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Smyrna times., 1908-02-26
DISBUR SEMENTS

Thos. H. Wilson. supplies $21. 90
S. J. Reynolds, coal and in
surance l1l.Ol
Geo. W. Taylor, work at
plant and supplies 245.68
James II. Wilson, salary 840.0
w. D. Boyles, salary 432. 90
Adams Express, express 11.OO
Smyrna Trans. & Mfg. Co.,
shells and freight 25O. OF
w. J. Pryor, police 37.OO
J. Thompson, five hydrant
valves 900
Chas. Warner Co., stone 1,O73. 70
Geo. w. Sylvester, fireman 5000
l.. M. Price, shells 285. 10
Diamond State Tel. Co., wire
and messages 22.O 90
f. D. Hffoecker, printing Y. SO
Geo. w. Lord Co., supplies 16. 10
John w. Tucker, police suit 1925
Haines, Jones & Cadbury,
supplies 12.51
a. L. Hudson, Jr., assess
ment so. 90
w. o. Hoffecker, insurance Sc. 81
Ridley Park Brick Co. bricks 100 90
Columbia Incandescent Lamp
Co., lamps 186. O4
National Bank, box rent 200
Industrial Supply Co., sup
plies 1.2O
Smyrna Call, printing 26.O6
S. G. Wilds, cashier, interest 1850 90
John P. Hudson, lumber so. 72
c. R. Massey, supplies 43. AZ
Rumsey Electric Co., sup
plies 98.97
Garlock Packing Co.. packing &c. 15
Jos. H. Wright, work at
plant and supplies 346. O6
Harrison Safety Boiler Co.,
supplies 5.6C
| !. J. Warner, work at plant p. SO
H. B. Grieves and S. J. Rey-
nolds, money advanced for
street work 1877. AZ
W. A. Stanley, police 6.OC
D. A. Goldsborough, street
sprinkling 3O1 OC
Atlantic Mill Supply Co.,
supplies 4.0C
Vernon Phillips, police 7.5(
W. S. Reed, traction engine
for street work 158. As
E. V. Cooper, supplies IL. 5;
d. J. Rose, work pole line 5.6E
Harvey Jones, painting lis. 81
Mrs. Mary M. FAIRIES, sup
plies 3.94
Geo. M. Stevenson, shells so
Robt. Wetherill Co., sup
plies 1929
Salaries 225. OF
E. Keeler Co., new boiler 1886. Il
Geo. w. Tilghman, shells IL.
E. D. Reed, work 6.7I
Harry Turner, police 7.5C
Ames Iron Works, work on
engines 5O7. 4;
Harry King, police 7.5r
Richard Long, work and sup
plies 49.
Waitman White, brick work 62.5j
John w. Palmer, salary $40. OF
Keystone Coal & Coke Co.,
coal l.267. @
B. w. Turner, police and
hauling 1,O27. g
E. Crow, salary 287. L
Jos. R. Cummins, police 148. o.
P, B. & w. R. r., freight 8, 1872. g.
John C. Mannering, supplies 7.2
VIM. FAIRIES, supplies 82.2 2
John M. Wick, police 100
Clerks salary $50
Gilbert Sylvester 80
SIT, ,586. 3
ASSETS.
Tax duplicate, 1905 %. 0
Tax duplicate, 1906:
poll, 215.OO), 372. 5
Tax duplicate, 1907:
(Poll, $l96.84) 618. 9
Water Rents unpaid LAB. 0
Light Rents unpaid 43O. 8
Sewer Rents unpaid 80. s
Stone 5e5 O
Lamps on hand 227. 0
Balance in Treasury Feb. 10,
1908 522.
$2,971. G
Qo-IoI MI
Smyrna times., 1908-02-26
NO. 1881.
EPORT OF The CONDITION OF

IL "IHE NAIIUNAL BANK Of SMYRNA'
at Smyrna, in the State of Delaware. at the close
of business, February Il, 1908.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-26
Public Sale

The undersigned will sell at Public Sale
his Office in the Hazel Building, Smyrna,
Del.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-26
NO. 2336.

h THE FRUIT GROWERS NATIONAL
BANK" at SMYRNA in the State of Delaware
at the close of business February Il. 1868.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-26

OkNs kNs H. NN1LVAE-
B. V. WELDON, Auctioneer.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
The N B. Goldenberg Co.

