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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
WHY THE REPUB-
LTCANS SHOULD WIN.
Prize Essay By Frank Hendrick.
1.-The Party of Expansion.

Prize Essay By Frank HeT1drick.
1.-The Party of Expansion.
The Republican party was founded
upon the principle that this government
was established to protect for all times
the rights and opportunities Of every
individual from abridgment. That prin-
ciple it has successfully maintained.
Through the Civil War it consecrated
a reunited country to free and equal
American citizenship. 1t has kept the
channels of Interstate Commerce open
for all and, through the national bank
ing system, the refunding of the ma
tiOnal debt, resumption Of specie pay
ments the gold standard and the
emergency currency law, has sustained
the life current of national integrity.
As trustee of the national wealth, it
has investigated mineral regions, sur
veyed soils, developed waterways, in
Guiding the Panama Canal, irrigated
deserts, conserved watersheds, and hus-
banded the public lands. Protecting
American labor by regulating immigra-
IIOu anu DS IGhIIls 1T TIE tuSlOII hOdScs
to pay American taxes, foreign capitals
advantage from low wages it has pre-
served to American industries the home
market of eighty millions Of the worlds
greatest consumers and SO laid the
surest basis for American competition
in foreign markets. Uniting capital and
labor, thus, in a common prosperity
and common source of increased re-
ward, it has created opportunities, i'm
proved conditions Of employment.
brought about higher standard of
living, and more widespread distribu-
ton of wealth and well-being, and
made expansion moral as well as ma
terial.
Entrusted with insular possessions, It
has brought them peace and progress,
and provided for the extension and
protection Of American trade, for the
national defense, and for the honorable
discharge of the responsibilities of
world greatness. Maintaining peace at
home, with foreign nations and among
them, it has given American rights and
American opportunities new meaning
throughout the nation and throughout
the world.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Gets Into Politics EARLY.

One of the first things the Vice
Presidential nominee did when he re-
turned from college was to accept the
nomination for State Senator on the
Republican ticket, and was beaten by
only one vote. He was elected mayor
of Utica at the age of 20. He was the
youngest municipal head the city had
ever had. From that date politics has
wooed him away from his profession
Of law. He was elected to Congress.
and has served his constituency with
but one excepted term ever since. lie
is now in his tenth congressional term.
There is a big five" in the lower
house of Congress, who do things and
largely shape the legislation Of the
country
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18

Whenever the interstate commerce
commission deems it important as an
aid in fixing rates TO determine what
it would cost now to rebuild any rail
road, it has complete power to do so.
Hon. VIM. II. Taft, at Columbus,
Ohio.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18

David E. Hill has pledged his sup
sary to say something more than Il
am a Democrat this year.-Washing-
ton Post.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Is Fond Of Clean Sports.

Mr. Sherman is pretty fair billiard
list. He tried some years ago to play
baseball, and got up nine at Whites
town Seminary in his youth, but one of
the first things it did after he provided
it with uniforms, bats and balls was to
get together and vote him off the team
But he makes up for lack of skill on
the field by enthusiasm in the grand
stand. He is a baseball fan, and it is
reported that he attended three games
il Chicago before they nominated him,
and had arranged to attend another
when the convention interfered with his
plans
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
The Original "sunny Jim"


