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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12
Refuses to be
a Candidate.
President Roosevelt Has Reiterated
His Former Statement and Will
Not be a Candidate.

President Roosevelt gave out
an authoritative statement last
night that he would not be ;
candidate for denomination fol
the presidency, adhering to tn,
declaration made on the night OF
election three years ago last
month.
President Roosevelt has de.
layed reiterating this former
statement awaiting the call
for the republican national con.
vention to afford the proper OPP
portunity for making his position
clear and unmistakable, thus
leaving the field clear for Taft,
Fairbanks, Cannon, Knox, Forak-
er and other declared or receptive
candidates for the republican
nomination. The presidents
statement follows:
"On the night after election |
made the following announce
ment: | am deeply sensible of
the honor done me by the Ameri-
can people in thus expressing
their confidence in what | have
done and have tried to do. /
appreciate to the full the solemn
responsibility this confidence inn
poses upon me, and | shall do all
that in my power lies not to
forfeit it On the fourth of
March next shall have served
three and half years, and this
three and half years constitute
my first term. The wise custom
which limits the president to
two terms regards the substance
and not the form, and under no
circumstances will | be a candi-
date for or accept another nomi-
nation.
II have not changed and shall
not change the decision thus
announced"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

The acquittal of Mrs. Bradley
Tor shooting and killing ex U.
5. Senator Brown, of Utah, will
be generally Endorsed by the
public, regardless of the right
or wrong in the matter. There
is no denying the existence of
sex in crime. Blind justice does
not possibly recognize it, but the
mass OF the peoole do. The con-
viction OF woman for a capital
offepsie is well nigh impossible
and never when the victum can
possibly be construed as a man
who has ever wronged the slayer.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12
CUSTER COLLEGE

The College has rented the Armory for
gymnasium work for the winter. and the
basket ball teams are getting in some
good practice.
N. O. Morgan, accompanied by his
friend, Ghas. Dobish, spent Sunday at the
Morgan home at Cumro.
The girls of the College have organized
three basket ball teams, representing the
various departments OF the school. The
Shorthand students elected Eva Greene
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

Someone, when asked by a
prohibition advocate what was
the national vice-instead of
saying it was drink-replied that
1t was-waste. And there is
much food for reflection in the
statement. More Americans-if
they practiced anything like tn e
frugality and economy of the
people of other nations-migh t
become millionaires.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

Bryan says that he expects to
remain at home during the APP
preaching campaign. There are
a great many good American
citizens perfectly willing for him
to remain there-afterwards.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

There has been a great change
for the better in the financial
conditions in the east md a
general advance in the stock
prices is reported. The more
timid people are getting their
money back into the banks aud
business is on safe footing
once more,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

The bible is now barred from
the Chicago schools. The &C
tion was the result of a bitter
hight that continued for weeks
and is for the purpose of preserv-
ing the non-sectarian character
OF the public schools of that city.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

A Minneapolis man lost his
photograph and music records
in a fire which destroyed his
home. He hasn't fully decided,
as yet, which one of his neigh
bors set the house on fire.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

The Chicago woman who found
a baby-wrapped in a newspaper
ON her doorstep was not hys-
terically surprised as she is ac-
customed to find a lot of queer
things in the Chicago newspaper.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

One of the results of the timber
shortage is the plan to have glass
telephone poles and some people
are wondering what will happen
to the linemen when they start
to climb.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

1t is claimed that the fowl on
the new gold pieces looks more
like duck than an eagle. That's
satisfactory here, we always were
fond OF ducks. Bring in the
ducks and we'll be just as well
satisfied as though they were
eagles.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

During the recent financial
disturbance Galloway man hid
$40 in the coffee mill. He didn't
tell his wife and the next morn
ing she ground it up and he's now
convinced he had a stronger cup
OF coffee for breakfast that day
than ever before.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

The water wagons" are GER
tainly' wearing deep ruts over
the United States aud the hand
writing is on the wall-"the
saloon must 60"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

Thirty-seven hunters have been
killed and sixty-seven wounded
so far this year in the northern
woods. Hunting seems to be the
one sport more dangerous than
foot ball.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

Some editors are urging people
to pay their debts and keep the
money in circulation, but gem
orally speaking-tho fellows with
debst are not long on cash.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

AS the goosebone shows but
one cold snap for this winter, the
slime on the fish not so heavy,
the corn husks thinner and the
tree buds not so we'll wrapped, we
recommend going short on coal
stocks and buying into the ice
trust.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

There may be a shortage OF
circulating medium, but there's
plenty of milk and honey and
mamma in the land, and we take
it that that is the main thing.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

What the average citizen OF
this great and glorious republic
wants in the way of "elastic
currency" is a dollar bill that
will cover the Christmas pur-
chase list.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

There has been more farm
mortgages paid off in Nebraska
this fall-according to report
than for many years.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

If the prohibition movement
continues there will be a lot of
secondhand bar fixtures for sale
Cheap.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

The tendency of the people to
shove their money back into the
banks is one of the best signs of
the times.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

There are 100000 people on
Uncle Sans pay roland many
millions more-anXious to con-
meet.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

Ii 1t were possible to make
men eat their own words-Bryan
would be stuffed all the time.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12
Farmers Institute.

