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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
penunciatlon Of Little Value.

1t is we'll that the growth of federal
expenditures in our rapidly growing
nation should be subject to searching
and persistent scrutiny, SO that abuses
may be extlrpated and extravaganza
nipped in the bud Newspaper readers
will remember what protest went up
at the last session over the ruthless
way in which Speaker Cannon slaugh-
tered the expectations of members and
department heads. To keep the appro-
priations down to the lowest possible
limit was one of the laudable ambi-
lions Of the speaker and the senate
leaders. Honest and pertinent criti
cism, as we have said, is necessary
and wholesome; but not much benefit
can be derived by Mr.. Bryan or his
party by loose and reckless denuncia
ton of extravaganza where little II
any extravaganza can be shown tc
exist.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28

ing liberal and appreciate increase IN
the wages of various classes of work
men, rs follows:
"All employees not native to the trop-
les who occupy the positions herein
designated shall be granted the follow
Ing increases in pay for length of COLI
tinuous service on the Isthmus: Five
per cent o. the basic or class rate fGr
the second year, with accumulative adj
dition OF three per cent of the basic
rate for each subsequent year; pro-
vidcd, however. that such cumulative
increase shall not exceed total Of %
of the basic rate"
In other words, Mr. Taft made IT
possible for every American laborer or
the Isthmus, by remaining there and
working, to increase his wages % pei
cent and at the same time have a per
manent position. These men also get
four weeks vacation with pay, every
year and Mr. Taft favors making the
vacation six weeks with pay.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
Mann moth Continuation Project.


President Roosevelt appointed spe
cial commission to examine the 18TH
milan situation last spring, and 1t re
ported Aug. g. 1908 According to this
special report there We're ut work at
the lsthmus April 80, 1908, o6.1lS men
for the Istllmian Canal Commission and
1915 Mt work for the Panama railroad.
Il total Of 33. 1913 men all told. Housing
this Industrial army In quick time,
with due attention to sanitation and
hygiene, was a problem which would
have been beyond most men. But Mr..
Taft did 1t SUCCESSFULLY
To keep the machinery and tools In
condition. three large machine and re-
pair shops two shipyards and numer-
| Gus warehouses are maintained When
| we recall that this enormous plant is
| operated ut n distance of 1882 miles
| from its nearest base of supply. New
base Of supply. New York. WI can es-
! innate with more justice and acc,,tscy
| the magnitude and compiled tiohs OF lnp
undertaking Mr.. Taft has conducted 30
| Well.
Workinamen Appreciate yaft.
lie has Succeeded lii lu,ptys.s,4y lul,o,
Oh the Isthmus with his kindly Inter
est in Its behalf. On this point thu spe
cinl commissions report SAYS: 'Erou
the outset we were strongly Impressed
by the spirit of good will and loyalt,
OF the employees Tho genera
sentiment OF the workers was oxprossel
in the words of n mechanic, in one o.
the conferences which we held will
representatives of different trades. Sal,
he: we want it understood that WI
nrs American citizens and that wo ar
proud to have share In this grea
work We believe the government /!
treating us right. and we arc as mucl
interested to see this thing success
as anyone This spirit of loyalty an
, interest In the work was evidenced @
many occasions and should BIO account
: ed as an asset Of the highest value t
} the government In the Accomplishment
= OF It's colossal task"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
Richard olney.

Richarss olney, declares for Mr..
BRYAN. He is not, however, new re-
cruit. He was regular in 1900 on the
issue of imperialism. He is regular
this year on what are called general
principles. He sees great dangers to
the country from longer Republican
rule, tending, as he thinks 1T does, to
entralization and 9 cloud OF other
evils. His remedy Is the election OF
Mr.. Bryan, which would be followed
by other Democratic triumphs, and SO
in time would be accomplished the
rescue of affairs from Republican con
troll. Mr.. Olneys letter is probably
intended as an offset to Mr.. Cleve-
lands letter advising support of Judge
Taft. Is the live Olney more power
full than the dead Cleveland? He is
the fourth member Of the second
Cleveland cabinet to throw his sup
port to Mr.. Bryan, Judge Harmon
Hoke Smith and David r. Francis
have been in camp for weeks.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
Change Would he Di.a.trou..

In the performance of this work the
United States is under the scrutiny OF
the entire world. especially Of our
neighbors In Central and South Amer
ica before whom we must make good
our profession of high social and in
dustrial ideals. 1t would be national
calamity to jeopardize the present lib
eral progressive policy that is so sue.
cessfully constructing the Panama Ca
nal. Mr.. Taft is the one man to con
tinue this great work to the end.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
TAFT THE BUILDER
His Directing Hand Has Insured
Success of the Mammoth
Project.
Raised Wages Of 1sthmian Laborers
by Longevity Order While War
Secretary.

