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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09
Nicaragua Takes Up Arms.

Washington. July s.--Nicaragua hes taken up arms in support of Honduras which has a revolutionary movement on its hands. according to a dispatch received at the State Department to- day. This dispatch says that an army is being recruited by Nicaragua and duras
 Another dispatch, however. received at the department from the American representative at the capital of Saliva dor indicates that the movement against Honduras has failed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09
CONWAY PENNY's CASE.
Absence of R. B. Owen May Caus.
 Continuance.

ADSGncS OA K. 1. OWe1 M0Y Cause
 Continuance.
 Mobile, July Special. Jon &C., count of the absence of R. B. Owen former City Clerk of Mobile, the case against former City Clerk Conway Penny. charged with embezxlsrnent, will in all likelihood be continued tomorrow when 1t is called in the City Court of Mobile.
 Penny is at present out on a $500 bond and 1t may be that Solicitor Webb will go to trial without the former clerks presence. although 1t is believed that he would be a prominent factor in the prosecution of the case.
 Should the case be tried. an immense crowd is expected to attend the ses- sion. as 1t is believed that matters of political significance will be disclosed in the evidence.
 Owen 1t Is said it Is present orepat- ing e hotel in Puerto cortsz Honduras.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09
PoIsOnera are Beheaded.

Saigon, Cochin China, July 8 S.--The three Annimite officers condemned to death for complicity in a plot to poison the members of the garrison. have been beheaded at Hanok. Two hundred members of the garrison were taken m recently and an examination of their drinking water showed the presence of the poison.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09
uoa- Foppd on b. ana N. Tracks

Nashville Tenn. July s.-The body of an unknown white man was found on the Louisville and Nashville tracks near Bowling Green. Ky. this morning. Papers on his person indicated that his name was Peter Klein of Decatur Ala. He was evidently run down by an early morning train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09
DRUG sToRE GUTLTY.

No Soft Drinks or Cigars in Columbus
 on Sunday.
 Columbus Ga. July s.-(Special)-- All day today the city court of Co., iumbus was engaged in the trial of a test case for violation of Sunday laws
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09
BODY FOUND IN BAY
MISSISSIPPI FRUIT MERCHANT Is
 DROWNED.
He Was Visiting In Pensae0Ia and His Death Is Declared To Have Been Due To An
 Accident

Pensacola. Fla. July S--(Special. )--- The body of John Minchice. fruit merchant of Gulfport. Miss. was found in the bay near Commandments wharf this afternoon with the neck broken The body. however. did not show any bruises.
 Minchice came here about a week ago, after sending his family to Aus trta. and is said to have given them $1.0oo. Tuesday night he met a friend who is cook aboard the Austrian steamer Emelia. rnoored at Comman- dancia wharf, and the two, after drink ing wine aboard the vessel. were toin- ed by third party and came up to the city, drinking until the saloons closed.
 The cook. when the body was found near the vessel this afternoon. was arr rested. foul play being suspected. He said that after leaving the saloon the three men walked towards the vessel and in the darkness, Minchice, who was drunk. was lost somewhere on the wharf, and although they looked for him. he could not be found.
 The cook was released tonight by the coroner's jury, the verdict being accidental drowning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09

ARE YOU FROM MIssoURI7
 Try a bottle of Pepsi-Cola and be convinced. It hasano equal as a sum- meg beverage. Delicious and healthful. Sold in bottles everywhere. Phone 2002. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09

Keep calling foR Ceee-CoYa. The name blown in the bottles. wuaranfeen you against frauds. sold in bottles everywhere. g-f.g
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09
Quenehss Thirst.

HORsFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE It makes . refreshing. cooling beverage, and wholesome tonic--superior to lemonade
 -(4l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09
Dies of Husband,. wornd..

Mrs. Clifford Touart. who was shot by her husband at Bagdad last Thura- day. died today and the body reached here tonight to be buried.
 There was never any possible chanca of the recovery of the woman, three bullets from a 3s+caIibre revolver striking her in the back, one breaking the spinal column and causing paraly- sis. ta.
 A coroher's jury viewed the remains and returned a verdict that death was caused by pistol wounds fired by her husband and holding him upon the charge of murder IA the trst deRrsa
 Touart. who is printing rressnaan. is said to be insane,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20

The Answer in 1908,

President Roosevelt, instead Of rep
resenting the spirit of war" stands
before the world the greatest ex-
emplar of international peace in his
generation. History will in full
season award him the titles he
has justly won, and the greatest Of
these will be "The Peacemaker," in
spite of Candidate Bryan's assault upon
him in 1904. Under President Roosa-
velr's policies the United States has
taken it's place in the front rank Of
world powers. Taft is committed to
continuing these policies.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20

1896, Free Coinage!-16 to i.


