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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06
There Are No TrifleS.

Life is made up of little things.
Even the great events are
brought about by series of little
affairs and the gravest decisions
are the result of unconsidered
habits of thought and turns Of
temperament.
We live our lives, not by days,
but by moments; and the joys OF
the world lie not at the mountain
summit toward which we jour-
ney as the end of our ambition;
no, the real joys lie in the violets
and daises that grow wild along
the way-the little kindnesses
and loves that are sweet to the
soul.
One of the greatest of English
statesmen asked in his old age
what had been the greatest JOY
of his triumphant life, answered;
Following the hounds.
The high ambitions, even when
fully realized, are not the source
Of the truest happiness. That is
found in the little domestic joys,
friendships and the humble
blessings that are common to us
all.
Nature moves through the end
less cycle Of the seasons by a
ceaseless series of trifes. What
could be less important than the
budding of a single leaf? Yet,
multiplied and continued, it be-
comes the most momentous pro-
cess in the world.
Grant Allen, in one Of his
charming essays, tells US that
for a long time there has been a
contest between the squirrels
and the nuts, which has resulted
in important consequences to
both. To resist the squirrels
the nuts have been for centuries
thickening their shells, and to
meet the changing conditions the
squirrels have been strengthen
ing and sharpening their teeth,
with the result that the soft
shelled nuts that once tried to
grow in the habitat of the squir-
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06

rel have all been eaten, and the
squirrels with dull teeth, not be-
ing able to live where soft nuts
still grow, have all starved to
death.
Simple forces such as this are
at work in endless variety all
through nature and human life.
Things ordinarily of great con-
sequence may become trifes.
It is told of one of Napoleon's
marshals at Marengo that as he
was giving instructions to some
generals, and pointing out to
them the places where troops
were to be hurriedly massed, a
bullet cut off his extended finger.
The great marshal gave one
glance at the bleeding stump, and
then, with "As I was saying,
gentlemen, extended another
finger and continued his instruc-
tiOns.
One of the most difficult things
in life is to view things in proper
perspective. Ills that are really
of no consequence we are apt to
regard as of great Importance,
while little habits, impulses and
ideals that, if followed, would
lead onward and upward, are apt
to be neglected. Shreveport
Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06
The State Convention.

The Democratic State COnven-
ton for the election of delegates
to the national nominating con-
vention, met Wednesday at Bat
on Rouge. The meeting was a
harmonious one, all being practi'
cally united on w. j. Bryan for
president. The convention so
declared itself, but decided to
send it's delegation uninstructed.
The delegates at large are Sena-
tors Foster and McEnery, Gov.
Sanders and Martin Behrman.
Those from this district are Al
bin Provosty, of New Roads;
John. Puleston, of Tangipahoa;
alternates, G. S. E. Darlington,
of ST. Tammany, and G. G. Web
er of Donaldsonville; Presidential
Elector, D. I. Norwood, of West
Feliciana.
The factional fight in Caddo
over Elk Gov. Blanchard, result
ed in his being turned down, as
was foreseen by all with any
political keenness of vision.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06
The Destructive Cow.

Are we not paying too much
for our milk? The question is
pertinent, but it means no refec-
ton on the price, quality or
quantity of the milk produced by
the Hillside Dairy. We refer to
the family cow, to the poor mans
COW, the widows cow that roams
at large through our streets,
soiling and gradually destroying
our sidewalks, breaking into
yards and gardens and eating
valuable plants and flowers, max
ing impossible many improve
ments that could be put in. The
question is inspired by seeing
some cows eating every sprig Of
green protruding through our
neighbor' s-not our oWn-fence,
pulling and EARRING the roots,
marring the pickets. If the total
damage done by bovine priv
leges, could be estimated the mu-
nicipality would see that it could
better afford to furnish the wild
ow and the poor man with con-
lnnnnd MILF
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06

