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The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

spectacular things, but he Is urged 10
do soemthlng every day that will bring
to him publicity and keep him before
the public Iuet because his political
rival at Fairview Is showing such agll-
lty In that line, The Introduction Of
the monograph has come to carry the
sound OF the voices OF each candidate
to many who could not otherwise
hear It, -.4
II IL highly questionable whether all
OF this Is necessary The campaign or
1908 Is not az yet fairly begun, but 1t
Is improbable that more than a few
voters will change their political al
all this campaigning, 1t Is largely d
waste Of effort and money, It cannot
be said that there are problems today
OF so much greater national Importance
that they necessitate this method Of
wordy consideration The country new
er faced a campaign when there was
offered greater opportunity for word
battles and debates than at the time Of
Lincoln's election. The candidates and
their deputy speakers, animate or
inanimate, need not sink into uuies-
cence, but they need not run to ex-
tremes.
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and we'll educated, In which the larger
policies Of the country are subjects Of
discussion at the fireslde. The state Is
comparatively we'll governed, economi-
col and without serious scandal The
Vermonter never feels any great call
to save the party"
1t ought not to surprise anybody II
Vermont today shows one OF Its char
acteristic drops In republican plurall-
ties II Ia no longer scared at Bryan,
and probably has grown with the rest
OF the country to admire him person
ally, Quite few OF the old-fashioned
democrats, for various reasons, born OF
q hatred Of republicanlsm, In part, and
In part, Of a desire for renewed regu-
larity, will return to their party, pos
sibly carrying with them some Of the
more radical republicans who do not
find Roosevelt in Taft as much ns they
do In Bryan, but there is no reason &c
look for such reduced vote as &c
spread alarm among the friends OF
Taft, There Is lot Of fiction In the
old theory that elections held previous
to the big one cast a shadow, 1t might
be significant, however, II the Vermont
election was held week before thu
presidential but not when held today,
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Mn. TAFT VIA THE pHoNoGRApH.

II Is a novelty TO comment upon the
'phonographed' speech of a political
candidate, A reporter was at Hot
Springs recently, however, when one
Of the Taft variety Of wax discs was
started, and, as result, the country
Is able to enjoy one OF the Republican
candidates tabloid speeches by reading
1t In the papers before II gets TO them
via the photograph.
"A Little Sermon In Phonograph"
does Mr.. Taft much credit. Incidentally
It's concseness and emphasis should
add to Its appeal, It is multum In
lparvo, political speech far out OF the
ordinary In length, In subject and IN
treatment. II Is a now teaching when
Americans are told. I'VE are not all
there ls In the world There are lots
beside us," Americans have been too
much given to thinking Of their own
United States as an ALFRED eombina-
| ton, In comparison with which every
other nation sinks into insignincance
Mr., Taft's plea Is that this nation as
sumo more md more It's Heaven AN
pointed station as the promulgator
OF the spirit OF true Christianity. which
\ he takes TO be pure democracy. ut
Is the equality of man before Cod" he
says, the equality OF man before the
law, which Is, as | understand It. the
most God-like manifestation that man
has been able to make" He urges the
Importance Of foreign missionary work
along lines OF religious and govern
mental advancement. Those hyper.
critical ones. who have been opposed
to Mr. Taft because Of his supposed
religious views or lack OF religious
/ views-a matter which would seem Il
be purely personal--can no longer have
any uuupt vi titdt sNtTt dlttT Tedulnt
or hearing this phonoeraph speech. Il
think ! have had some opportunity 4
know how dependent we are on the
spread Of Christianity for any hope we
may have Of uplifting the peoples whom,
Providence has thrust upon us for our
guidance" says Mr. Taft.
In few words Mr. Taft has shown
a broad and bright conception OF the
possibilities and responsibilities the
man should feel who stands at tn,
helm of Americas ship OF state. As HI
conceives 1t, the duty OF our Presi
dent is not only TO make us secure
within, with able laws. ably admin
istered, and with prosperous conditions
but secure without, an Influential
Christian nation in the concert OF pow
ers. The country will continue to un
deretand Mr., Taft better and bette,
as time goes on and this little talk OF
international ethics ought to help alonr
that better understanding II show.
another side Of him, hitherto but littl,
observed
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A "DOuBLE-END" PLANK.