The Panama Canal Is one Of the
greatest achievements Of any Repub-
lican administration.
AS Secretary Of War, Hon. William
II. Taft personally assumed the respon-
sibility OF inaugurating the work and
Systematically shaping up the practical
operations until a degree Of efficiency
has been reached that may we'll as
tonish the nations Of the earth.
Mr.. Taft has applied to this world
project and history making enterprise
those same qualities Of careful, thought,
full investigation, penetrating judgment
and absolutely fair dealing. which have
made him so signally successful in the
performance of all those duties of state
which have brought him to the high
eminence he now occupies as one Of ouI
RreateSt living Americans
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
REPLIES TO BRYAN
Mr.. TAFT MAKES NEW TURN IN
CANVASS.
People to Judge Between Man Of Ac-
compIishment and One Of Alb
surd Promises and Exploded
"Paramount Issues"

The most effective statement yet
made in the present campaign is that
of Mr. Taft, in reply to MIR. Bryan's
criticism Of the Roosevelt letter re-
lating to the Republican nominee.
This statement marks new turn In
the canvass. 1t may be said that MT.
Taft has finally struck his gait. From
this time on there will be something
doing when Mr.. Taft discusses Mr..
Bryan.
There is no possibility that the
present campaign will be marked by
nnseemly personalities. Both candi-
dates are men of clean characters. But
In the absence of great, dominating
issues the personalities Of the two
candidates, and especially their REQ
ords-the one as performer and the
other as a theorist-will play an un-
usually important part In the cam
paign.
Mr.. Bryan has forced the fighting
from the first He has done his ut
most to discredit the record and the
pledges of the Republican candidate
He has gone out of his way to BELT.
tie what others have said of the
achievements of Mr.. Taft. Finally MIR
Taft has replied with broadside that
will give Mr.. Bryan something tc
think about for few days.
All this was both interesting and IL
Illuminating. The people like a spirited
presidential canvass. They like good
fighters. Mr.. Taft is a good fighter
and he is an honest fighter. In this
particular encounter, Mr.. Bryan, moi
Mr.. Taft, will be put on the defen
sive.
Mr.. Taft's life has been full Of 10
Dor and accomplishment He has {
record that he may confidently sub
NIT to the people. Ordinarily mar
who has no official record is at an ad
vantage in a political contest provid
ed he can make the people believe hi!
promises. But the majority has Leve
believed In Mr.. Bryan's promises, ant
the explosion and abandonment of hi
several paramount issue of the pas
are not calculated to increase public
confidence.
In this beginning Of the real Taft
Bryan contest the first thing that MI
Taft has done has been to call the at
tention of the spectators to Mr.. Bry
ans fighting methods. 1t is to b.
hoped that in the future Mr.. Bryal
will be as fair as MIR. Taft has been
The public likes an honest Observance
of the rules of the game.-Kansa
City Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
COUNTRY NEEDS A REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS.
President Roosevelt Points Out I'm
portance of Electing Legislators
to Support Taft.

President Roosevelt Points Out I'M
portance of Electing Legislators
to Support Taft.
President Roosevelt. in a letter to
William b. Mckinley, chairman OF the
Republican Congressional Committee,
appeals to disinterested citizens to join
with the National Republican Commit
tee and the Congressional Committee in
a movement to elect William III. Taft
as President and Republican Congress
to support him. saying, i'll part:
ut is urgently necessary, from the
standpoint of the public interest, to
elect Mr.. Taft, and n Republican Con-
gress which will support him; and they
seek election on a platform which spe-
officially pledges the party, alike In its
executive and legislative branches. to
continue and develop the policies which
have been not merely introduced. but
acted upon during these seven years
These policies can be successfully car
alton OF the President and the Congress
in both its branches. and it is therefore
peculiarly important that there should
obtain such harmony between them. To
fail to elect Mr.. Taft would be a calam
ity to the country; and it would be
folly while electing him, yet at the
same time to elect a Congress hostile
to him. n Congress which under the in
iiuence of partisan leadership would he
certain to thwart and baltic him on
every possible occasion. To elect Mr..
| Taft and ut the same time to elect Il
Congress pledged to support him. is the
only way in which to perpetuate tie
| policy of the government us now car
| ried on feel that all the aid that can
| be given to this policy by every good
citizen should he given: for this is far
more than IL merely partisan matter.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
OLD FRIEND IN CAMPAIGN.
Mr.. Bryan Comes to the Front with a
Familiar Note.

