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The Jasper news., 1908-11-12
CHAPTER v.-contInued.


The inevitable happened, for Vim
cent, with a half-articulate cry like
a wild animal, raised his clenched fist
and struck at me. Fortunately for us
both, he struck wildly in his anger and
] caught the blow on my arm.
you liar!" he shouted, "oh, you
liar!" and in a rage that shook him
from head to foot he rushed from the
room and slammed the door,
was sick at heart as stood staring
after him to think that matters had
come to such a pass between Vincent
and myself Although no man can
hear himself called a liar, even by
his best friend, without resenting it.
still, when the first flash of my wrath
had passed, l forgave him for it, for
knew that the heat of his passion
would permit no satisfaction but vic
lence, and, of course, If he really cared
for the woman the words l had used
were about the most insulting possible.
However, had done what seemed to
be my duty, and l only reproached my
self bitterly for not having told him
of the secretary's marriage before his
unhappy infatuation had gained such
Roadway. But he had disarmed my
first suspicious and | had never
dreamed that anything so serious was
on foot. That was a restless night for
me and 1t was dawn before l fell into
light sleep.
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SYNOPSIS.

Lord Wilfred Vincent and Archibald
Terhune are introduced at the opening of
the story, in England, the latter relating
the tale. The pair on an outing miss
their train and seeking recreation meet
"the Honorable Agatha Wyckhon,
whose hand is much sought after. be-
cause of her wealth. Five other Agatha
Wyckhoffs are introduced. The deceased
stepfather, in an eccentric moment, made
his will so that the real Agatha, heiress
to his fortune and the castle at Wye,
England, might wed her affinity. Thus
Mrs. ,Armistead,, chaperon, was IN duty
unknown. An attempt by Terhune to
gather a clew from the chaperon fails.
ferhune finds old books containing pic
ture of former Baroness Wyckhoff.
which is exactly like Agatha Sixth whom
he is counting. Agatha Fifth confesses her
love for. Vincent and also that she is the
real heiress. He spurns her proposal:
Many clews to identity of the real
Agatha prove fruitless. Agatha Fifth
later confesses she is not the heiress.
More apparently unfailing cfews material
ize. Vincent confesses love for Mrs.
Armistead's secretary, Miss Marsh, who
told Terhune she is married.
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Doc Ahem--You seem to cough
with considerable difficulty this morn.
ing.
Patient--That's very strange. I've
been practicing all night!
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enforced. they might interfere with
vested abuses or curb the rich and
powerful. z
ATTACKS UPON ROOSEVELT.
THE president has enforced the
laws as he found them on the statute
book. For this performance OF his
sworn duty. he has been bitterly
attacked IL was to be expected.
Vested abuses and profitable wrongs
cry out loudly when their entrench-
ments are carried, and some one Is
sure to be hurt when the bayonets of
the law are pushed home. In the
great American electorate. money has
few votes, but II can command many
voices and cause many bards to sing.
The result is that the president Is the
best abused and the most popular
man In the United States today. He
has been more abused than any
president except Washington, Lincoln
and Grant. He possesses the love and
confidence of the American people to
a degree never equaled except by
Lincoln and Washington. May 1t not
be said. in sober truth. that the fear
less performances of sworn duty is
not without its exceeding great re-
ward?
But the work has not ceased with
the enforcement of existing laws. A
Republican congress and Republic
can president have placed new laws
upon the statute books, designed to
carry out the Republican policy of
government regulation in safe.
reasonable and effective manner. The
Elkins law, aimed at preferential re-
bates, which have been the curse OF
our transportation and our business.
the railroad rate law, which made the
supervision of railroads more eff
fectve. and the pure food law. which
has been. In the highest degree.
beneficent to the masses of our people
are all monuments of the policy and
the labors of the Republican party.
