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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-15

Saratoga, N. ", Sept. 15.-Governor
Hughes was renominated for governor
OF New York by the republican state
convention this afternoon on the first,
ballot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-15

In addition to this the democrats
made an appeal to the agricultural
vote. something which they have not
done in many recent elections. They
nominated Obadiah Gardner of Rock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-15
Called to Order by Root.

continued on Page Three.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-15

*Fusion of democrats and green
hackers
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-23

it is the political situation as it will be
seen by the American people
The people of Idaho do not want to
make any mistake and be counted with
the curiosities and oddities among the
places of the United States as they were
in 1892. | want to see the fair name
and pride of Idaho written upon the Re-
publican standard of victory on the
third of November, and want to see
it by majority of more than twenty
thousand votes in favor of William H.
Taft. prolonged applause).
There is a bird which when it sees
danger approaching its nest, pretends to
be lame or have a broken wing, and
hops and hutters off in direction away
tention of those who might injure it or
find the nest That is, the policy of GER
tain of our opponents in this campaign.
They are playing the lame bird They
are trying to raise fictitious issue,
claiming that are important issues, and
as you would settle this great political
controversy so you must vote upon those
issues.
| find sometimes, and much to my
surprise, a disposition upon the part of
some people to follow off after the will
o-the ?wisps; forgetting the great prin-
ciples at stake following them; quibbling
over things which are settled holding
postmortem examinations over conven-
tons and over what happened at con-
ventions, and charging and recharging
this and that man with having violated
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-23

The life fhe Republican candidate for governor of Idaho
pete with details of accomplishment which emphasize his excep
ona fitness for the office of chief executive of the liar
Jim Brady he has been called and the its
mendae applicable The action of the Boise
nominating him by reclamation evidence of both these
With faith the future of Idaho when others doubted POSSIBLE
tiles which he oresaw, he conceived the irrigation and
projects which have since breated fertility and life into
thousands of acres before arid and dead and which deerm
ing factors in the history of this commonwealth.
Despite his great undertakings he be considered
poraton in the politically used and although until recent
" the guiding spirit of institutions which have been vital
progress of the neither he they have had anything ask
or receive Of the state government.
The foresight consideration ability and capacity which
characterize his business experience displayed in his interest
tatecra More than this he of many friends who respect
and admire him. and citizen of the highest and useful type
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-23

pledges the people the enactment of loca,
option laws. You, who are in favor OF
the enactment of that law, want an op-
portunity to vote against liquor traffic in
your counties, and you are entitled to
it. That is home rule 1t is participant
ing directly in the government. 1t af-
fects you in your happiness, and if
majority say liquor shall not be sold or
traficked in this county you are entitled
to have it excluded from this county.
The legislature can only give you the OPP
portunity, after which the responsibility
rests upon you to make it effective.
| have always favored local option
laws | lived under them in my earlier
life, and believe they tend for the best
government and conditions in the home,
and | feel that these questions can al
ways be entrusted to the people of each
county. OF course, you cannot rest or
base it upon any other ground smaller
than the county, because it is the small
est unit of government in Idaho. And
that is sufficient reason in itself.
PARTY TO BE HELD ABOVE PERSONALITY.
have talked to you far more than |
intended upon these larger questions of
government, and will only detain you to
admonish. Do not sacrifice or take
chances of being party to the destruc-
ton of the great prosperity and happi-
ness of the American people in order
that you may express or emphasize dis
approval of some candidate for the legis-
lature, or because of some local question.
You can find time and the occasion to
harmonic these local questions with the
greater ones of government. | believe
in sobriety and temperance, but those
principles alone vii not constitute gov
eminent. There are other great func-
ton to be performed besides that of be-
having yourself Good conduct is neces-
sary to good government, but some
thing more is necessary to bring prosper
ity to people. If we were every one of
us absolute abstainers from the use of
liquors and had no protective tariff to
stand between us and the competition
OF the nations of the earth upon lower
scale than ours, we should be very good,
but very, very poor.
And remember the balance to be main
tanned III government between the great
principles. When you see charge
printed in newspaper or hear it made
that | have ever under any circum-
stances advised connived at, consented
to or participated in the violation of any
instruction given by authority, or any
pledge given with the right behind it,
do not believe it.
have represented you in the United
States senate for nearly six years, and
if any man or woman can point out an
act or expression of mine which would
indicate | was capable of entertaining
such principle, | will reliqush my
claim to your honor and respect
invoke you in the name of the hap
piness of the American people, and OF
the prosperity to the individual and the
people in the aggregate, to give your sup
port to the Republican ticket, county,
state and national, for behind it is all
that makes you happy and prosperous
nation. prolonged Applause.)
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-23
The Platform.

