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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18

form he nas set his face With
 imitation, prompt and fearless in action and with that intelligent leadership which mas assured the establishment of better era In which the strong and the weak alike must submit themselves to the i'm partial execution of the law. There was need of strong, courageous spirit to re- strain those destructive forces which have asserted themselves in this time of growth and plenty. The story of his achievements will make up one of the brightest pages in the history of this or any age and will pr&we that today, as in any critical hour of social unrest or of danger, the man will appear who can grapple with the emergency.
 Fit Successor to Roosevelt.
 Who so fit to take up the tasks which this wondrous generation demands should be wisely and impartially performed as his great war secretary? Since the day when, in Benjamin Harrsons adminis- tration, these two first met-the one as solicitor general. the other as member of the civil service commission-they have been bound together by like ideals and aims, by close ties of friendship and by the exchange of mutual counsel, each with his own individuality and character istics keeping constantly in view the en- nobling vision of better and greater America. They lave not been satisfied that the temple of prosperity should be decked alone by the jewels of the fortu- nate and the opNent. but have insisted that 1t should still more abound in tro- phies which commemorate the enforce ment of even handed justice and the maintenance of that equal opportunity which spreads hope and blessing even to the humblest home. Since the day when. less than thirty years of age MT. Taft denounced with burning words a mem Der of his profession who had been guilty of fagrantly vicious practices and had demoraized the community he has ever been associated with the cause of true reform-with that reform which will not content itself with academic dissertation or hollow words. He has been imbued with the spirit of action. His advocacy of sounder conditions has never arisen from desire for the exploitation of him. self. It has always been based upon un- swerving integrity and the courage to speak the truth as he understands it on all occasions. no matter how influential or powerful the evils which he may attack.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18

twho placed Secretary Taft in nomina-
 tion.l
 tion's conscience, raised it's first trium- phant voice when Abraham Lincoln was nominated. And here again. with notes of thunderous acclaim. enraptured throngs greeted the naming of Garfield, of Blaine. of Harrison and of Roosevelt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18
Kings Collecting Tribute.

Kings Collecting Tribute.
 Our failure to revise the tariff has contributed 10 these conditions. Seven years ago Mckinley appealed to the party 10 revise. Today the kings Of industry and finance stand like senti- nels upon every highway of the na- tioB's commerce. industry and wealth distribution. .apprupriatingto 10 themselves what they will and yielding to the gg per cent what they want. In a time O. profound peace and prosperity We find ourselves in the thrOes of q panic. and an army Of the idle still march with the empty dinner pail Whether a man or set of men precipitated that panic do not know: but. whether they did or did moi. I declare that no man will rise to challenge the statement that af their wEiin or caprice they could precipitste c panic while we are here in the ulids, of our deliberation. a panic which would bring the sting of suffering to every home in this republic Of S0.OG1.- 010 free men I know. moreover. that when the panic was upon us the cOun- try loared not to the president and con- greSS for relief. but raised its hands in shject appeal to Mr. Morgan and Mr. Rockefeilsr.
 Desps- Than .Divtdenss
 But this problem is deeper than the mere guestion Of. dollars and dividends. The special interests early reeoznized that the valss of their securities de pended upon the control of the sren- cies of gorerumens Favorable action meant appreciation in raiuez. unfavor- able Hstinn- deprecistion- To co1troi the sseHe5es they must control the suf- fraz@ whirh seiectS thaSe zTenrfes Working in rioSe communion tg common selfSh enf- ss Epnz as ten years agp they hsd seesszz co1trol and sESimla-el fze pztlr zzszciss ia tns
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18
"Taft tn. Father of tn. Filipinos."

