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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-18

and near the City Farm Colony Two hospitals
to be erected this fall in Brooklyn Borough, the
Coney Island Hospital and a new building for
the Kings County institution, represent out
lay Of $4,000
The foderaI government also is now planning
much building for the near future here in New
York In addition to the new So 100000 post
office, provision has been made for the erection
Of q New Assay Office on the site of the present
building at a cost of $3.50 900. This building.
which II be sur1nounted by a chimney $50 feet
tall to carry off the gases will constitute one Of
the oddities Of architecture in lower Manhattan
The government achitccts are also at work on
plans for a barge office, for which Congress ap-
prOpriated 100000, with limit OF 100000,
and on plans for a new marine hospital to be
erected at Stapleton, Staten Island, and for
which Congress has appropriated 100000
There are certain building projects which, al
though by reason Of their size and cost outrank-
fng. many others, do not properly enter into the
consideration Of the present day building sitUa-
ticn because there is nothing definite as 10 when
steps will be taken to put them into execution
Principal among them is the plan of the
FC1IttabIe Life Assurance Society 10 put up
the site Of the present building, in the block
bounded by Broadway ana Nassau, Pine and
Cedar streets. { skyscraper which may be sixty
two stories. or 90 feet, high, and cost $4,000
COO This project like that to erect a thirty
eight story Office building, at cost Of 50 IJoOOO,
at No 30 Broadway. where the first modern sky
scrapcr to go VI in New York still stands, is for
various reasons, held in allegiance Both projects
may be carried into effect some tine, but just
when no one knows.
If the announcement Of these projects has
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13

tor from Illinois was expiring. He was
candidate for Democratic re- election.
Formerly friendly to the slave trade,
he was now slightly regaining his
northern popularity through an impress
sion Of changed front. Republicans,
however. had not forgotten his past
record and they accordingly put for
ward as their candidate against Douglas
Abraham Lincoln. a Springfield lawyer
of hardly more than local reputation.
Then occurred the wondrous Lincoln
Douglas debate. in which Lincoln
startled the entire country with his re-
markable apostrophies on the slavery
issue. 1t was soon apparent that the
Republicans had at last found man
who was the kind of a leader they de-
sired and needed and by the mere token
1t was equally apparent that the time
for temporizing was nearly past and
the necessity for settling the one great
internal difficulty between the states
had now TO be bravely faced and truly
mastered.
The result of the Lincoln Douglas
campaign was the defeat of Lincoln by
a few votes. Elsewhere in the north
however. the 1853 elections showed
constantly increasing Republican gains
and a corresponding increase in aboli-
ton sentiment.
Soon came the raid of John Brown
into Virginia for the purpose of free
ing the saves. Then Brown was con-
victed Of treason and was hanged
More fuel added to the flames When
congress met in the winter of 1859
the opening sessions were marked
with extremist sectional bitterness anl
it was with the utmost difficulty thai
business was transacted at ali. Such
was the situation III brief when the
presidential campaign of 1850 opened
the most portentious the most import
ant, the most serious and the most
lforeboding election in which the peo-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13

James Buchanan, who succeeded to
the presidency in 1855. was the last
chief executive TO be elected by Demo-
Gratis for nearly 80 years. 1t is indeed
practically certain that even he would
have been defeated in 1856 had it not
been for the influence of a fow able and
conservative men in the north, who be-
lieVed that Buchanan's large experience
in public affairs, his acknowledged ca
pacity and his conservatism afforded
better guarantee of domestic peace
than did the character of the fiery Ere
mont Buchanan declared shortly after
his election that the great object of his
administration should be to arrest. If
possible, the agitation of the slavery
question. and to destroy sectional par
ties. But he might as we'll have sought
to turn back the waves of the ocean
with broom. The coming conflict was
inevitable, and the diplomacy and
procrastination of Buchanan. but
served to put forward the evil day.
Agreeable to his announced determi-
nation, Buchanan divided his cabinet
appointees evenly between the north
and south. making the veteran Lewis
Cass, of Michigan, his secretary of
state. But no sooner had the Bu-
chanan administration started than the
feeling over slavery continued its con-
founding work Buchanan could not
conceal MS desire 10 acquire CUBA anu
the north accordingly took fresh un-
bragg toward his administration. Then
came the famous bred Scott decision
rendered by the supreme court, i'll
which majority was of southern eX-
traction and southern affiliation. The
bred Scott decision denied the possible
| status of free negro. Thus the su-
preme court and the chief executive of
| the nation added fuel to the flame.
| BY the time the autumn election of
! 1853 had been reached. Abraham Lin
coin had appeared upon the scene. The
term of Stephen a. Douglas as sena-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
lowA,s CORN CROP.

