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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-03
GRAFT THE LEVER IN POLITICS.

Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir:-Inclosed find money
order for 81, for which please send
me the Watson Magazine.
While I have about 'lost out" in
the hope of ever doing anything to
check the greed and deviltry of or
ganized trusts and combinations, who
absolutely own and direct the action
of the old parties, it does me good to
read the truth as you tell it about
the rascals.
There are scores of voters all over
the country that detest the politics
of both the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties and would shout no
sannas of JOY at their DOWNFALL but
what else can we expect when Joe
Cannon and that township Senator
of Rhode Island, Aldrich, can dictate
to the Democratic patriots CD what
to do and they do it? Graft is
lever in our national politics that is
a power that will be hard to over
throw; too many voters who go to
elections and who want to ''see a
man" as soon as they get to the
voting place. Very truly,
I. E. HODGES.
Dix, Illinois, R. F. D. No. 2.
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A PAPER THAT STANDS FOR THE
PEOPLE.

Editor "The Jeffersonian":
Dear Sir:-I notice that my sub
scription expired yesterday, which
shows that | am unmindful of my
duties to cause which is not sup
ported as it should be by the masses.
We stand on thin ice, hoping that
such men as you will save us without
an effort on our part. This waiting
for something to turn up to save us
is to be the ruin of this country at
no distant day Graft and crime are
paramount because the wealthy can
ride roughshod over the law where it
interferes with them, buy the courts,
and make them subservient to every
within. Ye gods! I pity you and the
few other publications that unset
fishly stand for the people.
The voice of an uncOrrupted paper
is like the murmur of virtue in sea
>of evil Don't you ever get discour-
aged? I said I pitied you, but that
pity is born of admiration for your
grand and indomitable courage in
such an unequal task. This dollar |
send to renew my subscription seems
mighty small for my share in spread
ing the good work.
Perhaps some one that is asleep
will awake before the fumes of the
fires that roll beneath his feet suffo-
cate him.
Yours truly,
A N. JUDD,
jacksonville, Cal, 1858 Lake Ave.
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fundamental principles of this Gov
eminent
have been almost constant read
er OF your literature for sixteen or
seventeen years, and I surely endorse
the stand you have taken and almost
all that | know you have said, and
especially the way you have exposed
the missionary fraud of late.
L have voted for Watson every
time | have had the chance to do so;
| was the only one who voted for
Watson in this precinct in November,
1919. Some of the voters said to
me: IF you vote for Watson you'll
lose your vote" I said: mot So
A vote cast for the right principle is
never lost, though it may be for the
defeated candidate" In 1892 this,
Cherokee County, voted 700 majority
Tor Jeffersonian Democracy. Now it
is different, something is wrong.
Inclosed I send you 81 to renew
my subscription to both Jeffersonians
for six months. l am very poor but
can't do without your Jeffersonians.
Wishing you success in all your
business so long as you are in the
right, | am,
Yours truly,
JOHN F. HOGE.
Plano, Ala
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A UNION VETERAN AND A GOOD
POPULIST.
Hon. Thos. e. Watson.

