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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
From the Baltimore American.

exceptions to cover such cases, and we
have learned that it is equally binding
as to what it omits."
If we could imagine such a crude
prohibition to be enacted into law, and
to be regarded as valid, what would be
the effect? Mr.. Bryan, with his usual
readiness, suggests that the concern
may sell as much of its plants as are
not needed to produce the amount al
lowed by law. He speaks as though
every manufacturing concern had as
many fully equipped units of produc-
tion as would correspond to any given
percentage Of trade which it might be
required to lOp off. Plants are not so
easily dismembered. Reduction in out
put means reduction in work, reduction
in the number of men employed and
curtailment of the efficiency of a going
concern. Let us suppose a concern
which controls 50 per cent of given
prOduct-that is to say, makes and
sells $S,0O0,O0O in value out of a total
trade in the product amounting to $10,-
100000. Is it to be compelled to reduce
its output to 100000 because only
100000 in value are made by others:
Then, if it could sell part of its plant
on Mr.. Bryan'S theory, what should it
sell? Should it sell off enough to re-
duce its capacity to $5,O0O,OOO and
allow three-fifths of its plant to remain
idle until others developed a capacity
for handling the other S5,000OOO?
Should 1t assume that the total trade
will increase and is not always to re-
main at $10,0OO,OOO, and hence retain
a larger portion of its plant in idle
ness? Or suppose a concern controls
100 per cent of the trade in some arti-
Gle, what plants shall it retain? 1t
can produce nothing until others pro
duce; but it may produce an amount
equal to the production of others, and
it hopes the trade will grow What a
vision Of business uncertainty and con-
fusion, of idle and impaired plants. of
the ruin Of workingmen whose lives
have clustered around particular indus
tries and who depend upon their con-
IAAA1ACb SAiANINAiNs, iS pANcShlCNI " lulS
fanciful remedy for the destruction of
trusts
Apart from this, if the dissolution
were effected in the manner desired
and portions of plants could be sold
and were sold as suggested. to whom
would the sale be made? Would it be
necessarily to foes or to those ambi-
tious to be competitors and anxious to
take advantage of its plight?
This proposal in its utter disregard
of the facts Of business, in its substi-
tuition of the phantasies of the imagin-
alton for the realities of life. stamps
the Democratic platform with the fatal
stamp of 1896. The commerce and in
dustry Of this country, the interests of
its wage earners and Of its interdepend-
ent masses, who must rely upon the
stability of business, cannot afford to
give license to such vagaries.
In the solemnity with which this
proposal has been declared, and the in
sistence with which it is advocated, we
find an appropriate test of the capacity
of our opponents to deal wisely with
the problems of the day.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
TAFT CONES FROM GOOD STOCK
Family Ranked Among the Plain
People for Many Years.

The Tafts-those who at present are
the Tafts-hail ancestrally from Tx
bridge, Mass. They say that Tafts are
so thick in Uxbridge that even wom-
an can't throw stone without hitting
one.
Some years agO-in 1874, to be exact
there was a Taft reunion in Tx
bridge, to which descendants of the
original Robert Taft came f1ocking
from all parts of the country. One of
the conspicuous features of the affair
was historical address by Alphonso
Taft, father of the present Republican
candidate. He traced the history of
various branches of the family, and
when he came to the one to which he
and his children belonged he said:
Our family have not embarked much
upon national politics, except that they
have shared in the battles of the cOun-
try when national independence was
to be won, and also when the Union
was at stake But brilliant political
careers have not been characteristic of
:he Tafts in the past. 1t is not safe to
say what may be in store for them
There is a tide in the affairs of men
and also of families"
This is taken from the account of
the reunion published at the time Al
phOnsO Taft would perhaps have been
somewhat dazzled if he could have fore
seen how quickly and brilliantly the
family would proceed to embark upon
national politics." He himself started
the turn of the tide which he predict
ed. 1t seems to be reaching its food
in the career of the son who that year
was entering Yale.
AS Alphonso Taft described his i'm
mediate ancestors one sees where his
son got certain characteristics Peter
Taft 0715) was "a large, cookbook
ing man of magnanimous disposition. ;"
He had four sons.
Aaron, the candidates ancestor. was
also so magnanimOus that ne lost
money by indOrsing friends notes :;
he was a man ''of great intelligence
and integrity" And Il on, going some
what further back, there was CAPTAIN
William Taft, who took Blarnev Cas-
tie in the sixteenth century .'by blar-
ney quite as much as by military
Drowess." Good stock was CAPTAIN
William from which to make twen-
tieth century Secretary of War Will
Iiam
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Oklahoma Trial InconcIusive.