IN, VI B. Go0d,uU,ts co, b..
Tuoum.u oldest UI.u,s. rrm.
They w,u. l.r. U,i0r. Iu.um,au
was bDru u.u. year. agu tn,s come
m.u,,u Oh, m.r.auu., business at
Lib,rt. north ol ,u, j.. ra.o s.
Southwestern tracks. IHN Ha..
grown Co. g.. ar. .i Jh, Ia...t and
most substantial nm. 900 \,u Mex.
l,O, and Us fu,r treat.
mrut o. t.rr patron. u... .ut up
70 uu, trade, not .ut 900 lucum.
carl. bat Tor miles m ...rs llr,,.
ton They ~, o1.rr, tor tr,
Christina. trad, rlrE beautiful
and u-.tu. things. Iu.I window
are decorated wltU MANY handsome
gifts, aud ta.lr prices are very
rrae enable. The elegant rang. boz
tH, east window yt Oh, grocer. DO,
parpm.ut H.I u. given away on
Christmas daN They ar, rtlII gls.
Iug ticket. with each dollar pun
chase. IL
II you don, Know ue, what 70
huy lDr Christmas, go 90 Golden.
,uhrra and take .JaE at their
Iuu,u., stock
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
Gov Curry Certain OF Statehood.

Governor Curry writes Iudg, \.
". Moore OF TIN, Drty that Boo, l. al.
most certain Nyw M,Ncp HI.I hp
admitted during the short session
OF congress. III, letter is iu part
a, follows.
- returned TODAY from Hot
Springs, Va, where I md a very
satisfactory interview with pr,sI-
drut-rlrDt TAFT and b, Will u.
everything be- can To assist u m
securing statehood. Ihcpru-ld,ut
will recommend 1t IN hls m,r-tu,
To conprrs, and many OF the prom
lncnt men vino horrtolor, opposed
Us, are now IN our favor and trrl
reasonably sure that the mll Will
pass during the shout session, ul
congress, II 1t does, II mean, a
great deal lor New McNCo, not on.
/ II IN the donations of the puhll,
lands and cash, that we will rr-
cclyc Tor our publl. schools and
educational institutions, but 1t wlll
cause an luiuN OF population and
ralrh, which will give the state
quite a boom,
In addition TO this IT will give
us a long cherished ambition 10
elect our own officials and hc rcp-
resented in the halls OF congress, hy
some one other than a vuiccl,ss
delegate, II youroqucst the m,m-
bcrs ol you' club and Other bust
ness men to write To any rcprc-eu-
tativc OF senator they may know,
and urge them TO vote tor the ad,
mission OF New Mexico, as a state,
! It will help us a great deal, "
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
Just One Girl.

Chas. kohn, mayor ot Montuya,
was foreman OF the l.. =, grand
Jury At AIauogordo las, week. The
Montoya Republican quotes him
as follows. II had Il tine time;
visited III Paso twice; AIamogordo
Is the prrttlcst place IN New Mex
ico, and has the prolIl,,t glrls, cN.
c,pt one Charles Is a natural born
diplomat, and II looks like he is
going TO make hi, matrimonial
protocol the cruwnlng climax.
- 'Prettlcst except one there Is a
sQuogglc IN latitude and longitude,
yc and altitude, long enough, Wild,
enough and Ingh enough to TAKE IN
every town, state and nation Ot
the universe. The quadratic Is
now, how many Is the glrl who will
be led to believe she ~ the except
one. It is the implied intention
OF this young gallant (Shakespcre' ;
definition 10 press his SUIT to a
successful conclusion, the lmpllca.
ton also carries that no matter
with whom he opens negotiations,
she is the except one" The Wis.
dom OF 1t is the oneness ot It; tn,
logic OF the method needs no sup,
plementi Charles has spun a finish
ed thought.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
New Pastor Arrives

