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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-22

them Therefore, we must judge Mr..
Bryan by that platform of his.
Tell me what plank Of it proposes
to relieve the country from the evils
Of unfair taxation. He once stood
for an income tax. He no longer does
so. We had understood that he was
In favor of an inheritance tax. We
must no longer harbor that idea. He
declared vociferously that he was in
favor Of the government ownership
Of public utilities. He has abandoned
that broad and sound and progress
sive doctrine In former platforms
he used the language and the names
Of Jefferson and Jackson in denounc-
ing the national banking system. He
now favors it and proposes to per-
petuate it with governmental
guarantee which will punish the inno-
cent bankers for the crimes of the
criminal BANKERS.
In the opening gun speech Of his
campaign, he adopted as his campaign
motto, "Shall the People Rule?"
What magnificent impudence; what
splendid bluff! "Shall the people
rule?" boldly asks Mr.. Bryan, hoping
that the people would forget that he
had dropped out of his platform the
only proposition which offered the
people any hope Of regaining their
right to rule-the Initiative and
Referendum.
Therefore, if Mr.. Bryan should be
elected, his platform binds him to do
nothing to remedy the evils from
which we suffer, and we have the
assurance of the association Of New
York Democrats that even if Mr..
Bryan should try to do anything
injurious in the way of legislation,
the Republican Senate will prevent
him from succeeding.
Very respectfully, beg leave to
submit to you that the platform upon
which I am making this fight offers
the only reasonable, practicable and
conservative remedy for those evils
which are threatening US with mill
tary despotism or with revolution.
First. We propose that the
Federal Government shall be sup
ported by an income tax laid upon
the accumulated wealth Of the
country; by tariff duties levied upon
the luxuries of life; by franchise
tax on the public-service corpora
tons; by tax laiL upon inheritances;
and we contend that the necessaries
Of life should be free from Federal
taxation. To cure the trust evils we
propose the simple, practical remedy
Of placing on the free list those
articles handled by the trusts so that
the foreign competition can come into
our market with goods and compel
the American manufacturer to deal
as kindly with US home folks as he
is now dealing with the foreigner in
the foreign markets. The burden of
taxation and tyranny Of public
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suits her about platforms, govern
mental policies, or Congressional
legislation? Nobody-least of all
Mr.. Bryan. Although the convention
which nominated him grossly insulted
the South when the Haskell brass
band pranced around the Georgia dele
cation, playing Marching Through
Georgia." and although this same
Haskell-led gang of Bryanites hooted
and Kissed the name of Robert E.
Lee-after having honored with
whoop and a hurrah the name Of
Abraham Lincoln-Mr. Bryan has
not SO much as expressed his regrets.
Although the Parker crowd gave the
South the Vice-Presidency four years
ago, the Bryan crowd repudiated her
claims for that post this year. It had
to go as Tom Taggart said it was to
go-Tom, the gambling hell and
saloon proprietor Of French Lick
Springs, Indiana. Taggart wanted
Kern, the fellow who is denouncing
the wicked Republicans who give and
take corporation favors, and who
himself is riding through the land ON
a free pass-a railroad favor-just
as Mr.. Bryan himself did four years
ago. The South could not get
Committee Craftsmanship; and the
South, if Mr.. Bryan keeps his word,
will lose the two magnificent cabinet
positions which she now holds under
the Republican administration. Al
though Mr.. Bryan makes sixty-fve
speeches per day, the South cannot
get a single Bryan speech. IF you
want to hear ten or fifteen minutes Of
Bryan oratory, you must go to the
music store, buy photograph record,
carry it home, and grind it off on the
machine.
AS a Southern man, full Of the
memories of the greatness of the
South in the old days prior to the
Civil War, [ am ashamed Of the po-
litical insignifcance of my section.
What caused it? Blind servitude to
one party The South is the slave Of
the Democratic party, counted as a
fixed asset which cannot be lost,
counted as so certain that no matter
what insult is heaped upon her, no
matter what wrong, legislative or
otherwise, is done her, she cannot
escape her political shackles; she
must vote the Democratic ticket even
though there is dead dog on it.