RETIRES OF HIS OWN VIOLATION
THE president. who has led his
party and the people in this great
work, retires, by his own determine
ton, from his high office, on the 4th
of March next. His refusal of re-
nomination. dictated by the loftlest
motives and by noble loyalty to
American traditions, is final and ir
revocable. Any one, who attempts to
use his name as a candidate for the
presidency. impugns both his sin
cerity and his good faith. two of the
presidents greatest and most con-
spicuous qualities, upon which no
shadow has ever been cast. That
man is no friend to Theodore Roose-
welt, and does not cherish his name
and fame, who now, from any motive,
seeks TO urge him as candidate for
the great Office which he has finally
declined. The president has refused
what his countryman would gladly
have given him. he says what he
means and means what he says, and
his party and his country will respect
his wishes as they honor his high
character and great public service.
But although the president retires
l'he leaves his policies behind him. To
those policies the Republican party
stands pledged. We must carry out
as we have begun, regardless alike
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yond the dream of avarice and never
before contemplated by men.
THE social and political problems
thus created are wholly new. II is a
fallacy to suppose that because the
elements are old the problem Itself
must. therefore, differ only in degree
from those which have gone before
The elements may be old. but the
problem presented by change in the
proportion of the elements may be
and, In this case is. entirely new.
TRUSTS OLD IN HISTORY.
Great individual fortunes and rich
men are, IL is true. as old as recorded
history Nearly two thousand years
ago the tax farmers of Rome formed
a trust for their own profit and pro-
lection; the English people. three
centuries ago, revolted against the
patents and monoplies granted by
Elizabeth and James to their
courtiers and monopists, forestallers
and Spectators in the necessities of
life were curse in our revolution
and bitterly denounced by Washing
ton Yet. il is none the less true that
the same things today present
questions different in kind as well as
in degree from their predecessors.
1T is the huge size of private for
tunes, the vast extent and power of
modern combinations of capital made
possible by present conditions, which
have brought upon us, in these later
years, problems portentous in their
possibilities, and threatening, not
only our social and political welfare,
but our personal freedom, If they are
not boldly met and wisely solved.
OMNIBUS UNREST.
THE great body of the American
people, neither very rich nor very
poor. the honest. the thrifty, the hard
working. the men and women who
earn and save, have no base envy
no fanatic hatred of wealth, whether
individual or corporate. if it has been
honestly gained and is wisely and
generously employed With a sense of
responsibility to the public. But
this great body of our people, by
habit and instinct alike, wisely con-
servative. these people. who are the
bone and sinew of our country and
upon whom its fortunes and its safety
rests, began to observe, with deep
alarm, the recent manifestations of
the new economic conditions. More
and more they came to believe these
vast fortunes and these huge eombi-
nations of capital were formed and
built up by tortuous and dishonest
means, and through a cynical dis
regard of the very laws which the
mass of the people were compelled to
obey. They began TO fear that politi-
cal power was being reft from theii
hands and put into the possession oil
the money holders. that their dearest
rights were in danger, that their
hopes of success and advancement
were cut off by business systems
which they could not understand but
by which the individual was sacrificed
and held down.
ITO those who looked beneath the
surface an ominous unrest was ap-
parent. The violent counsels oil
violent men, who aimed at the de
struetion of property and the over
throw of law, began to be heard ant
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CABOT LODGE MADE GREAT SPEECH

tell of victories won and triumphs
tasted. they are embodied in the laws
and mark the stepping stones by
which the republic has risen To ever
greater nights of power and pros
perity.
FEARLESS OF CONSEQUENCES.
LAS we call up the past and the
echoes of these old conflicts again
sound in our ears and touch the
chords of memory. one great fact
stand forth. clear and shining. The
Republican party has never failed ex-
cept when il has faltered. Our long
career of victory, so rarely broken,
has been due to our meeting boldly
each question as 1t arose, to our
facing every danger. as il crossed our
path, with entire courage, fearless or
consequences and determined only to
be true to the principles which
brought the party into existence and
10 the spirit which has inspired 1t
from its birth.
I'VE faced secession rather than
assent TO the extension of slavery.
Rather than submit to secession we
took up the dreaded burden of civil
war. But a few years ago we per-
mited thousands of Republicans to
leave us. thereby imperiling our po-
litical power. rather than abandon
the gold standard and plunge the
country into disaster and dishonor.
