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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
MCKINLEY ON EDUCATION
6< 4 N open schoolhouse, free to ALL
~ evidences the highest type of
- advanced civiliza tior, Ii q. IL,

IS N open schoolhouse free to all
~ evidences the highest type oi
advanced civilization. 1t is the
gateway to progress, prosperity and
honor and the best security for the
liberties and independence of the peo-
pie. 1t is the strongest rock of the
foundation, the most enduring stone of
the temple of Liberty; our surest STAY
in every storm, our present safety. our
future hope-aye, the very citadel of
our influence and power. 1t is better
than garrisons and guns, than forts
and fleets. An educated people, gov
erned by true moral principles, can
never take a backward step, nor be
dispossessed of their citizenship or
liberties. I fear sometimes that we do
not appreciate these advantages and
blessings. These advantages should
be sacredly cherished, never lightly re-
sarded. The time to enjoy them is in
youth; no other time is so opportune.
If neglected then, they are reasonably
certain to remain forever unimproved.
The rudiments must be acquired when
we are young, or they are never ac-
Quired; this is the common experience
of mankind There is no time for
study when the active, busy, strug-
Cling period in every mans life sets in.
The fight for bread and butter shuts
out all inclination for it. Our daily
round of duties commands our time
and faculties, often to the exclusion of
even current reading and always of
hard mental labor and close thought.
We have no time to waste in this
short. hurrying life. The early wears
are the golden ones for preparation:
not moment should be squandered.
When President William Mckinley
uttered the words we have quoted he
was speaking under the sincere i'm
preston that the policies he was advo-
eating would produce the greatest
good for the greatest number of citi-
zens, and that children would, of
course, be benefited. That they should
be excluded from the enjoyment of ma
tional prosperity was unthinkable.
That they should be taken out of
school and put to work in factories or
mines was SO little in accordance with
his golden vision of America after pro-
lection and other Republican policies
should have made the nation fat as
well as great, that from an intimate
acquaintanceship with the man and
his habits of thought we are certain, if
he could have foreseen depopulated
scfoolhouses as a result of protection
he would have been an unconditional
free trader.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
ARMY NOT WELL EQUIPPED
NOR PREPARED FOR WAR
WITH A FOREIGN POWER

The Japanese navy has the ad-
vantage, so it is said, of having fought
the greatest sea battle of modern
times, of having won that battle, and
therefore is ahead of all other nayies
in actual experience. The fact that
Japan's present navy has fought a
great sea battle is not so great an ad-
vantage when it is remembered that
big guns are soon worn out. Many of
the guns on Admiral Togo's ships
were already useless when he won his
great victory. After that battle was
over. more than half the armament
of the Japanese navy was worthless.
It is to refine or to replace these guns.
and to repair these ships, and to re-
store the captured Russian ships that
the Japanese government is taxing it's
people to the extent of one-fourth of
their total earnings. Japan knows
that its navy is not as strong as it's
paper presentment indicates.
The same condition is true of the
army. The Japanese army rifle used
in the war with Russia, called the
Arisaka rifle, was almost an exact
copy of now obsolete Mauser rifle,
with the barrel cut off two inches and
the stock shortened to fit the shoulder
of the diminutive Japanese soldier
This rife was an admitted failure in
many ways, and before the war was
over many Japanese troops were US
ing rifles captured from the Russians
Notwithstanding the difficulty oc-
casioned by using a different ammuni-
ton. The high power modern pow
der burns out rifle in a very short
time and the Japanese military men
know that the present equipment of
their army is practically useless.
Preparations are being made to
completely re-equip the army, and it
is with view to this end that the
Japanese arsenals are now working
night and day. employing over $4,000
men. 1t is said that the Japanese have
adopted new rifle and that arrange
ments are being made to manufacture
it on a large scale at home. The
present standing army is provided
with the rifles Of the type used in the
war--the best OF the lot that was left.
The army reserves, corresponding to
the German Iandwehr, are equipped
with those slightly worse, and thou
sands and thousands of the rifles
which ended their usefulness in the
Russian war have been sold at auc-
tion.
Since firearms were invented there
has not been a time that a revolution
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

