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Voice Of the p ople
The Great POLITICAL Revolution.
ditor of The rimes-pispatch:

Str,-The present Is not likely to be
a spectacular canvass like that OF 1860,
but 1t will be second only to that
great canvass in interest to the lovers
of constitutional liberty and constitu-
tional law throughout the world.
It Is the second time In the history
OF our republic that the Issue OF the
continued existence OF free instltu
tons has been squarely raised. The
platform OF the National Democratic
Convention at Denver will make new
and distinct epoch and era In the his
tory Of our country. It requires but
little "prophctic ken" to predict that
the Denver Democratic platform" will
become historic. It invites the most
rigid criticism, and 1t will come un-
scathed from It, for, like the torch.
"the more 1t Is shook the more It
Shines" It neither shirks nor lodges
any issue, but meets all with clear and
temperate language, the meaning Of
which is plain. This canvass will
mark either the complete downfall or
the continued triumphant existence OF
the Democratic party. There is no
halfway ground; no twilight land"
We must sink or swim, live or die,
survive or perish. by the result OF the
present presidential canvass. We can
not hide in the protecting gloom. as
wo did after the memorable "fiasco"
- 49,, =. 80. 4. ~ - o,,r na,,is
co u! ny n mas 20 W. ta ' :
tapie destination.
We are at the commencement. and
soon will be "in the throes" OF a great
political revolution. This political
revolution really commenced almost
three years ago, when the stupendous,
the phenomenal frauds" Of our three
greatest life insurance companies were
lexposed to the lurid glare OF light.
Almost the whole civilized world fair-
lily shuddered with horror when 1t was
discovered that the sacred trust money
OF widows and infant children had
been used by the Republican party
4 for purposes of political bribery and
corruption. Few men now living will
ever forget the wholesale carnage OF
political regulations made by these
startling discoveries. They We're fol-
lowed In rapid succession by the hor-
rdrs OF the beef trust, the foul
stencil Of whose "a battolrs" stu niin-
gers In the nostrlls OF our. people, IN en-
came the pathetic and pit1ful doWnfall
OF the regulations OF many or the
officials OF the pennsylvania, which
is perhaps the greatest railroad OF
4 the Whole world Tho proof ottered by
i Mr.. Glasgow, the brave Virginian who
exposed the startling robbery that
wherever any official owned private
personal interest In q coal mine, enor-
4 3mously favorable shipping rates and
privileges were given to the owners q !. 9, o.
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3e 20, a. y a. -

liam 11.s5of Holland, 1t was found that
lie had bequenthed to olga his entire
the estate and Ills magnificent art 1 col.
llections. Olga Is " eli known to tile
readers of-tlle Paris RI vue des Deux
Mondes,' as the author OF n numberot
novels which hnyea appeared In that
child, Lodovica Altieri. who has been
twice married first to Count Girn.
.laino oil Codroipo. this union being nm.
nulled by the church and by the
tenant 5Giudotti. OF the Sixteenth
Cavalry. Tho young couple spend the
greater part OF their time with the
widowed Princess Olga at Luccn.
4 Copyrl Eht, 1908, by the Brentwood
lt755J 335t 554 Comma nv. y VIZ ig - I,
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Wolf Huntcr,s Record

n Ninety-three timber wolves Killed In
less than months time Is the record
made by James MacIntyre, Of 3Quatsino,
who has presented a bill to the gov
.ernment agent here for 3t,395, ~ the
amount OF bounty at the rate Of SIS
"a head. It Is reported that Indians vi,
the coast who have learned OF the
increase In bounty on panthers and
to the woods on a hunt. and ut is OK
5pected that they will soon ave large
sum to col lect from the governing emit 49,
New Alberni Press,i gsss5 81 ..t ID
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wanted Her 10 prompt Him. |

"a man had Just arrived al. a Massa-
chusetts summer resort. In the after
when 4 handsome young n Woman Woman and and
her six-Year-old son came out, The
little fellow at once made friends with
the latest arrival. "What is your
name r. he asked, Then, when this
Information had been given. he added
Are you married r. II am Il OF mar
ried. RESPONDED the man, with a smile
and, turning to his mother Sal said
What else was It, mamma. you want
ed me to ask him ?"--C Cleveland Leader
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Sensible Sally,

