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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
DO THE PEOPLE RuLEY
All the Recent Publications Convince
the Voters that Trusts Control
Legislation.

After all the excitement over the
publication Of the Standard OIL letters,
showing that trusts control ieaisia.
tlon, has reached the stage where the
voters Gift the wheat from the chaff Of
sensational publications, what will be
the logical conclusion In the minds
OF the voters? II will be:
THAT the people do not rule be.
sauss the national lawmakers Ieais-
late to suit the trusts. More trusts
exist today than ever, the people suf.
Ter more from them, and they prac.
tlce more extortion.
3.-That the party In power ls the
party through which the trusts rule.
The Republican party ls now In power.
II writes all the national laws. In
speech In the last Congress, MIR. sher-
man Candidate for vlce-Presldent !,
declared that the Republican party
assumed all responsibility for every
thing that has bssn done and for what
has not bssn done. That 10 right.
The trusts write the tariff laws passed
BY Republican votes. II the maanates
are not punished criminaiiy, Ii is be.
cause Republican officials fall In their
duties. For eleven years the Demo-
erats have had no power to frame
Federal laws or to sxscuts Federal
statute. II everything In America Is all
right 40 to Federal laws for clever,
years, the Republican party deserves
the credit. II "evIIs have crept in"
the Republicans are responsible. The
emily hope for a change lies In the cleo.
tlon Of Bryan.
Suppose some Individual Democrat
has been employed by a trust. He
could not get a law passed, he could
not get ian immunity BATH" he could
do nothing effectively for the trusts
unless majority Of the Republican
conSrsssmen favored the trust msas.
urss. The Republican orators can not
escape responsibility by trying to pick
out some Democrat who has been en-
pleysd by trust. Recent disclosures
prove that the people do not rule, but
that the trusts owe their existence and
fairness to Republican laws and Repub.
llcan officials.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

Following Is an extract. from Mr..
Bryan's speech at Oskaloosa, Ia:
Mr.. Taft says: Mr.. Bryan says
that we may not expect anything from
the Republican party because it Is
governed by the protected interests,
and that they contribute to the cam
paign fund. If they do, l am glad
to advise you that the campaign fund
Is not fattering and that no cam
paign has been carried on more eco
nomically than this campaign"
You will notice that Mr. Taft does
not deny that they accept contribu.
tons from the protected interests, and
he does not deny my indictment. He
simply say that If the protected in
terests do contribute, that the fund is
not fattering this year But what
does Mr.. Taft cali flattering fund
He and the public might differ as to
how much 1t will take to make a fiat.
tering fund. He is not willing that
the public shall know how much Of q
fund his party has or from whom 1t
Is received. Why doesn't he tell your
Is he afraid that you will not vote
the Republican ticket If you know
where the campaign fund comes from?
II SO. he means that you will be sor-
ry you voted the Republican ticket
when you find out! how much Of 4
fund they have and where it comes
from. Is this political honesty? What
do the rank and file of the RepubE-
can party think of the Republican
leaders who conceal the amount and
sources of their campo gn fund, and
refuse to allow their campaign meth
DDS to be known"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16

NOTICE TO REDEEM.

(Under Sec. 1894, Revision Of 1873.
To the unknown owners of the lands
hereinafter described,
Take notice that at the Regular
public Tax Sale begun and publicly
held at the Office of the County Treas
urer in Cresco, Howard county, Iowa,
pursuant to law, commencing on the
first Monday of December 1906, to-wit:
On the 4th day of December 1905, the
following described real estate was
sold by the Treasurer of said county
for the taxes due thereon for the year
1904, amounting to the sum Of IS cents,
to-wit: Lot - on vacated plat of Vern-
on Springs on sc ne. / Sec. SO, and
W NV Sec. "a, Twp. 80 Range II.
That M. S. Barber became the pur-
chaser of said land at said sale, and
that the right of redemption will ex-
pire and deed for said land be made
to the Undersigned who ia. now the owner
and holder in his own right of the Ger
tifcate of sale made thereon by the
Treasurer of said county, unless re-
demption from sale be made within
ninety days from the completed service
of this notice.
Dated Oct. 9, 1903.
l2t3. M. s. BARBER, Owner. !
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
Republican OF nigh stanolng ana rs
trust magnate. His interests lie with
those who are monopolists and with
the trusts.
COULDN'T STAND SHELDON.
Even Lt.-Gov. Woodruff. Trust
Character, Said the Present Trea.
surer of the National Commit
tee, Would Jeopardize the
State Ticket.

