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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
DO THE PEOPLE RULE?
All of the Recent Publications
Convince the Voters That
Trusts Control Legisla-
ton.

After al. the excitement over
the publication of the Standard
Oil letters. showing that trusts
control Legislation. has reached
the stage where the voters sift
the wheat from the chaff of sen.
sational publications, what will
be the logical conclusion in the
minds of the voters? 1t will be:
l. That the people do not rule,
because the national law makers
lrgislate to suit the trusts.
More trusts exist today than ever.
the people suffer more from them.
and they practice more extortion.
2. That the party in power is
the party through which the
trusts rule. The Republican party
is now i'll power, 1t writes all of
the national laws. In speech
i'll the last Congress-, Mr.. Sher
man, candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, declared that the Republi-
can party assumed the full re-
sponsibility for everything that
has been done aud for what has
not been done. That is right.
The trusts writes the tariff laws
passed by the Republican votes.
Ii the magnates are NOT punished
criminally. it is because Repub
llcan officials fail in their duties.
For eleven years thee Democrats
have had no power TO frame Fed
eral laws or to execute a Federal
statute. If everything in the
United States is all right. az to
the Federal laws. for eleven
years. then. the Republican
party deserves the credit. If
""N lis have crep: in" the Repub
lirans are responsible. The only
hope Tor change lies in the cleo
tion OF Bryan.
Suppose some individual Dem.
ocrat has been employed by a
trust. He could not get law
passed, he could not give an elm
mnniiy hath." he could do nothing
effectively Tor the trusts unless
majority of the Republican Con
gressmen favored the trust meas
ures. The Republican orators
cannot escape the responsibility
by trying to pick out some Dem
ocrat who has been employed by a
trust. Recent disclosures prove
that the people do not rule, but
that the trusts owe their exist.
ence aud fairness to the Republi-
can laws and Republican officials.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Both Candidates Here.

Hon. David j. Lewis, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress,
aud Colonel George A. Pearre
the Republican candidate. are
spending their happy moments
visiting their friends and hand
shaking with the good people of
Frederick City and the county.
Mr.. Lewis has been spending
about two weeks in this county,
and his reception has been very
enthusiastic in all of the districts
that he was slated to speak in. He
is very hopeful, and his friends
are very active in promoting his
candidacy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
What an Independent Paper
Thinks.

When a candidate formally
comes before the people and asks
for reelection at their hands he
usually has a reason to point with
pride to something which he has
accomplished Of value for the dis
trict that he again would rep
resent. And in turn the voters
of that election district listen in
tently to whatever he may have
to say, and some times they sat
isfy themselves as to the truth of
his statements; they look up his
record and then act accordingly;
or. on the other hand, they blindly
follow their leader and do exactly
what he Misunderstanding no fur
Their thought to the matter what
soeyer.
A man is now before the people
or this Sixth Election District
asking Tor reelection. His name
is Pearre-Colonel George A.
Pearre-aUd this is bis sixth time
up for the office to which he as
pires. Ever since Colonel Pearre
was nominated the people have
boon wondering what-outside
of his chronic forwardness,
which seems to make it impossl.
BILE for him to retire in favor of
some one else-this perennial
office seeker has done to warrant
him in asking for the votes of the
people.
Does any one know what Col
Pearre has accomplished besides
drawing his salary for ten years,
an amount aggregating $50 0O0i
No one seems to be able to dis
cover anything that he has
achieved in legislation, and the
newspapers of his own county
the organs OF his own party
have even censured him for ignor
ing his party's wishes in matters
concerning appointments.
Gii"ihoIlbS OuO Yuootlou Va
party and politics aud coming
right down to facts aud records.
are tue people VI this district con
tent to have a do nothing for
their representative!
AS we have said before, it is
time for the people of this section
to get alive to their own interests
and elect man to Congress who
can and will do something of a
constructive nature for them.
A contributor 10 a county
paper recalls speech which Col.
Pearre is alleged to have made
in 1894 in which he ia quoted as
rebuking Senator Wellington for
having held Office too long. a
part of this quotation attributed
TO Colonel Pearre embraces this
-"WelliDgton never gave any
thing up. He sucked sugar at
both ends of the quill"
Did Colonel Pearre ever give
anything upa And has he, him.
self, not been looking alter the
sugar at both ends aud the mid
die toO?-EmmitSburg Chronicle
Independent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Personals.