Sally Engle hasa farm near Roa-
She raises eggs and chickens and
garden sass and such things for the
market; and 1t is u moving spectacle
when, she drives into town in the early
goods, When she doomed up on Mon
day morning she was Informed that
her brother, Jack Kern, OF Indiana. had
been nominated for the vice-presidenc
This made Sally as mad as q wet
hen, and she gave her brother roast
that must have curled his hair, even at
the distance OF many miles
Mr. Kern has impaired that tired
feeling to I'LL his women folk BY his
absurd course. and vet no goes GALL
wanting around pointing with pride
II men only had half as much sense
as the woman this would be$ q better
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a Crowded Universe.

- IN New Haven the committee Of a
graduating class once went to a .ocal
Jeweler with a co,nmissio for q class
badge. They had in View q design
REPRESENTING a youthful graduate SUR
.yeying the universe.
d "About how large would you like
ssNWeslf' said the Spokesman ave
thought the graduate ought to cover
about tllree.quarte Of the badge and
the universe the res Us ueoeas, a. ~,
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orrowed inglcs
Monday Meditation.

Monday Meditation.
Now and than J makeSa Journey !,
TO lovely land nfari
Mingling In n ir,ighty tourney
With a costly motor chr.
Now spin and now / speed: Il
Now / struggle with The brake;
Now ] am a swell indeed 55 x
Then ] wake!
Now and then build n castle
For my summer residence.
Every servant Is my vassal,
Aud the service Is immense.
Now I am n r1abob proud;
Now ] scorn the country Jake;
Now I'm lurld, large and loud
Then wake!
Now and then tho Lusitania
Do ] board for Europes shore
Alblon's isle, Parco. Hispania.
Rome and half dozen more.
Now I smoothly sail the deep;
Now tho common mob 1 shake;
Now, Of course, l nm asleep
Then l wake!
* s5ie = ~ 1 ..pucti
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l,1fR., TAFT ON BANK GUARANTEES.
The Times Dispatch is no devotee
}of the Democratic declaration for ma
tional guarantee of bank-deposits, but
1t does prefeE that Critics should APP
proach the proposal with reasonable
acumen and clarity OF vision. It is
disappointing that a publtcist OF Mr..
Taft's advertised breadth and judi
cial calm should have found nothing
more sensible or incisive to say of this
Democratic plank than the following
The proposal would remove all safe
guards against recklessness in bank
ing $50. If the proposal We're
adopted exactly as the Democratic
platform sug gests it would bring the
whole banking system of the country
Sssto tax the honest and prudent bank
rr to make up for the dishonesty and
9mprudence of others.
What is loosely called government
guarantee" of bank deposits means sim
\ ply deposit Insurance. The arguments
I (which are here used against it would
apply with substantial force to any
e kind of insurance. All insurance
taxes tho honest, the prudent and the
lucky for the benefit of the dishonest
ftie imprudent and the unlucky. The
treason that members of the first class
n submit to be taxed on such 4 basis Is
that they do not know at what moment
Tthey may find themselves. in the second
class.
"a mans house burns down. lie may
III have secretly set fire TO it himself; he
may have been imprudent with his
open fire or his clgar-end; he may have
been merely unlucky. In any event
81 n other insured householders. who have
committed no fault whatever contri
$3 butte to compromising him for his
losses. They know that their turl
with fire may come some day. too
Similarly with the man who dies TIL
living members Of the mutual agree
nlent, who have been honest, pruden
his estate for the loss Of him. The
know that their turn with death wi
certainly come some day, too.
Has experience shown that insul
lance against these two calamities hi
removed all safeguards against reel
0 lessness'' and encouraged crImin
carelessness in regard to either fires (
tiiSes?
sa Tho reason that careful and vel
managed banks are interested In
guarantee proposal Is that they kno
s3 that their turn with dishonesty 4
misfortune may come at any momer
IN the meantime. nav security to d
pr-t.t,ss- means new deposits. Mr., TAI
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STA TIE, R.ESS
roll.rs.r rrouble.