When Mr.. Bryan at Wilmington
charged the steel trust with financing
Mr. Taft he sounded familiar note.
He did the expected. We feared that
this was to be campaign without
boyle: that, possibly, the Commoner's
Imagination had suffered from over
strain. We are glad our fears are un-
founded; that there is no impairment
of his imaginative faculties.
OF course. 1t does not matter that
this latest product OF Mr.. Bryan's fer
tile imagination has no existence in
fact. That is aside the point 1t is
sufficient for his purposes that 1t fits
into his theories. He has always been
a great theoriZer. He is the only man
who has specific for every social ILL.,
But the people, for some reason, have
not shared his confidence in their eff
fectiveness. His promises were too
vague, too uncertain, and, besides, he
changed them so often. For instance,
one of Mr.. Bryan's theories is that the
United States Steel corporation has
been accorded immunity and in return
lican campaign. Here we have the
characteristic Bryanic argument, for
upon analysis this charge resolves
itself into merely an expression of
opinion. He presents no proof. Mr..
Bryan knows this. But he hopes by
vehement gestures. by seeming earn
estness. to so befog his hearers that
they will believe that expressions OF
| opinion are synonymous with state
ments of fact. Such methods are too
| transparent to be convincing; they
defeat their own purpose. But Mr.
Bryan does not realize it, He is sin
cere in his beliefs, but mere sincerity
will not avail unless 1t carries con
fidence. And that is something Mr.
Bryan has never inspired.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
Must Know Personally.

Like the Philippine project and other
great work laid upon him, he has
studied the situation at Panama at
close range and trusted to no second
hand information with which to in
sure his success There has been about
ninety million dollars expended on the
work to date and Mr.. Taft has had to
approve every dollar Of this expendi-
ture. He has not been satisfied with
single visit to the isthmus, but has
made the long journey every year so
that he might direct the work more
economically. The result is that he has
changed the situation there from an IN
hospitable region to locality where
Americans can live In healthful Sc
curity without the fear Of plaques or
dread OF contagious diseases. The rate
Of mortality on the isthmus Is about
the same as 1t is in our American cities
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
Throushtful About Labor.

Mr.. Taft's chief concern has been the
proper care of the laboring man on the
isthmus. Under his patient and APP
proved methods the terrible scourse
of yellow fever against which the
French struggled in vain. the filthy and
pest breeding state of the principal
Panamanian towns the rough labor
camps, and other pioneer hardships OF
the two first eras. have been eliminated.
He has accomplished these things
through the activity of tho Department
of Sanitation. the Department Of Mu-
nicipal Engineering and the Building
Department. To-day we find yellow
fever driven from the isthmus. the
deadly stegomyia mosquito thus rem
dered innocuous. malaria and pneu
monia greatly reduced and high
average OF health prevailing.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28

Only "nine-tenths of the Republican
farmers" according to Mr.. Bryan, ARE
with the Democrats on public ques-
tions." Is MI. Bryan running his legs
off and working his chin day and
night for the purpose of converting
the remaining one-tenth?
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APPEAL TO LOYAL REPUBLICANS
To Middle West and Rocky Noun
tain States Republicans.

tain States Repu bllcanS.
You want Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Sher- |
man elected and they cannot be elected
unless the Republican National Com
mittee has sufficient money to pay the
legitimate expenses of the campaign
1t costs money to perfect an organiZa-
ton 1t requires money to pay for
printing. postage, salaries or stenogra-
pliers and clerks at headquarters. tray-
cling expenses of speakers and numer-
GUS other details that go to make the
campaign end successfully. Congress.
as you know, has passed law making
it unlawful for us to solicit money from
corporations. We must depend upon
the contributions OF indiv idual voters.
II every Republican in this Western
Division would contribute one dollar to
the campaign fund. we will be able to
do all the things that the voters want
done; we will be able to elect Taft and
Sherman. Will you help? If so, please
send one dollar to the chairman of your
State Finance Committee. whose name
| appears In the list following, or send it
| direct to me and you will receive the
| official receipt OF the Republican Ma
! tional Committee.
FRED w. TPHAM
Assistant Treasurer.
Contributions may be sent by check
! Or money order to amy of the following
named chairmen OF the various State
finance committees:
Colorado Whitney Newton. Denver.
Idaho, Frank II. Johnson. Wallace.
Illinois, Col. Frederick ii. Smith, Pc
oria.
Iowa. Hon. Lafayette Young. Des
Moines.
Kansas. Frank f. Grimes, Topeka.
Michigan, John n. Bagley, Detroit.
Missouri o. L. Whitelaw, 100 North
Second street. st. Louis
Montana, Thomas \. NARROW, Helena.
Nebraska, John c. Wharton, New
York Life building, Omaha.
New Mexico j. w. Reynolds. Santa
Fe.
North Dakota, James A. Buchanan
Buchanan.
Oregon, DIR. II. W. Coe Portland.
/, South Dakota. O. w. Thompson, ver.
million.
washington, James. d. uHoge, Seattle
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
Stage. of tho Work.

