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The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17
of mail matter. Mail your packages

of mail matter. Mail your packages
as early as possible.
About the Christmas mail for this
ONCE, the city carriers will take out
notice for every package too large
to be carried out. Bring this notice
to the Office as soon as you get it.
Don't wait, as we need the room for
carriers will make their regular
morning delivery Christmas morning
and will no doubt leave. many notices
for packages for people on their
routes. Bring all these notices to
the postofice Christmas day and pre-
sent them at the carriers window.
It will be open In the afternoon from
four to i've o'clock, and the carriers
will be here to give you these pack
ages and all other mail for you.
after the first of the year a night
service will be inaugurated to meet
the growing demands upon the office.
At present the general delivery win
dow is open at nights from $50 to
S.UU ciOchs uut tOmncHcih6 oA
Thursday, December 18th, both the
general delivery and registry win
dows will be kept open every night
from 500 o'clock until 800. Pack
ages can be registered or mailed in
the ordinary mails: stamps purchas-
ed and mail secured during this hour.
This will be continued throughout
Christmas, and is intended 60 accom-
modate those unable to come to the
Office during the day."
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

Statistics show that less than i've
merchandise dealers IN each one hun
dred are successful They come and
go and are forgotten. The Singer
Company Is permanent. and its rep
resentatives are always At hand TO
care for Singer and Wheeler q WI
son sewing machines Fer repairs.
call J. w. Clarke at Singer Store.
315 Main street. 11-32-tf
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

The FIRE department was called ont
about seven O'Clock last Thursday
night by an alarm which Was turned
in from the Fifth ward and which
was caused BY lot OF burning leaves
in the ravine near the residence OF
Capt. F. II. Leigh on North Seventh
street Rain began 10 fall about the
time the alarm was turned IN. and
extinguished the FIRE before the de-
partment reached the scene.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

The display OF holiday goods At
AT Main street is worth seeing a.
night. The store Is wei lighted. The
goods are brilliant. beautiful. artistic
and the prices reasonable Store open
every night until Christmas. Bnder
Bros, AT Main street.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

Wtse eayias In E-n~rAl - al=czlL
Wise le~elry hesinE is particularly
50 kno~ th~ Store nna yaa wlu
Nnor t1e 1ewelry a. hAnties. S.rsiy
s~enty-eiEht years - loaG ~noaxA 60
prove us- Oar ~ora - oar xear..-
tss. and cur lins % Christmaa ssw~b-
r. Is complete Bad-r Brotkers. Ell
Asin street
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

Ours i a complete teweiry store
70 line o. goods zore reliable ls car
ried ~ jewelers. anywhere. WAT
ever Is worth haviax In A sewelrv
store l. 20 he founs her~. Butsr
Bros-. Manufactures l~~~lers. slT
Main street
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

Don't make shopping too serious.
STOP md feast your eyes on the beau
tiful display of holiday goods we are
showing. We always like to see
lockers" They say such nice things
about our wares. So drop in: seeing
beautiful things will interest you and
rest you. Buder Bros, At Main
street.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

This year we offer a fne gold
watch as reward for casn buying.
For every s1.00 cash purchase we
give ticket emitting you to an op-
portunity to possess either a lady's
or gentleman's gold watch. You
have your choice. Buder Bros. man
ufacturing jewelers., At Main street
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

Desirable cottage. with 1arge fine
garden spot and pasture, on Tabb's
Hill. Price $3.50 a month. Ap-
ply to Maer Realty Co.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

Plant and selected oysters. Place
your orders early with P. Geraud.
Stone Hotel block. phone 414.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

Jewelry. diamonds, cut glass. sill
verware and clocks, at Buder Bros,
jewelers., At Main.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

Open house every ziS1t zntl nizs
O'Clock WhereF Ths CITY rurcls-
ure Company. Drop = aa1 see What
they have. qa-a
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

Christmas bells. 1oc. 15c, z5c and
S5c each at Johnston q Gaines
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17
just It

A fur piece, or a Fur Set.
An assortment most magnificent,
with all the new shapes in collars,
scarfs, boas, throws and rug muffs,
in all colors and furs for ladies
and children. EssSA
r All the LATEST FASHIONS IN
FEATHER BOAS.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

