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The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
THE IOWA DEMOCRATS FOLLY


St. Louis Globe Democrat: 1--WE be-
lieve in tariff for revenue only" says
the Iowa democratic platform. Did
the trainers Of that deliverance ever
hear of what hit poor Parker in 1904?
Parker's platform called protection
robbery" The people a few months
later at the polls told what they
thought of Parker and his platform.
Parker would have been oyerwheln'
ingly beaten even If his platform had
skipped the tariff altogether. He
would have been beaten because he
himself was not up to the presidential
standard and because his party had
won the contempt of the American
people. The robbery" lunacy, how
ever, accounted for a few hundred
thousand of the unparalleled majority
which was rolled up against him.
Except in the midsummer madness
at the st. Louis convention of 1904 the
democrats had been fighting shy Of
the tariff in recent times. They saw
there was dynamite in any attack
which they would make upon It, and
they steered clear of attacks. But
they are beginning to get holder. Real
izing that their case is desperate any
how, they believe that one or two more
counts in the long indictment which
the people have against them will not
affect their case materially. 1t did
not require any great amount of cour.
age for poor Parker's party to attack
the tariff, for the only doubt at any
time as to the popular majority
against him was as to whether 1t
would be 100000 or double that fig.
ure. 1t turned out to be more than
100000.
Iowa's democrats also risk nothing
by attacking the tarln. Not having
the shadow of a chance under any cir
cumstances to carry the state, they do
a favor to the republicans in making
the distinction between the parties as
plain as possible. Claude r. Porter,
the democratic nominee for governor,
will be badly beaten by Gov. Cum
minis. He knows that he will be beat
en- But in getting the nomination,
and in making an attack on the tariff,
he attracts national attention for the
moment, and may have chance to
be mentioned for the vice presidential
candidacy in the convention Of 1908 If
the democrats should go to the east
or the south for the head Of their tick.
ct The Iowa democrats attack on
the tariff will have the excellent re-
suit of bringing out large republican
vote, and of rolling up big majorities
for Cummins and for the republican
candidates for congress.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Washington. where Dr.. Mary walkers
trousers met the pointed finger Of de.
rision and the voice of contumely, 1t
rises unconquerable In the beet fields
Of Bremen county, Iowa, where the
female right to wear overalls is as
sumed and denied. Here the girls
employed in beet cultivation have
found the voluminous and leg entang-
ling skirt handicap on their earning
capacity. Men attired in bib oyeralls,
gauze shirts and straw hats did more
work for more pay. Then the observ-
ant and ambitious young ladies sought
overalls, wide, roomy and capacious.
They found them. They donned them.
Thus attired they regained equality
Of accomplishment and wages. They
moved with free and unshackled Meth
er limbs. The dirt few and those
who drove past the Bremen county
beet fields saw with curious eyes I'M
usual creatures, leading the process
sion of weed pullers; creatures with
flowing hair. maids from the waist
line up and hired men from the waist
line down--the mermaids of the level
prairie lands. First they wondered,
then they gossiped, and last, they
criticised. Then a movement to take
off the overalls was inaugurated, and
the girls are, naturally, all hoIlering.'
"In these days of the divided skirt
and cavalry saddles for women, why
all this fuss over overalls? What ap.
parel can be more modest than the
wide and roomy overall of commerce,
with its voluminous and enshrouding
6tb? Certainly the Bremen county
girl in the beet field has in this re-
spect much advantage over her fash
ionable sister at the opera or the lady
in street apparel fashioned to display
those curves of beauty that consti-
tute good form What would the
critics have her wear, Mother Hub
bards or kimonas or peekaboo waists +?
when the motive behind this cru
SADIE against overalls is finally reveal
ed, the time-worn prejudice of the
one sex against any attempt of the
other to wear the breeches' will be
found at the root of all the uproar.
Bremen county is largely German and
among Germans the masculine pre-,
rogative is carefully guarded and de.
Tended. For the woman to wear the
trousers is not at all uncommon meta
phorically speaking, especially among
the distinctively American. Many a
man who talks loudly over the beet
field fence is oyster mum at home.
Let him cry "a bas the overall and
give him no heed. If the women do
the work the overalls shall not come
down"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
MAJOR LACEY is POPULAR.

