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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-28
Di>arrangcs Whole Election p,.,,

p'>arrangcS Whole Election P,a,..
 In addition to involving the validity ot the second Monday as the valid election date, a change to the first Monday would put in question the whole status of the election plans where timc-limit runs against cer- tain phases of the proceedings. For Instance. the law requires that all state and district officers bc certified out to the county commissioners IS days before the date of the election. and that all certificates be filed at least three weeks before the election date. III this case. should it be held that the first Monday is the legal date, .&i the filing and certifying referred to will have been done several days after the time-limit expired
 In the meantime there is much dis cussicn of the question. The law is there for itself, and that there is ground for an apprehension as to the gravity of the situation, politically. is beyond question.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-28

through certificates obtained at ap election held at d later date In 1tIf CT words. i'll the language of the old proverb, "a bird in the hand would be worth a whole flock in the bush"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-28

Miss Lucie Tucker has returned after a brief visit to Little Rock.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21
An Economic. Reversal

During the last few years the rates
Of public service corporations have de-
creased materially In spite Of the In
creased cost Of labor and materials.
This result is due directly to increased
business and Improvements In the va
rious arts involved. but indirectly TO
the business and technical ability or
the men in control. On the other hand.
scarcely week passes that does not
bring the news Of an increase In rates
of some municipal plant. the two latest
recorded being the municipal water
works Of Fort Scott and Girard. Kan.
This may be due to bad management
or to the original adoption of too low a
rate.
Usually when cities take over their
utilities the necessary authority from
the voters Is secured by promise or
rate reduction. and that promise is'
Rept without regard to the ability OF
the business to stand It. The result
is poor service. plant deterioration or
Increase Of taxes. Frequently all OF
these results follow. with an ultimate
return to- the rates charged by the cor
poration that was put cut Of business
because It was "robblnS" its custom
erS.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21
THE FEAR OF POLITICS.
Why High Grade Employees Prefer
Private Positions,

One Of the first results Of the semi
Cleveland Is the feeling Of high grade
employees that they had better look
for positions which ure not hampered
and endangered by political interfer-
ence. or the resignation Of the en-
gineer Of maintenance Of way the
Cleveland News says:
Engineer Tlton Of the former trac-
ton regime resigned his place Tuesday
because his profession had nothing in
common with politics. He feared that
politics might come to he factor In
the affairs Of the holding company. He
had had that fear ever since the public
was told that the board Of directors
could not meet to discuss a grave labor
difficulty because most of the members
had gone to Columbus to attend po-
Ntical convention
The same paper quotes Mr. Tilton as
saying:
Il desire to say that hold Mr.. du
Pont in the highest esteem. Moreover,
l like Mayor Johnson. | don't want to-
criticise the mayor and his associates
for being politicians either. They have
a perfect and absolute right to be poll
ticians. 1t is the fact l am looking at.
Here Is management which includes
Mayor Johnson, City Solicitor Baker.
Senator Howe, County Solicitor Stage
and Senator Thomas Z. Schmidt. All
Of them are politicians. 1t is the po-
Ntical influence I fear for the future.
Those men cannot keep politics out
could not II they tried. l don't doubt
they mean we'll by me. 1t Is the In
evitable situation that makes It seem,
to me well to make change"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21

colored people Of tins state and
county. Mr.. Ramsey is one sher.
iff who can sit in his office and
call any of these people over the
phone, saying. 81 have a war
rant for you' and they will
come promptly at his command.
They feel that as an officer he
will treat them right and as
good citizens assist the officers
in the performance OF his duty.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21
A CHANGE IN CHICAGO.
Costly Generating Plant Goes Out Of
Existenee---The City Must Pocket


