, owed l62. coo
francs-about S32. 800. Then he must
needs buy a cane which was the talk
OF Pairs. some gold buttons for a new
coat a divine opera glass and dres1-
ing gown beyond words and give .
dinner 20 the handles OF the Opera
respecting which Rossini said that he
had not seen more magnihcence when
he dined at royal tables
"Balzac, three times a millionaire
would still have buried himself In debt
for the mental exaltation OF his crea-
tive hours was reproduced when he
broke loose from the galley bench. Ks
lavished in anticipation the wealth he
had dreamed would be his This gone.
he borrowed anew or devised another
OF those schemes that were 10 enrich
him beyond the possibilities OF litera-
ture. His schemes were essentially .
part OF Balzac. the sovereign. uncon,
querable visionary.
Tie would transport oaks from Pol
and 10 France; nothing like oaks from
Poland 10 make your fortune thres
times over, Behold him again grave
ly working out his plan TO maks Q
corner in all the arts and putting NJ
the Apollo Belvidere for competitions
among the nations-to act as auction
Ger tn Europe. The child man. as hfs
devoted sister. Mime. Surville. used 70
call him"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-29

take q still more desperate one. come
tn sou @E." she wrote; and he went
mechanically. as a drowning man
catches at q straw, knowing II win not
awe him
The h-asnse IN Alameda Square was
dark wtrc8 he went up the walk; and
while he was feeling for the bell-push
his suz1soaer called to him out Of the
electric stancilings of leaf shadows
under ehe broad veranda
re ts ono fine a night TO stay In
Doors sha said. Come and sit in the
hsHnsek while scold you as you de-
serve" And when he had taken the
hammock: Now give an account OF
yourself Where have you been for the
past aee or two?'
"WzlFowiug around in the lower
depths Of the place that Dante visited,
he admitted.
Don't you think you deserve a man
hAndIing1"
Il suppose so; and II you have It in
mind. shall probably get It, But |
may say Tin not especially anxious for
tonguc-iashing tonight"
Poor Soy!" she murmured, in mock
sympathy. docs it hurt to be truly
goodr
Try e some time when you have
a little eeiszre, and see for yourself he
retortEss- =
She tanghed.
Mo. al leave that for the Miss
Brentwoods. BY the way. did you go TO
tell the household goodby? Penelope
was wondering audibly what had be-
come Of you"
Il disiR't know they we're gone. |
have been nowhere since the night you
drove rne Uut with contumely and op-
probrfam-"
she laughed again.
~Fss0 Gnust have dived deep. They
went a week ago Tuesday. and you lost
YOUR ghOstly adviser and your political
staEe manager at one fell swoop. But
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-29

tut have no money % syend.-
he objected.
Again the brown eyes grew lumi-
nous: and again abe said:
what would you do without mel
Happily. my information came early
enough to enable me to get a letter
to Mr.. Ormsby. He answered promptly
by wire this morning. Here is his tele-
gram"
She had been winding tightly
folded slip of paper around her fingers,
and she smoothed II out and gave
1t to him. lie held II in a patch of the
electric light between the dancing leaf
shadows and read
pilot Number Two approved. Have
wired one hundred thousand TO Kent's
order Security Bank. Have him draw
as he needs"
80 now you see" she went on, you
have the sinews of war. But you must
regard Il as an advance and name your
fee TO the Boston folk so you can pay
It back"
He protested again. rather weakly.
at looks like extortion; like another
graft" he said: and now she lost pa
tence with him.
"Of all the Puritan fanatics!" she
cried. IF 1t were a simple CONNER
cial transaction by which you would
save your clients a round $4,000 900.
which would otherwise he lost, would
you scruple to take proportionats
fee?"
NO: certainly not"
well. then: you go and tell Mr.. 10
ring to wire his Advisory Board. and
to do Il tonight"
But I'll have TO name a figure" said
Kent.
"Of course" she replied.
Kent thought about IL for a lcng
minute. Then he said: Il wonder n
SIC. 1000. and expenses. would paralyzs
them?"
Miss Van Brooks comment was lit
tie shrek OF derision.
ITO BE Continued
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-29