Hon. Thos. E. Watson
My Dear Sir:-I have not seen any
word in The Jeffersonian from this
part of Florida, and so I have con-
cluded to drop you few lines.
Although | am an old Union vet
eran, | admire you and your writings
and the manly way in which you han
die the missionary cranks. | think
crank Scoville should crawl into his
hole and pull the hole in after him,
to be seen no more or heard from
again. [ am like you about the For
eign Mission fraud. I think charity
should commence at home. First let
the thousands of poor and illiterate
be cared for at home and let China
and other nations take care of their
own poor. If we provide for our
own worthy poor we will have all we
can attend to, and it will take all the
surplus cash that can be raised in
this country to make them comforta-
BILE and educate them. | am sorry
that | am SO financially poor | cannot
help you more than | do, but such is
the case, or I would have the two
Jeffersonians instead Of one.
l believe in your platform and I
nave done all | could to spread the
cause. | voted for you in the last
election and got five others to do the
same. | am an old Union veteran,
but | have as much respect for those
who wore the gray as I have for those
the blue. That was a cruel and un-
called for war; many brave and
noble man on both sides lost his life
in it; many poor woman and child
suffered the pangs of hunger and
cold by it, and if there is any pun
ishment in the future life, those who
caused that cruel war must surely
pay the penalty.
I hope and pray that your cause
will reign triumphantly over this
nation, as | think it's honest and just,
and | will do all I can for you and
the cause.
With best wishes, I remain,
Yours for truth and Justice.
A UNION VETERAN.
Moss Bluff, Fla.
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PAGE SEVEN
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terest in such contests Address,
CONTEST EDITOR" DIXIE HOME,
Dept' D. Birmingham, Ala.
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They will bring results, for they need
only to be seen to be appreciated.
l am one of the so-called rock
ribbed Democrats, but | am proud to
say that | am not so case-hardened
but what | can believe the truth
when | see it in black and white and
not successfully denied by anybody.
The only thing that is needed Gas I
see IT., is to spread the gospel as
preached by the two Jeffersonians.
| deem it of far more Importance
than sending missionaries to China,
or any other old place.
Ii could get to the end of my pen
what is in my heart, this letter would
probably make interesting reading
but that is impossible as | have a
poor way of expressing myself New
ertheless my vote counts as much as
any other one mans in the United
States, and you may always count
on it as long as you advocate the
principles you now advocate
Yours truly, w. f. BROWN.
Rockingham Ca
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ENOUGH POPULTSTS LEFT s'FOR
SEED"

Hon. Thos. e. Watson, Thomson, Ca
Dear Sir:-Please find enclosed
order for SO, for which renew my
subscription to both magazine and
paper. [ also send you a new sub
scriber to the Magazine, which makes
me entitled to one of your knives.
| have been a subscriber to your pa
per and magazine for only one year,
but [ voted my first vote for you in
the last election. | am one of the
twenty-five that voted for you at our
precinct in Johnson Township, Clark
County, so you see there are still
enough of us Populists left for seed
up here in Illinois.
Wishing you and both Jeffersonians
success, [ am,
Yours truly,
FRANK PARTLOW.
Casey, ILL.,, r. F. D. No. 8.
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OLD PARTIES ARE DESTROYING
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir and Friend:-I say
friend because I believe you to be the
best friend to the common people,
and especially to the old Confederate
soldiers of any political leader now
in the United States. I am sorry to
have to say that after the bold stand
you have taken and the sacrifice you
have made in behalf of the ex-Con-
federate soldiers and the common
people a great many of them don't
appreciate what you have done; but
still go on voting for one of the old
parties which I believe to be twins in
purpose, and destroying the very
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parties united. |. don't think there
would be any Socialist party in the
United States today if we had never
fused with the Democrats. This is
only poor farmers opinion
This is the age where dollars have
more weight than opinions or theo-
ries, so please find enclosed 81 for
the Jeffersonian Magazine, for one
year.
Always count on me.
Yours, G.. N. SAPP.
Farlna, ILL.,, R. F. d. No. 2.
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WOULD LOVE TO SEE REFORM
ERS UNITE.

Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga
Dear Sir:-I was a delegate at the
Peoples Party Convention at Spring
field, ILL.,, four years ago, and also at
St. Louis last fall, and I cast my bal
lot for T. e. Watson every chance I
have. Have voted the straight Peo-
pies party ticket since 1895, and I
am proud of it.
I endorse the stand you take on
Foreign Missions to It.
| would love to see all the reform
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PROPOSES FOUR ISSUES FOR
PLATFORM.

