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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-01

sure" of Haskell without better
proof than has yet appeared.
With characteristic recklessness,
President Roosevelt rushes into
print to make q partisan point at the
expense OF Governor Haskells per-
sonal reputation, He does this in a
presidential campaign document
which appeared in the newspapers
of the 22nd. Incidentally in that
document he observes that Senator
Foraker's attitude has been that OF
certain other public men, notably
Gas shown in this same correspond
ence published by MIR, Hears) Gov
ernor Haskell" MIR. Roosevelt ought
to have read far enough below the
headlines to have known that
Hearst's imputationS against Has
kell were in no wise connected with
the correspondence in which
Foraker was involved, This same
correspondence published by MIR,
Hearst" as MIR. Roosevelt describes
! it, concerned Foraker alone and
Haskell not at adj, OF course, Mr.,
Roosevelt's Misrepresentation in
this particular might make little
difference if Haskell were guilty,
Nobody would care much whether
imputations were proved by one set
of documents or by an entirely UNI
related set, by a set that involved
both Haskell and Foraker or by one
that involved Haskell alone, pro-
vided they were were proved at all.
But when, as the fact is, there is
not yet disclosed a particle of proof
against Haskell. Mr. Roosevelt's
false allusion to the source of
Hearst's imputations is highly sig
nificant, Has he taken HearSt's
word for it"H From that attitude
of mind to the one in which Hearst
was pilloried as the objectionable
assassin of Mckinley" is a long
reach to have been so quickly
spanned. The Public,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-01
The Hearst Exposures.

on Senator Foraker and Governor
Haskell have created momentary
sensation. they have in fact made
no exposure of either man, This
will be quite obvious to any reader
who skips sensational headlines and
reads for substance.
Let the Foreaker case be consid-
cred first, and what exposure has
Mr.. Hearst really made9 lie has
produced letters from an agent OF Il
corrupt and corrupting corporation
having legislative interests to serve,
which indicate that MIR. Foraker,
while a senator of the United States,
was in receipt of money from that
corporation in apparent connection
with requests for congressional ac-
ton or non-action. But hasn't it
been known for years that Senator
Foraker as a lawyer has received
money from corrupt corporations
seeking legislative favors, and as a
politician has served their interests
regardless of the public interestsS
What about his notorious part in
the 50-year street car franchise law
of the Ohio leeislatureg- Why, his
very employment by the Standard
Oil company as a lawyer while a
senator Ga perfectly well known
and unconcealed relationship was
a more damning fact than is
Hearst's exposure of what at the
worst was an incident of that en-
ployment. The case against Senator
Foraker has been made more sem
sational than before, and therefore
more embarrassing to himself, and
to his political associates who had
arranged a political understanding
between himself and MIR. Taft; but
it has not been strengthened to the
degree Of greater exposure, Mr.,
Taft's supporters who welcomed
him before exhibit political prud-
ence rather than civic virtue by
giving him an oStentatious cold
shoulder now.
And if we turn to the Haskell
case, what do we findH Possibly
Governor HASKELL is guilty of Hearst's
accusation; but he denies his guilt,
and thus far there is not a scintilla
of proof against him, The grava-
men Of the charge is that in 1899
he was one of coterie of persons
interested in the Standard Oil COM
pany who tried to bribe Attorney
General Monet of Ohio. But this
charge is not yet supported by a
particle of proof, The court docu-
ments that Mr.. Hearst displays
furnish no proof of the charge; At
torney General Monet never made
the charge of his own knowledge,
and none of the attidavits directly
allese it, or furnish even circum-
stantial evidence in support of it,
The utmost that yet appears is
this, that a lawyer of the Standard
Oil company who tried to bnbe At
torney General Monet n lawyer Of
the name of SQuireS, told Mr.,
Monett in personal conversation
that c, N, Haskell (Which is Gov
ernor HaSkells name) was a party
to the corrupt offer To an accuSa-
= ton resting upon no better authori.
: ty than that, and so utterly devoid
of confederation, either direct OF
p circumStantial, a flat denial, such
= as Governor Haskell has given, is
conclusive until better proof ap.
: pears, 1t is to be observed, too
} that this denial is not made in the
present emergency alone, Governor
Haskell appears to have maintained
his denial from the moment he
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-01

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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-01
Murder.

