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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25
PHILOSOPHY OF BRYANISM.

BY deduction and inference the phi
Losopny OF Organism Is made clear to
the simplest understanding. To illus
trate-
If corporations abuse their power
destroy them. Likewise if the plumb
ing in yOur house is bad set fire to the
building in order to rebuke the tricky
plumber.
according to Bryan-is
created by legislation, not by labor.
Therefore abolish the taxing power as
a needless oppression and raise rev.
enues by FIAT.
Al monOpolies are unjust and dan
Serods- Hence We should abolish the
pateat laws and thus discourage the
Development of inventive genius.
Federal ownership of trunk line
railroads is necessary. Consequently
there must be Federal training
schools for the instruction of locomo-
tive engineers, firemen, brake1Aen.
contractors, baggage masters, etc.
There is danger, says Bryan, that
the American dollar may be made
too honest" Obviously the way to |
avoid mat peril is to make the Ameri- |
can dollar thoroughly dishonest |
through free silver at sixteen to one.
Labor IS insufIiciently rewarded, |
says Bryan This is true generally.
but particularly as to the convict la
Dor OF Democratic States in which
alone that infamous system prevails.
1aT1h Tor revenue only-meaning
Tree Lrade-is desirable, so BRYAN
says BY the same token low wages
for American labor are preferable to
high pay, trade depression is better
than prosperity and the rusting ma
ch1neTy Of idle mills is more beautiful +
than TIE music of industrial activity.
The philosophy of Organism en- ,
cOurages industrial discomfort. and f
inches strife between employer and >
smplOye. III means cheap men, cheap ]
labor and low wages paid in dishon- :
est dollars. 1t is to-day precisely r
what It was in 1895 and in 1900. and "
has never misled or buncoed the ma 6
ortty OF the people even for an hour. =
Ihe trail Of the serpent is over it all. f.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25
TAFT'S CHARACTER AND BRYARS
fFrom the Philadelphia Press. ,


The difference between Judge Taft
and Mr.. Bryan is precisely the differ
ence between the policies for which
President Roosevelt and the ReDub-
lican party stand. and the crazy.
half-baked proposals of PoDulism,
corporation hater5 and railroad bait
ers, to which Mr.. Bryan is the real
heir.
The Republican legislation of the
last four years proposed a fair, i'm
partial court, in the Interstate Com
merce Commission, where any ship
per could go who thought a rate too
high and any railroad who thought a
rate too low. To this was added the
requirement of complete and accurate
reports of all railroad operations.
Justice, law and publicity are the Re-
publican Roosevelt policy, and Judge
raft Is its direct heir by character,
training, experience and record. But
this is not what Mr.. Bryan has inner
tied or the estate to which he has
been adjudged heir in the probate
court of public opinion. The whole
sale sweeping cut of freight rates. the
marrying of railroads, wild schemes |
or Government ownership, laws de- !
lylng railroads and corporations a re-
sort to the Federal courts-these are |
he assets of the inheritance to which |
William J. Bryan, Populist, agitator
md corporation batter, is heir.
1t is because the American people
ropOse to reform railroads and great
operations by justice, law and pub
icity that the voters of the country
urn to Judge Taft as the rightful
cir of the work of the past four
ears.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25
TAFT ON THE STUMP.