The platform adopted by the re-
publican party of Idaho, is clear
, and positive statement OF the
; position of the party on the ques-
tons of greatest concern to the
people of the state. 1t is con-
sentative, yet progressive, and is
a strong appeal to the confidence
) of all those who desire to have
their votes counted in favor of in
dustrial peace and continuation
of prosperity.
The pledges of the platform
must be carried out to the letter,
for the good faith of the party is
back of every one of them. 1t
matters not if individual opinion is
in conflict with some of them, they
stand as the deliberate judgment
of the majority and the honor of
the party is staked upon their COM
plete fulhllment. The platform
outlines much important work for
the next legislature, legislation
which the people want and can get
only through the republican party
Idaho Press
The following are the features
of the platform adopted by the
state convention:
Endorses the national Republi-
can platform.
Endorses the administration OF
Theodore Roosevelt.
Endorses the nominations of
William H. Taft and James,.
Sherman.
Deplores the insult offered the
people by the factional contest in
the Democratic party of Idaho.
Approves the records made by
Senators Hepburn and Borah and
Congressman French.
Endorses and commends the ad
ministration of Governor Frank
r. Gooding.
Declares in favor of economy in
public expenditures in the admins :,
trations of state and county Off
cials.
Proclaim belief in the principle
of protection to American indus :
tries and favors legislation to re-
wise the tariff schedules.
Declares in favor of effective
county local option law.
Pledges the support and main .
tenance of educational and char
table institutions of the state.
Declares in favor of state anti :
trust legislation.
Declares in favor of general .
highway and road improvement.
Declares in favor of efficient ex-
tensions of the eight-hour day law. .
Favors an employers liability
law for Idaho.
Pledges measures necessary to !
relieve congestion in the district
courts where cause delays in the
settlement of litigations. F..
Favors the REIMBURSEMENT of the =:
claims of the state to lands with .
drawn from homestead entry to .
bona fide settlers thereon. !
Favors the opening Of the Snake ]
and Columbia rivers to the sea. I
Promises an anti-pass law. !
Favors placing upon the market i.
at reasonable prices unsettled /
lands under the several govern /
ment reclamation projects.
Favors the nomination of United +
States senator in state convention. 4
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-23
The Ticket.

The ticket headed BY James Fl.
Brady carries no doubt with it. 1t
is successful ticket from the bot
. tom up and will be Loyalty sup
ported by every republican in the
state-and many Democrats. 1t
; is composed of timber that stands
for the upbuilding of Idaho and
. perpetuation of its best institution
and prosperity There are no poll
teal peddlers or compromising
element connected with it, but its
strength lies in the fact that it is
eminently an administrative ticket
"a ticket that spells and breathes
Idaho spirit in ever item. 1t is
made up of men who have made
) success of their own lives and
business, and is not an instrument
to further the political ambitions
Of any individual-ldaho Falls
Post.
The following are the nominees :
of the state convention;
United States STANDARDIZATION ,
B, Hepburn, Shoshone county. .
Cohgressman-Thos. r. Hamer,
of Fremont.
Governor--James H. Brady, of
Bannock..
Lieut.. Governor-L. H. Sweet
ser, of Cassia. .
Justice Supreme Court-Judge -:
J. F. Ailshie, of Idaho.
Secretary of State-Robt. Lans-
don, of Washington.
Attorney General d. c. Nc .
Dougal, of Oneida.
Auditors. d. Taylor, of Bon .
ner.
Treasurer-C. A. Hastings, or
Nez Perez.
Mine Inspector-F. c. Moore, of
Shoshone.
Superintendent of Public In
struction-S. Belle Chamberlain,
of Twin Falls.
Presidential Electors - Edgar .
Wilson, of Ada John Lamb, OF
Owyhee; A. A. Crane, of Koote-
mai.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-23