poll.Tsr Trouble.
1t IL our opinion that this matter ought !
70 so again 70 the supreme Court. l ron y
population Will be so small that Roplip 70.
iican Congress- Will have good excuse for
sut.nE down the repress ,aso :. o a an. ina
In requiring d voter to present himself IN
person to the treasurer 81 his county or city
to pay his taxes, and the courts ought. 70
y 10 be gained by q procedure OF this KING g Z
How Is the state going to be beneAted1
These are pointed Questions, md wo pause
Review, A
Well Deserved,
Tho announcement that Major William 4.
tCrney-General when his term Of office shall
have expired Is received with profound re-
great by the people ~ large lie is q man
and 4 patriot. Virginia has never a more
e tho Office. II no had done nothing more.
debt question to settlement would have
dis unguished Ills administration and en-
titled him to tho gratitude OF the public.
VII Of tho Virginia public.-Nowport Nows
Our Greatest Need.
What America needs moro than railway
extension. and Wcstern irrigation. and q
low tariff. and bigger wheat crop, and a
merchant marine. and new navy, is a
revival OF piety. tho kind mother and father
uned to have-plety that counted It good
business to stop for daily family prayers
before breakfast; that quit work half mn
the chores done and so to prSyer-meetins:
that borrowed money 10 pay the preachers
snlary and prayed frequently In secret for
the salvation OF tho rich man who looked
with scorn on such unbusin cSs-like behavior.
--staunton Dispatch.
Join tho Clubs.
organize Bryan and Kern Club II shouid
DO the duty OF every Democrat to give the
movement not only HIS moral support. but
this community who lay great sirens upon
their Democracy. and at the same time
have aided in It's defeat. but to these this
grounds, lay aside past differences OF opln-
ion. and abide by that Fundamental prlnci-
pie OF cmocracy-maJority rule.--Staunton
Leader.
Foro and Aft.
Democracy pledsing itself to let tho
American electorate Judge as ~ whether rs
high and honest and decent standards, while
)Republicanism virtually takes the position
that u viciousiy and seihshiy inspired cor
paisn funds. the American people shall not
know until tho tainted stun has accomplish.
cd its corrupting task.-charlottcsyille Pro.
gross.
Right 70 BE Pleased
We have no authentic figures for compare
isons> but win venture the assertion that no
other county In this good old Commonwealth
can show much money In bank as the
pct pic OF Rockingham have placed to their
credit: and We say this In no spirit OF brag-
Eedocfo. we merely embrace an opportunity
to pay this tribute to the industry and fru-
gality OF people whose superior in these
equal II would re auire long Journey &c
News.
Lest We Forget.
panic and these srievous hard times have
come With the Republican party-tn complete
control of tho government. Tho Republican
party has kept on such low plane OF NOR
aIty that business corruption proceeded
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BY nuling that only the sick can
Ticker up on local railway trains the
Louisiana legislature has struck a
crushing blow at the good health OF
Its native State.
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Now that the question OF contribut.
Ing to the campaign fund is gettinn
personal, great many esteemed citi.
zens will regret having failed to in.
corporate themselves.
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BY relentlessly holding down his
speech OF acceptance to half col.
umn.. Mr.. Thomas Il. Hisgen could nov
secure a first mortgage cinch on the
Droofreader vote.
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Dispatches announce that Nan Pat
terson, ordered out of Plttsburs b,
the police. "has taken stand tus
outside the city," Grand stand o,
,band-stund?
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According to II contemporary. "tht
truth has been stretched concerning
me sheath gown. We are glad t.
near 1t, but after all it was the gow1
that needed stretching.
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THE PARTY of RAD1CAIIsM

