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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14
YOUNG MEN MUST CHOOSE
Principles of the Party Should Be In
vestigated Before They Train
with It,


The universities and colleges and
high schools are again sending out
thousands OF young men equipped, as
far as education can arm them, TO
fight life's battle. They will enter into
every profession and business, and
must struggle for a living with the
older and more seasoned army that
has preceded them. Many of these
young men, especially from the law
schools, will enter upon political
careers; and all will have to decide
upon the political party they will sup
port. Those that are honest and true,
and nearly all young men are so until
contaminated, will naturally turn from
corruption and grating: and some, at
least, will strive to correct those ter
rible evils that have SO vastly dimmed
the luster of the party in power. Fam
lily ties and associations naturally have
great influence in deciding the political
course of young men about to cast
their first vote. The bias of the teach
ers of economics has led many to look
on but one side of political issues, and
hence many young men are very apt
to decide their political future without
due consideration OF both sides of the
great political questions that divide the
parties.
AS the Democratic party has every
thing to gain by the investigation and
publicity of its contentious, and being
the great historic party of the nation,
Its principles should be thoroughly
scrutinized and given due weight be-
fore a decision is arrived at.
The fundamental doctrine of Democ-
racy is: Equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none" Democrats
believe in home rule and that every
community has the right to decide its
local issues and the amount of the
local taxation. To decide upon NUM-
clpal ownership and the regulation of
the liquor traffic and such other local
matters as affect the community. Ali
these under Democratic rule are settled
as a majority of the legal voters may
decide.
The great national questions of the
tariff; subsidies to corporations and
individuals; regulation of railroad
rates, and control of trusts and com.
bines; the management of the finances
OF the country; the rights of capita
and labor; the question of individual
isn, or socialism; militarism; impe
riaiism; taxation without representa-
ton, all must be investigated befor,
the young man can fairly decide will
whom he will politically ally him
self.
AS government is the chief agenc,
ond adjunct of civilization, it is entire
ly worthless unless it protects life ant
property and provides liberty withou
license. A government which take
from the people by taxation nor
money than is needed to defray the ex
penses of the public business CONNER
cially administered, or takes none,
from the many in order to favor an,
enrich the few, by indirection, unde
the false pretense of protecting labor
commits robbery and fraud, and is I'm
democratic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14
GRAFT AND U%SURPATION.
An Oily and Fishlike Smell Arises
from Case of Republican
Graft,

In the debate on the rate bill, May
Is, the charge of graft and %usurpation
was made against the president in
connection with a monopoly for a pipe
line on the Isthmus of Panama, which
had been granted to the Union Oil
company. Senator Morgan had Sc
cured an amendment to the rate bill
making pipe lines on the isthmus com
non carriers.
Mr.. Hopkins moved to reconsider
the motion by which the amendment
was adopted. y
Speaking to the motion, Senator
Morgan said the concession by the
president for a pipe line in the canal
zone had an oily, not to say a fishy,
smell and was a peculiarly pronounced
case of graft. He declared other lines
had been denied the same privileges
granted to the Union company and it
was "a sheer, cold u%surpation of pow
err"
This is a very serious charge, and
one which, If well-supported, should
result in the impeachment of the pres
1dent. 1t was bad enough to say to
him that in his negotiations with Till
ma and Bailey he entered upon them
with a dilemma, arranged affairs with
a subterfuge, withdrew with a mental
reservation, and preyaricated when
caught. But it is still worse to charge
that he is a CRATER and usurper in
league with Cromwell and the oil
trust. If this last charge is as we'll
sustained as the charge of bad faith
has been, it is high time to rid the ex-
ecutive Office of its present occupant.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

