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PdTGals Post.

John Wanamaker during his admin
istration as Postmaster General labor
ed hard to secure a parcels post law.
He said there were three objections
to it, viz: the American Express Com
pany, Adams Express Company and
the U. S. Express Company. The on
Iy speech Dr. Samuel made in Wash
inqton last winter WIS against parcels
post. He offered the weakest pos
sibIe excuse for his action. His po-
sition would have been much more
manly had he said in his speech that
| do not want parcel post laws be-
cause my manager the political gang
of Pennsylvania and the railroads
which they represent, don't want me
to want it. The railroads of this
country are making profit Of Sloo,
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Pensions.

Speaking of the constabulary re-
minds me of a word | would like to
say to the soldiers. Your govern
ment has very recently become quite
liberal in the matter of adjusting
pension claims. One of the best
pension laws ever enacted was passed
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Political JuggIery.

Witness the nomination Of Samuel
upon The Lincoln party ticket cured
by deception and fraud and OBJ
tanned by methods ana practices alb
f1orrent to Roosevelt but in line with
the Penrose policv. want YOU Lin
coin Republicans to ask Dr.. Samuel
if he himself will vote the straight
Lincoln ticket or foy the head Of the
Lincoln ticket | ask you then in
al fairness as between men how can
he with any degree of decency ask
Ou men to vote for ticket which he
himself Repaid ties? If he is a
friend of the soldiers and not Pom
rose man asG him to explain to The
,,lfiars aud 10 the Roosevelt Rennh-
iicans of this district why he threw
out Of Office the Soldier Postmaster
o. Danville replacing him with one Of
the Penrose henchmen. ask him to
explain to ORGANIZED labor for which
he processes a friendship with the
same form Of deception that tnder-
lies his every political act, why he
lodged the eight hour labor bill in the
Isthmus ana when he found there was
such large majority for the meas.
are he asked the clerk to record his
vote against #. If this does not bear
the stamp Of petty political urichery
.s...- .r-r..
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%uren. The storniing Of ar hoaest
Prcai@eG, are Of no avail; the clutch
and power CT this corporate grasp is
relentless in its purpose and all must
bow To its mighty will or be broken
npon the wheel of fate. 1t takea
stronS men and courageous men 10
enter the political arena, serve the
people and live.
A Congress Fer the People.
1t has been urged as machine
campaign argument that Republican
congressman should be elected to sup
port Roosevelt ask you in all
fairness to point me out single
Pennsylvania Democrat who has fail
ed 10 support Roosevelt in any of his
great measures OF reform MIR
Roosevelt at heart emholes the ideal
Of true Democrat 1t is a matter
of history that if IL had not been fer
the Democratic support given to him.
The principal reform measure of the
last session would not have become
Jaw | have invited my worthy
competitor to mge, me on the plat
form and tell Us what he did in the
last house to support Roosevelt and
also tell Us what he has done to sup
port the Fenrusc Gang who We're
fighting Roosevelt make the III.
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watches in foreign markets for from
20 per cent. to 40 per cent. cheaper
than they are being sold here in the
home market and yet We talk about a
square deal.
That which is true Of lumber and
steel in the tariff schedule is equally
applicable to any other article where
the tariff no longer produces a reve-
nue. to the government or protection
to the working man commensurate
with the annual loss to the great
buying American public because of
