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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

Congressman M. K. Smith has
been handed ''hot one" when he
is asked by his Republican oppon'
ent, Hon. Polite EIvins, where he
stands on the proposition of a tariff
reduction that must include lower
duties on lead and lead ores. This
question is the most vital of any
that touches the welfare of II large
portion of the people represented
by Mr.. Smith, and he will not be
permitted to evade it. He must
either confess that he fayors tariff
reduction on the chief industry
of his district or repudiate the
leading issue of his party in the
present campaign. MIR. Elvins
has Mr.. Smith cornered on the
tariff question.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

issue the Democrats should also
set forth "a plan whereby this re-
duction will not fall upon the
workingmen. Capital has never
yet, in such an event, failed to
protect itself. The Democrats
have repeatedly in times past low
cred the tariff until it was but
little protection to labor, and as
soon as the new schedules became
effective and the American manu-
facturer found himself obliged to
market his goods against foreign
competition he reduced the cost of
labor to place himself where he
could fight the products of cheap
foreign labor. Capital can pro-
tect itself against reduction IN
the tariff but labor can not.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16
The Shifting.

All the frauds against the prim
ary were not in the Third and
Sixteenth wards. Nor were they
limited to the Fifth and Twenty
second that went hell bent for Ball
against Cowherd. The vote was
swelled for Cowherd in every ward
but the two Ball wards, and the
Circuit Attorney will find it SO.
Ball was stuffed out of the Demo
cratic nomination after winning it
in the country. If the honest
country voters will swallow Cow
herd-well, they'll deserve the
kind of government Cowherd will
give them by way of apointees for
the gang that did the stufing.-St.
Louis Mirror.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

If there is anything discredit-
able about the present text book
law in this state it should be charg-
ed up to the party that is respon-
sibIe for it. The law was passed
by a Democratic legislature and
signed by a Democratic Governor,
and, according to Prof. Fox, a
Democratic State Superintendent
of Schools if the father of it. That
phase of the matter seems to have
been entirely overlooked in the
controversy that Prof. Fox has
presented. In every Democratic
county in the state the law is ac-
cepted without question by Demo-
cratic textbook commissioners,
who are making greater changes
in many instances than the text
book commission in this county
has made. There is no assault upon
the commissioners in these counties
for having perpetrated a "crime. "
The text book commissioners, here
or elsewhere, have no authority to
interpret the legality of the Sec
tions of the school book law, they
are obligated under their oath of
Office to carry out its provisions,
and as no court having jurisdiction
has ever decided that the provi-
sions of the law are ineffective they
remain in force. We would say
in addition that any member of the
text book commission who feels
that he cannot consientiously fu!.
fill the obligation the law places
upon him, he most certainly ought
to resign. To us, who have moth
ing at stake in the matter, either
one way or the other, the reawak'
ening of this question savors a
whole lot of mighty cheap politics.
Assail the law and those who made
it, but don't try to cast the whole
odium of a change in the text
books upon single member Of
onr county commission merely be-
cause he happens to be candidate
for representative from this
county.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

