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Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-19
WAS DEMOCRAT|CLANDSuDE
ELECTION HELD IN CHARLES
TON SHOWS A SURPRISE.
The Gazette, Of That City, Jubilates
Over the Great Victory Won
By Its Party.

Concerning the municipal election
at Charleston, the Gazette democrat
ic), says:
Another triumph for the democratic
party of Charleston occurred yester-
day when veritable landslide iii the
form OF cloudburst of votes SWEEP
every nominee of the party into Of
flee, marked the utter, hopeless defeat
of the republican machine and stamp
ed the present administration as one
that the voters OF the city approved Of
and mean to continue. The victory
was complete, even ire so than the
most sanguine of the many staunch
supporters of the democratic candi-
dates anticipated.
Not single republican candidate
got within reaching distance of cleo
ton The majority against each one
of them was conclusive evidence that
the citizens OF the city are satisfied to
be governed as 80 are governed
now, and do not RE for change.
The total democratic majority was
1,145. figure surprisingly large.
Anywhere from 500 to 900 was the
number generally expected. Consid-
ering the votes cast yesterday with
those Of last March, when the repub-
licans were showed under, the major
ity yesterday was bigger than last
year
Balloting began early-with the
opening Of the polls-and BY o'clock
@rhaps half Of all who we're adj
mtted to the polling places during the
div 6ad cast their votes and depart-
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-19

Breezy Bis Of News Gathered From
That Hustilng Little Place.

Mariowe, March 1s.---Mr- Edd' 4
smaltz has been spending few
weeks with friends in Hampshire
county.
Mi. Jacob Sites will have sale of
his personal property this week and
will move with his family to Martins
burg the first Of April. All are sorry
to lose them from this community as
they were kind ana good neighbours
end will be missed by their many
fliends.
Miss Hannah Barnes is spending a
few weeks with friends in Jefferson
county. R
Mrs. Robert Mix end little daughter.
Lizzie, Of Falling Waters, spent sun
day with her mother, Mrs, J. D. Jack,
at Marlowe.
Mr.. j. D. Lands has COMMENCED work
on new house on his farm near
Marlowe.
Mr.. Philip Lindsy, Of Warfordsburs,
Fulton county, Pa, has been SPEND
ing a few days with his brother, Mr..
Charles I.indsy. Of Falling Waters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T.oyd's baby
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Read The Journal.
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FROM OUR LIVE Correspondents
Interesting Items From Our Bright and Uptodae Reporters

sick list for some time, are much bet
ter
Mr.. Daniel Stuckey viii soon have
his new house completed in Martins
burg.
Miss Mamie frederick has just re-
turned from Cumberland and other
points.
Mr. Abraham Meyers Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Luttrell were visiting friends
at Jones Spring Sunday.
Mr.. Wheeler Tederick, Of Martins
burg was here on business Wednesday.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-19

We are showing splendid line of
ready-to -wear skirts in all the late
spring materials at prices ranging
from SIPS to $40 Newest things in
waists SOC to s2.9S. oxfords in all
the spring feathers and shapes, tan or
black. While they last beautiful SOU
venir free with every purchase of 25e
or over.
CoMPToNs'
2-fa ION Pnhlic Snnare. /" I.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-19
/. To use an old phrase, everything

ed. To use an old phrase, everything
passed off quietly. There were few
fights. arrests were made at some of
the precinctss and small number of
drunks were given rides to the lock-
up More than this the election was
without unusual events.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-19
ToaAHAWK NEWS AND NOTES.
Gossip Of the People OF That Section
Of the Picturesque Valley.

Tomahawk. March 19.---The farmers
have begun their spring planting.
Miss Ivy Shriver, Of Baxter. was
visiting relatives here Tuesday.
Guy Hiett, Trone Hedges and
George Tederick are on the sick list.
Mr.. Balm. Of Winchester. was here
the first part Of the week buying
horses
Mr.. and Mrs, Bartlebaugh and Mr.
S. b. Jamison, who have been on the
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M. C. Kennedy, ]. H. forge,
Vice Pres. a Gen. Supt. Supt.
III. A. Riddle, Gen. Pass. Agt,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
Where The Stork Is Busy