Howard Sharp pardoned, That
means: There was an abortion of
law in his conviction and sentence
and a rape of the law in his pardon
He cruely murdered the only child
of a poor widow who afterwards
gave up every dollar she had to the
end that justice might be meeted
out and to what end,
1t was through a politician that
his sentence was a light one and it
is safe to say, through the same
politician that the pardon was Sc
cured.
II was the Stoutsville Banner
that wept barrels of tears in des-
cribins the poor mother wadins
through the SLOPPY snow to StoutS-
vile and putting up all of her pos
essions that the destroyer of her
boy might be prosecuted, The God
of Love is not one 'thousandth part
as blind as is justice,
Sharp spent several days in this
city last week,
II Roosevelt had have lived when
Jefferson and Jackson did, he
would not have made an ananias
club of men who by birth, educa-
ton and association were his
equals, His position. President,
would not have shielded him, for
either of the gentlemen named
would have converted him into a
lead mine,
Deseneracy begins where the S
mark is placed above honor De
seneracy is where honor can be
salved with SIS and it is the doing
away with the dueling code that
disrupts families, debaucheS the
young and has placed England on a
tottering foundation and viii place
here where Greece and Rome was,
and America is not far behind,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21

seekers will largely go where they are
attracted by the distant west until the
snow line has nearly been reached.
Now the greatest efforts are being put
forth to attract attention to the far
southwest and to the irrigated sections
of Montana, Washington, Utah, Colora-
do, Wyoming and the Dakotas. Thou
sands of dollars are being spent by the
people of each of these sections. To
meet these efforts, Wisconsin needs but
be active. We possess all of the adj
vantages and none of the disadvantages
of these other sections.
Miss Carrie J. Smith of Manitowoc,
in a book entitled ''The Making of Wis
consin", thus summarizes the advant-
ages of our state:
'In conclusion, it may be said of our
state: IT fruitful soils are wanted, they
are here; if clear, invigorating climate
is desired, here it is found; if pure
water is deemed necessity, that ne
cessity is found here in all it's fullness;
if water-power is needed, many streams
furnish it in abundance; if sport with
rod and gun is desired, here may be
found the paradise of hunters and fish
ermen; if scenic beauty is asked for,
Wisconsin, wooded lakes and streams
delight the eye; if good scoools are ne
cessary, here they are found, open and
free to rich and poor alike. In short,
Wisconsin's natural resources and
and beauties, her industrial facilities
and educational advantages are unsur-
passed by any state in the Union. The
motto of the state is the watchword of
her citizens-FORWARD!"
If each community will do it's part,
we will have the publicity and activity
that is essential to successful year.
This should not be deemed a Gland
mans" campaign-for new settlers
benefit all who have come before
merchants, professional men, laborers
and farmers who now sorely need neigh
bors.
The State Board of immigration has
been availing itself of every possible
means of publicity and will continue to
do so. The indication that the tide is
now turning to Wisconsin will be plea :
ing to all who desire to see constantly
douo1o,>inoe commonwealth Each cono-
munity can assist in this work.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
DOCTORS TRY ANOTHER PLAN.
Nowadays the Typhoid Patient May
Drink All the Water He Wants.

Nowadays the Typhoid Patient May
Drink All the Water He Wants.
People who used to suffer torments
If thirst in typhoid fever will wish
hey had postponed the attack until
he present day, when such theories of
treatment as the following from the
Medical Brief prevail:
If | were asked to name the car
final features in the management of
typhoid fever, | would say Cd proper
teeding, (2) the prevention of exces-
sive waste incident to high tempera-
ture, by the use of water externally
and internally, co elimination,
through the skin, kidneys and intesti-
nal tract, by supplying the patient
with an abundance of water and keep
ing the body clean and comfortable.
Il make it an invariable rule to in.
5ist that the patient drink frequently
and freely of water, thereby aiding
elimination through the intervention
Of the skin and kidneys, keeping the
general tone of the patient at the
highest standard, and the temperature
is held more readily in check. In fact.
l.regard the internal use of an abund
ance of water of so much Importance
chat | always instruct the nurse to re-
cord the quantity of water given, just
as assiduously as she does the medi-
cine and food"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
AssAuLs OUR CONGRESSMAN