THURsDAY-AFTERNoo SESSION.
[l:3O-Ladies Quartette,
2:00-Alfalfa Growing. -,,,,.......,......
Mr.. Q. NJ. Lewelling, Beaver Qity
S:0O-Discussion. Local Ialent
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

1t IS claimed that buttermilk
in Chicago is bogds-principally
chalk and sour water.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12
Custer $panty Republican
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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-12

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24
What Is a Traitor?

In the course OF his Address at WASH
ington and Lee University, Mr. Charles
Frances Adams said that tho charge still
most commonly made against General Lee
in Massachusetts Is that he was u
military traitor. Some of our contem-
porarics think that It was in bad taste
for AIR, Adams even 20 have mentioned
such a charge IN the presence Of Vir-
g!nia audience. But they probably labor
under a misconception. We are in the
habit of thinking of traitor as a rnun
VINO deserts his flag and baseiy betrays
his country for price. When we think
Of traitor we usually think OF Benedict
Arnold. Mr.. Adams did not, OF course,
employ the term In that sense, for no
man at the North whose opinion 10 worth
attention IS fool enough to say that Gen.
esal Lee WAS a traitor in. any such sense
Mir. Adams was sreaking in n technica
sense only. but was not 30 explicit as hi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24
The South's Greatest Need.

DR.. Walter Page sounded tho keynote
when he said In his recent address in
Richmond that If this country would
prosper as it should, and IL its demo-
crazy was to attain anything like per-
fiction, education must take more
practical turn.
Mr.. Jamas r, Garfield made much
the same obsttTation. in a later speech
in New York. :"
"ln this country" said he, we have
too much discussion OF the rights of
citizenship and too little discussion OF
the duties Of citizenship. 1t sometimes
seems TO me that our form of education
has placed false standard on intel
lectual and industrial life. 1t has made
our men and women believe that manual
labor is not dign!fied, while as a fact
we should all recognize that a great
majority Of our citizens have TO earn
their living by honest manual labor
American men and women must come
out OF college equipped TO do practical
things
This change must be brought about
by change in public sentiment. We
must get rid OF our silly notion that 1t
is more respectable to be professional
man than to be mechanic. We must
not judge man by his occupation. but
by his character and his usefulness,
But that Is not all We must give our
boys at school the opportunity TO learn
a good trade and to learn 1t we'll
There is an active and growing demand
for skilled workmen and the pay liz high
The South Is rich IN materials for manu-
featuring purposes, and her lands are
productive. But she needs skilled me-
chanics and scientific farmers. She
should not depend on other sections OF
foreign lands for them. She should take
her own BOYS and train them to the
work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24

The Richmond Howitzers, Battery a,
First Battalion OF Artillery, will. on next
Tuesday night at their armory hold their.
annual meeting On this occasion certain
civic officers provided for in the charter
and bylaws will be chosen and the occa-
sion will attract n large attendance Of
the crack command
The Howtzers viii begin their year
with exceptionally bright prospects having
a large and enthusiastic membership and
an admirably equipped armory. with gym
rasium and other features attached It
is now engaged in an effort 20 add to
its complete quarters swimming pool
on the ground floor OF the old cavalry
armory on Seventh Street, its gymnasium
being on the floor above. This swim
ming pool Is being constructed thus far
by the money raised By members Of the
battery In limitations. dues. etc, and
accumulated for some years. The pool
has already cost about s2.Oao and will
cost probably as much more. 1t VIII
be about thirty BY sixtytwo feet and Will
range IN depth from three TO about nine
feet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24

