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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-21
BRYAN'S ADVICE TO
FIRST VOTERS

Young man, great responsibility
attaches To your first vote. As you
begin, you are likely to continue. The
momentum that carries you into II party
is apt to keep you in that party unless
some CONFUSION shakes You ont of it.
Start right, and in order that you may
start right, examine the principles of the
parties and policies which they advo-
cate.
There are two great political organi-
cations in the United States, one fifty
years old, and the other more than Il
century old. The republican party has
been in power almost unintcrruptedly
for more than half a century, and under
it's reign abuses have grown mp which
threaten the perpctuity Of the Govern
ment and %cndanger IL civilization.
So great are these abuses that rcpubli-
can reformerS are now pointing out
that something must he donc-and what
al be done? The first thing is to undo
the things that have been done and the
party to undo these abuses is not the
party which has done them. but the
party which has protested against these
abuses and pointed ont remedies.
The republican party has turned the
taxing power over to private individ-
uals; it has allowed m%onOpOlics to grow
up and assume control of the industries
of the country by granting privileges
by law and by giving immunity to the
large violators Of the law; the rcpubli-
can party has permitted the fortunes Of
the predatory rich to become 50 large
that government Is corrupted, policies
debauchcd and business polluted.
The democratic party proposes to
withdraw the taxing power from
private hands. to so lcgislate as TO make
II private monopoly impossible, and to
enforced the law without discrimination
1t proposes to protect legitimate wealth
and punish those who attempt to
plumber the public for private gain.
On which side do you stand young man
Are you with tho masses in their effort
to restore the government to its old
foundation and make il II government
o f'thc people, for the people. and by
the people, or are you with the rcpubli.
n leaders In their effort to pcrpctuntC
the party in power by selling immunity
In return for campaign contributions?
There are always two parties in the
country, and II is necessarily nearer
tc the people than the other. IN thi.
country the democratic party is nearer
to the people than the republican party.
Its leaders have moro faith ia the
people and nre more anxious to keel
the government under control of tn,
people. Take the election Of United
States senators by the people us Il test.
The democrats want to give To tho
voters II chance to elect and 10 control
their representatives in the United
States senate. Tho democratic PARTY
in the house of representatives passed
the first resolution for the submission
Of the necessary constitutional amend.
mcnts. They did this eight years bo.
fore any republican congress did IL.
The democratic party has twice dc.
manded this reform in its national
platform. The republican party has
not done * Why do democratic lead.
ors insist upon this reform and rcpnbli.
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Till TARIFF ISSUE.

Colonel Bryan actually credits the
republican party with too much III the
way of tariif-revision proIniscs-fnr it
has not promised reduction ut all.
but only revision; aud that might he up
rather than down. And il is strictly
true that President Roosevelt has weak
encd and wiltcd down from the bold,
outspoken position that he took on
tariff reform early in his presidential
Judge Taft long a9o-in Aug
ust, 1006-took up the matter at length
in one of his public addresses: but his
party failed to rise to the occasion in
its national platform and since then he
has contentcd himself with gcncralitics.
In his forthcoming speech on the tariff
exclusively Colonel Bryan has Il Splcn-
did opportunity To sound IL call that
will force the republican organization
to show its hand plainly OH its tariff re-
vision program. If only he discloscs
exactly and definitely what he and his
party propose to do with the Dinglcy
schedules. he cLu make his republican
opponents fight ON an isslc that they
would much prefer to avoid and on
which they can not successfully defend
their record. And if he does. he will
put into this campaign early thc"gingcr"
that it might otherwise lack-for OH
many of the other public questions the
two great parties are not SO very far
apart. New York Commercial.
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BEEF TRUST

