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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15
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WI w tliD hulOi eulJih
Another Idol is shat.o and
once more has the gooe sister
hood OF the white rih VA re-
ce.ved a provoking soi back.
.Mn Tine Fang has fallen o- the
watcrwacon with q loud. resound-
ing thui Now viii the Rum
nend chortle with devihsh glee
and the hosts of the umegenerate
welcome the saturatep diplomat
beck TO the free lunch and the
lsawdust. There isn't the slight
est doubt about it Wa deliber-
Ia,ely let 80 his hold, and he
landed hard. And with that
placid fatahsm of the orientalist.
/ he isn't a bit sorry. For Wa is
a true believer, having made his
frequent pilgrimages to the True
/ Tomb at the gate of which they
sell the pungent rice wine, on
the theory that
There's naught, no doubt so much
the Splrlt cams.
AS rum and true religion.
Is was during his former term
las Chinese ambassador that the
picturesque Mr.. Wa was con-
verted to total abstinence by Mrs.
John B. Henderson, wife of the
former United States senator
from Missouri. Mrs. Henderson
herself was in the first flush Of
triumphant emancipation, having
lust used the contents of a
famous wine cellar to lay the
dust i'm front of her Washington
residence. AT the time Wa was
Ian oriental sport of hight degree
who was usually nursing a
"souse" whenever he went to
Ibed. Not only would the willy
diplomat set in" when the
stakes were generous enough to
Interest him, but he kept calling
for bigger ones every time the
boy came around.
When Wu's conversion to total
abstinence was announced Mrs.
Henderson was the heroine OF
Washington society. And WI
himself reflected new interest a.
a reformed horrible example
For a time the exalted Chinamar
lsteadfastly refused the cup that
lcheers. and whenever he Teli
himself weakening he twisted
his cue around the drivers leg
and drank tea. After he re
turned to his native land wore
came from him that he wa
about to launch a w. c. I u
movement in the country of IN
fathers All this brought grea
10y to Mrs. Henderson and he
friends.
When it was announced tina
WI was coming back to thi
country as ambassador, lnteres
lin him received and Washington
society got to asking itself If n
had kept his temperance vows
Apparently he had. for when h
Z showed up at the national CAPT
I tai he was as fresh as a daisy
J But somthing happened. Man,
people thing it was Presiden
Roosevelt's reference to tn
hopeless condition of the Chimes
Navy. which consists of lot 0
old junks. At any rate, las
Saturday WI attended a banque
of the American PHILOSOPHERS
/, Society in Philadelphia, where n
| took everything on the men
that was printed in red ink, froT
cocktails to cognac Friend
say that Wa was more tina
j., comfortably organized when h
reached Washington and *
d several days he refused to /
II interviewed. But he has COZ
fessed that Western civillzatlo
r without the compensating solac
of Western drinks is flat, sta
and Improbable, and that henc
III forth he is going to let out Il
tucks in his kimono whenev'
r he attends a banquet. WI
"a the water wagon is no NOR
Alas and alackadayl- Kans
" CITY Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15
IN An Emergency.

William Ann Ito blind beggar) :
Poor man how do you tell when
it is time to grope Your way
home?
Blind Man: BY the heat of the
sun. kind sir.
William Anna: But suppose
the sun is under the cloud?
Blind Man: sneak behind that
bush an have a peep at me tick
er.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
GLORY IN DEFEAT.

