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HUMOR OF THE HOUR
Joseph's Postscript.

There lives near Richmond, Va, q
family Of some social distinction who
have in their employ a small negro
boy. Much to the annoyance OF the
ladies of the household, this ~pickaninny
for a long time would persist in neg
lecting his nominal duties and would
idle about the grounds Of the place.
Finally one day the mistress Of the
establishment, adopting a strategic
course, handed the boy pencil and pa
per, saying:
"Here, Joe, write me a letter"
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With a grin the lad obeyed. In a
short time there came from him a shrill

call:
Mrs. Blank, I've got it wrote! II
says: Dear Missus-Kin l go down to
the croquet court and see 'em play
croquet? Respectfully yours, Joe
JONES'"
Mrs. Blank, not yet ready to allow
him that recreation, said:
VERY we'll. Now write me a post.
script"
Then she forgot all about Joe. Some
hours afterward she CHANGED to OBJ
serve a note stuck in a door jamb.
Opening it, she read the message first
written by Joe and underneath it this
postscript: 81 have went.'-Saturday
Evening Post.
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Time For Action.

Eva-So Tom proposed to Katharine
at last. Did any one prompt him to do
1t so suddenly?
Erma-Yes, Katharine's little brother
was hiding under the sofa, and he yell
ed cut, Hurry up, sport, or I'll sufo-
cate."-Chicago News.
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Generally Win..

Mr.. Thinkum Whenever there is
trouble In the world there is a woman
at the bottom of it.
Mrs. Strongmind-That may be, bu,
you can't deny that when the trouble
is over the woman is on top.-New
York Weekly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-23

To-
who had alighted from the train had
preceded him and were now climbing
into the barge.
"Sanitarium, sir?" inquired the shah
by man as Olmstead came up. "All
right, sir. Git right in. Let's have your
checks. I'll git your baggage"
The CHI were handed over, and
while the Mflfer vas getting the trunks
Olmstead looked over the other occu-
pants of the barge. There were one
man and three women. The nan and
1.-TWO Of the women were typical con-
sumptives narrow chested and hollow
checked. Now and then they coughed
spasmodically. They were poorly dress
ed and evidently Of the class who
availed themselves Of the states chart
II fund to bring them here.
The other woman was Of an entirely
different type. She was well dressed
and young. In the dim light from the
station lamps Olmstead could see she
was decidedly pretty. She did not
cough, nor was she hollow checked like
the rest. Olmstead made two mental
decisions-that she was a pay patient
and that her case was not as yet a
very serious one. He felt a sudden
thrill Of pity that she should be here,
70 evidently was she at odds with the
dreary surroundings.
The driver returned with the trunks
and bags on a truck. With the station
agents assistance they were piled into
the rear Of the barge and the drive to
the sanitarium was begun. 1t was over
= rough, sandy road, lined with gloomy
pines through which the wind howled
dbmally.
Olmstead unrolled his steamer rugs
and offered them to the women, two Of
whom were shivering miserably. The
younger woman greeted this act of
courtesy with a pretty smile Of ac-
knowledgment that quickened his
pulses.
'sThey might at least have some blan-
ksts in the barge" he said.
1T would seem So" was her quiet,
noncommittal reply, and then there was
silence until the sanitarium was
reached.
Olmstead paid in advance. received
hurried examination from n Of the
physicians and was assigned a room on
The second floor. At the supper table
10 met the young woman again. She
,miled and nodded as he took his seat
opposite her.
Its not exactly a promising begin
hing" she said, indicating the table.
81 should say not" he replied. Il be
isve this fare would prove the undolne
pf a rugged person, to say nothing OF
u effects on an invalid"
"shall you stay" she asked.
IA week Mt least" said he. And
vou"
II shall stay for a time, anyway
he returned.
After that meal they were friends
They strolled about the grounds to
rether. They found quiet hooks where
hey could discuss freely the inefacien
y of the doctors, the slovenltness o.
he nurses and the general lack Of any
hing like system about the place.
why, it's just a dollar and cents
|cheme," she declared angrily n day
tAll they are after is the money o.
hese deluded people who come here"
81 suspected as much before I came
aid he.
y wanted to try 1t, at least" said hi
She looked at him curiously.
81 have my own suspicious abou
you." she laughed
And what are they, prayY said hi
But she only shook her head in smi
ing refusal to commit herself further.
Olmstead had books and magazine
and fruits sent up. These he share
with her, and she accepted them VT
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Uncertainty.

every few people know exactly how
much they are worth" said the man
who studies political economy.
NO" answered the man whose ideas
are not broad; anyway, not until the
family's Christmas shopping bills come
In"
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Tho One to Be Pleased.

