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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-08
HEARD IN PASSING

If is the honest belief of a contem- norarv that if Mrs Guinness, the wholesale murderess, were alive anu under arrest, some of the male ,oos' would be sending her flowers, anu or fering marriage.-Meriden Journai'
 If the labor party in illinois runs John Mitchell for governor it will De playing the best card in us naIu The election of Mitchell wouiu pe much less of calamity than the choice of many of those who pose as labor leaders.-New London Day.
 Seating himself on the porch ne wiped his perspiring brow. Il am going to ask you the old, ola ques- tion." he said to the girl at ms siae' "Never mind asking it," she said, wlp- ing her brow in turn. "Yes, 1t Is not enough for me."-Indianapolis News'
 It is a dull day, in this gladsomle campaign season, whose low oescehu- ing sun does not flash its mellow light unon the aspiring hopes of some new confident and perfectly equipped can didate for the office of vice-presiueht on the ticket with William Howard Taft.-New Haven Register.
 "If I arrive at the North Pole on this trip,' says Commander feary, my next ambition will be to plant the stars and stripes at the iurtaes. point south." There is probably soila rock on which to plant them there' which is more than can be sald ol 'ie north pole Providence Journal
 Sneaker Cannon defying the laws and insulting an officer who cai,eu him to account for over-speedlhS ms outo is n disagreeable exhibition. It is the duty of lawmakers to ooe! tlie laws and set the example. Cannon certainly has no special privilege to do ns he pleases. But it was charac- teristic act, arrogant and contempt uous and just what might be expectea from one so long drunk with power.- Bristol Press.
 Ninety years old, and for 56 years town clerk, Halsey F. Clarke of Rica- mond. R. l., did not retire rom ms office at town meeting this week, wlta- out A contest. The republican caucus decided to shelve the venerable GUS todian of the town records without his wishes, and the result was a sharp struggle. Mir Clarke may he a candidate next year, for he mas All of Senator Allison's tenaeity In holding to public ofiice.-Sprlnsneld Republican.
 Not long ago a 57-years-oid woman entered a ten mile swimming race which was held in St Louis. Four years ago her physician told her that her lungs were affected and her gen eral health run down. He advised her to take up swimming. because that exercise infiates the lungs like bellows, spreading out the tissues and follIcies to the full and airing them She followed the wise doctors advice. and now she IS an athlete at the age when most women are only half alive physicapy.-An- sonia Sentinel.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-08

cent. More recent reports show even larger declines on some roads. Net returns are also disappointing, al- though the losses in thisrespect have been somewhat compensated for by extensive curtailments in expenses. Now that the roads are better able to finance their new loans, at least partial resumption of improve ments and new construction is to be expected. This has been delayed somewhat by the high prices de- manded for iron and other construc- tion materials; but recent conces- sions in this respect will, no doubt, aid in restarting the wheels Of ln- dustry. Business failures in May were nearly $27, 1000, or almost double those of the same month last year. During the first five months of 1908 total failures were l6o'- 100000, as against 59,0OO,OOO TOT the same period in 1907. Of late failures have been diminishing In number and in amount of liabili- ties, but these figures are emphatic testimony as to the severity of the panic, and leave but one conclusion that recovery after so severe blow cannot be instantaneous not even under the most persistent ap- nlication of the faith cure" treat
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-08
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1908.
June 8 In History.

1S06-George Wythe, ''signer" and for 20 years chancellor of Virginia, died; born 1726. 1S09-Thomas Paine, deist, died; born 1737. 1S45 - Andrew Jackson, president in 1S29-37, died; born 1767. 1900 Missionaries in China cabled President Mckinley to send pro tection from the Chinese anti-for- eign element. 1907-Julia Magruder, American novel, ist, died in Richmond, Va; born 1854.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-08

People are beginning to ask them selves if W. F. Walker is really worth all 1t is costing the state to bring him back. when all the state will get out of him will only be a few years in prison at most.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-08

ktodol is the best known preparation that is offered to the people to-day for dyspepsia or indigestion or any stomach trouble. Kodol digests all foods. It is pleasant to take. It is sold here by Buckingham pharmacy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-08

ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
 Sun sets 7:2o, rises 4:24; moon sets 1:4o a. m.; moons age 10 days; planet Mercury visible in west after sunset.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-29
INSUREs AGAINST DEMOCRACY.
Big Wool Firm Fears Loss Should
Organism Prevail.

