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The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-22

We know that our exposure Of
how the rights of the race have
been bargained and sold out during
the last four years would bring to
the front apologists who were
among the beneficiaries of this mis-
erable business. 1t is eminently
proper that Mr.. @. A. Franklin
who perhaps received the greatest
pecuniary benefit should be the
first to howl. Why shouldn t he p?
If the Jim Grow politics that his
boss inaugurated should be done
away with and the right of race
representation restored, as would
infallibly be the case but for the
itching palm of these would-be lead
ers. his divvie would not be very
great. Mr.. Editor Franklin, you
cannot fight the peoples battles
with any effect, if you are to lay
down the moment you get chance
to make little easy money as a
member OF so-called advisory
board" while the wrongs you pre-
tended to fight are still as glarlng
as ever. What has come over the
spirit of your dream? Why did
YOU change front so suddenly in the
campaign of 1906? Ism t it fact
that the same wrong which you so
bitterly denounced in 1904 and
which caused you to vote the Demo
cratic ticket, was repeated in 1906?
That which stirred your indigna-
ton to its utmost depth and made
il boil over in the harshest Ian
guage was the exclusion of Mr.. D..
w. jackson from the ticket. In the
presidential year of 1904 you voted
the Democratic ticket by your own
admission, for the same reason. In
the issue of your paper of October
IA. 1904, your editorial is intro
duced in a glaring headline of very
large type Republican Party In
Colorado Delusion.
After denoupcing Frank How
bert. Chairman Farley and "other
Republican bosses" you continue
eve shall not only oppose Pea
body and Lilywhitism, but shall
make our opposition by supporting
the Adams ticket. - In the course
of this article the term LILY,
White Republicanism" as applied
to the party occurs three distinct
times in the course of your bitter
invective against the party for the
very shortcomings which this
"leader" has been mainly response
BILE for. You said the state organ
ization was "a lie and its name a
delusion. "
In the issue of September 8
1904, in your editorial under the
: headline. "Reform Must Come,
YOU roundly abused Gov. Peabody
and the whole party and clalmeo
that of the few places the race nae
under the Democrats they, nae
taken away the watchman, the heao
ianitor, the orderly and two jan
TORS" Have they been restored
If not that wrong which helped u
induce you to vote the Democra'i'
The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-22

Mrs. A. A. Bowie, president of
the Baptist Woman's Convention
of Alabama, was brutally beaten
by white man in Montgomery,
Ala, short time ago, because, as
he claimed, she entered a street
car ahead of his wife. Mrs. Bowie
appealed to policeman, who, in
stead of protecting her, placed her
under arrest for disorderly con-
duct, and upon presentation to a
trial Justice, she was convicted and
fined. If this is a sample of Ala
bama justice, there is no wander
the tide of emigration to the North
and West is growing stronger ev.
cry day.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-22
Mr.. Isaac Hathaway, the talent

Mr.. Isaac Hathaway, the talent
ed Kentucky sculptor, is engaged
modelling a number of lifelike
busts of DR.. Booker T. Washing
ton, which he will place on the
market at an early date. The
facial expression is said to be per
feet, and the admirers of "The
Wizard" here and elsewhere will
eagerly seize the opportunity to
decorate their homes with such a
desirable work of art, as well as a
reminder of the man and his mass
i've institution.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-22
Trusts Control Burma.

Burma is controlled by trusts. There
are two transportation lines which al
ways keep in reserve per cent. of
the importers last six months bust
ness, which is liable to forfeiture II
an independent shipment is received.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-22

Guthrie, Aug. 12-Hon. B. F.
Garrett was nominated by the Re-
publicans for the legislature in the
third district of Logan county ov-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
Political Notes

The Republican party is greater than
any man, distinct contrast to the
Democratic party, which has but one
leader and he its master.-Hon. James
s. Sherman.
1t is announced that Mrs. Tennessee
Clafiin Cook Is coming all the way
across the ocean for the purpose of
helping to elect Bryan. She is a deter
mined woman, and Mr.. Bryan probably
will be unable to stop her-Chicago
Tribune
Ex-Secretary Carlisle denies a ru-
NOR that he had declared for Bryan,
but refuses to say more. This is about
as much as has ever been known of
his political position since leaving the
Cleveland cabinet.-New York Times.
David b. Hill declines to enter the
campaign for Bryan on account of his
poor health. Mr.. Hills health has al
ways been one OF his best and most
convenient assets when Bryan is run
ming for ofiice.-Omaha Bee.
Senator Foraker refuses to lend aid
or comfort to the enemy.-Omaha Bee.
Bryan was sold out in former years
by traitors in his own party-Cowboy
Jim Dahlman.
Not beaten by corruption, ell, as he
owes to believe?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
The Soft Pedal