eat lobster until our stomachs would
form an ~anti-lobster union, and be so
gay the people would think we were
young Va%ndergoulds. Since pa and /
were captured by the Hole-in-the-Wa
gang | have found that all is not glori-
Gus in the t~rain-robbing and capturing
for-ransom business, and that robbers
are never happy except when a robbery
is safely over, and the gang gets good
and drunk.
The first day or two after pa and | and
the traitorous cowboys were captured,
we had a pretty nice time, eating
canned stuff and elk meat, and pa was
kept busy telling the gang of what had
happened in the outside world for sew
eral months, as the gang did not read
the daily papers. When they robbed a
train they let the newsboy alone for
fear he would get the drop on them.
Pa told them about the ave of reform
that was going over the country, and
how the politicians were taking the
railroads and monopolists by the neck,
and shaking them like a terrier would
shake a rat; how the insurance compa'
MES that had been for years tying the
policy holders hand and foot, and search.
ing their pockets for illicit gains had
been caught in the act, and how the
presidents and directors were liable Y
have to serve time in the penitentiary
Pa told the Hole-in-the-Wall gang al
the news until he got hoarse.
"And hoy is my old friend Teddy, thu
rough ridd0?" asked one of the gang
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14
TO THE SPELL OF DRESS.
Tribute Paid by Famous Writers
and Philosophers to
Fashion.

Jane Austen wrote to her sister n
1874: Il have determined to trim my
lilac sarsenet with black satin ribbon,
just IS my China Grape is, siXpenny
width at the bottom, threepenny or
fourpenny at top. Ribbon trimmings
are all the fashion at Batn. With this
addition it will be a very useful gown,
happy to go anywhere"
Emerson quotes, with admiring sub
mission" the experience of the lady
who declared that 1.-The sense of being
perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling
of inward tranquility which religion
is powerless to bestow."
So the clever woman and the philos-
opher, says Youths Companion, pay
their tribute to the spell of dress.
science at the amount of time and
thought she must give to her clothes
may gather cheer from the innocent
pleasure so genuine a nature Is Miss
Austen's found in the simple task of
making a gown happy to go any
Where. Inc woman who has COM
passed the art of making that kind of
a gown has done herself a large serv-
ice and the world no small n We
should have admired" to see Miss
Austen attired in the lilac sarsenet
with the black satin ribbon. We may
be sure that not only was the gown
happy to go anywhere, but that the
wearer was happy in it, and that the
company was happy to have her.
A gentle word, a charitable act, a
difficult sacrifice are each more easy in
a well-fitting and becoming dress. Per.
haps it may be a sign of our servitude
to earth that this should be so; but
while we live here we are bound to
look facts in the face, and cherish the
ideal of the happy" gown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

murderers' union and I would be a
marked nan
LAS president of a life insurance com
pany | could not vote myself a hundred
and fifty thousand dollars a year salary,
and take it from fatherless children and
widows and retain my self respect. Out
here in the mountains | can occasionally
take my boys, when our funds get low,
and ride away to a railroad, and hold up
the choo-choo cars, and take toll, but not
Of the poor passengers. Who do we rob?
Why the the railroads are owned by
Standard Oil, and if We take a few thou
sand dollars, all Mr.. Rockefeller has to
do is to raise the price of kerosene for a
day or two and he comes out even. The
express car stuff is all owned by Wall
a safe, ten thousand or twenty thousand
dollars. the directors of the express COM
pany sell stock short in Wall street and
make a million or so to cover the loss by
the bandits of the far west, and pocket
the balance. So you see we are doing
them a favor to rob a train, and my con-
science is clear. | a am always sorry when
an engineer or expressman is killed, and
when such a thing occurs l find out the
family and send money to take care OF
them, but of late years we never kill any
body, because the train hands don't re.
sist any more, for they do not care to di,
to save Wall street money. Now when
| say to an engineer: Charley, turn hel
off and stop here in the gulch and takc
a dynamite stick and go wake up thu
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

