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SMALLEST VOTE
 EVER RECORDED HERE
City Election Yesterday Was Tame Affair-ClOse Saloons Was a Re- hinder that BallOting Was in
 PrOgress-11O Votes Cast.

The smallest vote eysf reeorded in city election was hat. polled yes terday, when an eNEtion was held in this city for the/ purpose of electing four aldermen, 1 City attorne ey and a city clerk. This was due to the fact that during thf past severalE Eweeks nc opposition de4eloped in ahy one of the contests and all of the old off cers were reelected without opposi- tion. About 116>xetes were cast in the four wards of the city during the day. the Fourth ward polling the smallest number, nineteen.
 In the past, when there was no op- position to the various aspirants city political plums, as many as twelve hundred votes have been cast in a city election. Had it not been for the fac. that the front doors of the sa- looms were closed yesterday, the aver age citizen would not have known that a city election was being held here.
 The following officers were re-elect- ed without opposition: City Attorney w. B. Sorrells, City Clerk, w. A. Lee Alderman Fred Fox, from the First ward; Alderman J. F. Hut, from the Second ward; Russell Hollis, from the Third ward, and J. A. Clement from the Fourth ward.
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LAFAYETTE LODGE
 MEMBERS MEET

Lafayette Lodge No. 101, K. of P. met Monday night and a, very inn portant business meeting was held. The committee on the arrangements for the big district meeting to be held here Friday reported that every thing was in first class shape, and especially the menu
 Visitors are invited to attend and witness the work. The rank of Page was conferred on w. E. Mullikin George Wood and Charles Stuckie The work of the lodge was illustrat- ed at this meeting with the fine stereoptician machine, owned by the lodge, and 33 new pictures were used in the illustration.
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SOLD THE BoA1
 1o ANOTHER
'sUncle Sam'' Gets Fooled When He Sends Men to New Albany to Bring New Boat for G0y.N
 ernment Fleet Here.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 15.-ENen
 Uncle Sam occasionally is the victim. of misplaced confidence. This never works to the benefit of any one, and in this. particular case the river work on White river, and in the vicinity of Pine Bluff, is the sufferer. Some
 months ago the government adver- tised for new tow boat for the White river service. It was deemed cheaper to buy boat from some of the northern waters than it was to build one, so the bids were asked for and the deal closed for boat, at New Albany, Ind. The boat was to be delivered to the engineers early this month and to be on the White river by this time, but the engineers have returned empty handed. When they reached New Albany to take charge of the boat, it having passed all of the government tests, they found the Awner had disposed of 1t u somcn~e else. 8 better price having been offered than the sum the govern ment was to pay for the boat. Now the routine and red tape of advertis- ing for another boat, with the follow ing tests. will have to be gone through with again. which will take at least three months before new tow boat can be purchased for the government fleet on the White river.
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An account at this bank will help you to accumulate more money. Bet ter start one today. We pay interest on savings accounts.
 Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Co.
 2-15-6t.
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MT. Lewis was prominent in the circles of the Odd Fellowship and was past noble grand of one of the local lodges of that order. The members of the lodge will attend the funeral i'll body today.
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R. Thomas, of the Ozane Lumber Company of St. Louis, was business visitor in the city yesterday. He was accompanied by his wife, who is visiting relatives while here.
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NOTICE.

I have moved my office to 123 Wes: Rarraque street in the Jefferson Ho tel Building, where I will continue my cal Estate Insurance and IUar business. I will appreciate any busi- ness given me and all business will receive my prompt attention.
 PINCHBACK TAYLOR.
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Notice to Odd Fellows.

All members of Jefferson Lodge, No. PA, I. o. o. F., and other mem- bers of the order are requested to meet at the hall, 9th and Main, today at D. m., to attend the funeral of our late brother, John S. Lewis.
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MT. and Mrs. D. E. Roth, who have been making their home in Teague, Texas, for some time, have arrived in the city and will make this place their home for the present. Mr. Roth is a machinist and is connected with the Cotton Belt shops.
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Wanted To Trade-SO acres of land about seven miles from town near macadam road for residence in city.
 Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Co.
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Are your rents insured? Tt is just as important as insuring the build ing, if you are to depend on your rent for income. We can write this for you at very reasonable rates.
 Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Co.,
 2-11-6t.
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All wool Ingrain Carpets at 39c a yard till Feb. 20. Knox-Walker Fur Go. 2-l2-5t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-16

