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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-01-23
PAGE SEVEN.
which [ have referred, said:

United States, needs no encOmium from me
He has already written his lame high upon
that illustrious roll of fame, along with those
Of Washington and Lincoln. Washington es-
tablished the republic; Linca!n preserved it /;
Roosevelt has dedicated it Anew to the cause
Of justice and equality The first two escaped
not the calumniator and detractor. No man
who has been strong and coura geous for the
right ever did, but the people, hey who make
republics, have crowned him be"efactor. Some
there have been who have sought to belittle
our great President, and have been audacious
enough to attack him, but they only bear sears
and 100000 American people have awarded
him the victory. He at times may have been
impulsive, but the impulse was born of love
for the people; he has been strenuous, but the
exigencies of the times have demanded it,
and 1t has been the strenuosity of public SER
vice. He has done things, and who is there
so reckless as to rise here or elsewhere and
condemn what he has accomplished? By his
fruits We shall know him.
The gentleman from Indiana (Mr Watson)
paid the President the exceedingly valuable
compliment in his speech Of making no refer
ence whatever to the Paul Morton incident
Hear, also, the distinguished and lovable
Speaker Of the House break into eloquent
eulogy of the President in his address to his
constituents. He says:
"In the executive departments of the gov
eminent the record Of the party has been brill
liant, courageous, and honest, and the name
OF Roosevelt has become a synonym for all
those qualities throughout the realms of civil
zation. He has been the President of all the
people, and he has been tireless in his efforts
to serve the people by wise, just, and fearless
administration of the law
It seems to me that the Republican party
and particularly most of its members in con-
gress, is thoroughly committed to Roosevelt
q difficult task for them to go to the country
with the contention that we have had Roose-
welt panic, and yet how are they to admit that
this is Republican panic, since the most eff
fective campaign argument that they have
ever made is the false charge that the Demo-
cratic party was responsible for the last great
panic that we had and the contention that no
party under whose administration panic oc-
Cured ought to be trusted by the people with
power? What becomes of them in the next
election If the people should determine to ap-
ply the old-time yardstick to them? The only
safety for the leading lights of the Republican
party, in congress at least, unless they are
prepared to do a lot Of humble-pie eating, is
to nominate the secretary of war, who at
words and chew up his own record because
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-01-23
THE JEFFERSO

l9O6. This speech was also considered worthy
of the embalming process, and is likewise to
be found in the last Republican textbook.
The gentleman from Indiana, with that
exuberance and eloquence for which he is so
justly famous, gave long list Of the naughty
trusts that have been brought to the bar of
justice by this great Republican President.
He spoke of the paper trust, Of the tobacco
trust, the drug trust and the elevator trust Ct
did not know that there was one of that char
acter until heard his speech) Of the coal
trust, and of a host of other wicked trusts, a
brief summary of which required nine pages
of eloquence, so numerous and so naughty
were they. Why, he then mentioned the
Nome retail grocery trust in PARKWAY Alaska
On that subject he said:
"The governments prosecution Of the trusts
has extended even to far away Alaska. Com
plant was made that there was combination
known as the Nome Retail Grocers' Asso-
citation, which had fixed prices and suppress
ed competition. The government took action,
won decree in it's favor against the comb
nation, and the attorney general is advised
that the effect has been very salutary."
But, Mr.. Chairman, let me say, without any
invidious comparison, that I am about now to
quote from a gentleman who is still more
distinguished as an exponent of Republican
policies. [ refer to no less person than the
distinguished Speaker Of this House who, re-
turning to the bosom of the people who sent
him here, made on August Is, 1906, an able
and eloquent speech to his own constituents.
explaining what congress had done, az what
the state of the country was. On the sub
ject 'ttrust baiting,'' the Speaker said:
"He (referring to the President) has been
particularly Jealous in administering the law
against the trusts and combinations Of capital
which have ignored the old adage of 'hve
and let live The beef trust, the paper trust,
the tobacco trust, the drug trust, the coal
combinations, and various combinations Of rail
roads and shippers have felt the heavy hand
Of the law, and learned that it is strong enough
to compel them to give all square deal. The
record of trust prosecutions and invest cations
into their practices is too long to here recite,
but it is acknowledged to be the most credit
able even by our political opponents"
Not only that, gentlemen, but you have been
boasting for several years past Of the rail-
road rate legislation. You have said that the
Republican party is responsible for it, assumed
the credit and claimed the glory of it. The
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Townsend)
boasts of it; the gentleman from Indiana
(Mr. Watson) is also proud of it, and the
Speaker of this House (Ml. Cannon) COM
mends it. Each of them so expressed himself
in the speeches to which [ have already re-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-01-23


