davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-22
The Answer in 1908.

Answer this for yourself. Do you
know Of any spot in the United States
where the spirit Of 1776 is dead and
forgotten and the Fourth of July a
meaningless date o. the calendar?
On the other hand the humblest ciu-
zen Is growing prouder of his American
citizenship and the spirit Of 1910 IL
%permeating the entire body polite.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-22
The Answer in 1908.

The gold standard has "slain" no
one, nor did it write the future
in blood" nor did it destroy our
homes o foreclose the farm mort
gage, nor did it close the dis
trict school; OF the contrary, it has
proved the sound and solid foundation
OF widespread prosperity, leading to in
dividual progress and happiness, aided
in paying off the farm mortgage and
expanding the country's educational IA
%cilities.
1t has brought such prosperity to
our country as was never known before.
Americans are the happiest and most
prosperous people on earth to-day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-22

1905, Government Ownership of
Railways.
II have already reached the conclu-
sion that railroads partake so much
Of the nature of a monopoly that they
must ultimately become public property,
and be managed by public officials in
the interest of the whole community
william ]. Bryan; Homecoming speech
at New York City, August, 1906.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-22

This q picture of Trail CoMMysC Court House. Said to be the second pest in the state It was
built whhoutis ungb bonds and they'd notow We dollar on it at present o. Id residents will re-
em@ rthelo ing drawn out fghtn IiaIl county over moving from Caledonia buta after several
trials sand few law suits they located as they shldh nave one nthe largest town in the. county,
Secretary of grcmlmre Why motif owo urn neighbours example. and move our cMnys ett te
biggest and estt wnin the county? BY vdng for Hope Nov 3d. you will have chance to do
this Donty W think our ounyha soutgroWnit present county seat? Unite on Hope as the
only possible place hatc cans secure the wothrdsv vote A vote for any other place a vote to hold
up the opNitonf for ohert ten years. Don't d%t VOTE o HOPE! -
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-22

This is the space in which we ought
to publish q cut of Steele county's
court house, but as it wouldn'tcom-
pare favorably with. our neighbors.
and out of respect for the pride Of
our citizens, we thought best not to
make comparisons.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-22
TRUE PROPHETS AND FALSE.
HOW TO E S THEM.

II viii not deny that there may be prophets to-day, but the trouble is %
tall the true prophets from the fase ones. The Bible says that false prophets
will rise. It tells is how to distinguish the false from the true. It says:
BY their fruits ye shall know Them" William j. Bryans Speech at Balu-
more, Jan. TO- 1900
DRYAH Prophecies. THE ANSWERS.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-22
ono MORE FOURTH OF JULY"
1900, Imperialism!

1900, Imperialism!
THE light this year will be to carry
out the sentiment Of that song we have
% often repeated: MY Country, tits
q Thea If we lose, u children and
our children's children will not u
esed to the spirit Of that song, and Gel
sbfatons Of the Fourth Of July will
pass away, for the spirit Of Empire will
- upon us."-William ]. Bryan; speech
% the Bryan Home Guards, Lincoln,
NGh, July, 1900.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-22

1890, FREQ Coinase!-16 to 1.
II reply that, If protection has
alain its thousands. the gold standard
has slain its tens of thousands.'-
William J. Bryan; speech at Demo
cratic National Convention, July, 1896.
"The Democratic party has begun a
war Of determination against the gold
standard. We ask no quarter; we give
no quarter. We shall prosecute our
warfare until there is not an American
citizen who dares to advocate the gold
standard. You ask why? We reply
hat the gold standard is a conspiracy
against the human race, and that we
should nc more join in it than we would
an army to destroy homes and to
destroy families. Villa ]. Bry-
an; speech at Albany, N. T., August,
1895.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-22
ROOSEVELT THE SPIRIT OF WAR;
. 0 Anti-Roosevelt.