Major Lacey is busy man just now
because of his popularity as a public
speaker. Thursday he was orator OF
the day at the annual old settlers re-
union at Lynnville, and addressed a
crowd of fully ten thousand people.
Today he is at Bussey on a similar
mission, being orator of the day for
the tenth annual reunion of the Sout.4-
ern Iowa Veterans and Old Settlers
Association, now in progress at Bus
sey.
Saturday he goes to Abba to be
present at meeting of the Monroe
county republican committee and con-
ference of party workers.
On the 23d he will be the orator of
the day for the big celebration by old
settlers and war veterans at Atlantic.
If possible he will also on this day
attend the meeting of the state re-
publican committee and candidates at
Des Moines. He promised to go to
Atlantic before the state meeting was
called and feels duty bound to go
there, although he would like to be
at both places.
He also has two other engagements
this month at old settlers and old sol
diers' meetings, one at Elliott on the
10th and one at Drakeville on the
30th.
The Major always has something
nvio 10 nd IA
points his hearers. AS pleasing
public speaker he has no superior in
Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The Washington Journal says
when telegram reached that city
telling of the action of the judicial
convention in oskaloosa it was great
surprise to Mr.. Eicher, one of the
unwilling nominees. Continuing the
Journal says: ct was not generally
known that Mr.. Eicher's name was to
be used in this convention since he
had stated that he did not wish it to
be. The convention evidently felt
that they had some rights of their
own, however, and went right ahead
with their work regardless of what
Mr.. Eicher had to say on the subject"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

st is plain that the democratic
party of Iowa has learned nothing
new on the tariff issue in twenty-siz
years. says the Webster City Free
man.Tribune. commenting on the Wat
erloo declaration for a tariff for reve
nue. only. 1t is also plain that a good
many republicans have forgotten
some things about the tariff that were
forced upon their attention no longer
than a dozen years ago. Between
democratic stupidity and republican
forgetfulness prosperity is in a fan
way to be seriously endangered with
in the next few years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

these. for we no longer have to eat
our meals on dry goods box and ]
can look in the mirror and see what
fools look like.
"Our honeymoon mas been a very
dramatic experience; cooking on ar
old gas plate, eating on dry goods
box, sleeping on the floor and borrow,
ing few necessary utensils of friends
and neighbors. No more catalogue
goods for us. We hope to get enough
more goods by April to celebrate ali
fools day in fitting manner.
GA Yictim.n
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

THE standpatter is the Presuy-
terrain of politics, says the Orange
City Herald. HE abides in the faith
of the fathers and holds fast to that
which is good, with stout opinion that
what has been good in the past will
continue to be good, yesterday, today
and forevermore. He is not only hon
est in that belief-the most of him
but stubborn in the conviction that
any other belief is a mistake"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
Zoos Are Scarce.

Local dealers are having considera-
BILE trouble during this hot weather
to get eggs that are fresh, and claim
this product is held too long by some
of the producers for an advance in
price before marketing. The sale of
over-ripe eggs is violation of the
pure food law.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Every column of newspaper con.
tains from 10000 to $4,000 pieces of
type metal, according to the size of
the paper and type, says the Council
Grove Guard. The displacement of
any of these means an error. Is It
any wonder that errors sometimes &C.
cur? Still some think it is awful to
see a mistake in a newspaper. They
forget that each of these type has to
be handled separately twice each day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
Iowa Furniture Dealers.

Iowa furniture dealers will met in
state convention in Des Moines Aug.
% and 20. The membership of their
association has enjoyed remarkable
growth during the past year. A. D.
McQuilkin is the president and w. j.
James of Boone is the secretary Of
the association.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The only woman cotton statisti-
clan in the world is Miss Mae K.Giles,
with the E. H. Dutton & Co. firm of
Wall street. Her figures are watched
with as much interest as those of tue
United States department of agricul.
ture. She has 10000 correspondents
in the cotton belt, from whom she
gets her figures. The only woman
bond broker in the country is Mrs.
Eugene A. Gaylord, of New York.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

"A cigarette is thus described by
the Lexington (Mich.) News: "a Gig.
arctic is a small amount of poor to-
bacco rolled up in paper with little
fire at one end and a Dlg monkey at
the other. Some of the chief enjoy
ments 1t produces are fits, nightmare,
cancer, spinal trouble, softening OF
the brain and numerous funeral pro-
cessions."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
Peculiar Ear of Corn.