injustice. (Applause.) IF railroad securities
are so delicate and sensitive that they can be
blighted and withered because the railroads
required to do simple justice to the pub
lic then the sooner these securities are pruned
to proper size and shape, the better for the
public. The Democratic party does not adj
vocate, and has never advocated, injustice TO
railroads, or to any other corporation, but it
has never submitted to, and will never submit
to, injustices from the railroads or other cor
porations to the public, even if the failure to
sc submit will cause not one, but many, panics.
(Applause.)
But, Mr.. Chairman, it is my desire to show
you and the country how proud some Of the
most prominent Republicans in congress have
been, for long time past, of these very poll
cies that the President has advocated, and which
these "safe, sound and conservative" news
papers in the North and in the West, in the
East and in the South, are saying has wrecked
business, ruined industrial conditions, and
brought on distressing panic On June &c,
1905, my eloquent and able friend from Mich
igan (Mr. .Townsend) made speech on the
floor of this House that was so forceful and so
eloquent that the Republican Congressional
campaign committee thought it worthy of pre-
servation and embalmed it in your last Re
publican textbook for the congressional cam
paign of 1906; and, by the way there are
some very interesting things in that book I
see from the back of it that you can buy it
somewhere in New York City, either on Broad
way, or on Wall street broadway, believe,
but pretty near Wall street,. You can buy it
for one dollar, and tell you it is worth the
money-not as a source of information, for [
think it is largely mass of misinformation,
but is compilation of Republican admission
and confessions, and Of whole lot of things
that are going to rise up and hit the Repub-
lican party in the face whenever it becomes
once more thoroughly "safe, sane, and con-
sentative" and dominates some conservative
reactionary for President. applause on the
Democratic side.)
But, to return to Mr.. Townsend's speech.
He said:
F'The Sherman antitrust law, Republican
measure, has been enforced by a Republican
executive until illegal combinations are in
great fear and trembling, while some Of their
constituents are either on the road to the peni-
tertiary or hiding from the officers of justice.
Under the leadership Of an incorruptible, fear
less, and patriotic President, supported by an
equally patriotic congress, a campaign has
been made against fraud and corruption in
what hitherto has been called high places
which has given hope and courage to honest
men, and placed the crown of honor where it
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18
Campaign Funds.

1--WE welcome Mr.. Taft to this ad-
vanced ground" said Mr.. Bryan in one
OF his numerous interviews since the
Denver convention. The ground refer
red to Is Mr.. Taft's statement that no
campai ign contributions would be re-
ceived from corporations. Mr.. Bryan
intended to convey the impression that
Mr.. Taft had come to that determine
tion after the Denver convention. In
that the Democratic peerless one" is
not honest. Mr.. Taft is a law abiding
citizen. Such contributions are unla W
ful. made 80 by law passed by Re-
publican congress at the instance OF a
Republican administration of which
Judge Taft was a part six months be-
fore the Denver convention. Be hon
est, Mr. Bryan, II you can!
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18
Bryan's Precinct Republican.

