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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
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Republicans scratched him very ex-
tensively So far as heard from, no.
body has alleged anything against him
except that he is negro, but that
seems to have been enough for several
thousand Chicago Republicans. No
doubt Mr.. Barnett was glad to re-
celve even the measly majority of 400,
but other modification was in store
for him. AT this writing the official
count is going on. Fifteen out OF thir-
ty-four wards have pulled his majority
down to twenty eight which makes it
decidedly dark for Judge Barnett
That's not the worst of it, The Chica-
go negroes claim that the whites have
conspired to count Barnett out, which
charge involves both Republican and
Democratic election officers Whether
there is any foundation for this whole
sale charge this deponent saith not be-
cause he knoweth not. OF course, every
man being presumed innocent till
proved guilty, the conclusion must be
that the charge is groundless until the
Chicago negroes furnish evidence TO
amounts to little. 1t does not matter
much to mankind in general as to who
are municipal judges in the great city
on Lake Michigan, but as a symptom
of a condition or feeling almost uni
versal it is worthy of the profound
consideration of statesmen and philos
ophers.
Now, if this thing had happened in
southern state there would howl go
up all over the north that the southern
whites were unreasonably prejudiced
against the colored man and brother,
but in the case at bar the scene is
great northern city, and the race preju-
dice so much condemned by lachrymose
philanthropists must be charged to
northern Republicans Facts are said
to be stubborn things and here is
fact which cannot be gainsaid, OBJ
scured or shunted out of the way.
In this connection it is pertinent to
remind the readers of this that not
withstanding all the multitudinous
things written and spoken by northern
sayants in praise of colored people, no
northern constituency has ever sent a
colored man to Washington as sena-
tor or representative in congress and
only one northern constituency has
ever bestowed a state Office upon
colored man That was Kansas when
she made McCabe state auditor for
couple of terms. But that was years
ago and cannot be cited as prece-
dent 1t surely must be that the best
educated and most capable colored men
and women are found in the north, but
education and capability' appear pow
erless in face of ineradicable race pref
udice. This is written with no malice
against negroes. 1t is not even in the
nature of criticism on northern white
people. 1t is written for the sole pur-
pose of setting forth succinctly certain
facts which are liable to be overlooked
in the rush in which we liye and move
and have our being in the blazing light
of the twentieth century. The wisest
heads and the kindest hearts are need
ed in the effort to discover a solution
of our race question.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage. it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty fE
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have
sample bottle by mail ssss sI " -
free, also pamphlet tell Home Of Swamp Root.
ing all about it. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton. N. r.. be sure and
mention this paper:
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. Y. on every bottle.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
William Randolph Hearst.

As both of William Randolph
Hearst's parents were born and bred
in my congressional district it was
natural, indeed inevitable, that my
constituents and myself should take
a deep interest in his career, which is
phenomenal When he was nominated
for mayor of Greater New York it was
freely predicted that he would not poll
$4,000 votes, and bets were actually
made on that basis Nevertheless he
came so near to election that Mayor
McCIellan's election ON the face of the
returns was by less than 5000, and the
Republican candidate stood third in
the poll. In fact, Mr.. Hearst and his
friends claim that he was elected and
have tried every known method to Sc
cure a recount of the ballots, which,
they persistently assert, would give
him the office. When he was nomi-
mated for governor it was predicted
that Hughes would defeat him 100000
or 100000, and yet, after everything
possible was done to beat him, includ-
ing the unjust and outrageous speech
Oh Mf. SECRETARY VI tothte RoVt, SPSon
ing as the presidents mouthpiece, the
Hughes majority is a beggarly $4,000.
Mr.. Hearst energies from these two
losing contests bigger man than when
he began. vast and increasing force
in American politics. He is a young
man in the flower of his years and
must be reckoned with in all the con-
tests of the future. He can't be
sneered out of the political arena as
the rich son of a rich father. That
sort of tommyrot does not deceive any
body any longer. He started in
bashful youth. He comes out Of the
ordeal a seasoned veteran, tiptop
stumper. With his wealth, capacity
and newspapers he can do world Of
good
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
The Increased Cost Of Living.