Chief Judge Worthlngton is at
the Court of Appeals on business.
d. X. Cramer, of Mount Pleas.
ant, was in this city recently on
business.
Mr.. @. Francis Baughman
spent few days in this city on
business.
Mr.. +. q. Knott has been
spending a few days in Baltimore
on business.
Mrs. j. E. Phleeger and Mrs.
John Poole are visiting friends
in Marietta, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. f. Davis and
Miss Annie Beckley are in New
York on a business trip.
Justice Ritter and Colonel j.
+. II. Wood are in Annapolis at
tending the sessions of the Court
of Appeals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Moberly,
East Fourth street, are entertain
lug Mr.. Robert Staley, and fam
lily of Baltimore.
Mr.. Henry Stokes, of Emmits
burg. accompanied by his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lola Motter, spent sew.
eral days in HagerstOwn visiting
relatives.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
THE FIRE BUGS CAUGHT.
Preliminary Hearing Waved.

Preliminary Hearing Waved.
James II. r. Lowe and George
Thomas Fisher. W no were arrested
on the charge of having set fire
to the dwelling houses of DR..
Edward Ii. Walter, East Fifth
street. on September Sth, last.
and with setting fire to car of t he
Northern Central Railroad, con
tanning lumber consigned to Viii
coxOn and Brown, on August 25th,
waived hearing before Justice
Alfred Ritter, and at the request
of the State Attorney, the bail
was fixed at 81 600. 81, 900 on
each charge. Being unable to
procure bail, they were impris-
oned for the action of the Feb
ruarg Grand Jury.
After Lowe was com mitted to
the custody of Deputy Sheriff
DarDer, be was taken before
Judge John G. Motter, and at the
request of Colonel Thos. j. Ewell
State Fire Marshal, Lowe was
committed to the custody of the
warden of the Baltimore City
Jail. and he was taken to Balti-
more by the State Fire Marshal
and Detective Thomas j. Burns.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
july "A 5mos
News of the State.

William I. Conner. of Balti
NOR. was sentenced to the peni
Tertiary tor five years for raising
notes.
Mr.. p. Ii. Kashner bought the
Germania Hotel at Annapolis
from Mr.. JACOB f. Ebling, for
$14, 800.
George 7. Melvin has resigned
his pos ton as President of the
Annapolis and West River Steam
boat Company.
The Wills Brook Distilling
Company was granted a ceriiti
cate of Incorporation at Cumber-
land, the capital being $40. 900.
Joseph Butler. was arrested aud
taken to Leonardstown on the
charge of killing Charles j. S.
G Idon, near j. j. BohaDan's
o re.
United States Senator julius
G. Burrows. of Michigan, was the
principal speaker at the opening
of the Republican campaign in
| Cecil county.
Miss N. Warield, daughter of
former Governor and Mrs. War
field, wed Mr. George NJ. Harris.
of Blnghampton, New York, on
Thursday last.
John Hilgesen was killed by
falling fiom the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Bridge over into
he Susqnehanna River. II i 5
neck was broken.
Minnie +. Thompson filed hill
on Oct. 7'h. for divorce tr IN
Benjamin L. Thompson. whom
she married in 1897 Desrrtion
for five Years Is alleged TO he the
cause.
Miss Helen Sudlcr Maddox,
daughter OF MIR. aud MIS-. George
W. Maddox. OF Princess Anne,
was married 10 b. LoomiS Lauk-
ford w no was a pay clerk in the
United States Navy.
! Fire early on Octobe: 9TH,
morning badly damaged the plant
of lie Standard Laundry at Cam
bridge, owned b, the Messr>.
Samuel LeCompte and Howard
! L. Smith. Loss. $4,000
One of the compartments Of
the underground reservoir at the
Naval Academy. Annap lis,
broke and released about 800 900
gallons of water, which flowed
into the new res rvOir now under
construction.
Henry f. Singleton and his
wife, who were arrested in Penn
sllvaDia for abducting Mrs. Sin
gleton's daughter from Edward
LOOMS. in Hartford county. were
dismissed and the child was
awarded to her mother.
The Washington County Com
missioners passed resolutions urg
ing the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road to construct new bridge
on the Antietam Greek, near
Keedysville. The present bridge
was recently damaged by fire and
is said to be dangerous.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
ANOTHER PROPOSITION