On many questions Of present impor-
lance the platform of the independence
party Is more radical than either that
OF the Democratic or Republican par
ties.
It advocates the initiative and refer
cndum, the right to recall public off,
Gals from service, the government
ownership of railroads and public utilI-
ties. the popular election OF all Judges.
1t demands that in labor disputes no
Injunction shall issue until after trial
upon the merits, and trial by jury in
cases of contempt. It opposes the use
of money at elections except for meet
inss. literature and necessary travel
ins expenses Of the candidates With
each of these subjects 1t deals openly
and clearly.
To how large a portion Of the cleo
torate the policies advocated by the
Independence party will appeal the re.
suits on election day can alone deter
mine. But however much either OF
the two big parties may suffer from
desertion to the new. 1T is not prob
able that any considerable number OF
the people desire any such revolution
airy program as the Hearst party Of.
fers. The American people still have
confidence in the system and princi.
pies of government under which they
have thus far prospered.
Mr.. Hearst is both the strength ane
weakness of the party. To him i
looks for its Inspiration and its plans
To him the public looks to see wha
the party will do. AS is the degre.
Of favor with which men regard wha
Mr. Hearst has done and is. so will b,
the strength OF the, Independence party
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Cincinnati" says the Washington
Herald, proposes to stop spooning in
the parks" Whom has Cincinnati been
spooning with in the parks anyway
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RIght % he Pleased.
Lest We Forget.

Remember 1t election day that fearful
panic and these srievous hard times have
come With the Republican party-in Complete
control OF tho government. The Republican
party has kept on such a low plane OF NOR
ality that buainess corruption proceeded
until tho fearful visitation OF the panic was
tho outcome. Lot US have good Democratic
government TO prevent the occurrence OF
another panic from this. cause. Ono such
paEic is enough In itx ~oeful experience TO
teach a 1e8son.-Hanovcr Herald.
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Prince Louis Altleri, who has Just
arrived In New York on matrimonial
thoughts intent, in order to press his
y whem foh he t fel ia love Rome is the
sidered in the light Of q fortune
hunter as he owns one OF the m rs,
historic palaces In the E ~ e'. y
his family, on the Plaza del Gesu, anu
moreover possesses extensive cstates
in the neighborhood Of Lucca. through
his mother who Of Monaco
and. morganatically, to the reign.n y
House OF Wurtemberg, and Is likewise s.
connected with the sovereign family
Of Bavaria. For his grandmother :, was q !.
OF the late Princess Of Monaco ana NJ
her husband. the first Duke Of Urach,
was himself the offspring of Prince
william Of WHr te y ms m1f
Prince Altieri's mothers brother, the
present present Duke Of Urach, has married
Princess Amelia of Bavaria: ,,s+or,o
houses Of the old Roman patriciate.
papacy. In the seventeenth century;
Pope Clement X, scion OF tn A = e !
line, ond with the object Of prevent
ance Of hisy name, he authorized Al
berto Albertoni, a Roman nople, ,Wno
married his faYotttSS he h petronymc
of Altieri, bestowing upon MN N. ~
title Of Prince Altieri. Prince OF Orioio'
OF Viano, and Of Duke OF Monteran =.
He likewise bestowed ppoaA i tie palace
heads Of the House Of Altteri enjoyed
a sort Of hereditary right to the @ COM on
mand of the Noble Guard, Whlgn =, Ms .S,as
and the at-grandfat her Of the pres,
i ent prince But tho Pope has not seq.
| tit to adhere to the usage, ann =. In is
actual commander ofthe1, Npplet Su'sl
! that young Prince Rosplgllosis; MN Wna
married Miss Ethel Bronson, OF NV ~
York, four years ago: =. I ho,,t
Prince Louis Altier ~ Snir has fou,
sisters. one Of whom IS marrleu - nv Nv
Duke OF Campobello. and an, aunt ,t rs
widow of Prince Lorenzo Altler!, NV = ~
who Is very remarknn1e WG,t,a 1 i,o
renzo Altieri is by birth Cantaccua1Ie e,,; I,
4 and in her girlhood was q SORT. q Ma l,l,l
Bashkirtseff In the same way e & 5 - !.
Marie became iniatnafMsia ala oss
Cantacuzene fall wildly IN love NIL w !!
4 old Count Niewerkerke, the superlpls
handsome Minister of Inc Arts 4 y, !, & I,
Il Napoleon III, who hroKe olL = - ny =,
4 macy Of more than twenty years VIII
Il Princess Mathilde Bonaparte TOR nel
sake, The romance was all the mor'
{ live at the time, and Olga barely slS
Iteen. After the fall OF the emplr thes
J took up their residence together q
Lucca the count introducing the prln
cess everywhere as his adopted Idaugn,
u ter, Eventually he married her Off +
i Prince Lorenzo Altleri, VIII 9 came anf
took UP his residence under the count
i roof.
4 who was a natural son OF King w n
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The Prohibitlonist platform, one oh,
server points out, "contains only $50
words An. but such words
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Parents who are In the habit OF nam
ing their newborn after presidential
candidates have glorious field this
year. El.t
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or course the Independence party Ia
not yet big enough to pay for lot
iof claqueurs.
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Only think! If Mr.. Hlsgen should be
elected and should be gathered to his
fathers, John Temple Graves would
be President OF the United States
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Wefassune that John Temple Graves
has now bandwagoned to stay.
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Shepard, ofiansas, who tried to STAN
pede the Independence convention 70,
Bryan, ought to go down for a con.
sulate or postmastership anyway,
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THURSDAY. JULY, 30. 1908.
BRIDGE REPAIRS. TO "ALLAY
AI.AIiN.n

