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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
1usr ONE CHANCE

President Roosevelt cannot just
make up his mind whether or not to
go onto the stump for Taft. He has
been spaTinIg for an opening for
the past two or three months but
none has been offered Instead OF
fighting TO make a campaign tour
fer his chosen one, he would be
satisfied now If he could make
only one speech end the commit
tee may crafty this burning de-
sire and take chance on giving
him one date for the coming week.
The Republicans may argue that
Taft is conner anyway end Roose-
veit cannot make It any worse.
Whether or not the president goes
upon the stump has not been dof-
initely determined, but 1t is certain
that his cabinet is ito be turnef
lose in Ohio, Indiana and New York
not that these stetos are at all
doubtful, but They just wish 10
make the victory overwhelming. Il
will be remembered that In the last
political battle, President Roosevelt
refused to permit the members of
his cabinet to take part in the fight
excepting in the states from which
they hailed. Mr.. Tsft was. permitted
to come to Ohio. to make his fam
Gus Akron speech, but all other
members of the cabinet were kept
out of the state. This time IL is
different, however The cabinet
members have nothing to sey about
the matter They are forced TO gu
where the big chief wishes them TO
go. Mr.. Root, who is very ayerse
to campaigning, has been sent TO
Ohio for couple of speeches. Others
arc scheduled to follow them. not
because Ohio ls doubtful, don't you
know, but just to make the victory
overwhelming.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

defeated. you can rest assured my
conscience is clear beceuse | have
done my. duty"
There is much misinformation con-
tained in this letter that we cam II
refrain from giving the public a
little insight into the real condl-
tions as disclosed by the records OF
the court, where records are avail-
able, and the testimony of mel
where records are not available. A
few facts with which all of the vot-
ers who are interested ere not IA
miliar
Mr. Clark'3 first statement con-
tains merely the declaration that
he has done his duty under all
circumstances, as he has been given
to see it, and then asks all of the
voters to alyree with him that he
should be reelected this fall. We
VIII not reply to Mr. Clark in the
language he used in his letter about
the Mirror We will not coll him
unfair" and assert that he has
made false statements. The Republi-
cans have O. lease upon that sort
OF Language this year and they should
not be infested, 1t is their only
hope of convincing the people thlt
they should remain in Office and we
do not witch to take the les. prop
from under them. Mr. Clark leaves
one very large and convenient hole
through which he can make his exit
II he is cornered too closely. lie
says he has done his duty, las ne
hsS seen IT. 1t depends entirely
upon the point Of view and ours
Is not the same as his, One OF the
objections to Mr. Clark which ''said
has pointed out from time
10 time and in which 1t has been
proven in the courts that Fsaid
Mirror wes right was his accept
ng the judgment of a special es.
'miner, a part of the Republican
machine of Ohio, that part which
6 sent into close counties along
n the spring of the year so that
t can make its report in time for
I TO be used ais a political docu-
nent in the next campaign, ami
las filed suits for the county where
here was reslly no ground for a
uit, The court records show that
n the only one of the cases which
las been pushed to a conclusion,
hat the county gained absolutely
lothlng But we will have more
say about this in discussing the
Jcyes cgse.
Mr., Clark has the affrontery 10
efer to the Noyes case and TO
lain that he has won something
or the county in this case. He
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

Miles Longshore Democratic candidate for County Audi
tor was born in Union county in 1856 few years with
his parents he moved to Montgomery township where he
sided until 10 ago.
Mr. Longhore began his school teacher after
graduating from Ohio Northern University Ada After
few years spent teaching he engaged business LaRue
and as business decidedly successful
In 1898 he appointed to the position of deputy audi
tor OF this county and the and correctness the
records of that office for the years following evil
dence OF his ability to fill the office for which he has been
nominated
In the capacity of deputy auditor Mr. Longshore widened
his circle of friends and enjoys the confidence and
good will of of Marion countys representative ci
He resigned his position deputy auditor September
OF 1905 to accept position with the Huber Manufacturing
company, by whom he is at present employed
Four years ago Mr. Longshore the candidate of the
Democratic party for county auditor his nomination
time well the last convention being by acc1ama
ton. In his first he caught in the Roosevelt land
slide and although Roosevelt carried this county by nearly
LOCO votes Longshore was defeated by less than 900
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