Nicetown. II suburb of Philadelphia.
is rightly named. All homes worth
while are on Archer street. and babies
have the right-Of-way thereon. The
thOrOughfare teens with children
ranging i'll age from three months to IL
years. There are gurgling, giggling
babies and perambulators and fat
toddlers clinging to their mothers
skirts.
The stork is a welcome and frequent
visitor to Archer street. 1t IS consider.
ed fashionable to have II yearly addition
to the family and residents who cant
claim this distinction are looked upon
with contempt by their neighlors.
When the good bird does appear there
he frequently brings multiplied bless
ingS, and twins and triplets are Il well
known quality al many homes. by
actual count there are 2IO babies in this
sqmarc.-Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
PREACHING vs.. PRACTICE

Former Congressman Littlctield of
Maine addressed II gathering of lawyers
ut Chicago recently. In the course of
his remarks, he said:
Senator Lodge in the republican ma
tiOnal conventions, said that President
Roosevelt had enforced the laws rs he
found them ON the statute book. The
republican party platform congratulatcs
itself on the enforcement of all the laws.
In the light of cases, / have cited to you
it would seem that Il proclamation to
expend, not performance. constitutes
enforcement of the law. The disting-
uiShed publicists, like business men. are
very much disturbed for fear they are
facing II prison cell for doing business
under modern methods. ! do not think
that this apprehension has any rcasona-
BILE foundation"
The speaker pointed ont that hut sew
en- convictions had been secured under
the Sherman law since September If.
1901, and continued: 1T may he that
the predatory rich are lurking in every
corner, and that ~malcfactors of great
wealth abound. If this he true and they
have been going about seeking whom
they may devour' the extent to which
the wicked have thus far gone unwhip,
ped of justice borders upon the gro,
tesque."
Mr.. Littleficld was one of the rcpub,
lican leaders in the last congress and
knows whereof he speaks. In the above,
he clearly shows the difference between
Roosevclt's preaching and his perform
ance. According to this republican au
thOrity. there is a vast difference he
tween the two.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
Plans a Big Game Preserve.

Henry Carnegie phipps. whose on.
Eagement to Miss Gladys Mills was
recently announced. Is planning 10
have n OF the largest game pro-
serves on Long Island. II was for that
ultimate purpose that he purchased
the old Dun estate between Hemp.
stead and Waniagh.
The young people. who will prob.
ably be married the first week I'm Dc.
ccmbcr, nre TO live on u beautiful new
estate near Westbury, where Mr..
Phipps has allied himself with tho
Meadow Brook set.
In the art OF riding to hounds few
excel Miss Mills, who, by the way,
was one Of thosc to finish with tho
men OF the field the other day ut tho
hunt OF the Meadow Brook club. on
which occasion Paul Ralncy acted IA
NJ. +. H., and when Scott Cameron
nnd c. Caswell came choppers. bu;
we're not seriously hurt.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
POLITICS and RECENT PANICS

Mr.. Bryan is perhaps justified, from
the political standpoint. in attributing
the panic of 1907 to the republican party
i'll view of the fact that the republican
platform of 1896, when Mr.. Bryan was
II candidate for the first time, attributed
the panic of lS03 to the democratic
party. Neither panic had its chief
cause in politics, although govern
mental policies in q measure contributed
to them. The panic of 1893 WAS one of
our periodical financial commissions and
had it's real beginning in the great
Barring suspension in London in the
wintcr of 1890. SO far ills politics played
"a part i'll it, both parties were responsible.
The republican party. scarcely less than
the democratic party. was committed
to silver legislation. while the election
Of Cleveland in 1892 ON "A tariff revision
platform impaired further uncertainty
to business and spread the flame of
panic.
The panic Of 1908, instead Of coming
without any legitimate excuse. rs the
"iNbtSt iltC lOllK Ie',bl
forcsccn and was the result OF inter
national money market conditions that
were quite independent of political de
velopmcnt. So far rs politics had IA
part in il, it WAS due to the pressing IN
the part Of President Roosevelt of
policies for government regulation and
corporation reforms. policies which Mr..
Bryan himself has commended.
The republican platform is equally
partisan and unfair in charging that
only through the operation Of republi.
can policies was the panic of 1907 saved
from ~equaling "thc familiar democratic
panics Of the past" The panic of 1907
and the depression which followed it
were quite as severe as any panic which
occurred in any democratic admins.
tration.-Wal Street Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
The Spanish GaIIeon,