During the late campaign Republican
spelibinders and editors declared that
statements as to increased cost of liy-
ing were Democratic lies concocted
willfully. deliberately, premeditatedly
and of malice aforethought for the
purpose of injuring the G. o. P. Now
that the election is over certain Re-
publican papers are beginning to tell
the truth about it. The following ar
ticle from the St. Louis Star Chronicle
furnishes much food for sober re1ec-
ton:
Harper's Bazaar has been publishing
during the last summer and autumn an
exceedingly interesting and practical
symposium in which Bazaar readers tell
how they are meeting the increased ex-
pense of living in cases where there is no
corresponding increase of income. The
following instance, from the December
Bazaar. is a typical one:
1.-THE expense of living has increased;
our income has not. This increase has
been met by us in the following ways:
1--WE give almost $25 less to the church
and to various beneyolences than we
used to.
"Forrnerly We spent about SIS a year
scarcely spend IS. depending upon the
library for nearly all our reading.
I'VE save certainly SIS by doing less
entertaining than formerly.
81 have saved about $50 by keeping a
maid only half the year where formerly
we kept one all the time. I have her
during the summer and fall when l do
not wish to be in the hot kitchen and do
want to be out of doors. We save per-
haps SIS year by not going to so many
entertainmentsean and concerts. Indeed, we
have cut these out almost entirely. We
simply cannot afford them.
eve spend some $40 less for vacation
and for travel.
II save perhaps $25 a year by making
over my own clothes and others which
friends give me for the children where
formerly we were accustomed to buy
them ready made. It means lots of work,
but it is much cheaper and the clothes
wear better.
This accounts for about $2l5 of the
SPAS that must be saved on account of
the increased cost of living. The other
$50 is money that we do not save. Where
formerly we tried to put away $50 to S10O
for rainy day and for old age, now the
best that we can do is to save $50
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vigor
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
[specIaI WASHINGTON Letter.l

RT. LOUIS, the city of the iron
- crown, never does anything by
ID halves. Consequently the great
rivers and harbor convention
which met there Nov. Is, 16 and II
was bowling success. st. Louis on
that occasion put the big pot in the
little one and pulled off the important
function with great eclat. The ship
canal from Chicago to the gulf via
the Illinois and Mississippi rivers was
the piece de resistance of the conven-
ton. Blue Eyed Billy Lorimer and
Henry r. Rainey were the principal
proponents of the project though
many other distinguished men partici-
pated, governors, senators, congress
men and at least one ex-cabinet minis
ter, together with many mayors and
business men. Congressman Ransdell
of Louisiana was very conspicuous in
the convention, being recognized as a
leading advocate of river improve
ment He received a great ovation. ]
did not have the pleasure of hearing
any of the speeches except those Of
Rainey and Congressman Ellis. They
were all excellent, Rainey's being en-
cyclopedic in its scope. There is a
growing sentiment throughout the Mis-
sissippi valley that our great system OF
natural waterways has been too long
neglected by the federal government.
The Mississippi and its tributaries con-
stitute the vastest system of natural
waterways which Almighty God in his
infinite goodness ever vouchsafed to
any people under the sun, and these
natural advantages have been most
shamefully neglected-almost crimi-
nally neglected. There is no use to
mince words about it. That is the
plain. bald, unvarnished truth bluntly
stated. The people of the great valley
are waking up to this fact, and they
propose to have this monumental blum
der remedied or to know the reason
why.
In unity there is strength. That's
an old saying and true, and there is
only one way to secure proper care OF
this vast system of rivers, and that is
by a long pull, a strong pull and pull
altogether by the senators and repre-
sentatives from every state in the
Mississippi valley. Hon. Thomas B..
Reed, philosopher, cynic and epigram-
matist once said, 1.-THE Missouri river
is not navigable, and the Mississippi
ought not to be- and, unfortunately,
thereby he expressed the idea touch
ing this subject which is entertained
by entirely too many people in the
east. Therefore it behooves the val
ley senators and representatives to be
up and doing and to work unitedly for
the accomplishment of a great pur-
pose Perhaps this great ST. Louis
convention will be the means of con-
solidating public opinion and hurting it
like catapult against the doors of
congress with such force and mo-
mentum that our eastern brethren, in
GLIDING Mr.. Chairman Burton of the
rivers and harbors committee, will be
compelled to sit up and take notice.
IT'S a contamination devoutly to be
wished
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
Race Prejudice IN Chicago.

Sentimentalists may rave as they
please about the universal brotherhood
of man, but there is no such thing I'M
der the sun, and there never will be.
It's an impossibility in nature. OF all
the prejudices known among men race
prejudice is the strongest. A case in
point is that Of F. L. Barnett, a negro
lawyer Of Chicago, who on the face
of the returns was elected a municipal
Judge BY an apparent majority Of 400,
while all the rest Of the Republicans
on the ticket all white men, went
Id by some 10000 majority. It i
therefore plain as plain can be that
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
The Longevity of a FaIIacy.