A Chicago woman, who was afraid
OF the bPnks and who carried large
sums of money upon her person
was murdered, robbed and her body
thrown into the canal The police
are now trying to unravel the mys-
terry of the murder. Another pretty
good argument in favor of the guar
aatee of deposits In banks. Had tbs
deposits of a single bank In Chi
csgo been secued, this lady, who
was seyenty-one years OF age. would
have deposited her money in that
belk and her murder would have
been prevented, TO say nothing Of
the benefit which would have re-
suited from her having placed the
money In circulation again. What
applies to this victim, applies to
thousands upon thousands OF 9TH
ers and the effect which busine IS
would feel from the increase in the
amount OF money in circulation
would indeed be wonderful
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

When men is forced to put in
his best efforts in his home state.
to secure the assistance of the ad-
minstration In his hehalf, TO havs
capital, as represented In greet cor
attempt to coerce labor to
vote for him, then have the whole
OF the present president sent
in to help save himself, It Is pret.
ly good evidence That there is some-
thing radically wrong. This Ia lust
the proposition against which MIR.
Taft finds himself
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

more hard work for us, whicn
should not worry the Mirror? But
do you know that the Mirror was
reported by the Examiner as havin.
drawn $SS2.37 illegally for public
printing? Don't you suppose it is
this, their own suit that is wo.-
rying them so much? They sail
some time Flgo, had passed on
nearly ell these bills containing the
amounts | am now seeking to re-
cover, which Is not true, as / pass
ed on only a very few of them.
and the Examiners Report only in
.cludes a very little OF my time:
but the law does not provide that
the Prosecuting Attorney she'll have
any thing to do with most Of these
bills, so the great bulk was not even
passed upon by my predecessor |
have been passing upon all print
ing bills since ! got in office. and
in November, 1906, passed upon
a bill the Mirror had presented snd
reduced 1t about $1,000: and at 9th
er times ] have treated their bills
that | regarded in part ss illegpl
as any other bills and have cut
hem down. Don't you suppose this
accounts in part for their false
statements and insnuations about
me?
"Let me call your attention 10 n
few things that have been brought
about during my term of office. We
stopped the work Of the Brid'ye Trust
here, and on one bridge-Ncwman
bridge we saved the county about
$4,000: the last three years contracts
have been let to the lowest bidder
and not privately, as they had been
for a few years before, and we can
show where the county saved 5000
on ] l-2 mile of pike repeirlng when
this change was first made; we saw
ed the county $4,000 per year on
The tax map deal; we prevented ma
building of bridge by the countv
Tor the Interurban railrood at Pros
rect that would cost the county
$4,000. During our one term In
'iiice We have had 63 convictions or
pleas OF guilty. with only IL ac.
luittals, and the county has no,
paid out one cent to any one TO as
list us We have accomplished MANY
'ther things that have been a bene-
lt to the taxpayers, which we win
be glad to tell you about IL you
Will cell on us.
There probably will be more
alse statements in the Mirror about
ne before the campaign closes that
IN account OF time, will not be
'ble TO answer in a letter of this
iind; mfy ask You to Investigate
'efore deciding aIyainst me, for when
'ou consider that they have made
ome false statements, you can eae,
ly see that they are liPble to make
more the last hour when | have no
line to reply, have always be-
leVed the people, II they knew the
r'ts' would. stand by the officer
Who does his duty: will you see
hat your friends KNOW the facts
bout my work before election day?
"i will certainly appreciate any
avors you show me, and, If I am
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
FACTS AND FIGURES
FROM COURT RECORDS

