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The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-29
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE
A State Convention and Raj


determination enlarge
pouring into the Analoon League
demanding action be taken in this
Responding the headquarters committee the AnSaoon
option convention to be
Springfield a. IL o'clock Every church
representatives this convention and
send swell the interest
possible Besides this requested
from village and voting
cities, the county at large.
PLATFORM resolutions
statewide for the election the
Legislature who will stand pledged county option law The liquor traffic
methods setting
to elect legislature pledged to this end.
Illinois, lives
solid against the assault
Bishop G.. MI Mathews, Charles l.. Morgan
B. Safod Edison Refsnider.
Rev M. P. Boynton, Rev. A. P. For,
w. Smith,
K. Shields superintendent
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-29
JAMES *. SHIELDS, Editor
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE OF ILLINOIS.
1900 Security Building, Chicago.
Subscription Price-$1.OO Per Year.

Entered as second class matter, January 81, 1906
at the Postoffce at Chicago. illinois, under the
Act of Congress of March 8, 1879
State Officers.
President-Sam T. Brush.
Vice fredericksburg w. F. MCDOWELL, A H.
Mills, W. B. dwell.
Secret ~y-Rev +. L. Mahle.
Observation-Disclosures X. Shields
Assistant Superintendent-E. A. Scrogin.
Attorney-H. L. Sheldon. - -
Headquarters Committee-Bshop g. M. Math-
ews, Rev. G. B. Stafford, Rev M r. Boynton
Rev. w. A. Smith Rev. Charles L. Morgan, Rev.
/ Ison Reifsnider. Rev. A p. Fors.
Field Workers Geo. H. Wilson. Supt; Nortn-
Swedish Dept Chicago; Charles Schmidt asst Asst
Springfield Dist. Springfield; s. H: Wirsching
Supt. Western Dist, Galesburg; 9. W DanPury'
Supt Southern Dist, Du Quon; f. w. 10y, Supt.
East st. Louis Dist, Efingham.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-29
Multiplied Eyes

The
the greatest genius has created speak,
world,
Of the human
not the of the Issue This
acquainted through its columns from week.
the effect of the liquor traffic and the that
effectively this YOUR
tried the clipping bureaus with unsatisfactory
the reading of exchanges the
What anything startling
community for which the saloon directly indirectly responsible
First: By writing briefly about yourself
Second By clipping the item touching papers
mailing of
sending the item
Third By marking the item and mailing the paper
We greatly making
The public
than theories We would like enthusiastic reader
his telling
the liquor traffic especially
pened community and for which the saloon
keep the people looking the spots surely
kill the
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-29
John Boos was a candidate for alder
man on booze platform.

Circular letters sent into dry territory
indicate that Hannah & Hogg wouldn't
mind raising some blind pigs for folks
who like that kind Of pork.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-29
Oh, What a Relief!

Levy Mayer the whisky United
Societies
ton for fraud All the dear and
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-29
Whats i'm a Name?

DR.. Fl. G. Newton asks this question and
proceeds to answer it with the following:
SchwiIl & Co. are Chicago brewers.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-29

Tom Gilmore's Model License League
was addressed by Mayor Schunk of an
Iowa town.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
VICTIM OF MOODS.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Roa
noke Times, has been a victim to vary
ing moods since it took charge of MIR.
Stusrt's candidacy in the Ninth district.
We have seen it exuberant, ecstatic, re-
sentful, iridescent and pugnacious in
turn Now it manifests disposition
to become fscetious. In proof of this.
read the following, which appeared in
the columns of the Times a few DAYS
ago:
Really We had forgotten about Les
lie Shaw. When we saw him quoted as
saying in public speech that the South
is wonderfully ignorant politically we
could not understand. Now we are re-
minded by the Bristol Herald. Courier
that Mr.. Shaw once came into the Ninth
district to make speeches. OF course
while there he associated with the local
Republican leaders Probably he is one
OF the few people around Washington
who has personal acquaintance with the
gentleman supposed to be in the real es-
tate line of business the Republicans
there sent to the house of representa-
tives. Possibly he may have read a
stray copy of the Tszewell Republican.
This explains his opinion. We have no
doubt he is entirely honest in it. We
do not blame him.
Probably Mr.. Shaw has gotten infor-
nation from certain gentleman who
is supposed to be in the real estate
line of business. This gentleman has
been exposing and crushing the ignor-
ant Democracy of a certain section in
Virginia for several years, and he is in
a position to give solid information on
the subject. And possibly Mr.. Shaw
may have read several stray copies of
the TazeWell Republican. If he has.
we are satisfied that no one will be
reader to testify that be got sound in
formation therefrom than will be our
esteemed Roanoke contemporary. But
there is another possibility which our
contemporary does not mention. Mr..
Shaw has made the tariff special
study; and his remarks about political
ignorance at the South might have been
occasioned by that unfortunate trunk
incident at the New York customs
house.
There is one possibility, however,
which we may safely dismiss, and that
is that Mr.. Shaw may possibly hsye
been reading recent stray copies of the
Roanoke Times. If he had seen the re-
cent appeals made by the Times to the
voters of the Ninth district, instead of
saying we are politically ignorant he
would have thought the electorate of
this district lot of blooming idiots.
or, at least, that the Times thinks SO.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
Good Roads Without MONEY.