]. B. Bolton picked out of a lot of
roasting ears" on sale at Harris
Brothers curiosity in corn growth
that is unusual. Three well and per
fectly developed ears are formed up
on the stem of single cob. All are
separate and are surrounded by one
covering of husks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
Pat approached the Pearly ca

Pat approached the Pearly Gate
and said to st. Peter: Sure, and ye
have been up here long timer"
Eyes, said st. Peter, lat up here we
measure things differently from what
they do on earth. A cent here is a
million dollars and a minute is a mil
lion years" THAT is certainly won
derful," said Pat, "but will yez loan
me a cent?" swat a minute" said
st. Peter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
George wells, Of Des Moines, 81

George Wells, of Des Moines, sec,
rotary Of the Iowa Grain Dealers as.
ISOLATION, ]. A. Gum of the j. I. Case
Thresher company, and M. P. Sproul
of the International Harvester com
pany, agree that Iowa will produce a
bumper crop of corn this year no
less than 400,o00,O0O bushels. The
yield last year was 345,000,000 bush.
els. and 1t is figured the crop win be
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The republican state central com
mittee will meet in Des Moines on
Thursday, Aug. %, to make definite
plans for the campaign which will
open actively under the management
of Chairman Frank B. Woods of Els.
therville. about Sept. /.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The population Of Chicago, &C
cording to the 1906 city directory, just
completed, totals 100000. Last year
it was 2,273,000. This estimate is
reached by multiplying every name
appearing in the directory by two and
a half. The total number Of names
in the alphabetical list of the 1906
directory is 7l6,100.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

-Grinnell Herald: Oskaloosa, which
has been knocking at the portals of
fame for 10 these many years, has at
last gained entrance. Her euphonious
name was featured in the comic sup
plement of metropolitan paper me
other day,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

One of the inequalities of life is
pointed out by the Topeka Capital:
"A good base ball pitcher gets sS3.27
for working an hour and thirty min.
utes twice week. A good newspaper
reporter gets s12 for boosting the
pitcher eight hours day seven days
in the week.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
SHALL woMeNwEAR ovERALLsG

"The battle for human liberty is
never done," observes the Marshall.
town TimesRepublican. 1T is un-
ending and irrepressible. Crushed
and baffied at one point it breaks out
at another. Laughed to scorn in
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Iowa needs to keep its present
population and there is employment
at good wages for all who wish to
work within its borders" declares the
Fort Dodge Messenger. Cheap lands
will always be bait for the restless.
but already there are reports trick
ling back from those who have left
Iowa that cheapness isn't the only de-
sirable qualification"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Booker T. Washington in his adj
dress in Sioux City advised every
member of his race to start a bank
account "The advice is excellent.
says the Keokuk Gate-City. "and 1t is
just as applicable to whites as to
blacks. The man who saves is the
man who succeeds"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The preacher-editor Of the Lynn.
vile Star has evidently caught his
first view of a peek-a-boo waist. With
righteous indignation he exclaims:
I'VE believe in dressing cool in hot
weather, but If it is right to wear
clothing at all, it should be worn
sufficiently thick and large to hide the
body from public view."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The
Iowa democrats have denounced in
thunder tones and viewed with alarm
in their good, old-fashioned way. This
is a logical beginning of campaign
which is certain to end in the good,
old-fashioned way, also.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

AT the interstate convention Of
sheriffs in Des Moines last week there
was only one who had ever hanged a
man, and he was Sheriff Caldwell of
Abba, who officiated at the execution
Of the negro murderer from Buxton a
few weeks ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