81 Engineers retained by the James
River Bridge Commission have in
a forrned that body that 1t would require
Il sl15.000 to make the Free Bridge to
Manchester permanently safe On July
,nsth last the Bridge Commission met
lRnd voted to expend some $4,000 In
Temporary repairs. There has been
ample time since that date for the
II Bridge Commission to meet again
band take action with regard to making
sbermanent repairs. The Times-Dis-
.f,atch has not heard that the commits
igion has done so, or that 1t contcm-
ttlates doing so.
1t happens. most unfortunately, that
sthe Bridge Commission IS out of sym.
kpatly with public sentiment in regard
sfo the Free Bridge. 1t voted Its triflins
expenditure for lnomcntary relief with
obvious reluctance. Its chairman mas
frankly informed the citizens that the
co,nmission acted only to "allay wide
4 Epread alarm due to sensationa! news
paper reports that the bridge is I'M
3,safe, and not because the commission
sfbeiIeves that it is
The receivers of the traction COM
many have referred in writing to the
unsafe condition" of the bridge. offer
1 ing to spend $500 Of their own money
TO remedy It. Consulting Engineer y.
NV. Scarborough has officially reported
that under conditions which may arise
tat any time" the bridge rs positively
yu,nsafe." But the commission. for It's
mart. does not believe that the bridge
81 IS unsafe. 1t has acted, grudginsly, for
3pthe purpose of allaying newspaper
salarm. 1t is quite true that the COM
txnission has no right to spend the tax.
payers money for any such purpose.
1T Is equally true that such a purpose
IDS doomed to failure The one way
s1or the commission to eiiay this wide
spread alarm without wholesale re-
pairs was to find qualified engineer
who would back up It's unsupported
belief that the bridge rs safe.
Anxiety about the bridge has In
creased, not diminished since the meet
ing seventeen days ago. People who
are compelled to use 1t do so with
more or less apprehension. People
wfo are not compelled to use it delib-
eratcly avoid 1t. 1t is said that the
pleasure crowds. for example.
who once flocked to Forest Hill on
sundays have very largely dwindled.
s.Temporary' repairs will never allay
this sort Of alarm. Cheap trestles and
braces will never insure worn-out
,taJ, do 1yfr ra H.
ing. But what real prospect is there
of securing anything more effectual
and conclusive from body which be-
lieves that the whole trouble with the
bridge is Sensational newspaper re-
lports?,'
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The paragrapher OF tho Richmond Times
Dispatch. who knows little OF everything
makes the concession that In energizins
himself for the campaign with the superb
whites OF old Virginia before the campaign,
Mr.. Taft has stolen distinct march on ar.
Bryan, who is injudiciously training on the
nefarious products OF Nebraska" There Is
no Virginian or descendant of a Virginian
who will admit that there Is any other grub
equal to that OF "old MISUNDERSTANDING
Tribune.
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The Richmond Times Dispatch thinks no.
body will deny that the Prohibtionists can
turn out very trim little platform. and
the Hartford Timos wonders why. II the.,
care for nothing else but the suppression Of
the sale or use Of liquors, they should put
fourteen planks in theit platform. WE'LL q
platform with but one plank in It would
be inclined to wobble, We should think. SO
they had to ballast it.-Montgomery Adver-
tiger. & + i
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Very likely the most doubtful State
IN the country is Col. Guffey's state
of mind. N 81 ~