George r. Sheldon. treasurer of the
Republican National committee, whose
trust interests are we'll known, was
compelled. under fire, to withdraw
from the New York state ticket In the
fall OF 1902 when he was eager to
accept the Office of Lieutenant-Goyer
nor. His connections with the trusts
and especially those owned and domi.
mated by j. Pierpont Morgan and other
favored trusts, became such an issue
at that time that Governor B. B. Odell
fought against his name being placed
on the ticket Odell even went so
far as to wire Timothy Woodruff that
he would. not run on the same state
ticket with Sheldon. United States
Senator Thomas c.. Plat was deter
mined to have Sheldon on the ticket
and informed the Republican leaders
at the state convention at Saratoga
that Sheldon's name would remain on
the slate. The wires between the con-
vention city and Albany were kept
hot and. finally. Governor Odell was
compelled to take a train for Saratoga
In order to prevent sheldon's name
from appearing on the ticket. Cover
nor Odell went direct to Senator
Platt's home in Saratoga and. after q
conference which lasted until 2
o'clock In the morning. Plat yielded
and Sheldon's name was withdrawn
and F. w. Higgins was nominated for
the Office sought by George R. Shell
don.
When 1t was announced that Shell
don would not be on the ticket three
hundred delegates in front of Platt's
house cheered the glad tidings.
Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff. when asked at
that time why he objected 10 strongly
to Sheldon. said:
~ have no personal anImosity to.
ward Mr.. Sheldon. believe that the
objections that have been raised to
him are Of the gravest sort and that
they isopardize the state ticket"
Gov. Odell had this to say day be.
fore Sheldon's name was taken OF the
slate:
" fought against George r. Sheldon
because his business connections I'm,
psrIled the whole Ticket"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
AUCTION SALE.

AS have been unfortunate / will
sell at auction in Cresco, Iowa, four
blocks east of the Strother House, the
following property, on
SATURDAY. OCTOBER II. 1903,
Commencing at o'clock sharp,
ALL HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Tables, chairs, bedsteads, dishes,
canned fruit, stoves, sofa, sewing ma
chine, l4-inch stubble plow, single
harness, lawn mower:
COME AND BUY GOOD HOME.
/ will offer my residence for sale,
good house and barn, good water with
three lots. Other articles too numer-
GUS to mention.
Terms of this sale Cash.
w. N. FERRIE.
Col. JOHN FINEGAN, Auctioneer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
FROM THE
COMMONER
THIS IS TOO MUCH.
MIR. BRYAN,S PAPER

On October Mr.. Bryan's attention
was called to the Omaha World-Her-
AIDS editorial reproducing the Omaha
Bees attack upon the Republican plat
ford. He said:
i am very much surprised that Mr..
Rosewater, who Is the editor of the
Bee, and also member Of the execu-
tive committee of the Republican ma
uonal committee, and the head Of the
Republican bureau Of publicity, should
nave attempted to misrepresent my
position. A good many unfair things
have been said, but nothing more un-
fair than that said by Mr. Rosewater.
10 accuse me Of using the language
OF the Republican platform is an out
rage. He ought to apologize for this
injustice. and explain to his readers
that the language which he criticises
was taken from the Republican plat
form and not from any speech of mine.
Mr.. Rosewater is right, however,
In making fun of the language. He is
right in saying that nothing prettier in
the catch-all line has been offered in
this campaign He is also right in
saying that the most hide-bound
standpatter in the country can accept
that as satisfactory and the rankest
free-trader can delight in It, He is
right again in saying that the declara-
ton means simply nothing. And again
he Is right in saying an attempt to
legislate along that line would sim
ply open the way to interminable
wrangling as to what constitutes a
reasonable profit, for hair-splitting on
wages on one industry. price Of raw
materials In another, rebates and
drawbacks in q third and SO on
through the list Of thousands of ar
dcles that are now on the tariff lists
But hardly expected from him SO
frank a confession as is contained in
the last sentence of his editorial: I'm
der such a proposition. an attempt at
tariff revision Che says at Bryan's d.
rection but would 1t not be true If
done at Taft's direction?) would serve
to halt industrial and commercial
progress and keep business unsettled
during his term of office
This Is rich find 1t shows how
absurd the Republican platform looks
to Republican when the Republican
has chance to look at 1t in a disin-
terested way. When Mr.. Rosewater
thought that the language quoted was
taken from speech of mine, he could
see how ridiculous the language was.
hope that his opinion Of the language
will not change when he finds that he
was shooting at his own platform in
stead of at me- The amusing blunder
of the Omaha Bee suggests new
diversion for the campaign. Let the
Democrats accuse me of using various
sections from the Republican platform
and from Mr.. Taft's speeches and see
how the Republican editors will rid
icule the language"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
The OKLAHOMA WAY.