Sigmund SHERMAN of the firm of
SHERMAN Bros, dealers in raw wool,
Chicago, have offered a premium of
$4,000 for a 100000 insurance policy
against the election of Bryan.
The firm is one of the largest of its
kind in the west and handles annually
25,0O0,O00 pounds of wool. The stock
being carried over election is about TO-,
100000 pounds.
1--WE could easily afford to pay the
large premium" said Mr.. SHERMAN,
''for if Mr.. Taft is elected we can af-
ford it, and if Bryan is elected our
loss probably will be 100000. We
would lose at least l cent a pound of
we sold Immediately after his election
or if we held it six months it would
cost us cent pound for storage and
care"
Mr.. SHERMAN is Republican and is
confident of Taft's election, but said
that his offer to pay a 10 per cent
premium on a policy maturing in less
than three weeks was entirely a bust
ness proposition unaffected by his po-
litical views.-Chicago Tribune.
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The Choice of Agents.

The issue settles down to a choice of
agents, and here the judicial temper,
the Industrious energy, the repose OF
temperament, the unhurried and less
spectacular art of achieving results
commend Judge Taft as the safest lead
en- Not in all things does The Repub-
lican agree with him, but the measure
of his merit is large. He has done
things, while Mr.. Bryan, the foremost
political orator Of his time, has been
brilliant and magnetic propagandist.
His service to the country in this field
has been large-but who will make the
better President? The one man would
be so situated as to inspire and compel,
in so far as a President can. congress
to the forward march-the other might
be checked and held back by the senate
in way to make the reactionaries
glad.-Springfeld Republican.
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The Txvo-faced Bryan.

To attract votes, silent votes Mr.
Bryan is circulating two political dOcu-
ments of a strictly personal nature One
is the prince of Peace" sermon, which
is mailed to members of all denomina-
lions. 1t is expected to do efficient
work among the religious and benevo"
lent, to whom it is bid to support Mr..
Bryan as truly virtuous man of lofty
ideals and altruistic purposes-th good
man who could do no wrong.
The other document is an account OF
Mr.. Bryan's visit to the Vatican, in
which he gives an appreciative and
pleasing picture of Plus X. This is sent
only to Catholic voters.
There is no reason why anyone
should resent Mr.. Bryan's unctuous So
licitations to vote for him for reasons
of religion. They will react upon him,
for the American people hate hum
bug.-New York Sun (Ind.).
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BONAPARTE GIVES DATA.
Replies to Daniels's Second Letter on
Trust Prosecutions.

Attorney General Bonaparte has re-
piled to a second letter from JoSephus
Daniels, chairman of the press bureau
of the Democratic national committee,
at Chicago, in which he complained
that in the attorney generals answer
to his first inquiry as to trust prosecu-
lions he had not differentiated between
the prosecutions under the Sherman
antitrust law and those under other
laws. Answering the inquiry specific
ally, the attorney general states that
under the Sherman antitrust law pass
ed in 1890 there have been siXty-tive
proceedings in all, fifty-siX under Repub-
lican and nine under Democratic adj
ministrations, forty-siX since Mr.. RoOse-
velt became President, in September,
1901, and nineteen during the preceding
eleven years.
Among the prosecutions of the Demo
cratic administration the attorney gen
eral says is included resistance to the
petition of Eugene V. Debs for a writ
Of habeas corpus. 1t is also asserted
that five out of nine proceedings under
Democratic rule were directed against
labor organizations and their leaders,
and that under Republican rule there
have been in all three such proceedings
out of fifty-siX.
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A Democratic "Mule."