The fact that the first bank failure
in Oklahoma after the law went into
effect, was followed by immediate re-
endorsement of the depOsitors, proves
nothing as to the practiCability of the
system in the long run. The fact that
the State banks of Oklahoma have
gained deposits since the system went
into operation, while national banks
within the State have lost, if true,
proves nothing as to the merits of the
system. The law itself requires that
all public deposits must be kept in
banks that belong to the system, and
this provision alone would cause a con-
siderable transfer of deposits and in
Euence some banks to join the system
The real test of the policy will come
in it's influence upon the banking bust
ness in the long run. Will it tend to
secure more careful and prudent in
veStment of the vast sums which the
people Of the country keep in banks, or
will it tend to weaken the personal re-
sponsibility for these funds and divert
them into incapable and wasteful
hands. 1t is a superficial view which
lays all emphasis upon the immediate
results of the law and gives no con-
sideration to its violation of funda-
mental principles and the consequences
which must follow.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
ObIigatians of Civil War.

Money Indebtedness is rot the only
obligation we incurred and assumed
in the great civil war. There was a
still greater debt, an everlasting obli-
cation that could never be paid in full.
But in the years that have followed.
the Republican party has inaugurated
and developed pension laws under
which over three and one-half billion
dollars have been paid to disabled
veterans or to the survivors of those
who gave their lives for their country
and their flag. This pension system. a
product of the policy of the Republican
party, has no precedent in history and
no equal in justice and generosity
among the NATIONS Of the earth.-Hon.
James S. Sherman.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
HOW TAFT WAS SOUGHT BY
M'KINLEY.
The Manner in Which the Republi-
can Candidate Was Called to a
Iarper Snhera Of ntinn

The Manner in Which the Republi-
can Candidate Was Called to a
Larger Sphere Of Action.
One afternoon early in 1900. when
Judge William H. Taft was debating
a decision of the United States Court
in the Federal Building in Cincinnati,
a telegram was placed in his hands
He tore off the envelope and was sur
prised to find a telegram from Presi-
dent William Mckinley, reading:
Il shall take it as a great favor if you
will call on me some time next week"
Judge Taft guessed at the meaning
of the summons and guessed wrong
He went to Washington and was shown
into a room at the White House, where
he met the President and Secretary
Long of the Navy. Later, Elihu Root.
the Secretary of War, came in. Then,
to use Mr.. Taft's own words:
"Mr. Mckinley said that he wanted to
send me to the Philippines to help in the
work of establishing civil government as
the army moved on. l thought of my
place on the bench and hesitated. Be
sides, l believed and said we could get
along without the Philippines
But we have them and must take
care of them the President replied.
"'You are at the turning of the ways
in your life,' Mr.. Root then observed.
The bench is the easy road. You can
stay there and be comfortable. On the
contrary, the Philippines will demand per-
sonal sacrifices and risks and much hard
work, but you will have an opportunity
of doing your country a very great SER
vice. l went home, and argued the mat
ter for two weeks"
the telegram to Cincinnati opened
the door of American history to Will
liam II. Taft and made him the Repub-
lican candidate for President Of the
United States.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Careful Banking Best.