"No," said Peckham, I'VE never have
boiled ham Mt our house any more"
"Why?" replied hewitt. II thought
you were very fond of it."
$50 l am, but my wife's pet dog
won't eat it at all" - Philadelphia
Press
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OF Course She Would.

Miss Passay-And then, mind you, lie
asked me IL l wouldn't marry the first
mar who came along.
Miss Snappe-The idea! Don't those
obviously unnecessary questions make
you weary7-Philadelphia Ledger.
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The Usual Way

The Usual Way.
II hear that Bingleson has reform
Cd"
Eyes"
"What was the cause?"
HE lost the easy job he had and 10
compelled to earn the small wages he's
now drawing."-Chicago Record-Her.
aid,
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Modesty.

"1 make It an invariable rule" said
Mr.. stormington Barnes, mot to talk
about myself"
%"Indeed?'
Eyes. When 1 was asked recently
who the greatest Hamlet Is l refused
to an~swer."--Washington Star.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-30

state ticket. eulogizing each OF the can
ddates in turn.
Serious charges are being made
against the methods OF passing legisla-
ton in this state under the direction
OF a so-called boss" continued Mr.. Ut
ter. Many OF the charges are ex-
aggerated and some are true. This
being the case the Republican party
owes IL TO itself to rid itself OF the
cause
1T is true that the man who has
been a leader has come 10 regard HIM
self as an owner: and IL is time the
Republican party did something to turn
this man out.
II have been partly false TO my party
in that I have been content TO be free
from this influence myself and to re-
main quiet. It is time we faced this
thing and cleaned IL out.
ut Is my bounden duty TO plead Tor the
Republican party: and. therefore, l say
that one Charles r. Brayton has come TO
occupy a place which is menace TO the
best interests OF the state OF Rhode Is
land.
II want to soIemnly pledge to you that.
whether / am elected or not. will do All
that can by undertaking TO remove this
blot from the escutcheon OF the state.
my election or my defeat really means
little 10 me: but ask that may be used
by the people OF Rhode Island 10 do this
tnlnE LOT WnlCn Il pledBt my pubhN o'"
private efforts from this time on"
Congressman Capron referred TO the IN
dignatlon he felt at what is being said
in this campaign about our governor and
which is absolutely untrue" He contin-
ued:
'The past two years of government IN
Rhode Island have been of such "a nature
and so pure that we all feel proud: and
II has been under a Republican admins
tration and under a Republican COVER
nor.
"But all AT once the shower OF mud has
commenced TO fall upon the men who
have been in control OF the affairs OF the
state.
1T makes no difference what you do
10 me or 10 Gov. Utter but IL does make
"A great difference to the country IL you
send to congress men who are unscrupu-
lous and who decry the good things which
now exist under a Republican adminstra-
tion.
"Brayton has never bossed any man.
IL is an easy matter to set up straw
tnan and then bat him down. This is
what Is being done in this campaign, and
all this talk about bossism Is gotten up
for campaign purposes"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-30
IMAM THE PEOPLE KNOW"
WELL KNOWN BY PEOPLE

At the Democratic rally In Holden hall,
Manton, last evening. Congressman
Granger and Hon. John j. Fitzgerald
were the principal speakers. Mr.. Granger
said.
IL helped frame tho free alcohol bill
and voted for It. What did Nelson w.
Aldrich do for the bill? Republican
member Of the senate told mo that Mel
son w. Aldrich because Of his interests
with Standard oil. would fight II to the
last That Is how he helped the bill
and stood by the president
THE people are beginning TO realize
what II Is 10 be an American citizen.
This is fight for the people and fight
to down those who have grabbed the
power. We will fight until we get con
stitution which will make all men in
Rhode Island equal We must and we
will get back from th- corporations those
things which they have unlawfully taken
from us.
III YOU send few more men like Mel
son w. Aldrich 10 congress YOU will kill
every measure OF Theodore Roosevelt
Elisha Dyer has also been In Office, but
IL he has done anything but represent
the Republican machine | have yet "a
find Il out"
Hon. John j. Fitzgerald said In part:
This Is campaign for a constitutional
convention TO get for every man his
rights
''To turn to the congressional campaign
my opinion Is that n the people
really know the Man the People Know,
they will say that he has run far enough
What did he over do to show that he was
not ruled by Charles II. Brayton2 What
ded he ever do In the legislature except
10 stand sponsor for the ballot law that
makes II easy TO vote straight ticket
but more dihicult than ever 10 vote any
thing but p straight tickct2
"If YOU want 10 overthrow boss rule IN
this state vote straight Democratic
ticket and administer scathing rebuke
10 Brayton and his minions.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-30
SULLIVAN SAYS UTTER
HAS BEEN HYPkOTIZED