President Roosevelt's trip to Panama
has once more set tongues to wagglng
about some constitutional provision or
statute which prohibits a president of
the United States from setting foot in
foreign land during his term of Of
fee. Let US hope that his excursion to
the isthmus will relegate that delusion
to the realm of things that We're It's
another and altogether different ques-
ton as to whether it is wise for him
to go into foreign countries. The WASH
ington Post thinks that plebiscite
would show a majority against his SO
doing. 1 am rather inclined to concur
in that conclusion. Truth to tell, no
president of the United States has a
right to take even the ordinary risks of
being killed or crippled-not that he is
one whit better than thousands OF 9TH
er Americans, but because his death,
whoever he may be, causes much sor-
row and disarrangement of business,
both Of which things are to be avoided
if possible 1t goes without saying that
the American people like to see their
presidents, but nevertheless it is true
that the number of cranks and crimi-
nails in this country is large, and an
archists are still abroad in the land.
Consequently a president is safer in
the White House lot than anywhere
else and should stay there as much as
possible.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29

Among the most satisfactory results
of the recent election is the way the
Democrats walloped the Republicans
in Oklahoma. They came very near to
electing every delegate to the constitu-
tional convention, which indicated that
there will be two Democratic United
States senators from Oklahoma and
four Democratic representatives out OF
five. No doubt part of this overwhelm
ing Democratic victory is to be attrib
uted to the capers cut by Uncle Joe
and the Republicans in congress on the
statehood question. If so, they got
only what they richly deserved.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
lnexpIicabIe.


1T is generally taken and accepted
that crime, especially stealing, rob-
berry. embezzlement, etc, is rare just
in proportion as prosperity prevails.
1T is asserted on all hands that this is
the era of greatest world prosperity in
all the hoary registers of time. In fact,
the chief reason why the Democrats
failed to elect a majority of the repre-
sentatives in the Sixtieth congress was
the truthful assertion that the country
is prosperous and the false assertion
that the Republicans produced that
prosperity. But, Notwithstanding all
these things, it is patent to those who
having eyes see and having ears hear
that there is an epidemic of crime IN
the land. Robbing country banks and
country postoffices has become wide
spread industry. On the 18th Of No
yember the st. Louis Post Dispatch
printed, under the caption The Crime
Carnival, this remarkable editorial:
The thugs and murderers Of Chicago
ana Pittsburg vie with each other as to
which can commit the most atrocious
crime. They take as much interest IN
winning the championship in the NUM-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29

The vote in Arizona as to Joint state
hood with New Mexico thoroughly JUS
titles the great and successful fight
made by Delegate Marcus Aurelius
Smith to prevent joint statehood. It's
more his victory than that of anybody
else. The vote in Arizona was almost
unanimous notwithstanding the offer
Of a $5,000,00O bride and the threat
that she should remain a territory per-
petually unless she embraced joint
Statehood
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
The Unexpected.

The French savant who said that the
unexpected frequently happens must
have been thinking particularly of
American elections. For instance, there
is young Fred Lands, who for two
terms has represented the strongest
Republican district in Indiana. This
year he was nominated for a third
term, and, as he had humping big
majority at his back, everybody ex-
pected the brilliant young Hoosier to
sit in the Sixtieth congress without
doubt, barring death. But, mirabile
dictu, he was not only defeated, but
lost every county in his district, not
withstanding Hon. Nicholas Long
worth, the presidents son-in-law, ac-
companied by his wife, went into the
district to save Fred.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29

M. LOUIS, the city Of the IRON
crown, never does anything by
4 halves. Consequently the great
rivers and harhnr convention
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29

Waterways Of the Mississippi Valley.
Race Prejudice In the North The
Presidents Trip The Cost Of Living
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-24