Poor Jim Dahlman, overwhelmed by
pirates and traitors, beaten by q bank
er and plutocrat, Our heart-every
feeling hearts, in Nebraska there
with Cowboy Dahlman-New York
Sun.
Pert paragraph in the Louisville
Courier Journal: 1.-The greatest talk
ing machine in existence comes from
China and is called Wa Ting-fang. -
Stuff There is one in Nebraska that
can talk rings around him.-Chicago
Record-lIerald.
Mr.. Bryan is SO accustomed to being
introduced to audiences as ''the next
president OF the United States that
he doesn't regard it as absolutely con-
cIusive.--Chicago Tribune.
With some show of surprise the Flo
rida Times Union announces that "Mr.
Tat has found his voice" Mr.. Bryan
lucky man--bas never yet mislaid
Washington Post.
one vital, dominating fact confronts
the Democratic party which no oratory
which no elOquence, which no rhetoric
can obscure: Bryan's nomination means
Tafts electlon.-New York World.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24

Mr.. Bryan has never recanted,"
says the New York World. Most as
suredly he has not. He has never re-
ed l6 to l, nor free silver, nor initiative
and referendum, nor government own
ershlp, nor anti-imperialism, nor extern
sion of the powers of the general gov
eminent by judicial construction" nor
populism, nor government loans to
farmers, nor greenba ck-inflation, nor
any other OF the thousand and one
remedies" he has discovered" True,
he does not noisily advocate all OF his
we'll known heresies just now But
why? Because he has abandoned
them? Not at all. He has merely
placed them in temporary hiding be-
cause their exploitation might impair
his chances of election. We defy the
World or anybody else to point out Il
single instance of disapproval Of any
one of these precious principles" by
Mr.. Bryan.
What, then, would he do In the quite
probable contingency of deficit and u
decline in the treasury's supply of
gold? Would he maintain the single
standard, as Cleveland did? Or would
he direct the payment of interest upon
the millions OF outstanding coin"
bonds In silver? He would have the
power to do so through his Secretary
Of the Treasury without let or hin
drance from Congress or the courts.
And would he not be justified? He
has never recanted' the double stand
ard. 1t has simply ceased to be an
ISSUE" But 1t would become an Issue
quickly enough in the event of such
happening as that to which We have
alluded as possible, if not indeed prob
able, during the next four years
And what could be expected of Mr..
Bryan? Would he give the lie to every
word he has ever uttered and never
recanted" respecting the true relations
Of the two metals? Would he fly I'm
the face of the millions of free silver
ties whose apostle he has been, and
who have stood behind him all these
years? Would he have the moral right
to break faith with them? And who
would have just claim upon him to
do otherwise than put the country upon
silver basis when, with full knowl-
edge of the fact that this has always
been the cardinal principle OF his creed,
the people had elected him President of
thu United States, and so, according to
the new interpretations, had conferred
mandate upon him to carry out
the peoples WILL" without regard to
the disposition Of other branches OF the
government.
We should like an answer from some
one-preferably the World-for. rest
assured, not word will William
]. Bryan say on this ubiect-IIarper'
Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24

Many Ways the Cenvfcts Have Of
Fefgnfnx StOlrDesa

many ways the Convfcts Have OF
Feignins Sickness.
Hear the song Of the dear little jail
BIRDS" said the jailer as burst Of
ribald melody came down the gray cor
ridor. The dear little jail birdsr' He
shook his head and sighed.
They are all playing sick in that
ward" be resumed. There's nobody
can msligner like a jail bird His
tricks are amazing.
ITO fake a fever he viii Written his
tongue with chalk, flush his cheeks with
a red flannel undershirt and disorder
his stomach by swallowing a quid OF
tobacco
TO fake consumption he will cut his
gums 50 as to spit blood and go through
terrific kind of Swedish movement In
bed so as to produce night sweats.
Some Jail birds have brought on
nettle rash by temporarily poisoning
themselves with struggled crab or lob
ster. Some chew soap so as to froth
at the mouth in fake fits. Some even
thrust needles down to the lids of the
eye to bring on cataracts. "-Minneap-
oils Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24

