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her and it is not disloyalty to go beyond her
own words for evidence that the wolves of the
city have not dragged her from safe paths. 1t
is, instead, the highest form of loyalty to her.
Again, there is, in another particular, a re-
markable and impressive sameness in the sto-
ries related by these wretched girls. In the
narratives of nearly all of them is passage de-
scribing how some man of their acquaintance
had offered to "help them to good position
in the city, to look after" them, and to take
interest in them. After listening to this
confession from one girl after another hour
after hour until you have heard it repeated
perhaps fifty times, you feel like saying to
every mother in the country: Do not trust
any man who pretends to take interest in
your girl if that interest involves her leaving
your own roof. Keep her with you. She is
far safer in the country than in the big city,
but if go to the city she must, then go with her
yourself; if that is impossible, place her with
some woman who is your friend, not hers; no
girl can safely go to great city to make her
own way who is not under the eye of trust
worthy woman who knows the ways and the
dangers of city life Above ALL dstrust the
"protection" the good offices" of any man
who is not family friend known to be clean
and honorable and above all suspicion.
Of course all the examinations to which |
have referred have been conducted for the
specific purpose of finding girls who have been
brought into this country from other lands in
defiance of the federal statute, passed by Con-
gress February TO- 1907. This act declares that
any person who shall keep, maintain, support
or harbor" any alien woman for immoral pur-
poses within three years after her arrival in
this country shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be liable to fine of $4,000 and I'M
prisonment for five years at the discretion OF
the court. When the department of justice at
Washington decided that this law was being
violated, the United States district attorney at
Chicago was instructed to take such action as
necessary to apprehend the vlolators OF
the act and convict them. One OF the hrst
steps required was the raiding of various dives
and houses of i'll fame and the arrest of the girl
inmates as we'll as the arrest of the keepers
and the procurers of the white slaves
While the federal prosecution is officially
concerned only with those cases involving the
importation of girls from other countries
there being no authority under the present ma
tiona statutes for the federal government to
prosecute those concerned in securing white
slaves who are natives of this country-it was
inevitable that the examination of scores OF
these inmates captured in raids upon the dives,
should bring to the officers and agents OF the
department of justice an immense fund OF IN
formation regarding the methods OF the white
slave traders in recruiting for their traffic from
home fields.
Whether these hunters of the innocent ply
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her is to shudder
When the raids began she was secreted- aud
arrangements made to ship her to dive iS
the mining regions of the West. Fortunately
however, a few hours before she was to start
upon her journey the United States marshals
raided the place and captured herself as we'll
as her keepers. To add to the horror of her
situation she is soon to become mother. The
awful thought in her mind however, is to es-
cape from assassination at the hands of the
murderous gang which oppressed her.
One recital of this kind is enough, although
instances by the score might be cited which
differ from it only in detail and degree.
1t is only necessary to say that the legal
evidence thus far collected establishes with
complete moral certainty these awful facts;
That the white slave traffic is system-a-
syndicate which has its ramihcations from the
Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific ocean, with
clearing houses" or distributing centers" in
nearly all of the larger cities; that in this
CHASTITY traffic the buying price of young girl
is SIS and that the selling price is generally
about $2OO-if the girl is especially attractive
the white slave dealer may be able to sell her
for $500 or 5000; that this syndicate did not
make less than 100000 last year in this almost
unthinkable commerce; that it is definite or
ganization, sending its hunters regularly to.
scour France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and
Canada for victims; that the man at the head
of this unthinkable enterprise is known among
his hunters as "The Big Chief"
Also the evidence shows that the hirellngs
of this traffic are stationed at certain ports of
entry in Canada, where large number of immi-
grants are landed to do what is known in their
parlance cutting out work" In other
words, these watchers for human prey scan the
immigrants as they come down the gang plank
of vessel which has just arrived and spot
the girls who are unaccompanied by fathers.
mothers, brothers or relatives to protect them.
The girl who has been spotted desirable
and unprotected victim is promptly approached
by man who speaks her language and is i'm
mediately offered employment at good wages
with all expenses to the destination to be paid
by the man. Most frequently laundry work
is the bait held out, sometimes homework or
employment in candy shop or factory.
The object of the negotiations is to cut
out" the girl from any of her associates and
to get her to go with them. Then the only
thing is to accomplish her ruin by the shortest
route If they cannot be cajoled enticed
by promises of an easy time, plenty of money,
fine clothes and the usual stock of allurements
or fake marriage-then harsher measures
are resorted to. In some instances the hunters
really marry the victims. AS to the sterner
measures, it is, of course, impossible to speak
explicitly beyond the statement that lntox1ca-
ton and dragging often used as means to
reduce the victims to state of helplessness
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associates were her friends and protectors and
that their purpose to punish those who
had profted by her ruin and to send her back
to her little Italian home with all expenses
paid; that she was under the protection of the
United States and as safe as if the king
of Italy should take her under his royal care
and pledge his word that her enemies should
not have revenge upon her.
Then she broke down and with pitifu1 sobs
related her awful narrative. That every word
of it is true no one could doubt who saw her
as she told it. Briefly, this is her story: A
"hne lady" who wore beautiful clothes came
to where she lived with her parents, made
friends with her, told her that she was uncom-
monty pretty (the truth, by the way), and pro-
fessed great interest in her. Such hattering
attentions from an American lady who wore
clothes as fine as those of the Italian nobility
could have but effect the mind of the
simple peasant girl and of her still simpler
parents. Their heads were completely turned
and they regarded the American lady, with
almost alteration.
Very shrewdly the woman did not attempt
to bring the little girl back with her, but held
out the hope that some day letter might
come with money for her passage to America.
Once there, she would become the companion
of her American friend and they would have
great times together. Of course, in due time
the money came-and the $500 was most
substantial pledge to the parents of the wealth
and generosity of the American lady" I'm
hesitatingly she was prepared for the voyage
which was to take her to the land of happi-
ness and good fortune. According to the ar
rangements made by letter the girl was met at
New York by two friends of her benefactress
who attended to her entrance papers and took
her in charge. These friends were two OF
the most brutal Of all the white slave drivers
who are in the traffic At this time she was
about sixteen years DID, innocent and rarely
attractive for a girl of her class, having the
large, handsome eyes, the black hair and the
rich olive skin of a typical Italian.
Where these two men took her she did not
know-but by the most violent and brutal
means they quickly accomplished her ruin
For a week she was subjected to unspeakable
treatment and made to feel that her degrada-
ton was complete and final.
And here let it be said that the breaking of
the spirit the crushing of all hope for any flu
ture save that of shame, is always a part of
the initiation of a white slave. Then the girl
was shipped on to Chicago, where she was
disposed of to the keeper of an Italian dive
of the vilest type. On her entrance here she
was furnished with gaudy dresses and wear
ing apparel for which the keeper of the place
charged her 5000. AS is the case with all new
white slaves, she was not allowed to have any
clothing which she could wear upon the street
Her one object in life to escape from the
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PROJECTION Of the wage Scale.