Edward NJ. Sullivan Col P. II Quinn
and Hon. F. Il. Fitzsimmons were the
speakers last evening at an enthusiastic
Democratic rally in Booths hall. Cromp-
ton.
Judge Fitzsimmons was the first speak
er. and I'm part he said:
Every intelligent man and woman in
this state who reads the newsnaners
Knows that the question that IS to ba
settled In this campaign is whether the
government OF the state shall be t,Lo,
from the. machine. labelled Republican
ana placed in the hands of the people OF
all parties
we are hghting the fight of the mem
bers OF the Republican party. who have
no more tc do with shaping th,, marty.
'hah they have OF shaping the rolicias of
the democratic party. Braytonism and all
that IL stands for should be rebuked
GODDARD. Gammell. Macdonald and the
leaders or the Independent moyenn, nt are
aetermlnod that this thing that has fas
b,,r,b b,eb i.seII upon our state, whicn is q
humpug and fraud, shall he cast off"
toward M. Sullivan OF Cranston smoke
on tne question or town Indebtedness ard
ne ne SAID the charge that the Increase was
due 10 the present administrafIon Was
raise as the present adminisi,dtion has
lar. ''O W.
is Charles r. Brayton the donor Of
tne prosperity that we are el loyinr7 Is
the TACT that $l25,OO00O0 is Oh depnsif n,
!, Sie savings banks OF the stat due 10
Charles X. Brayton? I ask m RapuhIi
Cdn party What assurance have We III we
elect your party again that Charles n
Brayton won't dip down and ;lcb those
savings by selling legislation. as ne mas
depreciation of the denial OF 9; ~ if,,nr
Sehator Siiness and the others that they
are possed. III they are not bossed. they
at leasI consent or agree TO be bosscd -
Col. +. II. Quinn spoke on conditions IL,
me town OF Warwick. explaining what
had prevented desired legislation FOR H..
town with special reference to the ,,t
teInpt TO secure passage OF a bill 10 en-
poweI the town council TO prevent :ho
unauthorlzed tearing up OF the higby,a avs
ana ana which failed OF passing because POS,
Brayton refused 10 allow II be he tak,p
seen" "'' oech
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-30
BRAYTON AND BOSSISM
AGAINST RHODE ISLAND

| the one hand and the state OF Rhode ISL
and on the other"
At the conclusion of his speech Mayor
Higgins was cheered wildly for several
has not been accorded TO "A campaign ora
tor in Burrillville before
Gov. Garyin was given an enthusiastic
reception and said i'm part:
, 'The people OF the United States are
overwhe lmingly in favor OF tho election
OF United States senators directly by the
voters I'm the several states. The only
obstruction 10 the necessary amendment
itself
lin Rhode Island at the present time
the Democrats and Independent Republ-
cans have named their candidate for
United States senator. The Democratic
and Lincoln candidates for the general
assembly say explicitly that they Will vote
for Col. II. H. /. Goddard.
ION the other hand. the Republican
candidates for the legislature are non
committal To vote Tor them is, so far
as the senatorship is concerned. 10 buy a
pig i'm poke Nobody knows what kind
OF an animal will come out OF Brayton's
closed sack.
The Republican organization OF this
state. going against the tide which has
been running OF late years and against
existing public sentiment everywhere. is
preventing the voters OF Rhode Island
from intelligently choosing their own ma
tional senator. II refers the selection 10
Gen. Brayton."
Chairman Lace next introduced Hon.
James III. Thurston, who said i'm part:
II know conditions In the legislature
from actual experience. / challenge any
Republican speaker 10 deny that the leg
islature is held up. When our issue was
made known and the cry OF down with
Braytonism was made everyone on the
other side jumped up and said, L wear
no mans collar IL is not sufficient to
judge by words. We should Judge them
by their deeds.
"All the arguments of the Democratic
speakers are thrown into the shade by
the statement by ex-senator Stllman of
the South county, when he said Bray
ton kept me from the senate and Utter
refused TO allow me 10 express my views
In his paper.
John w. Hogan said that Braytonsm.
or Perryism or Aldrichlsm-it was all the
same-is the issue OF the campaign; but
the Republican spellbinders appear 10
think that Braytonism and bossism are
like the tariff and ought TO be revised by
their friends"
S. Y. Belleau Of Lewiston Me. spoke
I'm French. as TO the duty Of driving boss
ism out OF the politics OF Rhode Island.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-30
ROUS|NG RALLY
Of DEMOCRATS
IN NINTH WARD