Hank what means that rumbling-
Ger the land.
Can it be a platform tumbling
Ger the land.
The "NIule" is looking awful thin,
The Bryanites have lost their grin,
They feel their chance is mighty slim
Ger the land.
They fed that mule" the best hay
Ger the land.
They felt sure he would make it pay
Ger the land.
They rode him up against the wall,
There he bucked-and let them fall,
He needed oats-not so much gall
Ger the land.
That Democratic Mule is great
Ger the land.
His leaders make a great mistake
Ger the land.
They try to work him night and day
That's what 1 hear the neighbors say,
He hardly can get time to bray
Ger the land.
That fool "Mule" works to beat the band
Ger the land.
He seems to be in great demand
Ger the land.
The time will come, not far ahead
When he will wish that he was dead!
And will go home and go to bed.
Ger the land. Ger the land.
Then that old elephant, you know
With his majestic step, so slow;
viii give that trumpet blast and roar.
That will be heard from shore to shore
And for the poor Mule he may sigh
And walk away, with all the pie.
Me. Spielman in Topeka Capital
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'During the last seven years
the Republicans have not
passed law that n Democrat
would dare propose to repeaI.''
Senator Albert j. Beveridge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-29
BRYAN IN LEAGUE
WITH LIQUOR DEALERS
Gov. Hoch Has Some Interesting
Correspondence on the Subject.

Gov. Hoch Has Some Interesting
Correspondence on the Subject.
Just as the temperance people OF
Kansas were beginning to believe that
VIM. J. bryan, the Democratic candi-
date for President, would make pretty
good standard bearer, Governor Hoch
comes along with some correspondence
that is calculated to put Bryan out OF
the running as temperance candidate.
Governor Hoch got into an argument
with a Democratic politician at Marion
and made some statements he could not
back up with proof on a moments no
tice. However, he sent to Nebraska
for it and got everything he wanted.
The Omaha editor to whom Governor
Hoch wrote not only confirmed every
statement made by the governor but
he sent copies of letters written by Mr.,
Bryan himself in regard to the pro-
hibitory amendment when it was up for
adoption by the people of Nebraska
in 1890
In this letter Mr.. Bryan says in other
words that he is opposed to prohibition
but that he wanted the Nebraska Dem
ocrats to make no declaration on the
subject. This occurred in the campaign
in which Bryan was elected to Con-
gress. The Democratic platform de-
clared against prohibition and Bryan
stumped the State on the anti-prohibi-
ton platform. All this is shown in the
correspondence in the hands of Gov
ernor Hoch and it is brought out by the
criticism made by Democrats of Taft
because in speech in Topeka three or
four years ago he made the statement
that 1T is hard to legislate morals into
people"
The Bryan letter written to Demo
cratic friend prior to the Democratic
convention in Omaha in 1890 reads as
follows:
Your favor just received. expect
to attend the convention at Omaha and
am glad you are going. l will try and
leave here at once, so that we can
get together and talk over the platform
before the convention. l have no doubt
we will agree on tariff opinions, but
| have been in much trouble over the
temperance plank. l, like you and the
great bulk of the party, am opposed TO
prohibition, but thought as the Repub-
licans took no stand on prohibition we
had better content ourselves with dec
laration against sumptuary legislation,
such as we usually have.
1--WE have a number Of men who will
vote for the prohibitory amendment
They do not ask us to declare in favor
of prohibition but simply to dc as the
Republicans have done-leave it to each
individual to vote as he likes. BY de-
claring against prohibition we will lose
a good many votes, while we will not
gain Republican votes We tried that
last fall in this county; declared in so
many words against prohibition, and
the saloons went solid against us.
II wish 1 could see you before the
convention. Can't you come up here
Tuesday morning and go from here to
Omaha, and we can discuss all planks2
Will draw up the plank you suggest
Yours truly,
"W. ]. BRYAN"
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LOST ONLY BIG CASE.
Bryan Made Poor Showing Before
United States Supreme Court.