Under our present law we place
tarIn on goods made by underpatd
labor in Europe, SO. that these goods
cannot come into American markets
to the disadvantage of American
workers. We protect in this way the
American wage scale against the
competition of cheap foreign labor.
If the law which gives this protection
is removed and American manufac-
turers have to meet the prices of
goods made by European labor, the
wage scale Of the American work
men will have to be cut down. Mr.
NBryan and his party do not believe,
Ia the principle Of the protective
tarin and want to abolish it. Has
not American labor all the competi-
ton it can stand without adding the
competition OF underpald foreign
labor? The Republican law which
protects the wage scale of American
workmen will not be abolished unless
the warkmen abolish it themselves
by voting the Democratic ticket. MT.
Taft promises to improve the law.
but to maintain the principle; Mr..
Bryan promises to destroy the law
Which do you want?
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the bench i would give him a. M
function mighty quick
The attitude OF Mr.. Bryan ana the
attitude Of az. Taft on the question
81 fninnetfons are unlike Is dark
ness and daylight Bryan would
absolutely abolish legal writ which
has been invoked IN hundreds OF
cases TO protect the weak. against the
strong. Mr.. TAFT would preserve e
along with other processes approved
By time ana experience, making Y
available equally 10 employer and
employee: thus maintaining all its
vitality in the administr ation ot1-5us-
tice.
Mr.. Bryan Is a chronic meddler in
the established agencies OF enforcing
the law, and he IS a dangerous med
dler because he is an ignorant one.
Mr.. Taft stands for the integrity of
those agencies and insists that when
modified It must be by iurists rather
than by pettifoggers.
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u !. H. y ~
be rot, haIdeEdaslls hl4mbp
ea5oIery, fraud and deep IN their
most aggravated and monstrous
forms.
IA AgaEnst al OF these rOorbae1s the
Telegram solemnly warns the honest
voters Of the county in 9 spirit ot
friendliness and fairminde dness. y
all of these things the Democrats VIII
say ever had a grain OF truth n
them, they would have used them as
campafen thunder long ere this, the
fyieyentil hour Of a hard fought CAM
paign. Preserve your own integrity,
honest citizens, preserve your instl-
buttons, your government and your
liberty by voting as your conscience
dictates and not at the behest OF
gang Of slippery. treacherous deu1a-
gogues.
Beware OF the roorSaeks!
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R,mnre of the Roorbacks.