When fourteen miles of the coast Of
Brazil NJ. j. Nicoll, author OF Three
Voyages Of Naturalist" observed q
sea serpent which came within about
fifty yards of the ship. "All that we
could see was a dorsal fin about four
feet long sticking up about two feet
from the water. The fin was brown
ish black color and much resembled q
gigantic piece of ribbon seaweed. Be
low the water we could indirectly see
a very large brownish black patch, but
could not make out the shape of the
creature. Every now and then the fin
disappeared below the water Sudden
~ an eel-like neck, about six feet long
and Of the thickness of a mans thigh,
having a head shaped like that Of a
turtle, appeared in front of the fin,
flashing up the water with curious
wriggling movement. This creature
was an example, l consider. Of what
has been so often reported, for want
Of better name, as the great sea
serpent l feel sure, however, that 1t
was not a reptile that we saw. but 4
mammal"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
NON-PARTISAN LABOR PAPER.
Mine Workers Journal, Represent
ing $50, 900 Coal Miners, Refuses
Space to Politics.

The Mine Workers Journal. official
paper of the $4,000 coal miners of the
country, published at indianapolis, will
not support Bryan i'm the coming cleo
ton. In a statement to a correspond
ent the Mine Workers Journal states !:
For obvious reasons we are com
PEELED to decline publication Of your
well-written letter. 1t is contrary to
the rules of the Journal to allow any
thing Of partisan political nature in
its columns. Yours would invoke re-
plies Of partisan nature and an at
tack on other partisan candidates
from others who differ with you, and
the columns Of the Journal would be
filled with letters of a partisan politi
cal nature to the exclusion Of matter
that is more interesting and calculated
TO do more good. Politics of a parti-
san character are excluded from The
Journal for the good of the Journal
and peace of its members"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
A Great Cnmpafgn Opener.

A great and vitality important presi-
iential campaign is now under full
way. With an impressive outpouring
f people and with a remarkable pre-
;entatlon Of the men and issues before
he country, the Republican party for
nally launched its quadrennial canvass
1t Youngstown on Saturday. The spirit
IF the occasion and the addresses of
GOV. Hughes and Senator Beverage
struck the exalted key which the char
acter and candidacy of Mr. Taft de-
nand. They set before the people the
TACT that Mr.. Taft will make his APP
peal to public reason, not to class pref
adice; that he will endeavor to inspire
patriotism rather than arouse selfish
iesS. and that he at all times will show
iue respect and fairness toward the
opposition.
1t will be conceded by every reader
)f American history that when there
. no international crisis nor any great
and dominating moral issue, the great
est factor in national elections has been
the question of prosperity-the co0ric-
ton of the people as to the best ways
and means to develop the nation, to
give the people employment and &c In
sure good living This incentive is not
a sordid one. For nation cannot
make the most rapid progress in ether
directions unless it is materially pros
porous. 1t is in hard times, not in good
times that the people are most apt to
become enamored of strange and evil
gods.
The motto Of the Republican cam
paign is to be Prosperity and Prog
less.' motto that implies two great
purposes that naturally go togeth II.
purposes that have gone together
throughout the Roosevelt administra-
ton. There cannot be substantial pros
perity nor substantial progress with
out public confidence. The essentia.
thing is to preserve confidence if it ex-
lists or to establish it if it does not
exist.
Now, you may insure lives and prop
CRY anu even Ddilh depoSliS, Dul Jpu
cannot insure public confidence. The
best a government can do is to inspire
and foster the trust Of the people. 1t
is much easier to destroy confidence
than it Is to create it. A leader of cor
rect motives may be SO misled as TO
me thods that he arouses popular dis
trust. The best insurance that tle
country can take out to cover its bust
ness prospects-so far as political nc
ton may governs to elect to the
presidency a man whose motives are
correct and who has shown by his rec
ord that he is fine judge of methods
and successful administrator Of #
fairs
In the absence of any single urgent
issue between the two great parties
this year, the decision of many voter;
Will be made on the relative fitness Of
NJ. Taft and Mr.. Bryan; on the quail
ties III these men best calculated to
maintain public confidence Such COM
parsons should be made without preju-
dice. They are fair, they are just, they
are essential to correct Judgment
Kansas City Times:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
CURLING the Suffragette.

