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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10
furnished two of the candidates FOR
tho nations state house.

furnished two of the candidates Tor
the nations state house.
It was quickly evident that public
opinion was drifting toward the Dem
ocratic candidate, for there was
general feeling that the election or
Pierce offered greater guarantees OF
peace than did the election OF Scott
Peace was the one great thing the Vol-
ers sought, and he would have cast
his ballot for any candidate or any
party which could have guaranteed
this one desire. The drifting sentiment
toward Pierce could not be stopped
He remained quietly IN his New
Hampshire home throughout the cam
paign and by his own actions and his
own methods of campaigning suggest
ed that peaceful condition which the
country sought.
Pierce carried every state except
four. receiving 254 electoral votes,
against AZ for Scott. The only states
voting against Pierce were Vermont
Massachusetts. Tennessee and Ken
lucky. The popular majority exceed
ed 100000, while his electoral major
| ity was the largest since 1920.
| Thus the Democrats had apparently
won the confidence of the people
| Slavery compromise measures mac
been unreservedly endorsed and APP
parentiy the status of every acre o
the territory of the republic so far as
the existence of slavery was concern
ed seemed to be definitely fixed. I'm
fortunately for the repose OF the
country, however, Tie factors did no
keep their pledge and almost within
a year after their accession to powe
they had reopened the question ant
the controversy was raging witt
greater fury than at any time Sine
the foundation OF the government.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10

with an embarrassing polltlcal record,
the leaders declared that with Tay-
Tor, who was in many respects a char
acter OF the type of Harrison, the sue
cess of 1910 could easily be repeated.
Accordingly he was nominated on the
third ballot, On the first ballot his
principal opponent was Henry Clay,
the perennial candidate whose friends
were SO loyal and SO many that al
though Clay was now 10 years of age, |
they We're still insisting that he enter
the White House. On the first ballot |
he received 81 votes as against III |
for Taylor. Webster was also now i'll
the evening Of life and felt it was his !
last chance to gain the presidency, but /!
on the third ballot the choice of Tay-
| Tor was assured, and to the ticket
was attached the name of Willard Fill
more OF New York as the party nom
inee for vice president third par
ty. representing Is states and made
UP partly of Wigs who were disgust
ed at the nomination of southern
stakeholder. together with those north
eln Democrats who disliked the
trimming attitude of Cass, held con-
vention at Buffalo. This was the in
ception and birth Of the Free Soil par
ty which stood Souarely under the
banner of Gree Soil. Free Speech,
Free Labor and Free Men, 1t adopted
a platform denying the power OF con
gress to establish slavery in the ter
ritories and demanded that it be pro.
hibited in those where il already eX-
listed 1t declared that congress had
no more power to make slave than
to make king. The Free Soil party
nominated the venerable eX-President
Van Buren, for another term in the
White House.
in the meantime fourth party,
thinking along the lines OF the Free
Sellers and yet more liberal in their
views and more rabid combined
themselves into the Abolitionists.
, They held q convention ir Utica, N. Y.
and indorsed the nomination of Van
Buren,
, Thus Van Buren, was the nominee
of all the anti-slayery elements. of the
country, and this element in the pivot
! al state of New York determined the
: result of the election. The detection
: OF anti-slavery Democrats from Cass
y in New York threw the sc electoral
: votes of New York to General Taylor
y and elected him by only that majority
!. the total vote standing 1853 for Taylor
and 1877 for Cass.
e Thus the question of slavery and its
j. extension definitely entered the pages
u of American history. Van Buren,, the
5, first out and ont anti-slavery candi
it date for president, received no cleo
2. toral votes. but his aggregate popula
l. vote exceeded 100000, and in New
l. York. Massachusetts and Vermont h'
Y outran Cass.
b. AS an evidence Of the disintegratiol
h OF political parties along sectiona
e lines it is worthy of note that in thu
A. campaign Of 184S six southern state
ID voted for the Wing candidate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10
sRYAn,s IGNORANCE OF HISTORY