The choice of Hamer for congress by
the Boise convention was perhaps sur
prise to many, but it was not made at the
dictation of any but the delegates them
selves. He is not unknown, however,
for his qualifications have been more
than once demonstrated He has proven
himself soldier with ability to COM
mand and an orator who holds the at
tention of his audiences. During the
Spanish war he was appointed provost
judge of Manila and was later made
military governor of the island of Cebu
His ancestry is one of military and naval
distinction and he has maintained the
heritage passed down to him. His
speeches have become famous for their
briliancy, and in congress he should
more than meet the requirements of a
state which is forging ahead into the
foremost ranks of the American sister
hood
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-23

There is fit to lead the forces of Repubicanm
this than the who has life every phase and
appreciate the point of view of everyone with whom he
tact because of his personal experience.
Barney ONeil history reads like of those stories
which often appeals those who willing accord the
fes struggles his just laue AS boy he fought his way with
other weapons than his energy and natural adaptaby
Now he the efficient head of successful financial corporation and
his upward climb has taken with him the friends garnered by
way His popularity by limited the North but his
friends found and his advice sought the state
long time he has been prominent the politics Idaho and his
choice as leader Of the present fight logical.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-23

tenance violation of pledges by dele
gate to a convention or representative
in the legislature or any other branch of
this government should not allow it,
and | have never spoken word that
would justify the publication of those
lines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05
PEsSIMISM IN THE PULPIT.

pulpit should look expect to
Such stated should be
buoyed
who have not faith
God bring good out Of evil to work Out
laid gradually lift mankind
the OF and noble
prominent exponent OF
bitter the pulpit looking at
all beouded throwing gloom over MS
practically hindeng the very
adopts with
o
Northern preachers prone ministers of the
fragrant
communities most inclined TO
almost throw their hands
despair reformation OF existing
lines laid down BIZ themselves The very
the churches against
the efforts that being made IN tna
difficulties that
earnestly courageouy working for the bermen
c the o find about them
in the pulpit 1t needs
whine of acknowledged defeat
right
wrongs
his spirit that the devil
triumphant headong rretrieyable ruin
should Others
fighting manfuly
the wheels of the church. brings his
unconsciously though it be
wha built
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05
HOW WILL THEY ENFORCE THE DECISION!

Appeals effect that it
of Georgia
soliciting business in his line
received with
joy considering
principles
succeeding enactng into
lay
enforced
will the liquor situation Georgia? The
OF
gallon Of Appeals
pronounced unlawful the learned
The officials the Georgia with the mails.
mails the
containing whisky circulars and destroy them The United States
officials aburdy improbable There
certainly win whisky dealer
chain Hardly Ne all
within possibilities
decision being
intended of the public is
will
might well the
/ decision
be of Blu
will through such decisions this
prohibiting the
That
really just
strikes hurrahng nothing
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05
Why NOT i TOBACCO MARkEr HERE,

That vas important letter the TmesRcorder published yesterday
from the Ware Orchard Company
maintained for
peculiarly ADAPTED the raising the
wrappers
manufacturing consumers
The Ware Orchard people have They
put out in the neghborhooi
have as fine be section the
gentleman we'll
states that the field
OF some OF the finest fields he has
5 a part
There
this Ware
have bazed the they have pioneered the path The made
fully
thai all
a sufficient planted
will investigate
viii add their
Amerus market established here the Ware people
OF what others ambitious
slavery
financial prosperity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05
WORKING CONVICTS IN SUMTER COUNTY