How is this political situation to
be remedied9 BY becoming un-
certain becoming a prize to be con-
tended for by two white parties. It
was that way previous to the Civil
War, and then the South was great.
1t must be that way again, and again
the South will be great.
On every hand you will find all
sorts of Southern greatness excepting
political greatness. Magnificent
scholars? We have them. Illustrious
scientistsq We have them. Preach
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posits, we would establish postal
savings banks, which would not only
bring safety and convenience to de-
positors, but would decentralize the
money supply, and deprive Wall
Street of its power to hoard the cash
of the country and cause panics. We
would put back into the hands of the
people the power Of self-government
by adopting the Initiative and Ref
erendum, the Imperative Mandate,
and the Right of Recall. Thus, with
the recall, the people could remove at
once from office the representative
who was betraying his trust. With
the imperative mandate we could
compel our Legislators, Congressman
or Senators, to vote our will instead
Of the will Of some grasping corpora
ton. With the initiative, we could
put upon it's passage law which we
ourselves desire to have Legislatures
adopt, and with the referendum, we
would compel Legislative bodies,
high and low-city, state and nation
ALTO refer back to us any pro-
posed legislative measures. If all
officers, including Federal Judges,
we're elected by direct vote Of the
people, as we demand, and the
principles just stated were applied,
we would not have to wait six years
to get rid Of Senator like Foraker,
or Depew, or Plat; we would not
have to wait lifetime to get rid of
a Federal Judge like Jones, Of Ala
bama, or Pritchard, Of North Caro-
lima; we would not have to wait an
indefinite period to remove Judge
Grosscup, who falsifed a judicial
record in order to find a method Of
relieving the Standard Oil Company
Of the $29,000,O00 fine In other
words, if the Populist Platform were
placed into operation, every citizen
would be in fact what he is in theory,
"a Sovereign in a land where the
people rule themselves. With our
economic demands put into the form
of laws, we would again have what we
had prior to the Civil Wharf.-The best
government the world ever saw-as
nearly perfect as the work of human
hands can hope to be.
In this campaign, [ am the only
candidate who represents the school
Of Jeffersonian thought. The plat
form Of Taft is Hamiltonian through
and through. The platform of Bryan
is clumsy effort to initiate the plat
form Of Taft without using the same
words.
Mr.. Bryan may amuse himself by
calling Mr.. Taft s platform a fiddle,
while he calls his own violin, but
the instruments are Identical and the
music is the same In his mad
desire to crafty his personal wish
to become President, he has abandon
ed every principle that Jefferson
would have owned; every principle
that you have voted for when you
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-25
Acres Of the Deserts Will Be
Made Productive By Dry
Farming Methods
Meeting IN SALT LAKE

Salt Lake City, Jan. 23.-With
delegates present from eleven
states west of the Mississippi riv.
er, representing practically all of
the great territory included in the
semi-arid region of the country,
and the state and territorial gov
ernments, the second annual meet
ing of the Trans Missouri Dry
Farming congress began its busi-
ness sessions here today. The ses-
sions will continue through the
remainder Of the week, and dur
ing that time important action is
expected to be taken looking to-
ward the reclamation of the vast
unsettled territory of the West
that needs but fully developed
system of dry farming to make it
blossom and bear furit.
Not since the beginning of the
dry farming movement has so
much interest been taken in the
subject, and during the three
days session every phase of the
problem will be discussed. Among
the speakers will be governors
and other public men of promi-
nence, government experts on for
estry and kindred subjects and
representatives Of many CONNER
,eial organizations and colonial
movements. Delegates continue
to pour into the city, every train
arriving this morning bringing in
scores interested in the work of
the congress.
Papers bearing on the various
phases of dry farming and the
tremendous field for it's develop
ment in the arid regions of the
West will be read by a number Of
experts from the United States
department of agriculture and by
practical dry farmers from many
states.