elective offices to them, such as
Judge and mayor and member of
parliament. They told them they
might even be policemen if they
liked.
The women did like. At the
first national election Sc per cent
of the entire vote was cast by
women. There are 32of them in
the Finnish parliament. They
are filling many administrative
offices, and filling them wisely
and devotedly and we'll.
Finland is the first nation to
enact national law totally pro-
hibiting the liquor traffic.
The women did it.
The parliament has carried
through a number of reforms of
the very greatest Importance.
The women did this too
planned the measures, worked
for them, put them through.
Grover Cleveland said once
that woman suffrage was impos-
sible in America because the
good women would stay at home
and the bad women would vote
for the rascals.
1t hasn't been so in Finland.
It couldn't be so in America I'M
less American women are of
coarser stuff than the women of
Finland.
Grover Cleveland doesn't be-
lieve that. Neither do you.
In Finland they had an idea
that there wasn't anything too
good to be used in self-govern-
ment.
Some men thought their moth
ers wonderfully good women,
rather purer and nobler than
most men, with higher ideals and
a deeper sense of duty. They
knew their women were practi-
cal, because they had seen them
manage their domestic affairs.
Others felt the same way about
their sisters and their daughters
and their sweethearts.
Honestly, what do you think?
What we think has little to do.
It is evident that the politicians
fear Woman's influence now.
They know, that with the suf-
frage, she would be thrice armed
for God and home and native
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06
Better Late Than Never.

Chief Justice Breaux has ?
sented Lieut.. Gov. ambren'
with the Bible on which he g
the oath of Office. What 3 !
Lambremont did not have
use of this valuable book Del'
the second primary
Sentinel.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06
HARpINGs OF THE PRESS
Where Is He All"

Gov. Sanders inaugural
dress indicated that he wa
broad-minded statesman,
Gov. Sanders action in reg
to appointive offices indicate }
to be a petty politician. -lberV
Sentinel.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06
Worth Saving.

The reformers from the COZ
try parishes assembled at Bat
Rouge seem to be willing to-
the Devil have the City Of N
Orleans if they can only save
balance of the State. -hsi
Charles Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06

Hunsicker's anti-mlSces' II,
ton bill, which is a dilutlon =
original, has been rescindea J.
aimed at concubinage only
aroused a storm of protese n
the moral element, notably N
Arena Club and the Crowley :.
trict Conference, that sWepss y
all objections to the orlglna =,
The latter prohibits inter ., 4
and is a much stronger oin
passage defining what a neg H
was eliminated, leaving
point to be decided by the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06
The Real Difference is 20 feaA

The difference between lea !
ST., and Teddy, Jr., is tha' Y =
the latter goes up in the ., 5
comes down again. WINE !
lillian.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06
Times Have Changed

The State of North Carolina has paw &
the Prohibition Column. On Tuesus, =.
% counties voted for State prohibition !
majority of 1880. The ANTS eSH. h
counties with maiorities aggresah0e
5eOO.-News Item.
What will the GoVefna \
North Carolina say to tne =
ernor of South Carolina now
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-06

land. On that ground, they will
fight to the last her acquiring
the right to vote. A word to the
wise is sometimes sufficient.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-05
TROOPS CASE VOTE
DEMAND Of FORAKER
Says Congress Must Decide
the Question Before
Adjournment.

There viii be no adjournment until
action is taken on the bills. 7 can tell
the Senator that"
This was the omiacus language used
by. Senator Foraker yesterday afternoon
in the course OF the discussion Of the
Brownsville case. It was meant 10
serve notice on the Senate that II would
have to vote on the bills for the re-
instatement of the discharged soldiers
OF the TWenty-fifth Infantry before the
end Of this session
Senator Buckley Of Connecticut was
addressing tho Senate IN support Of the
Foraker bill on the re-enljsJuent OF the
discharged battalion. Senator Warren
interviewed with q remark there would
De plenty Of time for the discussion Of
the bills on their merits. This aroused
the lighting Senator from Ohio IN an
instant. and he threw a bOmbsheii into
the Senate with the utterance quoted.
Senator Warren insisted these wern
likewise his sentiments II IS. in fact
asserted by Administration Senator's
that the remarks OF Senator Foraker
are intended to put them in a wrong
light They are as willing 10 get a
vote on the bills for the reinstatement
Of the discharged troops. they say, as
Senator Foraker IS.
Senator Buckley occupied practically
all Of the time of the Senate yesterday
afternoon with his speech unfolding the
Foraker bill Tor the r7~enlistnent OF
the troops. He spoke for more than sOur
hours almost steadily, being subjected TO
few interruptions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-05
BAILEYS FIGHT
NOT YET OVER
Seeks the Defeat Of At
torney General David
son in Texas.