That was no con talk. He amt
no great orator, but you bet he means
what he says. Bryan wouldn't have
told us the truth as plain as that, but
he meant what he said, and he's got
the nerve to tell the truth" These
are but few of the comments, ali of
the same tenor, which could be heard
when Judge Taft addressed 400 coal
! miners recently at Athens, Ohio.
In the speech Mr.. Taft declared to
! the union miners that he had issued
| injunctiOns. Said he: 4 issued them
because the rights of the plaintiffs
demanded it. When l am on the
bench I enforce the law, and I have
no apology to offer" After the utter
ance there was a pause of almost dra-
matte intensity, and then those 400
miners broke not only into applause,
but cheers.
With the Nebraskan manipulation
of language in mind Judge Taft said
to a Sandusky audience: "I cannot
dwell in the cerulean blue, but have
to deal with facts" Because Bryan
has more experience than any public
speaker of the day on the stump, and |
this experience includes several Pres !
idential campaigns in which he was |
the candidate it was thought in some |
quarters that the Republican candi- |
date might be at a disadvantage at |
this game. But Mr.. Taft has come on
in this regard. At first he
spoke from manuscript, then from
notes, and at Sandusky and Athens
he spoke eXtempOraneOusly, as he did
at various points on the route to Gin
and the effect was instanta-
neous in spOntaneity of responsive
chord.
Bryan's ability at word painting
and to clOthe glittering nOthings with
poetical language, is now becoming
TO be regarded merely as such. 1t is I
Ill something apart from the business
IN hand. 1t is like play acting. Good ,
enough to see and hear, but very lit +
lie use when we all get back to work. :
lil very entertaining, but no help in .
he affairs of life that daily press. :
Tor this reason Mr.. Bryan's light and :
Try nOthings do not make the lasting =
Impression on his audiences which the ,
nipple truths that Mr. Taft expresses .
Nth such absence of oratorical effort =
lake upon his hearers. The situa- q
ion is something like the debate be- q
ween Douglass and Lincoln. The =,
primer tickled and swayed his hear =,
RS, but they carried away what Lin g
DIN said, and the great Abolitionist y y
ad completely won them when they a
OF home. Much in the same way a
ryan's most enthusiastic auditors ~
'r the most part will go home and -
link it all over and then vote for
aft.
Oratory for mere oratory's sake
it'll nothing behind it in the way of
iggested serious achievement is the ia
feet produced by the brilliant orator tn
the Platte. One has been enter &C
ined by the rhetoric of young men eli
st emerging from a college course, ia
1t hardly impressed as much as by pu
hat IS said by one of distinguished II
bile service or of achievaro onts in en-
e affairs of life. As Judge Taft of
arts out onehis speechmaking cam tn
ign no misgivings need be enter gi'
med as to the outlook. du
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25

While listening to or reading Bry-
ans attacks on wealth, good Amer
leans should not forget the example
furnished by William Howard Taft.
He has been a public servant many
years and is still poor. How much
do you suppose he could have re-
ceived from any big corporation law
firm during that time for his legal
services had he been willing to lay
aside his duty to his country to feath-
er his nest.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25
YALE MEMS FEALTY TO Mr.. TAFT

Rising above the comparatively I'M
important and conventional consid-
erations that surround Mr.. Taft's col
lege days, one enduring feature APP
peals to the attention. That is the
absolute and unquestiOning loyalty
| with which his classmates, and Yale
men generally cleave to him. The
! tealty of rs men to Mr. Taft is in
! nnltely stronger than it was when
| they clasped hands for the last time
as undergraduates on commencement
! day.
The reasons for this are plain. He
has f1attered them by vfndfeating
their faith that he would go far in the
worlds affairs; that, as his father
prophested of him as a boy, Me
diocrity wifi never do for VIII. " And
ne mas returned confidence with con-
hdence, loyalty with loyalty, affection
Tor affection and trust for trust. He
mas never put aside an opportunity to
acknowledge the Indebtedness to the
men Of rs for the uplifting impulse,
the sustaining force that their regard
for him has been in dark hours when
and bad1ed endeavor
Knocked.
Taking leaf from his personal ex-
per1enee, he narrated before the stu |
dent body Of the University Of wis
eonslnr In talk on college friend
ships, this incident:
While in Manila in 1902 1 was
alone in what they call the palace
Win only Chinese servants, and l
was on my back with q very painful
lllhess. Inc government had not
been going just as we all would have
liked it. The newspapers were criti-
;lslng, as they always do, but thew
seemed to have more ground for criti-
ism at that time. The shadows of
night were coming on, and the dav ]
lad Just reached that period when
everything that is burdensome or Des-
iimistic seems to lengthen with the
ihadows. was very much depressed
Fhen cablegram was handed me. j
Yale had been celebrating her
'OOth anniversary, and all the class
.ad gathered there to honor her in
nat celebration. l had forgotten it s
the woes l had, but when this I
aolegram was opened l remembered {
MS IS what it said: We love Won. {
M, and we are with you in every
nlng you are doing. Yale, rs. a
NOW, II the sun had returned and t
none into that room, 1t could not o
ave given me more light. It could n
OF nave given me more strength to D
leet the burdens which were not /
ght at that time, than that MESSAGE G.
ON those men. l could feel myself Il
anding elbow to elbow, because w
new that they were my most gener- IL
is critics, that they would bear anv h,
eject that'a man might have because h,
icy knew that his heart was right: n,
lat they would bring to bear In "
cir judgment of him the charity. the r
We and the deep feeling of comDan- or
nship which nothing but a college he
can give. or q,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25