More than any other of our public men he has had to do with our outlying de- pendencies and colonial relations. It was he who took in charge the prosecution of that colossal enterprise on the isthmus, the canal uniting the lesser and the great CT oceans. and under his directing hand the completion of this most stupendous of public works is no longer a vague and distant hope. but an imminent reality. With his ever ready skill as pacificator, he restored tranquility in the fertile is- land of Cuba. so often distracted by civil strife. In the faroff Philippines. under a blazing tropical sky. he found a people of many races and tribes, degraded by centuries of misrule and oppression and there. too. he not only established the rule of law and local control in place of con- fusion and bloody strife. but showed the way to self government and a new rec ognition of the rights of man. for peo- ples and races, like individuals. under the inspiration of a friendly guide. may lift their faces heavenwsrd and seek tp climb the great worlds altar stairs to nobler heights of liberty and opportunity. It is to his lasting honor that his desire was not to be known as Taft the procon- sul." but ss Taft the father of the Fill ipinos." who brought to them the light of modern civilization.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18
h Internstian.I Affairs.

In the larger sphere of world poIiti ,s we are entering into new and closer bonds with all the nations of the earth Who is better qualified than he to lead Amer lea to her true position in this later day when the boundaries established in the centuries past are becoming less distinct and kingdoms and races are beginning to realize that they have all one common destiny?
 Secretary Taft has exceptional familiar ity with conditions in the distant orient fin Japan. in China We may rest assured that OUT traditional friendship with Japan will continue. Moreover. the future prom. ises that the slumbering millions of China will awake from the lethargy of ages. and she then will realize that the morning dawn of fresher life and wider outlook comes 10 her across the broad Pacific from free America. her truest friend and helper. We covet no portion of her terri tory We desire from her. as from all nations. increased good will and that nu- tual respect which knows neither bIuster nor cringinx on either side Thus in this new era of larger relations Secretary Taft. with his comprehension of national and interna tional subjects. would furnish a certainty of peace and sustained pres tige Under him. at home and every where this mighty people would have an assured confidence in the secure develop ment and progress of the country and would rest safe in the reliance that a chief executive was at the helm who in peace or in war would gssids the destinies of the nation with . strong hand and with . gentle. patriotic heart.
 And 70 today. h the presence Of mora than ten thousand and with the inspiring thought of the vel nigh ten thousand times ten thousand vho dwell within our borders. I nominate fer the presidency that perfect type ef American manhood. that peerless representative of the ucbisst heais is our national life. William H. Taft of ohsc.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18
Re WsIeorss Rivalry.

We welcome the friendly rivalry of can Idates from other states. from the great Empire State. the Keystone State. In- Hans. niirois and Wisconsin. forming with Ohio a bread expanse extending in lnbroken sweep from old ocean to the uppermnst bound Of the greatest of In- lsnd seas. Each of these presents lead er among leaders whose achievements and renOwn are not confined to the narrow limits of a single commonwealth. Today with fervid ssrnsstness we wage a con tssf for the prize. Tomorrow. united for the fray and auicsened by q common fiery zeal the champions of all the can didatss wifi go forth with mounting en- thusIasm 10 vanauish the foe
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18
Rsss.xslt prs-s-insnt.

Asaf.st al thse- ahums ar6 la the wurE tsr r.stsra-x oid Meals of ko.ssfF sr1 ezgslstv a weil as fer hirksr sexst- ards cf cfwsc e9tv c-. nar kss s<es4 rrs-s=i--rt sn5 that rar s Thsc6eFs Eccserslt AEaz-s1 ccrr-rttcn n sv<ry
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18
Ansriss's Standard High ss Any oths.
 Natiena

The most perplsxinE questions sf today ariss from the bountifal development of cur material wealth Such a development cannot occur without the creation of inc qualities and dangers to the social fabric. [ most strsa1oasly deny that the Ansri- can businsss man CT th. American cftfzen cherishss lower standards than the cfti- zens of any other country. The American people are by ro means depravsd- But by reason Of their busy absorption tn varied pursuits and of the glameur which attends szccsss fn great underta kinrs questionable metho1s have been ahie te fnFraft thsnseivss upon the business sf ths courtry. Rich rewards have teo fire zs.ntiy been gained by sens uhe are non. too scrupsis1s- Monopoly. fishcnss- ty and frsud have assumed q proufnsncs vhich calls fer the earnest aftsrtfsr ard con1.z-sfisz sf every man vhe truly taves the rsSusiIc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18
Neither Rampant Radical Nor co~a
 ly Conservative.