Farmers all over the country are learn
ing now that great expenditures are not
necessary in order to have good roads
That everyone may have the benefit of
this knowledge President L. e. johnson
OF the Norfolk and Western Railway. ia
distributing 10, 900 books, Good Roads
Without Money" by Ward King. These
books will be given to anyone applying
to F. II. LaBaume, Agricultural and In.
dustrial Agent, of the Norfolk and West.
ern Railway, or to any station agent
along the line. In addition to this the
King Split Log Road Drag will be loan
ed to any six famers applying for the
use Of them,
The drag will be shipped free of ex-
pense to any station and can be used AZ
a pattern or put on the road. The
method Of using is for each man to drive
the drag over the road to his neighbours
house, he in turn to work with it to the
next house and etc.
These books of instruction on good
roads are valuable to every farmer and
Are absolution free of cost.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
UHsCual Representation.
Bluefield Daily Telegrapb.

DiueHeio Oaliy Telegraph.
The Tazewell Republican has the en-
tire democratic press of Virginia floored.
IL shows by the records that in the thir-
teen countries of the Ninth district with
2OS, S9i white and 1886 colored popula-
ton they apportioned four state SEN
ators and eleven members Of the house
OF delegates. In the Fourth district
with 79,066 whites and los, s6s colored
population they have four state senators
and nine and one-half members of the
mousse Of delegates. Other districts are
showing the same startling condition.
Make the calculation and you will note
that one white man in the Fourth dis
trict has as much voting power and as
much representation as three white men
IN the Ninth district. In the Sixth dis
trict it is two to one in the Ninth.
So the matter in Q nut shell is that in
the Fourth Virginia district, IS, 1sg white
people have state senator; while in the
Ninth district there is only one senator
to 5O,s47 white population. That is the
showing and means that there is not
equal representation in Virginia and the
Rpportionment made by the legislature
and endorsed and adopted by the con-
stitutional convention, of which H. C.
Stuart was a member, shows an unfair
ness that the Democratic press cannot
explain.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23

Roosevelt has evidently found renewed
strength in recreation. and political
friends and foes alike will be pleased to
see him again in the political arena. and
they will wish him length of days"
How different has been the home
coming of Theodore Roosevelt from the
return Of Napoleon from Egypt or THE
Return from Elbs." Napoleon's re-
turns were to land and people engaged
In fratricidal strife, where his strong
hand was raised to restore order-to be
followed with dictatorship and imperial
authority. On his return from EIba he
was greeted not by the sons of toll and
apostles of peace, but by marshsled
army, eager for conquest, that went
down with him at Waterloo.
Theodore Roosevelt has returned to
his country amid the acclaim and well
come of all these free people. Thous-
snds of men of every class, of every
calling and of every creed stood anxi-
ously and joyously at the piers in New
York to shout the welcome home. "
he came not as conquering or would
De conquering hero, but as great big
hearted patriot, eager TO receive his be-
loved countrymen once again in his
strong protecting arms. He comes as
the embodiment of peace on earth.
good will toward men,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23