the existence of such tariff and the
protection is given to certain monop-
olies. The people demand tariff re-
vision and should see to it through
their votes that such men are chosen
for this important work who will rep
resent the people and not the allied
interests.
Foreign immigration.
| believe in an American Govern
ment for an American people and |
do not believe in maintaining any
form of monopoly which holds up the
wage Garner at the Threshold of his
door and levies taxes on necessities
which he must buy from his days
wages. To such an extent do | be.
lieve in America for Americans that
favor a fair and wise revision of the
immigration laws and the absolute
exclusion of Chinese laborers and
foreign criminals from this country.
If you believe in the Barnum doc
triHes go to the polls and vote the
straight Republican ticket If you
believe in Lincoln's teachings, that
we should have a government of the
people, for the people and by the
people, then go to the polls and vote
the straight Democratic ticket. These
are your alternatives The Bar
mum theory of the present admins
tration is being eXemplified in "A re-
cent statement of the President urg-
prohibiting corporations from making
campaign contributions. Why did
MT they have such law passed a the
last session of Congress when they
had a Republican House and a Re-
publican Senate and a Republican
President The reason is so plain
rs to not need an answer and you will
soon see the millions Of dollars
pouring from the Standard Oil trust
and its allied corporations into Penn
svlyaria politics for the bribery, and
dehauchery of the voters. But thank
sod the voters in this district can't
be bought. Like all honest men, they
may be deceived once but cannot be
deceived twice in the same way which
l believe you are ready to prove by
your votes on the Congressional cues
tion on November 9th.
Two Issues.
This campaign presents for consid-
Grafton two issues, one of state and
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What do you think oil state ma
chine appropriating @50o,goo.oo TO en-
able politicians to ride around lhe
country on horseback with brace
u .1 knock upDnln
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ernmental inspector every lime he
calls The machine Eapuplicars
voted against this and Gst-ated ii.
Every Democrat in tbs house voted
for il. but it never would have be-
come law if il had not BEEN whip
ped into such shape as pleased the
packers. Take the question Of the
Pure Food legislation. The sane fght
was put up against honest legislation
by this same dishonest machine We
can stand poisoned meat and eat dir
ty food if we have to but when il
comes to exchanging poisoned can
dies for the pennies of the little chill
dren, that men who are already mil
lionaires may make still more money,
is horrible disgrace upon the coun
try. But this reform legislation is
bound to come because the people
are demanding it and the people will
be heard.
Photographic Deception.
Most inconsistent ami ,UdcrOus is
the attitude of those candidates, print
ing on their cards, undern ath their
pictures on banners and On fences,
support Roosevelt by voting for DR..
Jones etc, begging on tbe'r knees for
recognition from the men whom they
fought in an effort FOR better laws and
better government The order goes
forth from the Boss to stand by the
organization, Dc not talk bout the is
sues but keep mum and stand pat
for protection. That issue which will
not bear the light of public discussion
is always a dangerous issue. That
candidate who will not fairly come
before the public and dicuss these
public questions of vitGl Importance
is not worthy of the support Of the
voter. The order to stand pat is
the cry OF the dark ages and an insult
to the intelligent voter OF today.
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Consumer Not Benefited.