At the recent primary election in Ne
braska Lancaster Precinct No. 4. In
which is located Fairview. the voting
precinct OF w. J. Bryan, cast thlrty-five
Republican votes and twenty-six Demo-
cratic. The same precinct last fall
cast forty-three Republican votes and
thirty-ive Democratic. Democratic
loss OF slightly more than ! per cent
When Mr.. Bryan lived In town he reg
istered in Precinct A Of the Fifth Ward.
polling place which usually could be
depended upon. to vote about the pro-
portion Of three Republicans to one
Democrat. At the time he removed TO
Fairview he remarked jocularly that he
was going to community where the
nolitical division was more even. and
he hoped In time so to reform Lancaster
No 4 MS to make 1t veer around to bis
way Of thinking.
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18
LABOR WORLD FOR TAFT.
Characterizes Him as True Friend
of the Workingman.

(From the Concord IN. H. Monitor.)
The Labor World comes out strongly
In its advocacy Of Mr.. Taft. 1t charac-
teriZes him a true friend of labor and
declares that the unfair attacks of Mr..
Gompers will have little or no effect in
alternating from him the labor world.
1t says: "That Secretary Taft is a true
friend of labor is certain, and all the
untrue, ungenerous, vicious attacks
that President Gompers or any one else
may make on him cannot prevent him
from continuing to be the friend of the
wage worker. Organized labor cannot
afford to have Itself split up into fac
tions on this political issue. That Pres
ident Gompers is wrong in forcing this
most ominous fight n certain, and in
telligent wage workers will certainly
come to this conclusion"
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18

In Georgia the electors must have n
majority, and with Watson, Hisgen and
Chafin pulling away from them the
Bryanitss are becoming spprehensivA
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18
DENIES THAT BRYAN
GOULD DO NO HARM" F."
Congressman Burke Says Office of
President Is Infinitely More Pow
erful Than Congress.

Congressman James Francis Burke,
of Pittsburg, in an address ON The
Powers of the President" says:
The American people can make no
greater mistake than to elect Mr..
Bryan on the assumption that he can
do no harm in the face of ain adverse
Senate. As between the executive ana
legislative departments of the govern
ment. the former has infinitely greater
power to rule and ruin than the lat
ter.
Mr.. Taft and Mr. Bryan are wholly
different types of men. Each pos
sesses strong individual character,
which would certainly assert itself in
the White House. What either of
these men would do during four
years term in the White House Is
causing as much anxiety among
thoughtful Americans as the mere
matter of election alone.
"As a disturber Of moneys the Pres
ident is without n rival in the world.
Through the agencies under his con
troll lie will this year disburse a billion
dollars, showing the great things we
are doing in adding to the unparalleled
list of the worlds achievements.
"In view of the fact that during
the fifteen years of Bryan leadership
the States controlled by his party have
decreased from % to -, the number
of Senators from As to 81, the number
of Representatives in Congress from
220 to 164. and in that time the Demo
cratic party was in control of the
ground, whereas it is now. as a consc-
quence of his teachings hopeiessly
heterogeneous mass of Populistic ele-
ments. the American people can see
little prospects of constructive policy
If Mr. Bryan should succeed"
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18
THE ISSUE AND PARTY RECORD.
Will the People Trust Experiment.
alists and Theoristsp

alists and TheoristsP
(From Sherman's Speech of Accept
ance.)
The overshadowing issue of the cam
paign really is: Shall the administra-
tion of President Roosevelt be ap-
proved, shall a party of demonstrated
capacity in administrative affairs be
continued in power. shall the reins of
government be placed in experienced
hands, or do the people prefer to trust
their destinies to an aggregation of
experimental malcontents and theor-
lists, whose only claim to history is
party name they pilfered?
With Il record of four decades of
wise legislation; two score years of
faithful administration; Offering its
fulfilled pledges as a guaranty of its
promises for the future, the Republi-
can party appeals to the people and,
with full confidence in their wisdom
and patriotism, awaits the rendition of
the November verdict.
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18
TAFT's KINDNESS TO BLIND.
overrules Washington Monument
Regulation for Benefit Of the
SiRhtless.