Under present conditions there are
cOmpenSations in favor of careful and
conservative banking. There are PEG
pie who are not influenced in their Sc
! lection of bank by the highest rate of
| interest offered on deposits, and who
have their suspicious aroused by the
tender of exceptional inducements.
| They know that such offers put a
strain upon the business, and they de-
liberately prefer to place their money
with a banker who will not subject
himself to such strain. These deposit
orS esteem safety above all other con
Slderations, and they are numerous
enough TO exercise very wholesome
restraint upon reckless tendencies i'm
the business. \ banker now prizes the
reputation of doing safe business.
and cannot afford to have a reputation
I for imprUdence and speculative in
clinations. And yet, although held in
check by these powerful considerations,
the pressure of competition carries the
business near the danger line even
now. There is too much competition
for depcS sits, and the ambitions of the
more ventureSOme members of the fra
ternity, and the pace they set, puts the
whole system under strain.
But what are likely to be the con
dltiOns in the business when the public
is no longer concerned about the man
agement of bank, and all the re-
wards for conservatism and restraints
upon recklessness are removed? The
considerations which in the past have
tended to safeguard the business and
advance rs standards would be gone.
The public would care nothing for the
personality of the banker. Instead of
looking to the institution which receiv-
ed the deposits, the depOsitOr would re
ly on an outside fund A banker
might bet all the deposits on horse
races without the fact becoming a
matter of any concern to his custom
erS
And how would the conservative.
prudent banker fare .nder these CON
ditions? The legitimate reward for
maintaining that character would be
lost to him He would get no deposits
unless he bid as high for them as his
rivals, for the government would stand
behind the latter, and assure the pub
lie that they were just as safe as he.
and tax him to make them so. In
short the reckless and incompetent peo-
pie, who are now either excluded from
the banking business, or held in check
by the diStrust which a discriminating
public feels towards them, would make
the pace to which everybody else in
the banking business would be obliged
to conform or get out of the business.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Would DemOrRIizs Business.

The hardest competitor in any line
Of business is the incompetent or dis
honest man who does anything to get
business. Such people get into the
banking business even now, but their
number and influence for mischief
would be greatly increased if they
were backed up by unlimited credit. In
other lines there may be some question
as to the quality or service offered by
rivals, but all bank ers deal in the same
kind of money, and if deposits were
made joint liability, there is no rea-
son why they should not go to the
bankers who offer the greatest induce
mentS to attract them. The careful
banker would have no offset or prOtec-
ton against demOralizing competition
and he would be placed in the strange
position of being liable for his com
petitor's obligations.
All efforts to make it appear that the
interests of bankers are on one side Of
this question and the interests of de-
pOSitOrs on the other are untrue to the
harmful to the banking business, that
puts it under strain and tends to low
er its standards, can be beneficial to
depOSitOrS or the public. 1t cannot be
advantageous to the community to have
its savings and working capital pass
into the hands of the venturesome
class Of bankers who will bid most for
them. The actual waste and loss
through unwise investments would in
evitably increase. 1t would fall at first
on the cOnserva tive bankers and penal
ize them. Instead of an elimination Of
the unfit, which is the true process of
evolution, the tendency would be to an
elimination of the best. Eventually the
burden of increasing waste would have
to be borne by all depositOrs and the
whole community
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Colonel Brvan lameuts the sdiscri

Colonel Bryan laments the 'discrimi-
nation that has been going on against
the farmer" in electing so few tillers
of the soil to Congress and the Senate.
What troubles him chiefly, however, is
the discrimination which the whole
American nation exercises against a
certain farmer Of Lincoln, Neb., in de-
clining to elect him to the White
House-New York Tribune
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
HERE is THE PROOF 4!
(ContriOuted by n. 4. Goddard, NJ. D.

(tOntilOuted by \. \. Goddard, NJ. d.
You will notice that in referring y0u
t0 eases | have successfully treated and
cured to stay cured, that | refer YOU to
people right here in Wisconsin, in your
own county, not To people away off i'll
some other state. You are at liberty to
ask these people about their cases or
write to them and verify my statements.
Mr.. Nick K"dinger Of Knowles, Wis.
cured of rupture, 20 years standing.
Mrs. W. j. Lyle Of Fox Lake, cured of
VarIcOSe veins of the leg.
MIR. Jesse Redmond Rcdgranitc, Wis,
cured of chronic appendicitis.
Mr.. John Burns. W2tCrtOWn, Wis,
Cured Of piles Of 20 years duration.
Mr.. Albert TieOtz, Lebanon. Wis, cured
of rectal ulcers.
Mr.. Adolph Hammerstrom, Redgranite,
cured Of granulatcd eye lids.
Mr.. Chas. A. Shwereski. Watertown,
Wis, cured of rupture Of II years stand
ing without the use Of knife or opera
tion.
Miss Dora Saunders of Berlin. Wis,
cured of g0itre.
Mr.. Herman GuelZow, Redgranite.
cured Of chronic bronchitis.
Mr.. Thomas Owens, Rcdgranitc, Wis.
cured of blood poison. and hundreds of
others in other parts of the state. Names
given on request.
Remember | take no incurable cases
| give legal written guarantee to cure
Private diseases Of both sexes receive
special attention. At WatertOwn, Sept
Sth. Consultation free. Write me
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
A Grand Record.