the Loss.
According to reports from Chicago
all generating stations Of the munich
pal electric light plant have been shut
down and current Is being purchased
from the Chicago sanitary district.
which utilizes the water power Of the
drainage canal. That this will reduce
the cost of lighting the streets is rea-
sonably certain. but there Is no eer.
tainty that 1t will reduce 1t to figure
as low as would be given by a private
company. because large proportion
Of the lighting cost-distribution and
maintenance Of circuits and lamps
will still be In the hands Of the city
and therefore most unlikely to be eco
nomically administered.
Even IL the experiment Is a financial
success from now on, the present
change involves an enormous loss TO
the city in the practical wiping out Of
its costly generating system. This
loss. If charged up to the period during
which the plant has been in operation.
would greatly increase the estimated
cost Of lights for the past twenty -one
years. which was already In excess Of
lighting by contract. 1t Is such occur
rences as this which show how worth
less are the figures of costs given out
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21
Wastefut Government.

II we would only bring home to the
people the way In which wasteful gov
ernment bears upon them In their
daily life, II we could only make them
realize the way they are robbed by in
efficiency and the fact that the taxes
that are paid 70 support an extrava-
CANT administration in their final in
cidence come upon the poor, We should
have everywhere recruits in the army
Of reform. Governor Charles z.
Hughes Of New York
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21

John Anderson the pugna
cious attorney from Guthrie. has
been in town all the week TRYING
60 get some of the very best
men in the state in Jail. The
trouble with Anderson is that
the masses of the L. B. +. wont
take him seriously but go on
attending to their business and
let Anderson attend to his if he
has amy.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21

by city lighting plants, ignoring, as
they do. the changes entailed by prog
ress In the art Of lighting or by special
contingencies. The only time city
knows what its lights are costing Is
when it has contract with a COM
pany. Municipal lighting Is gamble
I'm which the city stacks the cards
against itself by its unbusinesslike.
methods Of operating and accounting.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21

The Negroes of this state are
not at all satisfied with the
treatment of the coIored soldiers
by the present Republican adj
ministration but brothers il is
better to bear the Ills We have
than fly to those we know not
Of. Down here we know what
Democracy is and in Il national
election we cannrt afford to
give them aid and assistance
directly or indirectly. It's entire
" different when You vote
for a Democratic President and
Il local Democrat. Some OF our
people vote for local Democrats
for county and city officers hnt
they can't afford to carry the
matter higher np.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21
In few days we will know

In few days we will know
who our city officers are, wheth
er its the old crew or the new
crew. Its a pity for the city
and county that the contention
for office has kept up $" long.
The people axe tired of the
continued strife and want il
settled mt once for all times.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21
WATERWoRKS DISGRACE.

An Indignant Protest Against Condi-
tions That Would Not BE Tolerates
Kansas Citys Waterworks Were
Privately Owned and Operated.
II the Kansas City waterworks sys-
TEN were owned and operated by q
private corporation instead Of by the
municipality, 1t Is easy to imagine that
the newly created public utilities COM
mission would be in continuous session
these days. and nights In frantic Of
fort to provide against an interruption
Of service because Of foods. The COM
mission would be making loud and in
sistent lament against the negligence
and incapacity Of management that
permits the waterworks of n great city
to be menaced almost every spring.
and peremptory orders would he Is
sued demanding correction Of the
fault ander pain Of forfeiture Of fran
chise. And the commission would be
fully justified in so doing.
Under municipal control the water
works Of Kansas City are and always
have been a costly failure that would
not be tolerated II private corpora
ton were responsible for their eondi-
ton. Last fan when there was an in
terruption Of the gas supply for day
the mayor instantly ordered an 'inves-
tigation." although 1t was shown that
the company operating the gas system
rangements to insure continuous sup
ply Of gas to all OF the city Kansas
City enjoys unsurpassed street car and
telephone service, but II anything
should happen to these utilities to en-.
danger or Inconvenience the public the
politicians would be on their feet in.
stanter demanding reprisals and pun.
month after month go by and the wa
ter plant remains the same old uncer
tain and unreliable tax eating testi
monial to the city's incapacity and pa.
tience
Municipal ownership and operation
were never more Of failure than In
the instance Of Kansas City and its
water supply. Hundreds of thousands
Of dollars have been expended upor
the waterworks. engineers have beer
hired and discharged. flow lines have
been built and washed away. higl
priced pumps and other equipment
have been purchased and installed. ant
yet the system Is only precarious
patchwork which any unusual condi
tion jeopardizes II Kansas City's
waterworks were privately owned anC
operated the people Of this communit!
would rise and demand that they b'
torn up and an entirely new and up t.
date system constructed. As mu
nicipal institution. however. 1t is tol
Grated as the prey Of politicians ant
the reward Of partisan patronage
Kansas City Journal
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21