At the time Sumter working msd
slowly up
of neacuable benefit the the
their
al up to the duties laid down for him has no
plain Of the accorded him wfy
severity.
year ago there were complaints about ill treatment of convfct
could
them The
able man
the public good
supervision County Commits
and ne Grand jury committees there is no reason why should
Having worked misdemeanor satisfactorily
felony
garded probable that
important work of road Improvement There is no danger that
county Public opinion has been too
strongly aroused that there
the infection OF brutal punshmens
rooted out brought the attention
Some years ago Chatham went through similar
Conycts swamps
effectively
try has finer well
Chatham Speaking the conyct
While light
the sayannah Pres that ] eone cB
eap are under good discipline and are in good order They
med Morn bn and the pap authorities and the county farm
fedbe make 5ne place but go long way to-
By ese oonc Very hooSgS sRamp
well fed fell afen care Of tRey
supplied well Prepared
and wei selected and the quarters clean and ventilated We
Chatham
Chatham camps not Rd ds eap 9
'f cRstaa aa
in the
in
opening paving the public highways of this
IN
Sumter join hands with Chatham
onvict while
high
the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05
Truth VIII Out.
Macon Telegraph

macon 1elegf3pn.)
The New York Evening Post in its
criticism of The True Story of An
dersonvflle Prison" by ]. NJ Page, a
Federal lieutenant, who was a prison
er at Andersonyille, says
So far as his own experience and
observation go, Mr.. Page feels able to
deny in toto the oft-repeated charges
of robbery. brutality and neglect
which survivors Of Andersonville have
lodged against Wirz; and he cites a
number of acts of consideration and
even kindness on the part of Wirz and
his subordinates which one would fain
believe were typical rather than ex-
ceptional. That Wirz was, in the
main, victim of circumstances that
the dreadful conditions in the prison
were due in part to the poverty and
decentralization of the Confederacy,
and in part to the refusal of the Fed
eral authorities either to exchange
prisoners or to provide for the relief
of Union capitives and that Wirz was
hanged less because he was guilty of
the offenses charged than because
Northern vengeance demanded a vic
tim are facts which records now
available tend strongly to confirm:
and Mr. Pages volume, though writ
ten not without obvious prejudice,
adds interesting personal testimony
to the same effect
Forty years is a long time to wal.
for this bare need of justice to the
martyr Wirz by representatives of
those who murdered him, but it is
some satisfaction to know that a jour
nal so predjudiced against the South
as the New York Evening Post can no
longer shut its eyes to the truth
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05

In his recent opinion, in the matter
Of the proposed advance in freight
rates against which he issued an in
junction, Judge Speer paid the fol-
lowing compliment to Georgia's next
governor: The vast majority of our
thoughtful people have no unkind
feeling toward our railroads. Indeed.
there has been made manifest
warm and cordial sympathy with the
efforts of those truly great men, many
of whom hold high stations in these
great companies, for the betterment
of their properties, and as a conse-
quence for the welfare of the coun-
try Significant of this disposition,
by decided majority the people have
recently nominated for Governor of
our state railroad man, whose up
right character and whose complete
familiarity with these and kindred top
les may give assurance that corpor-
ate, and as well private, interests will
be lawfully conserved" And then
the Judge added this warning note to
the railroads. 1T may be well both
for the railroads and the people if
more temperate and considerate coun-
sells shall prevail in their manage
ment and representation
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05
NO CHURCHES LEFT
IN .2OOS A. D.
Rev. ChaS. F. Aked Points
to Early Extinction.