Primarily the Ealleon was but n
peaceful merchant ship. but by the
Irony of fate she became, almost from
her inception, n center Of the flercest
fighting. Square rugged and high OF
stem and stern, broad Of bow and low
OF waist. with massive bulwarks and
forccastle, and panp three and four
decks high. sic possessed a pictur.
esque appearance. but little Of sensi.
bic naval architecture. The stem was
clumsy. broad and blunt. and smashed
heavily through the waves, to- tho
great detriment OF speed: this and tho
towering stern presented such n sur
face to the wind that the difficulties
" steering were quite formidable, and
six or eight men nj the wheel were
not unusual. The method In this ap
parent madness of marine construc.
tior vas the landlubber's instinct,
still strong in men Of the sea OF tnoso
days. 10 reduce all naval mancuvcrs
70 the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tao.
tics OF the land fight on n common
rlatiarID -"Scribner's Magazine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
The Gambling hs.e

The time is rapidly approaching in
Nevada when the people must meet the
anti.gambling issue. The question is
now being discussed all over the state
and sentiment is rapidly crystalizing in
favor of the repeal of the gambling
laws. The next legislature may not
abolish the evil. hut there is surf to be
one elected before many years that
will rid the state of this curse.
An organized effort along this line
has been begun by the international
Reform Bureau of Washington. D. c.,
and the first address to be made in Elko
OH this subject will be made ut Leonard
Hall tonight by Rev. Henry b. Hudson,
who has charge of the reform work OH
this coast.
Every citizen of the town who he
lieves that legalized gambling is (;
curse to the state and that. it should be
abolished should lend their influence to
the cause by turning out tonight. II
You favor the present condition of
affairs, turn out and hear the argu.
ments against your position. 1t may IL
the means of showing you the light.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31

and consequently when q chance was
discovered to annex u little piece of
paste-board insuring n quick, safe and
easy transportation, the aforesaid chance
was eagerly accepted. Now the COM
carriers are sending their reports
to the railroad commission of the state
and in that report it is necessary for the
companies to state who holds passes,
along with other information.
Under the state law any state, dis
trict, county or municipal officer who
holds Il $ is liable to II heavy fine, or
Imprisonment: also the possession and
using of it. ipso facto vacates the office
which he is holding in the state, dis
trict, county or municipality. The
latter phase is one which is rubbing.
In the gentle village of Reno where
street calls are employed to convey the
weary. there is much agitation US to
whether the companies come under the
head of common. carriers. If the ON
panv there does. then there will he II
greater scramble for the tall timber us
there are all kinds of little paste boards
out there and held firmly i'll the posses
sion of officers. Attorneys there have
already been consulted and the anxious
seat is accommodating more every hour
that passes. Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
Registration OF Voters

On August /. the work of registering
the voters of Nevada will commence.
1t will lc conducted in the greater
number Of instances hy the Justices of
the peace hut wherever Il district exists
without the presence of such an official,
an officer named 10y the county commits
si"ncrs will act us registry agent. Reg
istrati"ns will In received up to and in.
Guiding October 10. The requirement
Is that prospective voters shall have
resided or will have resided in this state
continuously for six months and in the
precinct the time prescribed by law,
next proceeding the day of election.
which is thirty days. 1t will lc ncccs.
sary for all electors in Nevada to reg.
lister in order tn vote at the coming
general election.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
An Old Timer Gone