NeckWear
NECKWEAR of every edesign and descrip-
ton, with ruchings to adorn the daintiest
costume
BEAUTIFUL HANDKERCHIEFS, in
Guiding lace and venice trimmed
French Embroidered Initial baud
kerchiefs, only .---.--~----- 25c a piece
Misses and Children's S KID GLOVES
only 81 90 pair
Hand Bags in Morocco Seal and Alligator
Parasols, best grades and snappiest handles
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
BRYAN WILL CARRY KENTUCKY

Henry Watterson says that Bryan
will carry Kentucky. In an interview
at Lincoln, Nebraska, the other day he
was asked:
slave the Republicans any chance
of carrying Kentucky?
"None whatever. Bryan will get the
State by 10000 or 10000 majority. The
election of a Republican Governor last
fall was due to local dissensions among
the Democrats. which have no relation
to the national campaign. About 5000
Democratic voters stayed at home and
5000 others supported the Republican
ticket. This year there will be few
stay-at-homes and no detection at the
polls"
Mr.. Watterson went over past politi-
cal history today, maintaining that the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland was a
blunder and declaring that his admin
istration brought the party disaster in
the subsequent campaigns.
eve are" he said, actually today
where we left off thirty-two years ago
From the two terms of Mr.. Cleveland
we got nothing except some agreeable
changes in the personality Of the Off
cial fabric. The tariff is worse thar
Cleveland found it. He left not Demo
cratic measure of relief and reform or
the statute books
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
STOP INDIGESTING|

When the stomach becomes weakened
by indigestion, the general soundness
Of every other organ of the body be-
comes likewise impaired, and starvation
Of the organs set in. A successful doc
tor druggist recently said. Take Pro-
sene and stop indigestion. 1t helps the
food to mature properly within the right
time, and causes none of those side-shows
like gas, belching, bloaty feeling, heart
burn and biliousness. The Prosene
Combination consists Of: Prosene Com
pound, one ounce; Compound Tincture
Of Cinchona, one ounce; Sherry Wine,
half pint. To be mixed in the drug
store or at home. Take teaspoon dose
before meals and at bedtime. This for
mula was originated by the Cooper Phar-
macal Company of Chicago, who are ad-
vertising 1t to the public, and supplying
it's chief Ingredient, Prosene, to the
druggists. Have Bell s. Robinson mix
some of this up for you.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
AND WHY HARMONY,

Burlington Gazette: We note that
the Hawkeye now expects the progress
i've faction Of the republican party in
Iowa to accept the defeat of Governor
Cummins for United States senator as
providential dispensation over which
all men must rejoice, and that from this
time forthwith all is to be peace aud
harmony in the republican camp. But
why thusly? Why this complacent
state of mind on the part Of the Hawk
eye? Had Senator Allison been de-
feated would the Hawkeye have been
uttering the same sentiment? Would
the standpat press and the standpat
republican have accepted in spirit the
harmony program that they now suggest
to the defeated progressives? We
doubt it. Indeed Judging from the pre-
cedent firmly and thoroughly establish
ed two years ago by the standpatters.
1t is not only permissible but eminently
proper for the defeated faction to
resort to the polls and drive the knife
Of revenge deep into the gissard of the
victors.
Two years ago Governor Cummins
was nominated as the party nominee for
governor, after bitter fight in which the
progressive wing VI Glo parry 00IoHUou
the standpatters. Did the standpatters
adopt the role now suggested by the
Hawkeye for the progressives? Well,
not as any body now living can remem-
Der. Instead of supporting the party
nominee thousands of standpatters the
state over not only voted the democratic
ticket but openly worked for the cleo
tion of Porter, the democratic candidate,
and out down the governors majority
to very close figure. That is the ex-
ample set by the adherents of the Hawk
eye; that is the precedent established in
Iowa republican politics. II the stand
patters were doing what was permissible
and proper, and we have never heard
the Hawkeye suggest anything else,
why would it not be just as permissible
and proper for the progressives this fall
at the election to go to the polls and vote
for democratic members Of the legisla-
ture in order to thus encompass the de-
feat Of Senator Allison, and as a side
issue throw the hooks into Congressman
Kennedy, and for good measure jar the
county ticket? We really should like
to know how the Hawkeye looks upon
this suggestion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
COURT APPEAL DENIED.