The Jefferson club, 100 strong, mar
shalled by John a. O'Brien, marched
from their headquarters on knight street,
TO Benevolence hall. led by Duce Ann
bruzzis band last evening; and there
they participated I'm one OF the biggest
rallies ever held In the Ninth ward
Joseph Leminara OF Boston paid n high
tribute 10 Congressman Granger. 10 whom
he said the Italians owe q debt OF graft
tude for his stand on the immigration
bill.
Dr. Carroll. president Of the club, pre-
sided: and the hall was crowded To the
doors The hall was decorated with Amer
lean Italian and Irish flags
After predicting q Democratic victory,
Dr. Carroll introduced John j. Fitzgerald.
who stirred the audience TO high pitch
OF enthusiasm.
Vincenzo Lupoli spoke In Italian, and
was followed by Hon. y. J. Mccarthy.
who had the big audience with him from
the very start and made one OF his best
speeches.
Congressman Granger was given an en-
thusiastic reception. and gave n clear and
convincing exposition OF the issues OF the
campaign.
q Woodbury. German. DR. Thomas r.
Black. candidate for the board of alder
men; James G. Williams, Dennis III. Shea
han. John +. OConnell. candidate for the
assembly from the Ninth district and
/ Charles r.. DonilOn also spoke some
briefly and others at greater length
"Rhode Island Is inflicted with a dis
/ ease known as Braytonism,' said 6.
Woodbudv German; "and nothing but the
/ most heroic treatment will attract the
/ people 10 the condition. The machine
ridden Republican party endeavors 10 hide
/ behind a cloak of executive respectabillty
when tho true source 81 evil lies in the
general assembly They cannot use
Roosevelt a. an excuse. because that
/ leader docs not believe I'm tho sale ~ leg
islation or hossism as practiced by the
| Republican party Of Rhode Island"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-30
DRIVE FROM POWER THE
DESP0ILERS Of PEOPLE

Congressman D. l.. ID. Granger. Hon
Rathbone Gardner. Washington r. Pres
colt. J. Nilsson of Boston and James A.
Williams addressed rally OF Swedish
voters at 9s Weybosset street last eve
ming, at which John A. Hjelstrom presid-
ed
Mr. Granger pointed out that an at
tempt is being made to drive out OF pow
err the men who have robbed the people of
their rights. lie referred briefly to his
record IN congress and said he was at all
times endeavoring TO represent 10 the best
OF his ability his constituents.
Hon. Rathbone Gardner declared that
the supreme Issue is the overthrow OF
bossism. He said that the men who have
asserted that disgraceful conditions pre-
vail I'm Rhode Island are accused OF de-
faEling the state. The statement how.
ever he declared, has been and is now
being made with the deepest sorrow and
the deepest shame.
Mr. Gardner exposed the inconsistency
OF Gov Utter's position I'm this campaign
OF his declarations of hatred OF "bossism. g"
while at the same time advocating the
election OF men who for the past year or
two have passed laws at the state house
hearers TO forget party ties and vote for
men who will vote and act Independently
IL elected and who will not be controlled
by any boss.
Washington r. Prescott at the outset
declared that he has always been a Re
publican, but that this year the condi-
tions have become so intoerable that Il
was time the people sent men TO represent
them I'm the Legislature who will vote for
measures that will be OF benefit to the
people. He paid his sarcastic respects to
Richard w Jennings, Gov. Utters private
secretary. and also TO Hunter G. White.
Mr. nilsson Of Boston urged the voters
10 vote this year for men who will truly
represent them and especially mentioned
Congressman Granger and Mr.. Gardner.
j. A. Williams defined the issue as boss
ism and maintained that Brayton must
go, that the voters must vote for men
who will not be led along like so many
puppets. by strings. but who will have
the courage and the manliness 20 vote as
they think right. without regard TO the
dictates OF any boss.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-30
UTTER IS SCARED INTO
11TH-HOUR REPENTANCE