Key G. NJ. Mobudr, Of the NJ
T., church, arrived 10 Iucumcau
tins week, being appointed pastor
ot tina, church here hy bishop VIII.
son, AT ,u, session Of the Santa
Fc conference hr,um October.
Rev. Mcbride Was born at l}lut.
ton. Indiana, August 9Th, IN-N.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
Bond Election

Ih, school directors of this dis.
tu.t have called au election tor
OBJ. purpose 20 voting $4,000 10
bond for th, purpose of erecting
additional school buildings ior
Iu,umrul and furnishing th,m
Iu modern wav. The election
will O., held 1n January nth, 1000.
It. believed that th, a,syssahlc
valuation .i OH, property Of this
..n9u. dI.tu.. o.. attH,. uu, one
and a HaIi millions. assessed at "a
l0w per ,,uas. yi valuation. 80
the amount needed, $4,000 ilr
s0h1,. purp'-,.. "I.. com. cas-, %
,n. 'JE payers 10 tu, district.
J h. \lN- believes there will D.,
uY opposition 10 these bonds, as
during the past when thpr, aa,
been an opportunity 70 torwatd
the interests Of our schools, our
citizen, have always been unit.
Two wears ago they voted ten
mIll levy iu addition To- the five
mills already I,Nl,d hy th, county
commissioner, aud there was not
a vote against 70. t- q consequence
our schools uty, run the iull nine
month. terms and have been ably
conducted; the only drawback be-
INK ZACH yl room for the acCJmmo-
datlOu 9t many children who de-.
.fr.I ft attend fran. ..rt.,H. tI,.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
Jos phi Israel

Mr. I,ra, has ,ur blg store on
o., comet heir windows TINS
week are ni,d with beautiful goods.
the east window has a back ground
ol pictures, pictures Ton the parlJr,
The library and the dining room,
aud the price, have been reduced
about One-hall. The interior Of
the store Is well arranged; large
arches have been built on the
counters and are filled with ladies'
scdrls, hand bags, tur sets Tor
ladies and children, pin cushions,
pillow tops, fancy hosiery, ladies
and men s gloves, smoking Jackets,
fancy vests, mems silk muhl,rs,
toilet sets, sweater coats and an
elegant display OF genuine MeXi-
can drawn work OF their own i'm
pOrtatIon. They carry a line Of
ladies wraps as fine as can be
found IN New M,Nico, IL is not
necessary tor the News TO intro
duce Nil Israel to the people Of
this vicinity; he has been here Tor
years, has built up splendid bus
mess, has the confidence OF all
who have ever dealt with him, and
Is one OF lucumcari's solid, sue.
cessiul business men. A visit to
their store will be appreciated by
the management, and YOU can feel
ASSURED OF courteous attention.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
Library D0ingS

The tree library OF TucumcarI
has received the following this
week Magazine from Dad Wal.
lace, magazines from Mrs. Koch,
Burroughs Birds and Bees, from
Miss Williams Of Nara Visa.
Send what YOU have II II gives
YOU happy moment It may make
happy lite Tor some one else.
Let us not forget To be- sanitary,
however II is wise To burn all
books that have been exposed to
any contagious disease. BE care
lul not to let them get into the
hands ot any children in the town.
We are all working tor the Iucum-
carl that is coming.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
1T" Except One "

Cha-. k.Hu saw. b., wa. 1T at
A.amogJrdo and bad th, time Of
hi. i've and bias promised % meet
som, pi them in Santa l.n when the
legislator. meets. Cha-. 3, a nnc
Young man, good m>,t- aud
.N..ud poiuoan aud .n, If thrs,
da., Do. wll. And OIL. plum
MNui.,a Republican.
D. Oh, except one, O. Oh, plum,
then Charles may %. '.r 'II.
otherwise ,h, PARAGRAPH may sd-
NIT Dt political construction, 30
which wouaus .uHrag, $50 likely
play q prominent part We &C..
lraln, however, 10 d,,y, further IN.
10 as political slgulHcauou SO soon
after election.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
Tucumcari Visitors Entertained