Honest voters and citizens, you
who have the interests of your gov
eminent at heart, be not led astray
nor deceived by the roorbacks. les
tricks and receptions that win be
spread forth by tae democratic gang
in Harrison county today. Do not
allow these INSCRIPTIONS fellows per-
suade you to let them do your think
ing for you. Do 1t yourself. You
are no mans body servant.
The same questionable tactics that
have been employed by the coterte
that bosses and rules the Democratic
party in Harrison county and has
dominated that party in ClarksburE
will be used again today. These
methods have been employed nv fhHn
the last several days and they have
planned to carry them out upon
large scale today in one last, desper-
ate effort to fool the people. The
Democratic clique will. as 1t has
done in the past. spread forth thous-
ands OF hand bills upon which all
kinds OF mlsrepresentat will be
printed. They wild send false re-
ports through the city and county by
messengers. They have installed ex-
ira telephones for the rTr0"se Ht
sending broadcast throughout the
county horrible tales OF roD0ery, as
sault, corruption. murder. arson, and
the Lord only knows what not. Fig
ures will be slyly juggled, vile cpl
thets Will be hurled at EVERYONE end
everybody who has not pledged him-
self to vote the Democratic ticket
and the most ridiculous. absurd and
baseless charges will be suddenly
promulgated. All, all of which will
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What DO Democrats Do Win Their
Money!