I'm these latest years, as in the
most remote. we have been true to
our traditions. In the process of de-
yelopment a point was reached where
the country was confronted by a
situation more perilous than any 1t
has ever faced except in the civil war,
and we Republicans were, therefore,
obliged to deal with problems of the
most complex and difficult character.
ITO our honor, be 1t said, we have
not shrunk from the task. Much has
been done; much. no doubt, still re-
mains to do; but the great underlying
principles have been established and
upon them we can build. as necessity
arises. carefully and deliberately.
SERIOUS SITUATION.
have spoken of the seriousness of
the situation with which the country
was confronted. Its gravity can
hardly be overestimated. II grew out
of conditions and was the result of
forces beyond the control of men.
Science and invention the two great
factors in this situation, have not
only altered radically human en-
viroment and our relations to nature,
but. in their application, they have
revolutionized economic conditions:
These changed economic conditions
have. in turn, affected profoundly So
clety and politics. They have led,
among other things 10 combinations
of capital and labor on scale and
with a power never before witnessed.
They have opened the way to ac-
eumulations of wealth in masses be-
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hardened to. The great order-loving
industrious masses of the American
people turned away from these adj
voeates of violence, but at the same
time demanded that their govern
ment should give them. in lawful and
reasonable ways, the protection to
which they were entitled, against the
dangers they justly apprehended.
PARTY LED BY ROOSEVELT.
THE great duty of fulfilling these
righteous demands, like all the great
public services of the last half CEN
fury, was imposed upon the Republi-
acn party, and they have not finch
ed from the burden. Under the lead
of the president, the Republican party
has grappied with the new problems,
born of the new conditions. 1t has
been no light task. Dangerous en-
tremes threatened on either hand.
On the one side were the radicals OF
reaction, who resisted any changes at
all ON the other side were the radi-
Gals of destruction who wished to
change everything. These two forms
of radicalism are as far apart at the
outset as the poles. but, when carried
out, they lead alike TO revolution.
Between these two extremes the Re
publican president and the Republi-
can congress were compelled to steer,
and while they advanced steadily.
soberly and effectively, they were
obliged to repel the radical assaults
on either hand.
Yet, Notwithstanding all these
difficulties, much has been ac-
complished The response of the
people to the policies urged by the
president has been so emphatic that
1t has been made clear, once for all,
that the government of the United
States is never to be dominated by
money and financial interests, and
that the political party which permits
itself to be ruled by them is thereby
doomed to defeat.
THE policy of the Republican party
in dealing with these new and for
midable questions which have taken
concrete form in enormous combi-
nations of capital and in great public
service corporations, has been for
INFLATED and determined. That policy
is to use government regulation and
supervision for the control OF cor
porations and combinations so that
these great and necessary instru-
ments of commerce and business may
be preserved as useful servants and
not destroyed because they have
threatened to become dangerous
masters.
This policy is the absolute OPP
posite of government ownership and
all like measures. advocated by oul
Socialism and to all its attendant
miseries and evils.
1T is in pursuance of this policy
shaped and settled. during the pas
few years, that old laws have beer
enforced and new ones enacted.
Nothing is more destructive to the
respect for law-the chief bulwarl
of civilized society-than to place
laws upon the statute books in ordei
merely to still public clamor and
satisfy the people. but which it II
never intended to enforce. THE wors
laws imaginable are those which arr
allowed to rust, unused, because. /
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Put Accomplishments of the Republican Party in
Plain Forceful Language Comparisons Made
to the Large Disadvantage of the Democracy in
Speech Which Fired the Chicago Convention

The speech of speeches delivered
befofe the Chicago convention Is con-
sidered to have been that of Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. 1t was this
speech that brought the ID minute
hurst of Roosevelt enthusiasm. The
speech in full follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention: |
thank you most sincerely for the
great honor you have done me in
choosing me to preside over your
deliberations. For Il is great
honor to be the presiding officer of a
Republican national convention.
can conceive of conventions have
indeed heard of conventions where
the honor of such post as that now
occupied by me is dubious, and where
If excitement is present. pleasure is
conspicuous by its absence. But TO
be the presiding officer of a Republic
can convention is ever high dis
tinction to which no man can be in
sensible. Gentlemen OF the con-
vention. again | thank you.