With q lavish use of ave have
done" and successes in our first
term as prosecuting attorney,
John H. Clark has sent out let
ter to some of the voters in Marion
county. in which he makes a very
careless use of some words In the
English Language, words of which
he evidently does not know the
meaning, or else he is not familiar
with the records of the courts In
which he has been trying cases and
the work OF the offices of the coun-
try for which he is supposed to /;
the legal adviser. Why Mr.. Clark
was forced to resort to making his
statements by letter instead or
through the columns OF the party
organ in Marion county does not
appear, but that matters little. The
fact is that he has written the let
ter and out Of fairness to Mr. Clark
we herewith produce his letter N
full The mlssive which bears the
date of October 20 reads as follows
sDear Friend.-I know you be-
lieve in a SQUARE DEAL, and II
| have done my duty as Prosecuting
Attorney this one term believe
you will egree with me that
should be reelected / wish to as
sure you that | have done my
duty under all circumstances as
have seen it. without fear or favo:
OF any man or set of men; but in
doing so | know | heve made some
enemies, who have never left an OPP
portunity pass by to say an unkind
word against me.
zone Of these enemies is the Mar
ion Mirror, which more than once
has msde false statements about my
work, although the truth was a.
matter OF record. Said Mirror a
short time ago wrote long editorial
about me losing the csse against
Ex-Surveyor Noyes, stating that |.
had lost it in both the Common
Pleas and Circuit Courts, when the
records show that, according to the
decision Of the Circuit Court, said
Noyes the 1st of October owed the
county, in interest and illegal fees
drawn, the sum of $54S.24, we having
recovered $108, with interest. more
in the Circuit Court than the Com
mon Pleas Court held said Moves
owed. This, with reference to the
Noyes case, Is only one of several
false statements made by said Mir
ror. And why do they keep talk
ipg about Throwing the county in
70 the costs" when only two ceses
have been tried and one of them
decided in our favor? Why do they
keep talking about "throwing the
county into the costs" when they
know that about all the costs there
would be In these cases would
be due the Clerk. the Sheriff end my
self. and all of us are on salaries.
which we would get whether these
'pSes were tired or not, and when
She trial of these cases only mean
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

The Republicans are becoming
greatly exercised lest the Christian
PEOPLE vote against Mr. Taft be-
ceuse of his Unitarian views They
are claiming that religious thought
in America is free and that because
a man does not believe In the diviu-
ity OF Christ should not operate
agfinst him. Religions thought In
America is free, and Christian peo-
pie have the right to say whethe.
a man whose beliefs would undet-
mine the very foundations OF their
Christianity, shall be made presl-
dent of the United States.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
SATURDAY. OCTOBER "a, 1908.
Oct. % In History.

164s-T The peace of westphalia ended
the dreadful Thirty Years war In
Europe.
1655-Pierre Gassendi or Gassend
French philosopher and mathema.
tician, died: born 1892.
1s52-Daniel Webster. American orator
and statesman. died. born 1882.
1907-Second deposit Of $25,000,O00
United States funds placed in New
York banks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

Reilly, 1t would be a rare treat
to have Teddy get onto the stump
for just one speech, or even more
than that, If he is so overly anxious
to make speeches Teddy got the
worst of IL In his letter writing
stunt. Mr., Bryan cleaned him up
SO completely that he was glad
enough to quit and direct his ct
tention TO Mr., Gompers. whom he
thought he could best in a word
war. Now let him go onto the stump
and pit himself against Bryan as
a public speaker
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

When you hear man who has
never carried off any prizes for his
temperance views becoming sudden
ly sollcitious for the Rose law, least
II be repealed. you crn just put IL.
down in your little book that hs
has his cellar pretty well stocked.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

IL President Roosevelt is to make
speech or write another letter he
had best put II of until one week
from next Monday evening. so Nir.
Bryan will hPYe no opportunity to
reply to him.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets SOB, rises 6:10; moon rises
e:22 a. M; moons age 2915 days; / :46
a. m, eastern time. new moon In con-
stellation Libra with the sun; 11:3O a
m, moon In conjunction with Mercury,
passing 6 degrees north Of the planet
from west TO east.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

NEW subscribers to Youth
Companion for 1909 will re-
deive the remainder of 1908
free beside the handsome
calender. Prompt attention
given orders.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

not Mr. Noyes drew Illegally any
of the amounts Mr.. Clark alleges
This is the status or the Noyes
case as shown by the records OF the
two courts into which the csse
has been brought.
Following his reference to the
Noyes case, Mr. Clark ssys that
'said Mirror is accused of having
drawn the sum of $ss2.S7 Illegally
from the county for legal printing.
We do not deny that the examiner
mede such a report, although We
would not be certain as to the
amount, and ii MIR. Clark is as in
accurste In his statements in this
matter as he Is when referring to
the Noye5 case, we would chose IT,
see the report before admitting the
amount. We are surprised that Mr.
clark should refer at ell to this
matter The fact of the matter s
that the orders which were issued
by the county commissioners for
the payment of the sums which were
claimed to have been drawn ille-
saliy were authorized by Mr.. Clark
himself, Not all OF them, for some
OF them were collected when other
prosecutors were representing the
New Ulm review., 1908-05-20
Minnesota Dele
gates at Denver.

