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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31
Aragon, Ca, Oct. 18, 1907.

Aragon, Ca, Oct. 1S, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
My Dear Sir: In reply to yours,
would say, Yes, I am one of those
who stood with you in the real days
of long ago, [ was proud Of you
then, and proud of you still for the
great work which you are doing. But
few men have stood for the great
principles of free people as you
have stood. You have my profound
est thanks for the way you have
fought for great principles. I be-
lieve some day you will come into
your full glory.
Yes, [ deem it great privilege to
sit at your feet and learn the great
truths that fall from your pen.
May prosperity ever attend you.
Of course, l can't do without the
Jeffersonian. Enclosed find P. o. or
der for 81. Let it continue coming.
Your friend,
THOS. A. LAWSON.
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Eddyville, Ky, Oct. II, 1907.

Eddyville, KY, Oct. ID, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
My Dear Sir: Enclosed you will
please find P. O. order for $1.75,
which Is to renew VIM. Holland s sub
scription to The Weekly Jeffersonian,
and to pay for the Monthly Jeffer-
sonian, which he has never taken
before. Please send each to the same
address, VIM. Holland, Mont, Ky.
Yours very truly,
G. J.. GRAY.
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Must Go SURE-T. E. W.

Winder, Ca, Oct. 13, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, GA.
Dear Sir: My father, W. S. Duna-
hoo, died in August, therefore you
drop his name from your list. l
thought [ would write so you would
not think that he had "gone back"
on you in his old days. He was in his
seventy-seventh year, and has been an
ardent admirer of Tom Watson since
1890. He never failed to speak
good word in your behalf when an
opportunity presented itself for him
to do so.
Your ardent admirer,
w. F. DUNAHOO.
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HERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE LITTLE GIRLS.

Lumpkin, Ga, Oct. 16, 1907.
Dear Mr.. Watson: I wish you
could hear papa reading your paper.
l am the daughter Of one Of your
subscribers of your paper, Mr.. j. N.
Simpson. When he is reading
along he will stop and say, "Tom
Watson is the smartest man in the
United States"
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SHE WON PRIZE AND L1KEs IT

Austell, Ca, Sept. IA, 1917.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson:
L am just in receipt of the first
copy of your valuable magazine, as
one Of the prizes I won at the cor
respondent contestants picnic held at
Octavia, in August. Words are in
adequate to express my appreciation
OF your valuable periodical. 7 have
read it with much interest. NV fa-
then, Rev. E. Jewell, who is a per-
feet book-worm, says he appreciates
your magazine more than he would
have the ten-dollar gold piece, The
first prize, if had won it. He saws
your magazine is the best gotten mo
magazine he every saw; thai it is Of
the best paper, and print, and has the
best editorials and other reading mat
ter in it.
Thinking perhaps you would like to
read the piece received the prize OH.
l herein send you a copy Of same, al
so OF those that won the other prizes.
Wishing you much success in your
noble work, allow me to subscribe my
self as your friend.
MRS. LAURA RUNYAN.
Her "piece" follows:
DUTY OF A COUNTY PAPER.
Essay read at Courier Correspond
ents' Picnic at Octavia, August 81,
1907, and awarded third prize.)
BY Mrs. Laura Runyan.
We deem it the first duty of
county editor to deal principally with
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Hon. Thos. E. Watson. ESQ.

Hon. Thos. E. Watson. Esq.
My Dear Sir: Find post-ofice order
for 81 for renewal to the Weekly JEFF
fersonian to October II, 1908.
/ got October 10. Three numbers
back have not got yet. Please send
them and my October number of
magazine has not come. Please send
it sure, as / am out lot when / miss
either one.
Ever your friend,
w. II. H. DAVIS.
Mobile, Ala.
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THIS ONE COMES FROM AN OLD
VET OF THE UNION ARMY.

Hon. Thos. E. Watson.
Dear Sir: Enclosed find 81. for
which send me the Watson's Week
ly, which contains Jeffersonian
Democracy as view it, and
Oblige yours,
CAPT. ADDISON R. TITUS.
National Military Home, Ohio, Ward
IL.
Note.-Capt. Titus wrote to Mr..
Bryan's paper for copy of the JEFF
fersonian, and the above shows what
this aged soldier thinks of it. I sa-
lutte you, Captain.
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JFFERs
FROM THE PEOPLE
Sioux Falls, S. D., July 80, 1907.