Hon. Thos. e. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir:-This old one-armed
farmer veteran, with limited ability.
has been thinking along the lines of
so many reformers, write you con-
ference of wise heads. While I pre-
fer to hold fast to all the reforms
you have so elOquently defended, yet
it appears that the autocrat must be
dethroned before you and others can
hope to accomplish any great num-
Der of these reforms
How would it do to make the mi
tiative referendum, recall and proper
tional representation the exclusive is
sues? These issues are only opposed
by the unimpaired and the autocrat
and his agents. The Federalist and
the Wings were swept out of power
and out of existence because their
leaders were opposed to the peoples
rule. 1t is time history was repeat
ing itself. AutOcracy never divides,
their cunning deceives. The auto
Gratis through their agents, chosen
for them by the people, are in as COM
plete control of the Republican and
Democratic parties today as they
were of the Whig and Federalist par
ties.
I am inclined to believe that now,
this year, 1909, is the time and con-
dition ripe for a new political align
ment If so, should not the organi-
zation proceed along the lines these
four great issues would or should de-
velop?
A government cannot be truly rep
resentative when only part of the
people is represented; this has been
so for many years.
Taxation without representation
was wrong one hundred and forty
years ago; it's wrong today.
Proportional representation will
give the minority this equitable right
while we must submit to the majority
and should when the power is hon
estly applied. The minority repre-
sentative will be the Waterman Of
the night, the honest detective to
testify for the good and against the
disobedient.
These four great issues would be
shield to the honest representative
and a sword in the hands of the
people.
Wishing you and yours success,
H. M. McCUISTIAN.
Paris, Texas, May 8, 1909.
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TEN DOLLARS FOR YOU.

We are offering ten dollars in cash
to the agent who sends in the most
subscribers to our Weekly or Maya
zine by June 10, 1909, and five dol
lars in cash for the next largest list.
Read our offer, and apply for par
ticulars to the Jeffersonians, Thorn
son, Ga.
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We make a speciality of treating and
or do you know friend who has one5
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~ Scientific remedy in scientific hands
NO operation, no loss of blood. Can
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well. NO FAILURE ~"
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T. u box 06 Quitman, Ga
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name and address and three 2-cent
stamps, and we will mail you a large
bundle of circulars and six months
ITiS SUBSCRIPTION to this paper The
WILDWOOD Advance, Wildwood, Ga If
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Three Smiles.

Maud-My fance is a heartless
wretch.
Belle-What's the trouble?
Maud-Ive got a better offer and
he won't release me from my en-
gagement.-Boston Transcript.
you are going to marry a rich
widow" said the fortune teller.
Here" replied the man, whose
hand was being held, sis another
dollar. Make her a young maiden
and beautiful. - Chicago Record
Herald.
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Did the Right Thing.

AO oiAO night In1ng.
Judge-You say you found this SIS
bill?
Prisoner-Yes, your honor.
Judge-And you didn't attempt to
restore it?
Prisoner did, your honor.
Judge-To it's owner?
Prisoner = No; to circulation
Judge.
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Partners i'm Crime.

Doctor (to patient)-"Your case
is a very serious one, sir, and I think
consultation had better be held ;"
Patient (too sick to care for any
thlng)-"Very we'll, doctor, have as
many accomplices as you like. -
Spare Moments
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A Poor Remedy.

i notice man who had a cold in
his head has committed suicide"
Poor fellow! Now what fool
friend could have advised him to
try that remedy?" = Philadelphia
Ledger.
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THE time, the place and the girl.
How seldom we see them together"
And another rare combination is
the man, the scheme and the COIN
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-16
ROADS ATTACKING
COMMISSION
RAILROADS WEST OF MISSOURI
RIVER TRY TO SHOW THAT IFS
POWERS AND ACTS ARE UN-
CONSTITUTIONAL.