William Hayward, secretary OF the
Republican National Committee, has
dared bryan to give an accounting
under oath prior to election showing
now he has disposed Of the money
which he has collected. What has
he done with the money!" Is the
question that Secretary HAYWARD has
nut to the Democratic candidate, and
then he goes on to show that the
statement made by Bryan's campaign
manager Is simply a hoax, intended
to deceive the public.
The important thing in published
campaign matters" said he, lis n
snow what has been done with this
money. The main.purpose is to pre-
vent corruption and bribery the
vulnera Bile point in this campaign
publicity hoax that the Democratic
committee Is seeking to perpetrafe
nj pom the public Is that 1t would not
be worth a cent under any real pub
licity law that ever was passed.
Can Mr.. Mack or Mr.. Ridder
make oath to fund collected by
governor Haskell from all sorts OF
sources before he was discredited ana
sent home2 His connection with the
standard OIL was shown plainly.
SuGa a SkAIS0euI as las DSSA 4S9SHH'7
viii be given very little credence
with. no oath attached to it and NO
one able to make that oath except
Haskell.
What would prevent a Democrat
ic contributors. whose name the ma
tional committee did not care to
make pGblic. paying his contribution
direct to the. state chairman. either
In state where there was no pub
licity law or in state like Nebraska.
where Bryan's brother-tn-Iaw and
lieutenants have shown themselves
willing and anxious to ignore the
publicity law, as they did in 1904?
"A statement by Governor Haskell
might be more interesting than the
1T looks good deal like the
ROLLER than thou crowd were trying
to cover up the tracks of Bryan
Nebraska lieutenants. who violated
the law in 1904 with the $4,000
from New York. by issuing state
m ent this year which at best is
in incompetent"
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why would an instantaneous pic
ture OF Bryan present rear vIewa
Because it would represent him as
always moving away-away from
free silver, away from Imperialism.
away from government ownership.
away from every other issue on
which he has turned his back.
You can't fall out of bed when
YOU are on the floor is a Bryan
epjgram That is small comfort to
the shivering Democrats who want
Bryan to help them bet between Of
fetal blankets.
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Brvan and the Injunction.

In his demand for the abolition OF
the writ OF injunction as judicial
process, Mr.. Bryan manifests the
ame broad and comprehensive ig-
uorance that characteriZes his oDin-
ions on other elementary questions
of law. he contends that the issue
OF the injunction in controversies
AFFECTING labor is necessarily preju-
dicial to the interests of the working
ingman. though there is actually no
more real support for that view than
there Is for a similar contention con-
corning the writ of habeas corpus.
Mr., Bryan expressed himself on this
point in his speech in Madison
Square Garden, New York, August
80. 1905, in the course OF which he
said:
The main purpose Of the Injunction
is to evade trial by jury.
Nothing could be further from the
fact than that Mr.. Bryan has never
dazzIed the country as a lawyer but
has had some practice, and II he had
given such a definition OF the injunct-
ion when he was examined for adj
mission to the bar he would have
been considered a stupid blockhead.
Mr.. Bryan knows, as does every
sane man. that the main purpose Of
the Injunction is to preserve the
status quo until the matter in con-
troversy can be adjudicated by more
exhaustive. but less rapid. processes.
The Injunction In itself Is prejudlcial
% no Legitimate interest whatever.
It issues to an individual as readily
as 20 a group of individuals, and may
be invoked for the protection OF the
weak just as may be the ancient writ
or habeas corpus. The correct ju-
dIcIal view OF the injunction was ex-
pressed by William Howard Taft in
the course OF his famous speech in
Cooper Institute, New York, January
10. 19eS In response to his invita-
ton to the audience to ask such
questions as they considered per-
tineut to his discussion OF labor in
terests, someone Inquired:
''Why sbould not black-ltsted
laborer be allowed an injunction az
well as a boycotted' capitalist"
Mr.. Taft's reply was short, sharp
decisive and entirely characteristic.
He said:
ne ought to be. and If I were Oh
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ana. LresPsr..Z.