Sioux Falls, S. D., July 80, 1907.
Editor Jeffersonian:
On the 5th-7th Of June, the Nation
al Grain Growers Convention was
held at Omaha, and permanent or
ganization was made. In that con-
vention the writer introduced the fol-
lowing resolution. He, as delegate
to the Trans-Mississippi Convention
last November, had introduced a SIM
liar resolution, but in that railroad
ship-subsidy-corpo rporatiou-plugged con-
vention nothing could pass that meant
anything, if John P. Irish, corpora
ton advocate from San Francisco,
could prevent, and the resolution was
lost.
Resolved, That it is the sense of
The National Grain Growers Con-
vention that the United States Con-
gress should at once set itself to the
work Of ascertaining the cost Of re-
producing the railroads of this coun-
try, and that it should pass law re-
stricting the capitalization Of said
roads to the amount Of said cost of
reproduction, and that the rate Of tar
iff should be so reduced as to allow
only a reasonable profit upon this
capitalization.
This resolution went through al
most unanimously. 1t seems to the
writer that the sentiment of this res
olution is due from every political
convention that pretends in any mea-
sure to represent the interest of the
masses. There is no right either in
law or morals for the fictitious values
known as watered stock, and the on
ly way the robbery will ever be end
ed is for the people to demand the
reform, and demand it at all times.
This is one Of the questions that the
people must not for one moment for
get. It must come BEFORE gov
ernment ownership. We do not care
to have the government buy goods at
twice the cost, not even the railroads.
The dishonest methods our govern
ment has permitted for years must
be discarded. 1t is not business, it
is robbery. All the highwaymen since
the days when one cave dweller way
laid another to take from him by
strength and skill in the use Of the
robbers club, the wild animal he had
slain, are as a pebble to the large
New England boulder when compared
to the amount stolen from the pro-
ducers and consumers Of this Gland
of the free and home of the brave"
-(brave in time of war, towards we
are, in time of peace)-by the magic
theft of WATERED STOCK.
DNCO
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Bodcaw, Ark, Oct. 8, 1907.

Hon. Thos. E. Watson.
Dear Sir: Fourteen years ago,
when my first boy came to bless my
home, [ was such an admirer Of you
that my neighbors called him Tom
Watson. He now reads your Jeffer-
sonian, and lately when he noticed
you we're going to take all the Tom
Watsons to Yellow Stone Park, he
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was so glad he could not behave HIM
self.
Hoping you may live long to fight
battles of those that are not able to
fight for themselves, and finally see
the principles which you have so long
advocated, finally triumph and finally
receive what you justly deserve.
Yours truly,
0. d. MAY.
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Moravia, N. Y, Oct. II, 1907.

Moravia, N. Y, Oct. II, 1907.
Gentlemen. Enclosed find money
order for one dollar and fifty cents
for which please send me "Watson s
Jeffersonian Magazine" for one
year. Yours truly,
COE WILSON.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31

and of these, first, the expenditure
of the public money, and what it
should be spent for.
There is too frequently an unneces-
sary waste of public funds. The ex-
penditure Of the county administra-
tor is often extravagant and useless.
He should never fail to expose such
waste, whether by mismanagemen
or otherwise the peoples money is
being wasted.
He should keep in touch with the
public schools. Tn many instances
school commissioners become too lax,
not only in examination of applicants
for license, but in visiting the schools.
If there is failure on the part of
the county school commissioner to
keep the standard Of teachers up to
the proper mark, the editor should
feel it duty he owes the people to
call attention to such failure; for in
the matter Of public schools we find
a subject that most closely affects the
standard Of civilization in any com.
munity.
If the condition of the public roads
is not what it should be, it is the edi-
tors duty to call attention to the
fact, and show the improvements
needed. There are different methods
Of having the roads worked. He
should carefully study the different
methods, and recommend the adoption
Of the best. It should be his object
to find out what is best for the peo-
pie of his county, then lend his ef-
forts to accomplish the object.
The people of the county rely, to
great extent, on the county paper for
the news, as we'll as ideas of manag-
ing county affairs. In dealing with
county affairs, as we'll as social items.
he should maintain high standard
deal fairly with both sides of every
controversy, and seek to maintain a
high degree of morality in society by
condemning what he considers immor-
al and approving tn right and that
which tends to the upbuilding of So
ciety. In other words, he should keep
in close touch with the feelings of his
patrons and make his influence felt
by them.
1t is within the province of the
county editor to deal briefly with
state, national and International af-
fairs; but we think he should digest
the most notable happenings, and give
the essence-never the details-of
public events. This is for the great
daily papers. The county editor
should deal in detail only with those
matters directly affecting the readers
OF the paper, who, generally speak
ing, are citizens of the county where
the paper is published.
There is great field open to the
county editor to render invaluable
service in the matter Of local politics.
We are not much in favor Of his
having iron-clad politics, because the
politics should have nothing to do
with the administration of county af-
fairs He chOu1d c,,y1y1,.,.+ =, ,,,.... a I'll.
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Bardwell, KY, Oct. 12, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson.
Dear Sir: Enclosed find ST fo1 my
renewal for Jeffersonian.
ISAAC WOODEN.
R. F. D. 2, Box 49,
The Seattle Republican., 1907-08-23