Senator Joseph W. BaIley's fight in
Texas Is not yet over, despite the fact
he has been elected. according TO the
returns from the recent primaries. as
delegate to the Denver convention. Now
that the primaries have been held.
there will follow in a short time the
State convention for the formal cleo
ton Of delegates. After that viii come
the regular primaries for the choice Of
State officers, and in these Senator
Bailey is deeply interested
Attorney General Davidson is a can
didate for another term. Whether ne
is to be renOminated will be de-
cided in the coming primaries. He
is the man who stirred up most Of Sen
ator Bailey's trouble and the Bailey
men are out after his political scalp.
II they fail 90 get 10, the preliminary
victory Of Senator Bailey viii not be
satisfactory in the Bailey camp.
Attorney General Davidson IS a for
mer Confederate soldier, \ man OF ag-
gressiveness and ability, and he has
gathered about him force or trust
busters such as no State administra-
ton can show In fact. il is doubtful
If the national Administration has a
more successful array OF trust fighters.
If Attorney General Davidson, is
beaten by the Bailey men, the result
will be looked on by Senator Bailey and
his friends as complete VindiCatiOn for
him at the hands Of the State. Should
not be able 10 rest in an easy political
bed. and it viii be but a short time
until further efforts Will be made TO
force him out of the Senate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-05
imam & co. ASSETS
WILL REACH $I,5OO,OOO

AUGUSTA. Ca. May 5.-Inman & Co.
which went 10 the wall yesterday after
nooon. state that the condition Of the
company is so complicated and its in
terests so immense that 1t viii be i'm
possible for anything like a comPrehen-
siVe statement TO be given out today.
The business Of the firm is probably
larger than OF any other Southern cot
ton company. but singularly not one
Augusta bank or other business bouse
has been affected by the failure
Thomas Barrett. iT.. who has baen
appointed receiver for the firm has NOT
Yet qualified. The assets are given at
over million and a half dollars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-05
HUNTOoN MINISTER VIZ SHAKING MARSHALL


Saturday when he arrived ar the
wharf at Marshall Hall ne was met ~
the POSTMASTER. DR.. A. J Huntoon- As
the two stood in conversation Mr. Wa
happened to turn his head and there
beheld his old enemy a photographer
Before he could take his eyes away
from the camera he was snapped, fun
face. his hand resting in DR.. Huntoon's
Immediately after the photograph his
excellency made q wild dash at the cam
era man and waving red rose under
that gentIeman's astonished nose, de-
clared him 10 be a "fend-"
Then, recognizing defeat, the minister
posed for two other pictures His ex-
cellency declares. however. that he viii
not forgive the man who captured his
photograph after ne had refused 10 pose
FOR any paper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-05
GIRLS PARENTS FREED.

EASTON, Pa, May 5.-Henry smith
and his wife, parents Of Irene May
Smith, the little girl who was strangled
20 death by Robert Eachman in a re-
liSioIs frenzy at Nazareth last Monday
night have been released by Judge
Scott who held there was no evidence
10 connect them with the death of the
child The Smiths and Mrs. Bachman
were held in 5000 bail 10 appear as wit
nesses against Bachman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-05
RoBS POLICEMAN OF RING.

ALBANY. \. Y. May 1.-The local
police have been looking for a clever
THIEF the past two days. new police
man was approached by a man who
professed simultaneously. and who.
while shaking the policeman's hand,
slipped a diamond ring off his finger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-05
Snapshot Made of Minister
at Shad Bake Last
Saturday.