One characteristic OF the record or
Judge Taft, both ON the bench and In
the cabinet. is that the more you drag
it into the light the better you like IT,
Do you remember industrial eondi-
tions' in the last Democratic admins
tration9
Judge. Taft has shown conclusively
that the injunction operates against
lawIess capItnl rs we'll MS against law
less labor
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Receiverships are proverbially fat
for lawyers and lean for clients. Gov
ernor Hughes is a wise counselor in
his warning that the realization of
Organism would throw this republic
into a receivership.
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The Fairmont Times says John J..
Davis was greatly displeased with the
big Republican parade. Any thing
that dIspleases Mr. Davis in political
way ought to tickle the Republicans
almost to death.
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The election Of Mr.. Taft will mean
that the Republican party will be
true to its record of the last seven
years. The election of Bryan would
mean halt of four years in national
progress.
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Judge Taft announces that his
Administration will not he spectac-
ular, but one of enforcement OF law.
Only evil doors can dread the fulfill
ment of that promise.
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Governor Hughes has shown the
people of the West the difference be-
tween Democratic chimeras and Re
publican realities in progressive re-
form.
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These travelling Democratic can
didates are getting awfully careless
about losing their railway passes.
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To continue the cure OF ills without
destroying prosperity is the sensible
program of Judge Taft.
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Nebraska is going to convince
Bryan that he lives in "the enemy's
country" largel yBecause Nebraska
will not be its own worst enemy.
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The country has twice avoided dis
aster by rejecting Bryan. The coun-
try knows how to repeat.
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Republican reforms are substantial
ealities-Democratic promises are
Intangible visions.
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The Republican candidate for Pres
fdent Is pledged to achievements; the
Democratic candidate to experiments.
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That noise you hear is Bryan rum
ming away from his record.
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swEEr MELopY FLouR.

. Don't think that piles can't So
cured. Thousands Of obstinate cases
have been cured by Doan's Ointment
so cents at any drug store.
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Place an X IN the circle under the
Eagle.
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The Taft speeches are not "in the
mir" they. hit hard,z but they don't
come down with pump.
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Place an X in the circle under the
Eagle.
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Cheapest acciSeny Insurance pr.
i nomas' Electric OIL. Stops tlis
pain and heals the wound. All
druggists sell 1t.
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The vigor Of the Taft campaign
speeches in the west may explain why
the enthusiastic Republicans OF the
plains and mountains vociferously NAH
him as their bill"
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What federal labor statute did the
Democrats ever enaet3
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! a vote fae sryan u a vote far free

a vote f3r gryan - vote TOT EFsS
trade.
No injunctiOrs can issue against men
going on strike. There Is the legaI
guarantee of tic liberty Of labor as
enunciuted by Judge Taft
Rryan's election would mean bu''
moss Depression.
mo class legislation" Capital IS 9e
MED that privilege, Just MS is labor, by
the ruling oc Judge Taft In this re-
public of equal rights 10 al.
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For state Senate
= IAIGI.ES @. COFEMAN
Harrison County
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VEG for Tsf., Preares', PF0t9sE'9"
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For Congress
WILLIAM 2. HI BEARD
Ohio County
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faaR17o11 COUNTx TICKET.

EUr aouse of Delegates
CHARLES NJ. HART
MARCUS L. RIBLETT.
For Gle. k OF County Court
HOWARD NJ. GORE
For Clerk of Circuit Court
l. WADE COLEMAN.
FOR Prosecuting Attorney
WILL E. MORRIS.
For Sheriff
J. e. BARTLETT.
For County Commissioner
JOHN q. STROTHER
For Assessor
ERNEST L. PIGOTT.
For County Surveyor
CHARLES c. FITTR
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vote the ReDu0liean tleket straight
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; STATE rzCKET.

For Governor
". r G11ASSGOCK
MononEalIa County
For Secretary Of state
STUART F. REED
Harrison County.
81 - Atr Superintendent Of schools
a. p SHAWKEY
kanawha County.
For Acknowledgement
WILLIAM G. CONGEY
Preston County
For Auditor
John SHERMAN DARST
Jackson County.
For Treasurer
e. L. LONG
Mcdowell County.
For Judges OF Supreme Court
IRA E. ROBINSON
Taylo' County.
w ~. MILLER
Wood County.
L. J. WILLIAMS
Greenbrier County.
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uoMaREssIonAI F1CKDF.
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Vote the Republican ticket straight
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8EMATORIAE TICKET,
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PARTY EMBLEM
REPUBLICAN TICKET

HAT1oNAL T1cEE.
For President
WILLIAM HOWARD Tact
For VESe-Prasident
JAMES s. SHERMAN
New York.
Presidential Electors
JOSEPH II. ALcDERMOTT
e IA. McPEAK-
District Elector
FRANK w. CLARK