overrules Washington Monument
Regulation for Benefit Of the
Sightless.
The kind heartedness OF Mr.. Taft
and his sincere. common sense sym.
pathy with the unfortunates In this
world has Just been brought to the at.
tention of the blind In n peculiar way.
Away up In the top Of the Washing
ton monument, where thousands go TO
behold the beauties OF the nations
capital, the Columbia Polytechnic In
stitute, which seeks to make It posi-
BILE for the adult blind of the United
States to rise above conditions OF de-
pendence by becoming self sustaining.
placed on sale souvenir post cards
manufactured by Its blind. Some sen
timental persons took the view that
this was unGignifed and succeeded IN
having the superintendent OF public
buildings and grounds order the cards
removed. r. e. Cleaveland. principal
Of the institute, appealed to Mr.. Taft.
then secretary of war and within
whose Jurisdiction came the Office of
public buildings and grounds. IT took
only few words to convince the sec
rctary that the blind should have the
benefit Of this privilege, and the cards
were again placed on sale In the mon
ument.
For this action" said Principal
Cleaveland In discussing tho Incident,
"Mr Taft deserves the gratitude of
every blind person. particularly the
progressive blind, who are striving to
help their less fortunate fellows"
In Georgia the electors must have
majority, and with Watson, Hlsgen and
Chafin pulling away from them the
Bryanites are becoming spnrehensivA
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18

Mr.. Bryan criticises Mr., Taft for
adding to the Republican platform. In
the meantime the number of para
mount Issues which Mr.. Bryan sub
tracted from the Democratic platform
would 6ll several large Volumes
Omaha Bee.
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18

Honors are easy again. Every line
Mr. Taft buys new horse Mr.. Bryan
mounts new hobby.-Omaha Bee.
The Delta independent., 1908-09-18
Race Question "Local Issuep~

There seems to be no ground for rea-
sonable doubt that the Democratic
campaign managers in the West. in the
effort to secure negro support FOR their
national ticket, are acting uron the
principle that the race question is only
Il local issue" 1t is evident that the
South does not approve this plan Of
campaign, but is powerless to check 1t.
The Democracy of the South is in full
accord with the position taken by the
West Virginia Democrats last week.
And yet ii is assumed by those who
are trying to get negroes to support
Mr.. Bryan that the South will act In
hearty cooperation with the Ohio Ne
braska. Kansas and Illinois Democrats,
who are welcoming the negro into free
fellowship in the Democratic party
and probably promising to annul the
decision of President Roosevelt in the
Brownsville matter The theory of
Western Democrats that the race prob
lem Is merely local issue is calcu-
lated to give the South much concern.
Many Democrats in that section may
question whether 1t Is worth while to
elect Democratic president who may
open wide the door Of political oppor-
tunity to the negro.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04
FIRED UPON OFFICER
Negro Charged With Larceny Reists Ar.
rest and Escapes.


Rayfield Titus, a negro, created a
commotion in Nesbitt Wednesday
when he resisted arrest and fired
upon Deputy Harry Elmore.
Titus is a former resident of Tunica
county and several days ago Deputy
Elmore received a warrant from that
county authorizing the arrest of the
negro and his wife on a charge OF
larceny.
Wednesday Deputy Elmore arrested
the negro and started with him to
town. While the deputy was not
looking the negro drew pistol and
fired upon him at close range, the
powder slightly burning Elmore's s
face. While the deputy was getting
his gun the negro made a break for
liberty, firing again as he run away.
Elmore fired several shots at the
negro, but none took effect.
Titus went to his house and secured
rife and fired several times toward
town and disappeared.
Word was sent to the sheriff's office
and Sheriff Barbee and Deputy Sid
Campbell responded but no trace of
the negro could be found.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04
Notice to Creditors.