The Republican party is not only
rich in men, but rich in practical and
beneficial principles-it is rich too in
its record. in promises performed and
pledges fulfilled, and so we are for
party and party principles first and
will acquiesce in the choice of the ma
jority, rallying around the standard
bearer who will carry US again to vic
tOry.-Hon. James S. Sherman.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18

as rule, kept out Of the banking busi-
ness by the unwillingness of the public
to entrust money to their care.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18

Mr. Bryan might make a hit in the
Rocky Mountain States by proposing a
federal guaranty Of mining stock de-
positS-Omaha Bee.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04

the House. but Senator John Walter
Smith was in Annapolis and he took off
his coat and worked with Mr. Jones to
pet the bill through They were sue
cessful by large vote. As soon as
the bill made It's appearance in the
Senate the S,9, resumed its fight against
it and hurled double loaded editorials
at the Senators. The Nuu threatened
and cajoled. 1t misreprescnted our
people and the oyster industry OF Wor-
cester County. but Senator Moore stood
by his guns, and he. too, had the aid of
Senator Smith They convinced the
Senate that Worcester County ought
to be exempted from the provisions Of
the Haman Law and on the last day
of the session the bill was passed, by a
vote OF Is to TO-
The oystermen can now see for them
selves the advantage Of having promi-
nent and influential Democrats to repre-
sent them. If the representatives of
any other party had been in the I.egis-
lature they would not have had ghost
of show at securing the Legislation
which has been secured for Worcester
County
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
NEWARK.

Rev and Mrs Horace Truitt. after
weeks visit to Mr. and Mrs. James
Taylor, returned TO Church Greek
Thursday.
MIR and Mrs John Tyre. Of Berlin.
spent the weeks end with Mr.. and Mrs.
Sylvester Dennis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Israel Townsend. of
Bishopville. spent Saturday and Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sewell Cropper.
Mrs Chatham, of ton. spent
part of last week with Mr. and Mrs
Marion Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, of Bishopville.
visited Mr. and Mrs Elmo Grey Satur-
day and Sunday.
Miss Ella Scot; and Mr. Reginald
Pattey, Of Berlin. visited Mr.. Geo. S.
Richardson Sunday.
Rev W. NJ. Strayer, while en- route
for Conference at Snow Hill. stopped
of to visit Judge and Mrs. Ara p.
Bowen Tuesday.
Mrs. Charlotte f. Bowen and Mrs
Bunting attended the NJ 7. Conference
in Snow Hill Wednesday.
Rev &. +. Earring. who is staying
with Mr. Gordon Jones. will preach in
Bowen NJ F. Church Sunday morning
at 1890 O'Clock Rev w. A Melvin
will preach al Trinity Church Sunday
afternoon.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet al
the home Of Mrs. Francis Tull next
Tuesday evening
Rev Mr. Kenney. while en- route for
Girdletree. spent Wednesday night with
Mr. and Mrs Elijah T. Bowen.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04

Mrs. Eva Ayres and family. left this
week for Philadelphia, where they win
make their home in the future.
Mrs. W. E. Cluf, of Snow Hill. came
Sunday to visit her friend, Mrs. John
H. Rayne.
Miss Minnie Franklin, who was in
Snow Hill few days last week, came
home last Saturday accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. X. ID. Jones and daughter.
Emily. They returned home Monday.
Miss Daisy Workman left for Snow
Hill Tuesday. TO visit her cousin. Mrs
Austin Warren. and attend the NJ. r.
Conference.
Mrs. Hannah Taylor, who has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. George
Mckee. of Snow Hill for several weeks.
has returned home.
Miss Matte Rayne visited Mr.. and
Mrs. John Rayne. of Ocean City. last
week returning Monday. accompanied
by her little friend, Daisy Rayne.
DR. Emory +. Bell and Miss Rose
Clayville were joined in matrimony on
Thursday, the % inst. at 500 a. m,
the Rev. W II. Bancroft performing
the ceremony. The marriage took place
at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Laban
Quillin II was quiet affair. The
couple left on the g. IS train for Old
Point Comfort and Richmond. Both
the bride and groom are well known
here in Berlin.
Mrs George Purnel will go to Snow
Saturday. to visit friends and relatives.
Miss Edda Chopper is selling out her
store goods at cost. She and her father
expect to 20 out to the Morris farm
and try farming.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
Sample Ballots Cut Out.