III letter to the New York World
q New York lawyer punctureS Mr.. Bry-
ans legal record as follows:
'Mr. Bryan's qualifications for high
executive office must be inferred from
his record in the four lines of work in
which he has engaged-namely, those
of lecturer, journalist, lawyer and colo
nel
AS lecturer he is certainly at least
the equal of Mr.. Roosevelt. AS a jour
naist he is probably the equal of Mr..
Watterson or Mr.. Hearst. In either
capacity he is probably the superior of
Mr.. Taft.
AS a lawyer he can best be judged
by his most famous case. This was the
Nebraska rate case. His State impOS-
ed a tariff of maximum rates upon the
railroads and hired him to defend it
in the Supreme Court. The case was
brought by persons interested in the
railroads against the officers of the
State to get an injunction to prevent
the enforcement of the law. This rails
ed, of course, the question whether
such an action is not an action against
the State and therefore forbidden by
the eleventh amendment to the United
States Constitution. 1t is the same
point which many of the Western and
Southern States have been endeavoring
to make during the past year for the
purpose of preventing injunctions
against their two-cent-fare laws.
The Attorney General of Nebraska
took the point in this Nebraska rate
case. but Mr.. Bryan overlooked it when
he came to argue the case in the Su-
preme Court. He made no defense
against the injunction on this ground.
He was beaten in the case, and its de-
cision has been the basis for the devel-
opment of the doctrine of interference
by the federal courts with rate legisla-
ton. If Mr.. Bryan were President
would he be likely to get the nation
into difficulty by similar oyersights?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-29
DEPOSIT GUARANTEE AT WORK.
Growth of Banks in Oklahoma AFRO
Boosted by Promoters.

The purpose of the deposit guarantee
plan is to secure greater safety for de-
posits. But the business world wants
sound banks as well as safe deposits.
The failure of the deposit guarantee to
meet the need of the business world,
and it's contrary tendency to encourage
unsound banking, is evidenced in Okla
homa, where, since the guarantee law
went into effect out of seventy-seven
banks organized, forty-two started busl-
ness with but $4,000 capital. One pro-
moter is said to have planned the or
ganization of twelve more. No guaran-
tee of deposits can offset the danger or
unsound banks. Even if insurance Of
deposits were all that is needed to per
feet the banking system, it must be
recognized that no wise scheme Of in
surance perpetrates the folly of encour-
aging or permitting a continued in
crease of the hazard.-BostOn Herald.
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Taft Presents the Facts.

Those who have been reading Mr..
Taft's speeches during the present cam
paign must have observed that the Re
publican Presidential candidate illus
trates his argument continuously by the
citation of circumstantial evidence. He
is not given to a fanciful, glittering
generality sort of speechmaking. AS
he himself has expressed it, he does not
float away into the cerulean blue"
He proves his statements with the care
of a lawyer arguing a case before a
critical and discriminating judge.
In the speeches which he has been
delivering in Ohio this week he has
taken I'D his own record while judge
of the United States district court upon
issues in which organized labor is in
terested. He claims that his act in
granting an injunction in what is
known as the Arthur case has been
not q hindrance to trade-unionism, but
has operated to the building up and
numerical increase of labor organiZa-
tions. In his speech at GAINESVILLE he
said:
81 only expressed what the law was
at that time, in an opinion which it
hanpened to me to formulate. Under
that opinion the trade-unions have
doubled in this country; they never
were in such a prosperous state; the
American Federation of Labor has in
creased 100 per cent. The labor organ
izations have never reached the point
of usefulness before that they now
have. They have never exercised the
useful influence or the power in pro-
tecting their own interests before as
they have under the law as l laid it
down some ten or fifteen years ago. -
Ra1timora American.
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when he (Bryan) talks about curtai-
ing production he may think he is aim
inc at big corporations, but what he is
really aiming at, whether conscious of II
or not, is the workingmen, for curtail--
ment of output means curtailment OK
work and discharge of workingmen.
'Dismemberment of plants means pros
tration of business industry. On the
other hand, we have been making progress
in this country. We have had forceful
leadership. The people rule; they ruled
when they elected Mckinley and repu-
dated Bryan. They ruled four years ago
when they elected Theodore Roosevelt and
he has been a forceful representative OF
the people ever since. '-Governor hughes
of New York.
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Another unnnswered auestion.