The Des .Moines Capital, speaking
of the wealth contained in this years
corn crop, says:
The Iowa corn crop this year is
placed at 290,000,00O bushels
Upon a basis of present prices
and there is small prospect of their
going lower---the value of this crop
to the farmers of Iowa is $226,000,000.
This means an average value for
the ninety-nine counties of the state
of $2,2S2,0O0.
This magnificent record is made in
spite of a cold, rainy and backward
seeding time and by a general run Of
weather which was considered any
thing but ideal for the maturing of an
average Iowa corn crop.
The result is matchless tribute ia
Iowa soil, to the intelligence and in
dustry of the Iowa farmer, and re-
buke to the pessimist who can never
await in patience for Providence and
Nature to complete their work.
This recalls the corn crops of for.
mer years and the wealth they
brought TO the state. For instance In
1896, during the last Democratic ad-
ministration the corn crop was good.
but 1t did not add $226,000,000 to the
riches OF the state. The same 100000
600 bushels that will be harvested this
year at the 16 cents paid for corn on
the Ottumwa market OIL October 3.
| 1896, would have brought, not $685..
| 100000, but S46 400 900.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
TAFT AS A CAMPAIGNER.


The political complexion of the mid
die western states changed with the
visit of Judge Taft. Before that time
the Bryan managers were claiming all
the states in the Mississippi valley
were solid for the Nebraskan. The
fractional troubles had not died down
and the Democrats were eXerting their
best efforts in tanning the flames.
Then came Judge Taft's campaign tour
through the west with it's harmonizing
influences and there was an immediate
end Of factionalism. Judge Taft's
visit sounded the knell to Bryan's
hopes in the west. The west was given
a closer view Of the methods of the
man who earned the sobriuuet of
Peaceful Bill Taft by his remarka-
BILE achievements as pacificator in
Cuba and the Philippines.
The Kansas City Journal holds that
the change of sentiment in the middle
west is due altogether to Taft's mas
terful accomplishments as cam
paigner. He drew larger crowds and
aroused greater enthusiasm than his
opponent in spite of the universally
admitted fact that Bryan is far ahead
of Taft as a political spellbinder. Mr.
Taft won.' says the Journal, "by dis
carding all the arts Of oratory, if he
ever possessed any"
"It was the old story of the skillful
boxer pitted against the hitting
fighter. The Republican leader ram
med home plain truths in regard to
issues which Bryan had CLOSED over
with the sophistries Of the skillful
| word monger. Mr.. Bryan is a master
of the art of making black appear
white for the time being but Mr.
I, Taft brushed aside this cunning fenc-
| ing with the engaging candor of
his big, genial personality. as well as
with the tact and good judgment that
he has manifested in all his campaign
| speeches in ignoring abstract, theo-
retical questions and setting out in
plain, blunt way the actual condi-
lions Of prosperity that have prevail
ed under Republican administrations
in contrast with the low prices of
farm products and the sufferings of
! the wage-earnerS under Democratic
rule In gatherings of laboring men
he has pressed home the fact that the
chief issue with them is not anti-in.
functions but jobs, while to the farm
ers he has recalled Democratic times
when wheat went below so cents. corn
below 20 cents and oats fell to 10
cents bushel These plain facts can
not be denied, they need no spellbind
ing word painting"
| Mr.. Taft gained a host of new
friends the Journal concludes, where
ever he went in the mighty, virile
west with his convincing talks about
Republican achievements and Demo
cratic promises. Nor is it strange
that when he was too hoarse to talk
he won peoples hearts with his gen
ial simle, for the smile comes from
the heart of tried and proven states
man who is giving his life to his
country's service
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
BLAk ES5URG.