I'm enjoyable entertainment vas
given at tn, residence Of Mrs. "
\. Rhra and Mrs. 81. T.. Parish,
on Center Street, Tuesday evening,
December Sth, complimentary 10
Mis-, Brasic Benson who has been
visiting hrr sister Mrs, Amos \.
Phillips iOr the past two months,
During the early part OF the even.
ing games wcr, enjoyed, alter
which a program consisting ol
Rotations was given under the
direction OF Mrs. Anna Walker.
DAINTY refreshments were served
at late hour,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12

The contractors are putting the
glass in the Trust building this
week. President ". +. Buchan-
an, Of th, FIRST National saws the
First National Wal move INTO the
Trust building as soon as II Is
ready, and the Federal Banking
Company will move into the quar-
ters now occupied by the First Ma.
tional,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
City Council

Vt the regular session OF the
civ council Wednesday evening,
after th' usual prolluinaricS, and
lho bills were audited and ordered
,fud, the question oi bids tor
street crossings was taken up. \
number OF bids w,rr ~, and altct
,anvaesing all them the contract
vt, awarded T.. Long. III, News
ha. learned sine, that Mr Long
hp, asked tlr council PERMISSION
{, Withdraw hi bid TOT tn, reason
that hy had made a mistake m To,
,.'lmat,s Of ,h' cost, and that The
work could not h, done at the
urlrc lur which 20, had proposed To-
d. it. so, presumably tho n,Nt
lowest bidder Will b, awarded the
contract. which viii hr attended
to 1T the nest meeting OF tho
council nest "Wednesday evening"
Thr gu, ,tun pi bond i1r public
improvements. among them school
lulidlrg, and utui,hlng,, rt,u
wa, taken up, aul On thl. question
the council wa. advised by the
civ attorney, who had spent sever.
ai day- looking up tn. law cover
inp this Casc, that tt was not IN
the proyinc, ol thu city council to
order an election tor bonds TOT
school purposes, tut the reason
that our public school Is a district
school AID not - city school.
Therefore, the city has nothing
whatever TO do with IT.
This, Ia, Sew considers /, a
happy conclusion and a wl,c pro-
VISION oi the law, since at IuiS
tam, the most urgent matter hc.
iu, this community 1, public
school Accommodations. More build
ing, mus, un had and furnished
to accommodate rapidly develop.
lnr community. pcopl, AZ, com.
ing ~ continuously, and the
s.. hoo, population Is daily lncrcas'
Iuu, and % Is urgent ih,t w. got at
the =, ctiuu 70. additional school
Tim. .I.,l M. ,..,
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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
Christmas Bazaar

The Presbyterian ladies will
hold their Christmas bazaar at the
new bank building Saturday 10th.
The bazaar will be held all day,
dinner will be served az five o clock,
the pri OF the dinner to be fifty
cents,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
DR. Crume'S Funeral.

The remains Jt Dr y. VI. Cuu,
wor, laid 10 rest in the IuCuuCuu
cemetery SUNDAY afternoon at three
o'clock, the funeral being attended
los many knights Ut pythla,. The
ceremony at the grave was rpu
ductrd by Rev. Brooks. pastor of
IN, Methodist church.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
New Masonic Hall

The Masonic Hall in the new
Trust building Is gong u be clc.
gantly fitted with all modern con,
yenirnces, something over $1,000
will be expended tor carpet and
furniture, They are going 20 have
ornamental lights and elegant
plraphernalia; the burning tapers
around the altar will be electric
lights.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
Odd Fellows and Rebekaks