81 reply that, if protection has
slain its thousands, the gold standard
has slain its tens of thousands
William J. Bryan; speech at Demo-
cratic National Convention, July, 1896
''The Democratic party has begun a
war Of determination against the gold
standard. We ask no quarter; we give
no quarter. We shall prosecute our
warfare until there is not an American
citizen who dares to advocate the gold
standard. You ask why? We reply
hat the gold standard is a conspiracy
against the human race. and that we
should no more join in It than we would
an army to destroy our homes and to
destroy our families William ]. Bry-
an: speech at Albany, N. Y, August,
1896.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
COUNTRY NEEDS A REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS-.

President Roosevelt Points Out I'M
portance Of Electing Legislators
to Support Taft.
President Roosevelt, in letter to
William. B. Mckinley, chairman OF the
Republican Congressional Committee,
appeals to dfsinterested citizens to join
with the National Republican Commit
tee and the Congressional Committee lin
a movement, to elect William H. Taft
as President and a Republican Congress
to support him, saying, iii part:
ut is urgently necessary, from the
standpoint Of the public interest, to
elect Mfr. Taft, and a Republican Con-
gress which will support him and they
seek election on a platform which spe-
officially pledges the party, alike in its
executive nnd legislative branches, to
continue and develop the policies which
have been not merely introduced, but
acted upon during these seven years.
These policies can be successfully car
ried through only by the hearty cooper
alton of the President and the Congress
in both its branches, and it is therefore
peculiarly important that there should
obtain such harmony between them. To
fail to elect Mr.. Taft would be calam-
ity to the country; and it would be
folly, while electing him, yet at the
same time to elect a Congress hostile
to him, Congress which under the in
fiuence of partisan leadership would be
certain to thwart and battle him on
every possible occasion. To elect Mr.
Taft, and at the same time to elect a
Congress pledged to support him, is the
only way in which to perpetuate tie
policy of the government as now car
ried on. 1 feel that all the aid that can
be given to this policy by every good
citizen should he given for this is far
more than a merely partisan matter"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
APPEAL TO LOYAL REPUBLICANS
To Middle West and Rocky Noun
tain States Republicans.

You want Mr.. Taft and Mfr. Sher-
man elected and they cannot be elected
unless the Republican National Com
mittee has sufficient money to pay the
| legitimate expenses OF the campaign.
It costs money to perfect an organiza-
ton It requires money to pay for
printing, postage, salaries or stenogra-
pliers and clerks at headquarters, trav-
cling expenses of speakers and numer-
GUS other details that go to make the
campaign end successfully. Congress,
as you know, has passed a law making
it nufawfu1 for us to solicit money from
corporations. We must depend upon
the contributions of individual voters.
If every Republican in this Western
Division would contribute one dollar to
the campaign fund, we VIII be able to
do all the things that the voters want
done; we will be able to elect Taft and
Sherman. VIII you help? II SO, please
send one dollar to the chairman of your
State Finance Committee, whose name
appears in the list following, or send it
direct to ne and you Will receive the
OIIlC1dl TtCSIpI VI thC AsePuDilSdA va
tionar Committee
FRED w. UPHAM,
Assistant Treasurer.
Contributions may be sent by check
or money order to any of the following
named chairmen of the various State
finance committees:
Colorado, Whitney Newton, Denver.
Idaho, Frank F. Johnson, Wallace.
Illinois, Col. Frederick n. Smith, Pc
oria. ,..5
Iowa, Hon. Lafayette Young, Des
Moines.
Kansas, Frank e. Grimes, Topeka.
Michigan, John n. Bagley, Detroit.
Missouri, O. L. Whitelaw, 400 North
Second street, St Louis.
Montana, Thomas A. NARROW, Helena
Nebraska, John C. Wharton, New
York Life building, Omaha.
New Mexico, J. w. Reynolds, Santa
Fe.
North Dakota, James A. Buchanan.
Buchanan.
Oregon. DR.. II. W. Coe, Portland.
South Dakota, o. w. Thompson, Yer
million.
Washington, James D. Hoge, Seattle.
Or to Fred w. Upham, Assistant
Treasurer, 234 Michigan avenue, Chi
cago, Illinois.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
HOLD FAST THAT WHICH is
GOOD