chase a ticket. He remembered it had taken him about three minutes, and q, the end of a similar period he stepped on the platform again with the paste board and change in his hand, as if he had just come from the window.
 Tt will be real nice to have your company to town," she said. Bob col ored.
 "I've changed my mind,'' he explain ed. ''Im not going to town this morn, ing. May wait until the last train.''
 T will have father send a check to your club" she smiled as the train came in and he saw her settled in the chair car. "I suppose 1 shall see you at Collins Monday?"
 Surely" he smiled as he raised his hat and made for the platform, but as the train grew smaller in the distance he became less confident It was Sat urday afternoon. He could not wire to his office for money. They closed at noon, and it was II now. He might try the boys, but most of them went out of town over Sunday. In any event. he should hate to explain that he had left the Carvers in such hurry that he had not even had time to send for funds. He made his way to the lit tie hotel, where the landlords curious glances made him realize that the transfer to the hotel would excite cu- riosity.
 He began to feel that he had acted very foolishly. If he had confessed to Fay that he only had $10-that would have taken her to town-or told her to next train Now it looked as if he should have to stay in the town over Sunday.
 The landlord could not cash him a check, so he took room and made his way to it. After the comfort of Carver castle the dingy room, with its sheet iron stove and florid wall paper, seem- ed intolerable but it was better than wandering around town and perhaps running into Frank Jordan.
 Somehow, as the afternoon passed. Jordan appeared less formidable than he had, and Pelham began to feel un- comfortably like fool. It had been such trif1e to quarrel over. He had found them in the music room and Jor dan had been disentangling a strand of. Alice's hair from his coat button.
 He had refused to believe her prompt SpaAaten that in turning the music
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-24

Pelham n"rvously paced the plat form In twenty minutes the train would come and take him away from Rotan and his brief dream of paradise. It would take him back to town. and he would try to forget that he had ever been engaged to Alice Carver
 1t was funny, he thought, that they never should have had disputes until they had become engaged but since Christmas eve, when he had slipped the ring upon her finger and had assured her that it bound her to him for life. there had been nothing but misunder- standings, eliminating in the dispute of last night, when she had given back the ring and had left him with head erect-tO break down when she reach ed her own room.
 The Carver house party had lasted well into the new year, and there were still half a dozen guests at the big house. He wondered bitterly if Al ice would be engaged to Jordan before the party broke up Jordan had kissed her under the mistletoe Christmas eve, and Jordan had been the bone of con- tention ever since. He was so occupied over Jordan's shortcomings that he never noticed Fay Gressit's approach until she tapped him lightly upon the arm
 I'm in the most awful fix" she laughed. 'I came to the station and never realized that I was a pauper Can you let me have $2O? There is no time to send back to Carver castle"
 Pelham performed lightning calcu lation. His ticket had cost him $S4O That from $2o left SLIGO. It would never do to confess that he did not have 1t. Fay would gloat over the fact that she had caught Bob Pelham pen niless. He raised his hat
 "Certainly,' he said. IWait here and l will purchase your ticket and look after your trunk
 He stepped into the waiting room and stayed there long enough to pur
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-24
Foreign Bodies In the Flesh


 It is not an uncommon thing for peo- pie to carry needles, pins, bullets and bits of steel around with them for half a lifetime, but no one can be found who would be willing voluntarily to undertake such a burden. And yet there are instances where articles which might seem to be of most dan gerous character have been carried in the body for years. A man, in repair ing a building, fell through window, breaking the glass and severely cutting one of his arms. The wound was care fully and subsequently, dressed, and the man went about his business. Three years later he called upon the doctor who had attended him and con- plained of boil on his wrist. The jury which he had sustained and asked him if he suffered any inconvenience from it. He answered, "No, not much" but said that at times there was q pc culiar sensation between the elbow and shoulder. Upon examination the doctor found a long splinter of glass just ready to prick through the skin at point several inches above the place where 1t had originally entered. The glass was drawn out, the wound prop thereafter being entirely free from the annoying sharp pains to which he had for years been subject.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-24
We'll Balanced Cats.

Did you know that if you cut cats tail off she can't catch mice any more"' asked young woman of an other.
 II don't see why" replied the other, ''and, further, l can't imagine what occasion you have had for cutting of cats tails to see"
 Il haven't cut off any cats tails, but an accident deprived our cat of its caudal appendage. The feline became as helpless as ship without rudder. When it tried to spring upon an ob- ject 1t would alight far to one side. The look of pained surprise on the cats features was pathetic. After awhile it learned to jump straight again, but it was a long and painful experience for the poor cat. The bal ance of power and the power to bal ance seem to lie fin the tail of the cat" -Kansas City Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-24

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DIR. COHEN The X-Ray Specials,

Treats chronic diseases eye, ear, nos
 and throat. The Best equipped offices r N.
 state." Containing all the latest appliance used in the treatment of disease. (Grand Masonic Temple.) Corner Fourth and State Streets.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-24
Dcllham's
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By LOUISE GLOSTER

Copyright, 1906, by Homer Spragre
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-24
SOMETHING DOING.

There is something doing at the new grocery store, and meat market situated at the corner of Main and Seventeenth avenue. Do your trad ing with us and keep things moving faster. MxVE'
 EMMETT SIMMONS.