The higher the public office man
attains, the more are his acts subject
to criticism. AS chairman OF the
judiciary committee, Congressman
Jenkins has been criticised by vari-
Gus hi2h authorities-some justly,
some unjustly. The latest along this
line is from Golfers Weekly. 1t says:
Jenkins OF Wisconsin is the least inn
oressive of Mr.. Cannon's coterie. He
$ among the leaders not because of his
strength, but because of his pliability,
Officially. he is chairman of the Com
mittee on Judiciary; colloquially, he is
the keeper of Cannon's morgue; the
quiet embalmer who puts progressive
measures where they will not emb arrass
the members of Congress with vote
on the public records. A few weeks
since we called attention to his work on
the original forestry bills. This week
we are not without sense of satisfac-
ton in pointing the way to oblivion for
him. AS candidate for denomination
in his district, he is opposed by Irvine
L. Lenroot. When La Toilette, after
years of struggle, got control of legis-
lature in Wisconsin, and prepared to
carry into effect his program of con-
structive legislation, he made Lenroot
Speaker of the House, and his was
part second only to the Governors in
crystallizing La Follette's promises in
to laws. Lenroot is able, cour a geous,
and on the right side. The two candid
ates for the nomination represent, in
their records, their experiences, their
mental processes, their public service,
the, two conflicting types of public SER
wants now struggling for the domination
of the Republican Party. In no Con-
gressienal district in the country do the
and records of the contest
ants better illustrate this struggle.
Wisconsin saw the light ahead of
many other States. 1t is difficult to be-
lieve that there is a district in that
State, after the years of effort for the
better things in politics, that would
hesitate between these two men. Some
day a man like Lenroot will be Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
REAP!NG THE vyHlRLWiNo

Ex-Governor Peck of Wisconsin,,
writing from Tennessee on the sub
ject of prohibition (and writing in a
vein not unsympathetic tow ards the
liquor interests, for the Ex-Governor
is q genial DemOcrat, states:
''The liquor interests became I'M
bearabIy arrogant, got control of
the politics OF the city, had low sa-
looms every where, WOrmed their way
into residence districts, allowed peO-
pie to become so drunk they could
not navigate. and turned them loose
on the street.
'The liquor interests were simply
meaner than 'pusley,' and the better
citizens, who wanted saloons con-
trolled and kept respectable, tried to
argue the question with the pOliti-
cal saloon men, and urge that the
conditions be changed, and all the
answer they could get was 'Ah
g'Wan, and the people decided to
'g'Wan, and kept going, though
what you g'Wine to do about it?'
was frequently hurled at them; until
it began to look as though the drys
would win, when the liquor interests
that had been so unDearable, began
to suggest that they would com
promise, segregate the bndge joints,
cut down the number and make all
places decent and well conducted.
Then the people said: 'Ah g'wan, we
will wipe you off the earth, and last
November they did it to the queens
taste"
This is the process. Other over
weening interests have done the
same thing in by-gOne ages. They
sowed the wind; and reaped the
Whirlwind. Because they have been
high handed in their heyday, they
are not taken at their word when
they propose to be fair aid reason
able.
In past years the liquor interests
had dubbed with the epithet ''pro-
hibitiOn,' the very same reasonable
regulation they would now be will
ing to accept. Any man asking for
more decency in and about saloons.
was branded with the ep:thet, pro
hipitionist." Local option was pro-
hibition, high license was prohibit
ton, the suppression Of dives was
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
HOW COLOR AFFECTS GROWTH.
Result of Experiments Upon Plants
Forcinu Flowers by Anaesthetics.