A rich treat was in store for
all those who listened to that elo-
quent speech made at the court
house Friday night by Hon. Hen
ry McGinn. He wasted no time
in preliminary remarks but pro-
ceeded to take his text from that
good old Book in which one of
the disciples advised the people
to Hold fast that which is Good" !"
He made the application that
Judge Taft had made good in all
the various positions of honor and
trust in which he had ever been
placed by the people--as citizen,
as judge, as political adviser of
the President. in command of the
Philippine Islands, in dispelling
the trouble in Cuba, and lastly
that he had thrown more dirt
while in command of the Panama
canal, with less friction, than had
been deemed possible by the most
ardent supporters of this great
undertaking.
As an attorney for the laboring
men in Portland, Mr.. McGinn
cited several cases of vital i'm
portance where the rulings of
Judge Taft had been friendly to
the labor interests and urged the
laboring man to faithfully con-
slider this question in a spirit of
fairness as against political bias
by such men as President Comp
ers and others who seek to graft
fy their own personal ambition. |
1t was particularly gratifying
to Republicans in this opening
campaign speech to have repre-
sentative man who could handle
questions of national Importance
in spirit of fairness, free from
personalities or abuse of his polit-
ical opponents, and we can say
without fear that all who heard
him were amply repaid for the
time spent.
He called the attention of his
hearers to the prosperous condi-
tion of the country under the
Roosevelt administration; cited
the close friendship that has al
ways existed between the Presi-
dent and Secretrry Taft, and
quoted the language of the Presi-
dent that Taft, above all others. /
was the man best qualified to
carry out the policies which had
brought such great blessings to
the American people. /
The audience was surprise to
the most enthusiastic Republi-
cans as only one days notice had
been given the public and the
court room was we'll filled with
ladies and gentlemen who gave
the speaker marked attention,
thus showing their appreciation
as we'll as the interest taken by
our people in this most important
election.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
1904, Antf-RooseveIt.

''I would rather gfio down to eternal
oblivion than be instrumental in the
election of Roosevelt. ."-Wil1fam J.
Bryan, Oct. II, 1904, while touring In
diana. ....
"The surrender Of the present Presf-
dent (Roosevelt) to corporate fnffu-
ences furnishes an excellent proof of
the wisdom of Judge Parker in making
the statement he has. But President
Roosevelt stands for militar:sm.
The present occupant Of the White
House (Roosevelt) represents in an az
gravated form the warlike spirit, as
contrasted with the pacific policy that
has heretofore characterized our ma
n.''-William ]. Bryan, in a, speech
at Springfield, Mo-, Sept. 1, 1904, where
he accused President Roosevelt of sur.
rendering to the corporations and hold
ing "bloody, brutal and barbarous" sen
timents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
The Answer in 1908.

The broad meaning Of Candidats
Bryan's remarks on this subject is
that railway regulation by statute
law is impossible, and that "goy-
ernment ownership" is the only
remedy for , transportation abuses
The ena ctment of the Federal Rate Law
has totally disproved the, claims of
Candidate Bryan and viyidly, displayed
his unsound reasoning on great public
questions. ~
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
The Answer in 1908.

The gold standard has "slain" no
one, nor did it write the future
in blood" nor did it destroy our
homes nor foreclose the farm mort
gage, nor did it close the dis
trict school: on the contrary, it has
proved the sound and solid foundation
Of widespread prosperity, leading to in
dividual progress and happiness, aided
in paying off the farm mortgage and
expanding the country's educational IA
cilities. u
1t has brought such prosperity to
our country as was never known before.
Americans are the happiest and most
prosperous people on earth to-day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
1892, Free Trade.

~ 1S02, Free Trade.
''Thus in every State, so far as these
statistics have been collected, the pro-
portion of homecoming farmers is de-
creasing and that of tenant farmers in
means land of landlords and tenants,
and, backed by the history of every
nation that has gone down, 1 say to
you that no people can continue free
people under a free government when
the great majority Of its citizens are
tenants Of small minority William
J. Bryan; speech on the protective tar
if in the National House Of Represen-
tatives, March IL, 1892. ...
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
emo MORE FOURTH OF JULY"
1900, Imperialism!

''The fight this year will be to carry
out the sentiment of that song we have
SO often repeated: My Country, tits
of Thee If we lose. our children and
our children's children will not sue
ceed to the spirit Of that song, and Gel
ebrations of the Fourth of July will
pass away, for the spirit of Empire will
be upon us."-Willianl J.. Bryan speech
to- the Bryan Home Guards, Lincoln,
Neb., July, 1900.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20

Answer this for yourself. Do you
know Of any spot in the United States
where the spirit Of 1776 is dead and
forgotten and the Fourth of July a
meaningless date on the calendar?
On the other hand the humblest citi-
zen is growing prouder of his American
citizenship and the spirit Of 1776 is
permeating the entire body polite.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
THE ANSWERS.
The Answer in 1908.

The answer is found in the prevail
ing good prices for grain, corn, hogs,
cattle, hay and all the products
of the farm, together with the
fact that since the date of Can
didate Bryan's crushing" speech,
Western farm lands have doubled In
value, and thousands of tenant" farm
ers of that date have become prosper
GUS home-owners, tilling their own land
in peace, happiness and plenty. Under
the National Irrigation Act, and the
Republican conservation movement. the
West is soon to be the intense agricul-
tural and horticultural producing area
of the United States.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
GOVERNMENT MUST OWN RAILWAYS" !"