Besides the discussion Of meth
DDS for conserving the deposited
moisture, the congress will deal
with the selection Of food plants
best adapted to the region of par
tial aridity. The department of
agriculture has covered the earth
with its experts in a search for
plants of that character, and it
has found something for almost
every condition within the wide
range of the United States. The
results of these researches will
form a portion Of the information
given ont by the congress.
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soiled shirt. The one Taylor was
wearing looked new and clean.
When he had previously seen Tay-
lor in work clothes, he wore over
alls and a dark gray shirt. He had
not seen Taylor previously that
day. The pants Taylor were dress
pants of some darkish material.
He did not notice Taylor's work
clothes anywhere. Thought he
would have seen them if they
were there, but would not state
positively that they were not
there. He was not positive that it
was a shirt which Taylor held
when he first saw him in the room
Taylor made no objection to their
going through the house Taylor
did not ask witness, as carpen-
ter, to fix anything to ship the
body in.
This completed the examination
of the witness, and court ad-
jonrned until 10 o'clock today.
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-25
E.. L. GAMBLE Is A
GLENWOOD BOOSTER

f. H. A. Lyle is in receipt today
of a letter from E. l.. Gamble,
agent for the Rio Grande South
ern railway at Telluride, which
says that Glenwood is being well
advertised in that part Of the
state. 1t also brings news of the
departure of number of people
from Telluride for Glenwood to
take advantage of the winter bath
and hotel rates. Mr.. Gamble was
for several years agent for the
Rio Grande in Glenwood and en-
joyed the reputation of being the
best local railway agent in this
part of the country.
Harry Richards, representing
the Glenwood Hot Springs COM
pany, visited Telluride and spent
several days in telling people
there of the advantages Of the hot
springs. AS result of the ad-
vertising campaign now beng
carried on, a large number of Wis
itors will come to Glenwood from
all over Colorado. The special
low rates are being extensively
advertised and as result every
hotel, rooming house and mercan-
tile establishment in the town will
receive the benefit.
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Henceforth there is laid up for
me a crown of righteousness
which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, shall give me at that day.
Interment was in Rosebud ceme-
terry.
A pretty wedding was that
which took place at the home Of
Abel Dore yesterday afternoon.
The contracting parties were Jno.
Grigor and Miss Della Bum, both
of Raven, Colo. Rev. Greer
Foote Of the Presbyterian church
ofliciated. Only few friends Of
the couple were in attendance.
Mr.. Grigor is the son Of a wealthy
rancher. The bride and bride
groom have known each other
since they were children. They
have a great many friends who
will eongratulate them on the
step thay have taken.
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-25
MRS. F. P LYNCH.

In her home at Tenth and Pit
kin, Mrs. f. P lynch, aged At,
died this morning. Mrs. Lynch
had been afflicted with stomach
trouble. Her death came as sad
blow to her husband and friends,
as it was believed that she would
recover. The deceased was born
in Canada and came to Colorado
about seven years ago. She was
married to Mr.. Lynch July 3 last.
By a former marriage she had one
child, a girl, who died in Denver
some years ago at the age OF ten
years.
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tion is expressed to changing the
law, as proposed.
A resolution recommends that
railroads be prohibited from ad-
vancing rates without permission
Of the interstate commerce com
mission and then only after inter
ested parties have had an oppor-
tunity to be heard.
Another resolution favors the
furnishing of return transporta-
ton to attendants accompanying
live stock shipments with free
transportation to point Of ship
ment.
The efforts made by the gov
crnment to eradicate the fever
tick are commended, and a recon-
mendation is made that congress
increase the appropriation for
this purpose to 100000.
President Thanked.
All the resolutions were unan-
imously adopted, the only discus
sion being on the one relating to
the providing of return transpor
tation by the railroads for attend
ants with stock shipments. The
resolution thanking President
Mackenzie for his efficient admin
istration and his untiring efforts
on behalf of the stockmen pro-
voled much applause. President
Mackenzie responded feelingly.
stating that never in his life had
he been so proud of any office as
he had been of the presidency OF
the stockmen s association.