When Minister WI visited the Burn
side Post slad bake Saturday he little
imagined at the start that he was about
to violate one OF the most positive
statements he has made since his sec
ond visit 10 America
Shortly after his arrival in Washing
ton the minister was photographed by a
local firm and declared at that time that
he would never pose before a camera
again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-05
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

| figure out what it was costing. / am
| just as anxious that the truth about
| this thing shall be known as you
gentlemen are. Mr.. Whittelsey and
his friends shall have. all the time
that they wish to Consider these fig
ures and contradict them if they can
The Edison company has no AK to
grind. Before you vote any bonds
however, you must get at an idea OF
exactly what you want to spend and
| how you are going to spend it. You
must get an engineer and have him
analytic the situation and look care
fully over the plant. Not spend a few
| days and then go off to some city and
make up his estimates at long range.
ct think that we should find out
what it will cost to produce the light
after you have spend this money.
them down before the council and
say, Gentlemen, these are our figures
and this is what we should do based
on these facts
'Mr Whittelsey believes as I do
that the people should have some
time to present their side" said
Myers.
81 think that the committee should
watt. said Whittelsey. If we can
show your committee that we can
pro duce this light for SO lower than
these figures of Mr.. Myers, as l be-
lieve we can, we ought to rebuild our
plant. Our charter gives US the
power to make power and sell 1T;
let's light our city in the night time
and sell power in the day time and
place the plant in charge OF com
missioners.'
"why not submit this to the peo-
pie right away and educate them as
we go along suggested the mayor
"But, Mr.. Green, you're spending
money here and you should know IN
advance what you have to offer to the
people. When your clerk asks
whether you want to buy $50 worth
of applies you want 20 know first
what kind they are before your pur-
chase interposed Myers.
John Huntington, manager or the
Edison company said: so many
overlook the little leaks, the LITTLE
expenditures that creep in and add to
the cost of operation. Here the other
evening YOU were considering an in
crease in the employees of the cleo
trio light department. That meant
total increase of $40 per month. You
are operating 313 lamps from your
plant and that little addition to your
cost means s1.53 added to the operat-
ing cost of each lamp per year. It's
small items like these that trip you
up if you are not careful You pay
Mr. Goodrich, the superintendent.
$1,000 year. Mr.. Goodrlcn l ex-
pect can live on that; at least ne
seems content But what you need Is
q nan that needs more than $1,000.
not one for $500 either, but one that
needs not less than $500. The DIFF
ference between what you pay MI.
Goodrich and what you should pay,
means $500 and that $500 means
several dollars more addeo TO your
cost per lamp year..
However, the increase in salaries
contemplated by the council were not
made and have been pigeonholed so
that cost per lamp year does not nave
to be met with.
The councilmen had practlcaiiy
nothing To saw but were listening. As
one of them said afterwards: I'VE are
doing a whole lot of thinking"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
Removal Notice.

Removal Notice.
DR.. J. A. Crabb will move his office
Feb. 20 to 131 Kansas avenue, over
Waggoner's drug store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
DECLARES FOR BRYAN.
Wisconsin Democrats Give Ironclad
Instructions to Delegates.