The day has past when each of the
two great political parties In the coun-
try feels obliged to adopt party planks
In their respective platforms that are
Numerically opposite TO each other.
To be sure there are still many exam
pies Of these opposite views In polit-
ical platforms, but the number of po-
litical questions upon which republi-
cans and democrats are agreed Is in
crenslng yearly. This year we have
Mr.. Bryan strenuously objecting be-
cause, as he says, the republicans have
taken many of his own pet policies out
OF his own mouth. Whether he Ia
actually correct In this assertion may
be questioned. Perhaps the truth is
| literally the reverse OF this and II has
been MIR, Taft who has had many, OF
his policies adopted by Mr.. Bryan
At any rate, this tendency is apparent
and 1t is not to be regretted One OF
the best examples of 1t this year Is
the adoption by both parties of tn;
commendable policy OF campaign
publicity.
If this tendency OF adopting uni.
form planks is apparent with the ma.
tional parties, II Is even more appar.
cnt with the state and city politica
organizations, and rightly so. This
year we have Mr.. Gunshanan's wore
for IT that the prospects are good fol
the adoption OF 'double-end" plank
bridging the democratic and republl
can state platforms, and pie lying thu
parties strongly in favor of state aid II
the creditable fight against tubercu
loss now being waged IN Connecticut
And, as Mr.. Gunshanan is not withou
many friends of influence among thu
leaders OF both parties, It may be as
sume0 tnat he Knows WHSTeoI III
speaks when he makes this assertion
On no common policy could thu
two parties OF the state agree bette
than on the valiant fight against TIL
great white plague II concerns TIL
great masses of the working peopl
fully as much as shorter hours AM
better pay. Consumption is as mucl
a threatening danger with the riches
and the most influential. II Is MI
Gunshanan's ambition to make Con
necticuts reputation In the anti
tuberculosis fight the best in the land
II any influence, political or otherwise
is capable Of aiding him or any on
else In that fight, there should be n
hesltancy to offer and give It. Moth
ing could be better than double
end" tuberculosis plank this fall
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CAMPAIGN COMPARISONS.

The attitude the candidate. especial
~ the presidential candidate should
assume toward his candidacy and his
campaign Is O matter now seldom
brought into question Occasionally
an unusual thinker. or visitor from
another country, win point out to us
the egotsm OF man advancing his
own candidacy with pen and voice
prasins himself and disparaging his
opponents at every opportunity Once
In while some one will allude to our
political history and ask whether, after
all, the present practice Of speech-mak-
ing on an elaborate scale and Of every
sort of publicity Is not a backward
step.
| It was once considered undignifed
for any candidate to make public ut
terances during the period OF his can
didacy When candidates did indulge
/ tiich'eeiNes III ehls way, the Idct was
quite generally used as political am
unition against them by their political
enemies, Abraham Lincoln" says the
Indianapolis News "a frequent speaker
prior to his nomination, did not utter
a word publicly during the campaign.
He made no address, wrote no public
letters and held no conferences. His
letter of acceptance contained only 134
words" Before him candidates for Of
fee displayed even more reticence as
to their candidacy, II such a thing were
possible.
The change has come In a COMPARE
lively few years. The practice Of ex-
tenslve speech making had its begin
nlngs with Garfield, Harrison and Nc
Klnley, but curiously enough, It was
not until Mr.. Bryan was nominated
that public sentiment became SO
changed that 1t was no longer thought
indiecreet or politically dangerous for
a presidential candidate to speak. or
write his mind at length From these
beginnings this sort of campaigning
has suddenly developed, within a de-
cade. until today the candidates of ev-
cry party are found delivering speech
es of acceptance and addresses of
such length that they tax the capacity
of any newspaper to print them, the
endurance powers of those who would
listen to them and the patience of the
reader
The question naturally arises wheth
er the change in methods has been an
advisable or beneficial one. Certainly
the present method is a highly artlfi-
cial one, No longer is it the person
ality and the dependable qualities of
the candidate himself that are naeed
: in issue before the public for its con-
sideration. but rather the long, ver-
bose, complicated explanations of the
party leaders back Of each candidate
of what they propose to do IL their
ticket is selected II is said that Mr..
Taft has a. natural adversely to doing
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Tuesday, September I, zoos.
A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE.