that in the last one all records of mod
ern warfare. In point of number or
men engaged, were excelled. Yet 1t
is equally true that this first war was
fought with a country absolutely with
out military prowess, and that when
the end of the cecond war came
Japan was almost exhausted and quite
willing to accept peace propositions
which were a diplomatic victory for
it's vanquished enemy.
But the alarmist who sees an all
conquering Yellow Peril will exclaim
that Japan can put into the field at
a moments notice an army of mil
lion fire-tested soldiers. 1t can do
nothing of the kind. AS a matter of
fact in it's army of 100000. men today
there are not more than" 900 who
saw service In the campaign against
the Russians. The same alarmist Will
say that the Japanese soldier is pos
human, that he holds to the ancient
code of Bushi-do and would rather die
in battle than to live in peace. and
that therefore the Japanese soldier Is
more than a match for any man who
has natural ideas about self-preserva-
tion. Even the Japanese themselves
laugh at this notion. 1t is true that
all Japanese are patriotic and that
most of those of the lower classes be-
lieve in the divinity of the emperor,
but they are not any more anxious
to die than other people. The Jap
anese officers who forced their own
men to fight at the point of a revolver
know that the Japanese soldier is
brave, but like all other human beings
he is fallible and sometimes is afraid.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
What Are You Going to Do About Ita

dustries the trust hogs were too busy
over the trough to give much heed to
the outside world or the republic. We
assert that not only are two million
children at work in the United States
who should be at school, but that many
families have suffered from lack of the
necessaries of life swhile the mag
mates" have been conducting their
Operations and that there have been
many deaths from starvation, worry
poverty. If everything that has hap
pened in the United States in the last
few years is to be attributed directly
to Republican prosperity. then Republi-
can prosperity is murderer.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
S. P. POLITICS

n EMOCRATs, do you think you can
ID afford to have your party DOM
~ mated by such a man as Eddie
is expressive although not classical
you are wise to the situation, aren't
you? You know the interests repre-
sented by Morris are not Democratic
You know the ticket he has been car
rying around in his pocket and will
produce for use this morning is not an
Eddie Morris ticket. You must not
overrate this Tippetywichet from the
Seventy-fifth. He is not "IT." Let us
restate the entire proposition in the
form of question. Democrats, we ask
you, do you think you can indorse
Eddie Morris and a ticket emanating
from the Southern Pacific? You must
be careful to discriminate between the
Southern Pacific and the California
branch of the American Democracy.
A Southern Pacific ticket is not DEM
ocratic ticket, and has no right to ex-
pect Democratic support. Why doesn't
the S. P. quit fooling and come out
in the open as a separate political
party? Think of the inspiration of a
cause associated with the first prin-
ciples of the Southern Pacific party.
Think of the flights of oratory which
Southern Pacific orators could achieve!
I'VE, the Southern Pacific people of the
United States, in convention assem-
bled.' There would be a ringing and
striking phrase with which to begin
a political platform.
when, in the course of human
events. 1t becomes necessary for the
S. p to dissolve the political bands
which have connected it on the more
or less D. Q. with other parties, and
to assume among the political parties
of the nation the separate and equal
station to which the laws Of nature en-
title it. decent respect to the opin-
ions of mankind requires that it should
declare the causes which impel it to
the separation" With this start, go
it, S. p! We await your declaration
of independence, and will point to you
with pride when you are padding
your own canoe up old Salt creek.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
OF WORLDWIDE INTEREST
JAPAN'.S ARMY AND NAVY
BY FREDERIC }. HAskIN

ary or insurrectionary body could not
find a way to get guns. The larger
portion of the Japanese army rifles
sold at auction have been finding
their way into China to equip revolu-
tionary forces, the Chinese being sat
isfied with anything that looks like a
gun. This trade In contraband arms,
manufactured by the Japanese govern
ment, used In the Japanese army and
shipped from Japanese arsenals. is one
of the reasons for China's intense dis
trust of its neighbor. The recent Tatsu
Maru affair was only one instance, 1t
is said, of this thriving trade.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
GREATER ACTIVITY IN
JAPANESE NAVY YARDS
THAN DURING RUSSIAN WAH