Milwaukee, Feb. 14-When the Demo-
cratic state convention to select dele
gates at large to the national conven-
ton at Denver resumed today Evan A.
Evans, of Baraboo, was made per-
manent chairman. Mr.. Evans made a
lengthy speech, touching on various ma
tional issues, and sharply criticising
the Republican party throughout. He
concluded by paying a glowing tribute
to William J. Bryan in which he said:
you see Democracy personified, see
Democracy at her best
At the conclusion of Mr.. Evans
speech the committee on resolutions
presented its unanimous report as fol-
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lows:
THE Democratic party of the state
Of Wisconsin reaffirms it's allegiance to
the tfme-honored principles of Jeffer-
sonian Democracy and declares its I'M
dying hostility to the sham and hypoc-
risy of Republican national admins
tration.
1T charges that the appalling abuses
disclosed in recent messages of the
president are the direct results of the
long continued reign of the Republican
party in national affairs. The people
can no longer doubt the inherent per-
hdy of the system of government foS-
tered and maintained by the Republi-
can party, since the Republican presi-
dent himself has furnished the evil
dence against it. Its indicators, con-
victed and unconvicted. are but the
shameless products of a system of pub
lie plumber and debauchery too long en-
-dured by a. patient and suffering people.
I'VE regard with just pride and adj
miration that typical American, that
matchless leader. who has blazed the
way to wholesome public opinion and
SO ably championed the cause of the
people His zeal and undying energy,
his wise and far seeing craftsmanship
lean statesman, and endear him to all
those who believe in equal rights to all
and special privileges to none.
I'VE therefore declare that we are
unanimously in favor of that great
commoner, William Jennings Bryan, as
the next Democratic candidate for pres
ident of the United States, and we here
by instruct our delegates to the ma
tiona1 Democratic convention at Den
yer to vote for William Jennings Bryan
as the Democratic nominee for presi-
dent, first, last and all the time
Before the business Of selecting the
four delegates at large was reached it
was generally conceded that the state
chairman, H H. Manson, and Con-
gresham Charles H. Weise would be
chosen. There were half dozen can
didates for the other two places.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
QUAKER oUARrErTE is HERE
Organization VIII Give Concert a,
Washburn Saturday Night.

The original Quaker quartette which
is stopping off in Topeka this week
spending a week layoff in their engage
ments will give an entertainment Sat
urday night in McVicar chapel at
Washburn college. The entertainment
will be under the auspices of the
Washburn College Glee club.
The quartette is composed of George
Shone, first tenor; A. c. Knight, second
tenor; Bert Sutton, first bass; and N.
L. Baker second bass The quartette
sang in chapel at Washburn this morn
ing and were heartily encored. although
encoring at chapel services is under
the ban of the faculty. Mr.. Shone sang
Yesterday morning and was well re-
cefved by the collegians.
Bert Sutton, the baritone member of
the quartette was a former Washburn
student and graduated from the must
cal department of the college. He is a
singer of exceptional ability and was
a member of the Washburn quartette
of Ave years ago which was consider
ed the strongest male quartette ever
representing any school in the state.
Mr. Baker, who sings second base will
give several selections as an imperson-
ator while Mr.. Knight is monologfst
of marked ability and will give several
selections in his line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
HURT BY AN AUTOMOBILE.
Fred Jones Run Down by a Careless
Chauffeur.

Careless driving of the big motor car
of w. S. McClintock, a lawyer, by his
streets yesterday, may result in the
Gripping of Fred Jones, street car
conductor on the Quinton Heights line
for the remainder Of his life. Jones had
just finished his work a few minutes
after noon and had alighted from the
car at this place and started for his
home when the car struck him and
hurled him to the pavement before he
could get out of the road. He was
picked up by the chauffeur and taken to
his home. The ligaments were torn
from his right leg at the knee and
ankle in such manner that it is feared
he will never again be able to use the
limb without the aid of crutches. Jones
emphatically declares that the machine
was passing at a fast rate of speed
and that no warning was given him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

He claims that he did not see the car
until it was too late to get out of the
road.
This is probably another case of dis
regard for the city speed ordinance.
Jones had been working in charge of
an electric crane at the Santa Fe shops
until week ago. Yesterday was his
first day as street car conductor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
VIII Ask for Receiver.

New York, Feb. 14.-State Attorney
General William S. Jackson announc-
ed today that he has decided to ask
for the appointment of a receiver for
the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
company. The legality of certain liens
imposed upon policies has been ques-
toned by the authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
Mar Wheat Is a Dollar.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 14.-May
wheat this morning sold at 81 on the
local exchange. This is the lowest
price that May wheat has sold at on
1.-The 1907 crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

The Prudential Savings bank will
appreciate your savings account and
will give It's patrons every attention
and the most courteous treatment