II is not at all strange that Grover
Cleveland should have had the views
II is now known he did have about the
approaching presidential election. The
strange thing about the letter printed
in the columns Of the New York Times
is that he agreed TO put his views into
print in O series OF three letters. He
must surely have been moved by a
heavy sense of responsibility as a citi-
zen to run the risk Of the abuse 70
which he would have been subjected
had he remained alive
While one Of the most progressive
presidents the country ever had, Mr.
Cleveland was essentially conserva-
tive man, great believer In progress
through method and firm dissenter
from claptrap and clamor. He was
perfectly right in reminding the domi-
nant party that all Of the glory OF the
progress made does not belong to It.
but 1t has, on the other hand, been
created by honest men in all parties
At the same time he could not help but
observe the ratified condition Of the
other political organizations as sigr
OF their probable defeat at the polls
while the personality Of Judge Taft at
tracted him immensely, With fne dis
elimination. he saw In him an extra
ordinarily finely tempered instrument
to do the work required Of a president
Had Mr.. Cleveland lived he would
have been holly punished for daring Il
express these opinions, and he woult
probably have been charged with de-
sire to weaken Mr.. Bryan. but hi.
posthumous letter nevertheless give'
impressive. evidence Of It having beer
written from the most patriotic Of mo
tives. His one desire was to aid hi
countrymen in a Judgment, the need
of which he understood from expert
ence.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

The crowds that turned out to see
the American battleship fleet at Mel
bourne were SO great that they were
too much for the Princess bridge, one
Of the most important In the city,
which gave way under their combined
weight Such eagerness to see our sail
ors and our marine engines of war
cannot be entirely explained on the
score Of curiosity, There is something
more behind II, we may take for grant
ed--a deep-felt spirit of frendliness for
the United States.
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We are gravely told that the political
soothsayers of the country have their
eyes today glued on the state Of Yer
mont, where a general election Is be-
Ing held 1t is thought that the result
will be crammed full Of significance. No
one for moment expects the Vermont
election to determine In advance the
outcome of the presidential contest, but
II the plurality of the winning ticket
shows a reduction 1t will give point
er, 1t is said, to party managers Of the
drift
Vermont has not returned demo-
cratic victory since the oldest living
graduate of Yale was romplng with d
nursing bottle in his mouth but It has
shown considerable independence. In
the campaign of 1880, when General
Hancock lost Connecticut, the republl-
can ticket in Vermont was elected by
over $1,000 votes. Four years later
when Blaine was defeated the plurali,
ty dropped off some FIVE thousand. In
1888, the year after President Cleve-
land had written his tariff message
the plurality jumped up over six thou
sand. Four years later, when the for
tunes of Mr.. Cleveland we're being re-
stored, the plurality dropped off over
seven thousand. In 1896, when Mr..
Bryan was whirling his cross of gold
over the heads Of terrified country,
Vermont sailed into the air and gave
the republican ticket a plurality of 40, :
BOO odd. In 1900, when the scare had
subsidized, the plurality dropped to a
little In excess Of $4,000 and In 1904, the
year which passed Bryan over and In
aulged In Parker, the republ can plural
ity was 30,6s2,
A somewhat similar variation may be
detected In the votes Of the other New
England states during those years but,
because Vermont is September voting
state, we are told that the population
possesses certain suggestive traits OF
character, which make their political
conduct significant Of public opinion. II
Is said that the population Is practical
y stationary and that therefore the
electorate changes little. It has few
sites and none of the major class. 1.-THE
politics of the average Vermonter Is
liked but not unaterabe In most cases
It is a matter Of inheritance. 1t is q
;elf-respecting community, intelligent
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ONE PREDICTION.

