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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16

Mr. and Mrs Guy II. Moses. OF villa
Grove. Illinois. are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Moses, at Island Park
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16

| reckon why he miss de place
He busy ez kin be;
But wen my number show his face.
VIII Mister Christmas see?
Frank L. Stanton
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16

Desc freedom days he pass mo by
He proiick fur an free; .
But nCK ! nail my number high
VIII Mister Christmas see?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16

C. w. Ber,bo is here from Ottawa,
Kansas.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16

Mrs Mark Goodwin entertained at
s O'Clock dinner Friday evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
THE DRAWBACK FEATURE,

q
Under existing statutes articles may
be made, in bond, OF imported ma
terial. and exported without the pay
ment of any duty whatever. The
statute also authorizes a refund OF
ninety-nine per cent of the duty paid
on any material consumed in the pro
duction of exported merchandise, pro.
vlded the amount Of such imported
! material actually incorporated into
the exported article can be ascertain.
ed
The purpose Of these statutes is
manifest. They We're enacted for the
sole purpose OF enabling the American
manufacturer to sell cheaper aboard
than at home. There are many ar
ticles of American manufacture that
must he sold abroad cheaper than at
home, or not sold abroad at all.
American flour, produced wholly from
United States wheat. is frequently
impossible of expectation to Europe.
The cheaper wheat of Canada can be
exported at freight rate quite as
low as -four and -four produced there
from can be sold lower than that
produced in the United States wholly
from United States wheat. The
same is true of very many other
articles.
The sole purpose of the law is to
give employment to American labor
for by so doing we contribute to our
home market. SO long as the American
manufacturer buys labor in the Amer.
lean market. pays the American scale
OF wages, and thus enables the Amer
lean wage-earner to be a consumer of
American food and clothes, fuel and
shelter, let there be accorded to him
every possible encouragement in his
unequal competition with the cheaper
labor of other countries When he
sells in the American market, let
him pay duty on competitive import
ed material, for by SO doing he like
wise contributes to the American mar.
ket.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

For the first time since the dissolu-
Ton OF the Fcderalist and Republican
parties, 20 years before. a real marty,
struggle for possession of the govern
nlent ensued in the campaign Of 1870.
Four year previous there had been
something of party contest between
inc Democrats and Wings, but the
wings We're too newly organized to put
UP a serious battle. In 1870. however,
II Was different. The Wings and Dem
'cfatS poth possess ad Il strong party
machinery, and as a result a strictly
partisan campaign followed
Not only was the battle hot for cleo
tlon. but it was equally warm in the
preliminary skirmishes for pomina :
tions. Henry Clay was undoubtedly
the foremost living Wing, and as a
candidate for the Wing nomination for
president he was undoubtedly the ia
Fofite But he had done much to
cause personal enmity toward him, He
was free Mason and consequently in
hef!ted the opposition Of the Anti Ma
sonic party. Because of lack of
Stfehgth in New York state he Inherit
ed the opposition of William fl. Seward
then governor of the Empire state. to-
gether With the rising young editor
!, r. Grace Greeley. Southern Whigs dis
lsked his views on the tariff and inter-
nal improvements. As a result OF This
situation Whig leaders definitely set
"I' To Keep him off the ticket.
The convention met at Harrisburg,
"a December 4. 1889. Meetings we're
neld In an old Lutheran church. When
the convention assembled ii was evil
Gent that plurality of the delegates
favored Clay. In order to circumyent
lis nomination. the Wing leaders Sc
cured the adoption of the unit rule. by
"A Jfh ftN.l,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
MR.. BRYAN's ENLISTMENT.

In view Of Mr. Bryan's assertions
that If elected he will fulfil! his
pledges to the letter, reference to
one of his past pledges which remains
unfulfilled, should not be out of order.
Mr.. Bryan is on record as saying:
81 want you to understand that in
this great contest for free silver I am
enlisted, not for year. not for four
years. ] am enlisted for the war. no
matter how long that war may last.
shall not cease to fight until the gold
standard, which has cursed every
nation that ever had it, is driven out
of the United States across the ocean
and back to the old world where it
belongs"
Mr.. Bryan pleads for public conf.
ldence in his sincerity Does he mean
1by that plea that the people should
(still continue to believe he is "sti]l
tenlisted for the war; in this .'great
lrontest FOR free silver?" And can he
really be honest in a plea for conf.
dence in his sincerity when he re.
mains absolutely silent on an issue
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
The Working Men of Iona
Are Lining Up For Taft