Blakesburg. Marvin Upp. mail clerk
on the Wabash between Ottumwa and
Moberly, Mo-, visited relatives here
recently
VIM. Shea and family returned Sat-
urday from Eddyville, where they at
tended the funeral of his brother-in.
law. Thomas Callahan.
Mrs. Soda Williams is visiting with
her daughter. Mrs. Ralph Snow, near
Union Chapel.
Mrs. Kate Jones is visiting in Chi
cago.
Dollie and Herman Tinsley return
ed Friday to their home in Spencer
Neb.. after pleasant visit with rela-
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Roybolt of Abba
attended the Democratic barbecue hers
Thursday.
Mrs. David Jay was an ottumwa
visitor Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Cohagan of
Ottumwa, We're Blakesburs visitors
Thursday
Caroline Judson returned Saturday
from OttuInwa, where she visited rea-
tives.
Mrs. Sherman Dorothy of Vernon,
Kas.. accompanied by Mrs. Alonzo Vim
cent of this place left Friday for an
extended visit with relatives IN Ohio.
Miss Kridelbaugh visited her par
ents In Charlton over Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
Edward Everett of Massachusetts for

Edward Everett of Massachusetts for
second place.
The campaign proceeded with great
enthusiasm and yet amid foreboding
threats. 1t early became evident that
Lincoln was to win. Southern leaders
openly declared that in the event of a
Republican victory the south would Sc
cedc. The north treated these threats
AS mere buster. but the announcement
of the November vote brought the
whirlNind Lincoln carried every free
state except New Jersey, receiving
four of the seven votes of that state.
Douglas received only the electoral
votes of Missouri and three from New
Jersey. Bell received those of Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. while
Breckenridge received the balance
Lincolns electoral vote was 1870, while
that of the other three candidates COM
bined was but 1903.
At last the party opposed to slavery,
which in 1870 cast bat 1000 votes, had
gained control of the government. Be
fore another campaign could roll
around the result Of the election OF
1860 was to be written in the blood of
battlefield
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
SRYAN'S BANK GUARANTEE AND
THE INDIVIDUAL DEPOSlTOR.


A very little study of Mr.. Bryan's
plan Of guaranteeing bank deposits
brings out enough bad features to
make it plain that it is just as imprac-
teal and unsound as his free silver
scheme of 1896. In that campaign he
proposed to make dollar out OF fifty
cents Now he proposes to tax each
national bank certain amount on its
deposits, and in that way create a
fund with which to pay those who de-
post money In banks that fail.
According to figures given in the
aI"Western Banker" the individual de-
posts in the national hanks OF the
United States amount to over four
billion dollars, while the total of all
kinds of money in the United States
is only little over three billion dol
lars
Granting then (Which is an impos-
sibility) that ali the money in the
country gets, in the course Of trade,
put in national banks, tax based on
even the individual deposits Of only
national banks, is a tax on a commod-
ity one-foErth of which commodity
does not actual Exist That is clear.
iy against the fundamental basis and
effective power Of taxation. A tax is
Ia lien, but to be a lien Their must be
something which the lien can take
THE great majority of tie amount OF
business transacted IS based upon the
confidence that those engaged in the
transaction have in each other, and in
THE conditions that exist in the coun
TRY, but it would be hard to collect a
Itax levied on this confidence.
There is a vast difference in the
simple single value of a dollar, and
lin the great amount of uses it can be
put to if the public has confidence in
it's value. Mr.. Bryan has never seem
ed to realize that fact.
# 1t is very probable that not more
than two billion Of the three billion
dollars in the United States have evel
been actually deposited in nationa
bank, possibly not that much, bu
these two billion dollars have been de
posted. and then borrowed and put in
ito businesses that give employment
and in small amounts again deposited
n A tax of say one per cent on thi:
-four billion dollars would PRACTICAL!
be tax of two per cent on the two
billion dollars of real money, and I.
would take out Of circulation an i'm
smense sum every year.
If this guarantee fund is to be avail
able whenever there is failure (ant
1T would be useless otherwise) it canno
"a he invested but mus be stored wher
1t can be gotten at Immediately Tha
N being the condition an accumulation
of this fund must necessarily Gu
down the amount Ter capita of avail
able money.
The only way to get this none,
Il back into circula ton would be +
S9have enough bank failures to use
as fast as it was paid in.
The shortage of money cuts dow
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13