II W. J. Bryan would read little
of the country's history as regards
the tariff question he would not ask SO
letters TO President Roosevelt he
says:
"The Democratic party will con-
tinue tariff reduction by gradual
stages until the revenue tariff is
reached Will the president say that
that is a calamity" We can frankly
say to MI Bryan that the president
most certainly will say that that kind
of tariff legislation will be calamity.
There can be no question about that.
It has been tried, and it brought as
terrible calamity as this country
ever had
In 1888 President jackson signed
just such tariff bill as Mr.. Bryan
proposes to inflict upon the country
now. In less than three years, or just
as soon as the country began to feel
the effects of this gradual reducing
tariff bill one of the worst panics the
| country ever saw was in full swing.
In Colton's Life of Henry Clay the
| conditions that were brought about by
reducing the tariff by gradual stages"
| Gas Mr.. Bryan expresses it) are des-
cribed as follows
| "Tn Ohio. with all her abundance, It
was hard to get money to pay taxes.
The sheriff Of Musklngum county, as
stated in the Guernsey Times, in the
summer OF 1912, sold at auction ten
hogs at 6Hc each; two horses at 50
each, and two cows at 81 each In
Pike county, Missouri, the sheriff sold
three horses at $3.50 each; one large
one calf, the lot at 1925; twenty sheep
at 1870 each. and twenty-four hogs,
the lot at Csc"
| 1t doesn't take very vivid imagin.
alton to consider it a calamity that
when you go to sell your horses you
only get 81 apiece for them, and one
dollar a head for COWS If that ISM
a calamity. what is It?
If Mr.. Bryan can find any better
definition Of calamity than having tc
sell hogs at SIC each or four hogs
for a quarter, will he please tell us
what 1t IS.
Under just the kind OF tariff Law
that Mr.. Bryan proposes to spring or
the country. people living in Ohio. In
diana and Illinois couldn't get money
enough out Of what they could raise
In both crops and stock, to pay theil
taxes, and workmen were absolutel!
penniless.
The fear that Mr.. Bryan's theories
t might win have been a serious handi
: cap to the progress of this countr.
every four years since 1892.
Sixteen years ago Mr.. Bryan wen
I around the country talking for wha
he is talking for now. The people be
lieved him and voted the way h
wanted them to. The result was, Cox
eys, Kelleys and Hogans armies. SOU
: houses, people out of work and bes
t ging- for bread and employment
Prices Of farm products went almos
s to nothing. Prices of farm product
+ are always low when labor is unen
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10
IN HRYAN's OWN STATE.

AT the annual convention of the Ne
braska Bankers association the fol
lowing resolution opposing the Bryan
plan OF guaranteeing bank deposits,
was adopted:
Whereas, The members Of the Ne.
braska Bankers association may take
a pardonable pride in the fact that
during the past ten years not one ma
tional bank has failed, and that but
two or three Of the smaller stare
banks have failed within that period
thereby furnishing conclusive evis
dence to the public that the regula-
ton by the state and federal govern
ment has reached a high state OF eff
ficiency, and also that high stand
ard of morality and ability must exist
on the part of the bank management
in the state in order to have made
such glorious record possible, there
fore, be it
Resolved, That we favor the enact
ment of any law. state or national,
which would tend to produce greater
stability to our banking institutions
or afford greater safety and security
to depositors, but that we are opposed
to the enactment Of any general law
of guaranty which imposes special
tax, believing that such law would
impose an unlimited or unknown liza
bility upon every bank subject there
! to, that it is unfair and unjust tc
compel the honest conservative and
experienced banker to become liable
for the dishonest incompetent and in
| experienced one; that it would lower
the standard OF banking and would in
vite into the field the unreliable ant
inexperienced; that the principle o.
forcing one man or corporation tt
guarantee or pay the debt Of another
contrary to his will. Is both wrong IL
morals and conflicting with all es
tablished principles OF law and jus
tice"
A hard fight was made to secure
favorable action on the Bryan plal
because OF the fact that Nebraska il
Bryan's own state, but the banker
did not allow craftsmanship to war
their business Judgment and the,
went on record as opposing the Bryal
plan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10
BRYAN A QUARTER HORSE.