For It's course during the last reprcsen.
tative campaign The Reformer has no
explanations or apologies. From the mo.
mcnt NJ. j. Moran consented TO become
= candidate he had the sincere and cor.
dial support OF this paper. Every state.
ment we made in advocacy OF his candi.
dacy came from positive conviction. We
still believe that hrs election would have
been the best thing for Brattleboro- that
the defeat of Mr.. Barber would have been
the best thing for clean politics in this
town. Now that Mr.. Barber is elected
we can only hope that our confidence in
his unfitness TO represent the best inter.
ests OF Brattleboro has been misplaced
and that he will prove as upright and as
able man as we ever sent TO Montpelier.
The victorious candidate has the salts.
faction OF knowing that his methods,
though open to criticism, pulled him
through by small margin. But in the
size OF Mr.. Moran's vote we see a severe
il not sufficient rebuke to the practices
which were carried on before and after
Mr.. BARRIERS nomination. While it is a
matter of personal regret with us that
more republicans could not stihe their
mistaken belief in party honor for the
sake of purging the town of admittedly
"unwise and unwelcome" political pro-
cedure, we believe the closeness of Tues.
days contest is an indication OF steaany
growing independence of thought which
promises much for the future.
II there is such thing as glory in de.
feat Mr.. Moran certainly is entitled to
it. His campaign from the first was con.
Quoted absolutely in the open, and though
his religion, his nationality and his citizen.
ship were assailed he has the satisfaction
of knowing that not an honest word was
against his personal honor and
integrity
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
WE WASH our HANDS.

When, alter the Frrwhl frisnbiarAh sAa'
Gus, Congressman liasklns spFeai bEosd'
oAsi the nrNs u lie maehinsllons Aad
hlaiaa,ls anheunoel that i VAS the
most dissnsiinsly corrupt" primary be-
had ever attended, Supporters oi Mr., isar
ber wero angry, ono II them Al ieasi
went - FAR as 10 tell the congressman
that such talk came with pretty poor
grace from a man who had oIrnly boasIed
about what he had done 10 carry certain
towns la the lasi congressional fight.
Since the opposition has spoken It's olin
ion ia this matter. NC think Il not out Of
place TO give our opinion q Congressman
lIaskin. aud his attitude On matters 20
ltieal. We will admit that there Was
little consistency in the congressman
post caucus diatribes, bat they we're idel-
iiy itself compared with bis actions on
election day ia trying with al biz might
10 defeat Mr.. Moran aud elect the man
whose nomination came about in dis
snsiinely corrupt" caucus. Congressman
lla.kins was the originator Of the rocr
hack 10 the effect that Mr., Moran was
not qualified 10 hold the Office Il be was
elected. and he pcddlcd Il assldnonsly
Throughout, the day. That i amounted
to little Is evident BY Mr.. Monn's
vote on the second ballot, but IL "iicci
has nothing 20 do with the merits Of the
case. Mr. Haskins's attitude in the town
campaign shows just what
he is politically man who Is delibcr'
aicly blind 10 everything but pariizan'
ship. We supported Congressman Has
kins in his last campaign because We be-
lieycd his experience in congress qualified
him 10 do better work than his opponent
For our coure We have no regrets, but
we announce right here that We shall
never support him for any other public
office. He is politician Of the Joseph
Cannon type-a type which is gradually
less 10 the everlasting credit OF
American citizenship.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
rha senate

Aliisnn county UeaEee 4, 1hstrf q
i.inroln, James H. DonaNay II Middir
luY
ll-nningtan county Everett y Porter
u ruanal, Edward ., unis Il Manshss
ter
Caledonia county Edward 7. Pair
hanks ~ n, Johnsbur. Joseph J. "lea'
son II i.,naon,
Chitendsn county j. T. kshneds
fnl, III Niilisian, Allrit l.. bingham II
Mllilsinn. LEA d, Hobart q Mesliofd,
E',es county Martin V, u Vance Of
l.unrnhus,
Flanllih count, Milo ". Harvey II
Stanton, Arthur !, Croft 81 Lnosbufs,
Grand lslr county John J, Wright
3D.. South Hero,
l.,po.lle county l.. Haley Le@is Of
MufusioNn.
Oangr county George ". PiaEs d
lninituc, John r. Mclam VI 1oiehain.,
Orleans 0ouniy-,i0hn y. Lewis 81 North
Troy. Gill,cit i. Gruss II bloomington,
Rutland county -Frsl VI. Butler al
Rutland city, Walter H. SOFT Of Iran
don. William y, Walker ot Fair Haven,
Ennrne Mcintyre oi DANNY,
Washington county Frank VI, Cory Of
Monifrlier. Warr,n y. llliss 81 Calais,
Ehcr w IIun,ley q DtHbny.
NindhAm oouniy-Efncsi W. Gisson Of
llat,lcboro, George II. Gorham Of Rock
ingham.
Windsor county, Thomas Kidler of
Woodstock, Edward u. Him IL Spring
field, LOYAL \. ShcrWin IL Chester,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
Tho Vermont Result.