One of the meatiest, most sig
nifcant utterance in the Republi-
can platform is contained in the
following paragraph:
Notwithstanding the satisfactory
and efficient records that have been
made by the respective State Of
ficials during the last four years,
the people of Missouri are asked
in this campaign to restore the
conduct of the Slate affairs to that
faction of the Democratic party
that was driven from power in
1904. In this connection we call
the attention of the people to the
fact that the present Democratic
Governor of the State and many
of bis supporters haye frequently
charged in public speeches that
prior to 1904 the Democratic lead
ers then in charge of State affairs
had used police departments and
election boards of the large cities
as political machines; that they
had so prostituted the ballot to COR
rupt political purposes that elec-
tions no longer expressed the free
will of free people; that the po-
lice departments Of the large cities
had under .heir administration be-
come both inefficient and corrupt;
that the bribe giver' and the bribe
taker ''stalked through legislative
halls and went unwhipped of JUS
tice;" in fact, it was the charge of
Gov. Folk that the State Govern
ment had been so conducted by the
men then in control of the Demo
cratic party that the ''restoration
of the principles of common hon
csty had become the paramount is
sue in Missouri politics"
Practically every word of this
indictment of the Democratic par
ty as it was conducted before the
Folk reform movement swept the
State, smashing the old machine
and defeating its branded candi-
dates is true. The picture can not
well be painted too dark. The
old Democratic organization was
packed with corporation agents
and tools. Party leaders, while
denouncing corporation political
influence in: public dickered with
corporation representatives in pri-
yate. Corporation contributions
to party campaign funds were re-
ceiyed and concealed. Lobbyists
swarmed at the State capital deal
ing out favors to Legislators and
party leaders in return for polite
al and legislative tavors. Doodle
reigned in the State Legislature.
The exposure of one of several gi-
gantic Doodle deals shocked, not
only the State but the entire coun.
try. Measures were passed or
beaten as interested corporations
dictated.
1t is needless to revive the police
scandals of St. Louis in which the
force was not only put into poll
tics, but into nearly everything it
should have been ont of. The
police force was the instrument of
the political machine. 1t conniyed
at thuggery and shameless election
frauds.
But enough of unpleasant men,
ories. We call attention to the
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

The Lead Belt News having re-
printed an editorial squib from the
journal and credited it the Potosi
Independent, apologies for its mis-
take and says no "such stuff"
wonld be found in the columns of
that paper. We admit il. We
also admit that such "such stuff is
often a ranking dart in the thick
hide of our Democratic editor
friends, whose sensitiveness can
only be reached by ''stuff" that is
sharp enough to penetrate.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16
TAFT COMES FROM GOOD STOCK.
Family Ranked Among the 1laan
People for Many Years.

People for Many Years.
The Tafts-those who at present are
the Tafts-hail ancestrally from Ok
bridge. Mass, They say that Tafts are
SO thick in Uxbridge that even q wom-
an can't throw 4 stone without hitting
one.
Some years ago--in 1874. to Be exact
there was Taft reunion v Ux-
bridge, to which descendants Of the
original Robert Taft came Aockinx
from all parts Of the country. One Of
the conspicuous features a the AFFAIR
was a historical address BY Alphonss
Taft. father Of the present Republican
candidate. He traced the history Of
various branches Of the family, and
when he came to the one to which hs
and his children belonged he said:
Our family have not embarked nuch
upon national politics. except that they
have shared in the battles of the coun-
try when national independence was
to be won, and also when the Union
was at stake But brilliant political
careers have not been Characteristic Of
the Tafts in the past. 1t 10 not safe to
say what may be In store for then.
There 10 a tide in the affairs sf men
and also Of families
This is taken from the account Of
the reunion published at the time. A.
phonso Taft would perhaps have bsen
somewhat dazzied IL he could have fore
seen how quickly and brilliantly the
family would proceed to embark upon
national politics" He himself started
the turn OF the tide which he predict
sd. 1t seems to be reaching its Aood
In the career Of the son who that year
was entering Yale.
As Alphonso Taft described his i'm.
mediate ancestors one sees where his
son got certain characteristics Peter
Taft (1715) was n large. good.look-
ing man Of magnanimous disposition. :"
He had four SONS. =. .
Aaron. the candidates ancestor. was
also 70 magnanimous that hs lest
money by indorsins a friends notes /;
he was 4 man "of great intelligence
and integrity" And then, going ssne-
what further back. there was CAptais
William Taft. who took Blarney Cas-
tie in the sixteenth century by blar-
ney quite as much AZ By military
pr0wess." Coed stock was Captain
William from which to make q tWsn.
tieth century Secretary Of War VII
liam.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

The achievement of OrvilIe
Wright with his aeroplane. re-
naming in continuous flight for
more than an hour, with apparent
Iy perfect control of his machine,
is an advance in air navigation
that would make it appear as
though the problem is near solu-
ton and that before many years
man may be sailing through the
air no longer envious of the birds
in their fight.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16
For Truth Rather Than
for Party ExpedienCy.
Post Dispatch Points Out That Missouri Democracy Is Go
ing Away From Reform and Back to
"Qld Guard" Methods
THE VITAL QUESTION.