Work on the canal has passed
through two stages. those of planning
and preparation. 1t is now in the third
and final stage. that of construction
Both OF the earlier stages required the
presence OF large working force.
necessarily quartered in temporary and
make shift accommodations. Because
of these conditions. inevitable at the
outset. early critics OF the enterprise
mistook the initial and temporary out
fit for permanent enuinment.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28

Not SO much as whisper comes
from Mr., Bryan charging that any
body has stolen the free silver thun-
der OF his first campaign. And yet the
whole armament rocked and rever-
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gefampimns Der NrbeitslOiisfeit.

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Gin 8orgeieeter, nit Dem on
nift um5ugeben berltebit berItebt es
oft, bid 5lt umgeben.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-31
PONCE DE LEON AND THE
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
LAWRENCE SCOTT,
2l3 East Fourteenth street, Oakland
Age IA Years

The Spanish nation sent many expe-
ditions to the new world IN early
years. Ponce de Leon headed one.
which was in quest Of a so called foun-
tain OF youth This noted gentleman
had great fear OF becoming old, and
in his early years he was often found
pulling gray hairs anxiously from his
head.
Ponce de Leon had once sailed with
Columbus, and the many hardships
which he had endured had prematurely
He was was a strohg believer in the
determined to fnd. one and become
In ISIS he left cuba to go in search
for the youth sustaining fountain.
which was supposed to exist not far 20
He soon landed. on "a peninsula,
which ne named FLORIDA There he
found beautiful rivers ana lakes, sflr-
rounded by semftropital trees and
shrubs. which dropped with iuxuriant
Evergreen moss, but not even the
smallest sign OF the sacred object of
his search.
/ At last De Leon despaired Of ever
finding the fountain of youth. and so
left Florida.
Some years after he returned with
a large, party, intending to found a
colony. He had not been there very
long before large band of hostile
Seminoles attacked the Spaniards-
Many of De Icons party were killed
in the skirmish- The brave Spaniard
himself received an arrow wound
which proved fatal to him a few weeks
later. -
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THE FIRST STEAMBOAT
ALHERT<FLAHERTY,
OIema. Garcia District school. sixth
Grade. IL Years Old

John Fitch was one of the men that
tried to make a steamboat He used
oars. made to work by a little engine.
His boat went seven miles an hour,
but 1t was too expensive.
Robert Fulton tried to make hts
own steamboat In England. He sue
ceeded. but his boat only went four
miles an hour. Still it was better than
Fitch's. He had 1t taken apart and
sent It to America. Then he had some
good blacksmith put it together.
One. morning all the people Were at
the shores to watch the boat The
black smoke came forth, the wheels
turned and then stopped. Something
was wrong with the machines. The
people laughed, but soon the wheels
turned again and the boat moved on.
Then they praised him. Some people
who saw 1t at first said that IT was a
sawmill coming down the stream and
working as 1t came
Once when Fulton went out to sea.
some sailors who saw him were afraid,
thinking 1T a sea animal Another time
he took trip that lasted three hours.
When he died he was a poor man: but
he has the honor of having made the
first steamboat. Now steamboats, are
common.
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WASHINGTON'S FIRST PUB
Lie SERVICE
MARGARET COSTELLO,
1895 Shotweu street. Horace Mann
School. B Sixth Grade. Age
IL Years.

In 1749 the governor of Canada sent
band Of men. in % birch bark canoes,
to take formal possession of the Ohio
valley. They padded up the St. Law
renee. up Lake Ontario, and carried
their canoes across Lake Erie and
down to the ALLEGHENY river, burying
lead plates at the mouth of each river,
saying 1t belonged to France
The French knew that if they really
to keep out the British they
must depend on forts and troops, and
not on lead plates The people then
asked the king of France If they might
do this but 1t was not until three
years that he agreed. and sent out
some Frenchmen to build forts.
AT this time no one was more ex-
cited than Governor Dinwiddfe AS
soon as he heard the French were
building forts, he determined to send a
messenger to the FDench commander.
For this he chose George Washington,
a young surveyor of 81. The very day
Washington had received his messa ge
he started to Logstown, cutting his
way through swamps and forests, and
his letter he gave TO the French COM
mander. Saint Pierre.
The French commander said that he
would send letter to the French COM
mander of Canada, and in the meantime
he would hold the fort.
The reason the governor chose
George Washington was because he
was prompt and quick.