The following editorial is from the
Omaha World Herald:
Between April |, last year., and April
Is, this year, while ithc price paid by
the packers to the farmers for cattle in.
creased only IL per cent, the price
charged by the packers to the whole.
salcrs increased 20 per cent. The beef
trust. in other words, having charged
mp To the public the full increase in the
cost of beef to the trust. gougcd the
public for an additional amount which
WAS almost l25 per cent in excess of
that increase.
The profit made by the beef trust out
of II 1000 pound steer, instead Of being
but 90 cents. as Mr.. Garfield reported.
is almost s..
The beef trust which. in II leading
markets of the country packs and
Slaughtcrs 80 per cent of the cattle sold.
fixes by concerted agreement of the
members of the trust. on each Thursday.
the price that will be paid OH each day
of the ensuing week for cattle. sheep
and hogs, rs will h. charged to whole
salcrs and retailers.
The trust is as absolute and more
cxacting now than when ti:e govern
mcnt practically abandoned its prose
cution two years agD. The law that il
WAS violating then is still the law. IL law
which it is the duty of the federal
government to enforce. But the gov
eminent is making not the slightest
effort To- enforce it.
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MUST FACE THE
ISSUES THIS YEAR

The campaign will be difficult. 1t
is absurd to talk of Il walkovcr for Taft.
He himself makes no secret of his belief
that Bryan's chances of election are
better than they have ever been before.
The republicans will know that they
have been fighting before the battle is
over. They can not bring ont their old
bogeys. The country is not going to be
frightened into rejecting Bryan
From New York Evening Post. Il Taft
Organ.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-21
School Bonds Sold.

The trustees of the Elko school district
met Saturday evening and opened the
bids for the so. 900 bonds voted by the
district for the erection of new school
buildings. Only two bids were re-.
ccivcd. n by IN" Henderson Banking
company of Elko, offering to take the
bonds at par, and the other by the rrow.
bridge Il Nivcn Company Of Chicago,
who offered II premium of Sl27, subject
to the approval of their attorneys of
the financial statement and legal
papers.
After opening the bids, the board
decided to take them under considcra-
ton until Monday evening at : o'clock
and To invite several citizens to BE- pres
cnt. The board then adjourned.
The trustees met Monday evening
pursuant to adjournment. All the
members and several invited citizens
being present.
The bids for the school bonds were
taken up and discussed. 1t was de
cided that the bonds should be dated
September I, 1903, and upon John
Henderson, president of the Henderson
Banking company, agreeing to collect
no interest OH the bonds from Septcm-
Der /, 1908 to january /, 1909, the bonds
were awarded to him.
As the bonds bear interest at the
rate of q per cent, the bid of the Hen
dcrson Banking company really mean
Il premium Of 800 as that is the amount
of interest on the bonds from September
/. 1908. to January I. 1909.
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treasury for support of the govern
ment. it EFFORTS five dollars more from
to fill the %voracious maws
of the industrial ~monopolies, which are
its offspring. to say nothing of the
sinugglers."
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Self Man.

Edward Yates, who recently died in
Walworth, England. leaving a fortune
OF S5,oOo.OOO In real estate in and
about London. began business life az ,
bricklaycr.
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Entered At the ElRo postonice for transmission
through the mails as secoad-class matter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
PENSACOLA FLORIDA FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5,
The Vote Was a
Vote for VIM. I. BRYAN.

Editor MayeS of The Pensacola
Journal went in at the first primary
with a majority that speaks in no I'M
certain terms of his popularity among
the people. Though an outspOken
Bryan delegate, that cut no figure in
the vote, which was cast for Frank
L. Mayes, the man, and not the dele
gate.-Panama City Pilot
So nicely worded a compliment is of
course appreciated, but Mr. Mayes is
sure that the Pilot errs in assuming
that the vote he received was per
Sonal vote. The people voted for him
simply because, of all the candidates
in the field, he was probably the most
conspicuous advocate of the nominal
ton of VIM. J. Bryan Ut was Mr..
Bryan they voted for-not Mr.. Mayes.
We regret to see that another of
Times Union, falls into a similar error,
although we appreciate the compl1-
ment which it pays, in the following:
We congratulate that able Journal-
iSts Frank l.. MayeS, Oh the large vote
in the first primary which secures for
him beyond further dispute the honor
of being one OF the two who will rep
resent the Third congressional district
of Florida at the Democratic national
convention in July. 1t is not only a
personal compliment but a demonsCra-
tiOn of the esteem in which his va1u-
able newspaper, The Pensacola Jour
nal, is held by. the people of his dis
| trict.
The Pilot and the Times-U Union, each
being opposed to Mr. Bryan, natural
ly attribute the fine vote that the
Bryan delegates got in the third dis
trict to some other cause, but We as
sure them that the voters really
meant it Some few no doubt voted
for Mr. Mayes because or personal
friendship, but the other candidates
had personal friends as we'll so that
neither gained or lost anything on
that score. The vote was Bryan
vote and the fact that it was large
is simply a proof of the fact that,
when they have a chance to express
themselves, the voters are for Bryan
and for the democracy which he repre-
sents.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
Explanation of the Vote.