New York Aug. 4.-For John D.
Rockefeller to attack the conduct of
the oil business or for John d., Jr.
to expiate on the uselessness OF Bible
classes would be hardly more sur
prising than for the pastor Of the
ultra-conservatiye Rockefeller church,
Rev. Charles F. Aked to criticise
Christianity as practiced in the
churches of today and to assert that
the churches themselves are doomed
TO extinction unless the present course
of events changes.
Yet this is exactly what has hap
pened and instead of repenting his
rashness the man who has the distinc-
ton of being religious perceptor to
the richest man in the world proposes
to follow up his first attack which
appears in Appleton's magazine, by a
series of articles to continue for a
year or more in which he will tell 9TH
ar uncomfortable truths about the
failure of the churches and the need
of a decided change in their spirit and
methods if they would avoid being
completely wiped out by the attack of
dry rot from which they are suffering.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05

Churches exist and preachers are
maintained to remind men and nations
of the eternal laws they must obey
and the eternal love in which they
may rest And in the United States
they may yet be needed as the MAIN
stay of social order Either the
churches have got to live up to the
task of keeping the soul of the nation
alive or they viii perish
Do you think that members of the
ministry generally agree with your
views?H
The facts speak for themselves.
Statistics gathered by Dr. Josiah
Strong show that the gain of the
churches in membership in proportion
10 the gain in population is steadily
and rapidly falling of Ia the past
twenty years it is less than half what
1t was in the preceding twenty. The
trouble is that too much of our relig-
ion, both as it is preached and as il
is practiced, lacks life. The attitude
of vast number OF persons toward
it is like that Of the New York banker
who said to a certain preacher at the
conclusion of his sermon: This is
the first time I ever knew that relig-
ion had anything TO do with living. ]
thought it had to do only with dying
and going to hell"
But don't you think that many
churchmen viii disagree with YOU and
claim that you are attacking religion
itself?"
Very likely. Difference of opinion
are certain to exist among living men.
It is only in a cemetery that you viii
find unanimity. All the evils of con-
troversy are temporary; all its ben
efits are permanent. This is one re-
spect in which religious thought in
England is in advance Of America
They are not afraid to discuss these
subjects over there"
How about the various schemes
that have been adopted to attract men
to church, such as vaudeville con
certs, the serving OF temperance
drinks and similar means p
They simply show how desperate
the situation has become in some
quarters. But l don't believe that
the church can compete with the sa-
loon by turning itself into a weak i'm
itation or with the theatre by present
ing poor theatrical attraction Prac-
teal religion must concern itself with
questions Of better homes and better
home life for the poor, but the way 10
strengthen religion is not by debasing
it,
Practical religion" sums up the re
form which Dr. Aked would introduce
in the churches
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05
Americas. Ga, August >, 1898.
GEORGIA NEEDS A JOE FOLK

Gov. Folk has ordered a regiment
Of state troops into St Louis to use
next Sunday in enforcing the Sunday
closing law
The governor says the saloons will
close if it takes the entire military
force Of the state to bring it about
Folk has nerve and is not afraid to
show it.
There never was a law that could
not be enforced if those charged with
the duty of enforcing il had grit.
The trouble is that most of our Of
fee holders are time serving, spine
less. weak kneed men, crawling on
their bellies before the mob and try
ing to coneniate wrong doors, while
at the same time pretending TO be
paragons of virtue themselves
A man like Folk is a relief to the
nation. He shows that the country
still has some men in high place who
are not afraid to serve their conscien-
ces rather than their ambitions.
We will wager that before Gov
Folk gets through with them the
saloon keepers of St. Louis will close
on Sundays and stay closed.
If Folk were mayor of Savannah
things would be different in that city
If he were governor of Georgia thing.
would be different in all Of the three
or four cities where the law is being
openly and contemporary violated
We don't believe in prohibition bu
the exhibition that is being made il
some Of the cities Of open disregard
Of the law. of the spirit of we-don't
give-a-snap-of-our-f fingers -the-law
is disgusting to any one who believe:
in at least a reasonable mainten
ance of respect for the law.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-05

The Georgian suggests a bond is
sue of s750,00 to secure funds with
which to buy land and stock it for
state convict farm. 1t insists that the
system now in vogue must go at
once. One thing is certainly to be
regretted. and that is that the State
is held down to a five mill tax. 1t
reduces it to the chronic state of
beggar. The people should be asham-
ed of themselves. A great common
wealth like this should not be run
on pauper lines.