The purpose of the Japanese govern
ment in rushing with such feverish
haste this work OF repairing the dam
age to its armament resulting from
the war with Russia does not appear
on the surface. The Japanese business
men have pleaded with the government
to go slowly and not plunge the coun-
try into bankruptcy, but the military
oligarchy is supreme and pays no
heed. Japan could not finance a war
now with even the weakest of nations,
and the Japanese people want peace.
BUT the military party says 1t must be
prepared"
The conscription brings every Jap
anese youth into the army for two
years, but there are many exceptions
Tor various excuses, which are ac-
cepted because the government can
not afford to support an army as large
as the full conscription would raise.
An incident of the petty economy to
which the Japanese government is
forced is the lone year volunteer SER
vice" Any young man of means who
desires to tighten the burden of his
enforced conscription may do so by
volunteering for one year. This cuts
his time in half. but in return he must
pay his own barrack expenses.
While the Japanese navy has thirteen
pattieshlps on paper the two largest
OF these will not be in commission for
more than year. the patching up of
the captured Russian ships has not
been completed and other ships are
out OF commission. BY the time the
American fleet goes to tho Philippines
japan will have eight effective battle
ships and twelve good armored cruis-
ers in commission. In the United
States fleet at that time will be
eighteen armored cruisers. But the
Japanese are rushing to get their
other ships in shape, over so, 900 men
being employed in its navy yards. This
Is a greater number than was en-
ployed at any one time during the
preparation for the Russian war And
Is the high water mark in Japanese
naval activity
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
ANOTHER WoMAN's WORD
ON FREE STREET CARS

LOS ANGELES, April S0.-(Editor
HERALD: Mrs. M. A. MS letter in your
paper must, I am sure, appeal to many
a woman in similar circumstances.
Many a one, when the nickels are
scarce, walks more than she ought AT
a time when there is more than her
own personal welfare at stake. Mrs.
MS words touch me with only too
Nature said, "Ridel" But the pocket
said, moi That is only one of the
depriyations we women of small means
suffer. And | am alone in consequence
lone after another the little lives
fiicAered out. They were born tiredl
ANOTHER WOMAN.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
Name Unlimited

Some of the leading Peking and Ti-
entsin merchants have petitioned the
board of commerce for permission to
establish a fire and marine insurance
company of limited ability. The name
of the company will be "Peiyang Shut
Hou Pao Haien Yu Haien Kung Ssu,"
which would seem to be sufficient to
scare fire and most of the rest of the
elements.-San Diego Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

To the pure all things are pure, ex-
ce1ting elections. These must be made
pure, and kept pure. If pure people
make themselves believe elections are
pure, when they are.-not pure. they
make pure fools of themselves.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

Filipino papers threaten to publish
new book on Taft in the Philippines
if Big Bill is nominated. AS he prob
ably will be nominated the Republican
party should impose a special high
tariff protective on Taft to keep the
book out
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
Not Fit for Publication

Eastern papers have been wasting
space speculating on what Jay Gould
would say if he could look over the
modern divorce and marriage records.
If- Jay could return long enough to
do that 1t would do the papers no
good. What he would say wouldn't
be printable.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

Children employed in cotton mills
earn on an average 1921 per week. We
don't know how employers manage to
figure the sum with such precision that
it includes one odd cent. Perhaps the
dear, good Republicans will enact spe-
cial legislation increasing it to 1925 per
week.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
A Coleqrove NJ. F.

Out in Colegrove hen has made
her nest in the fork of an acacia tree,
fifteen feet from the ground. The bird
began the lofty performance when the
cost of eggs was at the maximum and
now her owner can't convince her of
the fall in prices. Two days ago she
showed signs of being broody. If the
hen carries out her determination to
raise a brood of chickens in the tree
her owner declares he will construct
a set of parachutes for the chicks.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

1t was a smart piece of detective
work to entrap man by following his
poor wife when she went to meet him
after a long separation. At the same
time, no one likes to hear of conjugal
affection being put to such base uses.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

Cil6 lltto vi Wdts ANO
matter how industry,
education and agri-
Ilture may suffer,
the military and
naval establishments
must be extended,
exalted. perfected.
Notwithstand 1 n &
this warlike spirit.
it is seriously to be
doubted If Japan
can measure up to
the somewhat ro-
mantle ideal which
m a n y Occidentals
ave created in
their own minds. 1t
cannot be disputed
that Japan h a s
fought two wars
wit h in fourteen
years. that it was
victor in both, that
/ h Q $ Q wars were
fought with the two
most po.. ulous ma
tiopc IN earth and
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

Children employed in pickle factories
earn $1.S4 per week. Childhood is surely
worth more than that. If it must be
sacrificed let the Republican party
raise the wages.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
Saw Sea serpents

They keep digging up the bones of
prehistoric sea serpents in Kansas. That
kind of snakes roamed about in the
tules of what is now the sunfiower state
long before prohibition was agitated.-
Fresno Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
Sea Cows for U. s. N.