The Negro preachers of this
country should give more atten
ton to politics, They have look
ed after the pulpit So closely in
the past. that the other fellows
have come to the conclusion that
the preacher has no political
rights in this country. Preach
ers are the acknowledge leader
of the people. The people look
to him to protect them where
ever their interest is at stake
and he should do it. The
preacher is the only leader that
the people can trust. therefore
he should protect them from
| the common political CRATER of
this country. The old time po.
litical CRATER has sold ont SO Of
ten that the people are ON to
them and will not trust them
any further, So they turned to
| the preacher to lead and protect
| them. Now let the preachers all
over this country come to the
front and see to it, that the peo-
pie have u clean leadership for
the next four years. The
preacher is the ON y living man
commissioned by God to lead
his people and they should do.
It. Moses. Joshua, Abraham
Isaac and Jacob Were all politi
clans. All the leading Baptist
Divines, of America. such as
DR.. Morris. l.. G. Jordan. f.,
w. -. Isaac and all the Bishops
in the A. NJ. H., G.. NJ. T.. and
a. NJ. f.. Il. church are into pol
iLics and then why not YOU
They are not in politics to seek
office but in politics to better
the condition of our peop'e
There is quite difference in {
. politician and an Office seeker
5 Now boys go into politics anC
2 let the politics go into you.
i Safe Guard,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21

The city clerk Of South Haven.
Mich. writes that bonds to the amount
Of $4,000 have been voted to make up.
a deficit on operation and construction
Of the municipal electric plant
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM II. TAFT
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
JAMES $. SHERM \ y.

The Republicans are now
polling the state and getting their
organization IN proper shape for
"A great battle. We have faith
in Capt. joe. Morris to believe
that he will lead us to a glorious
victory.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21

The kind and corteous treat.
,nent of the u. b. +. Officers
hv Sheriff Ramsey has made
him a host Of friends among the
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21

There is no denying of the fact
that there is an attempt to ar.
ray large percent of the Negro
vote against Mr. Taft, even in
this state.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-21
THE 0lNCTER.
" n. TWlNE Editor.

Published Every Week in the Interest
Of the Negro by Cimcter Publishing Co
Entered at the Post Once at Muskogee.
Okla, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-19
Academy Notes.

This beautiful weather is jus,
fine for studying and we are all
making good use of oui time. AS
it is almost Thanksgiving time
we are busy drawing turkeys that
will be for sale in case the butch
err IS unable to provide you for
the twenty sixth. Last week a
hundred and FIVE leaves Of bread
we're baked at the school and this
CREATE lot of bread has disappear
ed already.
Ella and Clara Bradley of Wag.
ner. Willie Wysuph and Emil Ho
racck of this vicinity have enlist
cd among the army climbing up
the mount of knowledge.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-19