Referring to what had been ac.
complished by the association dur
inc his term of office. President
Mackenzie said that the work had
only started, that only the thin
edge of the wedge had been in
serted. and that much remained to
he done before the objects of
the stocklnen We're carried out.
A. d. Melvin Of Washington, ID.
G.. chief of the federal bureau of
animal industry, was the intro
duced. Secretary Wilson of the
department of agriculture had
told him before leaving the ma
tonal capital for Denver, said Mr..
Melvin, TO insure the stockmen
that in him they always had a
friend in Washington.
Mr.. Melvin told Of the work be-
ing done by his bureau to eradi-
cate the sheep crab, a task that
had been started when American
sheep were denied admission into
England and which now was in
a fair way 10 prove successful.
Wiping Out Disease.
About fve-eighths of the entire
number of livestock in the United
States are being inspected by the
federal government for contagi-
ous diseases. said Mr. Melvin. Of
the livestock condemned by the
federal inspectors Mr.. Melvin stat
ed that 60 per cent of the con
formations were on account OF tu-
bercular infection, and he urged
the stockmen to give their earn
est attention to eradicating this
disease from their herds.
Secretary Tomlinson next read
a number of announcements to the
convention, including telegram
from G. S. Walker Of Helena,
Mont. secretary Of the National
Wool Growers. association in
which it was stated that they were
also opposed to federal control of
the grazing lands, although not so
represented in the Denver conven-
ton.
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-25
GLENWOOD NEWS ITEMS

| c. w. Darrow returned this
morning from brief business
trip to Denver.
Charles Gray, the blacksmith
and Sam Thompson, the plumber
have gone to Shoshone to work
for the Central Colorado Power
company.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Farnum
are visiting in Denver this week
Undertaken Gourley of Grand
Junction will look after Mr.. Far.
mum s business interests during
the latter'S absence.
Sheriff Zimmerman returned
this morning from Denver where
he visited the Western Livestock
show and attended as delegate
the sessions of the Colorado Cat.
tie & Horse Growers association
x
Mrs. Arthur Hull, who has been
sojourning in Glenwood for the
past week, taking the baths for
rheumatism, is improving nicely
and expects to return to this city
in a short time. = Aspen Demo-
crat.
A. S. Baxter. Austin Gavin and
NJ. McCanne left this morning for
the Diamond mine country in
search of lions and any other big
game which may be so unfortu-
nate as to cross the path Of the
trio of huntsmen.
Mrs. Clarence Lamb of Rife
died in Glenwood last night after
lowering between life and death
for many weeks. The lady's
death, though not unexpected,
will be regarded as a severe loss
by her many friends.
X
The basketball games which the
Glenwood high school boys and
girls were scheduled to play at
Leadville Saturday have been
postponed on account of the
death of one of the Leadville sen
iors. Word of the sad event came
today.
1t is reported in Glenwood to-
day that while Mrs. Alice Clark
was trying to catch a car in Den
yer yesterday she fell and severe.
ly sprained her arm. 1t was first
reported that the arm was broken
but it now believed to be only
sprained.
Andrew Dow of Garfield creek
came in this morning from the
big stock show in Denver. He
will leave tonight for his ranch
near New Castle. We acknowl.
edge at this office a pleasant call
and generous allowance of the
coin of the realm in consideration
of the weekly visit of the Glen
wood Post.
Mrs. Ed S. Hughes entertained
the Euchre club and few Others
on Wednesday afternoon in hel
usual elegant style. A supper
was served to the ladies after
eight games of euchre. Mrs. Lou
Use DeLan Smith won as first prize
a beautiful hand-painted plate
Mrs. Noonan. second. also hand
PAINTED plate, and Mrs. Bryant
third, silver card punch. Mrs
Hughes was assisted by her sister
Mrs. Riggs, and Mrs. Napier.