Its all right, Mary" he said pa
tiently. 60 in for politics and stand
for the London county council If you
want to. But remember one thing
the cartoonists will be after you as soon
as you're candidate"
Il don't care
and they'll put your picture in the
paper with your hair out of curl and
your hat on crooked
DO you think they would do that?"
apprehensively.
''Of course. And they'll make your
laris gowns look like calico and say
that your sealsllin cloak is imitation"
William she said, II think III just
stay here and make the home happy
London Taller.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24

"The other day l hung my prettiest
waist ont on the line at the kitchen
window" said the fiat dweller, after /
washed It, Then forgot all about 1t,
and when l went TO look for it two days
later Ii was gone. | rushed frantically
down to the janitress, and we climbed
together over the coal into the area TO
look for the waist / lamented deeply.
1t was beautiful waist. We couldn't
find it. The janitor came from the
next house and helped us look, but
there was nothing doing. l came sad
ly In at the window back over the coal
and assembled to my sixth story fiat
1.-The next day looked i'm the draw
er Of my chiffonler and found the
waist there. Say nothing to the janit-
ress? Well, l reckon not.-New
York Press
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
TAFT'S SETTLEMENT OF THE
FRIARS' LAND PROBLEM.

In the whole story of Judge Tafts
brilliant and useful career as jurist,
executive and diplomat there is no
more creditable chapter than chat de-
voted to his adjustment of the contro-
versy concerning what were known rs
the "Friars' Lands" in the Philip
pines. Those lands, consisting of
some 100000 acres of the most fer
tile soil in the islands, were held by
priests of certain religious orders, but
were occupied and farmed by native
tenants, who complained that the
rentals exacted by their clerical land
lords were excessive. Upon the with
drawal of Spanish authority from the
Archipelago the Friars' Lands became
the subject of earnest controversy
The farmer tenants contended that
the property should be taken from the
priests and thrown open TO purchase
In small parcels by the actual occu-
pants. There was demand, indeed,
for the confscation. of the property
and the priests themselves, in their
ignorance of American methods, were
fearful that such q course might be
adopted.
1t became one Of Mr.. Taft's tasks
to settle this serious dispute, and he
accomplished il in manner which
not only greatly increased his own
popularity and enlarged American
prestige in the islands, but developed
among the clerical authorities and the
tenant farmers vastly more neighbor-
~ spirit. and more harmonious
community of interest than had ever
existed before. Mr.. Taft carefully in
vestigated all conditions relating TO
the Friars' Lands. He consulted the
clerical landlords, the higher church
authorities and the tenant farmers.
Then he Welt TO Rome, where ais
proposals for an amicable adjustment
of the controversy received the cordial
approval of the papal authorities.
The Friars' Lands were purchased for
a sum approximating SI,0O0,000.
Clerical landlorGism ceased and the
property was divided into small par
cells and sold on easy terms TO former
tenants and others DESTROYS of engag-
ing in agriculture.
The real Importance of this trans.
action is appreciated only by those
familiar with the manifold and deli.
cate problems which have been en-
countered in the work of American.
izing the Philippines. The settlement
of the affair by Mr.. Taft removed per.
manently a fruitful source of friction
between the civil and the religious i'm.
| terests of the islands. 1t laid the
foundation for kindlier relations and
more intimate cooperation between
the civil government and the autnori
| ties of the church. 1t set before the
| Fiiipinos a high example OF American
| friendship and fair dealing which is
bound to exert wholesome moral
and educational influence for many
years TO come.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
JOHN AND HIS IDOLS.
The Chinaman Is Utterly Devoid of
Reverence I'm His Religion.