! DeS MOines. Oct. B. - There is ev-
cry reason to believe that move
ment has set in among the laboring
| classes of Iowa, the workers in the
! large industrial communities towards
Taft and the Republican. ticket. Not
only are the labor leaders who early
| i'll the campaign We're advocating the
election of Bryan, less active i'll the
support OF the Democratic ticket, bur
many men are less prominent but
mo less influential in The councils of
/ the various labor organizations are
openly connseling a more rigid scru-
tiny of party promises and records.
Taft's Visit Potent
This is due in a great measure to
the Taft trip through Iowa, and his
/ frank discussion of HIS position now
and in the past on questions pertain
ing particularly 10 organized labor.
That Mr.. Taft has made an impression
by his speeches is evidenced by the in
creased demand from laboring men
and 1aboring organizations of the
state for; literature explaining the Taft
labor decisions while on the bench
The Republican state central commit
all parts of the state and is busy fill
ing them. County chairmen have also
sent in for copies stating that they
haye been called on for these docu.
mentS
Consideration Of the important acts
of legislation which the Republican
congress has passed during the past
-four years for the direct benefit Of the
laboring people has also had its effect,
it being shown that no party has ever
paid such close attention to the needs
OF the wage workers as the party
now in poWe" under the leadership of
Theodore Roosevelt
Fear Hard Times.
The laDoring men. together with
the farmer, the merchant and all 9th.
CT classes of people are directly inter-
ested in the policies which bring and
continue prosperous business cohdi-
lions, and The comparison of the rec.
ords OF the parties has had its effect
in making them unwilling to accept
advice which will bring about
change which could scarcely be for
The better and which all experience
has shown would be for he worse.
Iowa has not suffered materially from
any diminuiion Of prosperity during
The recent mild financial panic which
interrupted for Il time the prosperous
conditions in the east. Ii there was
any evidence Of the panic In this stale
it has disappeared and reports from
all parts Of the state indicate thai la
hor was never more steadily employed
nor AT higher rate OF wages.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

Wil'cti was nothing more or less than
concerted effort to prevent the Texas
question from being made an issue in
the presidential campaign.
ne democratic convention. however.
WIS NJ satisfied with Van Buren's po-
sitio,. ms announcement nor with his
cahdIiacH as it now DEVELOPED. Al
though he was still the choice OF a ma
!"ritN OF The delegates in the Demo-
cratic convention. he was defeated for
TIC domination by the operation Of the
!u!c winch required two-thirdS ma
iorltE tc nominate and which had now
.oihe 1' De ~ permanent caturc of all
Dehlo'' AUG convention procedure. on
the ninth ballot James *. Polk tlc
mrs. dark horse in the history Of the
presidency, received the nomination for
president aud George NJ Dallas for
vice president. The convention adopted
d platform declaring in favor of the
roam eXation Of Texas at the earliest
possible moment
Alrd'conv"ntion was held mt Bal
t!hlo"" at the same time. and President
tNier WAS re-nom mated but lcins
soon convinced that his following, was
pitifuliy feeble. he quickly withdrew in
favor of Polk
1,Irihg INC progress or the campaign
l,2lk lrhln;ainc'' a dignified silence on
the slavery question: although his
PARTY pi3tform favored the re-anDeya-
ton Li G'cXaS. In the meantime CLAY,
beng convinced that annexation senti-
ment was on the increase. wrote let
ter to friend saying that he would be
glad to see Texas annexed on fair
ana lust terms In views Of his prcvi-
Gus position against annexation. this
appeared to many of Clay'S friends as
trimming. and it cost him many votes
III northern states. Enough anti
slavery Wings IN New York ana Michi-
gan were turned against him to give
the states to Polk. Even PENNSYLVANIA
Went for Polk because Of an .un-
fortunate belief. which proved utterly
foindless, that Polk was a better
tariff man than Clay
The result of the election was :,
waIkaway for Polk He receicd an
electoral INA iority of S.. CARRYING
fifteen states to eleven for the Wings.
Clay was utterly heart BROKEN by
til" result, and he never reeained his
former strength. He wrote to a friend
that he considered that a heavy blow
had fallen on his country TyIcr in
terpTeted the result of the election as a
verdict in favor. of annexation
and III" effort toward taking Texas into
the Union was redoubled with the re-
suit that Texas soon became By con
gressional action. part of the Union
although the victory was only suStain-
ed after 4 war with Mexico.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
BRYAN srlLL A FREE TRADER.