The funeral of Mrs. Rebeccs
Crook, wife of DIR. j. j. Crook
took place today from the resi-
dence of her son, DIR. w. W
Crook, in this city. Rev. Greer
Foote, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church, preached a brief sermon
from the words Of St. Paul
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-25
Is What the State Is Doing In Taylor
Murder Case In Aspen With Hope Of
Showing Man To Be Murderer
TRIAL WILL OCCUPY MUCH time

Aspen, Jan. 23.-The jurors in
the John Taylor murder case, and
their occupations, are as follows
w. w. Williams, rancher, Capitol
Creek.
Solon Osgood, rancher, Sopris
Creek. q
r. F. Roberts, rancher, Snow
Mass. r
j. d. Sterner, dairyman, Maroon
Creek.
f. b. Odell, miner, Aspen.
Horace Gavin, rancher. Moody
Creek.
c. b. Brown. mine superintendent,
Aspen.
j. NJ. Lyttle. rancher, Snow Mass.
II. Ii. Carter, logger, Aspen.
Alex Scott. rancher. Woody
Creek.
George Harris. carpenter, Aspen.
Mike Lynch, freighter, Aspen.
AT the afternoon session yester-
day the taking of testimony con-
I.menced J. w. Allen of Coat Ba
sin was sworn as witness.
On being examined he said he
was superintendent for the Colo
RADIO Fuel 4 Iron company at Coal
Basin. He was sitting in his house,
about $50 feet away from Tay
lor's and across the street, read
ing paper, when he heard a shot
fired. He thought it was some
boys shooting with a revolver.
Some time later, about five min
utes. he thought. he went to the
door and then heard cries of dis
tress. He looked up and down
the street, including the porch of
the Taylor house, but saw no one,
and then went around to the back
Of his own house. There was a
train of ears on the tram at the
mines and he thought someone
there might be hurt. He saw
nothing, and on his way back TO
the front he met Mrs. Dewey his
mother-in-law, who told him Mrs.
Taylor was hurt. He went to the
front of his house and saw Taylor
standing in the door of the lat
ter's house and Mrs. Taylor lying
on the porch. Taylor called him
to come and assist He went up
and asked Taylor what had hap
pened and Taylor told him that
she had been target shooting and
had accidentally killed herself.
Taylor was standing on her left
side in the doorway and Allen
asked him where the gun was.
They both looked around for it.
and Taylor then stopped down
and picked it up. There was a
step down of from 4 to 6 inches
from the door sill to the floor of
the porch. Witness did not see
exactly where the gun was lying,
except that it was on the left side
and he did not see it until Taylor
had picked it up and handed it to
him.
Trouble Over Pay Check.
Taylor appeared distressed, and
told him they had a little fuss over
pay check; that he had spoken
a little rash to her, but did not
think he had hurt her feelings so
much that she would do what she
did.
William Barber and man
named Coon joined them and they
carried the body into the house
and laid it on the bed. Her mouth
was badly torn and she was bleed
ing from it. He did not notice
anything wrong with her face
from the mouth up. The body lay
pretty straight on the porch, and
the gun lay somewhere near the
middle of the body. When Tay-
lor gave him the gun, which was a
fve-chambered revolver, he found
four loads in it and one empty
| cartridge. He emptied the cham
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-25

bers and put the gun on the table
in the house.
Referring to witness statement
that he saw no one when he came
ont of his own house after hearing
the shot, Judge Rucker secured a
statement from him that while
the Taylor porch was in plain
sight. and he thought no one was
on it. it might have been possible
that someone was lying there and
that he might not have noticed it,
as he thought the cries came from
another direction and he was try
me TO locate the person who was
in distress. He did not notice
whether there was blood on the
gun when Taylor handed it to
HIM. There was considerable
blood on the porch, but he noticed
none in the house before the body
was carried in. Afterward he no.
ticed some on the floor.
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-25

Glenwood's advertising cam
paign is lively one.