A curious feature of the Iowa pri-
mary law has been brought to light by
the Hull-Prouty contest in the Seventh
district. In that contest recount was
called for in various precincts, and now
the question is raised whether that re-
count shall be accepted as final.
The primary law provides for a re-
count by the board of supervisors of
the ballots in any precinct upon a
sworn statement "that fraud was COM
mitted or error or mistake was made
in counting or returning the votes cast
in such precinct" The law goes on to
providelthat ''the showing must be speci-
fic, and from it there must appear
reasonable ground to believe that re-
count Of the ballots would produce a
result different from the returns made
by the judges" Under such circum-
stances the recount must be made.
The law stipulates further that the re-
suit of the recount must be substituted
for the returns of the judges of
election for the precinct. And finally
the law provides that "the action Of
the board shall be- final and no other
contest of any kind shall be permitted"
What is the meaning of the provision
that the faction Of the board must be
final and no other contest of any kind
shall be permitted" Does it mean
that the losing contestant is deprived
of the right to take his case into the
courts and test the adequacy of the
boards ruling. If that is the intent,
and it is so claimed by one side of the
seventh district debate, it would seem
that the trainers of the primary law
| tod tbaip affo IN %rp; rs
away from the courts right which
constitutionally is vested in them.
The decision Of the board of supervisors
involves the interpretation of provisions
of the primary law. A board of supcr-
visors is human, and may err in the
Interpretation of law, more particularly
as its members are not supposed to
have any expert knowledge of the law.
Is candidate whose rights of citizen
ship are at stake to have no recourse
from mistaken decision OF board of
canvassers? 1t seems absurd to in
innate that the decision of the board of
supervisors in this matter must be
considered more final than the decision
Of the same board in any other matter
involving the legal rights of citizens.
| The board cannot enforce any of it's
rulings except by due process of law.
| Acting as canvassing board, it is
difficult to see how any of it's rulings
can be enforced except in the same
manner.
| 1t is possible the declaration that
| "the action of the board shall be con.
sidered final, and nc other contest
permitted" means no more than that
no other contests outside the courts
shall be permitted. If it is intended
to mean more then it is safe to predic,
the courts will not uphold such intent
Obviously it would involve an effort tc
deprive citizens of the constitutions
right to resort to the courts for protec
| ton from injustice. Sioux City Journal
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
LABOR DISSATISFIED.

Judging from the press dispatches,
the labor people are not at all satisfied
with the results in Chicago.
President Gompers discussed the
platform only briefly, saying he would
reserve his opinion until later. 1t is
probable the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor will dis
cuss the plank and that President
later.
81 probably will have something to
say on the platform after the subject
has been discussed in the executive
council said Mr.. Gompers. 81 do not
care to say anything at this time. If
we 60 slowly we may act more wisely"
1t was apparent to the labor men
thronging the lobby of the Kaiserhof
hotel, however, that their leader was
disappointed with the injunction plank.
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, also was
cautious as to his utterances on the
subject of the platform.
'The plank adopted by the conven-
ton is not what we asked for and does
not represent what we want" he said.
"The difference between what we de-
handed and what they adopted can
only be contrasted and not compared
Edwin R. Wright, president of the
Illinois State Federation OF Labor, e1.
pressed strong dissatisfaction with the
injunction plank.
"It does not satisfy u.s." said he
''The plank legalizes injunctions instead
Of doing away with them. We contend
there is no need of injunctions in labor
cases where remedy at law exists fol-
| the protection of property. And where
injunctions are issued and men cited
for contempt Of court we demand a trial
by jury. The plank is silent on this
point.
"The convention has given us abso.
lutely nothing that we did not have
before, and the plank recommends the
enactment of legislation that shall
legalizes injunctions."
Edward N. Nockels, secretary of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, said: "The
plank is worse than straddle; it i.
nothing so far as labor is concerned
What we want is to abolish injunctionf
| in labor disputes, and not legalize
them"
'The plank will not do" said Fred G.
Hopp, financial secretary of the loca
federation. 81 will say, however, that
I would vote for Roosevelt on no plat
form at all, because it is better to vote
for the right man without platform
than for the wrong man with good
platform, though this platform is moi
good for labor"
II am dissatisfied both with the nom
inee and the platform Of the republic
cans" said James B. Connors, vice
| president of the Switchmen's Union o.
North America. "Labor will not swal
! low Taft, and the platform offers labo,
nothing
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
EX.pRESIDENT CLEVELAND.