BRYAN STILL A FREE TRADER.
When the Wilson-Gorman tariff act
was before congress during Cleve-
lands second administration, Bryan
was a member of the ways and means
committee OF the house and had an
important part i'll framing the bill Mr..
Bryan referred to the bill in it's COM
pleted form as "iust and honorable"
President Cleveland described it as
the creature of perfidy and dishonor, =
and refused to sign it. The dividing
line then drawn between the Bryan
Democracy and the Cleveland Demo:
cracy is still maintained.
The results of the Wilson. German
bill are well known. Factories were
closed and their employees driven in
to idleness when the duties on imports
of manufactures were lowered. Wages
in all lines of business activity were
lowered, the demand for every variety
of farm produce fell off and starvation
prices were the rule
Bryan is the same free trader today
that he was fourteen years ago when
he helped frame the Wilson-Gorman
bill. Given the opportunity he would
have. tariff act re-enacted Just as
disastrous and blighting in its effects.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
EDDYViLLE.

Eddyville.-Miss Jessie. daughter. of
MI. and Mrs. Samuel Lennon. was
hostess to party at her home We'd
nesday evening after school, the oc-
caslon being to commemorate her
thirteenth birthday anniversary. Eight
OF her girl friends Were present Music,
games and supper We're enjoyed.
f. w. England and John KrieEer of
Bluff Creek. We're among the number
who heard Hon. w. J. Bryan in oska-
loosa Wednesday.
V. NJ. McGec arrived home this week
from two weeks visit at his old home
at Columbus. O.
Miss Irene Switzer has returned to
her home at Fort Worth. Texas, after
spending about three months With rel
atives in and around here and at Os-
kaloosa and Ottumwa.
Mrs. }. w. Whtse ard son Joe. Of
Chadron, Neb.. are here called by the
serious illness Of the formers father,
Joseph Chiffon.
L. f. Cawley was an Abba business
visitor Wednesday.
Levi Lore arrived home this week
from trip to Texas, He also stopped
off at Southwest City, Mo-, and visited
at his old home
Revs. P. Silvara and j. Hansen. CT
Pclla, called on friends here recently
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

part Wing, and who had been an ard
eht supporter of Clay. He WAS nom
mated historians say, because the
party could get no one else to accept
Inc Democratic convention met at
Baltimore on May 5, 1870. and renor,-
mated President Martin Van isurcn
UNANIMOUSLY Van Buren's four Years
administration, how .ver. had not been
suHlcicntlH successful to attract any
Widespread degree Of commentator
Ii mad been marked by the most disas-
lfouS panic In American history. 1t
ilad seen the absolute qualifications OF
the merit system, due to the institu-
ion OF the spoils system as an inner
ltahce from Andrew Jackson A num-
Der of Van Buren's prominent appoin-
tees had dcfaulted. With these and
olner arguments working against him
he was given an unexpected indorse~
lnent in the unaninrity of his renomina-
ton.
the most picturesque and exciting
presidential campaign in the history Of
the country then ensued. Van Buren,
was an aristocrat and Harrison was
Inc plalnest sort Of a communer Ridi-
culing Harrison's plain living Il Demo-
cratic newspaper said:
Give Harrison a barrel of hard cider
and q, pension of $1,000 and he will
list the relnainer Of his days content
ed III a log cabin"
From that hour the cider barrel and
the log cabin became the emblemS Of
the Wing campaign. Wing enthusiasm
ran riot. The campaign song made its
hfSt strenuous appearance. Harrison
was affectonatclN referred to as Tip
pecanoe" in reference to his military
victory over the Indians. Against this
Wing enthusiasm the Democrats, who
We're handicapped by Van Buren's ad-
ministration record, could make but lit
tie Roadway.
The election resulted in an over
"helmng victory for the Wings They
carried all but seven states and receive
ed 2S4 electoral votes. as against go
for Van Buren,, while Harrison's popu-
lar vote plurality exceeded 10000
Wing exultation, however was short
lived for Harrison outlined his inaugu-
ration but q few days, when exposure
TO the severe weather on the day lie
took his office brought on n fatal i'll
ness, which carried him to his grave.
Vice President Tyler, it Will be remem-
bered, had been chosen onl,' as a last
resort. and with the admitted under
standing that he was not loyal parti- (
san. and the result was that the Wing |
victory at the polls in 1870 soon became
Wing disaster In the succession of
Vice President Tyler.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