facts to emphasize the question
whether or not it is true as cbarg-
ed in the Republican platform that
the voters are asked to restore the
conduct of the party to the faction
which was driven from power in
1904.
That is the vital question 10 the
state campaign. \
Unfortunately there is nothing
in the proceedings of the Demo
cratic gathering at Jefferson City
to indicate that the party leaders
realized the value of the Folk re.
forms-realized at all that the
present reform administration is
the party's greatest asset in the
State campaign. There was no
public recog ,ition of the fact that
the party must depend upon the
reforms accomplished within the
past four years for its standing in
the State, and for its necessary
support from a large element of
Democratic and Independent vot.
ers. The platform perfunctorily
indorsed the Folk administration
with other administrations good,
bad and Indifferent. 1t indorsed
the record of Senator Stone, who
was the head and front, the guide
and counselor of the old discredit-
cd machine, which jammed bis
candidacy through the Legislature
against an overwhelming popular
sentiment, and whose leaders and
following are supporting bis can.
dida cy for re election. Conspicu-
Gus in the convention were several
discredited and beaten leaders of
the ''old gang" whose activity
suggested the ''gum sboe'' confer.
ences and backroom deals of the
past.
The Democratic convention had
the opportunity Of squelching the
issue raised by the Republicans be.
fore it was launched. 1t could
haye declared frankly and convinc-
ingIy its sympathy with the re.
form movement. 1t could have
repudiated the discredited leaders
who brought the party into con-
demnation and reproach. 1t could
have stood squarely on the Demo
cratic achievements of the past
four years and upon the reform is.
sues which they represent. 1t
could have assured the people be.
yond doubt that the party would
go forward on the lines of reform
which have accomplished so much
for the people of Missouri.
Having missed this opportunity,
having compromised with bis bad
past the party candidates have yet
to answer the vital question raised
by the Republicans:
Is the conduct of party to be
turned over to the faction which
was driven from power in 1904?
Is there to he any compromise
with the men and the methods re-
pudiated in 1904?
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

The Republican party In not o1ly
rich in men. but rich IL practical and
beneficial prineiples-it is rich too In
lis record. in promises performed and
pledges fulfilled. and ~ We are for
party and party principles fret aDl
will ac1uiesce In the choice ef the na-
iority. raIiyiug around the staHdarl
bearer who will carry ~ again u vic
tury--Hon. James s. Sherman.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

A Democratic paper says: ''The
West has been won, Bryan will
now 90 to the East and arrange
for carrying that section" Gosh.
Who'd a thought it? How easy!
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

There is nothing in the situation
of the Republican party of Mis-
souri, that would be improved by
an addition from this state to the
"Millionaires' Club" as the United
States senate is termed.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

State Treasurer Gmelich has
during the three years and nine
months of his term obtained $780,
2O3 interest on the state funds, or
oyer 100000 more than his
Democratic predecessor obtained
during his full four years term
Of Office.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

No one hustled to Fairview to
carry good news of the Vermont
election to MIR. Bryan. After the
returns were in the Democrats lost
all interest in the matter.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

When labor votes for Bryan it
will vote to give itself Il more in
definite rest than it has ever had
under Republican rule.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

Mr.. !srysn might make hit II tAs
I;oeky :louutain States BY proDosi1e .
federal guaranty of mining 0toch q.
poslts. .--O1,ahx D0a,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16
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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16
Sl.OO Per Annum.
Republican Ticket.

For President.
WILLIAM Fl. TAFT.
For Vice-President,
JAMES 8. SHERMAN.
For Governor,
HERBERT S. HADLEY.
For Lieutenant-Governor,
JACOB F. GMELlCH.
For Secretary OF State,
JOHN E. SWANGER.
For State Auditor,
JESSE A. TOLERTON.
For State Treasurer.
WILBUR F. MARlNG.
For Attorney General,
FRANK B. FULKERSON.
For Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioner,
WILLIAM w. WILDER.
For Judge Supreme Court,
ARGUS COX.
For Judge Court Of Appeals,
GEORGE D. REYNOLDS.
For Congress,
POLITE ELVINS
For Representative.
MARION e. RHODES.
For County Judge-lst Dist.
THOMASaH. B. PAUL.
For County Judged Dist.
GEORGE W. SEABOURNE.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
SIMON G.. NIPPER.
For Sheriff,
LAWRENCE w. CASEY,
For Assessor,
HENRY l.. SMITH.
For Treasurer,
NORMAN F. ROBINSON
For Surveyor.
HYRCANUS HAWKINS.
For Coroner,
FRANK w. MCFADDEN,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