In proof Of the statement that this
dew rate bin is more in the interest
of the railroads themselves than of
the consumer I want to say to you
that You will never buy your coal for
rn cents tor cheaper because Of re
duced freight rates. The merchant
viii continue TO pay the same freight
upnu his merchandise and the price
of farm machinery will continue to
be the same delivered as in the past,
No. we haven't a government OF the
people mt all hut we have govern
mont of railroad corporations an1
trusts. The chief executive says
that We must all be good citizens,
that both capital and labor must be
fairly dealt with and the country must
have a square deal. l believe he
means 1t. and | promise you to help
him. if elected, to bring about a
square deal to the consumer in dol
lars and cents and not in words. But
behind the throne of the chief eXecu-
tive there looms up the shadow of
political bossism, behind this we find
the substance Of that shadow, this
all powerful corporate man. We see
/ him in our minds eye with out
stretched arms on either side of the
President throttling with one hand
the House of Congress, with the 9TH
er hand the highest legislative body
in the world. We can hear his or
der issue forth with the kissing
sound of the lash and if the members
are disobedient they are shaken and
their purses fall from their pockets
The pleadinzs Of hungry men and
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/ Gnd class mail matter is losing $780,
| 00G.100 every year or a per capita
| loss OF S2.Oa per head for every man,
annually. \ proper regulation of
, the second class mail service and the
! establishment OF Parcels Post upon
q business basis would not only save
to the government this loss of $780,
0O0,O00 which is nothing more or less
than direct tax of $500 per head for
every individual American, but
would also save to our people many
millions of dollars which are being
paid out annually in excessive charg-
es. To do this is my understanding
of a business administration of gov
enment and of square deal The
| OBJECT of all taxation is to provide
money for the running expenses and
needs of our local, State and National
ADMINISTRATION Of this Government be
wisely and economically administered
but The distribution OF the burden of
taxation should be equalihed.
A Graduated Income Tax.
The man who buys a farm or a
! hcma should not be Obliged to bear
such an unfair ratio of taxation as he
is now compelled to bear in compari-
s3u with thu wealthy capitalist and
: ,,rbp I
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party offer in behalf of tax on lun-
ber. | want my opponent to face the
voters on the platform and tell them
why he believes the lumber tax a
COED thing. want him to tell you
what his idea is of square deal and
should he now feel convinced that
the removal of the tax on lumber
would be good thing will he promise
ysu to do it. Ask him why he didn't
try to have it done before.
Read the machine state platform.
See the glittering promises of reform,
trolley freight. two cent railroad fare,
ballot reform, equalization of taxa
tisn, and what they have done for
the country and what they are going
to do. Ask them why they have not
already given you these reforms
when for the past twenty years they
have had full power to do so. An
! old Columbia county politician once
tsli me that if man fools me once
! it isn't my fault, but if he fools me a
ssesnd time in the same way it is
ny fault and deserve the punish
nslt | get from the deception.
Trap Set by the Boss.
Many years ago up in my country
| the early settlers used to catch wild
| pigeons The plan was to place
dummy or attractive stool pigeon on
pole and when a Cock of pigeons
would come along and see this nice
looking pigeon setting up on pole.
with tempting grains of corn scat
tered on the ground they would
swoop down in thousands. Inne-
diately they alighted on the ground
the trapper in ambush would spring
his net and catch the little innocent
victims by the hundreds and by the
thousands. The Republican machine
has learned the art of the old pigeon
catcher and always manages to place
upon its pole an attractive vote get
LlHS HSuTtntdI. Ill tlHSF wanna
the gang has put up Mr.. Stuart of
Philadelphia who is personally very
good gentleman. In that part of the
campaign which relates to the nation
al Government the magic name of
Roosevelt is used as a decoy The
bait has been set and the nets laid,
while the political bosses and the
trust managers lie in ambush ready
to spring the net and entangIe us in
its meshes for another four years.
Pure Food Legislation.
Barnum said, the American people
like to be humbugged Lincoln said,
"you can fool all the people some of
the time and some Of the people all
Of the time, but you can't fool all of
the people all of the time" Wheth-
er we are believers in Barnum or
Lincoln will he determined by our
votes on November 9Th, for any party
or any leader who has forever talked
about a square deal in national legs-
latou and win turn around and ad-
yocate the re election Of men who op-
posed every good is open to the charge
Of playing buuco game upon the
American people Take the question Of
our pure food legislation, the rail
road rate bill. The beef trust expos
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Railroad Rate Bill.