"A writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat speaks of form Of moral
perpetual motion which is exemplifed
by the man who gets drunk because
of his troubles and gets his troubles
from being drunk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Bloomfield Republican: Davis
county points with pride to the ad-
mirable record of State Auditor B. F.
Carroll and is gratified over the third
honor conferred upon him
by the state convention. Let's work
hard to make his majority at the polls
a tremendous endorsement of labor
we'll done. ..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

while Iowa's mulct law is sus'
ceptible of improvement, the demo
Gratis made no mistake in keeping
quiet about it," says the Dubuque
Times. Their declarations in favor OF
local option are always translated, in
the rural districts especially, as mean
ing free whisky"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The Des Moines Capital in quoting
from it's state contemporaries calls
the standpat papers Incorporation
TOOLS" The Cummins organs are cred.
tied by the same paper to "the holt
ness department of the republican
party"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

-"It is simply waste of time to
argue religion or polIucs," says the
Hampton Chronicle. "The other fell
low believes you are in the wrong just
as strongly as you know he isn't in
the right, so what's the use?"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

"A writer in an agricultural con-
temporary says that sometimes the
scolding wife needs forgiveness, and
sometimes she needs rest, but how to
tell which is which is erstwhile a puz
zle to men and angels.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
Forestry in Iowa.

Thirty years ago |. M. Fisher plant
ed a twenty acre tract near Allison,
with larch and pine trees. He has
just sold 1000 trees at $1.15 apiece
to be used for telephone poles. And
after the 1000 poles had been re-
moved, the grove appears as before.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Practically every inhabitant Of the
county of Letcher. KY, containing 49,
900, is related directly or indirectly to
one family. This family is named
Webb, descended from the famous
Daniel Boone, and it has been famous
in the county affairs for more than
100 years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Preliminary returns indicate a
winter wheat crop in the United
States of about 493, $4,000 bu., or an
average of 1877 bu. per acre, as com.
pared with 14.3 blu. per acre last year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The average condition Of spring
wheat on Aug. was S69,as compared
with ola last month, S9.2 Aug. 1, 1905
S7.5 at the corresponding date in 1904
and ten-year average Of S2.6.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

According to the shoe men col
ored canvas shoes are to be very much
worn in 1907. 1t is said that shoes
will be lighter. have higher heels and
admit Of wearing of oyershoes, tne
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

An enterprising cattle ranch own
er in Oklahoma, Miss Georgia A.Burns
owns 1000 acres, known as the Ar
row Heart cattle ranch, and has re
Gently leased for ninety-nine years
100000. acres in the Choctaw ant
Chickasaw nations.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The average condition of potatoes
on Aug. / was 800 as compared with
91.5 one month ago, $40 on Aug. l.,
1905, GAL at the corresponding date
in 1904, and a ten year average of
86.3,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Topeka (Kas.) Capital: WED
hate to be pessimist and believe
there is only one man in the republi-
can party who can beat" That editor
should remove to Iowa long enough
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Three OF the candidates for gov.
ernor of Texas wear the title Of col
onel. Texas politician rarely rises
above and never falls below the rank
OF colonel.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The dressmakers complain that
girls waists are considerably larger
than they used to be, but the boys
claim that they can get around the
difficulty Just the same.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

George Fitch has found out that
500 raise in salary lifts you up to
where you can see $1,000 worth OF
things that you want.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

The arrival of fall buyers in st
Louis indicates a season that will ex
coed any in the city's history for gen
eral business activity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

Is per cent larger this year than last.
If expectations are realized it will be
the biggest crop of corn ever produced
in the state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
oskaIoosa Township.

The democratic nominee for lieu
tenant governor is named Dennison.
The election will knock the two last
letters off. s..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

-Grinnell Herald: The oskaloosa
Herald calls that city "the Athens of
Iowa" The Iowa City Citizen should
begin action against lie Herald for
infringement of copyright.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

They say down east that you car
always tell a Boston man, but you
can't tell him much.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
State Of Iowa.

For Governor,
ALBERT B. CUMMINS.
For Lieutenant Governor,
WARREN GARST.
For Secretary of State,
w. G. HAYWARD.
For Attorney General,
II. w. BYERS.
For Railroad Commissioners,
w. L. EATON.
D. ]. PALMER.
For Treasurer,
W. W. MORROW.
For Auditor,
B. F. CARROLL.
For Superintendent,
]. F. RIGGS.
For Supreme Judges,
EMLIN McCLAIN.
JOHN c. SHERWIN.
For Clerk Supreme Court,
JOHN c. CROCKETT.
For Reporter Supreme Court,
w. w. CORNWALL
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23

to have the conceit taken out Of I'm
once or twice.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
Sixth Iowa District.