This is not a superficial attempt to
look pleasant It does not sequester
itself in the wrinkles Of his mouth CT
the lines around his eyes. This gen
i&l expansive, irradiating smile speaks
Of good digestion, q sunny tempera-
ment and a complacent mind possessed
by man who is pretty well satisfied
with the past, and reasonably sure of
the future. A man Of cheerful yeSt2r-
days and confident tO-morr0Ws. He
has been laughing good humor for a
little more than half century. Now
the world laughs with him His sun
shine and good cheer, as bread cast
upon the waters, returned to him
pound-cake, as Josh Billings would
say, and out Of this and other assets
he has been enabled to rise, and be
nominated to the second highest posi-
ton within the gift Of his countrymen.
sherman, Seymour, ConkTing, Born
at Utica.
Sunny jim" Sherman first appeared
on earth at the village of New Hart
ford, New York, a suburb of Utica, on
the night of October q, 1850, two
years before Mr. Taft saw the light in
Cincinnati. Utica was already at that
time pointing with pride to one of her
illustrious sons in the person of Hor-
alto Seymour, and was soon to point
with increasing pride to another still
more illustrious son in the person Of
Roscoe COnkling. Mr.. Sherman's faith
er was a lawyer of prominence in
Central New York and determined
that no ''pent-up Utica" should re-
strict the powers of his son, and so he
sent him at the proper time to Whites
town Seminary and Hamilton College
He came out a husky yOuth-he weigh
ed 100 pounds at sixteen years of age
with oratOrical talent and a reputation
as a good student
Belongs to Old American Family.
His family runs back to Roger Sher-
man who was one of the Signers of the
Declaration of Independence, and back
of him for more than one hundred
years to 1860, when the first Sherman
came over from England to this coun-
try, with a strain of stolid Dutch in his
veins John Sherman, the Ohio Sena-
tor, and William Tecumseh Sherman,
the great Civil War general, were from
the same original stock. Edward
Everett Hale is also a distant cOnnec-
ton. SChoOlcraft, the historian of the
American Indians, was Sunny Jim"
Sherman's great-grandfather.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Right Man in Right Place.

His manliness and human instincts
know no race or party. He is a hui
manitarian and statesman before he is
politician. The people Of his home
town of Utica turned out en-masse upon
his 1eturn from the Chicago convention,
and irrespective Of party. gave him
such 4 reception as comes to few men
il life. During the midst of the fan
fare the Mayor of Utica remarked. eve
have an insane asylum at the top of
the bill. and we are thinking of asking
the Legislature to enlarge it. The
town has gone crazy over Jim's NOM
nation
Successful in business. efficient and
influential in craftsmanship. and pos
sessing the confidence Of his fellow
men. should the emergency ever arise,
James Schoolcraft Sherman could. with
confidence, if necessary, take up the re-
sponsble duties of chief executive for
which as President he would be
next in line. in case of emergency Great
ing 4 vacancy.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
A Big, Versatile American.

SO we have in Sunny Jim Sher-
man, Vice-PresidentiaI Republican nom
inee, an American among Americans,
who can trace his American ancestry
back $50 years, one of whom signed the
Declaration of Independence, and
others have taken some of the lead
ing and most honorable positions in
American history, both in peace and
war. His versatility is representative
of the true resourcefulness Of the typi-
cal American. lis is a lawyer. a schol-
ar, q successful business man and finan-
cier at home, statesman, parliament
tartan and valued public servant in
Congress, a man Of domestic habits and
a model husband and father
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Friend Of All the People.

lie is approachable genial and demo
cratic, His home people, like his
brother congressman, call him Jim"
which appeLation expresses their ap-
probation Of his personal qualities and
their sense Of his nearness to them as
their true and tried Representative.
He is staunch friend of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, and has a genu-
inc regard for those veterans of the
army who jeopardized their lives to
preserve the Union, and is always So
Iicitous for their interests at Washing
ton. No old soldier ever found Mr..
sherman too busy to give attention to
him
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18

who has been called upon to deal with
this subject.
work on Other Committees.
His work on other committees has
been equally creditable. One Of his bills
as a member Of the Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce was the
False Branding Bill, which has proved
effective in protecting the American
cheese manufacturers.
He made the first favorable report to
the House on the Nicaragua Canal be-
fore the Panama project had developed,
and has strongly supported the 18th
milan Canal enterprise. He was the
father Of the Philippine Gable Bill and
Of the bill for the reorganization Of the
revenue cutter service. lie holds third
place in the important Committee on
Rules and has been looked to as one
Of the best counseIars in guiding the
business Of the House.
Distinguished Service to state.
Mr.. Shermaus party services outside
the halls Of Congress have been distin-
gu;shcd and extensive lie has been
the yice-clairman Of the Congressional
Campaign Committee in several cam
paigns and the chairman in one; and
in those positions has earned much
credit for executive ability. He is a
convincing campaign orator, and in
Congressional and Presidential cam
paigns has spoken to the people Of
many states. He presided over the
New York Republican State Conven-
lions Of 1895, 1900 and in the present
Nlar-
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Successful BUSINESS Man.