 The successor of Theodore Roosevelt should be q man who is neither a ram- pant radical nor a cOwardIy conserva. tive. but q man strong to understand. fearless 10 execute and just to conserve the honest rights Of all.
 He should Hs man who will be the successor of Theodore Roosevelt. nei- ther his heir nor hiS crown prince. If there he danger of Mexicanizing the government by the election to a third term. that reason obtains with equal force against the wisdom of the second term incumbent dictating the candl- date for the third term. We hold it tO be dangerous for a cabinet officer of an administration. equipped with the power of federal patronage. to ex- erriSe his personal power so that a candidate before the fight Is started shall be able to guarantee in hfs col. umn the vote in this convention from every state ssuth of Mason and Dix on's line and east of the Mississippi. not one of which @EI add one vote to the RepuhiicsE electoral college.
 We believe that the pioneer in this movement. who was good enough to break tine stubborn soil and plant the seed- Is gcod enough 10 reap the golden harvest and bring it home to the peo- De in it's bounty. Tbrouzb all the years Roa,ert M Ls Toilette has stood like "a bod mountain about whose sumfnfts the hurricanes ksve rzved Ia vain and uP1a whose base the angry waves have hsat their surge. uashaksa snf uashakalAs- For ten vears he has carried shfs war upon the pssnf of his sword and frcm the light that xIesue1 fron his ssinirz bsade rss Iis tse blz7e fhzt czrr5sd forusrd tke
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18
La Toilette In Wiscon ns sin.

tltie.. s..4 tue lus.vl government itselt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-18

V Inc cenhtant. adviser and friend of EcBinI-.-. he has supported the pres esis administration Nith loyalty and de- voilsss. lie stands today for the poi. c..S that aare made + great He has cft-n saii. ~TLc7p must be no back wa-i step" He has the ability and tic desire io finish the work begun
 There is ircl enough in his will tC give hi.h I,IrPJse aud granite enough h hiS chsrac'sT to keep him steadfaSt. He Is vurfly inc TsFty's past. equal 10 l. present. ptOphs-7s- of its future. He matches eseI up zith tho Jest that has I-rn .T thst uIH be oTereti herr. Ne .prcSei- him tp you with the yr,. foiai s-prvir ion that f nominated he can ie e.eyfri He has nb eniamgiinz silIa2ls<- lie h,.ds fhe unshaken con lS.irassr of the Tlaleial tige cOmmerrfzl nnd thr fnHGsfrisi interests oI fise na- nssa IaissT 1s hIS fFls1sg- HetUeeu fr sLs Eiu theEe srp np sfEertrcps Co Ix resss11Ee4 11 r1Elties t9 te 0re-cUns
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
Washington Bureau OF
The Ottumwa Courier
Washington, D. G., Dec. 80.

washington, u. e., Dec. ~.
Whether the people of this country
are going to be compelled to accept
for food purposes the French peas and
other vegetables greened with copper
salts, which are prepared in France,
has become an issue of no small i'm
portance between this government and
that of France
This government has been seeking
to shut out such vegetables and has
been applying the pure food and drugs
act rigidly But the French, who have
a large industry in the canning of veg
etabIes. and who have a fashion OF
using sulphate of copper and other
copper salts to give the product a
bright, fresh, attractive coloring, are
protesting vociferously Ambassador
ment has been active in trying to get
the enforcement of the law made less
rigid.
Secretary Wilson has all along been
disposed to shut out vegetables of this
sort that have been greened with cop
per salts after the French fashion. A
British commission passed on the
question of whether such vegetables
ought to be permitted In Great Britain
and by an almost unanimous vote de-
cided against them. Belgium has shut
them out. Here, the market for the
French canned vegetables is good
one and if it is to be lost, it will
seriousuly affect the Gallo pocket
book. Hence the vigorous outcry from
the other side OF The water.
Lately, Secretaries Cortelyou, Will
son and Straus held conference on
this question of what to do about adj
mittance of vegetables greened with
copper salts. The secretaries were not
all in favor of rigid exclusion without
further inquiry and consequently 1t
was decided to turn the question over
to the special referee board which was
constituted by the president some
months ago to take up certain of the
more important mooted questions aris-
ing under the pure food and drugs
act. This board was really consti-
tinted on account of the fact that the
regular pure food and drugs board, of
which DR.. Wiley is a. member, has
been disposed to construe the ques-
@tiqns coming before it strictly and TO
force the pure food law rigidly, with
D result that various interested
manufacturers and others wanted to
md some way to escape from the
ends of the pure food and drugs
BOARD The referee board is composed
If scientists of unusually high stand
ng and was meant to be sort of
curt of appeal from the pure food and
rugs board.
1t is a source of comfort to the
president in that if in. a given case the
findings of the pure food and drugs
hoard are upheld by the referee board,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31