II is not surprising that In Japar
strikes and labor troubles are more
requent than in any other country In
the world when the conditions under
which the Industrial classes have tt
work are considered. The commerce
Of Japan has shared In the wonderful,
progress of the country during the las
0 years, but while trade has prosper
d with the introduction Of moderr
Methods, the workers have been ground
DOWN under the factory system into al
Incredible state OF misery. No consid
2 alton whatever Is extended to the
Y Jrkers By either the government oil
employers. The employers are mere
slave drivers, while the government
does nothing to regulate the conditions
Of labor. No limit Is enforced for houri
IF labor or for a minimum wage.
In Tokyo, where wages are higher
than anywhere In the empire, thou
sands OF factory girls work for 4;
cents a day, a cotton ginner earns 2,
cents a day. a bootmaker about 2.
ents and an ordinary laborer has IL
,e content with 20 cents.
Excessive long hours of labor are the
lie. Factory workers are busy from
in the morning until 8 In the evening
th a few minutes at noon to swal
their scanty meal Of rice. On the
irtltds II is not unusual for men tt
III duty "a consecutive hours.
he condition Of female labor is sim
pitlful, and perhaps nowhere els,
he world il the lot of the woman
Her so hard. The japanese factory
is underpaid, underfed and has t.
long hours at tasks that are physi
exhaustlng. Az a class, she h
ant. helpless, unprotected and un
lied.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-19
rhey Love Dime Novels.

"The Russians are dime novel crazy"
said a man who had just returned from
the far east by way Of Siberia and
Russia. II noticed II FIRST In Man.
churia while I was browsing around
q railroad station.
staring me In the face and looking
as familiar as an old friend. was o
pile OF real American dime novels on
the news stand. There was no mis-.
taking them in spite Of the fact that
they were In Russian, for the pictures
in red, yellow and green ink on the
outside coyers W, . identicaily the
same as those which used TO rub OF
on our hands and on the inside pages
Of u Biographies at school when we
were boys.
After that l kept my eyes open, and
there wasn't a news stand at any Of
the stations which I entered on the
11-day u to Moscow that didn't ex.
hibit a rapidly diminishing stock Of
dime novels. / saw them, too, In the
hands OF well-dressed persons, on the
dining car, which is used as a club car
when the meals aren't going.
I'm Moscow and st. Petersburg they
were all over. on the kiosks at the cor
ners where they vend newspapers
hanging In the show windows Of tn.
book shops and peddled by boys am,
men In the streets. A newspaper ma
told me that the dime novel craze hat
hit Russia hard.
'Some OF the newspapers are run
ming the novels in serial form. Al
classes OF persons, OF all ages an
both men and women, deyour them,
was told"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-19
NEW WOMAN OF D

Education In Freeing HaF from the
shackles Of odd C1M1oms.
As a result q ne propaganda work
that Is low being carried on by the
East Indians m behalf Of women, won
anhood all over Hindostan Is becoming
awakened. The members Of the weak
sr" sex are beginning to insist upon
being allowed to come into their own
In many parts of Hindostan women
are no longer confined lt thalr houses
and early marriage has entirely been
done away with In educated circles
The people have commenced to realize
that IL a boy is educated, just n man
IS educated but, on the contrary, liz q
girl Is enlightened, 1t means the uplift
Of the whole family. India has begun
to feel that the East Indian m are
the country's best asset. They mold
and fashion the destiny Of the nation
and Ak It's character.
The present generation has produced
women OF whom India is proud. Into
the learned professions Hindostan has
sent her daughters. As doctors Of re.
ligion, law, literature, medicine, phil
osophy, music and art, there are East
Indian women who can hold their own
not only with the women. but also with
the men Of other countries Of the world
True, they are few numerically but
they are like the yeast which, though
proportionately very small in amount.
leavens the whole mass. The masses
are still backward and much remains
to be done; but a beginning has beer
made. Once proper provision is made
for her education her evolution will
proceed apace. The East Indian won
an, no matter how ~illiterate she may
be, Is usually able to recite from mem
DRY scores Of pages Of religious and
epic poems, no merely like a parrot
but with understanding. The woman
Of Hlndostan Is quick In intelligence
and perception, and the metaphysical
and religious training she has had for
generations make her an apt and win
Ing student. .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-19
Taurht 70 car. Tor BabI...