M. Bryan is not whlt could pe
called a good racer He is what could
Ibe better termed a quarter horse.
! After the nomination he starts out
with head up, gritting his teeth on
the bits and gets off ahead of every
thing. He trots like 3 machine
around the frst turn, breaks on thu
back stretch. has shot his bolt b. rho
time he gets in the third quarter, and
is entirely played out at the head OF
the stretch.
In 1896 and 1900 he was practically
out OF it by the first week in October,
and it is the same this year. He has
simply repeated He is falling far
Their and farther in the rear, while his
opponent is going faster and getting
stronger all the time.
When Bryan starts in on CAM
paign, he takes UP some propositioa
that Is attractive at the first glance,
and he nlonopolizes the visible supply
of hot air in telling the people Of the
country about it.
He can get under Roadway quicker
than anyone else, and he goes far and
near, and talks loud and long, and in
A little while everyone is acquainted
with his plan. He tells the people
about what he proposes to do il he
Is elected and they go to hear him
they listen attentively.
Then after the people have gone tc
hear him and listened to him state his
proposition, they go home and I'll
down for a little serious considera
ton.
That serious consideration by the
naorlo ~ nv prvon's n1aO is his IN
doing
For when the American people 81
down and calmly and logically anf
seriously consider national issue
they do not make mistakes.
THE American people have seriousl.
considered Mr. Bryan's previou
PLANS.
That is the reason he has neve
been elected president.
The American people are now SER
us1y considering his present PROPOSE
IN ms.
y hat is the reason he Is not goin
he elected president.
II each bank is to guarantee the de
posts Of other banks, then why no
each grocer guarantee the debts Of tn
other grocers, and each dry good
merchants and each neighbor guarar
tee the debts of the other neighbors
His present plan Is. just as absur
as those he has had in the past.
would do away entirely with any sens
Of moral obligation.
A general business plan should loo
TO the building Of moral integrity An
honesty instead Of the elimination
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10
THE DIFFERENCE.

The Omaha Bee, commenting on
the printing by a newspaper of two
photographs to show. how strongly
Mr.. Bryan resembles the late P. T.
Barnum, says there is big difference
between the two men. however. Mr..
Barnum succeeded in fooling the peo-
pie Bryan has failed, though he has
tried hard. The Bee might also have
mentioned that another difference be.
tween the two men was that Barnum
had a show
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10

At this distance from the scene,
as the Chicago Tribune views it-Mr.
Bryan's new treasurer, presents the
appearance Of an innocent and con-
flding person holding sack. the
other per son having gone away for
the ostensible purpose of driving the
snipe into It.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10

The articles daily in the Courier
dealing with presidential elections OF
the past are worth reading. They are
not Of partisan nature and aim to
deal with the plain historical features
of these campaigns.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10

Now after the Giants lick the Doves
or vice versa and that tie game is
played off, large percentage Of our
population can give serious thought to
this political situation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10
SUGAR COATED CHRISTIANITY.

The pastor Of church at TAYLOR
willie, Ill, announces that on next
sunday evening he will add vaude-
Vile features to the regular services
In the hopes of bringing bigger
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10

Oskaloosa and Kalamazoo will be
given a respite now that the joke
smiths have a Herzegovina 10 daily
with
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10
FOR Representative In Congress,
Sixth District,
n. f, KENDALL.