No matter who's elected, BIO,
do not think
Our native land vii have to 60
Upon the blink.
Things will not shaken be, claim.
Unto their core.
Affairs will 90 on much the same
AS heretofore.
The ship OF state is not a scow
That hugs the dock.
It Is too large craft, / vow,
For one to rock,
No man the progress can abate,
We know of yore,
Nor keen our land from being great
AS heretofore.
Washington Herald
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oUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Are we 10 he Charged WIN Thi.t

tHnrtford Courant)
Congressman l4llley has mother,
scyenty-ilve years old, who is naturally
fond OF her son aud anxious for his
success, but stlll more interested IN
HIS good name, It is part OF the
history of this peculiar campaign that
some thoughtful opponent of Mr., Lilley
has kindly arranged TO have her re-
ceive every day copies of two news.
papers Of the state that are engaged
In trying 70 discredit him before the
people Of Connecticut, This Ia a grace
full touch of consideration that would
not have occurred 10 everybody,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

Canned music certainly has its
charms, but there Is no reason under
the sun why the municipal authorities
should permit barrel organs on the
public streets which are 80 horribly out
Of tune as to infiame ones nerves. Dis
cordant music causes sensitive ear
to actually suffer torments.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

IT is very clear that President Roose-
velt is not a candidate for reelection.
He put in days hard work at bust
ness on Sunday, Candidates for the
presidency, no matter where they are
cannot be kept out of church with a
club.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

The Providence Journal urges the
use of eye-bolts cemented into the
buildings on streets where the trolley
cars pass They hold up the wires quite
as successfully as the regulation iron
trolley poles and are much more sight
ly, The same change would be welcome
In the principle business streets of New
Haven.
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THE GREAT RIVALRY

Candidate. he come along,
Talkin night an noon.
Glee club sing q purity song;
We lines In de tune,
'Hab mos convincin way;
Specks dey mus speak true,
"Mistah Candidate" ! say.
II gwineter vote for you'll"
'Nuther candidate draws nigh;
Has a band dat's great.
Say dat opposition try
10 swamp de ship o. state!
An now do question dat ! note
A rlsin' th'oo de land,
Is dis. (which wins de peoples vote
De glee club or de band?
Washington Star.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

And YOU never tire Of pushing my
boardwalk chair" asked the pretty
girl at the seaahore
NO, indeed laughed the gallant
sultor; ION the contrary, ] feel like
am carrying everything before me"
Why, | am not everything"
But YOU are everything 10 me-"
And then and there she gave him her
hand.--Chicago News,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

There is only one thing that would
ever tempt ne 20 think Of matrlmony,'
said the lmpeeunious nobleman as he
tucked down his false bosom, and that
can be expressed In four letters,
"Ah, bower" Intercepted his friend
NO, c-a-s-h,"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

Better test the Are departments ap-
psratus, Eugene Y. Debs, perennial
presidential candidate, is due here in
his now famous red special train be-
fore long and his fire is dangerous.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

PEARL shall never speak 10 him
again,
Ruby--You mean IT.
Pearl--I certainly do, just walt un-
I'll see him and / shall tell him So
too,--Chicago News,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

The 35o,O00,oo0 odd tons of coal mined
in the United States each. year If piled
together, would make cube having
sides ia yards long.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

Rejected by the British war office. an
aerial torpedo the invention Of Swed-
ish artillery officer has been purchased
by the German army.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

Roderick-The old colonel boasts that
during the civil war he was where the
shells were thickest.
Van Alhert--So | hear. They say he
burrowed under peanut patch"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