For Judge,
B. W. PRESTON
Of Oskaloosa.
For Judge,
W. G. CLEMENTS
Of Newton.
For Judge,
X. e. wILCoCKSoN
of Sigourney.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
Sixth Iowa District.

For Congressman,
JOHN F. LACEY
of Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-23
Mahaska County.

For Representative.
A. F. N. HAMMBLEToN.
For Clerk of Courts,
LEROY E. CoRLETT.
For Auditor,
JOHN W. DoAk.
For Sheriff,
ED L. VALENTINE.
For Attorney,
JOHN N. MCCOY.
s~.I For Recorder,
U. GRANT DECK.
For Treasurer,
GEORGE THOMPSON.
For Superintendent,
CnAS. YOUNG.
For Coroner,
CHAS. F. FOEhLINGER.
For Surveyor,
e. H. OWEN.
For Supervisor 1.-TWO Years.
JOHN M. PRICE.
For Supervisor (Three Years.
W. F. McVEY.
r. W. MOORE.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-26

Saturday, September 6, 1S00.-This mo-
ment, blessed be God, my dear, dear wife
is delivered of daughter, and my SOUL
my very soul, from agony. Oh, may [
never forget the goodness of God who has
heard our prayer. Jesus, thou former of
the body and father of the spirit, accept
in thine this immortal soul thou hast
ushered into life. Take, OH take it to be
thine before it clngs around my heart
and never suffer us to take it back again.
May 1t live to glorify thee on earth and
to enjoy thee forever in heaven, Now
Lord, we look to thee for grace TO help
us rear 1t for thee May it be thine for
ever Amen and amen" Do you suppose
any child or any collection of children,
parentally consecrated to Jesus Christ as
were Lyman Beecher's, could turn out
otherwise than they did? If by prayer and
conservation Lyman Beecher could send
his boys and girls into Christian service,
cannot we by prayer make our own boys
and girls devoted Christian workers for
this century, as ST. John labored in for
eigr lands during the first century? If by
prayer we can consecrate our children to
Christ, shall we not by prayer first con-
secrate our own selves to his dear name?
And now closing word of warming.
Like John, let us be careful that we re-
main faithful to Christ unto the end. oh,
that We might all, as young. as middle
aScu' anu do oiu NEIL anu WOMEN, ciii6
close to the Master What do / mean by
this? Why. 1 simply want to warn you
against the temptations which Satan con-
tinually sets for the gray haired, as well
as for the youth of the raven locks.
This is no useless red light which I
am throwing over the rocks lining the
Jagged shores of eternity. When we were
young our friends were continually warn
ing us against sin. But when we become
older, when we made a success In life,
when we became ministers in the pulpit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-26

OF elders by the communion table or moth-
ers OF grown-up daughters, the people
| seemed TO think we were safe. Are WEI
was solomon safe? Was David safeg
Are you safe, OH father or mother? What
is the sin that is reckoning to you now:
God, | have often prayed for thee to
save me from the sin of youth Father,
now pray to thee to save me from the
temptations of the thirties and of the for
ties and of the fifties and of the sixties
and OF the seventies, and. Lord, from the
temptations of the eighties. Thou didst
guard and keep st. John the pure, nobls
Christian that he was, clear on into the
twilight of life. God and keep me from
the sins of mature manhood. Though I
may be thy servant to proclaim thy name
in thy pulpit, make my faith that of
little child And this l ask in the name
of Jesus Christ. who was with the aged
st. John in Asia and on Patrnos. and who
was also with st. John in the banquet hail
Of the last supper when he was a young
man.
God, keep our children from sin. God,
keen our young men from sin. God, keen
MS when we are middle aged. and, God,
keep us when old, like ST. John, our eyes
are dim and our step is heavy. May We
be like John. the young man, and like st.
John, the aged patriarch.
Copyright 1906, by Louis Klopsch.)