For State Representative.
E. ]. MOORE.
For County Auditor,
]. A. BALLARD.
For County Clerk.
EDWIN DUNCAN.
For County Sheriff,
THOMAS. STODGHILL
For County Recorder,
l.. l.. SWENSON.
For County Surveyor.
W. c. WYMAN.
For County Attorney,
W. S. COEN.
For County Treasurer,
C. A. MARBLE.
For County Coroner.
DR.. A. w. SLAUGHT.
For County Superintendent.
ESTHER NICOLSON.
Members Supervisor.
A. ]. T'AIRCH1LD,
]. w. JORDAN.
For Justices CT p
T. r. BICKLE1.
NJ. J.. KIRK.
For Constable
c. A. CRAWL
w. A. DERBN
For Trustee,
II. F. MICHA.
For Assessor!
r. II ARNESS.
Township Clerk.
HARRY THRONE.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For President,
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT,
Of Ohio.
For Vice President.
JAMES S. SHERMAN.
Of New York.
For Governor,
B. F.. CARROLL.
For Lieutenant Governor,
GEORGE W. CLARK.
For Secretary of State,
w. C. HAYWARD.
For Auditor Of State,
JOHN L. BLEAKLY.
For Treasurer Of State.
W. w. MORROW.
For Attorney General,
III. W. BYERS.
For Judge Supreme. Court
SILAS NJ. WEAVER,
SCOTT NJ. LADD,
WILLIAM D. EVANS.
For Supt. Public Instruction.
JOHN F. RIGGS.
For Clerk Of Supreme Court.
III. l.. BOUSQUET,
For Railroad Commissioner.
n. S. KETCHUM.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10

Dir. Bonham's Office IS equipped with new and
improved apparatus for treating Chronic dis
eases. X-Ray, Violet Ray, Galvanic Electri
city Electric Baths Catarrhal Sprays Inha1
ing Apparatus, Electric Vibrator
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10

o. M. Moss, Hiteman. says:
CDR. Bonham cured our little
boy of rupture one year ago
sound"
T. o. Bottorff. Hedrick, Ia,
says: Il suffered from rheu-
matism a great deal but was
cured by Dr. Bonham's treat
ment."
Mr.. Jacob Donover and John
Leveling OF West Point, Ia,
says: I'VE were both cured of
very bad case of Piles sever
al years ago and have not been
troubled since. We recommend
the treatment highly"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup
For children teethtng softens the gums, reduces IN
ammatlon slays pain. cures wind colo. 25c bottle.
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MADE REACHES HIS FRIENDS.
Act Of Artemus Ward That Had Far
Reaching Effect

George v. Kelcey. q veteran journal
list OF Cleveland. remembers Artemus
Ward we'll
Ward called ON me-" he said the
other day, the night before one OF
his panorama lectures. There were
some three or four large reaches sour
rying about my room, and they attract
ed his attention.
am very fond OF reaches he
said. Once. in my own home. I found a
roach struggling in bowl OF water
took a half walnut shell and put him
in 1t; 1t made good boat; gave him
couple Of toothpicks for oars. Next
morning l saw that he had fastened
hair to one of the toothpicks, and
had evidently been fishing. Then,
overcome with exhaustion. he had
fallen asleep. The sight moved me. l
took him out. washed him. gave him
spoonful OF boiled egg, and let him
go. That roach never forgot my kind
ness, and now my home Is full OF
reaches"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03
BAD ITCHING HUMoR.
Limbs Below the Knees Were Raw
Feet SwoIien-SIeep Broken
Cured In 2 Days by CutIcura.

Some two months ago had a hui
NOR break out on my limbs below my
knees. They came to look like raw
beefsteak, all red, and no one knows
how they itched and burned They
were so swollen that l could not get
my shoes on for a week or more. /
used five or six different remedies and
got no help, only when applying them
the burning was worse and the itching
less. For two or three weeks the suf-
fering was intense and during that
time did not sleep an hour at a time.
Then one morning l tried bit of
Cuticura. From the moment it touched
me the itching was gone and l have
not felt bit of it since. The swelling
went Gown and in two days l had my
shoes on and was about as usual.
George B. Farley, so South State St.,
Concord. N. H.. May IA. 1907"
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LIVING ADVERTISEMENT
Glow of Health Speaks for Postum