With the passing away of Hon. Grover
Cleveland, the United States loses not
only one of the most conspicuous of it's
recent historical figures and the only
living ex-president of the United States,
but man of rare weight, courage and
strength.
His dissolution at this time seems al
most significant in view of the fact that
there is imminent battle political be-
tween two parties, of one of which he
was the honored leader for many years
possibly the ablest leader it ever had.
Whether we may dispute about the
comparative greatness of partisans, it
has been agreed by men of all parties,
especially since Mr.. Cleveland stepped
down from the Office of president the
last time and his administrations could
be reviewed with more calmness than
was possible in their time, that he was
solid, sincere, thinking executive.
with strong convictions and the cour-
age thereof.
No man of any party, in or out of Of
flee, was ever more bitterly abused
than Stephen Grover Cleveland, who
from his early manhood, saw fit to keep
his first name in the background. What
man lives today that remembers the
aggravating assaults on the then presi-
dents daily habits, his failure to go in
to the civil war and his veto of numer-
GUS private pension bills, but will say
the criticism was as hard as could be
uttered by disgruntled people?
Yet with all this Mr.. Cleveland, who
in his first campaign, against James G.
Blaine in 1884, won the election, got a
plurality of 98,017 votes against Benja-
min Harrison in 1888, although in the
electoral college he was defeated by a
score of 233 to 1853. This evidence of
his strength in 1883 was renewed with
emphasis in 1892, when he ran again
against President Harrison and won by
a plurality of 380,810 in the popular
vote and the electors franchises stood
277 to las in his favor.
He furnishes the only instance in
American history of one time presi-
dent being defeated for second term
and securing apparent vindication by
the result of third contest.
On his retirement from the cares of
state he accepted chair at Princeton
university, which he held up to the
time of his death. In recent lecture
at Princeton he analysed number
of the situations which enmeshed
him while in office, giving his rea-
sons for his course in the different
problems. In this the students got
facts which may never be known to
history, and there will be great regret
if Mr.. Cleveland did not bequeath this
interesting data to posterity in his
writings.
Mr.. Cleveland married Miss Frances
Folsom, of New York, a young woman
whose beauty and sweet dignity gave
her an envied place in the hearts of a
nation when she graced the White
House as the first woman of the repub-
lie. In domestic life the Clevelands
seem to have found rare felicity, and at
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
Nervous Exhaustion
From Hard Work

The story that Mrs. B.. E. Smith Of
222 Bid Ave-, Buffalo, N. Y, tells of the
complste recovery Of her niece from
q most deplorable condition Of ex-
treme weakness and nervousness only
goes to prove the wonderful power that
DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills have
over all nervous affections. So COM
plete and full Is the statement of the
case and the splendid recovery that we
need only quote her own words. This
lady says: my niece. young lady Of
~ years OF age, was in deplorable
condition from nervous exhaustion, the
result of hard general work. Her
general makeup was of the high strung
nervous kind-the appetite was poor.
The head ached constantly-no rest at
night-the heart action was very weak,
the slightest exertion bringing on pain
about the heart and palpitation. She
grew very weak and lost weight rapid
ly. heard Of the splendid work Of DR..
A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills in such cases
and procured some, and I am pleased
to say they acted flnely-she soon rest
ed easily at night-the headaches stop
ped-she picked up in weight-the ap-
petite was good, and, in fact, the change
on the whole was most marked and
gratifying. AS a consequence Of this
splendid result can conscientiously
and heartily recommend the medicine
to others in similar cases. SOC box
at all dealers or DR.. A. w. Chase Medt.
cine Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
ReI1 e OohinSon nru0niStS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
AS a matter of fact there is no Ia