The odd Fellow and kcbckah
Lodges will hold public installation
on the night OF the inst Thursday
IN January, Committees have
been appointed from the subordI-
nate 10 conlrr with the ltybckaha
tor the arrangement OF a program.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12
Methodist and Presbyterian

Until the Presbyterian church
is completed, the Methodist Epis-
copal and Presbyterian churches
will hold their services together in
the building which previous TO this
the Presbyteridns have occupied.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning service at II;oo a. m.
Y. Z. ). {. L. 6'3o p. m.
Evening service 7;I5 p. m.
You are cordially invited to all
services Of our church.
q. NJ. Mcbride
w. IA. DpEosc
~ Pastors
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12

Il. II. FrilIcli ol Bolivar Mo.
arrived her, this morning with a
car OF household goods and farming
lmplrmru's and has gone out to
Mc\lustrr where ho has "a section
OF QUAY county lands He traded
two hundred acres IN Missouri tor
the section and cNpr,ss,, himself
well pleased with what hc has seen
ut the country H. SAYS he had
cultivated the same larm in Mis-
sour tor forty wears and the rocks
got NOR, troublesome each year
and that ho intends 10 spend m,
rest ot his lite where existence Is a
little casirr
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-12

!. J. Harrison informs the News
that on January Ist hr will take
charge OF the Glcnrock Hotel, and
that MIR. Lambert will have charge
oi the Gienrock Cate. Mi. Harri.
son IS an ideal host, and will lur
nlsh comfort and a hearty welcome
to the guests oi the Glenrock,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-20

note that The Columbia state rather
seems to think that all white people
deserve to be ordered out of China and
Japan. The peril" ii says. "that the
learned Justice thinks he foresees is
one that this country Is inviting 10y
fits course OF blind folly 10 the Orient.
II win be our fault ana the fault Of
other Aryan peoples, II China sna
Japan find 1t necessary to Issue the or
der to get out of their territory or to
cease the oppression OF Eastern and
related races, Has the Justice forgot
ten the time when we assumed such
role. and notified another Aryan folk
that the persecution of Cuban. could
not be endured. and must cease when
we ordered Spain to get outr To or
der the spaniard to get out we had
to make sure that the Spaniard was
there as oppressor. Shall 1t be in our
un-American role as oppressor that the
heather Chinese and the pagan Nip
ponese shall order us TO get out?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-20

mission in North Alabama~and much OF
the travel that tell to him was, made
a-horseback through the hills and
mountains. Governor Conner spent sun
There are many friends all over Ala
bama who Will learn with deepest re-
OF the best known educators Of Ala
bama, Is very i'll in hospital In sell
ma, and that his wife 10 Ill in the SANG
Montgomery. retained to the city from
Selma last night with the news, ne
having Just left the bedside Of Mrs.
bPSssa mhs al a asps ago ana
terday Mr.. Dodson was stricken. Both
are very old and 1t f~ feared the nnala-l
dies attacking them may be ,d fatal many
years the president Of Oxford College
and later vas Iour years cnsI arI,;Isr 81
STATE BosTd Of y sc tSe STATE scSoo
at Plantersville. Among the promi-
nent men who were once his pupiIs
are John w. Abercrombie, president OF
the University OF Alabama, and Hairy
c. Gunnels. State Superintendent OF Ed
ucation. 49,
an drs most st W. Widely aisn loved Of Montsom-
washington. street and II is feared
Her daughters. Mrs. saiIie Crawford
Of Columbus, Ga, and Mrs. Annie Lau-
RE Bandy, Of Montgomery, who has
both been summoned to this city to De-
with Mrs. Allen. is@5
Mrs. Maggie Chiffon and little son OF
Birmingham spent yesterday with MRS.
J. b. Clemens en- route to Eufauia
to attend the funeral of her fatner
who died in that place on SATURDAY.
Mrs. NJ. L. Meyerson and her two
children are the guests OF her sister.
Mrs. j. Warner, at her home. lSs HOT
combe street.
Miss Lucille Graft has returned from
wetumpka. where she was the guest
of Mrs. Enslen.
Mr.. Alex Reid OF Columbus. Ca. was
a visitor to the city yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-20