Speaking about the Taft Club and the reception
that is being planned to give the big secretary of
the Roosevelt cabinet an amusing incident recent
y happened, which has caused quite bit of un-
pleasantness 1t seems that the first definite
knowledge of Taft's coming to Seattle given
out by the Hon. John Barret, who impaired the
news to the Chamber of Commerce. That body,
under the dictatorship of I. A. Nadeau and c. B.
Yandell, "sah" at took the whole RESPONSE
blity of entertaining the nobleman to themselves.
and a silk stocking arrangement was being pre-
pared Meanwhile Jimmie Blackstone got in the
wind of Taft's coming and he got busy organizing
a Taft Club to give him reception on his arrival
Hundreds of enthusiastic signed their names
to the club and the thing took definite shape
Yande heard of it and sent for Blackstone.
81 understand, sab, you are organizing Taft
Club to tender Secretary Taft a reception on his
arrival to Seattle" said Yandell soon as Blacki-
stone got within talking distance. You bet your
life" retorted Blackstone. "And | under
stand that the Chamber of Commerce at the be-
hest of yourself and Mr.. Nadeau is preparing a
silk stocking reception for the secretary when he
reaches Seattle and the common herd is not to
see him. How about it?" TT is not So, replied
Yanden "for we know nothing of his coming.
The Seattle Republican., 1907-08-23

their appearance. And all this is true, despite
the fact that all saloons in Seattle closed from
12 o'clock Saturday night to o'clock Monday
morning. It's great day for the city exchequer
as it is few hundred dollars the stronger from
the fines imposed on the various evil doers when
court closes The morast and the humanitarian
are often forced to hang their heads in shame as
young girl perhaps not yet out of her teens,
is marched up to the bar and pleads guilty either
to having been drunk disordery or to both
thus admitting that she has begun to lead life
of shame despite the fact that she is of good
family who have endeavored to rear her in a
chaste and ladylke manner She filters when she
out they go disturbed from her night in
jail than if she had been in some palatia hotel
Then plain Tom Jones is called for, and he
pleads guilty to having been drunk. He got his
wages Saturday and instead of going home and
giving it to his family he had "good time, >, and
lost all he had made. He perhaps is given ten
dollar fine, which cuts heavily into his next weeks
wages, but he goes out with a smile.
The professional hobo then is arraigned and
he pleads not guilty and will talk the arms off
Philadelphia lawyer explaining how it happened,
but he has been there before and to the chain
gang he goes for thirty, sixty ninety days.
And and on it goes, every having some
kind of an excuse while many others put up a
small sum of money for their appearance, but
never show up and the same is forfeited to the
city But unquestonably it is the greatest mat
inee that the city of Seattle boasts Of and it is
well worth your while to listen to it some Mon
day afternoon.
The Seattle Republican., 1907-08-23
SHOULD BE TREATED HuMAnELY.