At Large-W. S. Hammond of
Watonwan, T. D. O'Brien and Daniel
W. Lawler of Ramsey, Fendall g..
Winston and Swan Turnblad of Hen
nepin, Frank A. Day OF Martin, Mar
tin O'Brien of Polk and A. G. Weiss
of St. Louis.
First district. L. Brown of Wi
mona and Capt. G. F. Cook of Mower.
Second district-John G. Wise of
Blue Earth and DR.. L. A. F'ritsche of
Brown.
Third district-Senator Poehler OF
Sibley and Senator Collier of Scott.
Fourth district-Richard O'Connor
of Ramsey and 5. G. Armson OF
Washington.
Fifth district. J. Conroy and j.
W. Pauley of Hennepin.
Sixth district - DIR. Hilbert OF
Stearns and John Reichert of Todd.
Seventh district-R. j. Harrington
of Big Stone and j. 81. Driscoll OF
Lac qui Parle.
Eighth district-Martin Hughes of
ST. Louis and John DWan of Lake.
Ninth district-C. A. Fuller Of
Marshall and H. L. Shirley OF Wilkin.
New Ulm review., 1908-05-20
BASEBALL NOTES.

The famous Boston Bloomers were
defeated at the fair grounds Sunday
afternoon by the regular New Ulm
team with a score of ID to 4. The
game was listless one, partly be-
cause the New Ulm aggregation clear
ly outclassed their female opponents,
partly because the playing had to be
done on the wet grass instead of on
the regular diamond and partly be-
cause the crowd was small and the
weather anything but favorable.
There were evidences, however, that
the Bloomers could have put up a
good game if they wanted to.
The Sleepy Eye boys shut out a
Man kato aggregation Sunday and at
the ame time succeeded in piling up a
bunch of ten runs for themselves.
BIO wskie, the Sleepy Eye pitcher,
played fine game, striking out ten
men, besides doing great work with the
stick.
Two games of ball are scheduled to
be played at Cobden next Sunday. In
one of them the contestants will be the
members of the Golden and Spring
field bands and in the other the regu-
lar Co bden club and team from one
of the neighboring villages.
The Colored Gephers of st. Paul
will play the Springfield team on the
latter's grounds on the 26th. The
Colored Gophers are regarded in
baseball circles as one of the strong
est professional teams in the
state.
Swenson's Swedes of Lake Mills.
Iowa, will tackle the New Ulm nine at
the fair grounds next Monday. The
game is advertised as one of the swift
est of the season.
The St. Peter Browns were defeated
by the St. Paul Heidelburgs in aclose-
ly contested game Sunday afternoon,
the score being 3 to 0.
The New Ulm and Springfield teams
are booked for game in this city
during the Woodmen picnic. The ex-
act date is June 3rd.
The Gold Coins defeated the Y. M.
G. A. team Saturday in game that
did not lack for exciting features.
Score, 5 to 2.
| The Autos defeated Nicollet at the
fair grounds Sunday in five inning
game, the score being 10 to 3.
Springfield suffered it's first defeat
Sunday at the hands of Sanborn.
Score, to 5.
The New Ulm and Sleepy Eye clubs
will cross bats at the fair grounds
next Sunday.
New Ulm review., 1908-05-20

"We hear of only one sincere objec-
tion to the nomination of Governor
Johnson for president on the part of
citizens who are not politicians, says
the Minneapolis Tribune. "That is,
that he has had no long and diversi-
fed training in the government of the
nation"
"That is true,' continues the Tri-
bune, "but what democratic candidate
has had such training? Few Northern
Democrats have the opportunity to
gain more than theoretical knowledge
of the science of government. AS long
as the party is afraid to take candi-
date from among the trained states
men, kept continuously in Office by the
wiser practice of the south, it must be
content with candidates for national
office with state experience or none.
Experience in public life is relative.
What other candidate has had more of
it than johnson? The party will not
ucshO o1OFC1ol1o VI dill Lucu1OGI Ol LIS
cabinet. It put Harmon off with the
nomination for governor in Ohio to
shut out the only possible candidate
with national experience. It will not
take Judge Grays eriously.
"Johnson has had more training in
government than Bryan. That gentle.
man talks so continuously about what
he is going to do that people forget
that he has done nothing but talk. He
served four years in the house of re.
presentatives: just enough to fit him.
self for the lowest form of usefulness
there. That was 20 years ago, and his
public life since then has been an aric
waste of talk. Governor Folk has hac
one term as governor of state; Gov.
ernor Johnson has had two.
johnson has h ad more experience
in government than Grover Cleveland
had when he became president, ane
Cleveland gave his party the only
standing it has had in the history O.
the country for half a century, what
ever Democrats of today may think O
him.
New Ulm review., 1908-05-20
The Outlook for the Drama.