General Jacob Coxey, of Ohio.
whose army Of unemployed marched
to Washington only to be kicked of
the grass By a solitary policeman. is
Rocking with Bryan this year. This
is distinctly proper and consistent.
These eminent reformors for revenue
only have both become wealthy by
shOufIHE Calamity" invarious tones
of VDIee-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25

Whatever may be his (Mr. Bryan's)
present political potentially may be
ascribed to the fact that hitherto he
has not been allowed to carry out his
program. - Governor Hughes at
Youngstown, Ohio.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25

Now that Samuel Gompers is in
politics he must expect to be closely
watched by many of his followers who
are anxious to see whether he will
develop any ambitions for personal
benefit.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25

Leaders will gather to talk with
Bryan, runs news headline. They
may gather, but they will never have
a chance to talk.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25

Mr.. Taft recently was uuotod as
expressing himself in this way.
can't conceive Of anything more
depressing than to be denied partici-
patlon IN an active campaign or to be
Kept quietly in one place, depending
wholly upon necessarily fragmentary
reports as to what is going on and as
to what conditions are"
so Judge Taft said, in speaking of
MS prospective speaking tour. This
Is characteristic of the man. He
could not shirk if he tried.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-25

Taft campaign buttons are in great
demand IN Delaware and Maryland.
Campaign buttons do not vote, bit
their wearers do. What's the an
swer?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
Animals and Birds That Fight.

You would hardly believe that moles,
clumsy and almost blind, become per
feet demons when they quarrel. No
one knows what they quarrel about,
but If they once start fighting one has
to die. They will keep on in the pres
ence of any number of spectators,
hanging on to one another like bull
dogs and burying their enormously
strong jaws and teeth in one another's
flesh.
Hedgehogs, another type Of the quiet,
inoffensive looking animal, not only
fight but always to the death, and
when cue is killed the other generally
devours him.
Hares, on the other hand, are proven
bially the most timid of creatures, yet
they can fight. A fight between two
hares is ludicrous sight, as they skip
and jump over one another. But
blow from the hind legs Of hare Is
no joke to his opponent.
Among birds, robins are the most
pugnacious. More than one case could
be quoted Of two robins SO frant1cally
set on killing one another as to have
allowed themselves to be picked up in
the hands Of a locker on and there
have lain with beak and claws deeply
buried In one another's plumage.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
William LanyOn

died at his home in this city on Sun
day afternoon, June 81, aged 74years.
He had been in failing health for
many months and the close of his life
was not unexpected.
The decedent was born Feb %, 1884,
near Truro, Cornwall, England. In
1910 he came to America with his par
ents, who located in Mineral Point,
his residence until death. In August
1865 he was united in marriage to Miss
Maria Thomas. To them were born
eleven children, five of whom with the
wife and mother survive to mourn
their loss. The sons and daughters
now living are: William LanyOn of
Pitt8burg, Kansas; Mrs. Ella Vaughan
Of Brooklyn, N. Y, Colonel Lanyon
of lola, Kansas; Mrs. Mertie Meserole
Of Mineral Point; and Mrs. Daisy
Posey of New York City. They we're
all at home when death came.
William LanyOn was first in bust
ness hardware and TIM with his faith
err After closing out this line of bus
mess he went into the grain business
with his brother Cyrus continuing in
it until May 1882, when he engaged in
the zinc business with his brothers
Cyrus and Josiah, under the firm
name of W. & J. Lanyon. He cOntin-
ued in this business until 1899, when
the business was sold to the Lanyon
Zinc company. At the death of Cy-
rus l1904) the firm was dissolved and
the same firm name continued by
William and Josiah up to the present
time. In business William LanyOn
had few superiorS. He was always
very 8ociable and made friends wher
ever he went.
The funeral took place on Wednes-
day afternoon with services at the
home, conducted by Rev. W. 7.
Walker. The burial was in Grace
land, under the auspices OF Mineral
Point Lodge No. l, Of which decedent
was a member.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
MTennle of PRIVILEGE"