St. Paul, April ia united at
tack through the United States courts
upon the interstate commerce COM
mission as an institution was begun
today by the largest railroads operat-
ing west of the Missouri river.
The battle which promises to be
one of the fiercest the courts of this
country have ever seen, was begun
before Judge Dickson, special mas
ter in chancery. The Union Pacific
and the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific are among the complain
ants.
The object sought by the roads is
a final conclusive decision by a Unit
ed States court to the effect that its
powers and functions authorized by
congress are unconstitutional.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-16
SUBMITS COLD FIGURES AS
To EXPENSES Of THE CITY
O. B. Fuller Goes Back to City Records
to Show the Comparative Expense Of
Running the Cty---Does Not Oppose
the Issuance of Bonds But Wants the
Money Used on the Streets.

vote the $4,000, but we want to
know that it will be used for that
purpose. No one has questioned the
honesty of the mayor or a member
of the council No one has question
ed the fact that a single cent has
been Incorporated. The city's ex-
pense must naturally increase with
its growth.
I believe, from a moral standpoint,
Mr. Gellatly is right on the liquor
question. But we do not agree that
radical changes Of this kind can be
adjusted without due preparation if
results are substantial and perma-
lnent Facts and cold, unsentimental
figures don't show it.
In the last paragraph of his lette..
his honor certainly does himself
proud. It's really worth repeating:
His intimation that the current ex-
pense Of the city this year is dispro-
portionate with other years is false,
as a reference to the city records will
show" Mr.. Gellatly shows his un-
fair inclination in using the word
"disproportionate" when I said the
expenses had increased. We have
taken the trouble to examine the city
records and we find genral expense
account for 1907, January, February
and March, to be s2,7S4.60. Same
account for same period in 1909, $4,-
466.32.
Who did you say had made false
statement, Mr.. Mayor?
You say you are pleased to have
people ask questions of public inter-
est One would rather infer you
had stepped on a tack.
o. B. FULLER.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-16
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
TONIGHT
"SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER" TO
BE PRESENTED AT WENAT-
CHEZ THEATRE BY HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS.

This week has been a strenuous one
for the members of the senior class
who are to take part this evening in
the play.
Two dress rehearsals have been
held, and with every member perfect
in his or her part, they are anxious
ly awaiting the hour. Those who
have seen these rehearsals pronounce
the play one of the best local talent
plays ever given in Wenatchee.
The management desires that the
audience be on time, as the curtain
rises at $50 sharp, and those COM
ing later will not be seated until
after the first scene. 1t is to be
hoped that this request will be COM
piled with by those interested.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-16
PIANO MEN WERE
FREED
JURY BROUGHT IN VERDICT OF
NOT GUILTY IN CLINE CASE
AND McCUE WAS DISMISSED
WITHOUT TRIAL.

The case of the state VS.. G. L.
Cline, charged Jointly with A. McCue
with stealing a team of horses be.
longing to Ison Skagg, went to the
jury yesterday afternoon about 3
o'clock The taking of testimony was
concluded early in the forenoon and
the arguments to the jury were very
heightened. The jury retired about
4 o'clock and about Z o'clock an
nounced that verdict of mot
guilty" had been arrived at. This
morning, on motion of Prosecuting
Attorney Kemp, the case against Nc
Cue was dismissed.
The defense set up a plea that
Cline and McCue had purchased the
Skagg team on a promissory note
payable in 60 days. It was a case
of the word of Skagg against that Of
Cline and McCue, and the jury was
inclined to give credence to the lat
ter, thus freeing the two men from
any criminal charge.
The team of horses is still in the
possession Of the sheriff. The Clines
insist that the team be taken back
to Ellensburg, where it was taken by
the sheriff and brought to this city.
1t is understood the replevin pro-
ceedings will be instituted this after
noon by Attorney Grass in behalf OF
Skagg.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-16
BALL GAME NEXT
SUNDAY
RAILROADERS OF COLUMBIA SID
ING WILL CROSS BATS WITH
UNDEFEATED WENATCHEE
TEAM,