Guthrie. Okla, Nav 21.-Withfn one
hour from the time H. H Smock, Ok
lahoma banking commission, had
taken charge of the International
Bank of Colgate he had authority to
pay the depositors In full, though
the banks cash and available funds
in other banks fell $4,000 short of
the total amount OF deposits. The
commissioner was able to do this un-
der the operation of the new banking
law, and this is the first time 1t has
been called into use.
BRYAN STANDS FOR THIS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16

The New York World has cartoons
showing Standard Oil can taking
the place OF the dome in a picture of
the Capitol at Washington Good! 1t
ts another evidence that the people do
not rule at Washington, but that the
trusts rule through the agency of the
Republican party. AS to legislation,
Mr.. Sherman. candidate for yice,presi-
dent. said The Republican party is
willing and ready to accept full re.
sponsibility." Exactly. And the Stand.
ard OIL and other trusts rule through
that party. The only way to prevent
such rule 10 to elect Bryan.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
Mr.. TAFT IN LINCOLN.

The following Associated Press dis
patch explains itself:
Lincoln. Neb. Sept. 29.-William J..
Bryan has asked the Democrats Of
Lincoln to remove Autographs of him
self from store and residence windows
during the visit of William H. Taft to
Lincoln Wednesday. The telegram. fol.
lows:
&c. w. Bryan. Lincoln, Neb.: Please
ask the Democrats OF Lincoln to take
my picture down while Mr. Taft is In
town. Have them show him every
possible courtesy.
--.-- CIV nm " ~ d.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
SINCE wHEN7

Secretary Loeb announces for Mr..
Roosevelt that he will not reply to
Mr.. Bryan's latest letter, Mr.. Loeb
says that Mr.. Roosevelt feels that
'inasmuch as Mr.. Bryan's letter was
simply an attack upon him personally,
there was no reason why he should
answer" y
1t Will be difficult for the average
reader to look at Mr.. Bryan's letter
IN that way But it might be peril
nent to ask since when did Mr.. Roose.
Yeit become so ayerse to personal
controversy?
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
THE PRESIDENT As A CAMPAIGN
MANAGER.

Associated Press dispatches of Oc-
tober l announced that Mr.. Roosevelt
had sent for Chairman Hitchcock of
the Republican national committee,
the understanding being that MI.
Roosevelt was displeased with the
progress of the Republican manage
ment and that he attended to take an
active part In the work.
The president of the United States
IS a campaign manager would pro.
vide an edifying spectacle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
Would Mortgage the Farm.

A farmer on Rural Route q. Empire,
Ga, w. A. Floyd by name, says:
"Bucklens Arnica salYe cured thE two
worst sores Lever saw; one on my hand
and one on my leg. It is worth more
be without it if I had to mortgage the
farm to get it. !" Only CSC. at p. A.
Clemmer's drug store. F.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16

In the meanwhile fair-minded men
will understand that Mr.. Bryan has
undertaken no defense OF Haskell,
MI. Bryan has simply demanded jus
tice from the boasted champion of the
square deal" The same Square
dear champion, mind you, that re.
fused to do justice to the dying old
soldier, James K Tynsr.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
Democratic Nominees.
NATIONAL TICKET.