ANOTHER PROPOSITION.
We also succeeded in getting two volume
of "THE NEW CENTURY HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES
The history is by Charles Morris d. and is embelshed
with over SOO engravngs illustrating all interesting and
inspiring in our history.
Inc period embraced in its pages from the visit OF
the Northmen thousand years ago. with Cuba
and the acquisition of the Philippines and Porto Rico The
history OF the United States complete from the time the
early dlscoverers to almost the present time
THE CITIZEN is all know Democratic organ of Fred
erck county and the only Democratic newspaper published
the county
All loyal Democrats should be subscribers and word from
you wlutce to get their Try see how easy is
sample OF the book be this Office or will
ostpaid by mail or receipt of $25
1t is work that will be acceptable any person. especially
to school boys and girls.
We will give this history anyone sending us eight full
paid subscriptions to THE CITIZEN include an extra yearly
subscription to The CITIZEN This fine work can be seen
this Office
Address all letters to
THE CITIZEN,
Frederick, Nd.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16

Nellie Duttera Dern obtained
an absolute divorce from her hus-
band, Clarence bern, in the Cir
cult CoDrt, recently. She was
also awarded the care, control
and custody of their infant child,
Corroll Duttera Dern, about fonr
years old. The decree was grant
ed upon statutory grounds.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16

The method of procedure is
simple. 1t is a case of confidence,
The voters have confidence in the
Republican leaders; the leaders
have confidence in a Republican
Congress; a Republican Congress
has confidence in the Ways and
Means Committee; the Ways and
Means Committee has confidence
in the men who represent the
Trusts, and the Trusts write the
tariff law and thus secure to
themselves the right to levy trib-
ute upon the public. -Bryan's
Tariff Speech at Des Moines.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Vacancies Filled.

At meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Frederick and
jefferson Turnpike Company, Mr.
Schaffer l.. Hargett was elected
a mem Der of the board to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
the late Douglass II. Hargett.
Peter l.. Hargett was elected pres
ident to fill that vacancy. I'll Q
late Mr.. Hargett was President
of the company for the past 20
years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
To Celebrate Lincoln's Tooth
Birthday.

A special dispatch from New
York of recent date says: Joseph
II. Choate. former am bassador to
Great Britain, was authorized by
meeting of prominent men in
the city hall to appoint a com
mittee of fifteen to make plans
for a celebration of the Tooth
anniversary of the birth of Pres
ident Lincoln on February 18th,
1909, and to plan to raise a mem
orial to Lincoln.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
DisorderlY Negroes.

Calvin Brown and Charles
Waters, colored, were fined $3.50
each, for fighting, by Justice Eek :
stein. Waters was also held for
carrying concealed weapons, in
the sum of 800 for his appearance
at the next grand jury.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Spaulding Lowe
Jenkens have returned ON
abroad and have taken apart
ments at the Hotel Belyedere,
Baltimore. Mr.. and Mrs. Jen-
kins were married in Paris. They
are well known here, Mr.. jenkins
being a grandson of the late
Ex-Governor Lowe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16

The Fifty third Agricultural
Fair of Hagerstown opened on
Tuesday last, the 18th inst, and
will continue until Friday. The
Morris Guards of Atlantic City,
are camped on the grounds,
under the management of the
Agricultural A ssociatiOn.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
List of Those Who Hold Of
fee in City and County,
Elective and Appointive.
FREDERICK CITY.