IL isn't wonderful that you haven't
missed Mr.. Ormsby. Having elected
Miss Brentwood your conscience-keep-
er-fn-ehkcf, you have no further use for
the p s. n"
~And you have no further use for
me. aBparent1y," he complained. Did
you send for me so that you might
abuse the IN the second edition?"
NO. 7 wanted TO give you a bit Of
news. and to repeat an old question Of
mine Do you know what they are
going % do next with your railroad?"
Yes. Hildreth told me this after
noon"
We'll. what are you going TO do!'
Nothing There is nothing TO be
done They have held TO the form
OF LEGAL procedure thus far, but they
won't do Il any more. They will take
MacESarazne on in a corner somewhere.
have NL7n make Guilford permanent
receiver. and the lease TO the Over
land will be consummated on the spot.
l sha'u't be in it."
~Pn5Axhly not; certainly not II you
don't Try 60 get in It. And that brings
me bxek TO the old question. Are you
big enough, David?"
IF YOU think | haven't been big
enough TN live up 10 my opportunities
TINS far, I'm afraid / may disappoint
you again." be said doubtfully.
"TouH have disappointed me-" she
admitied- THAT is why | am asking
I'd like 10 be reasonably sure your
Jonathan Edwardsy notions are not go
ing % trip us again"
'POrts7. If thought you really
meant that. "A constituencies man
Is bad enough, God knows; but con-
| scienreless woman"
Her laugh was a decorous little
SHREK
~DaTid -yUn are not big; you are
narrszE. marrow, narrow Is there nc
other eDdc of morals in the round
wurId save that which the accident OF
birth has interleayed with your New
Eng1and Bible? What is conscience
Ia IL an absolute standard Of right and
wrOnz@ Or is It merely your ideal or
mine. or Shaiz Ullah Khan's?"
~You may call IT all the hard names
you can lay tongue to-" he allowed.
I'm not getting much comfort out of
1t. and rather enjoy hearing 1t abused.
Bnt yon are thrusting at shadow in
the present instance. Do you know
what s6d this afternoon"
How should I know"
Il DON'T know why you shouldn't:
You know everything that happens.
But I'm teil you. | had been fighting
the thing over from start to finish
and back again ever since you blessed
me ont n week ago last Monday, and
at the wind-up this afternoon l took
the papers out of the bank vault. Law
ing &c in mind to go and give his ex-
cesIenxy a bad quarter Of an hour"
But yon didn't do it?"
NO, he saved me the trouble. Waile
wzx getting ready to go and hunt
aim. a6s card came up. We had It ou:
tn my sooms"
TIA listening" she said; and he re-
hszrssS che facts for her. concealing
nothing
~Wis4t a curious thing human ma
taxs Ia she commented. when he had
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-10-26
THE COLORADO ISSUE.

Colorado is the most wretchedly
misgOverned state in the union. What
IS the matter2 Peabodyism. But
what is PeabOdyism? Corporate dOmi-
nation in defiance Of law. The issue,
there, plainly stated, is whether the
constitution shall remain as the su-
preme law OF the land or despotism
and anarchy under the Peabody regi-
men
Men were arrested without charge
and held without trial Soldiers clear
ed the streets when the crowd seemed
curious, as II it were Russia and not
America
Meetings were broken up, and IN
one case a funeral was invaded to ar
rest a man against whom no charge
had been preferred. A newspaper
was ordered to cease publishing news
that the military authorities did not
like; and when the paper refused
compliance It was raided- It is pro-
per to say here that the raid did not
succeed. After the soldiers had gone
with their prisoners, a woman, Mrs.
Emma F. LangdOn, with one helper
got out the paper and sent it to the
world with the significant heading,
Somewhat disfgured, but still in the
ring" Finally, after the horrible ex-
plOsiOn at the Independence mine, the
military outrages eliminated. Men
were arrested by hundreds and herded
in buIlpens. No charge Of crime was
made. No chance to prove innocence
was given. They were gathered in;
were taken by hundreds and dumped
on the Kansas prairies or on the de-
sert at the New Mexico line, given a
can of beans and a loaf OF bread for
every two, and told that they must not
return 10 their homes on penalty Of
death. At least nine out OF ten OF
these men were known to be peace
able citizens. A large proportion Of
them owned their own homes. Some
Of them were working leases, and
their exile meant the loss Of invested
money and labor, and in one case the
loss Of a fortune already within sight,
But-they were obnoxious to the pow
ers that were and they had to go.
These outrages were committed by
the military under the direction Of
Governor Peabody. They were in ef-
feet an assertion that the governor was
above the law.
The democratic party OF that state,
headed by Governor Adams, stand to
right these wrongs and restore the
commonwealth to the government ef
the people under constitutional and
statute law All good men should
vote that ticket
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-10-26