In a hundred miles Of you, and no way
to spend your money after you get it.
sleeping nights on the rocks and eating
canned stuff you pack in here after rob
bling a grocery, than to enter the realms
of high finance and be respected by the
people, and be one of the people.
with no price on your head.
one of the great body of eighty million
men who rule a country that is the pride
Of the earth? You must be daffy," said
pa, just as disguised as he could be.
Sure, Mike" said the robber. Every
body here respects me, and who respects
the Wall street high finance and life in
surance robber? Not wen their Wallets.
Me one of the people! Ye gods, but you
years. You say they run the govern
ment! They and their government ara
run by Wall street, which owns the
United States senate, body and soul.
The people are pawns on a chess board,
moved by the players, and they only
talk, while the Wall street owners act.
Let me tell you a story. I once had a
dog trained so that he would lay down
and roll over for a cracker, and would
hold a piece of meat on his nose until
his mouth would water and his eyes
sparkle, but he would wait for me to
snap my fingers before he would toss the
meat in the air with his nose and
snatch it in his mouth. and swal-
low it whole for fear l would get it
way from him. He would stand on his
hind legs and speak and beg for a bone
to be thrown to him so he could
catch it. Do you know, the people of
this country remind me of that dog. If
they do not assert themselves and take
monopoly. high finance, insurance rob-
berry, grating and millionaire and bill
~lionaire ownership of everything that
pays by the throat and strange them
all, and do business themselves instead
Of having business done for them by the
money power, they will never get noticed
except when they do their tricks like
my old dog. When the time comes that
the people wear collars and are led by
chains, and they have to stand on their
hind legs and speak to their rich and
arrogant masters for bones, and hold
meat on their noses until Wall street
snaps it's fingers, you will want to come
out here in the mountains and live the
free life of a train robber with a con-
science. What do you think about it,
bub?" said the robber to me. j
well" says l to him, you talk like
a socialist, or a Democrat, but you talk
ali right. If an one of the people l will
do as the rest do, but I'll be darned if |
will get down and roll over for any
body"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

who claimed he had gone up to San Juan
hill with the president.
THE president is in fine shape" said
pa, 'and he is making friends every day.
fighting the trusts, and trying to save
the people from ruin"
Gee, but what a train robber Teddy
would have made, If he had turned his
talents in that direction, instead Of
wasting his strenuousness in politics."
said the leader of the gang. Il would
give a thousand dollars to see him draw
a bead on the engineer of a fast mail,
and make him get down and do the dyna-
mite act, and then load up the saddle
bags and pull out for the H~ole-in-the-
Wall. That man has wasted his oppor-
tunities, and instead of being at the
head of a gang of robbers, with all the
world at his feet. ready to hold up their
hands at the slightest hint, living a life
of freedom in the mountains, there he y
doing political stunts, and wearing
boiled clothes, and eating with a fork
And the bandit sighed for Teddy.
well, he will make himself just as
famous" said pa, IF he succeeds in land,
ing the hold-up men of Wall street, and
compelling them to disgorge their steal
ings. But say" said pa, looking the
leader Of the bandit gang square in the
eyes, why don't you give up this bad
habit of robbing people with guns, and
70 back east and enter some respectable
husircr- rrA maize your mark? yor
~ nier. / can see by the
Ip the increment wher
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

you rob a train. You would shine in the
business world. Come on, go back east
with me, and | will use my influence to
get you in among the men who W auto
mobiles and yachts, and drive fourth
hands. What do you say?"
mo, it is too late" said the leader of
the Hole-in-the-Wal gang of train rob-
bers, with a sigh. Il should be out
classed if l went into Wall street now.
1 have got many of the elements in my
make up of the successful inancier, and
the oil octopus, and if | had not become
a train robber | might have been a sue
cessful insurance president, but | have
always been handicapped by a con-
science. could not rob widows and or
phans if | tried. 1t would give me a pain
that medicine would not cure to know
that women and children were crying
for bread because l had robbed them
and was living high on their money. If
it wasn't for my conscience could take
the presidency of a life insurance COM
pany, and rob right and left, equal to
any of the crowned heads who are now
in the business. But if | was driving in
my automobile and should run over a
poor woman who might be a policy
holder, l could not act as would be ex-
pected of me, and look around disdain.
fully at her mangled body in the road
and sheer at her rapidly-cooling re
mains, and put on steam and skip out
with my mask on. would want tc
choke off the snorting, bad-smelling
juggernaut and get out and pick up the
dear old soul and try to restore her tc
consciousness, which act would cause
me to be boycotted by the automobile
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

me back into myself. I a with BIT
terness-what l had perhaps forgotten
for a moment-how great was the
chasm which separated me from these
women; how impossible it was we
could long think alike; how far apart
in views, in experience, in aims we
we're. And while | made a mock in my
heart of their high-fown sentiments
or thought | did, laughed no less at
the folly which had led me to dream,
ever for a moment, that l could at my
age, go back-go back and risk all for
a within, a scruple, the fancy of a
lonely hour.
1 dare say something of this showed
In my face for madam's eyes mlyrored
a dim reflection of trouble as
she looked at me, and mademoiselle
ate ~nervously and at random. At
any rate, l fancied so, and | fastened
to compose myself; and the two, in
pressing upon me the simple dantiea
of the table, o o forgot, or appeared
to forget, the incident.
Yet in spite of this eontretemps, that
first meal had a strange charm for me.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14
New and Simple Barometer.