The whiskey -corporation combine to
defeat BrOward and Stockton, are in
high glee because Broward received a
smaller vote than FLETCHER in Jack
sonville in the first primary. There
Is a reason for this. First, Mr.
Fletcher lives in Jacksonville and per-
sOnally is a very clever, popular gen
tleman- Second, the 175 saloons, bar
rooms and hell holes of Jacksonville
procured the vote of every vagrant,
bum and leadbeat, with mean whiSlley
and money, to vote for Fletcher
Third. the corporations had their
strikers and hired men on the streets
Of Jacksonville during the entire cam
pdign hurrahing for Fletcher and Gil
christ with whiskey and other equally
potent argument But, these high
glee booze sellers and eorporationiStS
don't have a word to say in regard
TO the Eact, that out in the country
in DuVal county, out among the farm
ers, out in the woods where people
are poor but honest, that all the coun-
try precincts gave Beard Is votes;
Lamar 221; Fletcher 275, and Brow
ard All. In BrOward's home county,
DUVal, outside the booze cOrrupting
Influences of cOrporatiOniStS and whiS-
key dispensers in Jacksonville, he re-
ceived plurality of 1876 votes. Farm
ers and poor labOring men all over
the state may consider this fact to
their profit.-JaSper News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
Delegates Selected
Not Instructed.

When il comes to saying thing
neatly, forcfbly, and in terms so IN
mistakable that it cannot be misun-
derstood. commend us to the Tampa
Times. In answer to the specious
plea that delegates to the national
convention should not he instructed, -
the Times, under the head Selected
Not Instructed" says:
Since when has it become a sign
o. self-reSpect in man that he de-
clIneS to learn and fulfill the wishes
or the voters from whom he asks a
commission If a man favors the NOM
nation of Bryan at Denver he has 4
perfect right to ask other men who
favor the same action to vote for
him and send him there. l. he does
not favor the nomination of Bryan,
that quality we know as self respect
would prompt him not TO ask to be
sent except as representing mon who
agree with him as to the impolicy
and improperly Of such nomination.
A leading paper has said it would
| be a disgrace to the men who go as
| delegates to be tagged, labeled and
| shipped like house cats" etc. The
| parallel is unfair, inapplicable. and
candor might suggest the word dirty.
| To select man Sor the honor because
he holds the same views as those who
make the selection is not tagging him.
| There is no way of instructing the
! delegation, and the only resort &c to
send men who do not need to be in
| structed. We can assure the soul of
our disturbed contemporary that there
will be neither tag nor label. The
men who go to Denver will be Sc
| lected, not instructed
The case could not be better put
and we have no doubt that the demo
Gratis of Florida will act in accordance
with that proposition.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
Guaranteed Bank
DenoSitS in Oklahoma.