The estimated worlds production Of
lead in 1907 was 964,o10 metric tons, as
compared with 96s,174 tons In 1906.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

A large Baptist church at Santa Rosa
Cal. was built from the wood Of Il
single California redwood tree
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

awakening, the New Jersey play
ground would have'to entirely change
It's outlook and adjust It's life 10 II.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

cut that it fails to faithfully under
stand the political situation here.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

Fireworks were, originated In the
thirteenth century by the Florentines
and later were popularized in Rome.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

The intrepid Springfield Republican
is not published SO far from Connect
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

The Dominion of Canada contains
nearly 3,746,000 square miles,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

Stubb--Here is where a song writer
ran short of stationery and scrubbed
hts song on the back of some fly pa
per,
Penn-H' IN; i bet that was catchy
song,--Chicago News.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

A ready speaker will utter about
1900 words an hour In making an adj
dress.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-01

More than half of Frances tobacco
imports come from the United States.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-05
BEN sINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Miss Sadie Ball Of New York is
the guest of Miss Ada Bahan
The Bennington City band will give
a band concert in Pownal Center next
Friday evening, Sept ~.
Mr.. Moore's address in my church
was brief, pithy and forceful, and
interested the people very much
Rev l.. F. Ruf, ID. d.. First Presby-
terrain Church, clean, n. Y. of May
8. 1908.
Services in St Peters chapel nth
Sunday after Trinity. Holy Commun-
ion 1880 a. m. Holy Communion
1890, Sunday school IL m, evening
prayer 100 All are cordially invit-
ed to these services.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-05
SOUTH sHAFTs6uRY

c. S. Mattison and family took in
the Cambridge Fair
Miss Nettie Flemming's mother
did not appear as expected.
Mrs. Pattens niece, Miss Whitman
OF Mechanicville is visiting her.
Miss Lena Harris will teach the
school at Center SALISBURY
Thursday bright and cool high
wind prevailing, no hinderance to
fair goers.
Mrs. Martin Elwell took dinner re-
Gently with her aunt, Mrs. T. h.
Dunlap.
The Misses Ethel and Leittia Kerr
Of Rensselaer,, N. Y, visited Miss
Agnes Adams this week.
Mrs. F. Mitchell has taken the
school east of this village known as
the Snow District.
Edward Foley and cousin, Miss
Clark of Williamstown spent Satur'
day and Sunday at Mr.. Patterns.
Mrs. Petersen expects TO go 10
her husband who has found plenty OF
business west. He is in with his
cousin.
P. C. Eddy of Albany is expected
on Saturday to remain until Monday
His son Herbert will return to Al
bany with him.
The painting and finishing OF the
inside OF Cole Hall is done and those
who have seen it pronounce il a great
improvement.
The Eagle Square works closed
down on Thursday to give a chance
to any of the employees to attend the
fair that desired to.
G. Bronson and family went in
their auto to the Cambridge Fair. Mr..
Bronson pronounced the floating of
the airship a v:ry interesting attrac-
ton and a decided success.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-05
DECISION FOR RAILROAD
State Of Arkansas Restrained from En-
forcing Two-Cent Rate

st. Paul. Sept. 5.-Judge Vanderven-
ter in the United States circuit court
has granted the injunction requested
by the st. Louis Iron Mountain &
Southern and three other railroads OPP
Grating In Arkansas against the Arkan
sas State railroad commission.
The injunction restraints the commits
sion from enforcing the two cent fare
law and from interfering with the rail
road in raising freight rates on inter
state traffic. The court held that the
testimony had demonstrated that the
rates proposed by the Arkansas rail
way commission are unreasonable
non-compensatory and unlawful and
could not be enforced against the rail
road companies.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-05

xxrANTED-Aw woman to do kitchen and din
w ing.room work; must be a good COOK.
No washing or ironing. Apply to MIS- az ~:
Hart 'V'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-05
WANTED

u, ANTED-Position as second girl by
w competent young woman Address s e,S
o64, Bennington. oo'z