While proposing general re-
daetion OF the tariff az campaign
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

ed at its hardness. ."-Macomb
(Ill.) journal.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-16

We are 10 receipt of the annual re-
port Of the State Board of Agricul-
ture for 1908, and flnd therein among
other interesting Information a des.
cription by Mr.. VIM. Riehl of this
place OF the building of bis concrete
farm house at The Naples farm. Be-
lieving this may prove OF interest to
many Of our readers, We reproduce the
article:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-25
Meets of the Golden Esu'e.

Every pair of eagles whose habits
have had an opportunity of watch
Ing over period of a few years
would seem to have invariably at
least two alternative sites for their
nests; some have three, and | know
of one with four sites. In fact, only
know of one pair out of many when
haDitually resort to but one place and
only one.
The reason for this is, however. sp-
parent, for owing to its situation it
has never been disturbed The nest
is in small cavern on the face of
an absolute wall of limestone rock
some 500 feet high. at about 400
feet from the summit Above the
cllii is talus OF loose stone at an
angle of 45 degrees or so, above which
again lise other pre- cipices. To reach
the nearoet point above this nest
would be long days work.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-25

Mr. Jacob A. Riis tells of a little
boy who earned his living by bl.: k
ing boots. Every Sunday he attc nd
ed a mission school. This school,
through its well-meaning teachers,
decided to have a Christmas tree Tire
gifts for the pupils were provided or
them by the teachers and some Pat
rons of the school.
Jimmy, the bootblack was there
Christmas Eve, but was much dis
appointed when his present proved to
be copy of Browning's poems. He
folded 1t carefully in the paper in
which he received it, and took IT
home.
The next Sunday the superinteld-
ent OF the mission school announced
that any child who was disappointed
with his or her gift could exchange it.
Jimmy marched boldly to the front
with his.
What have you there, Jimmy?'
Browning. SIR
And what do you want in ex-
changer"
'Blacking, sir"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-25
EXPERTS ADVICE OF EATING.
Authorit''s Tell Us What Foods W.
Should Consume and Avoid.

Sicero told us long ago that ne
should eat to live. not live to eat. and
Prof. Gautier, OF Paris, amplifies that
wise pronouncement in the course OF
very interesting article on How we
! Ought to Eat" The professor is the
sworn enemy of all culinary articles
the object of which is to stimulate
| taste. excite the appetite and induce a
man to eat without hunger and drink
without thirst.
These, he says, are prejudicial to
the maintenance of health. When one
has an appetite for plain bread,
vegetables or meat unmodified by any
seasoning then and then only can one
be said to be really hungry. Another
paternal recommendation which tho
professor makes is the old advice of
our gradmothers, that We should al
wa,s leave the table with slight
sensation of hunger not entirely ap-
peased.
1t appears that we lose every day
corresponding to 42O or 500 grams of
muscular flesh or analogous tissue,
An inhabitant of Paris, for instance,
recuperates on the average TO the ex-
tent of 1O2 or 1O3 grams a day.
As a guide to what we should eat
the professor tells us that the best
meat is that of animals fattened on
pasture land-beef and mutton. Then
comes poultry and pork fed on prod
uc;s of a vegetable origin whether
grain or herbaceous.
Cne should always avoid the flesh
of animals fattened to excess on mus
cular flesh and also, to a certain ex-
tent that of animals which are too
young. Veal is not good for either
gouty or arthritic people. 1t is not
recommended for people with fragile.
irritable eruptive skin.
Fish, excellent in itself when it is
quite fresh, is easy to digest, but it is
not suitable to eczematous persons or
those who have any other skin dis
ease. Black meats or game excite the
kidneys, predispose to gravel, to he
tatic congestions and to arterioscle
rosis. One may live absolutely with
out meat; one can not do without
vegetable ailments.
Eat with regularity and in accord
ance with the demands of hunger such
dishes as have always been regarded
as innocuous and remember that, as
rule, it is neither meats nor bouillon
nor wine nor spices nor coffee which
poison us, but their abuse.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-25
THE SCALE TAILED CRAB.
Naturalist Schaeffer Once Counted
Them, and Found 1,g02,6 ,604.