Frederick City-Mayor, George Ed.
Smith.
Register and Tax Collector Michael A.
Mccartney.
Aldermen-Davi6 Lowenstein, Lewis II.
Fraley, Henry A. Hahn, James Gambrill,
Jr., George E. wilcoxon. Clerk, Jacob
Schmidt. Board meets third Wednesday
Of every month.
City Health oficer-Dr. Ira ]. Nc.
Curdy.
Policemen-James A. Jones, chief; Geo
Brengle, Edward Herwig, Harry Deeter,
John Hobbs, George stull, Dudley Straws
berger, William King.
Electric Light Engineer-Edward Tit.
lew.
Fireman-Samuel Abrecht
Electric Light Linemen-Frank Ridgely,
George Wallace.
Market Master-Wm DansbeTger
Superintendent of Water Works. George
Weiner.
Police Justices Christian H. Eckstein
John Francis Smith and j. Alfred Ritter
City Attorney-Edward J. Smith.
City Election Supervisors Carlton S
- &c
Shaffer 7 Rhodes, Republican. c. Thoma;
Eckstein. Clerk.
FREDERICK COUNTY
Circuit Court-Chief Judge Glenn II
Worthington. Asso. Judges, John C. Mot
Ter and James X. Henderson Court meet.
at Frederick City, first Monday in Feb
ruary and septenf e1r Grand Jury
Terms, December, petit jury term: May
non-jury term.
Clerk of the Circuit Court-Dr. Samue
T. Haffner. Deputy Clerks, Adolphu
Fearhake, T. s. Albaugh, l. y. 10y, NJ
n. Nusz, Eli G. Haugh, Harry E. Chap
line and Ward c. Haffner.
States Attoney-Arthur D. Willard.
Sheriff-George Edward Myers.
Orphans Court-William H. Pearre
Chief Judge; John E. Phleeger, George H
Whitmore. Orphans Cou't meets ever,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of eacl
week.
Register of Wills-Wm. B. Cutshall
Deputies, NJ. A. Z. Biser, MarkwooC
Harp and Edward Toms.
County Commissioners VIM. H. II,
garth, President; II. Milton Kefauver
Lincoln G. Dinternan, Lewis H. Bowlu.
J. Stewart Amman. Eugene H. Albaugh
Clerk; George r. Dennis, Jr.. Attorney.
Board of Charities and Correction-Davit
Crsmer, PRESIDENT Edwin S. Houck, sec
rotary; Samuel L. Lilly, treasurer; Jaco1
Dadisman, Lewis E. Flock Samuel g
Gregg, superintendent; w. Scott Van
fossen, clerk.
School Commissoners-Isa NJ. Motter
President; l.. t. Brlen, II. B. Gross, VIM
R. Young. J. II. stokes and c. w. Wright
Jacob Rohrback, attorney.
Secretary, Treasurer and Examiner
John T. White; Assistant, S. n Young.
Supervisors OF Elections-John w
Humm, Democrat, President; Samuel V
Doll, Republican; Joseph F. EisenhaueI
Democrat; Clerk, Joseph W. Gayer
Surveyor-Rufus A. RACER.
Deputy Surveyor-William c Humm.
County Treasurer-George W. Crum
Deputy Treasurer. W. w. Doub
County Health 0fficer-Dr. Charles
oodel.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
THE PENALTY OF TWINS
couIdn,t Tell Which From Tothcr
at Greeley Depot

Down at the depot the lady came
up and congratulated him. He wai
certainly a lucky fellow she assured
him to have won so charming a GIRL
she wished them all the happiness
etcetera, etcetera.
again he muttered Wildly
again, Where is that dang train?
But he chirked up little. present.!
"After all. | wasn't stuck for cigars
this time" he condoled himself 1T
has been worse,
For that was what he got for be-
ing a twin.
You see the young fellow who got
the concentrations was w. j., but
the fellow who had the bride was
w. E.. and yet no ordinary mortais
couldt tell tother from which,
II began at the ceremony celebrat-
ed at the Shaffer home Tuesday
night, when Miss Ann Harbottle be-
came the bride of w. E. Shafer'
there was the groom and there was
his twin double too and that early
the wrong man began to gather in
the congratulations. The next day
II was worse yet; for the twin came
out here from Pennsylvania. only in
time for the wedding. and lots OF
people didn't know that there was
A twin at all. Moreover the groom
many friends resented what theN
took for the groom's kidding
when il was really an harassed
stranger whom they were torment
ing. One man pursued the twin all
over town, until the latter in de-
spair. set up the cigars to rid him
self of his prosecutor The sorely
beset gentleman, however, left
Thursday for his home in Oil City.
Pa. and anyone who sees Shaffer
on the streets of Greeley today may
be assured that such one is W. E,
the really and truly "Benedict
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
A Root Beer Story

The Dwight Neill home at 929
Fifth street, was visited Friday night
by some member of that tourist
class known generically as DO. A
refrigerator on the back porch was
deprived of most of its edibles, but
what must have appealed most
strongly to his 'boship, was shape
ly whisky bottle, that reposed on top
of the refrigerator. He probably
thought that Greeley was much
maligned spot and quite undeserving
of the hard things that are said of
its dry state. At any rate he cribbed
his big find and took it with him on
his travels.
Wonder what he said later, out in
the alley-if he waited that long
when he sampled it's contents, and
found it to be filled with the mildest
brew of home made root beer?
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
ALL APPEAR DRY AND MusTA
MANY of Them Hide Hope and F"ith
In Man and Things