The guaranteed bank deposit plan
in Oklahoma seems to be working
very finely indeed.
How it operates was shown in the
case OF the first bank failure after the
law went into effect. Within one
hour from the time II. H. Smoclhr
Oklahoma bank commissioner, had
taken charge of the International
Bank of Coalgate, he had authority
to pay the depositors in full, though
the banks cash and available funds in
: other banks fell $4,000 short % the
total amount of deposits. The COM
missioner was enabled TO do this I'M
der the operation of the new banking
law, and this is the first time 1t has
been called into use.
Commissioner Smock took charge of
the bank for alleged gross violations
of the banking laws and notified the
banking board at once. Governor
Haskell, president Of the banking
board. Immediately authorized the
payment of depoSitOrs in full and it
began. The amount of deposits is
S3S, 900. The bank had 1000 cash on
hand and $1,000 deposited in other
banks. When the cash was exhaust
ed the commissioner drew checks up
on the state guarantee fund. Under
the operation of the guaranty banking
law in Oklahoma tariff of one per
cent is levied upon the average an
nual deposits of the banks and the
money thus raised is used in payment
in full of all depositors of an insolv-
ent state bank. after the funds of the
bank have been exhausted
Depostiors in the state banks o.
Oklahoma are so we'll protected that
the farmers and merchants need not
concern themselves about a bank fail
ure. There is no run upon the bank
no long line of struggling creditors al
the door. Every depositors waits and
sleeps contentedly, knowing that the
state protects him from the corpora
ton it charters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
Credit to Whom
Credit Is Due.

In the success which has crowned
the preliminary features of Pensaco-
las greatest undertaking. Viz.-the es-
Establishment o. a half million dollar
hotel-too much praise cannot be
given to the leaders in the great work.
many public spirited citizens aided in
promoting the enterprise and many
more contributed by the purchase of
stock, but the men to whom its sue
cess is in greatest part due, deserve
special commentator.
We refer TO Jas. M Muldon, w. H.
Knowles, Jno. L. Stillman, P. X
Yonge. f. F. Bingham, and G. A.
Waterman. To Mr.. Muldon par
ticularly should be credited that
tenacity of purpose which, in the
face of every obstacle, could not be
shaken and which really resulted in
securing tine necessary pledges to be-
gin the actual work of organization.
Pensacola is fortunate in having
such citizens as these. Pensacola is
also fortunate in having enough other
progressive men who, at the call OF
such leaders, are read" to help pro-
mote a needed enterprise even though
their resources and interests are not
as large as those of many others
who refused TO help.
1t is such public spirit that builds
communities and makes them worth
living in. True, many men of means
who could well have afforded to aid
. the project, did not do so, nOtwith-
standing the fact that they Will reap
a part of its benefit But such men
exist everywhere and, while they are
stumbling blocks in every community,
Pensacola is fortunate in the fact that
she has enough public spirit to sur
mount any obstacle which they may
put in her own pathway Of progress.
Again, The Journal sounds in sin
cere praise the work which Muldon,
Knowles, Stillman, Yonge,' Bingham,
AMI Waterman have promoted to such
successful effect Would that We had
more of their kind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05

remained in their tents are again doning
their armor. the reaction which has
set i'm against the evil tendencies which
have almost dragged the ship of state
10 ihc rot N5 of obstruction has turned
towards him for leadership. why is
this Why Is it that the people are turn
ing to a twice defeated leader for leader
snip in TINS great battle they have ever
fought
il il because the people have ever
watched him during these years he has
moved in the forefront OF a nation s
thought and political life and have never
found him wanting in any true element
of manhood. 1t is because the peopls
are tired seeing men In power whose
lives are full of Inconsistencies and
twisting and turnings- 1t is beaUse the
people realize that platforms. promises
and laws are but dead letters unless some
pure, honest, earnest and courageous man
breatheS the breath of absolute and un-
questioned sincerity of purpose into them.
It Is because the people have determined
to make no more fights, win no more VIC
tories for weakness, indecision and self
interest to sacrifice. The faith, hope and
courage of Mr.. Bryan have won the vic
tory over his party Is IL not an earnest
Of a victory over the people OF the entire
country and the beginning Of a new or
der Of things in the political life of the
nation
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
Thinks MAYS a Winner.

Mays is a sure winner in the second
primary for congress in this district.
When it is remembered that he came
into the race months after the other
candidates had begun their canvass
for votes it can only be acknowledged
that he has made remarkable race
With the average voter the discharge
of a promise to vote in the first Dri-
mary releases him in the second pri-
mary. and We must confess that to US
it looks like Mays is coming out OF
the second primary with a good big
majority of the votes cast. His hun
dredS of friends in Madison couny will
say with him TO the end.-Madison
Now EnterDriSe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
Finding a Horseshoe.