lSpfingield Republican,
The indications are that the vpuh'
licans have carried Vermont by plur.
atty considerably reduced from that Of
recent elections, but not reduced below
the 25.0pO level where Il has gone IN Year,
Of democratic success IN the nation AZ
large. ON the basis OF returns received
from hall the cities and about halt the
towns, republican plurality around
?s,0G0 Is indicated, compared with one OF
1885, four years ago, 3l,3l2 eight ycar
ago and 1851 in lssi, Measured, there
fore, against the average republican plu.
rality OF recent years a plurality now OF
about y. 600 would represent as heavy q
decline as did that Of 1854 from the pre-
yailiug Vermont plufalltics Of that time,
for they then averaged around a7,p0.
while in the year that Cleveland int Won
the presidency II went TO 2,10
While in a measure encouraging to the
democracy in the presidential canvass,
these returns are not calculated 10 en-
thuse. III a substantial reduction Of the
Vermont republican lead has been ef.
fected the fact remains that that lead IN
the nation is so very much greater than
II used TO be that a much more extended
reduction in Vermont would be needed
20 foreshadow with any certainty national
democratic success. Yet the republicans
are reminded by the result that they have
no easy task before them. The country
republican vote is evidently apathetic 10
degree. The day was pleasant, but the
returns from the towns, as against the
cities, showed republican losses from four
years ago, while the democrats were hold
ing their own fairly well. The republican
rank and file is apparently not enthusing
over the party's present position and
leadership as in recent presidential cleo
tions. Yet some OF the best speakers on
the republican stump were put into the
state, while the national democratic man.
agement gave practically no attention TO
the election there.
The chief republican danger therefore,
seems to be apathy and it appears to be
great enough to warn the managers that
extraordinary effort will be required to
get the whole time.tried vote Of the party
to the polls. II is certainly great enough
to disturb somewhat the complacency with
which the presidential election outlook
has been generally regarded in republican
and business circles; and If Maine should
perchance disappoint the republicans a
week from next Monday, as is quite pos
sble, the election situation will quickly
take on more stormy coloring.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
Republican by Default.