Under Cleveland, the expenses for
the National Government were six dol
lars per capita. Under Taft the expen-
ses are twelve dollars per capita. Thus
the Republican National Administra-
ton costs North Carolina twelve million
dollars more every year than when the
Democrats were in. Raleigh News-Ob-
server.
This. we take it, is what the Govern
ment takes out of the popular pocket
for its own support, Add to it the
amount which the Government. through
unjust and iniquitous tariff laws, takes
out of the pockets Of the people to put
not into the public treasury but into
the already swollen Golfers of the pro-
tected trusts and monopolies, and the
sum total is doubled. For the former
there may be some measure of
reason; the Government must be sup
ported though not necessarily in the ex-
with which It 4 now admin
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
Deafness eaanqt BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
me diseased portion Of the ear, There is
pn'y one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness 10
caused by an lnfsmed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
when this tube is infiamed YOU have a
runDIing sound or imperfect hearing, and
when 1t is shGifeiy Closed, deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stloyeo forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which il notbino hnt
an indamed condition of the mucous sur.
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF deafness Caused by estagrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Cats.rb
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO.
eo,aL Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for constipa-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23

istered For the latter there is not so
much as a shadow of excuse. 1t is
robbery of the many for the enrichment
of the few-and nothing more. Nor
folk VirRinian-Pilot.
Why go so far from home to find
subject for your lamentations? What
about the increased expenses of the
government of Virginia? You need not
waste time figuring out the per capita;
but it is fact that the expenses of the
State have doubled within the brief pc
Rod of eight years. Under the old con-
stitution, in 1902, the State expendi-
lures amounted to three million dollars.
In 1910, under the new constitution. the
appropriations made for running the
State government amount to six mil
lions, and the same appropriations have
been made for 1911. The most urgent
reason assigned for the making of a
new constitution was to reduce the ex-
penses OF the State government and re-
duce the army of office-holders. But
the expenses of the State have been
doubled, the number of office-holders
greatly increased, and the amount paid
IN salaries to officers enlarged one hun
dred and fifty per cent Our Democrat
&c contemporaries call this progressive
government" but many believe it is
robbery of the tax payers for the en-
richment of 1.-THE tribe
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23

Did you ever see u flock of buzzards
sitting on old, dead trees, watching
a poor old animal while 1t was in its last
death struggles, eager to plunge their
beaks into the dscaying flesh? Well,
we have EST such spectacle presented
In Virginia today. where a flock of DO
htlcsi vultures are Topping around, anx-
iously waiting for the end to coma To
the Lame Lion"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
THEY ALL WILL SMILE,

1t is not difficult to imagine the smiles
that wreathe the countensnce of Judge
Martin Williams, of Giles, as he peruGes
the proceedings in the insurance case al
Newport News. We are neither a propb-
ct nor the son Of prophet, but we ven
ture the prediction that the Southeast
ern Tariff Association will haye hard
road TO travel when the General Assem-.
bly, again convenes.-Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot.
Yes, any exposure of the operations
OF the insurance trust is calculated to
make all the Democratic leaders and
Legislators wear a broad smile. We re,
call the fact that at the session of the
General Assembly in 1908 there was
passed In the House bill which was a
re-enactment of the wharton Insur-
ance Law" Judge Williams being the
patron of the new bill. And it was
claimed that the bill, which would have
orlVen the insurance trust from the
State, was put in the pocket of one of
the clerks, and on the day before ad-
journment he claimed that he had for
gotten the bill, and hence it had not
been taken to the Senate for action bv
that body.
We do not recall the fact that Judea
or any other Democratic
at the last session of the
legislature, 1910, made any effort to
investigate the purely accidental pock-
'ting of the bill, or sought to have it
gain re-enacted. And the people can
egitimately infer that the Southeastern
rariff Association will have precisely |
he same ''hard road to travel' when
he next Democratic General Assembly
onvenes that it has travelled before.
he Virginia Democrats are constantly
rating about trusts, but we would like
D know what they have done in the way
{ legislation to hamper the trusts?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
Marvellous Discoveries

mark the wonderful progress of the
age. Air flights on heavy machines.
kilograms without wires, terrible war
Inventions to Kill men, and that wonder
OF wonders-Dr. Kings New Discovery
Ito save life when threatened by
coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, Group:
Droncnltls, hemorrhages, hay fever and
all bronchial affections it has no eonal
1t relieves instantly. Its the snresf
cure. James NJ. Black, of AshvilIe' M
e., Il. X. No. A, writes it cured him of
an obstinate cough after all other rem
edles failed. SOC. and $1.OO. A trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by John ii
Jackson, the druggist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
THE KlNSHIP OF SORROW
Words Of Mark Twain that Voice Many a
Mute PRAYER,