AS matter of fact there is no Taft
sentiment in the country. 1t doesn't
exist even in Ohio. The sentiment be.
hind him is the Roosevelt sentiment
and he has the nomination only because
Mr.. Roosevelt feared to accept it. 1t
was the original Roosevelt plan to use
Mr.. Taft as his stalking horse. He made
him his actual heir apparent only when
the prosperity bubble burst and he
came to full realization of it's signif.
icance with relation to his own political
fortunes. He then fastened TO make
certain that it should be his man and
not himself.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02

Princeton, where they made their resi-
dence of late years, they were regard
ed with that true respect which is the
sincerest tribute to the hearth.
The United States has to acknowledge
its great loss in the passing of Mr..
Cleveland, and national sorrow will join
that of the widow and children.
Their loss is Of a devoted husband
and father, while that of the nation is
of highly capable servant and most
distinguished citizen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02

It should be noted that under the
leadership of Parker and the eastern
wing of the democratic party, the party
lost 100000 votes between 1900 and
1904. The enemies of Bryan failed to
take this into consideration when they
speak of his weakness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02

If standpat success in one campaign
means political determination for every
progressive on every occasion, what is
the tie that binds progressives to send
to the legislature republicans instructed
to re-elect standpat senators? Let's
reason together. Marshalltown Times
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02

President Roosevelt has at last run
against one man who refuses to be in
Inundated by his orders or the shaking
Of the "big stick" President Eliot Of
Harvard turned the president down cold
when he tried to interfere and have a
couple of young oarsmen reinstated
when they had deliberately violated
the rules of the college.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02

Taft and good times, is to be the re-
publican slogan, but how can Taft
change republican policies that have
brought panic and business disaster
more than Roosevelt could whose pol
icies he is pledged to follow?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
DemocraticiCounty Ticket

For Representative
+. j. SANKEY
OF Leon
For Auditor
WALTER OSBORNE
OF Burrell
For Recorder
MISS SUSIE SEARS
ofIDecatur
For Clerk of Courts
J. L. MENDENHALL
OF High Point
For Sheriff
w. H. LLOYD
OF Decatur
For Treasurer
VIC. CozAD
OF Morgan
For County Attorney
GEO. w. BAKER
OF Leon
For County Superintendent
ELI HUTCHINSON
OF Woodland
For Coroner
THOMAS PENISTEN
For Members Board of Supervisors
DENNIS DAUGHTON
OF Center
1T. RAUCH
OF Fayette
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
POPULAR AND ELECTORAL.

AS much interest has already been
awakened as to the possible outcome
of the coming presidential election, the
table of the popular and electoral votes
cast since 1884 will be Interesting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02

Mr.. Taft is said to weigh $50 pounds.
No man Of that weight can run we'll.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02

Compromising with sin is accepting
wages from Satan.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
Democratic State Ticket.

For United States Senator
CLAUDE r. PORTER
OF Centerville, Appanoose County
For Presidential Electors at Large
JOHN L. CRAIG
OF keokuk, Lee County
c. c. LOOMS
OF Des Moines, Polk County
For Governor
FRED E. WHITE
OF South English, Keokuk County
For Lieutenant Governor
ID. A. RAY
OF Humboldt, Humboldt County
For secretury of State
JULIUS RUGE
OF Carroll, Carroll County
For Auditor of State
G. E. MUNROE
OF oskaloosa, Mahaska County
For Treasurer of State
JAMES S. CUNNINGHAM
OF Knoxville, Marion County
For Attorney General
CHARLES A. ROGEBs
OF Eldora, Hardin County
For Superintendent of Public instruction
CAP E. MILLER
OF Sigourney, Keokuk County
For Clerk of Supreme Court
Ito fill vacancy
GEORGE R, WHITTEMORE
OF Sioux City, Woodbury. County
For Railroad Commissioner
MACK j. GROVES
OF Estherville, Emmett County
For District Presidential Eector Eighth District
w. H. DEWEY
SOf Charlton Lucas County
Democratic Congressional Tickle
For Member of CONFESS, Eighth District
W. ID. JAMESON
OF Shena ndoah
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
Democratic Senatorial Ticket

For State:Senator, Fifth Senatorial District
DIR. FRED A. BOWMAN
OF Leon, Decatur County
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-07-02
Democratic Congressional Ticket

For Member of CONFESS, Eighth District
w. ID. JAMESON
OF Shenandoah. Page County