provide an intelligent and contented
laDorlng class to afford good market
close at hand for the products of the
prairie farms.
The labor legislation of Iowa as
compared with that OF Democratic
states especially those states which
Will control congress in the event of
democratic success, represents mod
efn development as compared with an.
| llquated and barbaric methods OF reg
nlatlon. A glance at some OF The ad.
vanced steps taken by the state as
! compared with Democratic states will
give good clue to the reason WIZ
the laboring people of Iowa are ma.
turally Republican
No Labor Bureaus in South.
Iowa has created an efficient and
potent labor bureau which has done a
vast amount OF work in preventing
abuses OF labor conditions. Other
Republican states have followed her
lead. But Alabama Arkansas Georgia,
Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas
have made no such provision for their
wage workers. These are states
which will cast a solid vote for Bryan
and send solid Democratic delegations
TO congress-
iowa under Republican administra-
ton was one of the pioneer states in
adopting an efficient factory inspec-
tl0n service, But Arkansas. Florida.
Georgia. Mississippi. North Carolina,
South Carolina. Oklahoma, Tennessee
Texas and Virginia, have failed to ex-
ercise the same care over their
factory workers
Iowa forbids the empIovment OF
children under the age of IA years in
factories where their growth, physi-
cally and intellectually will be stunted.
thereby removing serious embargo
from the next generation Alabama.
Georgia, Florida, Louisiana. MARYLAND.
Mississippi. North Carolina. South
Carolina Oklahoma, Texas and Vir-
sinia show no such solicitude for the
youth of their citizens.
Iowa likewise does not allow the
employment of her youth in the opera
ton and cleaning OF dangerous ma
chinery. But these, Democratic states
above mentioned make no provision
for the protection of the lives and
limbs OF their young people.
Iowa Protects the Label.
Some Oh these states even have re.
fused TO adopt legislation protecting
the union label. Mississippi North
Carolina and South Carolina. over
whelming Democratic, afford no pro
lection whatever TO the trademark Of
unionisn. Iowa says that a labor
organization has Il right TO adopt
label and this shall be protected as a
trademark and no one shall usa II or
counterfeit it without the sanction OF
the body adopting it,
There is little wonder then that
Iowa laborinG people are slow in
pledeing their support to party,
which will be dominated and con-
trolled. II elected. TO power. by states
which afford no recognition TO tho
modern and Just demands of the
great body of wage earners.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
WHEN THE BRYAN MEN DID NOT


The election of 1904 has often been
referred to as a landslide for Roosevelt.
me vote of Iowa does not make it
appear in that light. 1t looks to be
more OF a bacllslide from Parker. A
comparison of the votes cast in Iowa
for Mckinley in 1900 and Roosevelt
IN 1904 as shown herewith shows little
difference in the Republican vote:
Roosevelt, 1904 .. 3O7. 9O7
Mckinley, 1900 ..... 30T.S sos
Roosevelt secured just 80 more
votes in the state than Mckinley Sc
cured four years before
a greater difference appears in the
votes received by Bryan in 1900 and
Parker in 1904. Here is the vote:
( dl her, l9uf ................ 149, 141
Bryan received 60124 more Demo
cratic votes in the state than Parker
received four years later an evidence
that some of the Bryan men did not
vote for Parker
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

When john w Kern ran for COVER
nor of Indiana in 1904. he ran from
100 to 300 behind his ticket in his
own home, Howard county. He had
the lightest vote cast for any man on
the ticket and fell short of having
half the vote cast for his opponent.
MI. Kern may be of vice presidential
size. but evidently his own neighbors
do not think So
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
DAR1YViLLE.

DarbyNille.-- opened Monday
with Mrs. Linnie Scott and Miss Louie
Welton as teachers.
George and Chas. Simmons are
building a new house at Rosebrook for
Jacob Jones.
The mines here are working full
Mystic Saturday.
Mrs. Claude Boyer, of Giltner.. Neb..
was visiting relatives in this vicinity
the latter part of the maels
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
9 . 9 - 4 CURE FOR
aa1e eam1 >a1De RHEUMATISM

% una IS crl acid carried
circulation all
'd palnoiung
me acid lied
boodpu
M ha,on the acid and drives expe
the
m @ e P the weak blood and
Fhunlsn s S will
needed and the up he
nanda
saNse e1 LIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. Ca.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

he pledged himself to fight to the fin
ism? Isn't it more reasonable to be-
ileve that he will be just as silent on
his government ownership and his
bank deposit guarantee theories the
next time he leads forlorn hope as
he is this year on free silver?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

Some OF the settlers who have
gone to South Dakota to file on the
government lands may not be 50 en-
thusiastic over their bargain when
they are compelled to swear to live
on the land with the penalty of prose.
cution for fraud if it develops they
filed on the land for speculative pur.
noses
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

Just how much interest was dis
played in Chicago yesterday over the
deciding game in the national league
may be seen by a glance at this morn
ng's Chicago papers. If you happened
to be Interested in anything but base.
ball you had to look with a micro
scope.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
SOME FACTS ABOUT IOWA.