FORCING FloWeFS Wy HHoS9eS
Color agriculture is the latest.
Camille Flammarion put seedlings OF
the sensitive plant into four different
houses-an ordinary conservatory, a
blue house, an ordinary green house, a
red house, says the Chicago Tribune.
After a few months waiting he found
the little plants in the blue house prac,
tically just as he had put them in.
They seemingly had fallen asleep and
remained unchanged. In, the green
glass house they had grown more than
in the ordinary glass house, but they
were weedy and poor, In the red
house the seedlings had become posi-
tive giants, well nourished and well
developed, fifteen times as big as the
normal plants. In the red light the
plants had become representative. 1t
was found that the blue light retards
the processes of decay as well as
those of growth.
Perhaps the most extraordinary de-
velopment Is that of forcing plants by
the use Of anaesthetics. 1t was the
UISCOVCTy vi LII. Vi SOpCiA-
hagen. The plants are put into box
into which ether is evaporated. The
heavy vapor descends and envelops
the plants. After forty-eight hours the
plants are taken out and placed in a
cool house. The buds and plants at
once begin to sprout far more rapidly
than those plants that have not been
treated with anaesthetic. Chloroform
also can be used.
DR.. Johannesen suggests that we
here come on the question of repose
in plants. In France, by setting up a
sort of lightning conductor in the cen,
ter of field and connecting it with a
network Of wires running through the
soil of the field, an increase of so pei
cent was secured in a potato crop. The
electricity was draws from the at.
mosphere.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
BOOST NORTH WISCONSIN

A circular issued by the state i'm
migration bureau reads:
The time has now arrived for the be-
ginning of an active campaign by all
who are interested in the ftrther devel-
opment of Wisconsin. Every indication
that can be seen at the present time
points to the incoming Of many people
in quest of homes.
''Back to the soil'' has become the
favorite theme of the multitude who, a
few years since, abandoned the country
for the city. This multitude of home
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
Quite Professional.

A good story is told of Rufus
Choate, the eminent lawyer. BY the
way a good many stories are told
about him, but this is new one.
One morning when he entered his
office, his clerk rose and said:
Mr.. Choate, a gentleman has just
left here who wants you to undertake
a case for him."
"Ah! and did you collect the regular
retaining fee?'
Il only collected $25, sir
The regular fee was $50, and Mr.
Choate said
but that was unprofessional; yes,
very unprofessional."
But, sir" said the clerk, apologet
ically, and anxious to exonerate him.
self from the charge, 81 got all he
had
All" said Mr.. Choate, with a differ
ent expression, that was profession.
al; yes, quite professional"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS
Do Not Endanger Life When Lady
smith Citizen Shows You
the Cure

Why will people continue to suffer
the agonies of kidney complaint, back
ache, urinary disorders, lameness, head
aches, languor, why allow themselves
to become chronic invalds, when GER
tain cure is offered them?
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy to
use, because it gives to the kidneys the
help they need to perform their work.
If you have any, even one, of the
symptoms of kidney diseases, cure your
self now, before diabetes, dropsy or
Bright's disease sets in. Read this
testimony: Mrs. Ed. Phalen, living in
the eastern part of Ladysmith, Wis.
says: Il was in run down condition as
the result of kidney trouble. suffered
from intense pains in my back so severe
at night as to prevent me from sleeping.
Ny kidneys were disordered and the
secretions very scanty and painful in
passage. At times | suffered from
headaches which caused me a great
deal of discomfort Doan's Kidney Pills
had often been recommended to me, and
when | saw them advertised at the
Mooney Pharmacy, procured box.
They gave me such great relief that l
obtained a further supply and the
change in my condition was most graft
flying. To anyone suffering from a
similar trouble, l heartily recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., B ffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's sand
take no other.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
BURGLAR MADE LOVE.
Got Hold of Keys and RfIed a Safe on
Girls Niqht Off.