After all, those unfortunates who dragged
before the police court on charges of which the
most Of them guilty human beings and
it would seem that those who have been deegat-
ed to arrest, try and look after them would lose
nothing by treating them in humane way. 1t
does not reform single of them to speak and
handle them as though they were brutes, while
the other hand the human in of those
laWbreakers might be touched if they were spok-
to and treated kindly.
The writer was struck with the way one T. S.
Wnchel the baiiff of the court addressed the
prisoners, and if he makes common practice of
it should not feel greatly surprised if Win
chell got what was coming to him some day from
some of the men he has abused in the court. 1t
was this same overimportant "of1cer of the law
that spoke so abruptly to Attorney E. B. Palmer
in the police court that nasty scrap was narrow
ly averted, and the court compelled Winchell to
apologize.
No less abrupt is City Attorney Ellis DeBruler,
who raves in the court room like madmen and per-
haps has more convictions to his credit than
others who have done the same work. "Yes,"
said a prominent attorney, who happened to be
in the court, sit is true that DeBruler is taking
a rest, and so is the entire community | think
in all of my legal practice Ellis DeBruler shows
less politeness in the court room to other attor-
neys and unfortunates than any attorney ever
met. Mr.. Todd and other members of the corpor-
alton counseFs office have been doing the work
since DeBruler left, and have had quite as many
ed gentlemanly.'
The Seattle Republican., 1907-08-23

$50 far as the state of Ohio is concerned Taft
will carry every county, city and precinct in the
state, Foraker to the contrary notwithstanding.
The people for Taft, not that they like For
aker less, but Taft for president more. Senator
Foraker will doubtless succeed himself in the
senate, for the Ohio people realize they have in
him one of the brainiest in the United States
senate, but they supporting Taft for presi-
dent because he represents the Roosevelt idea and
that's the winning issue not only in Ohio but all
over the Eastern states and largely SO in the
Western states. But, changing the subject, Seat
tie certainly looks good to me-
The Seattle Republican., 1907-08-23

After Blackstone had told him of the letter that
he (YandelD had received to Mr.. Tafts COM
ing, he finally admitted that the arrangements for
his entertainment had all been made Nov this
Taft Club must be disbanded at once and must
not be heard of again because it will interfere
with the plans of the Chamber of Commerce"
said Yandell ITO hell with the Chamber, what
has it to do with and the members of the
Taft Club?" snapped Jimmie. We'll, it is the
wish of Senator Piles that the club go out of
mission came from Yandell, and reply no less
forcibe again shot out from Blackistone's deter
mined lips.
The Seattle Republican., 1907-08-23

Friends Of Secretary Taft are preparing to give
him a reception when he reaches Seattle such as
only President Roosevelt himself would receive if
he should come to Seattle. At the head of the
Taft Club that is making the preparations for the
reception is Jimmie Blackstone, who has succeed
ed in enlisting the names of hundreds of former
Ohio citizens who will take the lead in the mat
ter Blackstone has worked day and night for the
success of the meeting and he is deserving of the
huge success that it already gives evidence of
being.
The Seattle Republican., 1907-08-23
sEATTLE,s POLICE MATINEE.

"Ye old curiosity shop" Barnum's circus or
tenderoin museum all pale into insignificance in
comparison to a Monday afternoon in the Seattle
police court. Generally speaking, persons of all
shades hues colors, nationaities, genders and re-
ligions are either lined up in the pit or awaiting
their turn in the audience, having given bail for
The Seattle Republican., 1907-08-23

Fl. E. Foster who has just returned from six
weeks visit in the state of Ohio, where he for
merly lived is brimfull and oyerfowing of Taft
ism and feels absolutely certain that Big Bill Taft
will be the next president of the United States
In speaking about the matter one day this week
he said
The Seattle Republican., 1907-08-23