81 shall not delay or detain you
with many words. Your resolutions
will set forth the principles of the
pdflN anu uttldIt the pOl1tltS upon
which we shall ask for the support of
the people of the United States.
With fullness and eloquence your
temporary chairman has already re-
viewed the history of the party. has
given YOU account of what has been
done. and has set forth what we hope
and mean 10 do. My duty is merely
10 aid you. so far as | can. in the
orderly and prompt transaction of the
business which has brought us to-
bether. That business Is momentous
nothing less than to name here the
Two men who. speaking with the
simplicity of truth, will be next presi-
dent and vice president of the United
States. In order to win for them,
and for our party. an assured as well
as a merited victory, we must defeat
our opponents. whose exclusion from
power liz desired by the country and
deserved by them.
CHALLENGES ALL COMERS.
NO political party in modern times
can show such record OF achieve
ment during the fifty years as the
Republican party. Upon that record
We can stand and challenge all
corners TO the lists. But IL is well 10
remember that the test we have TO
meet Is much less severe. This is a
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comparative world. We do not go
forth to contest the great prize with
an ideal party. which we sometimes
see beautifully depicted by persons of
self-confessed superiority and chronic
discomfort. The glittering abstrac-
ton which they present never ex-
listed yet on sea or land. Ii CLEANS
upon us in printers ink, but IL has
neither substance nor organization
nor candidates. for organizations and
candidates must be taken from the
ranks of men and cannot be the float
ing phantoms of an uneasy dream.
The American people must choose
next November between us and the
Democratic party. With the Demo-
cratic party. and with that alone.
must the comparison be made. We
differ from that party in some i'm
portant particulars. We both. 1t is
true. have past and a history, but
differently. They wish to keep their
past a profound secret. We seek by
all means to publish ours to the
world. If we refer to their history
they charge us with calumny. We
regard ours, truthful and undistorted,
as our greatest glory. To the youth
of the country they say: Judge us
solely by our undiscovered future.
We say: Read our record; judge
MS by our past and our present. and
from these learn what we are-what
we have been and what we mean TO
be. Recall the cries which hayt
sounded from the lips of these Two
parties during the last half century
HAMMERS THE DEMOCRATS.
On the one side slavery. secession,
reputation of the public debt, fiat
money, free trade. free silver the
overthrow of the courts. and govern
ment ownership.
On the Republican side, free soil,
free men. the Union, the payment of
the debt, honest money. protection TO
American industry. the gold standard
the maintenance of law. of order and
of the courts. and the government
regulation of great corporations
The old shibboleths of the Demo-
Gratis are today the epitaphs of poll
cies which are dead and damned
They serve only To remind us of
dangers escaped or to warn us of
perils TO be Stunned. The battle
cries of the Republicans have been
the watchwords of great causes. They
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-06
Socialists Are Undaunted by a
Great Falling Off of
Vote in West.
GAINS MADE IN NEW YORK.
cEDING ELECTIONS, BUT GAIN
IN GREATER NEW YORK is NOT
so GREAT.

New York, Nov. 6.-New York So
cialist leaders are untamed and I'M
daunted over the results from the
west showing a sharp falling off in the
socialist vote. They insist when the
final returns are in that Debs will
have been shown to have double his
national vote of four years ago, which
was 402 900.
The New York state vote for Z. v.
Debs for president, estimated on the
basis of returns received at state
headquarters was placed at between
10000 and $4,000. The state vote in
1904 was $4,000, but in 1906, with w.
r. Hearst's Independence league tic
ket in the field. it dropped to 21,751.