The bill prohibiting the distribution
of sample ballots in the counties where
the Wilson Ballot law prevails passed
the Senate after numerous amendments
offered By the Republicans had been de-
feated The Republican Senators eX-
hausted every possible tactic TO defeat
or amend the bill For nearly an hour
Senator Lancaster assailed the Demo
Gratis for connecting such a scheme to
disfranchise the negroes. II was his
second long speech OF the day. and when
he concluded he was almost exhausted.
His amendments. striking out the en-
acting clause, were defeated by party
vote. Then Senator Andrews unsuccess-
fully attempted to have Dorchester
county exempted. BY the provisions of
the bills all political parties are prohi-
bited from distributing sample ballots
among the voters in the counties in
which the Wilson Ballot law is in effect.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
KLEJ GRANGE.

Miss Rosa Porter spent last week
very pleasantly with relatives and
friends in Snow Hill.
Mr. Lloyd Tarr, of Pocomoke City.
and sister Mrs. Albert Mears. of
Mearsville, Va. were the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. X Pilchard Sunday.
Mr. Ira W. Redden is spending some
time with relatives in Cape Charles
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Webb, of Snow
Hill. visited her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
X. S. Tilghman Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. F. Hillman and little son
Willie, spent Friday as the guests Of her
parents Mr.. and Mrs Washington Bon
neville. Of Good viii
Mrs. Chas Daisy. Of Salisbury. is
visiting her parents MIR and Mrs.
Charles Pruitt.
We are sorry to report Mrs. Charlie
Taylor, who is very i'll with tuberculosis,
no better at this writing.
MIR. and Mrs Frank Richardson. Of
Girdletree. visited relatives here sun
day.
Miss ARA J. Jones. our public school
teacher, has been confined to her room
with measles for the past week. Miss
Oneta Tarr has been substituting for
her in the school-roOm.
Mr.. Thomas l.. Tarr. of Eastville Va,
spent the weeks end with his family
here.
After a lingering illness Of dropsy,
Mr.. Micajah Merritt died at his home
near this place Friday. March. 10Th.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev.
Theodore Beck. were held in Beth Eden
Baptist Church Sunday morning. and
his remains were laid at rest in Beth
Eden cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Richie, of Girdle-
tree. were guests of Mr. and Mrs Jehu
Kelly Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Jones spent Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Parker
Sharpley near Stockton.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
A ChinCOleaque Box Party

The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bur
ton was the scene Of box party. re-
Gently: the whole affair from the dec
orations of the wall to the seats for the
guests being represented by boxes Of
various color. shape and fashion. The
party given by the Burton sisters was
in honor Of Miss Eva, Of Philadelphia,
who holds position in a chemical labra-
tory as stenographer. Music consist
ing of piano solos. duets. etc, seemed
to be the interesting feature of the
early part OF the evening. Many new
and interesting games We're indulged IN
the principle of which was guessing
contest known rs Noses 4 Eyes" first
prize won by Miss Emma Burton while
Mr.. Earnest Toadvine took the booty.
Shortly after eleven O'Clock the guests
were invited into the dining room.
which was very tastefully decorated
with ferns Of various tints; where re-
freshments consisting of ice cream and
cake, etc. were served. Those
present were, Misses Mary Conant.
Mary Sneed. Emma Burton, Annie
Timmons. Josephene keas, Meta Davis,
Gladys Matthews. Alice Burton. Luella
Burton, Nola Burton.
Messrs. Thomas Rowley. John Row
ley, Edward Johnson. Elmer Thorton.
Earnest Toadvine, +. &. ellis, Douglas
Evans. George Abbott. Robert Keas.
At late hour all left for their homes
rejoicing.