Hon. w. J. Bryan-As laborlng
man, supporter of a family, dependent
upon my days work, l am interested
in this campaign. The all-impOrtant
question to me is work first, wages sec
Ond
VIII you kindly in your next address
state definitely your answer to the fol-
lowing questions:
What particular policy will you pur-
sue if elected, that will insure more
men work and better wages than they
now have? JOHN G. SINISTER.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-29

The election of Taft will give an i'm
pulse to all new enterprises: the cleo
ton of Bryan would be a hold-up of
business, perhaps for years What good
seaman fails to slow up in a fog?-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-29
BRYAN S|DESTEPPED.
Seven Pointed Queries PropOunded
the Democratic Candidate.
Failed to Answer Any of the
Questions.

Prior to his recent speech at Omaha
Mr. Bryan had propounded to him the
following pertinent questions by the
Omaha Bee. Mr.. Bryan did not see
fit to attempt to answer any of them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-29

John Worth Kern, the Democratic can
didate. who lost his railroad pass, is
campaigning in New Jersey this week.
Philadelphia Press
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"The Democratic party is absolutely

"The Democratic party is absolutely
necessary to restore prosperity" de-
clared Mr.. Bryan in his speech at Max
well. Iowa. The last time the Demo
cratic party was in power was in 1896
We were under the impression the coun-
try had had some prosperity since then.
a little more than it had from 1892
TO 1896. too. San Francisco Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10
iinshop

JNO. H. STECK-Tin, Copper and Sheet Metal Work. Galvanized Cornice, Tanks, Blow Pipes, Gut ters. etc, Breeching and Smoke Stacks, Skylights, Tin and Iron Roofs, Gravel and Slate Roofing. All work guaranteed. Prompt attention given to job work. 211-213 Walnut Street
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10
Gas Sified sin s DIR F RY
 Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Furniture

R. T. EUGENE ROSS-1719 West Sixth avenue. Repairing and refin- ishing, enamel iron beds, etc Have your stove put up and repolish, base burners also. Special attention to crippled rockers and dining chairs.
 Carpet and mating laying. Old phone 1191, 745.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10
Shoe Shop

ANTONY SHOE SHOP-Maker and Fixer Repairing neatly done. First class work. Try it. BOT East Third
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10
Hack Line

For quick transportation call CITY HACK LINE, 220 East Barraque St. Open day and night. Prompt and reliable. Special attention to tRain calls. Old phone 394 New phone 102. Moses Offord. prop. Pine Bluff, Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10

SIMPSON < WEBB FURNITURE OMPANY-Furniture Carpets, Stoves and Ranges. Complete House Furnishers. Both telephones. PIP 214 West Second Avenue. See our special prices on mating this week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10
Groceries

J. W. TARVER-Grocery Store. Low est prices for cash. Produce, Fresh Vegetables every day Staple and Fancy Groceries always on hand Vegetables grown from our owl garden. S21 West Second street
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10

NEW STORE-I have complete stock of Fresh Groceries and am selling as cheap as any store in the city. I will duplicate the prices of any store in Pine Bluff on Feed stuffs of all kinds as we'll as Gro ceries. Give me your business and you will certainly get your moneys worth J. B. SIMMONS, Corner Hickory and Tenth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10
Undertaken

UNDERTAKING COMPANY -Undertakers and Embalmers; 630 East Third Avenue. Fine Funeral Furnishings. All kinds of artistic Picture Framing. Old phones Nos. 510, 475, 1924. H. M. Thomas, Man ager Pine Bluff, Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10

L. MARCUS-Dealer in New and Mis- fit Shoes. 211 East Third avenue. All kinds of repairing done
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10

CAVER THE TAILOR - General of mems and women's clothing Dry cleaning (French process) a specially. All work called for and promptly delivered. Suits made to order $15.00 and up. Old phone S61. 1714 West Sixth avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-10
PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS, General Founders and MachInIsts.

Brass and Iron Castings and Ma chine Repairing. Stock of all stand. ard goods and castings carried in stock al the time. Locomotives, En- zines and Boilers Repaired. Lons distance telephones, day, 47s; night 33 Pine Blum. Arkansas. Note: We operate our machine chop both day and night