-Our spring line of rugs and art squares are here 200 patterns to pick from. Knox-Walker Fur. Co.
 2-12-5t
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-150 Grade Administer Carpets for s9c till Feb. 2Oth. Knox-Walker Fur. Go. 2-12-5t.
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STOP PAYING RENT.

s25 down and $10 per month will buy a bran new home in Home Ad- dition if taken at once.
 TRACY MILLS, of
 R. H. M Mills & Sons, Insurance, Real Estate and Loans. 1-2S i'm
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Big sale now going on at Ted strOm's Fur. Co. 2-16-6t
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FOR UMBRHALA FIXING
 I. Glicksburg. the umbrella maA. Second and Walnut. 1pposits teis- phone office. 1l11-lns
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-01-15

Mrs. N. S. McClenny returned
Sunday to her home in Nevada,
Missouri, after a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. f. B. Campbell.
Mrs. c. c. Dyer of Lincoln, Ne
braska, who has been visiting
friends in Lexington for a few
days went to Higginsville this
morning.
Geo. Ruppel spent Sunday in
Concordia. Mrs. Ruppel, who
has been visiting relatives in that
city returned with him,
Lem Hicklin of Kansas City
spent Sunday at the home of his
father, Young Hicklin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vince Owen
spent Sunday in Napoleon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morrison
returned Sunday evening from a
visit in Kansas City and indie
pendenee.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-01-15

and businesslike administration
of the present Democratic State
officials, and we invite a compar-
ison of their official conduct with
that of the partisan and spectac-
ular performances Of the Republic
can Chief Executive, We call up
on all Democrats to renew their
party allegiance and putting aside
and behind them those ditferen-
ces and diSsenSions which in the
past have weakened our ranks
and made possible the defeat of
nose principles held in con mon
by all Democrats, to present to
the enemy in the coming State
and national campaigns an UNI
broken and unwavering line. And
in the conflict to restore and per-
petuate the supremacy of the
principles herein announce. we
would welcome the support of all
: citizens of the state.
(Signed)
EDWARD ROBB, Chairman
RALPH LOZIER, Secretary.
Committee.
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Will Produce Operetta.

The students of the Lexington
high school under the direction
of principal B. NJ. Little will pro-
duce an operetta the second week
in February. The piece will be
"A Nautical Knot or The Bell
of Barnstopoole" by Maude Eliza
beth Inch and William Rhys-Her-
bert. Last year Sylvia was
given with much success, but the
offering for this year promises
to be a great Improvement both
unsteady and histrionically.
The cast will be announced as
soon as it is selected.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-01-15

tariff. Taxation is substantially
the only means of raising the
public revenue. The public treas
ury Is supported almost wholly
by contributions from the p ople
collected by taxgatherers. Taxa
ton being a burden imposed on
the citizens for the maintenance
of government, it follows logical
that that burden should be made
as light as possible, consistent
with good government economi-
cally administered, is sound,
Large eXpenditurereS make high
taxation necessary and con
verSely follows that the acquisi-
ton of a large revenue by eXces-
Sive taxation leads to eXtrava-
gance and needless expenditures.
Honesty and economy in admins
t%rations with the least possible
burden of taxation should fur
nish the true STANDARD of Ameri-
can Government. But hat has
not been the rule in recent years.
In fact, that is not the rule up
on which the Republican party
administers government That PAL
ty seems possessed with a mania
for money spending and we are
living in an era of astounding
public extravaganza. For example
the appropriations made for thu
first two years Of Mr.. Taft's ad
ministration ($2,O52, 900 0O0) vii
| exceed the appropriations for tn,
whole four years of Cleveland
, last term ($1, $50, 10000 by 81,
80, 1000; and this enormous in
crease occurs in an average peri
= cd of about twelve years.
$ Assuming that the appropia
: tons for the last two years o
Taft administration will equa
e those for the first two yea s. an.
if the Republicans control tn
next Congress there will be n
probability of a decrease the t.
tai expenditures Of his admini
%tration will aggregate the colo
. sol sum of a, 104, 100000, as
J. gainst 81, $50, OOO, 900, expendC
e during the whole of Cleveland
I, last term. These vast eXpenditur
= have exhausted the enormous re
enues extorted from the Poop
@ by excessive taxation until Il
e current Treasury deficit will al
proximate 500, 100000.
"The American House Of Rel
. resentatives has ceased to be
q deliberative body and has degel
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-01-15