NATIONAL TICKET
President. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. j. BRYAN
Vice President MISREPRESENTATION. w. KERN
STATE TICKET.
United States Senator. ella Nude r. PORTER
Governor. .............. FRED E. WHITE
Presidential Electors at Large
...--.............J. Il. CRAIG;yC. G. LOOMS
Lieutenant Governor ...........D. A. RAY
Secretary of State Observation-Disclosures RuGE
Auditor of State...............C. +. MUNROE
Treasurer of State JAMES CUNNINGHAM
Attorney General. CHARLES A. ROGERS
Superintendent of Public Instruction
4 Observation-Disclosures. Il. MILLER
Clerk of Supreme Court
.....-...............GE GEO. b. WHITTEMORE
Railroad Commissioner. MACK ]. GROVES
Judges of Supreme Court
...............A. j. HOUSE; d. w. HIaBEE
DISTRICT TICKET.
Congressman. .................M. L. sGEISER
Presidential Elector. 1890. Fl. H. HOWARD
COUNTY TICKET.
Representatives.. HERMAN KULL
Audltor......... IS. A. MILLER
Clerk OF the Court ............W. F. CARTER
Recorder .......................W.F f. SCHOLZ
County Attorney. JOSEPH GRIFFIN
County Superintendent
-. .............r... EMMA FALLGATTER
Sheriff. O. ZENITH
Treasurer ..........,....C HAS. p. McNALIY
Coroner. ID. RooME
Member of Board of Supervisors, End Dist.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. M. J. CHYLE
Member of Board of Supervisors, Bird Dist.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. &C. II. WALLACE
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16

After reading the Dear Hartman"
correspondence you will understand
why Messrs. Taft and Roosevelt-we
mean Roosevelt and Taft-fayor pub
Hcity after election" If at all.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16

The Republican National committee
says 1t gets no money from the Stand
ard Oh company. Does that concern
then. give Its money direct to Rspub-
dean candidates?
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
THE REPUBLICAN TARIFF PLANK.

.
In its issue Of October 2, the Omaha
(Nebo Bee. Republican paper, print
ed this editorial:
BRYAN'S TARIFF POLICY.
The Denver platform plank on the
tariff question is notable for its vague
ness, but Mr.. Bryan has come to the
rescue and made 1t all plain. In one
of his recent speeches on the tariff. he
said
In all tariff legislation the true
principle is best maintained by the
imposition OF such duties as will equal
the difference between the cost of pro-
auction at home and abroad, together
with reasonable profit to American In.
dustries"
Nothing prettier in the catch-all line
has been offered in this campaign. The
most hide bound standpatter in the
country can accept that as satisfac-
tory and the rankest free-trader can
find delight in 1t. The declaration
means simply nothing. An attempt to
legislate along that line would. simply
open the way to interminable wrang-
able profit" for hair-splitting on wages
on one industry, price of raw materials
In another, rebates and drawbacks in
third and SO on through the list Of
thousands of articles that are now on
the tariff lists. Under such q PROPOSE
ton, an attempt at tariff revision at
Bryan's direction would serve only to
halt industrial and commercial prog
ress and keep business unsettled
during his term of Office.
The Omaha World-Herald, in its is-
sue Of October 3. shows the bad blum.
der made by it's Republican contem-
porary.
The paragraph which the Bee at
tributes to Mr.. Bryan was merely
quoted by Mr.. Bryan from the Repub-
lican platform
The Republican plank Is as follows:
In all tariff legislation the true
principle Of protection Is best main
tanned by the imposition of such du-
ties as will equal the difference be.
tween the cost of production at home
and abroad, together with a reason
able profit to American industries"
Referring to the Bees. blunder, the
World Herald says: "Now that 1t de-
velops that the blow is aimed, not at
the Democratic position, but at the Re-
publican position. is Its force any the
less? Does it not, In fact, become the
more potent and conyincing?"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16

A man was found frozen to death
near Des Moines last week This,
however, is not the first intimation we
have had to the effect that the Repub-
lican campaign in Iowa is a frost
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
Mail Orders.

Mott & Co., want your Mail orders
Special attention given them. Send for
samples and Ladies' Home Fashion
Sheets. Very truly yours,
2tf Mort & Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s ss.ss ss: :, lnAzS71
A Healthy Family.

Our whole family has enjoyed good
health since we began using DR.. King g
New Life Pills, three years ago. says
l.. A. Bartlett, of Rural Route 1, Gull
ford. Maine. They cleanse and tone
the system in a gentle way that does
you good. Csc. at P. A. Clemmer's
drug store. F.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
For Sale.