A tariff laid to protect an industry
from competition is in its very nature
nothing but a privilege. What is the
effect of privilege granted to a class
It is not long before it comes to be
regarded as a right. The class organ
ICES to fight to preserve it; it allies It
self with other classes enjoying privi-
Ieges. These people unite to preserve
their privileges in exactly the way
that the mobiles and the church and the
army have in other countries and in
other times. What we have done with
our high tariff, our reckless land
grants, our unlimited franchises, our
winking at railroad discrimination, is
tC rear a temple of privilege in our
land. To support this means more
privilege, always more privilege, a
thing so greedy that it is demanding
now that last and cruelest sacrifice.
the youth of little children and the
working hours of mothers.
To substitute a privileged aristoc'
racy for democracy is an immoral
thing 1t is destroying the very foun-
dations of our manhood. The time was
when to be an American meant that
one must stand on his own feet and
ask no mans aid. We, have now come
to boast Of luck and of advantage and
of protection, a poor exchange, indeed,
for self reliance-Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell
in an Address at the Recent Tariff Re-
form Dinner Of the Reform Club.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
South Dakota Lands,

J. D. James has just returned from
South Dakota, where he made a sale
Of land to John Stevens of Linden.
Mr.. James says that no state in the
Union can show better prospect for
a good crop than South Dakota can.
If there is a second Iowa it is South
Dakota. and the place for you young
men to get a nice farm. It will not be
many years before that portion of the
state east of the Missouri river will be
all settled, and land will be as high
in price as Wisconsin or Iowa. Now
to my old Mineral Point friends, L
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
lanes SutherS

died suddenly, at his home just south
of this city, at about eight o'clock on
Tuesday evening, June %; aged
nearly 70 years. His death was
wholly unexpected, as he had been at
WORK in his garden up to q few hours
of his departure. He was born in
Oldham, near Manchester England,
July 26, 1885. He came to America
when eight years Of age. In 1856 he
was united in marriage to Ellen
Avery. To this union eleven children
were born, of whom five are living
namely: William J. Suthers, Mrs.
Ellen Hartford, Mrs. Annie Grange,
Clarence Suthers, all of this place,
aad Henrietta Dunn of Atlanta, Mo-
The mother died in January 1876. On
Sept. 25, 1880, Mr.. Suthers was united
in marriage to Marie Perry, who sur
wives him He was an upright, indus
trious man. He spent the year 1861
and 1865 in California, and some time
after his return, conducted a general
store in Mineral Point. The funeral
will take place tomorrow, Friday
afternoon, with services at the home
and burial in Graceland, Rev. w. T.
Walker officiating.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
Queer Story of a Grave.

A curious barren mound is to be seen
in Montgomery churchyard. What
ever the cause, there is plainly to be
seen a strip of stcriIity in the form of
q cross among q mass of verdure.
With the mound a melancholy legend
Is connected. 1t is called Roberts
Grave" and the story is that beneath
this barren hillock lie the remains Of
an innocent man who was hanged ON
mistaken evidence. 1t is said that
while the man stood on the gallows
with the rope round his neck he sol
emily declared, as a proof of his innO-
cence, that grass should never grow on
his grave. And even so it was and is.
Any one who attempts to Illustrate the
fulfillment of this prophecy by sowing
grass on this spot pays the penalty
with his life. Instances are given of
individuals who have been rash enough
to do so and have met their doom soon
afterward.-Ca Western Mail.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
PASSED FROM THIS LIFE
IOhn COnnaughtOn