AT home Sunny JIM Sherman is
one Of the leading business men of his
community. He is president of the
Utica Trust and Deposit Company
not an organization in restraint of
trade, but to encourage thrift and econ
omy-and yice-president Of the Utica
City National Bank. He is also presi-
dent of the New Hartford Canning
Company and the Utica Ice Company,
two industrial corporations. His poIiti-
cal foes declare him to be worth $780,
0OC, but his family says that 100000
would measure fully all of his earthly
possessions
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18

Keep it's pledges Of tariff reimbursement,
currency reform and development Of
the merchant marine, and make the
United States the financial center as
it has made it the industrial center
Of the world
lEi.-The Constructive Party-It Or
GaRizes the National VIII.
In the evolution by which party gov
eminent has become the extra-constitu-
tional method Of securing responsibility
to the people, the Republican party has
become their traditional representative
and the Democratic party the organized
aspiration Of individuals for power
without responsibility. Fairly tried,
from 1898 to 1895, the two Democratic
houses and the Democratic President
were wild team and a helpless
driver Democracy agitates local off
ferences, Republicanism organizes the
national idea. In 1868 the people We're
committed to the cause of human lib
erty; the idea Of Liberty and Union
expanded for the first time into the
reality Of the American nation.
In 1879 money was committed to a
specie basis; specie was at once, until
1899, no longer sought, and government
bonds went to a premium at the re-
dUced rate of interest. La 1896 bust
ness men were again committed to con-
fidence; before a single statute was ell
acted prosperity set in and in ten years
bank deposits almost trebled-a per-
manent gain which the recent panic, 4
state of mind" now completely dis
PEELED, scarcely touched. In 1906 bust
ness was committed to fair methods ;
without compulsion violations largely
ceased.
The Republican party, at each period,
sounded the public conscience, felt the
national pulse, framed its policies in
response, and realized in law the domi-
nant American idea. Its constructive
past assures its constructive future. It
is to-day as it always has been, The
Party Fit to Govern"
IV.-The Party OF Statesmen.
The party of craftsmanship, it has
been the training school of statesmen
Its policies have been forged in the
heat Of public discussion, tempered in
the elaboration and shaped in tie con
fiict Of many trained minds, and drawn
and finally wrought for the countrys
welfare. Dominating its members
through principles, it assures unity in
government; its staUnchest partisans
have made the greatest contributions to
national progress. The roster of it's
leaders is the national roll of honor OF
public service.
y.-Taft and Sherman Constructive
Candidates-A Constructive
Platform.
Republicanism stands to-day for pro-
gressive policies in safe hands. By
solving the constructive problems of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
CUSTOMS APPRAISERS
OF TWO NATIONS MEET
Hearst News Service.

New York, September 21.-United
States appraisers from all the import
ant ports of the United States, Hawaii
and Porto Rico met in annual confer
ence today at the office of the local
appraiser of the port. The meeting
will continue through the week and is
expected to be the most important of
its kind ever held.
The Philippine Islands are not rep
resented owing to the ruling of the
Supreme Court to the effect that the
far eastern possessions of the United
States are not an integral part of the
nation. The annual conferences were
instituted by Daniel Manning, secre-
tary of the treasury, during President
Cleveland's first term, and have been
retained by succeeding administra-
lions of the treasury. They are held
for the purpose of attaining uniformity
in the appraisement and classification
of imported merchandise under the
IdIll, anu are ueCldTeu ny CuSIOlllS VI
ficers to have aided largely in promot.
ing uniformity of the different ports.
The conferences are always held at
New York, owing to the fact that more
than 60 per cent. of the imports of the
country are entered here. The treas.
ury officials also wish out-of-town ap
praisers to study the system in vogue
here. as it is regarded as model for
other ports. James B. Reynolds, as
sistant secretary of the treasury, who
is in charge of the customs division
welcomed the delegates, and George
Wannamaker, appraiser of this port
will preside.
Among the officials attending the
conference aret he appraisers of the
following ports: New York, Boston
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Chicago, Sar
Francisco, Detroit, Cleveland, New Or
leans, Tampa, Portland, Me-, Por
Townsend, Cincinnati, Newport News
Pittsburg. Milwaukee, Galveston, Lo
Angeles, Honolul Kansas City, st
Paul, Providence and Portland, Ore.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
DEMAND
PURITY
IN BEER
Hearst News Service