For Sale.
Hereford bulls at $500 less than
our regular prices. We haven
the feed to winter them. Better lool
them over if you need one.
UPTON BROS. & KRUMM.
Phone SO 1-5. 1O4m2
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-16
Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. bankers and

Kuhn, Loeb & Co., bankers and
fiscal agents .............. $500
]. & w. Seligman & Co., bank
ers and fiscal agents .... $500
Chas. w. schwab, steel trust
and other trust corps. ..... 1000
G. R. Mackey. Postal Telegraph
Co. ............ 1000
John w. Gates. stock gambler
and trust operator ....... 1000
W. E. Corey, Prest. U. s. Steel
Corp. ................ 1000
W. c. Sheldon & Co., bankers
and fiscal agents ......... 1000
John Jacob Aston, tenement
house owner .............. 1000
VIM. Nelson Cromwell. trust
lawyer .................. 1000
Cornelius Vanderbilt, railroad
interests ................... 1909
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., railroad
interests ................... 1000
Edwin Gould, railroad interests 1000
w. F. Havemeyer. sugar trust. 800
B. N. Duke tobacco trust ..... 500
D. o. Mills ................ 500
"A. M. Flagler, Standard Oil -. 500
Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Trust 80. 500
Henry Clews. Wall street
banker Observation-Disclosures. $50
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-07-09
Was One of the Great Editors of
Last Half Of the Nineteenth
Century.
DEATH OF son SERIOUS BLOW
Hnd Bccn Losing strength for Months
and Suffered Cerebral Hemorrhnge
Had Attended and Reported
All Republican Convcn-
lions for so Years.

Cincinnati. July 2-Murat Halstcd. one
of the leaders IN American journ alsm
for over half century, died at his home
here to-day in his 18th year At his bed
side were his wife. his on. Robert. and
one daughter. Mrs. Arthur stem. Mr..
Halstead had been falling in strength for
several months and Yesterday suffered
from cerebral hemorrhage.
The sudden death OF his son. Marshall
a few months ago was severe shock to
Mr. Halstead and It Is believed to have
had an adverse effect on his health. AL
bert lIalstoad. another son. is American
consul at Birmingham. England, and the
other members Of the family are scat
tered throughout the country.
Mr.. tialstead was one of the great edi-
tors Of the last hnlf of the 10Th century,
and one OF the strongest tributes to his
incisiveness as a writer was In 1889 when
his nomination by President Harrison to
be American minister to Germany was
rejected by the United States Senate be-
cause OF articles he had published
charging corruption to some members OF
that body
During the last ten years he has
figured largely as a magazine and special
newspaper writer. besides Issuing num-
her OF books on current matters of his
torlcal interest. In the Civil War Mr..
lIalstead personally reported many bat
ties being rated az war correspondent
of the first class and later in the
Franco German War and also in the
Spanish-American War he added to his
reputation IN that line.
For - years he attended and reported
all republican national conventions.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-07-09
DEATH OF E. S. FOSTER.
Had Recently sent Letter to Sen. CAL

Manchester, y. H., July 5-Building
Inspector Edwin :. Foster. who sent an
open letter to Senator Galiins'r II few
days ago. in which. after calling alton
ton to his action at Chicago in voting
for Fairbanks, he demanded that he To-
sign his political office. died suddenly
at his home, II Linden street, at l;i5 yes
terday of acute INDIGESTION.
Mr.. Foster also announced that he
would bo a candidate for representative
to the LEGISLATURE from ward . in the
coming election in order n lead the fight
against the 70 election Of Senator CALM
ger.
Mfr. Foster was 81 years old ana was
born in Stoddard. He enlisted in the sth
Massachusetts regiment In tho civil War
being at the time Of his enlistment en-
ploycd in the armory at Springfield.
At tie close Of tho war Mr.. Foster
worked in Chicago a Few years and then
went to Brattlehoro. Vt. wheho he was
employed by the Estey Organ COMPANY
Later he located IN Kecnc. and for 81
years was engaged MS a contractor and
builder with his brother.
Mr.. Foster took up his residence IN
Manchester l6 Years ago and ;ras serv-
irC his third term as city building in
spector. He was Il member Of the A. q.
-ors include his widow and sons. Franz,
II. of Clarcmort, George L. Of Brattle-
horo and Harry s. of .Ianchester The
funeral will he held from his home next
Tuesday at p. m.