Grated into little more than a leg
islative machine under the dicta-
ton of the Speaker and the Com
mittee on Rules, of which the
Speaker is the chairman. We
heartily sympathize with the eff
forts made by Democrats and pro
gressive Republican Representa-
tives to restore the House which
is the only governmental forum in
which the people have a direct
voice. to its old-time prestige and
power. We commend to the PEG
pie the declaration made on this
subject by the National Democrat
lie Convention held in Denver in
1908, which is as follows:
"'The House of Representatives
was designed by the fathers Of
the Constitution to be the popular
branch of our Government, re
sponsive to the public will. The
House of Representatives, as con-
trolled in recent years by the Re
publican party, has ceased to be
a d~eliberative and legislative
body, responsive to the will of a
majority of its members, but has
come under the absolute DONNA
ton of the Speaker, who has en-
tire control of its deliberations
and power of legislation. We hav
observed with amazement the
popular branch of our Federal
Government helpless to obtain
either the consideration or enact.
ment of measures desired by q
majority of its members. Legisla
tive government becomes a failur
when one member, in the person
| of the Speaker, is more powerful
/, than the entire body. We demand
, that the House of Representative
shall again become a delibel ativ'
- body, controlled by a majority o
b the peoples representatives, ant
not by the speaker, and we pledg
r ourselves to adopt such rules ant
f regulations to govern the Hous
of Representatives as will enabl
1 a majority of its members to d
rect its deliberations and contrc
o legislation"
y We call attention to the eAtra'
agance of the present Republica
State administration and the fra
l. tic efforts of the Republican Co
d ernor to increase the burden {
S taxation upon the people Mi
rs souri,, in striking contrast TO IL
v forty years of Democratic admin
lie istration, during which we pal
le off the heritage of debt LETT l
} by Republican officials, built u
our splendid State institution
J. and decreased constantly the ra'
a of taxation for State purposes.
L We fully indorse the econom
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49,
by the Committee on Address at
the Democratic convention in
Kansas City Saturday:
THE TARIFF-We regard the
early and just reformation of.
our tariff laws as the most urgent.
and the most important econom-
ic question to be dealt with III the
immediate future. The Dingley
law, passed in 1897 and which re
manned in force until 1903, pre-
scribeS the highest rates Of duty
on imports ever imposed up to
that date by any statute Of this
or any other industrial nation.
The tax rates imposed by that
law were so eXorbitant as to sub
stantially exclude the important
lines of manufactures and III all
cases to 50 burden importations
as to make them difficult and Of
ten hazardous, Taking quick ad-
vantage of the %favoring oppoItun
ties thus afforded, the great mon
opolies were organized in most
of the more important lines of
American manufactures.
The first business of these mon
opolies was to crush competition
or to so hamper and circum-
scribe it as to make it ineffective
and, this being accomplished, the
next move, under one excuse or
another, was gradually to advance
the price of their commodities to
consumers. After years Of eXper-
fence under the operations of this
law, a deep-laid and widespread
conviction was forced on the
public judgement-among Repub-
licans as well as Democrats
that the law had become the shell
ter of monopoly and an instru-
mont of e~XtOrtiOn. As a result
of this conviction, an emphatic,
almost preemptory, demand came
from every quarter Of the Union
for a speedy revision Of the tar
if. with a material reduction IN
rates. 1t was known tina the
Democratic party, consistently
and always opposed to a high
protective tariff, would, If given
power, make substantial reduct-
ions on all the rates with a view
to reaching a revenue basis as
speedily as possible, and so the
magnates Of special privilege
with a view to weakening the
the Democratic position, induced
the Republican bosses to play a
confidence game on the American
voters. The Republican party
through its national platform and
through the oftrepeated declara-
tions of Judge Taft, its Fresl'
DENTAL candidate, made during
the campaign of 1908, committed
itself to a solemn promise that II
continued in power that party
would thoroughly revise the tar
iff with a substantial reduction
in the rates. The people were
deceived and the scheme sue
ceeded. The Republican party
did "revise the tariff by the
passage of the Payne-Aldrich law
but they did not reduce the rates
of duty. On the contrary, on
many articles Of prime necessity