died az his home in this city, on Sat-
urday afternoon, at about half past
two o'clock; aged nearly 76 years.
He was born June "a, 1892, in the
town of Boyle, county RoscommOn,
Ireland. In 1858, in Manchester,
England, he was united in marriage
to Miss Sarah Vernon, and they came
to America in 1863. To this union
were born six children, four of whom
survive the father. Mrs. Connaughton
died on Sept. q, 1884. Mr.. Con-
naughton was one of Mineral Points
sturdy citizens, kind neighbor and
friend.
The funeral took place on Monday
morning, with services in ST. Pauls
Catholic Church. and burial in the
family lot in ST. Paul's cemetery.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25

will make excursions the first and
third Tuesday of each month to South
Dakota, and invite you all that want
to get farm to go with me. | will
put my time against your time, and
show you one of the best states in the
Union where you can raise corn as
well as in Iowa. Anyone who wants
to go, leave word with Crawford
Brothers.
The Australian Blacks.
1t is believed by many persons that
the blacks in Australia are dying out.
AS a matter of fact says a correspond
ent of the London Standard, no such
thing is happening. The belief, how
ever, is easily explained. AS civiliza-
ton advances, and it is yearly advanc-
ing, the blacks recede farther and far
Their into the back blocks and unknown
country save a few who have acquired
the craving for opium or drink. These
latter succumb amid the advancing
wave of civilization and seldom leave
any children. Those who have passed
inland, if they do not increase, have
certainly not decreased. In some few
cases whole tribes have died out when
civilization has reached them, but
these have usually been small tribes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
The Exercisa Runahno.

My personal experience fatty contra
diets what almost every Psychologist
and physical cultuYist has taken for
granted-namely, that regular exercise
is necessary daily If one is to keep III
good condition 1t may be necessary II
mistakes are being made in diet-that
is, If there is waste matter to be elm
mated through the skin and lungs, etc.
In this case exercise covers a multi
tude of physical sins. 1t may be nee
essary also If certain muscles of the
body are undeveIoped and below the
normal But I have collected quite q
number of examples Of those who have
more or less normal muscles and who
pay attention to what they shall eat or
avoid and who keep in good condition
without systematic exercise at all, and
this for weeks together. They, like my
self, enjoy exercise when they can get
It, but they do not depend on 1t for
their health and fitness. The advan-
tage from a business point of view is
obvious. If one does not need to spend
time and energy and perhaps money,
too, on q course" then one has SO
much more time and energy and money
for other purposes. One is practicing
true economy-Eustace Miles in Met
ropolitan Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
Friendly Trade Versus BattIeships.

"It pays so much better to sell the
foreigner our industrial product than
to wage war with him that our invest
ments ought to take the former rather
than the latter direction. In the long
run commerce is a better national de-
Tense than ornaments, giving the
country UNNECESSARILY more strength.
The true defense against enc
mics is not to have them, and from
that a promotion of commerce can
most effectually save us"
There is nothing more sound in NOR
ais and economics than these words of
the committee on interstate commerce,
spoken at the recent convention Of the
National Manufacturers association. s
liberal part of the nations expendi-
lures for battleships devoted to the ex-
tension of commercial friendships with
foreign peoples would be much more
effective and more profitable form Of
insurance But large results can be
secured without any expense at all by
letting down the tariff bars which pre-
vent the foreign competition which
would give US relief from our greedy
trusts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
Making Shot.

Even among sportsmen there are
probably many people who are not ac-
quainted with the manner in which
shot is made The process is carried
out at what is known as a shot tower
This is a tall tower of metal or stone
with a tank at the top filed with mott
en- lead. The bottom of this tank Is
perforated with holes, and there is a
slide underneath it, also perforated.
This slide is pulled from side to side,
and every time two holes come oppo-
site each other a small quantity of
molten lead falls through. AS these
drops fall through the air they assume
q globular shape, and if the tower is
of sufficient length they solidify before
reaching the bottom. Here they fall
into tank of cold water and are cool
ed When the shot has to be small the
slide is worked more quickly than
when it has to be larger.-Pearson's
Weekly.