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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-10-09
ring or trained republican per.

ring or trained republican per-
formers.
Mr.. Crow further adds: "Mr.
Russell says protective tariff robs
the farmer, but deny it."
will let President Roosevelt
answer that part of Mr.. Crows
speech. Mr.. Roosevelt in his
book upon the life Of Thomas H
Benton, at page 81, says:
"Political economists have pret.
ty generally agreed that protec-
ton is vicious in theory and
harmful in practice. In 1928 tht
evil was peculiarly aggravated
on account Of the unequal way in
which the proposed law woult
affect different sections. II
purported TO benefit the rest o.
the country, but it undoubtedly
worked real injury to the planteI
states"
One of these distinguished
statesmen, either Mr.. Crow o.
Mr.. Roosevelt, is very wrong up
on this important question as t.
whether the tariff law hurts tn,
farmer.
Mr.. Crow says the farmers arr
not hurt-''so long as they ge
S4.25 for cotton in the seed"
Mr.. Crow must have delivered
a speech prepared by some re-
publican statesman several year
ago. Cotton is now selling fo
S2.70, as the following letter viii
| show:
"Portageville, Sept. 23rd, 1908
"Hon. j. j. Russell,
Charleston, Mo.
! "Dear Sir: Replying to you
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-10-09

request will say that the market
price of cotton in the seed at this
place today is S2.70 per hundred.
"Yours truly,
"DeLisle Supply Co.,
''Per A. DELIsLE."
Every we'll informed man
knows that high tariff laws have
absolutely no effect in fixing the
price in corn, wheat, cotton and
other farm products, for the res-
son that this country exports
these articles instead Of import.
ing them from other countries,
and no tariff law is . protection
to the producers Of the commod- :
tiles. No country in the world
can successfully compete with
the United States in their pro-
duction and sale in this country,
either with or without . tariff
The price Of these products is
fixed by the law Of supply and
demand, and that depends upon
the quantity grown in this and
other counties. Whens there are
famines or wars abroad, and the
drops are short, the price is high
but when there is good crops il
Eother counties, and the foreign
demand is light. and we have biz
crops in the United States, tn,
price viii necessarily be low. re.
gardless Of what party L in pow
sr.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-10-09

driven by public opinion, II mot
by their own choice, 10 give the
representatives Of the people .
chance to vote upon the bill ycu
mention, and I know that IL sub
mitted to a vote of the house
every democrat in congress will
vote for il, and I feel sure it will
pass by q large majority.
~ Every respectfully.
's(signed) J. ]. RUSSELL. =
/ would like to inquire II Mr..
Crow had been in congress wheth
er or not he would have favoret
that bill, as l was requested 10 dC
by this republican paperp II p
he must condemn republican
congress that would not perlhi
the representatives of the peopl,
to, vote upon it. would also Tx,
to have Mr.. Crow advise the peo'
pie of this district whether or moi
he indorses the "boss" rule o.
Speaker Cannon, that has In Of
feet destroyed the right Of th'
people to rule? Or does he In
dorse the resolution passed by I
unanimous vote OF the Methods
conference of his own STATE OF
the 14th day of September? Tha
resolution is as follows:
"We deplore and condemn th'
custom that gives speakers o
Legislative bodies the power to
control legislation. The conduc
of Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker o.
the House, In refusing to allow
vote on the Littlefeld (liquor,
bill is worthy of universal con
demnation, and we suggest tha
such politicians who lack the ele
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-10-09