1905, Government Ownership of
Railways.
81 have already reached the conclu-
sion that railroads partake so much
of the nature of a monopoly that they
must ultimately become public property,
and be managed by public officials in
the interest of the whole community
William ]. Bryan; Homecoming speech
at New York City, August, 1906.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE

Published Tuesdays and Fridays
by the GAZETTE PUBLISHING
Co., for $500 per annum, or
25 per cent discount if cash is
paid in advance. ..
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
TAFT REFUSED HONORS.

The class of '78 in Yale, CT
which Mr.. Taft is the most prom
inent graduate, has been describ-
ed as. "a big two listed, red
blooded class that established a
reputation for athletic superiority,
vigorous, but harmless fun, and
all around mental and physical
activity that has been equalled
probably, by no other class in the
history of the institution"
Even had he naturally been in
clined less toward scholarly pur-
suiis than toward athletics and
the unconventional diversions
that are generally regarded as
indispensable and excusable in
undergraduates, this would not
have squared with the expecta-
tions entertained by Judge Taft
when he sent lis boy to college.
He depended upon him to work,
to take honors. That came first.
All other things, saving the pre-
servation of unsullied name and
repute, were secondary.
What football, rowing, hammer
throwing, wrestling, strong-man
timber for the uplifting and glor-
ification of Yale's athletic Prov
ess was ready at hand when An
dover turned him over to the
university! Young Taft was very
agreeable and good natured about
it, but he wouldn't have it SO.
He was in Yale to train his mind,
not his muscles. He elected to
be greasy poler" and he made
no bones about saying so, too.
He would wrestle and spar right
joyously, walk an unlimited num-
Der of miles and tumble about in
glorious rough, off-hand melees
with dozen or so Of his fellows;
or plough through opposing class
men on rush days, flirting them
over his head and dragging along
as many as chose to attach them
selves to his Ieps.
But he did not go in for athlet-
les. He exercised plentifully to
keep his blood pure, his muscles
flexible, to police his body so that
with perfect physical health he
might do the fair thing by the
superb brain the Creator had
given him and not impose upon
it the drag of a gross, incompet-
ent body. He was no roysterer,
habitually or intermittently. Eu-
gene P. Lyle, Jr., writes of him
in this regard:
LAS to himself, the business of
carousing was never brought to
him to decide on moral grounds.
He was liberal enough in such
matters, but the loss of time was
the stand on which he decided it;
or rather, he never came to the
point of actual decision on any
grounds. He simply did not want
to lose day at his pounding for
honors. A night off would in
capacitate him for the morning
after; he would have to cut out
Two or three recitations and would
be set back that much.
He trusted nothing to native
to bring him through
By steady, ponderous work he
1ad to drive each peg as he came
% it. He could not drive two at
he same time, one with each
hand. He swung his sledge with
both hands. laying on his power
.ul weight, and it was fast
lriven spike that sunk into the
1ard, fine grained wood of his in
;ellect. For this reason he kept
n good physical shape. His
strength was unculvitated by
raining, but it was an enormous
natural strength. Physically he
was another Jean Vatican. and
he could have made himself
colossal campus hero. But he
proved the more colossal because
he turned his back on the glory
Indicated by his huge frame, and !
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
TRUE PROPHETS AND FAL Sc.
HOW TO, TEST THEM.


tell
90 .
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20

ing liberal and appreciate Increase In
the wages, of various classes of work
men. as follows:
aAll employees not native to the trop-
les who occupy the positions herein
designated shall be granted the follow
ing increases in pay for length Of con-
tinuous service on the Isthmus: Five
per cent ofsthe bAsFe or class rate for
the second year, with accumulative ad-
dition Of three per cent of the basic
rate for each subsequent year; pro-
vided, however, that such cumulative
increase shall not exceed a total of 25c
Of the basic rate"
In other words. Mr.. Taft made it
possible for every American laborer on
the IsthmIs. by remaining there and
working, to increase his wages 25 per
cent and at the same time have per-
manent position. These men also get
four weeks vacation with pay. every
year and Mr.. Taft favors making the
vacation six weeks with pay.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
Change Would Be Disastrous.

In the performance of this work the
United States is under the scrutiny of
the entire world, especially of our
neighbors in Central and South Amer
lea, before whom we must make good
our profession of high social and in
dustrial ideals. 1t would be national
calamity to jeopardize the present lib
eral progressive policy that is so sue
cessfully constructing the Panama Ca
nal. Mr. Taft is the one man to con-
tinue this great work to the end.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
ELECTIONS FOR 1908.

Closes for election Oct. 20.
Presidential election Nov. g.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20

On May !. 1907, as Secretary of War,
Mr.. Taft issued longevity order max.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20

BRYAN pRopHHEc11Es.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20

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