Girls Night Off.
A remarkable story of a burglar
lovemaking was told at the Clerken
we'll Sessions, London.
Edward Wyndham Moore, an ex
convict, with long list of convictions
and many aliases, pleaded guilty to
stealing from one of the shops of the
British Tea Table company.
1t was stated that Moore made the
acquaintance of Miss Stewart, the
manager of the shop, and, although he
was a married man, he made violent
love to her, and proposed marriage. He
made practice to escort her home
from work and to carry her keys.
On the evening before she was to
leave the employ of the company to
marry him they went to the Gaiety
buffet, and Moore excused himself for
a few minutes, he went to the shop,
which he entered with the aid of Miss
Stewards key, and rified the safe. A
who saw him entering knew
him as Miss Stewards sweetheart, and
did not interfere. After the robbery
he took Miss Stewart home, but never
visited her again.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
Clarity of Thouuht.

1t has often been said that sports
men are not as rule very ready with
the pen Yet in the following passage
from The Field how clearly are the
salient facts of the case made to stand
out:
In October last case was before
the magistrates at Swansea, in which
the defendant, whose dog, it was al
legged, had worried certain sheep,
should be kept under control or de,
stroyed, under the provisions of the
Dogs Act of 1871"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21

prohibition, voluntary total absti-
hence was constructive prohibition.
This unreasonable and intransigeant
attitude put the rods in the pickle
that are now flashing into use all
over the country.-Catholic Citizen
of Mil wau.4ee.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
Buying or Selling.

William B. Ridgely, the controller of
the currency, said of certain specu-
lator the other day:
"The man is as ingenius as a horse
dealers son they used to tell about in
my native Springfield.
This boy was once Unexpectedly
called upon by his father to mount a
horse and exhibit it's PAGES
CAS- he settled himself in the saddle,
the boy, in order to regulate the
horses gait accordingly, leaned down
and whispered to his father
"'Are you buying or selling""
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
Quite Desirable

The Hold-up Man Gas he takes large
watch from victims pocket)-I sup
pose you're thinl1in' I'm a real unde-
sirable citizen, Ell?
The Victim-Nothing of the sort, old
man! That watch you've just relieved
me OF was in my wife's family for rs
years, and she forced me to lug it
around
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
The Summer Girl.

"The feeling he has for her is mere
ly calf love"
How do you know?"
He never saw her except at the
seashore."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26

ceremony, paraphernalia and fifn-
flam which attends this perennial
function that has remained prac-
tically unaltered for about 500
years.
One of the chief recommends
lions of the honored and honorable
gentleman consists in. the fact that
during the year that he was sheriff
he attended 1856 public dinners
without the least endangering his
digestion, and" says the glowing
account of his gastronomic achieve
ments, "Sir George is quite pre-
pared to undergo the ordeal cheer
fully again" When it is remem-
bered that the city companies Of
London are compelled to spend
$1,000 year in feasting, the task
before the new lord mayor will not
be regarded as an easy one.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
plant which makes electricity.

plant which makes electricity.
The company turns on the faucet
up at the reservoir and let's the
water through the big pipes, prac-
tically all the time. Part of the
water goes into the city mains, but
a large additional part goes
through the wheels of the power
company and is turned into the
creek as waste water. Thus the
reservoirs containing normally
enough water to supply the city
are emptied early in the summer
and the city is left without water.
The manner in which this power
company secured it's right to waste
the city water and leave the city
dry is a remarkable story of the
corruption of politics by a public
utility corporation.
The franchise Of the power COM
pany was granted by an obliging
council in 1898 and apparently no
provision was made to protect the
city's interest. Even the few con.
ditions favorable to the city were
not enforced. The company charged
three prices for the city's street
lights, violated all it's agreements
in regard to the use of water and
had the city water superintendent
SO terrorized at one time that he
appealed to the city attorney for
protection against violence.
Judge w. c. Robinson, city at
torney, made a strenuous effort to
break the power Of the company,
wit hthe result that it secured his
defeat at the next election. A city
council entirely friendly to the
company was elected. Suits brought
by Robinson were dismissed, grand
jury Investigations nullified claims
for overcharges RENTED and the
company allowed to go ON as be-
fore.
Then came the climax. The city
ran dry. A committee representing