Generally speaking, the upstate So
cialist vote showed a falling off in the
cities and increases in the small
towns. Few complete returns by coun-
ties had been compiled. but the So
cialists cited the case of Schenectady,
where the vote this year for Debs was
1900, as compared with SIT in 1904.
COHSlueTdDle lUCTedSeS were SuoWH III
Chautauqua county, where Dunkirk
gave Debs 203 votes, as compared
with only 100 four years ago.
In Greater New York, according to
the socialist daily paper of this city,
Debs polled a total of 25,361. a gain
of only 847 over 1904. This figure is
behind the vote cast for Hisgen, the
independence party candidate, who re-
ceived 27.27S in Greater New York. In
like manner Shearn, the independence
candidate for governor led Wanhope,
the socialist candidate, in Greater
New York by 34176 to 23,414. Debs
ran several thousand ahead of Wan
hope throughout the state.
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THE THEATER
Lee at Gennett.

Is there anything stranger than the
human mind? Prof. Lee last night
showed the audience in the Gennett
theater that man by thinking on one
subject would hypnotise himself
"Hypnotism' says Prof. Lee lis moth
ing but imagination. 1t is a science
which we all practice in our every day
life. Lee in givi' G these entertain
ments not only furnishes the audience
with plenty of comedy. but also gives
them valuable information concerning
the Hindu people. Last night when
the Hindu sleep was put on a num-
Der of people in the audience sue
cumbed to restful dreams while others
felt sleepy feeling stealing over
them So far Prof Lees entertain
ments have been very satisfactory and
tonight he should have a packed
house. His engagements last the rest
of this week il Guiding Saturday mat
inee.
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TAFT LAUOS
MISSIONARIES
Says They Are Indispensable
To Civilization.

Cincinnati, o.. Nov. 6.-President-
elect William Fl. Taft, in a speech here
urged the extension of American mis-
sionary work In foreign lands, and de-
clared that the men and women who
go forth to preach the word of God in
strange places are Indispensable in
low-workers all the encouragement and
the work of Christian civilization.
The address was delivered at meet
ing of the general executive committee
Of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society in Trinity M. E. church, Ninth
street.
The church was crowded with wom-
en- interested in missionary work, and
fifty or more missionaries in attend
ance from distant lands will go back
to those foreign countries with the
feeling that the next president of the
United States honors them, and will.
as president, give them and their fell
low-workers all theencocrsgement and
assistance in his power.
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timent and story. the comedy of which

timent and story, the comedy Of which
is of the highest order and at the
same time novel in treatment and
brilliant in dialogue, the heart interest
intense, the theme elevating and in
spring and the production as a whole
one that can not fail to be appreciated
by all who admire beautiful senti-
ment and literary excellence in the
world of drama. 1t is an ideal play
for entertainment, where ladies are in
the majority, in college and ladies
semenaries. Miss Ida Parks in the
role Of the Girl. is an ingenious one,
sweet sympathetic, lovable, with hum
or and pathos delightfully."- blended.
The scenes of the play are laid in a
New England college town, Gardner.
Maine, and are built around the mem
bers of the Gardner football team.
This is the latest college play from the
pen Of Justin Adams, and is ideal in
being full of farcical local color and a
true college spirit. Mr.. Geo. Carroll
is seen in the leading role of Billy,
coach Of the football team. Ladies
will be admitted free Monday night
under the usual conditions.
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Annoy, China, Nov. 6.-The second
squadron Of the American battle-ship
fleet under the command of Rear Ad-
miral Emory, brought it's visit to a
close yesterday. Early in the morning
the squadron steamed out of the har-
Dor bound for Olongapo, where it will
join the first squadron, under Admiral
Sperry.
The distance to Olongapo is about
100 miles, and the vessels should
reach there early on the morning of
November 8.
The cost of the reception to the Off
GERS and crews of the American feet
has exceeded $1,OOo,OOO. The Chinese
government has been lavish in its
gifts to the American officers and men,
and at the final official function on
shore last night the entertainment at
forded by the Chinese government was
declared by the Americans TO have
been, with the exception of Australia,
second to none.