this country He Is an American, having
been born, educated and started his career
in Massachusetts. His rise from the ranks
to one OF the highest positions has been
rapid but the confidence OF his leaders
has been rewarded at every step, by EVIL
dence OF his ability to fili the position
allotted to him. Previous to his appoint
ment as field secretary, Tic WAS general
secretary OF the Chicago Province. Dur
ing the seven years he occupied this Office
he Is Justly credited with having been
the soul of the army in that city
From purely business standpoint. the
brigadier's management of the summer
and winter relief OF the destitute. and
the Christmas dinners each year for thol,-
sands of the poorest of Chicago's slun,-
jewellers. with the financing of the whole,
was extraordinarily efficient and
power in the solution Of social problems
OF the great metropolis. The brigadier
WAS not one whit behind the most noted
social reformers and In many instances
such as the great coal strike OF 1901, he
was the first upon the ground with relief
work, and other organizations We're conf
PEELED to follow. On that occasion while
the City Council was passing resolutions
to do something. charitable organizations
We're lamenting the situation, and the
churches were wondering what was going
to become OF the poor, all the while the
mercury remained below zero, and coal
UP to go per ton mark. the brigadier
grasped the situation. formulated plans
and had eighteen coal relief stations in
working order before any other organiza-
ton had even come to the conclusion that
any thing could be done. The result was
that the army provided 20O00 poor families
with coal that winter. and Was given great
commentator by the press and the pub
lie for It's efficient and prompt relief work.
Great Organizer.
Brigadier Damon is particularly at home
in organizing. Every thing he has any
thing to do with Is done In the most eff
cient. business-like and economic manner.
labor-savinG devices always being brought
into requisition whenever their use could
result In a saving to the Salvation Army.
An eminent writer in speaking OF tho
abrigadier said: Had Brlgadier Damon
spent half of his life In n business col
leEe and worked his way UP to presi-
dency of the same, he could not be more
imbued with the vallle OF method"
The brigadier Is not only systematist,
able administrator. hut he is II congenal
con1rade to everybody, not, alone In sem.
timent, in the debating of correspondence,
or for convenience sake, but regularly anu
on principle. Brigndier Damon was ap-
pointed as field secretary in January
1905 In addition to his ever taxing and
increasing executive duties. he devotes
much time conducting meetings and lee.
turing In the interests of the army work.
Els illustrated lecture, I'm Darkest
America has been delivered before APP
preciative audiences In the larger cities
of eighteen States
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24
Free Seeds and Free Education.

The House Committee on Agriculture
preparation bill. which provides that the
sum of $4,000 heretofore appropriated
for the purchase of seeds to be distrib
uted by members OF Congress shall be
used in the purchase and distribution of
rare and valuable seeds by the Secretary
OF Agriculture.
1t Is to be hoped that this is the be-
ginning of the end OF the free-seed farce.
very little benefit to anybody except the
members of Congress. For our part, wu
believe that the interests OF agriculture
would be far better served II the free-seed
distribution should be abolished entirely,
and tho money used In educational work.
The Department of Agriculture has been
rendering valuable service in disseminat-
ing information, but Is greatly hampered
pose. 1t Is Very anxious to extend its
work in these directions, and Congress
has enacted the necessary legislation.
But the money was lacking. While the
sum of $4,000 has been appropriated for
free seeds for campaign purposes. q pitiful
$500 has been appropriated for educa-
tional work.
Away with such nonsense. Abolish
free seeds. and give the farmers and their
children free instruction in scientific agri-
culture
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24
Virginia Matrons,
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

E
Arthur Chamberlain, the eldest brother of
Joseph, the great politician, Is opposed to his
brother IN politics. and does not wear an eye.
glass but he invariably wears the plnksst OF
James y. Connolly, author and athlete. OF
Boston, has enlisted In the navy as 'yeomun al
ths rcqnest OF President Roosevelt, In order to
Navy.
Sir William White. who III recently was
director OF naval construction OF Great Britain
began life Az a shpwrghts apprentice hut Mis-
genius carried him w tho ladder with rapid.
lily which startled his fellow workers
/ Allen Sankey, san OF tho great singing
eShngefst, IL following hls fathers footsteps NJ
conpo1er, and Some Of his hymns AFRO very
popular In New England revival tnreting
Count Alexander Won fIatzfeld and his wife
ani daughter arrived in New York Yesterday,
on the'r way TO Washington 70 yisl, tho father
OF the countess. Vissopnt Aosi. tho Japanese
Ambassador to America.
Prlnco Aga Khan OF India, n drScenlant OF
one Of tho Oldest md most distinguished fap.l.
liss or Bombay. hns arrived In San Francisco.
come TO study AHlcllcan Industries,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24
THURSDAY. JANUARY 81. 1907.
It Is not our beliefs that brighton
US half so much as our fancies.
Holmes.
A Call to the Rich.