The Railroaders at Columbia River
has issued a challenge to the Wenat-
chez ball team for a game for next
Sunday. While the Columbia River
men have had little opportunity to
get together, they have number of
old and experienced players and ex-
pect to put up a good strong game.
They have been particularly for
tunate in selecting timber for their
battery; Max Nord, who is in the en-
|ploy of P. Welch & Co., the railroad
contractors, was manager and cap
tain for the ball team at Kaslo, B.
C., for a number of years, playing
the position of catcher, wher he es-
tablished a record in his batting ave-
rage. J. ]. Farrell, who will be in
the box for the men from the con-
struction town, is also in the employ
of the contractors, and while follow
ing railroading has not overlooked
the opportunities afforded in differ
ent parts of the country in the great
American game. He was with the
Grand Forks, B. c., team for two
seasons, and has been given credit
for winning several close games. He
played with Rosalia for one season,
where his playing was so we'll
thought of that he has since been
offered positions with several of the
big teams.
Following is the lineup:
Railroaders-Max Nord, C; J. j.
Farrell, p; F. F. Thompson, 1st b;
H. McMinn, End b; Sumner Hurd,
3rd b: G. Hickey, ss; w. H. Benton,
If; Bill Roth, CT; w. A. GIiffing, rf.
Wenatchee-Tyrell, C; Longaneck-
Ell, p, Green, LIST b; Chapman, End b;
Perry, 3rd b; Triplett, ss; Clary, If;
Block, CT; Whalen, rf.
Substitutes-Harry Warren, Sam
Elder, Whisnand.
The following are the special Of
ficers of the Columbia River team:
Mascot-Paul, the famous Colum-
bia River bulldog.
Captain. J. Farrell
Manager-Wm. Roth
Coach-H. G. Cowling, J. S. Craig
The game will be called promptly
at 2:30 at the ball park.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-16
STRUGGLE Of RAILROADS
IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON
Hill, Hartman and Earling Engaged in
Struggle for Tonnage of the Eastern
Portion of the State---Harriman and
Hill Have Broken Truce and Are Now
Battling for Great Prize.

Eastern Washington, central Ida
no and western Montana are the
checker-boards upon which Hill, Har-
riman and Earling are playing the
game of modern railroad building,
and the presence of engineers in
Spokane, Lewiston, Missoula and the
Columbia river basin suggests that
the Inland Empire will be the scene
of struggle, which for opposition
and energy has no parallel in the
entire northwest There are indica-
tions, too, that Hartman has broken
truce with the veteran empire builder
in the Clearwater country in central
Idaho, southeast of Spokane, and it
is generally believed that the plans
now being exposed by the appear
ance of engineers, have been under
preparation since the fall of 1907,
and that every detail required for
the allaying of the Hartman and
Earling interests to wrest the terri
tory from Hill has been arranged.
The Chicago. Milwaukee &Puget
Sound Railway company, which ex-
pended 100000 in completing
its transcontinental line through
Washington, is also making a fight
for feeder territory in this state,
Idaho and Montana. The announce
ment by Howard Elliott, president
of the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany, of the construction of a line
to connect the Washington Central
with the Northern Pacific at Pasco,
Wash, south of Spokane, thereby
giving a direct line to the water level
haul of the Spokane, Portland e Sc
attic and passing through the Moses
lake country from the Big Bend, has
stirred the Milwaukee officials. Sur
veyors are in the field for line to
be constructed from a point near the
Columbia river west of the Moses
lake country and tapping the Big
Bend country, the wheat belt west
of Spokane.
1t is also definitely announced that
the Milwaukee will build direct into
Hanford, On the west side of the
Columbia river, and may in the near
future formally announce it's inten-
tion of reaching the Yakima valley.
The most important movement, how
ever, adopted so far by the Milwau-
kee is dispatching Assistant Chief
Engineer Kyle to the Flathead coun-
try in Montana.
There are more than surface in
dications that the Johnson Electric
railway between Nez Perce and Voll-
mer, Idaho, now nearing compile
ton; the Northwestern Lumber COM
pany's road, projected from Vollmer
into the Craig mountain timber dis
trict; the Clearwater Timber COM