John Murphy. who has kept the Dead
Horse Wells ranch for nearly Il third of
II century is no more.
He was II of the most noted char
acters i'll the state. Born i'll Cape Brc-
ton Island. he received the first cable
message ever transmitted across the
Atlantic.
He settled at Dead Horse Wells when
~freighting WAS carried ON by - mule
teams between WadswOrth, Downic.
vile, Belmont and Candelaria and since
Rawhidc was struck he was again in
the lime light.
Murphy WAS - years af age and has
two daughters in this city where his
body will bc brought for burial.
He had the reputation of having
never turned II hungry MAJ or horse
away from his table, water and feed
during the whole time he lived at
Dead Horse Wells. and is known ia
nearly every old timer in western
Ncvada.-Rcno Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31

political party has not heSitated to name
rs its candidate for the highest office in
the land II man who denies that Jesus
Christ is God; who does not believe the
doctrine of the Trinity and the person
ality of the Holy Spirit; who denies the
necessity of regeneration: who practical
~ denies the doctrine of atonement--in
short. who does not believe that the
Bible is an inspired book and who re-.
jects the essential doctrines held in sa-
cred reverence by so many million
Christians. DR.. Ghiselin quoted Il for
mer President of the United States who
once declared that the Bible is the rock
on which our republic rests. He said
that Il government had been founded
on u religious basis and hat God had
guided its destinies because He has been
recognized and revercnced by the peo-
pie. He regarded it as wrong to elevate
to the high Office of the presidency one
who rejects Jesus Christ us the Divine
Savior of mankind.
DIR. Ghiselin's strong sermon made n
deep impression upon those who heard
it. There is u deep.seatcd conviction
upon the part of many pious people, of
I'LL political parties, that the president
of the country shall In none other than
an orthodox Christian, AID Mr.. Taft
will lose many votes because he does
not belong tola recognized Christian
SheparJlstown. Va. Register,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31

has not been successful in politics, be.
cause his politics are not the politics of
success, but of principles. Twice he
has been defeated for governor of
Indiana, but has held u place in his
peoples esteem as of II more honored
moral greatness than his successful
opponents. He has stayed with his
party, though reserving his assent to
some of its doctrines. He went with it
because it was mainly going his way.
There are no superficial br~illiuEcies
about John w. Kern. He is common
place. Is we say, because he is so much
like the ordinary good citizen who loves
his country and fears the Lori. There's
Il smack of dick" Bland and of blue
leans Williams and Allen G.. Thurman
about him. His innocence of spectacu-
larity is SO pronounced as to be pictur-
esque. He is rs plain rs his opponent
on the republican ticket is slcekly SNUG.
Yes. indeed; John W. Kern. of Indiana,
looks mighty good to uS.-St. LouiS
Mirror.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
WHY SHERMAN WAS PUT UP

Popular curiosity as to why james
SchOOlcraft Sherman was nominated is
to some extent gratificd by the informa-
ton that he is president of the Utica
lee Trust. which put up the price of ice
in his home city beyond the reach of
the poor. and cut out all local compcti.
ton. He also had claims to- cOnsidcra-
ton as president of the Utica Trust and
Deposit Company, and us Il director of
the Utica City National Bank and other
corporations.
Such II man Wall street is certain to
regard us sane and safe" But more
than his wealth and his sympathy for
trusts is his capacity for getting fat
campaign contributions. He induced
Hartman to rake up $3.50 600 four years
ago. Such II man imparts financial
strength to the ticket.
I'm the last presidential campaign he
also distinguished himself by his famous
call for 81 contributions. thus earning
the am Of dollar Jim Sherman"
Organized labor. however. is by no
means partial to Sherman. He is one
Of Il number of prominent republicans
in congress who in the last session
refused 10 favor labor legislation. Sac.
ramcuto Bee.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
FAKIRS RUN FOR COVER

The federal government is earnestly
i'll pursuit of fake mining scheme pro-
motors throughout the country. These
''hold-upS' are being rounded up on all
sides, and. these fraudulent concerns
organized and represented by this class
OF. fellows who pose as mining engineers,
are being driven ont of business and the
thieves placed in Jail. 1t is said that
within the past five years. i'll the city of
Chicago alone. bunco mine promoters
have taken i'll over $50. 900. 600 of the
peoples money. The greater number
of these We're poor people. or those of
moderate mcanS-mOStly Salaried men
and women. and particularly the latter.
These scoundrcls shrewdly assumed
that no single individual is likely to
resort to strenuous means To recover the
money they parted with 50 willingly
and that if they cannot pacify the
b%clligcrcnt stakeholder when it comes
i'll for an explanation. that ut II rate
the poor devil won't he nasty about
it, There they have made II mistake.
So numerous have been the complaints
made to the postal department. to the
newspapers and the courts that the
government, particularly the post office
department, has taken up the big
stick and is striking right and left,
and il is almost impossible to miss one.
1t is amusing to see the thieves run for
cover, and when apprchendcd to hear
the pitiful cry of the injured Innocence
thay send up. "WhO-me? swindled
anybody? Preposterous. / am not Il
mining | have been imposed
upon by these constituencies scoundrels
ut the mines. did this in good faith ;
and so on. till one is tired of Their
snivclling and lying.
The sooner the fake promoter and hi.
worthless hole. underground are elm
mated the better it will he for tn,
Legitimate industry. In some sections
the numerous fakes have almost put
the legitimate industry out of existence
Men with really mcritorious property
splendid prospects, and willing to dc
business OF Il rational and proper basis
can scarcely get the ear Of capital any
more because of the repeated and glar,
ing frauds pcrpctratcd under the guisC
Of mining, and too often by men OF
high standing in the community
American Mining Review.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
GAMBLING