The Y. NJ. c. A. fund now amounts to
$4,000. OF this S62.5oo is in subscrip-
lions OF $1,000 and upward; the rest in
small subscriptions.
The men In moderate circumstances
nrc doing well; many OF the rich men
are doing. poorly. If the rich would do
as we'll in proportion as the poor, the
full 5000, 900 would be raised in short
ordet. In the Richmond subscriptions
there are:
One OF $4,000,
one of $4,000,
Two of $1,000 each,
ono of $1,000
One of s1.5oo,
Fourteen of 81 900 each.
In the little town OF Pottsvile, Pa,
which raised subscription of 100000,
there were:
one subscription of $4,000,
one subscription OF $4,000,
One subscription of $4,000,
Nine subscriptions OF 81 900 each
Comparisons may be odious. but they
are instructive.
The case is now up to the rich men
of the city. Four or five $1,000 sub
scriptions would put new life into the
movement and save the day. There are
plenty of men abundantly able to give
that sum to this great cause. Their
generosity and their local pride are APP
,,...,l.a
1t was said on tho streets yesterday
that the fire would hurt the campaign.
Why? Baltimore had just come out of
q holocaust when she made her sub,
seription Richmond narrowly escaped
similar fate. 1t seems to us that 1T is
Richmond's duty to make q thank offer
ing for her escape.
1t may be that the fire was be-
nlgn suggestion 10 US from Providence
10 be generous.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24
Our Fireuen.

Any man who will go 10 Ninth and
Cary and see the ruins will feel thrill
OF pride for no, will see evidence OF
the splendid work of our fire depart
ment. 1t seems scarcely less than
miraculous that such a building could
have been destroyed and every neigh
boring building saved. That was not all.
Equally good work was done at the two
other fires, and Richmond was saved
from such disaster as visited Balti.
more only by the intelligent and heroic
service of the fire department. All
praise to the department and It's brave
and able men.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24
Help the Blues.

Richmond has many demands upon her
generosity but her interests demand
that she shall come to the rescue of the
Blues. They have been overtaken by
disaster, and they must have help. They
have always been loyal to Richmond
and Richmond must stand by thom in
their time of need. This is not merely
matter of favor or OF duty. 1t Is a
matter that directly concerns the public
safety and welfare.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24

was on n former occasion. In nm adj
dress delivered in Chicago In 1902, he
anid:
WAS Robert u. I.ae traitor? Tech
nically. think he whs indispntably a
traitor to the United states; for a trni-
tor. III ] understand II technically, is one
| guilty of the crime Of treason; or, as the
Century Dictionary puts 1t, violating HIS
allegiance 10 the chief authority o. the
| State; while treason against the United
States is specifically defined in the Con-
stitution ms levying war against 1t, or
| giving their enemies a,d ana comfort.
That Robert ~ Lee did levy war against
the United States can, / suppose, no more
be denied than that he gave aid ana
comfort to It's enemies. This techni-
cally; but in history, thore IL treason
and treason. as there are traitors and
traitors. And, furthermore, II Robert ID.
Lee was n traitor. so also, and indis-
putably, were George Washington, Oliver
Cromwell, John Hampden, and William of
Orange. Tho list might be extended In
definitely; but these will suffice. There
can be no question that every one or
those named violated his allegiance, and
give aid and comfort to the enemies of
his sovereign. Washington furnishes a
precedent ut every point. A VirEinian,
like Lee, he was nlso n British subject:
lie had fought under the British flag, as
Leo had fought under that OF tho United
States; when. IN 1875. Virginia seeded
from the British empire, he went with
his State. just as Leo went with it
eighty-five years later; subsequently
Washington commanded armies in tile
them as rebels and whose descen-
dants now glorify them as tho rebels
of 49, much as Lee later commanded,
md at last surrendered. much larger
armies also designated rebels by those
they confronted. Except In their out
como. the cases were, therefore, precisely
alike; and logic Is logic. 1t consequently
appears to follow that, n Leo was a
traitor, Washington was also"
The moral question L. not involved, and
Mr.. Adams was not discussing It, for
he said IN his Lexington speech that in
the Same situation he would havo done
exactly as Lee did. Our only fault with
the argument OF Mr.. Adams Is that he
did not go far enough. We shall never
agree thGt General Lee was a traitor
even in q S.echnicnl sense. The mis-
lake which Mr.. Adams makes Is In pre-
suming that General Lee was u citizen
Of tho United States; that the United
states was primarily his country, and that
lis allegiance was primarily to the Fed
,ral government. The fact Is that Cen
,ral Leo was born q citizen OF Virginia, !
Ind he had no other citizenship In law.
The law prescribed how a citizen Of
Virginia might give UP his citizenship
n this State, but General Lee had never
lone such q thing. Notwithstanding he
vas an officer in tho United States Army.
lie was citizen OF Virginia Virginia
vas his country" and he owed his al
egiance to Virginia. When Virginia
withdrew from the Union, he was In
uty bound to so with her; and techni-
ally, as we'll as morally, he would have
cen n traitor to his State IL he had
violated his allegiance and deserted
'irginia In order to attain a position
( prominence and emolument in the
Inited States Army.