And then Blackstone informed Yandell of the
idea of two rank Democrats trying to Repub-
lican politics he and Nadeau were trying to do
and by that time the atmosphere SO warm
on the third floor of the Lowman building that
Yandell in doubt whether he in purga-
tory down in Mississippi shooting niggers
Senator Piles heard of the trouble and he, too,
went after the secretary of the chamber with
gloyed hands. "You are simply getting me in all
kinds of trouble by using my name to accomplish
the selfish purposes of else. l have
nothing to say to whether a Taft Foraker,
Fairbanks Any One Else club is organized.
| am not making presidents, and want you to
cut me out of these mix-ups you are always get
ting into" OF course Yande had nothing to say,
but to stand and look the damphoo1 that he is.
The Hon. Francis w. Cushman spent last Tues
day in Seattle shaking hands with friends and
seeing Seattle When the senatorial toga
mentioned to him, he just smiled and smiled, and
finally thought that 'the old city is surely grow
ing; God bless you my is coming
In casting about for mayorality timber the
name of Councilman T. P. Revelle has been men,
toned and the mention of it has brought many
advocates to the suggestion That it is somewhat
dlt1cult Tor the RepuDHcanS TO nnd suitable may
orality timber is quite plain to be seen, and
therefore they making haste slowly in their
selection, but sounding the public pulse from time
to time. OF all the thus far suggested,
that of Councilman Revelle seems to be the most
plausible. He has made an excellent councilman,
and his acts have met the public approval almost
in every instance Il am not candidate for
mayor said Mr. Revelle one day this week, that
is, in the sense of seeking the honor and will
be very we'll satisfied if | renominated and
elected to the position | hold in the city
government, but should the people fit to nomi-
nate me for mayor and | properly supported
by the party papers I certainly will not refuse it.
From many sources Mr. Revelle has been ap-
preached with the idea of getting him to become
an active candidate for the mayorality of Seattle,
but he has not consented and will not consent so
to do unless he feels that such move would meet
the approval of a majority of his fellow Repub-
licans One truthfully say of Tom Revelle
that he has gotten more for his constituents than
any other man in the council. He is at pres
ent president of the council and has made most
excellent presiding official.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-07-13
EX-SLAVE NOW RICH
WYOMING NEGRO ONCE PROPER.
TY OF JEFFERSON c>AvIs.
When confeieraey Collapsed old Mas
ter Gave Him Money and
Reiease-A Prospective
Millionaire.

Shoshoni. Wyo.-Sam Davis. the ne.
go mine owner and prospective mil
liohaire of Warm Springs Greek and
Shoshoni for the purpose OF ordering
machinery for his mine. the order in.
cluding ten-horse power gasoline
engine shs;t hoist and compressed
air drill plan: the machinery ordered
aggregating 3l0.u0u.
Samuel Jefferson Davis was born
In 1910 on the Briarfield plantation iE
Mississippi . slave of Jefferson Davis.
and he was one of the toddling pick
aninnies on the plantation when Col.
Davis headed his Mississippi Rifles on
the battlefield of Ruena Vista.
As Sam, the slave. grew older Mr..
Davis grew into national Importance
as a leader of the south. and when
Jefferson Davis was elected president
OF the southern confederas Samuel
Jefferson Davis. his slave. accOmpa-
MED the new president to Millidge-
vile. the first capital Of the confed-
eracy. Upon the final collapse Of the
Sam. his born and faithful slave. $500
in gold and told him to go north and
enter upon his new life ~ free
man.
Sam migrated and tarried awhile in
Cheyenne. and thence drifted to tho
cattle ranges where. from his wages
as camp cook. he saved money
enough to buy a few head OF cattle.
These cattle grew into herd and sev.
eral years afterwards Sa,.: sold oui
for handsome sum In the interval
Sam had married a daughter OF Ed.
mond lie Claire. a noted French Cana.
dian hunter and trapper living with
the Arapahoe Indians. Her moth er
WAS Whispering Wind. whose father
was one OF the most celebrated Arapa.
hoe chieftains.
Sam rested for several years. living
In rude luxury on the ArS'ahoe In.
iian reservation. Three years ago ne
bought from prospector his present
nine on Warm Springs creek. an af.
fluent OF the Wind river. and has de.
veloped II until now he is one OF Wyo.
ming's assured mining miluonaires.
Samuel Davis has fond remepi
bfance Of his former master and his
family and. In tender testimony there
OF. has christened his mine THE Miss
Winnie Davis" 40 widely known n
The Daughter Of the Ce<.federacy.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-07-13
REHEARSAL IN A CAR.
Professional Entertainer Was Aimess
Teo Successful.

The other night. coming home In
the car said the professional enter
tainer. Il began 10 wonder II l could
bring tears to my own eyes as ! do
to the eyes of the other people. !
tried. though OF all the wrongs !.
had committed, and felt sorry for peo-
pie l had wronged. thought OF all
the mistakes | had made that other
people had profited by and pretty soon
the tears began to gather in my eyes
and roll down my cheeks.
Il forgot there were other people
in the car who might notice me. Soon
\ woman got up from ACROSS the car
and came to me.
~ see. sir said she, that you are
In some trouble Can | do anything to
help you?"
Lord bless YOU. no. madam. told
her. hastily wipips away my tears. 1
am a professional entertainer and was
practicing ON myself. That's all.