Albany, n. Y, September 21-That
uniform standards of purity be &C.
quired of all members is the demand
of many influential brewers from all
over the country who are in Albany
today in attendance at the opening
session of the United States Brew
masters Convention. 1t is alleged
that the cheap and adulterated vari-
cites of beer hurt the business of the
honest and competent brewer and
serve as an argument for the prohlbi-
tionists.
That authorizations are largely US ed
( in cheap beers is admitted by the
more candid brewers. A recent re-
port of the state commissioner of
health of New York shows that of
219 samples examined, salicylic acid
or fluorides We're found in thirteen.
while sulphites were discovered in a
greater number of samples.
iDlCNNlo Ut utC lndl SuCH
are to be found in only the cheaper
grades of draught beer made by ire
sponsible concerns, and that brewers
who take pride in their product and
reputation never sacrifice quality to
cheapness.
The national convention of brew
masters has established headquarters
at German hall. Nearly 700 brew
masters are in attendance and many
have brought their wives and fami
lies. A concert will be held this
evening, when Mayor Gaus will wei
come the visitors. The business ses
sions will be held principally in the
forenoons and amusements and ex
cursions will occupy the afternoons
and evenings. The convention will
conclude Wednesday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
ODD FELLOWS
GRAND LODGE
Every State and Territory Repre-
scented in the Convention
Opened Today.
Hearst News Service.

Denver, Colo, September 21.-With
the exception of the Democratic con-
vention, Denver has seldom been
called upon to entertain so vast an as
semblage as is gathered today at the
opening of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
of the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows. Every state and territory has
its delegat ions. the convention repre-
senting a total membership of nearly
1,400, coo in the United States, Canada
and Europe.
According to reports. PENNSYLVANIA
leads in the membership of the order,
with New York second. Ohio. Illinois.
Indiana. Massachusetts. Missouri and
Iowa each have over $4,000 members.
The present officials of the order
are: f. S. Conway, Chicago. grand
sire; ]. L. Nolen, Nashville, deputy
grand sire; John B. Goodwin. Balti'
more. grand secretary; H. r. Muckle
Philadelphia. grand treasurer; E. l.
Pillsbury, Boston, grand marshal;
Will A. Steidley, Lake Charles. La.
grand guardian, and W. L. Brown
Kingman, Kan, grand messenger.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
MOVING
DAY At
OYSTER
President and Family Departs From
Summer Home On Long
Island Today.
Hearst News Service.

Oyster Bay, September 221.-Tomor-
row will be moving day at Sycamore
Hill, when President Roosevelt and his
family will depart for Washington to
begin the last winter season in the
White House. AS result, an air Of
activity today pervades the summer
capital, and it is evident that even the
president of the United States cannot
wholly escape the anxiety and toll that
goes with moving day.
With the close of the present vaca-
ton of the president, Oyster Bay as
the summer capital of the United
States will cease to be known The
residents of the little village greatly
regret that the honor their quaint
town has held for seven years is to
be taken away from it.
This summer will have been the
shortest vacation the president has
taken in years. While it has been a
short holiday it has been one unprece-
denied in point of the amount of work
done by the president and his execu
4 tive staff. During the last month it
had been a not uncommon occurrence
to have the presidents secretary make
night visit to Sycamore Hill in ad
dition to the regular morning call, and
the executive offices in the village
have remained open until 2 and
a. m.
One of the objects of the president
in ending his vacation a week earlier
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21

purpose of the meeting is to bring
about closer cooperation between
the Controllers office and the exam
liners than has heretofore existed,
and at the same time to establish a
uniform method for the guidance of
bank officials and examiners.
Under the present arrangement the
examiners work to a large degree
independently of one another, and
each follows his own method of ex-
animation and procedure. A well de-
fined system will be adopted at the
meeting, when the most capable and
experienced examiners will be called
on to outline the plan. Mr.. Murray
feels that the general efficiency of
bank examinations can be raised to
much higher standard after closer
communication has been established
between the Treasury and its en-
ployes in the field. He purposes to
call meeting of Western bank ex-
aminers toward the end of Septem-
Der in Chicago.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
NOTICE..