employment and Investment that gives
employment, and the working man
would be among the first ones to ne
hurt by Mr.. Bryan's plan
Considered from any point this plan
is fundamentally wrong. Any propo,
sition that cuts down the amount Of
money in circulation is bad for the
laboring man and the farmer. Both
have something to cell for money; the
farmers sells his produce. and the
working man his labor. The smaller
the amount of money in circulation
the lower price each will get. If Mr.
Bryan's plan is put into operation
and this fund which he speaks of IS
raised, 1t must of necessity be raised
from the money that goes into the
banks-and that is the part of the
money that keeps the businesses of
the country moving. 1t is the part
that is in circulation. Tie money
that is in the sock or bed tick is moi
helping the country, and will not help
pay the guarantee tax. This tax must
necessarily be paid out of the money
that is in daily use, therefore making
that amount less every year.
If this guarantee fund is not a bic
fund it will not be any protection, and
if it is big enough to be a protection
it must necessarily lake much money
out of circulation. If 1t goes out Of
circulation it will certainly take bust
and manufacturing institutions witt
lit. That means labor out of employ
ment, and general impeachment 81
manufacturing, wholesale and retail
businesses
Summed up in condensed form Mi
Bryans plan proposes tax on all o
the real money that is in use, ant
also on the confidence that tina
money in active circulation gives TX
the business interests. In other words
| he proposes to tax the commercial at
mosphere surrounding the dollar %
the United States in the same way
that he proposed in 1896 to coin th4
! difference between the actual value .
the silver in the dollar and one hun
dred cents. Mr.. Bryan's plan if pu
into actual operation would hurt tn
man who is not a depositor in th'
bank. and has to work for living
just as much as one who is a deposito
| in the bank.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
IAET AND LABOR.

Judge Taft, taking note of the col
lusion between Bryan and Samuel
Gompers and the efforts of the latter
10 turn over the union labor vote TO
the Democratic candidate, makes the
assertion that he has done more for
union labor than Mr.. Gompers. Tafts
record bears out the state
ment that he is a friend
of labor. On the bench his
decisions setting out the rights of la
ror have laid down presidents that
have been used by the at
,crneys of the unions in Sc
curing justice in the courts. The la
hor leaders recognize this as may be
seen from the storm of protests
caused by Mr.. Gompers' activity. The
latest to be heard in protest are
James Duncan, first vice president OF
the American Federation of Labor
who admonishes workingmen on cleo
lion day to vote in accordance will
their consciences; William R. Farley
Il veteran labor leader of the south
who declares he deems it his duty ''tt
disregard the advice of President
Gompers and to vote for Taft anc
sherman" and Norman E. McPhail
president Of the typographical union
who utters a protest against the Com
pers propaganda
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
WHEN THE CANDIDATES MET.

Speaking of the meeting of Taft and
Bryan al the Chicago Chamber of
Commerce banquet the Sioux City
Journal says:
Messrs. Taft and Bryan met, shook
hands and chatted cordially. Widest
enthusiasm and applause on the part
of the onlookers! Evidently there
were those who feared Taft would
open with right swing at Bryan's
jaw and that the Lincoln boy would
come back with vicious poke at
Taft's stomach, after which the can.
didates would clinch and beat a tat.
too upon each others necks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
GOLFERS ON BRYAN.