to find my vote. cast against that
bill. This charge is absolutely
false, as anyone can see by look
ing at the page Of the Record
which he gave (4557).
Not content with his own mis-
representation Of this vote, he
has caused the same 10 be pub
lished in the st. Louis Globe.
Democrat, and the following
malicious and false editorials to
be printed in the Daily Republic
can, a newspaper published 10
Poplar Bluff:
Twill Congressman Russell,
democratic nominee for re-elec-
ton who is trying to hoodwink
the laboring man into believing
that he is their friend, please tell
why he VOTED mo- when the
employers liability bill came be-
fore the last session."
"As a friend of the laboring
man, j. j. Russell is about the
limit. He has the effrontery to
to claim that he, as congressman,
is their staunch friend and on
the strength of this he is asking
that they support him as the
democratic nominee. When q
man will deliberately vote NO
when asked to support q bill Of
benefit to labor he can hardly be
called their friend. This is what
Mr.. Russell did when he voted
NO on the employers liability
bill-(see page 4557, Of Con-
gressional Record)."
Mr.. Crow cannot iniure me by
his circulation Of false statements
of this character as the people Of
my district know, and the leaders
Of the labor organizations OF the
United States know that stood
by them in every vote cast in
the last congress, and l have re-
oeived Endorsements from some
of their leaders OF my action and
votes while there.
Mr.. Grow owes it to the people
Of this district, Of all political
parties, to Immediately correct
this false statement that he has
spread over the district by his
own speeches, and by false pub
locations Of the charge in the
Globe Democrat and other news
papers.
He also charges that I voted
against the publicity campaign
contribution bill. The truth il, i am
in favor of such bill, and every
democrat in congress is in favor
of it. We tried to get a vote up
on such a bill at the last session,
but under the influence Of an ar
bitrary speaker, we were unable
to get such vote. Our national
democratic platform declares in
favor of this reform, but the re-
publican platform that Mr.. Crow
indorses, is against it. A few
days before the adjournment Of
congress the republican leaders,
purely vs matter vi political
buncomb and pretense, tackled on
to the pubhcily bill some OF tile
obnoxious clauses Of the old force
bill, the purpose of which was 70
reduce southern representation
in congress, and to give federal
conroiover electlons. The re-
puollcans knew that no Southern
democrat would vote for d bill
that contained the, feature OF the
old force bill. nor did they ex-
poets or desire il 70 become q
! law. This bill passed the house,
and sleeps in he senate commits
tee, and will Be heard from
again. Every Missouri dsmo-
crat. and IS { now rememDer,
every DEMOCRAT in congres, voted
against this ball. Ii MIR. Crow.
) criticism If me for voting agains
} it - jusG,tnea tue enLlre oemo.
!. oratic party isAt fauil, aud Mr
Taft should urge IL against Mr
Bryan and the democratic party
) but he has not done so. for u,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-10-09
SPEEChOF HON. J.J. RUSSELL
Al Semth, No, Sept q, 1908, in Answer to the Mis-
statements and Weak Arguments Of c. 1. Crow

congressman Josepn NUS
sell In his speech ct Senath on
Saturday the 2sth day OF ssptsm-
Der, devoted . part Of his hms to
answering the speech Of his re-
publican opponent Mr.. Grow,
delivered at Sikeston, and pub
lished in the Cape Girardeau
Daily Republican. That part of
Mr.. RusselI's speech was as fol-
lows:
have read the speech OF Mr..
Grow delivered at Sikeston, which
] understand he repeats every
time he speaks. 1t was q re-
markable effort. Remarkable
for what it contains, and remark
able for what it does not contain.
He is the republican candidate
for congress. His party has
made g national platform, but he
at no time mentioned that plat
form. l presume heis ashamed OF
it. He did not even mention the
name of Mr.. Taft, the republican
nominee for president, nor did he
discuss any of the live issues of
the day that are involved ia this
campaign.
He did not advise the people
how he stands upon the question
OF the election Of United States
senators by direct vote Of the
people. He ought to do 80 now.
II he is against this reform, he
should have the courage to say
80: andif he il for IL, then he
should explain to the people why
his party in its National Conyen-
tien that noria aated Mr.. Taft de-
feated that plank and left it out
OF their platform by the decisive
vote of 868 to III.
He failed to say whether or not
he is in favor Of the publicity OF
campaign contributions. This is
an important reform measure
that has bssn advocated by Mr.
Bryan for years and is endorsed
at this time by President Roose-
welt, and its enactment by con.
gress urged In his messages tc
that body. II Mr.. Grow ID
against 1t, he should say SO; but
if he 10 In favor of IL he should
explain to the voters of this dis.
trict why it is that q republican
congress failed andrefused to en-
act such Q law when urged to dc
80 by Mr.. Roosevelt, and he
should further explain why 1t ID
that the republican national con
vention that nomined Mr.. Taft
refused by a vote Of $50 to 94 tc
to put this demand in its plat.
form.
He does not advise an anxious
public whether or not he is "a
favor Of an income tax law. Mr.
Bryan has advocated such a lev
for years, and 1t 10 now advocat.
ed by Mr.. Roosevelt. II Mr.
Grow 10 against 1t, he should
speak out and say 30; but IL hi
10 In favor Of It, then he should
tell us Why the Republican NJ.
tional conventional at Chisagt
left It out Of his platform.
lam in favor OF ell of these re.
forms, and have 30 stated Ia m,
speeches. and they are al con
tanned 10 the present democratic
national platform, and are al TO-
day strongly advocated by Mr.
Bryan, the Democratic ssndidat.
for President.
Mr., Grow has failed 10 stat
whether or not he i IN favor a
! revising the tarifi, but from III
tone Of his speech ] infer that b
a"stand- -pattsr'' and against An,
rsvisions OF the present Law
u be is. he should frankly cay 20
but II be sgrees With Mr.. Taft
th.t the present tariff law i be-
and should Be revised next Marc
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-10-09