Jimmy Frazier to the home of his
aunt. Mrs. Truelock. where he will live
in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Pippn, of Grim
nell are engaged in removing to Cali
fornia Mrs, Pippin was In Knoxville
visiting friends the past week,
Mr.. and Mrs. u. S. Jones shipped
their goods to Wheatland last week
where in the future they will make
their home.
Lewis Elliott who is TRAVELLING for
the DIN. Ferry Seed House. is home
forta vacation.
Ray Williams of Corning is in town
for holiday visit.
E. ]. s. Davis is very i'll with typh-
old fever.
Chester Cunningham. who was in a
Des Moines hospital for, the treatment
of typhoid is home again.
Miss Florence Maple, of Charlton
has been visiting Knoxville friends
the past week.
c. X. Davis is very sick with rheu-
matism of the heart.
c.. NJ. Robinson of Moberly. Mo-, was
in town last week
Walter Maxon returned last week
from Moriarty. n. NJ, where he has
been residing on his claim.
r. T.. WEIGH is in a Very serious con-
dition with nervous prostration.
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KNOXVILLE.

Knoxville-Earl Brees south OF
town, son of Jarious Brees is quite
i'll with pleurisy.
Mrs. Berg Rean, of Denver. is here
visiting relatives and friends.
Marion Devore. formerly bridge
contractor in this county was in town
last week. He Is now resident OF
Council Bluffs.
Nearly all the students of the col
leges are home for the holiday vaca-
ton.
Misses Ruth and Mary Hill have
been visiting their parents in STAINS
berry, Mo.
George Frazier has been in Nor
folk, Nebraska, the past week to which
place he accompanied his little nephew
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

social at the home Of Mr.tand Mrs. w.
H. Rodenbaugh Thursday December
81. Then at 10.45 p. m. watch meet
Ing will begin at the church, and close
at the beginning Of the new year.
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REQUIRED AFTER
HALF A CENTURY
REMAINS OF MARY woooELL IN.
TERED IN sLApEMsRURa
CEMETERY

In the disinterment and reburial of
the remains of Mrs. Mary Wooded. at
Bladensburg Monday, a strange case
of preservation was presented. The
hair Of the decedent, who was buried
So years ago was found to be just as
| If untouched during the years by
| ravages of time and it's tendency to
decay When the remains were moved
the hair was unlossed and appeared as
! If but combed and braided the same
day. The balance of the remains had
| suffered the effects of the long time
inferred and little but the bare skel-
| ton was left. The coffin, however, was
most remarkable in its state of pres
| ervation. While the lid had suffered
somewhat by its encasement in moth
er earth and had broken inward, the
bottom and sides of the casket were as
solid and strong as ever. No sign of
decay or age was visible in the wood,
which was OF oak. The coffin had been
made by neighbor at the time of the
ago and when the disinterment was
being made, the coffin was too heavy
! to be removed from the earth and a
i quantity Of water had logde in it. The
remains were transferred into zinc
case made for the purpose and re.
burial was in the Bladensburg GENE.
terry.
The removal of the remains of Mrs
Woodell takes one back over period
of more than fifty years and brought
to Wapello county, her son who fol-
half century has been a resident OF
Oregon and away from the place OF
his birth. James L. Woodell, Of LIE
Grange, Ore, was but few minutes
old when his mother, the decedent
passed away and after residence ii
| Pleasant township for few years, left
with his father and sister for Oregon
| where they continued to reside. Al
the time Of the death of Mrs Woodell
there being no cemetery in the town
ship, the remains were inferred on the
Woodell farm where 1t was planned tt
make the cemetery. The son James
arrived a few days ago from Oregon tc
have the remains properly inferred il
the Bladensburg cemetery. At the re
burial were present three who We're
present at the original funeral service
Mrs. L. D. Yeager, a sister of the de
cedent, L. D. Yeayer and j. Timmonds
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elected the following officers for the