ISt. Adams heSNtHEtT,J
When the figures of the returns of yes
terday's state election are carefully ana
lived, it will be found that the plurality
Of about $4,000 given George III. Prouty,
the republican candidate for governor
amounts to very substantial victory, in
deed, as victories are reckoned in this
overwhelmingly onesided state. A rough
estimate, in the absence OF official returns,
indicates that Proutys majority over all
will be between 10000 and $1,000 The
average republican majority for governor
for the past five presidential years has
been 2S,37S, but the unusual vote for
third parties" cast this year makes
former records hardly fair standards for
comparison.
For that matter, various causes con-
tributed to remove the vote this year
from the normal. In some parts of the
state it was observable that the hot
ante-convention contest between Lieuten.
t-Governor Prouty and ex.Lieut. Gov.
Zed S. Stanton for the republican noml-
nation for governor was not forgotten.
Candidate Prouty with all his excellent
qualities as q successful business man and
experienced legislator, did not appeal to
the popular suffrage in some parts of Yer
mont as perhaps Mr.. Stanton or some
other candidate might have done. On the
other hand the democratic candidate,
James +. Burke, was anything but a mag
netic candidate, for reasons entirely dis
associated from his clean private charac-
ter, and there is no doubt that the demo-
cratic vote in this presidential year is not
what it would have been with some other
man at the head of the ticket
This year has been noteworthy for
record Of independent voting The grow
ing tendency to disregard party lines has
been emphasized in this election, es-
pecially in the choice of representatives
in the general assembly. In many towns
the contest over this Office had no rela-
ton whatever to the vote for governor
and was fought out on lines entirely dis
associated and produced results utterly
opposite to the vote for the state tickets.
The sober fact is that no serious state
issue disturbed the relations of the repub-
lican and democratic parties in this cleo
ton, and, as the great body of voters ap-
pear to expect the success of the repub
lican ticket for president in November
and did not estimate yesterdays vote in
this state as having any logical bearing
upon that contest. the election simply
went to the republican party by default,
as it always does, only this time with the
default somewhat emphasized for a presi-
Dental year.
This being said, however, The Messen-
ger congratulates the state upon the cleo
ton of a state government that, under
the leadership of Governor-to-be George
H. Prouty, will conduct an administra-
ton that will be credit to the common
wealth and another step toward the real
ization of the New Vermont"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
AN APPRECIATION.

We reproduce herewith with a feeling
Of pride the following appreciative sketch
Of ourselves which was published last
week BY our ncighbor, The Phoenix. II
proves perhaps more forcibly than any.
thing we could say that we are abso.
utely independent-that we look at the
man and not the label and are not guided
by any false belief in party allegiance.
We wonder sometimes II our neighbor
wouldn't enjoy this kind Of independence
also. In our opinion party fealty is
fearfully cramped habitation in which to
live for life.
In 1902 the present editor OF the Brat
tleboro Reformer went into the repub-
lican caucus TO elect delegates 10 the state
convention. II was an open fight and full
caucus. The delegates supported by him
were elected and went TO Montpelier to
the republican state convention and par
ticipated in the convention. The conven-
ton nominated Mccullough, and this edi-
tor proceeded to bolt.
In 1904 the editor OF the Reformer ac-
lively participated in the campaign Tor
the nomination OF town representative.
He participated actively in the caucus,
voting and procuring the attendance OF
voters. and his candidate was defeated,
and, thereupon, he proceeded to bolt.
In 1906, while claiming to be repub.
lican, he bolted both state and local tick
cts, supporting the Democratic and hide
pendent nominees.
In 1908 this editor actively participated
in the campaign for the nomination of
town representative. He voted and pro-
cured the attendance OF voters in the re-
publican caucus in behalf of his candi-
date, and actively supported him through
the columns of his paper-the Brattleboro
Notwithstanding the fact that
his candidate had had a suit against the
town of Brattleboro in the last few years.
His candidate was defeated at the polls
and thereupon Mr.. Editor took up his
old-time custom and proceeded to bolt.
There is one thing to be said about him,
and that is, he is consistent. He always
bolts. Ever since he was of age he has
in every campaign bolted the regular re-
publican nominee If his candidate wins,
all well and good; if not, he proceeds
to bolt.
Is this man the one to tell the repub-
lcans Of Brattleboro what they ought
to do?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
EVER WATCHFUL.
A Little Care Will save Many Brattle-
boro Readers Future Trouble.

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John Larson of Estey St., corner of
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At times l had severe pains across my
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They did wonders for me, stopping thd
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Remember the name-Doan' sand takN.
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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04

soali nol ls I,reyel that the paFsat ever
eo,aplr,ei bic Naturalization IA ,hs sAss
II Mr. Moran there is Absolutely 10 des.''
sa this Iolnt
The defanloA u = FeeSlsaek u "a De
lamaloTy iousvTy er i.l.sAsai Iaiiish.si
Tor the purpose 81 political Intrigue
Tho story al.oui Mr. MoFaa came pretty
near i,rins one IL these,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04