There Is a man who has very poor
idea of the horseshoe as a bringer OF
good luck.
"I found one In the road some time
ago" he remarked. "As a matter OF
fact, another old gentleman found it
also about the same time. We both
wanted il, and there was a tJssle for
it
ct got the shoe. black eye, torn
finger from a rusty nail in the shoe
and a sunBmops for assault and bat
terry.
at wasn't a very good start. but L
thought I'd giTe It a fair trial. OF
course in naRing the shoe up above the
front door l managed 10 snssh my
thumb and fail from the stepladder.
Then 1 sat down and waited for
the luck to begin. That shoe seemed
to be endowed with the power to at
tract trouble In every form.
.Duns, bai11fs, the landlord, measles
and poverty were rarely out Of the
house, and my faith was shaken
Then one day, when the rate col.
Iector was standing on the top step
that shoe came down with a crashP'-
"Ah." Interrupted the sympathizer.
Luck at lastp'
Not a bit Of it, sighed the unluckJ
one. TT missed him by a feet"-Lon-
don Answers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
Kehoe in AapaiachicoIa.

The high candidate for congress in
the first primary, Hon J. Walter ke-
hoe. reached ApalachicOla Tuesday
night, and after mingling with the
citizens throughout Wednesday, ad-
dressed the voters from Henry'S cor
ner on Wednesday evening, being in
troduced to the asSemblage by II. w.
Johnston, who referred to him as a
gentleman who by his long residence
on the SeacoaSt was familiar with the
needs of the harbOrS of Florida Mr..
Kehoe pledged himself that if elected
to congress he would do all in his
power to contribute TO the improve
ment of the Gulf Coast cOuntry-mOre
particularly that portion of the coast
embraced in the third district. His
remarks made an impression by their
earneStnesS and evident honesty of
expression. Mr. kehOe on Thursday
morning met a number Of ApaIachi-
colianS and discussed with them the
needs of the port, all of which was
done that he might be fitted with re-
liable information. He left Thursday
for Calhoun and Liberty counties, and
from thence will travel to st. An
ews-Apalachicola Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
The Saloons Were Open.

We understand that in Pensacola
the saloons remained opened in spite
of the law requiring them to close, on
election days. all day last Tuesday. II
The report is true it IS sad reflection
On the officers and citizenship OF that
influential metropolis. and one that
needs a severe Tebuke. The fiery
trials through which that people have
recently passed won the sympathy OF
every law-abiding citizen in the state
and ought to have stimulated among
them, one and all, the highest respect
for law. To say the least, these sa'
loon men should be required to pay
the severest penalty for such fragrant
outrage on the fair name of our state
that has granted them a license 70
carry on their business We hope
the report is not true.-Ldve oak
Democrat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
Stockton Will Win.

ed from the first primary to enable
those acquainted with the conditions
prevailing in this state to predict with
ordinary certainty the result of the
final outcome on June 18th. While
General Gilchrist leads Stockton $500
votes, there is little if any doubt but
that a sufficient number Of Jeff
Brownies vote will go to Stockton il
the second race to elect the latter.
Mr.. Browne acknowledges that he
cannot control this vote against Mr.
Stockton, and as they both stood for
virtually the same principle On the
prohibition question it is natural that
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-05
VOX POPULI
Mr.. MAcoIBsoN REPLIES.

Editor Pensacola Journal.
In answer TO Mr.. BOyettS article
in The Journal yesterday, | am a
democrat Of the strongest type. and
do not believe anybody but Mr. ROyett
is at all uncertain of il. Just because
Mr.. Bingham, who was at Millview on
business. mentioned that he was in
terested in me. should not affect MI
Boyett so seriously. Mr. Bingham is
the only republican that has taken
any interest in me that I am aware
of. and he is the only one that Mr..
Boyett has heard of, either.
Truly.
JAS. MacGIBBON.