elected the following officers for the
following year:
President-Dora Warren.
1st Vive. Pres--Mrs. Helen Rector.
End Vice Pres.-Mrs. Fred Hull.
Bird Vice Pres.-Jess Stump.
4th Vice Pres.--Madge Moss.
Secretary-Alice Applequist.
Treasurer--Myrtle jenkins.
Organist--Iva Moss.
Other News.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Strong spent
Christmas with Mrs. Strongs mother
Mrs. w. A. Nye.
Mrs. Baxter Patterson of Osceola, is
visiting here parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j
A. Pinegar !,
Misses Lillian and Stella Harlan left
Friday for Rome. where they VIII
spend the holidays with their parents.
DR.. John Rambo of Glenwood, Mo.
spent Friday with Dr.lD. r. Rambo.
Miss Gertrude Pierson was an over
Sunday visitor at the Chas Allen
home.
Maurine and Marjorie Nye are
spending a few days with their grand
parents.
Marion Rarnbo. who has been very
i'll of ptomainc poisoning, is convaies-
cent.
Glenn Dunlavey Of Stiles, Is visiting
at the Jess Stump home.
Miss VIVA Allen OF Chicago, Is Wis
iting at the home of her parents dur
ing the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miller spent last
Thursday and Friday at DIR. y. Il
Rambos
Frank Chisman and wife of near
Dudley, were the guests Christmas Of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Jenkins.
Misses Talnan. Baldridge and Pier
son Of the Ottumwa hospital, were
Sunday callers here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Nve of Ottum@a,
who were former residents of Chilli.
cothe, were Christmas visitors here.
Mrs z. S. Warren. daughter Nellie
and son Harold of Des Moines. are
spending the holidays with Mr.. War
rem.
A. Warren, Anna Warren. Mrs. Al.
bert Conwell and Mrs. G. Il. Jenkins
went to I.ovilia Monday to attend the
funeral of j. w. Nye.
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BoNAPARTE.

Bonaparte-A social dance was Civ
Ell. at the opera house Monday even
ing and was well attended. Music was
furnished by the Cocherell orchestra.
Oscar Derr Of Lacon, III, is spending
a few days here with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. D. Derr.
Mrf and Mrs Chris Wendt of Fort
Madison, have been visiting their
daughter. Mrs. Minor Cummings.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Morris and Miss
Dorothy Ryland have been recent Ell
don visitors
Mrs. Ed Coolidge and daughter Miss
Gladys of Des Moines. are the guests
of, relatives in Bonaparte and vicin-
lily
Miss Nina Porter of Eiwart, is visit
ing her friend Miss Katherine bruce.
A. l.. Sanberg was business caller
in Des Monies several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Haywood of
| Selma, are making a short visit here
with friends and relatives.
| Mrs. James Murphy has been visit
| ing in Ottumwa with her daughter,
| Mrs. Dora Leach.
Miss Ollie Scheyli went to Mt. Zion
| Monday
Rev. Alfred Grenerry has gone TO
Omaha for visit with relatives.
| William and Perry Lamb OF Shen-
| andoah, have been recent guests at
| the John Stark home.
| Mrs. Ella Swearer Of Chicago, is Wis
! iting her mother, Mrs. Anna Sher-
man.
! Mrs. S. l. Cox was called to Kirk
vile Saturday by the serious illness of
| her son, Mcdonald Cox.
! w. s. Blackford is in Des Moines
| this week.
Dan King is spending few days
/ in OttumWa.
Mrs. Clara Murphy of West Liberty
has arrived for visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bachelor of
/ Keosauqua We're recent Bonaparte
| visitors.
A. D. Gaas has returned to his home
] in Pella-
| Daniel Collins of Fort Madison has
been visiting his aunt. Mrs. John Ed
wards.
/ EPWoRTH LEAGUE AT Chill
! LIcoTHE ELECTS OFFICERS
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