1t requires no scientific training to
discover whether coffee disagrees or
not.
Simply stop it for time and use
Postum in place of it, then note the
beneficial effects. The truth will appear.
Six years ago l was in a very bad
condition" writes Tenn. lady, Il suf-
fered from indigestion, nervousness
and insomnia.
Il was then an inveterate coffee
drinker. but it was long before could
be persuaded that it was coffee that
hurt me- Finally / decided to leave it
off few days and find out the truth
THE first morning / left off coffellI
had raging headache, so / decided
must have something to take the place
of coffee" (The headache was caused
by the reaction of the coffee drug
caffeine)
Having heard of Postum through a
friend who used 1t, bought package
and tried it. / did not like it at first
but after l learned how to make 1t
right, according to directions on pkg,
! would not change back to coffee for
anything.
When / began to use Postum
weighed only III lbs. Now / weigh
ITO and as have not taken any tonic
In that time / can only attribute my
recovery of good health to the use OF
Postum in place of coffee.
My husband says | am living adj
vertisement for Postum. / am glad to
be the means of inducing my many
friends to use Postum. too"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
ville.' in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever rend the above letters A new
one appears from time TO time They
are Repuine, true, and full of human
Interest.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03
TWO GOOD STORIES BY BARRIE
One Told by Successful Author 10 De
cdedIy Against Himself.

Mr.. ]. w. Barrie, the author of
what Every Woman Knows" tells a
good story against himself
lady of his acquaintance bad
taken friend to see one of his play s,
and, quite astonished, he asked her
why she did so.
"Oh." was the reply. "it's such a
quiet street for the horses!"
He also tells of a playgoer who re-
ceived no response to his repeated re-
quests to a lady in front of him to
remove her huge hat.
At length, exasperated. he said: III
you won't take off your hat, my dear
madam, will you be so kind as to fold
back your ?"-Woman's Life.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03

The kidney secretions passed irregu-
larry with pain, and l bloated badly
Ny head swan and spots fitted before
my eyes One doctor said ! was in
durable However. found prompt re-
lief when I started using Doans Kid
ney Pills, and the troubles / have re-
lated gradually disappeared"
Sold by all dealers. SOC box. Fos-
ter Milbu1n Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03
Reassurinc.

Mr.. Timmid-Have-hav you no
ticed, Miss Maud, that the chandelier
seems to be shaking? Are you sure
that the foundations Of your house
are-are quite secure?
Miss Maud-There's nothing to be
alarmed about. Mr.. Timmid. Papa's
room is just overhead. and he's snor-
ing
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS they cannot reach
the seat OF the disease Catarrh blood consti
tutionai disease and in order It
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken
ternally and acts directly upon the blood mucous
surfaces Halls Catarrh Cure n not quack medi-
cine IL prescribed by of the best physicians
III this country for and regular prescription
IL Is composed of the best tonics known combined
WIN the pest blood purincrs acting directly the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination OF the
TWO ingredients Is what produces such wonderful
suits la curing catarrh- Send for testimonials free.
+. ]. CHENEY 4 CO. Props. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03

Lots wife may have been peppery
before she turned to salt.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03

Friend. what you'd get. first earn
Browning.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03
SEEMED WORSE every DAY.
a Dangerous Case Of Kidney Com
piaiat and How II Was Checked.

Mrs. Lucy Quebeck, Mechanic St.
Hope Valley, r. l., says: Eight years
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03
A Clever Fellow.

did you friend make hit at the
literary clubg'
Il guess he did. He pronounced
Les Miserables' in brand-new way
and then alluded to it as Victor Her
bert's masterpiece" = Washington
Herald
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03
AFFECTING SIGHT.

Cook Ito her friend)-The proposal
that the widower made me was really
very moving. He brought his four
children with him, and they all knelt
before me-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03

ago 1 contracted Sc
we're kidney trouble
and my back began
to ache continually.
Every day 1t seemed
worse. The least
pressure on my back
tortured me. and 1
could not stoop with
out a bad twin pc
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03

Pensions for the heroes of the cross
were advocated by Prof. ]. w. Zeller
before the Laymen's association OF
the Central Ohio Methodist confer
ence.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-03

Aliens Foot-szase, a Powder
For swollen, sweating feet, Givesin relief. The
original powder for the feet. Csc at all Druggi