Golfers Weekly, though Demo
cratic, is supporting Taft for the
presidency. In its current issue it has
date:
While sitting in Denver, watching
the convention, we jotted down the
opinion that Mr.. Bryan's best hope
for election lay in retiring TO the bot
tom Of the Pacific and allowing moi
q single bubble to escape. Since that
lime he has talked great deal about
the best way of regulating trusts; he
has made a special slogan of the
Oklahoma patent-medicine banking
plan he, the visionary, has claimed to
be heir to the practical Roosevelt;
he has been desperately involved in
an encounter with that almost III
vinCibie politician; and he has cast
false aspersions on the integrity OF
the governor OF New York. Toe
many bubbles have escaped. What
ever may be thought of the presidents
taste, in the controversy between him
and Mr.. Bryan, the country WILL we
imagine, feel the difference between
vague and dangerous theory upon the
one hand and shrewd, practical reform
upon the other; between hesitating
and vaciilating arguments and the
heavy battalions of established fact.
Golfers opinion is the same as
that held by thousands of Democratic
voters who are independent enough
to look the situation squarely in the
face and admit to themselves JUS
what it would mean TO have MAJ
for president who had fathered sucf
absurd and fallacious schemes ant
theories in the past
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13

It is safe to assume that "Sapho'
will be greeted with crowded house
in Waterloo as result of the curios
|ity-arousing campaign designed to
prevent its appearance. It looks as II
the good people Of Waterloo were i'm
posed upon by an enterprising press
agent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13

"rhe championship for 1908 being
thus settled, with the exception of a
few formalities involving Detroit more
or less" says the Chicago Tribune.
"let us resume the consideration OF
the almost equally important matter
Of conserving the country's natural re-
sources -
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
For Representative in Congress.
Sixth District,
n. E. KENDALL.


For State Representative.
E. ]. MOORE.
For County Auditor,
]. A. BALLARD.
For County Clerk,
EDWIN DUNCAN.
For County Sheriff
THOMAS STODGH1LL,
For County Recorder,
l.. L. SWENSON.
For County Surveyor,
w. c. WYMAN.
For County Attorney,
WALTER S. COEN.
For County Treasurer.
c. A. MARBLE.
For County Coroner
Or. A. w. SLAUGHT.
For County Superintendent.
ESTHER NICHOLSON.
Members Supervisors,
A. J. FAIRCHILD.
]. w. JORDAN.
For Justices of Peace.
I. r. Buckley,
NJ. l.. KIRK.
For Constables.
c. A. CRAWLEY,
w. A. DERBY.
For Trustee.
Fl. F. MICHAEL.
For Assessor.
E. HARNESS.
Township Clerk.
HARRY THRONE.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
For Governor,
u t. CARROLL

B. T. CARROLL.
For Lieutenant Governor,
GEORGE w. CLARK.
For Secretary of State,
w. c. HAYWARD.
For Auditor of State.
JOHN L. BLEAKLY.
For Treasurer of State,
w. w. MORROW.
For Attorney General,
II. W. BYERS.
For Judge Supreme Court
SILAS M. WEAVER.
SCOTT NJ. LADE,
WILLIAM D. EVANS.
For Supt. Public Instruction.
JOHN f. RIGGS
For Clerk Of Supreme Couir,
H. l.. BOUSQUET,
For Railroad Commissioner,
N. S. KETCHUM.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For President,
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
Of Ohio.
For Vice President,
JAMES S. SHERMAN,
of New York.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-04-27
InnIClnnR GENERlL

CosEJOs A LAS MADREs.-El jarabe
calmante de la Sonora Winslow debe
usarss siempre que los niiios estan en- 81
periodo de la detencion. PTopOrciona all
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alegre. Es muy agrad able 81 paladar,
calIna al nifiO, abIanda sUs dolores, haee
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los intestinos. Els ell mejOT remedlo como
cido para la diarrea va prOvenga esta de ia
dentici0n de cuslquiera otra causa'
TVengase unucho cuidado en- pedir Ell "JaTa-
be Calmatne de la SefiOra WinsloW": es 81
mejor de todOs.
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CUELIOS 7 C0RBlTIS PARA SfNORIS.

En- 81 Parts Bazar us acRba de rscibiT
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