&s@ScSNVtt o0AOA sAtOtu w Wv
80, and when every democratic
member OF congress present, 1872
in number, petitioned the speak
er of the house to permit q vote
upon q bill, urged by President
Roosevelt, to put wood pulp and
print paper upon the free list.
While that bill was pending l
received from the Cape Girardeau
Daily and Weekly Republican,
which is one OF the Leading re-
publican papers of my district,
and the same paper that published
Mr.. Crows speech, the following
telegram:
"Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
"April 9th, 1908.
Honorable Joseph ]. Russell,
Washington, ID. G.
"Please advance and assist
Stevens free paper and pulp bill.
"Daily and Weekly Republican. +"
To the telegram I replied as
follows;
"Waahinpton. d, G.,
April 9th, 1908.
"The Daily and Weekly Republic
can, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
"Gentleman: l received your
message by wire requesting me
to advance and assist Stephens
free paper and pulp bill, and in
reply will say that ! will take
pleasure in complying with your
request as far as possible.
"a bill similar to this was in.
troduced in this and the three
proceeding congresses by Hon.
Champ Clark and Dorsey W.
Shackleford of Missouri, and their
bills are now pending in this
congress.
president Roosevelt has in
several of his messages 10 con-
gress at this session recommend
cd the enactment of such a law.
and on the End instant, when Q
resolution was passed by the
house referring the presidents
message to the committees, Hon,
John Sharp Williams, the Minori-
ty leader, offered the following
amendment:
with instructions to bring In
. bill in accordance with the re-
commendation of the presidents q
message, putting wood pulp on
the free list, and reducing the
duty on print paper
"Upon the amendment q vote
was taken by tellers, and every
democrat present in congress
voted for the amendment, and
every republican presen, voted
against 1t.
''Ths democrats in congress
are now. through their leaders
daily urging the Ways and Means
committee TO report TO the house
the Stevens bill, or any similar
measure for its action; but the
chairman Of that committee lie I
republican and > large majority
OF committee are republicans, ant
as the republican leaders seen
to be fixed In their purpose Z
prevent any tariff Legislation .
this session Of congress, that
committee stubbornly persists in
refusing to report any Of theee
bills to the house, 90 as TO enabl'
the members OF congress to vot'
upon them.
! ''There Is no doubt but that I
great majority of the American
people are demanding relief from
the burden imposed upon then
BY the present high tariff duties
mot only upon wood pulp sns
print paper, but upon many othe
of the necessarise Of life, and
hope the republican leaders o
THE present congress will yet b
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-10-09