The desperate straits In which Gov
Utter and the other Brayton candidates
find themselves, with sure defeat staring
them In the face was emphasized by Gov
Utter himself, last evening. when at a
rally in Cercle Jacques Cartier hall at
Central Falls he came forward with an
eleveRth-hour confession and profession
OF repentance, coupled with a promise 10
do better in the future n the peoule will
only forgive him and give him one more
trial.
After Congressman Capron had declared
that there is no bossism In this state,
Gov Utter said that Charles r. Brayton,
the leader OF his party. had come TO re-
gard himself as its owner. and then prom
ised that IL the people would only elect
him again. he would try TO remove this
blot from the escutcheon OF the state"
After the meeting the party leaders
gathered in little groups and roundly
scored the governor as having thus dealt
a death blow TO whatever slight hope OF
success might have existed: and IL was
generally agreed that the people would
realize that he had been driven by his
Democratic opponents To this eleventh
hour conversion, and that IL would not
only have but little effect I'm sstemming
the irresistible tide that Is running
against him and the party I'm this state,
hut would actually do more TO ensure
the election OF Mayor Higgins and the
entire Democratic ticket than any one
other thing yet done by the Republicans
i'm the present campaign.
The principal speakers were Gov. Utter,
Congressman Capron and Hon. Elphege
Daignault OF Woonsocket Isaac II. Law
tion presided Gov. Utter said:
II am not Republican solely for
office, hut because | believe I'm Repub-
lican principles and what they have
accomplished. The policies OF the Re-
publican party lead to the welfare OF
the country.
Democrats tell you that national
affairs are nat the issue. The issues
this year when we elect three mer
to represent us at Washington, are ma.
tional issues"
Governor Utter then talked abou
the prosperity OF the country, the de
mand OF the farmers OF the west FOL
labor. and ascribed IL all to protection
He pleaded with evident great solici.
tude and with every Indication that he
saw the handwriting OF defeat on the
wall. TO elect the whole Republican
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-30

Another large audience gathered at the
S O'Clock rally and instruction meeting
yesterday afternoon in room 1o7. Banigan
building. and heard addresses by Robert
Grieve, former secretary OF Gov. Garvin,
Hon. Charles f. German and Mayor
James II. Higgins
There was no mincing of words: and
Senator Adrich. Gov. Utter and Gen.
Brayton received their full share Of the
blame that is due them for conditions in
this state
The hall was packed and many stood
outside I'm the corridor trying TO listen To
the speakers
Mayor Higgins was greeted with ap-
plause and cheers that lasted several
minutes the like OF which has never been
heard in the Pettis e. Paddock meetings
in the same building: and I'm part he said :;
I'VE have the advantage here of being
close 10 the issue. I'm fact. we are In the
same building with the issue. for II has
its offices only nine stories above us. on
the 10th floor OF this building II is known
that there can be bought ana sold any
offices and laws you want
''The people OF Rhode Island have risen
with such determination that Brayton
and Braytonism will find that they can
no longer oppose them. Charles X. Bray
ton has become no better than pub
lie nuisance I'm this state. How shall we
go about IL 10 abate that nuisance?
is IL Brayton alone who must be de-
throned? Charles r. Brayton is only the
agent, the paymaster OF corporate inter
ests. which are more 10 be condemned
even than he for those who are behind
them pose as respectable and as leaders
Of morals and intelects. They push him
to the front TO do their work.
"Brayton is not a hypocrite. Tie Will ad-
NIT that he is at the state house for all
there Is in It. He'll admit that you can
buy and sell any law you want. He's a
braver man than those who are hehind
him, for the men into whose Golfers he
has placed millions are not men enough
now to stand behind him
1--WE are going to call Brayton by his