1904, Aati-Roosevelt.
II would rather gdo down to eternal
ehlivion than be instrumental in the
election Of Observation-Disclosures J..
Bryan, Oct II, 1904, while touring In
diana.
THE surrender Of the present Presi-
dant (Roosevelt) to corporate lnfu-
snces furnishes an excellent proof Of
tie wisdom Of Judge Parker in making
the statement he has. But President
Roosevelt stands for militarism. " >
The present occupant of the White
House (Roosevslt) represents in an ag-
gravated form the warlike spirit, as
oontrasted with the pacific policy that
has heretofore characterized our ma
tion."-William J. Bryan, in a speech
at Springfield, Mo-, Sept. l., 1904, where
hs accused President Roosevelt Of sur
rendering to the corporations and hold
Ing "bloody, brutal and barbarous' SEN
timenta
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
This A My 62nd Birthday
Brig. Gen. EdgerIy.

Brig. Gen. Winfield Scott Eagerly, at present in command of the Depart ment of Dakota, with headquarters at St. Paul, was born Tn Farmington, N. H, May 29, iS4s. Alter receiving . public school education he attended Phillips Exeter Academy in 1e66, ent- cred the United States Military Acad- enny at West Point from which he was graduated four years later. He was assigned to the cavalry branch of the service, reaching the rank or Colonel In 1908. During the period of nearly forty years that he has been in the army General Edgeriy has seen much active service In his earlier career he spent several years in the far West and there participated in many of the Indian wars, big and little. He served throughout the war with Spain and later did duty for two years in the Philippines. Last March General Ed gerly succeeded Major General Greely in the command of the Department of the Dakota. Prior to that time he had been in charge of the Department of the Gulf, with headquarters at Atlanta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

We referred on yesterday to the dif- ference of about 700 votes between the State and National ticket, and the purely local ticket in Limestone Coun- ty. The vote in Barbour County for County Tax Assessor was l.7Ss. while that for Bryan and Johnson aggregate was only 1.Bls. It Is very evident that several thousand more votss were cnst for purely local ofAeers than for those whose names appeared on the general ticket. It is more than probable that if the vote for Tax Assessor or Collec- tor in each county could be added up it would show that as many as 140.o .o00 voters went to the polls on the 18th inst.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

Now there's q report sent out from New York that On April 10. at Hobo ken, N. J.. Anna Gould and de sagan were legally, constitutionally and en- phatically married by Justice of the Peace. If that Is true we see no req = son for so much mystery and slipping around corners on their part. except that they probably think that such a wedding as that would be beneath the dignity and standing of the pair. Let us hope that the report is true and that the pair and their escapades will now be forgotten.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Ho,z Mexico Treated the Trusts

How Mexico ITG@Ne1 tnG ANW@N1
 Los Angeles Herald.
 class selfshness and since protection Of one class by tariff regulations works intustiee to other classes. there Is only one reasonable explanation Tor ne per sistence with which many NepuphSenS adhere to class program. make polltI- - with class demands. and do not seek the greatest good of the greatest nun Der We have seen the actual opere- tion of class protection: We nave s9Sn STn have seen its effects on the happiness and prosperity of the people of the United States. millions of whom are still out of employment In Inc East; mercy of one or other of the great trusts of the country. trusts which have been created. fostered, built upI et yet a SuEsestion of tariff reform in from some citizens whose feelings are hsrsSws4 sy slts rysFY 2e f2ena taara TiIl hl Be an issue at the Presidential cleo ton. It will be considered in it's re-
 . a0ns S tS tssrb tss tTSsss SoH Mxeo Ss deaf
 suoh interruptions combinations: Let us look over the wall into Mexico ?. There is q country. which for a whlIe the most be-trustsd country on earth even as the United States is today. The Government took up the question Every, article was owned or operated was regulated or restricted by trusts was put on the free list. The trusts | had to go out of business in Mexico | the breadth of hair that the peculiar l form of perniicous human activity ex' l emplified in trusts is dependent upor
 pernicious activity Unprotected the | trusts cannot live in Mexico and could | rot live in the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

The additional duty annually of go- ing to every county seat in Alabama may not rest we'll upon the Railroad Commissioners. but there will not be much "gnashing of teeth" among the 'comnon masses of the common peo- pe" They want to see the men. who under the Conner administration were going to revolutionize things and cause railroads to carry freight and passen gers for nothing or words to that ef- feet. At any rate. 1t Is quite a joke that the Code Commissioners should have put such a burden on them. What time will they have to consider weighty matters of State?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
GEN. srrrPHrN D. LRn.