now, as often before, nsglecting
It's duty, and should be kicked
out power for permitting
cotton to go down as it has done
this year.
Mr.. Crow further says: "Was
low tariff or free trade q good
thing in 1893, when it threw g..
900, 900 laborers out of employ
ment, thereby making trsmps
and beggers of them?"
Does my distinguished oppon-
ent know that the Mckinley high
tariff law was in force every day
of the year 1893? If he will take
the trouble to advise himself up
on this fact he will find that the
panic of 1893 came and Coxey's
army marched under a repubh-
can high tariff law, and the Will
SON. German bill, of which he
speaks, did not take effect until
late in the summer Of 1894, more
than year after the panic that he
mentions. ....
Mr.. Crow says that when the
reins OF the government were
turned over to Mr.. Cleveland in
1893 its finances were in fine fix,
and that there was then cash in
treasury amounting to 1852, ,O00,-
900.
The government was required
at that time to keep 100000, 900
in gold as a redemption fund
for the national bank circulation;
so that according to Mr.. Crows
statement, this left $62, 900, 600
for 9th er purposes. That sum
would last an extraVagsnt repub-
lican congress about seven days,
The late session Of congress
spent more than one thousand
million dollars. 1t was in actual
session about 100 days; that was
about $4,000, 900 a day. 1t wa:
the most extravagant congress,
by far. in the history of the
United States. And in this con-
nection permit me to say, that
there was expended by the last
congress over four hundred mill
lion dollars for the military arm
of the government, and less than
S12, 100000 for the agricultural
department, in which the farmers
of the country are most interest
ed.
Mr.. Crow in speaking of the
late panic says: at was the
result of the republicans getting
after the Wall street gamblers,
and no one suffered to any ex-
tent but them"
Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary
OF the treasury under Mr.. Roose'
velt, in a speech at Kansas City
last winter, months after thu
panic had come, said:
"Three hundred Thousand
freights cars standing empty or
he tracks, 5000 locomotives
white loaded and out OF commits.
sion, one-fourth of the population
of several of the large cities idle
and for the first time under re.
publican administration free souJ
houses in every industrial center
the price of farm produce natur'
} ally and materially deprecated
furnish an object lesson which
ought to produce a measure O
! sobermindedness on the part d
the American people,"
This eminent statesman, re,
! Gently in high authority, flatl,
contrsdicts Mr., Grow, and thous
ands Of the voters in this distric
/. from their own bitter experience
} know the losses that they hay
personally sustained by reasol
! of the panic and the depression
in business that still exists.
> Mr.. Grow has IN his speec1
. made . feeble effort to criticiz
/, my record, and in doing 90 ha
! utterly disregardsd reason or tn
. truth. He has charged Ia N
: home county, in Ripley county
q
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-29

ton with the vacancy caused by the
death of Mayor Frank Nasworthy
and at one time it seemed that
there might be two or three candi-
dates for the place. None of them
ventured out, however, and Mr.. Hill
has been left a clear field. 1t is
not probable now that he will have
opposition.
Mr.. Hill has served the city sew
eral years as an alderman, is familiar
with it's affairs and is otherwise quail
flied to give the people a good ad-
ministration of their municipal al
fairs
The city council will meet in reg
ular session on Tuesday night of next
week, when an election will be called.
The law requires that four weeks
notice be given by publication.
The mayor elected now will serve
until next December, and will not
be eligible for reelection. Colonel
Dick Marlin has announced to his
friends that he will be in the race
for the next term. Mr.. Marlin was
a candidate in the last election, and
made a strong race.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-29
eRlGG'S FRIENDS CONFIDENT
NOW SCARCELY A DOUBT OF
HIS RETURN TO CONGRESS.
His Committee Assignments DisprOve
ROddenbery's Assertion. The
Campaign Is Tagging.

His Committee Assignments DiSprOVe
Roddenbery's Assertion. The
Campaign Is Tagging.
The Savannah Morning News
prints an interesting article from an
Albany correspondent on the con-
gressional campaign in the Second
district. 1t is fair statement of the
situation as it exists after several
months of strenuous, almost sensa-
tional campaigning, and is repro
duced below for the benefit of the
readers of The News:
About the quietest thing in the
Second congressional district at this
juncture is the race between RepreA
sentative James NJ. Griggs and Hon.
S. A. Roddenbery for the formers
seat in congress.
Judge Griggs is at Washington.
His return to his official duties put
an end to the series of joint debates
which had enlivened the district
during the summer and fall, though
home and is heard from continually
as the result of his activities in all
parts of the district He is an in
defatigable worker, and even those
who do not think he has the smallest
chances of election are forced to ad-
nit that as a hustler he has few SUI
periors.
Committee Assignment Helped Him.
Friends of Judge Grlggs seem to
think that when he secured recogni-
ton of his ability and standing in
congress through his appointment to
membership on the ways and means
committee the congressional race
was settled. In his speeches and on
the occasion of each of the debates
in the district Mr.. Roddenbery had
asserted, in so many words, that
Judge Griggs was a much bigger man
at home than he was in Washington,
and that the claim that he was one
of the leading democrats in the
house would not bear close ipspec-
ton. Certain it is that Judge Griggs'
new committee assignment gave his
candidacy strong boost.
VIII Not BE Idle.
Judge Griggs is known to have
been perfectly satisfied with the con-
dition of his fences in the district
prior to the opening of congress, but
now that he has been given the
choicest committee assignment that
came the way of the Georgia dele
cation his friends feel that he need
not turn his hand to insure his re-
nomination
There is no indication, however,
that Judge Griggs will neglect his
campaign, and it is stated that in
all probability there will be some
more joint debates in the district i'm
mediately following the adjournment
of congress. Mr.. Roddenbery says
he is in the race to stay, and when
he asserts that he is going to con-
gress he has the appearance of one
who really believes what he claims. "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-29
SECOND DISTRICT SCHOOL
WILL OPEN ITS FIRST TERM ON
10TH OF NEXT MONTH.
MI. L. O. Freeman Has Been in
Dawson in the Interest of the
Farmers College.