Cows and autos are among the neces-
saries provided for in the navy appro-
priation bill. 1t appears that the sea
COW is all right, but the sea horse has
gotten his, the auto succeeding San
Bernardino Index.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

Rev. Hugh K. Walker says mo one
has the right to shirk the burden of
responsibility in state affairs. Existing
evils are due to the inertia of good citi-
zenship." TO great extent he is right.
But to live the life and vote the vote
of a good citizen under present condi-.
tions is like running an Obstacle race"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

The entertainment of the battleship
fleet will cost the Pacific coast half
million dollars The cleanup that has
been given the front and back yards is
worth a million, and on the whole, it
was a good investment. - Fresno
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
RooseveItIan Editor

The family is the Oldest and most
valuable institution on earth. 1t be-
gins properly with the first offspring
In reality there is no family until the
husband and wife can say to each
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
IS PA r M So
n " FRor1 A ~NI
" N1WE WDR f =
xtra

Now we must mix
In politix
And learn the trix
Some rascals fix
In spite of XIX;
And he who stix
At almost mix"
Must get his lix.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
The P ublic Letter Box

Letters intended for publication must be
accompanied by the name and address OF
the writer The Herald gives the widest
latitude to correspondents. but assumes no
responsibility for their views Letters
should not exceed 300 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
Joyful Jail

When we went into the Jail there
was a fellow playing a guitar and a
bunch of fellows having good time.
We are not running our Jail for a
pleasure resort, anyway. - Oxnard
Courier.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
Fiighty

$50 Jessica married an army officer.
Is he steady-going young MANI"
mo; they say he is up in the air
most of the time"
Shocking! How can he do it?"
HE is commander of the balloon
suuadn
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
And Every Night
Good Investment

Many fish story will be told to
night.-Santa Paula Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

other, 1.-TWO times one are two and one
to carry makes three."-San Pedro
Times
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

6zZNO is the business of
KEnA the Japanese nation. 1t is in
III war that 1t has excelled; 1t is
by war that 1t has come to Its
~ present diplomatic raj k
among the powers: and 1t is
toward war that every energy
of its greatest men is bent. Those who
rule the governmJ are themselves
veterans of successful wars and they
are today preparing for other wars
with whom and for what no man
knows Every cent that can be
squeezed from the poverty-stricken
people of Japan is being turned into
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
State Press Echoes
We Don't

Before leaving Santa Barbara the
sailors were wearing badges bearing
the words LOS Angeles for mine."
We wonder why.-F'illmore Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
Where Women Rule

Peck-I see by this magazine that
married men in Belgium are given two
votes while single men have but one.
Beck-That goes to prove that even
the worst situations have their COM
pensations.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
Didn't Jar Him

An Indiana farmer living at Chris
tianburg did Paul Revere stunt, rid
ing ahead of runaway team, warn
ing all persons he saw to take to the
tall pines, because the jolting wagon
contained quantity of dynamite. One
farmer did not receive the warning
and attempted to stop the horses.
You guessed wrong. 1t didn't ex-
plode.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05
Has Qualifications

Does your candidate know any
thing about constitutional law and the
needs of the people?"
mo; but he's got a dead sure line
on what the railroad companies want.
That's today's best bet"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-26
BRYAN CAMPAIGN
CONTINUES 70 GROW