DR.. Eydam, a noted German meteor
ologist. has discovered a new and ex-
tremely simple kind Of barometer. 1t
consists of the telegraph wire which
is strung from pole to pole along the
.roadsides. DR.. Eydam declares that BY
listening closely to the sound made
BY the wind blowing across the wires
anyone can tell exactly what the
weather is likely to be several days In
advance. II the wires emit deep mel
low and sustained note, like that OF an
organ. IT means that the weather Will
be showery, with possible gales. A.
sharp, high note foretells cold, stormy
weather, with, in winter, nov and
sleet.-Electricity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

l used to think | would like to be 4
train robber, and have a nice gang of
boys to do my bidding. Ihave often pic
tured my gang putting a red light on the
track and stopping a train laden with
gold, holding a revolver to the head of
the engineer, and compelling him to go
and dynamite the express car Then We
would fill u pockets and haversacks
with rolls of bills that would choke a
hippopotamus. and ride away to our
shack in the mountains, divide up the
swag, go on a trip to New York, battle in
champagne, dress like millionaires, go
to theaters morning, loon and night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

AFTER all that Standard Oil has
done for the Republican party, even to
raising the last five millions Of cor,
ruption funds in 1896, that saved the
day for Hanna and Mckinley, it seems
rather u~ngrateful for the G. o. P. poll.
ticans to sneak away instead Of
standing BY 1t in Its distress. Even
Senator Aldrich appears to have csyec
In on the alcohol bill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14
".

MADAM AND MADEMOIsELLE.
To be franl however, 1t was not the
old wound that touched me SO nearly,
but madam's words; which finishing
what Clon's hidden appearance In the
garden had heeun, went a long way
towards h%araening me and throwing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

Pa and the Bad Boy Among the Train
Rcbbers-Pa Tries to Persuade the
Head Bandit to Become a Financier
The Bandit Prefers Train Rob-
berry and Puts Up a Good Argu-
ment.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-25
WERE D|SORDER[Y.
Famous French Cathedral Notre Dame
Center OF Much Excite.
ment.

Paris. Feb 24--The famous cathe.
dral of Notre Dame was the center of
much excitment today which later took
the form of a disorderly manifestation
against Former President Loubet.
Crowds assembled in the Place Notre
Dame expecting the authorities TO
some and take an inventory of the
chapter house and force of $50 police
men patrclled the surrounding streets
expecting trouble within the edifice,
but as the authorities did not attempt
the inventory this did not take place.
The explanation of the movement
against Loubet is that the bill for the
separation of church and state became
a law during his administration.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-25
ADJUSTMENTS

THE Wizard Of on" comes to the
opera house Tuesday, Feb 9Th, There
are SO many amusing features in the
entertainment that 1t is not to be
wondered at that the Wizard" has
become one of the biggest drawing
cards now before the public There
are one or two STAGE effects alone
which, had there been nothing more
would have made The Wizard ia,
nous noticeably the cyclone, the pop
Ply filed, the snowstorm and the ac,
companying tranformation. 1t must
be admitted however, that the wiz
ard" is dependent for its success to
great extent on the Searecrow and
the Tin Woodman These two char.
acters form the very backbone of the
play and the comedy scenes are prac-
tically all allotted to them
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-25
SEVERED THE HEAD
Insane Katy" Brakeman Lays Down
on Track in Front Of a
Train.