The Iowa State college at Ames
gives the following facts on Iowa
from data secured by the Iowa State
Register:
Iowa has 229,000 farms.
Iowa has $4,000 mules.
lows has 100000 goats.
Iowa has $4,000 sheep.
Iowa has 100000 hogs
Iowa has 100000 horses.
Iowa has 100000 chickens.
Iowa has 100000 dairy COWS.
Iowa has three state colleges.
Iowa has 100000 foreign born
Iowa has 100000 apple trees.
Iowa has 2.250.000 population
Iowa has $1,000 manufacturers
Iowa has $4,000 stands of bees.
Iowa hogs are worth $3.50 each
Iowa raises 100000 acres of fruits
Iowa raises 100000 acres OF corn
Iowa has militia of 100000 men.
Iowa has 35,S5G,000 acres of land.
Iowa raises 1895 acres of oats.
Iowa has 100000 school population.
Iowa land is S6.5 per cent improved
lowa's annual rainfall is AZ inches,
Iowa raises 1GS9,OOO acres of wheat.
lowa's live stock is worth S191 .OOO,-
300.
Iowa raises S1,50O acres of vegeta-
oles.
Iowa farms are valued at 1865 .OOO,-
100.
Iowa's horses are worth s4O.12
apiece.
Iowa has $4,000 more men than
Iowa has furnished seven cabinet
officers.
Iowa has 5G,O25 square miles of
erritory
Iowa has 30,OOO,0Oo acres of I'M.
proved land.
Iowa farms are worth on an aver.
'ge, $4,000.
Iowa coal fields contain 1000 square
niles.
Iowa farmers feed one-sixth OF their
rain.
Iowa. insane hospitals have 5000
lowa's voters are only 2.S per cent
lliterate.
Iowa raises s3O,ooO,OOO worth of hay
Ter year.
1owa's annual temperature is 47.57
Iowa's National Guard contains 4S
ompanies.
1owa's farm buildings are worth
112.O00,OO0.
Iowa can cast a vote for every SO
opulation.
Iowa has $4,000 men engaged in
manufacturing.
Iowa farms pay for labor $1,000, 900
er annum.
Iowa feeds s1OO,O00,0O to her stock
very year.
Iowa supports 4O.2 people to the
Quare mile.
Iowa protects her fish and game by
SO wardens
Iowa has six cities of over 25. 900
oulation each
Iowa manufactures have capital
{ $102.733.O00.
Iowa has 100000 of poultry other
nan chickens.
Iowa farms. 65 per cent are operat-
d by their owners.
Iowa farms sell $500 worth of grain
ach per annum.
Iowa produces $4,000 900 yearly
agricultural products.
lowa's farm machinery couldn't
e replaced for 100000 900.
Iowa, as state, cares for LOO
rphans, 90s feeble-nlinded.
lowa's population is 2.6 per cent
ngaged in manufacturing.
iowa has thirteen charitable. penal
nd correctional institutions.
lowa's criminal population is %
er cent less than in 1896 to 1900
Iowa. as state, teaches 14S blind
nd 1928 inmates of industrial
;hools.
Iowa contains a greater proportion
tillable land than any other state
the Union.
Iowa is one of the four states not
entloned in the United States CEN
is report as having used fertilizers
! the soil.
The figures were based en- the cen
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
HOSTETTERS'
STOMACH BITTERS

You'll be surprised at the good it will
No you, especially in cases OF Headache,
Heartburn, Indigestion, Costiveness,
Dyspepsia, insomnia, Female ills and
Malarial Fever. Try it today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

sus of 1900 and since that time in
most of the items mentioned there
IS an estimated increase of from Is
to % per cent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

If Turkey had strenuous presi-
dent instead OF weakened sultan
that prince what's his name would
never had the nerve to issue that
proclamation