Augustus Thomas, the distinguished
American playwright, was in Mime
apolis last week and in discussing the
outlook for the drama in this country,
he said:
"The outlook for the American
drama is the best it has ever been.
There are fewer erotic plays, and we
are taking less stuff from France. We
are getting our plays from the soil,
and our successful plays deal with
topics that are alive in the minds OF
the people. The history of successes
in recent years will show that the
theme must be vital and timely. Take
the revival of the sword and cloak
drama few years ago, at the time of
the Spanish war. The theme of these
plays struck the popular chord then.
''The successful plays of the last
two or three years have been accepted,
not because they were especially excel
lent plays, but because they dealt with
the subjects in which the people were
at that time interested The Lion and
the Mouse handled the millionaire
question, and The Man of the Hour
corruption in municipal politics. 'The
Thief treated of the excesses to which
a woman may go in her extravagant
love of dress. The Witching Hour
is a success because people now, more
than at any time in two hundred years
are interested in things psychic anc
mystic.
''There is group, of American play
wrights now who realize that fact
They are writing safely because they
are looking ahead and forecasting &C
curately the public interest in certain
subjects. The theater is a place fol
visualizing ideals, but there is no us,
visualizing an ideal that exists oni,
in the mind of the playwright Yol
must take one that exists in the publ,
mind, and then your play will have
clientele for its support. When on,
speaks of an ideal, that implies o
course constructive play and not
destructive one.
4 E t . + + <
New Ulm review., 1908-05-20

Mrs. e. b. Lille of Lafayette cele-
rated her 5Oth birthday Tuesday. A
number of her New Ulm friends at
tended the celebration.
Gen. James II. Baker of Mankato
will attend the next republican nation
al convention, not as 3 delegate, but
as one who was deleg ate to the first
republican national convention ever
held. Baker helped to frame the is
sues when the party made its first de-
claration of principles more than half
a century ago.
The supreme court on Friday rem
dered decision in the case of Erd-
man Prahl, appellant, versus the
County of Brown, respondent, in which
it pholds the findings of the lower
court. The appeal was from the award
of Judge Olsen in Milford ditch case
in which the interested parties were
Erdman Prahl, VIM. Metzen and Mic
Adams. The amount awarded was
81, 900, trife in excess of the amount
allowed by the viewers.
The productions of 'sDie Ehre' and
s'Die Logenbrueder" by the Milwaukee
players at the Turner Theatre Thurs
day and Friday evenings were the most
finished and artistic that have been
given here in many seasons. Parti-
cularly strong was the work OF Con-
rad Bolten, Ludwig Kreiss and Berth.
Sprotte, but so generally satisfying
was the acting OF all thai it is hardly
fair to accord praise to any particular
individual at the expense of the cast
as a whole. The only criticism that
the Review has to offer in connection
with the performances is Of the public.
It certainly reflects no credit on their
Judgment or tastes that the audiences
were SO meagre.
"The Cow Puncher,'' which recently
appeared at a playhouse in this city,
is now being offered to the melodra-
matically inclined in st. Paul. Says
the Pioneer Press: To the theatergoer
whose prediction inclines toward the
melodramatic "The Cow Puncher'
embodies all the essential features of
a production designed to send icy
needles up and down ones vertebra.
In startling gun play the production
would make the original 'gun powder
plot" look like a cheap frecracker on
a rainy day. With the suffocating
clouds of powder smoke, the ear-split-
ting detonations, a person of an ima-
ginative turn could dreamily espy the
battleship feet hurting tons of scream
ing metal toward the checkered can
vas targets off the California coast.