HARVARD nsasli fliis, H.
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ihsises4 alter II ifHHsgs II
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RorhosisF y II, Eisritea. H.
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Springfield u, 4. lAsgis. "
sia khn.lsn ~. q si@fkasil, lni.
MeaihsTsiish llagl Camrl.eil. II,
Masian q. 4, Saith, u
Mp.i MinisaF Il. ~, tamplsll, u.
a insis.iF q, n. iirh, u,
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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
j. Cannon, Handicap.
(Springfeld Republican. J


The Hartford Courant, whose friendship
for Mr.. Taft is unsurpassed, has also come
to the conclusion that zone of the heav-
lest single handicaps Judge Taft and the
republican party have to carry this year
is Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois" This,
of course, on public grounds entirely.
What would Mr.. Cannon do to President
Taft's policies should he again dominate a
republican House? Possibly the Danville
Ill.) district could solve the problem by
keeping the old gentleman at home.
There is little hope of such result, but
the local democratic candidate this year
against the speaker is to make Mr.. Can
Of ane Of his
chief issues. 1t was the "cussing" issue
that brought about Mr.. Cannon's only
defeat for congress in 1890 Desperate,
the democratic: candidate, who is locally
known as ''Ding Dong" Bell, hopes to
revive it and retire the eminent states
IT. IN to private life.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
MIR. MoRAN's CITIZENSHIP.

A story was industriously circulated by
ming Tuesday to the effect that Michael
j. Moran could not hold the office of town
representative if he were elected, for the
reason that he had never become nat
uralized citizen. The assertion was based
on the fact that Mr.. Moran had become
of age before his father had completed
his naturalization and that as Mr.. Moran
had never made application for natural.
Hation he was not citizen. Mr.. Moran
investigated this matter several years
ago and satisfied himself that there was
absolutely no question about his citizen
ship. Everyone who is acquainted with
him knows that he would not have let
the matter drop at that time if he had
been at all in doubt about the matter
In fact, the United States supreme
court has ruled on case very similar to
that of Mr.. Moran, namely, that of James
E. Boyd, who was elected governor of
Nebraska in 1890. After Boyd's election
the state supreme court granted leave to
John NJ Thayer to file an information
against Boyd to establish Thayers right
to the Office of governor and to GUST Boyd
therefrom. Thayer, who was governor at
the time of Boyd's election, claimed that
he was chosen to hold Office for two years
and until his successor was chosen. He
claimed further that Boyd was an alien.
It appeared in evidence that when Boyd
was IA years old his father filed appli-
cation for naturalization, but it did not
appear that he had ever completed his
citizenship. Boyd lost his case in the
state supreme court, but the matter was
taken to the United States supreme court
and he was sustained the majority opin-
ion being as follows in regard to the fea-
ture which is similar to Mr.. Moran's
position:
CLEARLY minors acquire an inchoate
status by the declaration of intention on
the part of their parents. If they obtain
their majority before the parent COM
pletes his naturalization then they have
an election (choice) to repudiate that
status which they find impressed upon
them, and determine that they will &C.
cept allegiance to some foreign potentate
or power rather than to hold fast to the
citizenship which the act of the parent
has initiated for them. Ordinarily this
election (choice) is determined by appli-
cation on their own behalf, but it does
not follow that an action equivalent may
not be accepted in lieu of technical
compliance"
In the Boyd case it was held that his
actions since he became of age showed
clearly that he had chosen to become a
citizen of this country, and there is not
the slightest doubt that Mr. Moran's ac-
tions since he was 81 show his choice of
a country. Even if the circulators of the
story about Mr.. Moran's citizenship had
not taken the trouble to investigate the
matter there was absolutely no justifca-
tion for their claiming anything more
than that it was a question for the courts
to decide. As it turns out the highest
court in the United States has ruled fav-
orally. IN a case in which the claim of
the Oaks of shelbune Falls.kesr than that
OF his family here and they are oe- t.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-04
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