Mrs. Bertrand Russell, of London
who was formerly a resident OF Phila
delphla, has established a school fol
mothers In the crowded district o
London, where mothers may be laugh
how 70 take care Of their own children
1t is not only mothers in crowded dis
tricts who need such lessons. and n
doubt many mothers In good circuT
stances would be glad Of just such II
formation in regard to the proper wa
to take care Of the babies.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-19
An Inexhau.tibIs sappiy,

Mrs. Golden Sanderson, the prom
nent English "~Suffragette," talke
hopefully OF woman suffrage the 9th,
day at the Colony Club in New Yori
There r 30 many Of us women
she said, "why shouldn't we get til
vote IL we keep fighting for It? Thir
how many OF us there are! There ar
more women than men. you know. "
are as inexhaustible as New Year res
buttons. l said to a little girl OH Ne
Years day: Jenny. I'm frightful
displeased with you. You have b
ready broken three of your resol
tons Yes, | know said Jenny ; b
I'll make a lot OF others quite &
good"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-19
DO YOU KNowr

Laughter in Persia 10 considered ef
Terminate.
There are tropical daisies a foot ir
circumference.
The Queen OF Holland ID the only soy
reign who balloons.
The Irish, next to the blacks, are
east given to suicide.
Five men a hold down a lion, but
It takes nine to manage a tiger.
A German Is bringing to America {
.ircus Of trained ants. The insects
throw somersaults, make pyramids
lance, wrestle and fence.
When the German Emperor attend,
a musical comedy, he often compose'
wo or three original Jokes, which are
landed from the royal box to the lead
ug comedian for Interpolation.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-19

G~oa Condition Accounted for by
Advantages OF the Present Age.
One Of the most noteworthy adynn.
RACES of the present epoch Is. that sor'
eyes are almost unknown; likewise
cross eyes. Even 30 short a time as 0
generation ago 1t was a common thinE
to see people Of all ages and conditions
with infiamed eyes. As for strablsmus
one does notice a case OF II now and
then, but II is very exceptional. a
generation ago cross eyes were regard.
ed as a hopeless misfortune. There was
nothing that could be done. A child
thus sffiicted was obliged to 60 through
life with one eye looking inward, or
outward, as the case might be. II was
not only a ~deformity, but a misfortune
In other ways; for a person who is
badly cross eyed sees out Of only one
eve. Nowadays, however. save In rare
instances. the matter can be set right
by a simple surgical operation. 1t is
mainly for this reason that one sees 81
few persons who are cross eyed. as
compared with n few years ago. AS
for sore eyes, they are cured, or pre-
vented, by glasses which correct the
troubles, such az near sight or astig-
matism. which are the cause of the
mischief.
Perhaps the most curious Of the
many absurd popular notions about
eyes IL that which causes people to re.
frain from wearing needed glasses for
the a that III they once put them
on, they will always have to use them"
In such a belief there il only one germ
Of truth. When glasses that are need
ed have once been adopted, nobody is
ever willing to give them up, simply
because the Improvement of vision, or
gain In comfort, is such that they
quickly make themselves indispensa.
BILE.
There Is sc6rce anything about which
popular i~gnerance 10 70 profound as II
IL in regard 10 eyes. Never 90 many
people win confess to wearing glasses
for astigmatisM but ask one Of them
Wudt ucllbLuAlicm 10 anu thS ohSWVa'
IL any, is a random guess. Yet astig-
matism Is simply an ir~regularity In the
curvature of the cornsa, which is set
In front Of the eye kks a watch glass.
One often hears n ssAd that oculists
occasionally take ont eyes. clean them,
and put them back; vet Dsthing could
be more Impossible. without destroy.
ing sight. When 'old sight comes, as
it does to all normal eyes at 20 years
or earlier, complaint is mads that the
sight is failing :" but the TACT 10 that
the eyes are as gosd as q but need
mild convex glasses to help the focus
at the near point. Cataract Is sup
posed to be a Aim v e the eye, where
as 1t is really an opacity Of the crystal.
line lens, behind the pupil. To such
absurd beliefs, indeed, there Is no end.