| Large bodies move slowly. as we
have been told, and England is no ex-
ception, After waiting nearly three
hundred years from the date of his
death it is now proposed to erect suit
able memorial to Shakespeare, presume
ably in London. A wealthy tradesman Of
that city who died recently, left large
sum of money for the purpose indicat-
ed. andtthe work will doubtless be
lonesome time during the present
century, 1t is hoped. 1t was high TIME.
for England ana the English people
have shamefuu$ neglected perhaps rne
greatest dramatist the world has seen
or is likely TO see. While 1t is true
that "storied urn nor animated bust"
cannot add to his fame, a fitting mon
ument to his memory would be q cred
it to the land Of his birth. In the Lam
guage sof The Kansas City Journal;
1t has long been a reproach to Eng
land that there is no adequate memo
rial to the greatest poet and dramatfst
of all times. America itself has the
finest statue to the great bard that has
ever been raised to his memory, and Ii
occupies a place near the entrance to
Central Park, New York City, In Lon
don there IL no monument or memorial
worth considering outside Westmin-
ster Abbey, where there is a statue in
the famous poets Corner" overlook
ing the grave OF Garrick. The other
cities Of England, outside the poets
birthplace Stratford- on-Avon. have
been equally remiss. and in Stratford
there is no movement in the form of a
statue. The restored birthplace" the
memorial theatre erected by a brewer,
and the drinking fountain erected by
the late George-W. Childs- of America
are the chief memo rials of the bard
None OF these Is at all commensurate
with the fame of the inspired glover's
son whose genius has been the envy
and despair of the greatest minds OF
the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-20
IN A TreHr PLACE.

The news from Washington printed In
yesterdays Advertiser Indicate very
plainly that the Republican brethren
are. to use an old expression. between
the devil and the deep blue sea. The
intimation. or prediction. that there
will be no general appropriation by
this Congress for Improvement OF the
waterways of the country will be q
disappointment TO the whole people,
and will likewise be an embarrassing
condition for the party in power. The
sentiment for inland water transporta-
ton has become so general and insis-
tent that it cannot be disregarded or
disobeyed. The necessity for better
transportation facilities on all the in-
land streams that can be made easily
and continuously navigable is apparent
and becoming more so. and II the Re-
pubIicans refuse to make the necessary
appropriations they win be apt to hear
tronn it in an unpleasant way.
But there is the treasury deficit even
now staring them in the face, and that
is q matter of more than ordinary sig
nificance just now. The financial panic
or furry from which the country has
suffered so seriously, and from which
1t is still suffering. will be charged to
the Republican party. Financial trou-
bles of serious nature are always
charged to the party in power at the
time OF their occurrence, whether ell
together justly or not, and the Repub-
Iicans can hardly escape the usual re-
suit in such cases. 1t has not yet
been satisfactorily shown that the
President himself was not largely re-
sponsible for the recent furry, but
even IL that Is true or not It came
when his party was IN full sway, and
he and 1t will be blamed for It.
But a national treasury deficit is
even more embarrassing to the party.
1t is thoroughly well known that the
revenues Of the government are or
should be thoroughly sufficient for the
necessary expenses; therefore deheit
will be g tacit admission that the ar
fairs of government have either been
careiessly or ignorantiy administers
or else that the party cannot or VIII
not observe proper economy in expen-
diture. This viii cause suspicion ana
distrust, ana that again will operate
to the detriment OF the Republicans.
So. IL there is a deficit the party VIII
be blamed and discre5ited, and If there
is no money for the Improvement of
rivers ana harbors it will be con-
demned Looking at the matter from
any point Of view it seems very mucn
as IL our friends. the enemy, are up
against a dihicuIt problem and one
that may seriously a1ect their pros
poets in the national campaign about
beginning. OF surety. Democrats will
have themselves to blame IL they fail
to profit by the opportunity, open to
them.