publican measures, which TerT much
need reinforcing, as in the case OF the
rate bin, passed at the last session OF
congress; and the reforms advocated
BY william Jennings Bryan, and
which have been put into democratic
platforms. both state and national. are
steps leading in the right direction,
and anticipate the very things de-
manded By socialist reformers
Bryan's recent address TO the voters
OF Colorado, only last Saturday, con-
tain these words:
The great danger that confrOnts
the state is that the reform forces
may be divided in the face OF the enc
may be to their ticket, however anx-
fOus 20 compliment their candidates,
they ought to see that there IS some
thing more important than cOmpli-
ments at this time"
As all know the issues In Colorado
are especially tense It Is the Pea
bOdy-McDOnald regimen, the stolen
gOYenOrship. etc, and the outrages
against which socialists loudly declaim-
BY sporting the democratic ticket
and voting for Adams for governor
they can right these wrongs. Jen-
kins' colt swan a deep and rapid river
to get a drink OF water, as the old
story goes.
On the Initiative and the referen-
dunn in constitution building Okla
homa IS pertinent case in point First,
primaries are held by all political
parties in townships and voting
precincts to elect delegates
to county conventions. which
are to nominate delegates to the con-
stitutiOnal convention. An election is
held. and delegates elect are sent to
the state constitutional convention,
which frames a constitution. This IS
the initiative. Second, this cOnstitu-
ton IS then submitted to a vote OF the
whole people for rejection or approx
al This is the referendum. Then
this constitution approved by the
popular vote, is submitted to congress,
and il its provisions are found to be
in accord with the constitution Of the
United States, the new state is for
mally admitted to the union. If found
defective or deficient it IS again re-
ferred back to the people OF the con-
templated new state. Here is the in
itiative, the referendum and the re-
referendum. Thus are the rights OF
the people safeguarded.
The great magma charta, the con-
stitution Of the United States, reads
In one Of its sections:
The congress Of the United States
shall guarantee to each state in the
union a republican form OF govern
ment"
Is not this sufficient? What we
need Is not more prerOgatfves but more
civic patriotism.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-10-26
FRIDAY. OCTOBER rs. 1906.
KANSAS DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Governor-W. A Harris oC Law
Bence-
Lieutenant GOVernOr-HuEh ,.
FarrelIy Of Chauute-
Secretary OF State-Huch Q. Ahi-
bern, Smith Center.
Auditor-William Bowen, Atchison-
Attorney GeneraI-DGyfd OyeTmyer
q Topeka
Treasurer-PatrlckG German Of Fort
Scott
superintendent Of Schools B.
Carney OF COncOTdia-
Associate Justices Of Supreme Court
six-year tsrm-D. n Dale OF Wichi-
q and A. II. Jackson 81 Windeld.
Associate Justices Of Supreme Court
mort term-W. 8. Glass Of Aarys-
vile and LAurens HlWn sf LsGVea-
Wsrth-
Hsmbers state Board Railroad
CemmissionsrB-Ha MCCLELLAN Of
Minneapolis, James Humphrey Of
Junction City and 2. A. Cooper Of
Lyons-
superintendent Of Insurance.. ".
MorPhy ef Russell.
StStaa ErfnteF-". y. FEEDER q
9re&t Bend
For Congressman Sixth District
JOhn B. Rea Of HankatO.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-10-26
SCHOOL NOTES.

There's music in the air" at least
in the high school. We can now boast
OF having a new piano
Polly and Esther Piper were the
absent members Tuesday. Polly is
one Of our senior girls and Esther is
one OF our ninth grade girls
Ida Scheigner played a piano solo
Tuesday morning and all enjoyed il
very much.
The pupils Of the lower grades were
dismissed Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock on account Of the storm
Clyde Cotton entertained the high
school pupils Wednesday morning
with a piano solo. Also Bessie kim
mel Thursday morning. Both solos
were-listened to with pleasure.
Prof Jones. a travelling agent for
the New Standard Encyclopedia
called at Mr.. AIitchell's Office Friday
afternoon The board OF education
purchased a set Of the above named
books for the high school.
Clara ThOrsen has promised US a
piano solo Friday morning
This week closes the second month
OF school and all are doing nicely.
Victor Larson entered high school
Tuesday morning.
Teachers examination viii be held
at the court house Friday and Satur-
day.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-10-26
HARD ON THE .CLABBER-FACEs.'
The Passing OF the Pass Has Wrought
a Change In Railway Travel.


From EldOradO Republican.
Railway trains which formerly car
ried a dozen crowded coaches are be-
ing cut down to two or three. 1t for
merly required ten coaches daily to
haul the politicians and shoppers
from Topeka to Kansas City. On
Saturday last there were but nine WO-
taxed, on one morning train, while
at no time were there more than a
handful Of travelling people in the old
Union station at Kansas City. Judges,
state and county officers, members Of
the legislature, politicians and states
men, with their wives, their sons and
their daughters, their unCles and their
aunts, their red-headed typewTiters,
their sealsSin sack wives, their hired
men and hired girls, have had their
the railway coaches in this land Of the
free and home Of the brave loaded to
the coal boxes with q tremendous
army Of clabber-faCed barnacles as
afOretime- No longer are the rail-
way stations and platforms crowded
with Office holding sOvereignS squats
and their beOngings. The railway pass
is called in" the little pastebOard
Is not now chucked under the nose of
the conductor. From now on it is
whack up the price or walk.
And while this greatly reduces the
tonnage Of human freight daily Carted
over the land by the railways, il will
come hard on the taverns, the thea
tiers, the bargain houses and the
''barkeepS" in the big cities But it
will all adjust itself and will in time
be better for everyday The railway
pass clerk will peacefully sleep over
his rusty typewriter, the railway ''pO-
ntical solicitor" will have more time
to devote to Friday Gibson" while
Copeland county will become the
habitat OF the bat and the owl, its
former population in time forgetting
the difference between a jackpot and
a bObtan flush It is too bad, but then
we are all in for the square deal and
must have il at any cost.