On my way to town and my work that
morning, my thought still busy with
the obligation Of parents to children. !
began On my morning paper. which i,
just as much a habit and lust "a nec.
esSary as my breakfast; and / was read
ing along half-mindedly when suddenly
without warning, there was a lumn in
my throat, and could not see the words
says Erman j. Ridgway in The Delinea-
tor Tor July. 1t seems that had been
reading about Mark Twain's funeral
just the unusal news story, written an
parently without any thought of pathos
on the writer's part, telling how thew
had laid him beside his wife, who had
gone before him SO many years, and his
children, and suppose was thinking If
my folks-we are all so personal, aren't
we?
Inc writer man was telling about dates
and things, and had COTTON to the line
with this inscription on the maker
An inscription which Mark himself had
probably written for his beloved whsn
'he went away, and l could not see the
as three words:
warm summer sun, shine kindly here.
warm so1thefn wind, blow softly here.
Green sod above, lie light, lie light.
Goodnight, dear heart. Goodnight
Goodnight.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
You Can Cure That Backache

Pam along the back, dizziness. head.
ache andsgeneral languor. Get a nscE.
age OF Mother Gray's AUSTRALfAN.
LEAF, the pleasant root and herb cnre
Tor al kidney, bladder and uri5srss
troubles. When you feel all run dow
tlred, weak and without energy use this
remarkable combination of natnra;S
herbs and ro1ts AS a regulator it has
no equal. Mother Gray's Anstral;an 0
leaf is sold by druggists or sent nv
mail for 90 GEMS. SAMPLE sent free
Address' The Mother Gray g.. lie
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23

A telegram was received from Rich
mond on Monday, the 18th, announcing
the death of "Uncle Joe" Hibbitts. the
CT TX OF Buchanan, and one of the best
known citizens of the county. He was
patient at the Memorial Hospital
wnere he had recently undergone an on
GRAFTON, when the end came. He was a
native of this county, and served in the
Union army during the Civil War. and
settled IN what is now Grundy shortly
AFTER the close of the rebellion. He be-
came clerk of the county soon after Vir-
GINA was freed from military rule, and
SINCE that time had been clerk of his
county, with the exception of one term
he defeated some of the best men of
the county, viz; Tom Ratliff, J. J. Chill
dress md John c. Mccoy. He had the
fuli confidence Of every one who knew
him. and especially the people of his
own county, even to its remotest bounds
lie never was a wealthy man. though
he served his county for twenty-nine
years. A great deal of his work was
given to his friends; more done ON cred
1t, for much of which he never received
payment. Thus, his work for a life
time shows him to have been of the nob-
lest work of God-an honest man.
In the county election of 1899 he re-
FUSED to make the race for clerk, his
son at the time being a candidate for
commemorative attorney. In 1900 he
was candidate for House of Delegates
from the counties of Buchanan, Dicken-
son and Wise, and was elected; but an
error OF the election officers at the Knox
precinct caused contest, and his oppo-
nent, Mr.. Fulton, was seated
In the campaign of 1905 he again
came to the front as a candidate for
clerk against John C. Mccoy. The
triends that he had made in former
days tocked to his standard, and lie was
elected for the fifth time as county
clerk His last term would have ended
In January, 1912. Who his successor
Will be is a question. There are two
deputies, J. W. Deskins and Malone
Hlbbitts, son Of the lamentsd clerk.
With the death of ''pncIe Joe. a Rucb-
anan loses valuable citiEen-one that
everybody loved-and to his grIef-stricE-
en- widow and sorrowing children the
entire county unites to bestow its svm-
pathy. No person in the county held
the esteem of his fellowmen as did
Uncle Joe, /" end 10 one will be missed
more than he.
In politics he was Republican, but
always fair and reasonable. In RELIC
ious devotion, a Baptist, and in his
every day walk through life and in his
Official capacity, an upright, honorable
geatlemsn.
his remains were carried back this
the hills of Buchanan. where he had
hved for seventy years, and laid to rest
IN the family section in the Grundy Gem
etery BY the Masons, of which Order he
was faithful ana deyoped member.
Besides bis wife he leaves eleven child
Een to mourn bis loss Of this number
nve are very young while mis- older ones
are nearly all married.
MI Hibbitts was a patient at the hos
pital only three weeks, and when the
writer vas at his bedside only few
days before his death ne expressed a
desire to quickly return to his home.
Years may come and years nav 90.
but Uncle Joe" Hibbitts sleeps his
Last sleep, and the mantle which he laid
aside will not properly fit anotbar
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23