The crab known as the ale-tailed
apus was believed to have become ex-
tinct in Great Britain fifty years ago,
the last recorded specimens being
taken in the ponds on Hampstead
Heath. But now it has turned up
again in some numbers in two ponds
on Preston Merse, near Southwick. in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS About two and
half inches long, the apus bears a
very striking likeness to that remark
able creature the king crab, and this
because the fore part of the body is
covered by great semicircular shield
or carapace, while as in the king
crab, it swims on its back. In the
great number of its legs the scale
tailed apus has few rivals, while in
the number of the joints which these
share between them no other creature
can compare. The naturalist Schaef-
fer once essayed the task of counting
them and made the magnificent to-
tai of 1,S02,604. Latreille put down
the number at round 100000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-25
Musk Started a Riot.

In Berlin the other day a riot was
unwittingly started by woman who
had perfumed herself with musk to
such an extent as to cause annoyance
to the other occupants of car in
which she was a passenger. Other
outbreaks have been similarly caused.
In Paris very serious rioting was
started in 1S71-72 by people who
persisted in scenting themselves with
eau-de-cologne; the reason being
that this perfume is of German ori-
gin, and anything German was hated
in France. At Lyons, Bordeaux,
Amiens and elsewhere anti-cologne
societies were formed, whose mem-
bers pledged themselves forcibly to
prevent the use of the obnoxious
scent by their fellow citizens.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-25
Has the Freedom of Moro. :,

At least one European has the free
dom of Morocco without danger of
molestation or capture. Nine. Du
Cast, pretty society woman of Par
is, who had visited the country De-
fore, was commissioned sometime
ago by the French Government to
investigate and report on the agrirul-
tural resources of Morocco. She has
made many journeys into the inter-
ior, being furnished with escorts
sometimes by Raisuli. the famous
bandit; sometimes by the preterder
Muley Mohammed, and occasionally
by the Sultan himself
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-25
LONG MILITARY RECORD.
"iped the Army When the Present
Kings Father Was n Baby.

Sergt. Major Robert Elliott, of the
".tish army, has been awarded the
Jyal Victorian medal for the long
{ continuous service in the mill
" ranks of Great Britain. Sergt-
lior Elliott's service extends as
back as January. 1912. The
,dal was given by King Edward
rolgh Lord Allendale, the captain
the kings bodyguard. Sergt. MA
; Elliott is now in his eignty-first
ear. He was only fifteen years old
hen he joined the second battalion
[ the Kings Rifles. Much of his
ervice has been in South Africa and
\ the West Indies. At recent in
pection of the guards, King Edward
lad lengthy chat with the old SOL
lier. Tho Prince of Wales accom-
panied the king and asked the vet
eran When did you join the army?"
When your father was two months
and two days DID," responded the
Washington Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-25
Barefoot Briuade."

In Paris barefoot brigade" is
trying to make converts. Their chief
is painter of talent, who believes
that going barefooted is absolutely
essential to health. In his studio he
wears no foot covering OF any kind,
and when he is out he wears specially
made shoes which are perforated so
as to allow free access to the air, wat
er and snow.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-25
Export of Cape Colony Diamonds

The export of Cape Colony dia-
monds during 1906 amounted to
$33,247,076, or a large increase as
compared with 1905, the greater
part of which, both cut and uncut,
went to the United States through
European ports. In addition the ex-
port of Transvaal diamonds through
Cape Colony last year amounted to
$7729,301, Orange River diamonds
to 81, ,046,92S and Rhodesia diamonds
to $2S,469.