. as H
 One by one the veterans of the Con- federacy bass to their final reward In few years more and only the im- mortal record of their heroic deeds will tell to future generations of their hardships and patriotism.
 Gen. stephen D. Lee disd at vieks- burg yesterday morning and the an- nouncement carried sorrow to every nook and corner of the South. There was no braver soldier. and as an ofi- cer he filled the most dificult and dan gerous positions with splendid sue cess and courage. It Is it, perhaps. that he has fallen to sleep in sight of the spot where as commander of the Confederate troops he gained one of the most signal victories of the four years of the war. At the bloody bat tie of Gettysburg he gained renown that will last through all the ages.
 Upon the death of General Gordon he became the Commander of the United Confederate Veterans, and has been unanimously chosen at each years gathering. No one else was thought of or suggested. and would not have been as long as he lived.
 His comrades will meet with sad dened hearts on the sth of June for it had come to be one of the supreme pleasures of the reunion to look into his kindly eyes and grasp his warm hand. He will meet with his com rades on earth no more, but will live in their hearts forever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

suggestion is that beds can be thus provided so that there will be no ex- cuse for any one sleeping cold. It Is no doubt a great scheme, but there is one obvious hitch about it that may render it unpopular. and that is the fact that so many people. even edu- cated ones. are ignorant of the powers and possibilities of electric currents, and one might unwittingly turn on enough to kill mule without know ing it. Electricity is dangerous ser want. even to those who think they know all about it, but to the ignorant 1t is thing not to be trifed with.
 And yet this mans suggestion or invention is not an absurd one as a matter of fact. More than one scient- ist of late has given it as his opinion that not . great period of time must elapse before people will have to de- pend entirely on electricity for heat ing. cooking and other purposes for which coal and wood are now used. The way to successfully accomplish this Is sure to be discovered when the necessity arises. for 1t is an old and true saying that necessity is the mother Of invention" and when there is no more fuel to cause heat there will be substitute. It will be a great thing for future generations when each person can carry a sum- cient amount of heat about the person to have it always ready, in the house or out doors. day or night. whatever may be the climate or conditions. And we doubt not that when that. time comes people will know how to use 1t without danger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Cotton Mll Men Are Hopeful.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Cotton has been handsomely

Cotton has been handsomely ad- vanced until middling spots are worth in Neu, 0rieans are not far behind the spot price of today. The recent gains in the price of cotton are wholly Justi- fled by the outlook in the goods mar CT and cotton yarns have been marked up. ....-,-. nu,., has been reached. Buyers gre Tn neeo Q ennD1h bueIness 10 keep the mills run hing throughout the summer The fall and winter will take care or rhem- selves . l.. ....s,,.
 ttar hss bed good effect upon buyers and the market in general. The stocks in the hands of jobbsrs are not large
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Fertunase sIr. Bryan.