We notice that the Hon. Bobby Bruce
has been down to Richmond and has
given very glowing accounts of what
the Democrats are going to do for Mr..
Stuart in the Ninth district. About
four years ago M. Bruce was chasing
rainbows on his own account. We SUD-
pose he is willing to concede that Mr..
Stuart is more of the heavyweight class
than himself. But heavyweights do
not avail much in rainbow chase.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
JOSEPH HIBBITTS.
Brief Sketch Of the Life of Buchanan County,
Late Clerk.

Inc following concerning the life and
character of Joseph Hibbitts, late clerk
OF Buchanan county, did not reach US in
time for last week s paper. but we glad
ly give it space this week.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-23
THE GREAT TRUNK ISSUE"

Our very interesting contemporary,
the Roanoke Times, has grown nervous
over The Great Trunk Issue" which
the Democrats created and then tried to
saddle upon the Republicans of the
Ninth district. If it is such an insip-
nhcant issue, and one which, if used
by the Republicans, would do Mr.. Stu
art no harm but would inflict injury
upon Mr.. Slemp's candidacy, why so
much anxiety on the part of the Roam
oke Times to eliminate the issue from
the campaign? The Republicans have
so far declined to use the issue. and
have refused to accept it's paternity
which our Roanoke contemporary tried
so earnestly to fasten upon them. But
they do not recognize the right of the
Times or any of Mr.. Stuart's friends
and supporters to dictate to the people
OF the Ninth district as to how thew
shall treat or view the Issue" Nor
do they recognize the authority of our
Roanoke contemporary to peremptoriIy
dismiss the Issue" with a threat m
hurl anathemas upon any man or men
who shall dare to form and express an
opinion on the question contrary to
that held by the Times. Our very high
ly esteemed contemporary grew AFRO
giant in its recent editorial Trunks And
Thunderbolts." 1t said:
'Now we are coming comfortably to
the core of the question about Henry
Stuart's trunks in the New York Gus
toms house. 1t becomes evident that
the Republicans of the Ninth district |
90 not intend to make 1t an issue in the |
campaign for Congress.
so we may regard the great trunk
issue as out of the campaign and closed;
ana all OF US seem to be agreed that at
tempts to use it in this campaign will
De political sneaking and bushwhacking
inviting the scorn of all honorable men,"
BY what right does the Roanoke
Times hold authority to speak for the
citizenship of the Ninth district and saw
how they have treated and how thew
shall treat the Issue" and what opin-
ons they shall hold and express as to
he Stuart trunk incident? Suppose a
'oter, Democrat or Republican, in the
Ninth district should elect to look at the
New York customs house incident as a
est and measurement Of Mr.. Stuart's
God citizenship and patriotism. Will ,
ne Roanoke Times arrogate authority !
say that the freemen of this noun .
ain district shall not form or express
UGH an opinion? Will the Times pre- ,
1me to exercise the authority of a /
nightly political cardinal, and draw a 7
harmed circle around its ward, forbid. :,
ing free citizens to cross the line by o
fought or expression of opinion?
And, then, many of the poor, hard :,
orking men Of the Ninth district NAV r.
resume to say: eff the prepayment :,
$3.50 for exercising the suffrage. >,
hich the great Bill of Rights asserts
'longs to them as an inherent right, is T
requisite to good citizenship, is not =,
e voluntary payment of impost taxes e.
valuable foreign goods imported into -,
is country by a wealthy and aspiring
'izen also requisite or test of good
'izenship? The one tax is dedicated tn
the public schools and expenses of "a "a
unity governments, the other tax ia tn
ned for the support and protection of AZ a,
e national government. D,