Mrs. Mary A. Stuart, Deceased, Chas.
S. Odom, Administrator. No. 1926.
Letters of administration with the
will of Mrs. Mrs. Mary A. Stuart,
deceased, annexed, having been grant
ed to the undersigned by the Chance
ry Court of DeSoto County, Missis-
sippi, on the second day of Decem-
ber, 1908, all persons having claims
against the estate of the said deceased
are hereby required to have the same
probated and registered by the clerk
of said Chancery Court within one
year from December, 1908, and are
hereby notified that a failure to pro-
bate and register within one year will
bar the claim.
This Dec. 4, 1908.
CHAs. s. ODoM, Admir-.
Turley & Turley & Calvin Perkins,
SOILS. for Admir-. 12-4-3t
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04
POPLAR CORNER PIcK.Ups.

Well boys, we have had rain by the
wholesale and retail. No more haul
ing stock water; no more dust this
year.
The young folks from the river to
fernando, am informed, met at Fl.
H. Irby's on the Barbee place near
Kinds Chapel, and had great big
dance and had what they call a good
time general last Thursday night.
That's the way we used to do when
we were young. Let the young folks
have a good time while they are
young, they will soon be like Old
Hughey, getting old.
Poplar Corner has got the biggest
school it has had for years. If it con-
tinues to grow our teacher will have
to have an assistant.
Thanksgiving day was very quiet,
Most of the farmers, | believe, work
ed on that day, trying to get out their
cotton, and well they did, for the
weather has changed from dry to wet.
OLD HUGHEY.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04

could not go. Young Statham was
shot and killed ON the hunt, acciden-
tally, and the father demands $4,000
in the shape of damages and $500 for
expenses of sending the wounded lad
to New Orleans hospital for treat
ment and where he died. The out
come of this very unusual and hereto
fore unheard of suit will be awaited
with great deal of interest.-Car-
rollton Conservative.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04

at present we were on the highest
level, and would in four hours reach
the lowest level, which was Echo
River. Then he took us on. The
passages were sometimes the height
of a man, then many feet high, then
wide, then narrow. The narrowest
thing in the way of an avenue was
"Fat Mans Misery, on an average
of IS inches wide, though many feet
high.
He showed us good many small
domes. We drank from Richardson's
Spring, the sweetest water, and
walked miles. Finally, we were at
Echo River. On the way there we
had to go through "fat mans mis-
ery", walk over the 'bottomless pitt
on natural bridge, saw ''purgatory"
and walked through (purgatory. by
the way, was nothing more or less
than sea of awful mud), and We
crossed over on bridge. Then we
saw the Dead Sea, walked along the
River Styx, finally crossed it and then
came to Echo River.
The boats held twenty each. I was
in the first boat. When we were sur
prised at the water being SO high,
Bishop said that ought to serve us a
lesson, not to believe newspaper
stories, that as long as the Ohio
flowed there would be no danger of
Echo River going dry. The guides
"rowed" us by standing up and push
ing the oar against the top of the
cave. We went about 300 yards up
the river, which winds around like a
snake and very slowly.
Coming back the guide made the
CONTINUED on last page.)
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04
Unique Suit.

James B. Statham of Pike county
has filed suit for $40, 900 against Louis
Heidenrich and Arthur Wheelock,
who he claims induced his son, Geo.
Statham, to accompany them on a
hunting trip after he had told him he
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04
Gard Of Thanks.

Mr.. EDITOR: 49,
We take this method of thanking
our neighbors and friends for their
promptnes in coming to the rescue of
our home at Nesbitt when set on fire
by spark from train on Nov. 18th,
we being absent. Messrs. H. Elmore,
Worthy, Rutland, and Frazier are es-
pecially due our thanks.
MEsDAMEs BIRD AND Pope.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04

A good time to get some nice
christmas present at the U. D. G.
Bazaar at the courthouse Wednesday,
December 9th.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04
For Sale

Wagon and team of horses to high
est bidder for cash at the court house
Dec, 12, 29OS. J. r. Upton,
County Administrator.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-04

Don't forget the u. d. G. Bazaar at
the courthouse next Wednesday.