Gambling has become undoubtedly,
in II form OF another, one of the gigan.
tic social evils of the present day. Josiah
Flint, in II series of articles in the Cos.
mopolitan (April to June, 1907 csti-
mates that $40, 000. 900 are bet annually
we the telephones in New York City.
Single pOolrOoms in New York are said
to have cleared So zoo, 900 II year. 1t is
estimated that the gross annual receipts
of gambling in Chicago are 80, 900. 900.
This from pool selling only. Bcttors
are to bc found for every form of amusc-
mcnt and II must add to this poolroom
amount made and lost in card and other
games of chance. Sometimes in large
single amounts; more frequently in
small, Int multitudinous sums in private
parlors in bridge. the fashionable game
of the hour 10y men and very extensively
by women both of the wealthy and mid.
die classes.
$50 widespread has gambling become
and SO rapidly is it increasing in society,
that all social writers and authorities
in juris prudence consider it an evil.
Says Judge Catron. formerly of the
U. S. Supreme Court. Gambling il a
general evil. leads tn vicious inclinntions,
destruction OF morals. abandonment of
industry and honest cmploymcnts, a
loss Of sclf.control and respect tScc
the New Encyclopedia Of Social Re.
forum
mo law yer enacted 10y any body of
men has positively prevented the form
of evil against which II was directed.
We develop morally by education. not
by laws we plan Ia cvadc. Yet better
have n law dealing with gambling more
than Nevada has Though imperfect
than nothing done. Better increase
taxes for town improvements. than ia
use the licenses Of games which in the
long run give the player. some excite.
mcnt, one is told. pleasure. then an
empty feeling.
Gambling is one Of the evils with
the international Reform bureau deals.
Come hear Rev, Henry b. Hudson dis.
cliss the subject Mt Leonard hall Tues.
day evening ut 8 o'clock"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31

uponthe racecourse, for Gay "Paree.'
and also Monte Carlo. They are
serenely happy because the president
has nominated as his successor II gentle.
man who will not seek to twist the tail
of high finance, who will eve tinker
with the tariff. They believe that u
sufficient grist Of gold. pumped down
in the hopper of the republican ma
chine. will grind ont victory ut the polls
i'll November, and that then will follow
the picnic by day and the fireworks by
night for the ''let us alone" class for the
next four years.
Why not n little spree in London and
Paris, IN Nice and Monte Carlo. in
Vienna and Romc-and eve west of
Suez, where their amt no ten command
m~ents-for Il ship load of plutocrats
who have planked down the spondulix
deemed necessary for the republican
campaign, one cent of every dollar to
be used by George Ruulscy Sheldon
under the spot light of publicity and
ninety-nine tn he put To more practical
use with the aid of a dark lanterng
The pirates of High Finance are rs
merry as the Pirates of Pcnzance.
Their candidates have been nominated.
their Golfers have been opened. their
confidence has been restored. They
hope for IL purchased triumph i'll
November, and u hog'killing thence
forth. They 80 down to the sea i'll
to celebrate. Their nnstrils are
with the scent of the carnage to
come. Shiploads of them are departing
to spend III the land of kings and queen
part of what they have won and expect
to win in the land of aces and raZors.
Sing heigh, sing ho, Confidence is
rcturning!-Luuisvillc Conricr-Journul.