Parsons, Kas Feb "a Edward FL
lerton, Missouri. Kansas & Texas
railway brakeman, On his way to the
company hospital in Sedaia, suddenly
went insane on the train last night
just after it had left Parsons for St.
Louis. After cutting and slightly in.
iur,ng two passengers he ran ahead of
the train. lay down on the track and
allowed the wheels to pass over his
body, seyering the head from the
shoulders.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-25
GAME LAW CONVICTIONS.

Springfield. Feb. Convictions
for violations Of the Illinois game law
have been reported 70 State Game
Commissioners Wheeler IN the past
week as follows:
For Hunting Without a License: -
Elmer Teets, Willisville, Perry county;
c. w Buchanan, Palmyra. Macoupin
county William Schoen, Walshylle,
Montgomery county; Truman Love.
less. Conner. Macoupin county; Hy
Beriz, Palmyra. Macoupin county;
each fined s25 and costs for hunting
without a license.
JOHN A. WHEELER,
State Game Commis sioner
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-25

Mildred Holland will make her APP
pearance in Cairo next Wednesday
2Sth her well llno.tl creation of
Angela in Carina Jordan's success,
full romantic drama. The Lily and
the Prince" Miss Holland in the
judgment Of the most conservative
critics, is enc OF the most capable
and accomplished artists of her day
and generation. Possessed Of wonder
full personal magnetism and thorough
ly schooed in the minute details of
stage craft, she has acquired finesse
md polish which makes her perform
ance a delight to witness.
Miss Florence Davis, who is to ap-
pear in THE Player Maid. at the
opera house soon is a native of Ken
lucky; has distinguished Southern an
cestry on both her fathers and moth
FRS side; and comes naturally to her
prediction for fencing, horseman-
ship and other healthful sports.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-25

Arthur Quiesser an indianapolis
amateur, has been signed to catch
for Danvile. ueisser is a fast man
and was recommended by Manager
Watkins of the Indianapolis American
Association club Last season he was
tried out by indianapolis but was not
quite fast enough. He was sent to
the minor leagues, where he did good
work Queisser has brother who
is expected 20 be one of the regular
twirlers on the Indianapolis team this
season.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-25
IS A BIG SUCCESS
New Primary Law Tried for the
First Time in Chicago
No Trouble.

Chicago, Feb, 24-~The new primary
law by which candidates foc office are
voted for by the people instead of
being nominated in caucus was tried
in Chicago today for he first time
and proved decided success. There
was less trouble and fewer complaints
than in previous primaries under the
Did system
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-25

Almost all the members of last
years Fowler team will get league
tryouts this year. Cairo has signed
Pitchers Way and Grinstead. Danyille
will try out Second Baseman Pierce
and Center Fielder Hurst while Deca-
tur will size up Catcher Hannah. Red
den, first baseman, has signed with
Indianapolis Fleming, at third, who
played several games with the Won
derland team at Danyille after Fowler
disbanded, is unsigned but may be
given a trial here if he and Manager
BerryhiIl come to terms. Jackson
vile is hot after Harry Berte, short
stop for Cedar Rapids in the Three
Eye for the past three pears.-Mat
toon Star,
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-25
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
Nobody Barred From Schedule Com
petitlon--vncdnnes Signs Some
Players.


Efforts win be made by the sched
ule committee to throw as many Sun
day games as possible to Danville and
Nation. This should give Vincennes
the majority of the holiday games. IT
Vincennes Capital
The Paducah management should
not stand for any such a thing. This
Is good Sunday town as any of
them ,s~if not better Last year Padu-
cab got the worst of the schedule
not holiday game being played here.
Paducah has sacrificed at all times to
keep the league intact but enough Is
enough. II is predicted by the united
that the schedule will be framed In
Cairo by one Farnbaker who will give
a young lady of that city the credit
of getting it up In fact he already
has published the fact that the girl
picture will be published in the metro
politan papers, along with her sched.
ule. And if Farnbaker complies ii
Paducah will again get the worst of
it-Paducah Register.
The chairman of the schedule com.
mittee, will see that there is no more
than an even break for any city Ar.
thur Bailey, sporting editor of The
Register is not barred from entering
the list as competitor. Now here's
a chance for Artie to get $25 easy
money which we fancy very acceptable
10 any poor devil working on Padu
cab newspaper. Come on and try
your hand or forever after hold your
peace.