Dawson III UlAe AHUcESSG OA ehS
/ Farmers College.
Mr.. L. o. Freeman, who is a mem
Der of the faculty of the Second Dis
trict Agricultural School, was in
Dawson Friday in the interest of that
institution.
The school, which is located at
Triton, will open on February 18th,
and Mr.. Freeman informed The
News that the prospects are encour-
aging for a good attendance. The
buildings, which are handsome struct-
ures, have all been completed, and
meet all of the requirements for
which they were erected.
Those who desire to enter the
school should reach Triton not later
than Feb. 18th, and if possible by
the 18th. They should write the
principle, Pref. w. w. Driskel, Tiff
ton, Ca, what day they expect to
reach Triton, so he can meet them at
the depot and arrange for convey
ances to take them to the school.
Prospective students must take
with them $40 to pay for the first
months board. This is payable in
advance. Each student must also
take S. with which to pay for his
text books. These will be kept at
the school by Prof. Freeman and
furnished the pupils at state adopted
prices.
For all profitable labor performed
by the pupils of this school they will
be paid at the rate of ten cents an
hour. For instance, if boy works
SO hours during the first month he
is in school he will receive credit OF
$3.50 and therefore be charged only
$6.40 for his second months board.
Under this arrangement it is be-
lieved that the cost of board will not
as a rule exceed $500 or $3.50 peg
month Tuition is free to all pupils
residing in the Second congressional
district, but boys under IA years OF
age cannot be admitted.
An advertisement of the school
setting forth in detail the terms of
admission and the rules and regula-
lions governing it appears in this
issue of The News.
Mr.. Cooke Appointed.
Governor Smith has appointed Mr..
J. F. Cooke of Dawson to represent
Terrell county on the board of trus-
tees of the Second District Agrl-
cultural School. He will fill the va
cancy on the board caused by the
death of the late Frank NasWorthy.
Mr.. Cooke was president of the Ter
ren County Hoke Smith Club during
the memorable campaign of twol
years ago. He is one of the most
prominent and successful farmers OF
this section, and the governor has
made an excellent selection in nam
ing him a member of the board.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-29
THE COLLEGE ON WHEELS
EDUCATIONAL TRAIN WILL BE
N DAWSON ON MARCH 5.
travelling All Over Georgia With the
object of Benefiting the States
Agricultural Interests.

Agricultural Interests.
letter to The News from Mr.. A.
nr Soule. the president of the State
college of Agriculture, states that
+bo Snecial Educational Train which
&c being operated under the auspices
of the college will be in Dawson on
Thursday. March 9TH, about noon.
Tho train will come over the Central
railroad.
This is something UNDUE, and 1t
shonld attract a large number OF peo-
nile to the city. The train will be
8eouipped with all kinds of agricul-
tural exhibits, and accompanying it
will be lecturers who will speak
while the train is here.
The object of the visit of the train
and the representatives of the state
college is to disseminate information
Of value to the farmers of this coun-
#tv The lectures will benefit the
Farmers more than anybody else, and
every farmer in Terrell county who
I lean possibly spare the time should
Z be certain to be here. No effort is
being spared to provide feast Of
good things for the farmers, and the
8co-operation of everybody is asked
in making the visit of the train
success.
Mr.. Soule announces that the
schedule of the train has been care
fully made up, and it will be fol-
lowed as closely as possible though
. of course there may be some varia-
I ton from the time indicated.
All visitors should come prepared
] to stay little longer, for the train
may be delayed, but they should be
at the station at the time indicated
above, for if the train arrives
promptly, as it will in most in
stances, those who are late will miss
part of the benefit which it is
hoped the visit will confer,
The train will stop an hour and
a half at each place. During that
stime it is believed that as many as
three or four short, practical talks
can be made and leave half hour
for the inspection of the exhibit car.
Detailed information concerning
& the makeup of the train and the
character of the exhibits will be sent
out shortly.