Forty-two dollars and scvcnty-fivc
cents have 50 far been contributed by
the Democrats of Lamcns TO the Demo
cratic National campaign fund, most of
which has boon voluntary contribution
as the committee have rs yet made no
active canvass. Mr.. John B. Brooks is
in charge of the fund and with other
assistance will begin at once close and
thorough campaign for Increasing this
amount. Mr.. Brooks has already for
warded $25,00 of this amount TO Mr.
Norman f. Mack, of Buffalo, and the
remainder will soon be sent to the
proper authorities
Following is the honor roll of Laurcns
Democracy: John B. Brooks. $1OO; W.
w. Jones, $l.0O; II. G.. Franks, Soc; S.
R. Todd, $l.00; G.. f. GRAY. 81 90; E.
Sitgreaves, SOC; f. w. Littlo. SOC w.
II. Washington, SOC; w. w. Dodson,
Soc; w. H. Dial, SOC; A. c. T0llcr
Soc; j. w. Ferguson, $inO. 2. f.
Jones, Soc; S. 7. Babb, 5Cc.: A..
Schayer, Soc; r. e. Babb, JDc.; J. H..
league, SOC; b. b. Blaky S, Soc; NJ
G. Owings, Soc; I. d. Lake, 81 90; L..
G. Bale, Soc; c. NJ Miller, SOC; w.
H. Gilkcrson, Soc; Il. A. Cooper, 81. 90:
H. S. Blackwell SOC; r.. II. IIudgcns,
Soc; C. C. Fcatherstonc $l.OO; John
F. Bolt, $l.O0; Il. j. Duckett, $l.OO; O..
G. Thompson, $l.OO; Cash, $l.OO; A. D..
Gray, $l.0O; j. II. Crews, SOC; r.. II.
Greneker, SOC; II. l.. Walker Printing
Co., $l.00; c. Nj. Babb, Soc Moses
Roman, Soc. f. w. Greene, Soc H.
Douglas Gray, soc. w. b. Sloan, 81 90;
f. M. Smith, SOC; C. NJ Clarke, soc.
F. *. Spratt, Soc. w. Nj. SwitZcr, 25c.
w. G. Lancaster, soc. w. II. Andcr-
son. SOC; r. L. Hughes, SOC; c. W.
Taylor, 5Oc. II. p. Mcneil $50c.; Lau-
rens Advertiser, $lOO; II. c. Davis,
$l.O0; II. Coke Gray, Soc a. c. Todd,
81 90; S. d. Childress, Soc; }. K. Gal
lcgly, soc. j. II. Wharton. $l.O0; w.
II. Richcy, &l.00; Henry Garrison, 25c.
ID. l.. Brooks, 25c., l.. Mcng, SOC; b..
A. Sullivan, SOC; j. H. Traynham,
$l.O0; e. O. Anderson, SOC; H. b.
Humbcrt, SOC. II. V. Irbr, SOC; W..
d. Franks, 25c.; Cash, 5Uc
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-26
SMALL VOTE CAST
IN FIRST PRIMARY
Returns Obtained Under
Many Difficulties.
SOME OF TIE WINNERS
In Other Contests Second Election Will
Have TO Settle It---FOrccast
of These Racers.

Pursuant to the rules of the Demo
cratic party, the first primary election
was held in Iaurcns county Tuesday,
August 25th. The day was one Of the
most disagrceablc that have ever been
known and doubtless hundreds were
kept away from the polls. In Laurens
county the total vote will not exceed
$500. Returns from the various pre-
cincts were secured with unusual and
unprecedented difficulty owing to the
heavy rains and The damage done
bridges and wires
The vote in tabulatcd form printed
today is all that could be secured up to
the last momcnC Wednesday afternoon.
While there are not many definite re-
suits that can be CLEANED from this
vote, still it will be seen that Mr.. II.
ID. Boyd is elected to the House Of Rep
rcscntativcs, and that Mr., w. c.. Irby
whose election is not assured, has lead
over the others that will not likely be
changed 1t seems to be altogether
unsettled among Mcssrs. Richcy, Sui
livan agd Todd: Mr. Cunningham is out
of the running. Mr. John +. Bolt is
undoubtedly elected clerk of court over
his one Oppononet, Mr.. G.. A. Power.
McSSrS. llairStOn and Watts will run it
over for Coroner. The race between
McSSrS. Cannon and Wharton is very
close and the returns yet to come in
may effect the present standing Mcssrs
Pitts and Nash run over superintendent
Of education. For county auditor it
appears that the second race will be be-
tween MessrS. McCravy and Dorroh.
Mcssrs Roper and Baily are elected
commissioners.
Mr.. j. ID. Mock is reelected treas
Wcr by Il good majority over his one
opponent MIR. j. Wade Anderson.
In Laurcn$ township MIR. j. Nj. IIud-
gems for magistrate defeated Mr.. w.
II. Richcy, Jr., by small majority
Returns have been secured from only
twenty-five boxes giving the vote on
State Offices. Anscl and BlcaSc ran
together in this county much more
closely than was expected, there being
not two hundred votes between them.
Boyd, SWcaringcn, Canslcr and Caugh-
man seemed to be favOritcS i'm Laurcns.
Following is the total vote up to late
Wednesday afternoon:
Evans, 100; Grace, 3; JohnStonc, 300;
Lumpkin, 1856; Martin, 2G5 Rhctt, 3Gl;
Smith, ddd; Anscl, l,O52; Blcasc, ,2i5;
l}rookcr, d35; Jones, $50; Boyd, |, ,57l;
Thompson, SOB; fillmore, 8l9; MclIi,
champ, 2l5; Swcaringcn, !, 100; Cans
Ter, ,2O5; Caughman, 2i7; Fishburnc
j. 30; Richardson, lO5; SummcrSctt, 5S2