| repeat, that this is no lUr2er
matter of democracy or republ.canism
for this government today both state
and national is in the hands of the
most dangerous politicians that ever
held the power of state. 1t has be-
come one of gigantic graft and
corporate greed. Take the railroad
rate question. When the railroads
of the country want laws they al
ways get them and like a suit of
clothes you buy, they must fit
or the railroads won't pay for
them. Nearly the whole of
the last session of Congrs s. was peEt
on this important matter he peo-
pie have begged for years fcT relief
from unfair competition in shipping
and from the rebate evil But as
the people in the revolutionary DAYS
were spurned in their appeal TO the
throne Of King George. SO are the Pc
titious OF the American people today
thwartsi by political bosses. The
recent railroad rate law is 2 step IN
.he RIGHT direction and is the hest law
of it's Kind that we have ever had.
Rut it was so mutllated and cha@ed
and fixed up by the Republican ma
chine TO please the railroads before
Fl could pass the House that it has
s-.rr.lv anv resemblance to its ori.
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System and for the system.

Tho soldiers in the Spanish War
could eat noisCned beef and die but
.,a ooboos of tAefr murmurs never
,~a,hoa tbo machine You all remem-
I.,r tbo sayore ranrimand Gen. Miles
,.laa,,.a1 e,. ronortirp the wicked
,,.,,ro.. ,,a r,al,fna known the facts
a., n.,,,i, .hopt tho beaf trust
- Coreo,d was annointed spe-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-01

q Copyright, 1905. bD 3. c. Parcels e
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Harry Taylor, Yale graduate and all
round good fellow and general IA
vorite, although it was known that lie
had no fortune, had gone into the AIaine
woods with Il party Of campers who,
like himself, could not well AFFORD the
season at Newport. As 1t was the
close season for all kinds of big game.
they made little pretense OF hunting.
They had been In the woods for week
or ten days when Nick Barton, the
game warden for that district, hap.
pened that way and was put up for the
night. Before leaving in the morning
he said to young Taylor:
Look here, now l have got to go
out of the woods for a week. but 1t
won't do to leave this district without
warden. There are plenty OF camp
ers coming in, and some of them will
run any risk to secure the antlers Of u
moose. I've got to leave a deputy be-
I'm wondering why you wouldn't fill
the bill"
81 have never acted as policeman
yet" replied Harry, with smile.
But this is far different thing. /
shall give notice to all the campers
come across that deputy has been
left In the woods and that any inter
ference with the game laws will be
duly and vigorously punished
But suppose l find the law being vio-
lated and make an arrest"
"All you have to do Is to take your
prisoner before the nearest justice OF
the peace and state your case 1t isn't
over twenty-five miles to the nearest
magistrate. 1t will beat fishing and
dawdling around all hollow"
Further objections were made and
combated, and the upshot of the mat
ter was that Harry Taylor was duly
and legally appointed deputy game
warden in and for Il certain district
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-01

IS My DUTY 70 ARREST YOU"
the slightest idea of bestirring himself
as an official. and it never occurred
to him that he would be called upon to
exercise his official authority.
The unexpected was getting ready to
happen, however. -Four days after the
departure of the warden his deputy
took u stroll through the woods with
gun upon his shoulder. 1t was simply
a matter of conscience with him, and
he did not intend to tire himself out
He had heard of no campers within Il
dozen miles, and he was therefore con
slderubly surprised at hearing the re
port of rifle quarter OF mile from
where he sat resting upder n tree. He
knew that the tirearm had been dis
charged on the shore of ii pond sur
rounded by thickets and known as the
haunt of tile moose. 1t was more than
likely that, whoever the hunter might
be, he had fred at moose and yio-
lated the law.
There was feeling Of authority in
the young mans breast as he started
out to run down the violator He did
not have much trouble about it. As he
neared the lake he heard II wounded
animal thrashing about in the grass
and water, and, getting still nearer, l.
could distinguish person in a canoe.
That person was holding the discharged
rifle across his knees as he sat and
watched the dying struggles of his
game. Tho canoeist was wearing Il
nondescrjpt garb and it was three or
four minutes before young Taylor
made up his mind as to sex and NUT
tered to himself:
by jlngo, but It's girl camper, and
she has surely shot moose! What the
her and conveying her twenty five
miles through the woodSl"
Two or three minutes later the moose
for IL was moose, and big bull at
Unlicensed his struggles, and the ca
noe was padded to the bank
That's rlght-come ashore!" called
Taylor 'Do you know that you have
killed moose IN the close season and
thereby subjected yourself to heavy
fine II not to Imprisonment as well? e?
| am deputy game warden, and It Is
my duty to place you under arrest"
''Is it's 1t Mr.. Taylor" inquired 4
glrlish voice as the canoe was slowly
pushed through the grass to the firm
shore.
"Ycs. and you--yOu"--
Taylor stood there for the next two
minutes and stared, He had at last
'eceSa!Eed Miss Bessie Whiting, daugh-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-01
$1,000 a Year
Dow Tax to Be Increas !, d
TO That Amount.

The bill of Representative Dow
Aiken, o. Logan County, increa'
ing the Dow liquor tax from $3.50
to 81, 200 year was tonight re-
commended for passage by the
Committee on Temperance of the
House of Representatives. 1t is
understood that four Of nine mem
bers of the committee will not
sign the report. The same com
mittee also recommended for pas
sage the Briggs bill to give to wo-
men the right to vote at local OPP
tion election g.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-01