THE First National Bank of Hat
tiesburg, located at Hattiesburg, Stat
of Mississippi is closing its affairs A
note holders and other creditors of tn,
association, are therefore hereby NJ
titled to present the notes and other
claims for payment
&c. Z. HAWKINS, President.
Dated August 1908"
THE business of the above bank
will BE- taken over by and consolidated
with the First-National Rank of Com
merce of Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg
Miss, August 3, 1908. aug 2mo
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
GULF & CHIP ISLAND RAILROAD
COMPANY.

Columbia Division (Eia Silver Greek
aid Corumbia.)
No. 10l No. l02
$50 a. m. Lv. jackson Ar. 1885 pm
1855 pm. Ar. Gulfport Nv. 1880 am
No. 109. No. 10
$3.50 pm. Lv. Jackson Ar. 1905 am
$3.50 pm VI. Columbia Lv. 500 al
Connections at Jackson, Hattiesbure
and Gulfport with all lines.
ALL TRAINS RUN DAILY
MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
EDITORS OF ALL
COUNTRIES MEET
Hearst News Service.

Eerlin. September 21.-Distinguish-
Cd journalists of all countries of EL-
rope with delegates from America, A.
RIGA and Asia, assembled in the cham.
Der of the German Reischstag this
morning for the Twelfth annual session
of the International Congress of Press
Associationes.
The visiting editors were welcomed
by representative of the kaiser and
all of the rooms of parliament were
placed at their disposal. The foreign
delegates and their ladies will b.,
furnished with free transportation on
all railroads while in Germany. Fhe
French railroads will also give fcee
passage to delegates only.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21

than usual, it is said. is that he Is
DESTROYS of keeping in closer touch
with the political situation than is
possible here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21

Father Ferdinand Guicheteau, and
his home made astronomical observa-
tory on the roof of the Parish House
of the French Catholic Church, in West
gath street, New York City. The most
notable result of Father Guicheteau's
observations and study is the discov-
cry of the approximate age of the great
Egyptian Pyramids.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
EXAMINERS OF
BANKS IN need
OF EDUCATION
Hearst News Service.

Washington, September 21.-At the
call of Lawrence o. Murray, control
Ter of the currency, the bank exam
liners of the East assembled today at
the Treasury department for a con-
ference on methods. 1t is believed
that the recent Pittsburg incident, in
which an examiner alleged to have
been intoxicated, closed a solvent
bank, has aroused the Treasury de-
partment authorities. The announced
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
New Orleans & Northeastern
Hattiesburg Central Time"

No. 6 has ffty minutes dead time at
Hattiesburg. No. 4 passes No. 6 at
Hattiesb.rg, o. 6 and No. meet
at Hattiesburg. No. has thirty five
miutes dead time ut Hattiesburg
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
NEGROES TO
VISIT TAFT

Cincinnati, September. 21.-JudA c
Taft will tomorrow re"n've a large
delegation of colored people, aD-
pointed by the National Negro Bap-
fist convention, and will discuss the
attitude of the Republican. party to-
ward the black race.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21
Mobile. Jackson & Kansas City
NoRTHBouNp.

No. IA arrives 1883 a. m.
No. 16 arrives 1928 p. m.
SouTHeouNp
No. 13 leaves 6:15 a. m.
No. Is leaves 2:AS D. m.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-21

OF course, amount of srace usco" Is
lot everything in advertising Put,
lust in the pursuit of wisdom keep
rack for time of the amca.nts used
~ the various stores in this newspa-
jer- and see If you could not safely
classify the stores accordinelv.