There have been 6.466 instrn-
ments filed in the county clerk
office since January >. l9os. III
struments." of course, covers All 'ne
papers that come in, from mortgages
and warranty deeds to reservoir
maps and marriage licenses Ihere
is certainly something doing, al
ways, in Weld county. SiX thous-
and plus. makes an average or aoou.
as day. To the clerks those so
papers are so much mechanical WORK
but to the person who brings them
in, each one is epoch making ana
fairly swathed in human interest:
The day Mary and tied up.
THE day we filed on our reservoir.
The time We bought our home. IL
is no wonder that most OF the races
that appear before the long desk
are solemn and anxious. And there
are on an average OF 35 of them
day.
Since January 10th. 1905, there
have been 1850 instruments filed.
This makes the average somewhat
lower than the 35 for this year,
being about % or 80.
1t takes prOdigious numoer OF
books to take care of all these re-
cords. Since January 10th, 1903,
there have been 6S ponderous vol
umes bought. % OF which are still
in use. Nine OF them were straight
warrantee deed books. 10 were mis-
seven were miscellaneous
books. % chattel mortgage
books and six miscellaneous chattel
books.
There have been 343 more instru-
filed this year than there
was at this time last year.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
ISSUE OF *s,0oO,OOO PLANNED
Greeley Men Interested Ia Another
Cr.at Reclamation Project

The Henrylyn Irrigation district
last saturday without dissenting
voice voted to issue 100000 worth
of bonds against the district. for the
construction of great system OF
reservoirs. bitches and tunnels to
irrigate anywhere from $4,000 to
100 900 acres of land in southern
Weld and northern Adams counties.
The district has been organised by
C. NJ. Ireland, ]. N. Bowles. r. A.
Hensley, of Hudson and Charles F.
Tew of this city This Is one OF the
biggest irrigation districts ever or
panized, under the district law.
Another district Is also being or
ranized to cover land lying bet
Golden and Littleton and Denver and
the foothills, which will get water
from the same source. The water
will be furnished by the Inter
Mountain Co., which will tunnel the
Continental Divide and bring Though
from the williams Fork creek 700
cubic feet of water per second. In
addition to this supply flood waters
will also be gathered in several big
reservoirs.
d. A. Camfield OF this city is In
terested in the project and Will
likely have the construction OF res
ervoirs and bitches for the district.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
OLD FAIR GROUNDS
Bring Big Price,. 4. Lundfgren is
Purchaser

Purchaser
An eleven acre strip Of land near
Greeley brought $3.50 Tuesday.
Not bad. $3.50. eh"
The land lays mile and three
quarters east of town, is located on
the Delta and is the section that
used to be the old fair grounds.
Pretty expensive land to be used as
an exhibition ground for quilts and
jellies; and also for such products
as the early farmers wrested from
the soil. Pretty expensive land for
a race track, as we'll. But of course,
it ceased to be fair grounds long
time ago.
The land was purchased Tuesday
by ]. A. Lundgren of its recent
owner. N. w. vandermay.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
Some Oueer Letters

Many queer letters find their way
to any sheriff from time to time, and
Friday brought another of them to
Sheriff Florance and the sheriff
isn't prepared to vouch for this ones
being all that 1t pretends to be by
any means. 1t Is an appeal from a
man in the Washington state peni-
tentiary who signs himself George
Harris and who claims to be serving
a ten year sentence. He says that
he wants aid to secure an attorney
thinking that such help will result in
his getting square DEAL and a
shorter sentence. 1t is likely how
ever that he wants aid in disposng
of some goods.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
SMITH WANTS DIVORCE
Says Girl Bride Went Home to
Mother in Short Time

Though a bride of only % days
standing, and when less than l6
years of age, Mrs. Minnie Foster
Smith. is said to have deserted her
husband, John Smith, 80 years OF
age, and the latter is now asking
for a divorce.
The couple were married Febru-
airy 20, of the present year, and less
than month later, it is claimed by
Smith that his girl bride went home
to her mother, and also that she
started keeping company with other
young men nearer her own age. For
these reasons Smith is asking for a
divorce.
The groom. in the case is a well-to
do young farmer, and the bride has
been looked upon as one of the bellies
of Evans.