Richard Brlnsley Sheridan always
maintained that the Duke of yelling
ton would succeed in Portugal, while
his friend General TarIeton had the
opinion that he would fail Tie mat
ter was one of constant dispute be-
tween the two.
Tarleton, who had been wrong grew
obstinate. Consequently, when the
news of the retreat of the French at
Torres Nedas arrived in England Sheri.
dan, by way of II taunt said:
well, Tarleton, are you on your
high horse still?'
oh higher than ever" was the reply.
"If | was on II horse before, am on an
elephant now"
mo, no, my dear fellow" said the
wit; you We're on an ass before, and
you are on Il mule now"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-01

and white constituted the color
scheme.
Father Mattingly was assisted
in receiving by committee COM
posed of Messrs John Moriarty,
Nicholas Eberst, Henry Kessler,
Charles Beck and Frank Blasius.
Included in the musical program
of the evening were vocal solos by
Mrs. Blasius, Misses Clara Quinn,
Rita Rossman and Blanche Stroup,
and Mr.. Arthur Downey; piano
solo by Miss Mary Fox; piano
duets by Miss Rossman and Miss
Annie Shannon; violin selections
by Miss Blanche Monahan, of
Corning, and Mrs. Cora Brown,
with accompaniments by Mrs.
Blasius; and number of pieces
by Kessler's Orchestra.
The ladies in charge If the din
ing room were, for the first period,
Mrs. Henry Kessler and Miss Lot
tie McCourtney; for the second,
Misses Mary Beck and Gertrude
Tracy and for the third, Mrs.
Ed. Donovan and Miss Emma
Downey. These were assisted by
q number of young girls dressed in
pink and white. The favors, con-
sisting OF pink carnations for the
ladies, white for the gentlemen,
and pink ribbon bows for the
children, were given by the Officers
of the Children of Mary, juve-
nile order instituted here by Faith
er Mattingly, and by the altar
girls, who also served punch in the
reception hall.
Over four hundred members of
the congregation attended the re.
ception. The out-of-town guests
included James Mattingly, Of
GAINESVILLE, brother of Father
Mattingly; Miss Blanche Mona
han, Of Corning, and Mrs. Edmis-
ton, of New Lexington, who is
visiting her son Ralph. Father
Richards, who succeeds to this
pastorate, was unable to be pres
ent, having not yet arrived here.
During his incumbency here,
Father Mattingly has become very
popular, not only with his congre-
CATION but with all classes. While
his promotion to the Lancaster
rectorship must Re q matter Of
congratulate n, his departure can
not fail to be viewed with regret ;
and he takes with him the good
wishes and friendship of all.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-01
The Chestnut Forest. of Corsica.

The Chestnut Forests of Corsica.
The chestnut forests of the island of
Corsica have for ages been the crown
ing glory of its mountains and valleys,
just as at least once in its history they
were its salvation by Offering to its
army OF defense IL secure fastness and
a means OF sustenance against invad-
ers. Now diSafforestntiOn Is in active
progress on every hand, and over wide
tracts the woods are disappearing, leav-
ing the hills ana dales nothing but
bleak wastes. Strong protests are be-
ing made by many OF the older inllab-
itants against this shortsighted devas-
tation, which. besides destroying the
attractions Of the island as resort for
tourists, removes the most effective
projection against ruinors landslides
on the mountain slopes under the ac-
tion OF winter torrents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-01

prised vocal solos by Mrs. Frank
Blasius, and Mrs. Frank Rauch,
OF Nelsonville, with Mrs. II. l..
Wright as accompanist, and sew
eral piano numbers by Mi Mona
han, of Corning. Other out-of-
town guests were Mrs. Minnie
Locke, Of Chicago, Mrs. DR..
Welch and Mrs. Anna Jeffries, OF
Nelsonville. A two course lunch
was served late in the afternoon
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-01

Jacob Fox and family, of West
Hunter Street, were called to Lam
caster, Sunday, by the very seri-
Gus illness of their dnus shter, Mrs.
Tom Wakely. A little daughter
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Wakely,
Saturday, and the mother later be-
came so i'll that her life was de-
SPARED Of. by Monday, however,
she was 80 far recovered as to be
thought out of danger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-01

Mr.. Dudley Bright of Columbus,
is in Logan again after an absence
of several years, haying formerly
resided here. He will remain here
for some time with relatives, IN
order co regain mis- health after an
attack of typhoid fever recently
suffered in St. Anthony's Hospit-
al, Columbus.