The Chfnaman Is Utterly Devoid OF
Reverence I'm His Religion.
How the Chinaman regards his idol
is told by the Rev. John MACEDONIAN:
''The Chinese is 2 person utterly de-
void OF reverence, sentiment or devo-
ticn In his religion. With him it is
matter either OF fear or of business.
bnt mainly the latter. A house is
plagued with sickness, which is put
down not to bad sanitation or other
natural causes but to the presence OF
evil spirits This leads TO visit to
the nearest temple to get the idol to
Grive them away. A new business is
gGiilr to be commenced, but before do
ing so 1t is deemed essential TO get the
it viii. not succeed another is appealed
to for its opinion, and If it Is favorable
it is at once accepted as the correct
one
SHOULD the venture turn out fail
uIe no reproach of any kind is uttered
against the god whose prediction has
been falsified. The man takes the
blame upon himself. His character has
not been pure, he says. or he was born
under an evil star or he was naturally
unlucky and SO was bound to fail in
anything that he undertook.
Men never dream of thinking about
their idols as we do about Gcd. No
affection is shown to them. 1t is most
amusing TO watch the faces of the Chi
nese when you ask them if the idols
love them. The eyes CLEAN, the fac,
broadens into wide grin, and sooa
Hearty laughter is heard at this most
facetious and side splitting joke
Chicago News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
FOUND ITS SOUL.
The Story of Violin That Was
Wrecked I'm n Fire.

The Story Of n Violin That Was
Wrecked I'm a Fire.
After the Lucky Baldwin theater and
hotel fire in San Francisco years ago
there were nine feet of water in tn,
basement, where the instruments of
the orchestra were stored. When a lit
tie Of II had been pumped out, August
IIinrlchs, leader of the orchestra, hired
a man to swim in and get out his ia
nous Amati violin.
1t was wrecked-water soaked,
warped. twisted and broken up into
sixty-eight pieces. The hot water had
soaked out all the old glue, and every
piece had fallen away from its neigh
Dor, besides good many patches of
wood put in when repairs had been
done. To all appearance the thing was
smashed beyond recall.
Nevertheless Herman Muller. a local
violin repalrer, who knew and loved
the old fiddle, took it in hand. Twice
he carefully Joined the time darkened
pieces of wood. Twice he decided that
the Amati would not do.
SO once more he soaked the sixty
eight bits of wood apart Then he
carefully modelled out of clay an arch
such as he remembered that of the old
Amati to have had and for nine weeks
kept the bits of wood bound to 1t until
they had gained the proper shape.
Once more he put the bits of wood
together. Then for five weeks more he
patiently vanished and polished the
more than 200 year old fiddle until ii
shone. Then IIinrichs once more drew
his bow across the vibrating strings,
and the violin spoke. 1t sang, wept,
dubbed with life end joy.
The Amati had found its sOul.-San
Francisco Examiner
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
HOW COULD BRYAN HELPs
His Prescriptions For Business
shown to Be Intellectual.
OF, the Pittsburg Gazette-Times

OH the Pittsburg Gazette-Times-)
ye hear of workinglnen saying
mat this time they intend to vote
Cor Mr.. Bryan. because for the past
ben months we have had hard times
But what good will that do? How 5
tariff for revenue, ignoring the pro-
lection plea altogether, going to open
the shops and mills? How will the
election Of Senators by direct vote
start the wheels of industry? Or
the publication of campaign eontri-
buttons? Or the further harassment
Of the railroads? Or the reorganiza-
lion of the House, so that the Speaker
may be powerless? Why open this
eountry now to the markets OF the
world when we have not sufficient de-
Eand to consume what we ourselves
manufacture?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
HiSgen LIZ Started.

They say every chair was taken
when Thomas l.. IIisgen was notified
that he had been selected to run for
the presidency on the Hearst ticket.
A good omen. An important sign. Ii
indicates the enthusiasm for Hisgen Is
'boundless,' that the ''stalwart CO.
horts will gather ut the polls to re
buke those who obey the behest of
their party boss" that the earnest
workers in the cause of good govern
ment" will crush the 'henchmen of
corruption" OF course, lIisgen Struck
the Keynote, and his opponents, when
thQy read about it, were much cha
grined"
1t Is a great thing for a presidential
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-24
Observing Law.

Every one who knows anything about
fhe management of railroads knows
that there has been revolution in re-
xoect TO their obedience to the law. No
longer are special privileges granted to
the few-no longer are secret rebates
extended to build up the monopoly of
the trusts. The railroads are operat-
he within the law, and the railroad
directors and officers and stockholders
ought TO rise up and call blessed the
men who are responsible for the pas
sage of the Rate bill.--Hon. VIM. II.
Taft, at Kansas City, Ne.