New York Times.
 MT. George R Craw of The Chicago about Mir. Bryan's 's prosperous news paper, The Commoner. and about ms fortune. with results that will interest the American people, who, as they have MT. Rourke Cochran. and MT. Bryann himself. have no quarrel with wealth honestly acquired. 'If nominated, says Mir. craw. "Mr. Bryan, I believe. expects the circulation of his weekly 100000 subscribers This would yield him net Rsrsonsl Hrofi, of esent sgspeSS the statement of The comnnoner that 1t has weekly. and he estimates that its profits from sales and advertising now reach the very respectable sum of $60,- 900 annually That Is doing pretty mailed to advertisers by The Common. CT office, are realized, his net profit derived from The Commoner alone dur iny the year 1908 will be at the an- nual rate of s2se. .ooo"
 The business office of The Com monsr clearly sees the advantages or capitalizing MT. Bryan If he is nomi- mated. circulation will jump. In q let ter from MT. Limburner the business reflections upon its expected pros
 Tneloss you our million. circulation circular. Mir. Bryan seems to be very point before the year is over. and the stack of letters saw coming into the Lincoln office on my last visit there q short while ago indicate it will reacn @ medium soaay nfas orc rst. . 1Ss cost to your business in than The Commoner. by the new Post office ruling.
 T believe, however. 1t is not neces- garding the matter, as you fully. under stand conditions that will make The Conmoner potent force this year for advertisers. It will be good set in at once. or else In short time, you will be up against higher rates. "
 Mir. Bryan is fortunate man. He can face the future without the least will be far and away the richest Presi- dent that ever occupied the White House. If nominated and not elected he will still have the comfortable S6O,. 900 q year income, subject to natural fear is failure to get the nomination That might have an unfavorable ef- feet upon the business of The Common CT, and upon his lecture business, from which he derives some additional
 Di1igent and well directed industry thus has it's reward. Mir. Bryan is one of the hardest worked men in the c,,Etyy;. souEntry; not, s to ss sure, in the dsil, in the larger tributary labor of or ganiztng his forces to get the non1ina. tion. Col. Harvey was wrong. evident. ly; when he insisted that newspaper Politics Is q gold mine for The Com. moner and for Mir. Bryan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Let '.DixIe" Alone.

New York World.
 Women of the Confederate Choir Of America have fitted new words to Dixie" beginning:
 Oh. Dixie land Is the land of gIory. The land of cherished song and story
 In thinking that the old words cinnamon seed and sandy bottom" and the rest-are not good enough the going, what made Lincoln call 1t the best song of the war, what makes New York's theatre and restaurant audi ences thrill with 1t, though they may never have been further South than Atlantic City. is its spirit. The words have go" By the memory of the lips that have sung them they should be protected from change. Only so can the song retain its history and its sem tinent
 Old words fit old songs. America" new words to the tune has succeeded Custom will save it. God Save the King" is no better. There is not much poetry in:
 Frustrate their knavfsh tricksr
 Confound their politics. so @ The The a attempt tRs ro to suppress 1 some 5i or the fighting words of "The Star Span gled Banner" deserves to fail. There are impolite expressions in 'Lillibul- lero" and "A Health to King Charles" :" new words fit the aATarseiliaise' so well as do those that de fIsle dashed off in one nights feverish excitement What German would tamper with "Koerner's Hymn" or the Watch on
 If the old songs could speak for themselves they would all say, Let us alone!"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

The explanation is made that 1t was not the intention to exact the addi- tional license sum from liquor dealers for this year, but that 1t was to gc into effect next year. This seems te be a lame conclusion. in view of the fact that the same Legislature which adopted the code made prohibition complete in Alabama on and after Jan- uary 1st. 1909. Some man cognizant of what was in the Code df there was such a man) could very easily have in- troduced a clause repealing that fea. ture of the Code. There was far more legislation reported by the committed and adopted into law than ought to be allowed again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
The Democratic Situation. Phiiadelphia Record.

Fnladelpnt4 Record.
 Mr. Bryan's friends claim victory on the first ballot, and their figures are unQuestionabiy formidable. The New York Heraid's tables give their candi- dats asds. already ]. 2 majority and pretty jority will do. If the first ballot shall enough delegations viii change tSeir votes to give him the necessary two then, the result is forsordained.
 No matter how carefully. these com putations before the meeting of the accurate, and they are particularly ur- trustworthy. now when 1t is notorious that many delegates counted for Bryan do not believe he can be elected and a candidate who can be. At the John son headquarters in Washington 1t is announced that Bryan has 40 delegates and 2sO are opposed to him. Of those go without instructions. At most the Neoraskan would have but SIS. when 1t takes 6es to nominate" But if rysR saGgS sS on G9hy thsy rsi wH Sso Ss success would be almost assured. At the Gray headquarters it Is claimed that organized labor Is becoming more and much is expected from this. in both headquarters the action in Florida, of course, is having marked tonic in- fluence
 Most of the Southern delegates we believe to be eager for success. This is not true of some of the Northern delegates from both Eastern and , sst- ern States. They want Bryan. and care not what the results may be. If we give the Democratic candidate every Southern electoral vote and every vote from border State he will still have to get sixty-slx votes from the North. would supply these. Mir. Bryan would perhaps be as likely to get the votes of Indiana as any Democrat, but we do not suppose any one believes he could JersAV
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1908.
In the following article The Pitts burg Sun makes some rather serious charges against the President:

Admirers of President Roosevelt must stomach with what grace they can command the unpalatable evtden- ces of his discrimination in enforcing the laws against trusts and combines, ing contest yesterday between naparte over the New York. New Haven and Hartford prosecution. Of course the excuse will be made that there is not sufficient ground to make a good case. but opposed to this is the admitted fact that the President has been openly treating with men who are breaking the spirit, if not the letter, also of the antitrust law, and that he has hampered the Department of Justice by an immunity promise The best way to show the faults of legis- Jation is not by mere opinions, but by actual test in the co'lrts. We are hay. ing too much of this sort of excuse from unwilling administrative ofncals.
 We are not accurately posted as to the truth of these charges against Roosevelt, but if The Sun is not in error it will give his friends some trouble to explain things satisfactorily. The Sun is not noted for its leniency to Roosevelt, or for mild language when speaking of him and it may do him injustice in the above. but it speaks as one who knows.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
This Date in History
May 2a.

1e43--Union of the New England col- onies.
 lS13--English defeated the Ameri- cans at battle of Sackett's Harbor. I814--Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon, dled at Malmaison.
 isS2-opening of the Rideau Canal. 1S47--Marshal Grouchy dead.
 iSiS-Wisconsin admitted to the iSse-Gen. Winfield Scott died; born July IS. 1fse. an, died; born April IS, 1ei4.
 lSSs-Tnxas Spring Palace opened at Iso7EWidow of President Mckinley buried at Canton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
A R.ss and Cash Promise.

American Farmer. -.,nt,s
 A farmer in a nearby county. wnns 's daughter q hen and rooster and pace her run away and be good giri. promising her if she would LOOK atter them, he would feed the increase TOT four years The girl, as 1t were, plant a6 those chickens, and the result, ac- cordingiy to her fathers report IS as. tonishire. He says she has $s4 Tn the bank and has 200 chickens whicn ne the farmers best cancellations, his daughter will own the farm at the end of four years and will be charging him rent for living on it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Parents of Confederate Veterans.

Talladega Mountain Home.
 The Home knows of two ladies now living in Taladega who had sons Tn the Confederate army Mrs. James Lawson who is sl years of age, is the mother of J. Fl. Lawson, a Confederate soldier. He is one of our best known citizens. Mrs M L. A. Williams, moth CT of the editor of this paper, is in her Confederate army James T. and Wal ter e both of whom went into service in 1881. Walter C. was killed in the was wounded in the battle of Benton vile. N. C.. March 37. 1865 He was taken, a prison and carried to Rock Island where hs died
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Held i'm Txust.
Kansas

Kansas City Sar.
 A peculiar deed discovered by abttrac- tors of Randolph County conveys I%D acrea Of land near Darksville to Jesus Christ, says The Stoutsville Banner. The deed had been made in 1859 by John- son Wright and Eliza Wright his wite descendants of the family had held the property fin trust" and have thrived upon it. The story is that being very pious, this old couple wished 10 return viour the material blessings which He had conferred on them in this life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
A GOOD SCHEME.

The Indianapolis Star calls attention to an alleged new invention of which 1t says:
 An ingenious person. according to a scientific paper, has invented a garment of the bathrobe order, which is a sort of stove in itself In the fab- ric of the cloth fine network of wires Is embedded. By means of a wire and socket this can be connected with the nearest electric light fixture and the wearer made warm and comfort able in a 1iffy. no matter what the tenn perature of the room. A switch in one of the pockets makes if possible to reg ulate the heat. With this garment the owner becomes indifferent to cold rooms In hotels and to landladies who eeonomize in fuel.
 The Star makes the further susses- tion that if a man wishes he can carry about with him a storage tank of electricity and thus keep warm out doors as well as in. Another logical