and in universal use, the rates
were increased and on many
others the high rates of the ole
Dingley law were left undisturb
ed.
The general average OF thu
rates prescribed by the new Law
are materially higher than thos'
prescribed by the Dingley law
In truth, it is manifest, that tn
trainers Of the new law had Il
! mind almost exclusively tha In
terests Of the great protecte'
producing monoplies with httl
thought or care for the great con
suming public, whose demand
"a Lzl Al -.o,o,oa IF IoUp
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ANAANa Il
But now it is known of all in
formed men that the tariff rates
of the new law are far in excess
of the difference in labor wage
at home and abroad. Who gets
the benefits of that7 Not the
wOrkingmen, for their wages for
the most part remain the same,
and where wages have been
changed in recent months there
have been more reductions than
increases; who gets the benefits
The manufacturers. Who foOts
the bill, who suffersl The con-
sumers, including the employees
of the manufacturers, who in com
mon with all, must bear the
heavy additional cost of living
America, the boosted land OF plen
ty, has become by far the most
expensive country of the world
in which to live. Already we have
reached the point when thous-
ands, perhaps millions, of men
earning wages and salaries find
it difficult after every reasonable
economy, to make their incomes
meet their reasonable eXpendl-
lures, and men working in PRO
tected industries are not exempt
from this depressing condition.
AS TO THE "PROTECTION
OF THE AMERICAN FARM
ERS"-We affirm that, with
rare exceptions, and particular
ly in respect to the vegetables
along the Canadian border, it is
impossible that the tariff can di-
rectly or materially affect the
price of staple farm products
raised in all America. As long
as there is shortage in the world
food supply and as long as we
produce an excess above our HON
demands for export, protection
to the farmer against foreign
competition is a shallow pre-
) tense and a myth. While we con
tinue to be exporters Of foo'
t products, the price of our pro
r auctions will be regulated by tn.
worlds supply and demand
which will vary from n pc
5 Rod to another without regard t.
tariff legislation and if in tn.
< future it should happen that tn.
/, domestic demand should out
strip the domestic supply, thel
e humanity and justice alike woulC
protest against augmenting tn.
y price of food necessary TO
the sustenancp of the DeO
pie by artificial means. Tn.
American farmer knows he doe
not need home protection agains
foreign competition, and h
knows also that he bears his full
| share of the burdens protecte0
7 monopolies impose upon the Gus
I toner.
This conference is firm in tn
r belief that the struggle for
: Just downward revision of tn
S tariff should be pushed forwar
, without halt or the least abatC
S ment in purpose or energy, III
a til monopoly shall be unhorse
o and full justice done the Amel
t can people. We regret that tn
Republican Senator from tn.
e state turned his back upon tn
h progressive reform element {
Il his party pledges and his dut
f to his own constituency, and SUI
= rendered himself without reaso
ii to the mastery of that legisl'
tive bossism which, under I'll
t leadership of Aldrieh and Can
e non, dominated the last sessio
Z of Congress.
> Finally, being %unalterably o.
posed to a high, monopoly-breet
ing tariff and strongly fayOrn
le the old Democratic policy of
.e tariff for revenue" we conf
# IDENTIFY call upon the Democra
L of Missouri and all who symD.
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ADDRESS TO MISSOURI VOTERS
DEMOCRATS ADOPTED SATURDAY, JAN

while the rates on cotton manu-
features, unaccountable as it may
seem, were greatly increased, and
this, Notwithstanding the fact
that authentic and uncontrolled
data was laid before Congress
during the tariff debate showing
that for years past the leading
cotton manufacturers of New
England had been reaping a clear
profit of from 20 to over 81 per
cent per annum on their capital
stock, and that even on a great
ly inflated capitalization, SO it is
clear that instead of the Payne
Aldrich law being in compliance
with the ante-electiOn promise of
the Republican party, it has still
more strongly entrenched mono
poly, and increased still higher
the price of necessaries to the PEG
pie.
In fact the startling, unwarrant
ed and audacious advance in the
most of living since the enact
ment of that law six months ago
is the most striking event in
current history. What pretense
of justification is put forth by
the makers of that law for its en-
actment in defiance of the pub,
lie will and in violation Of their
party promise? They chant the
old, old song-it is necessary fol
the protection of American in.
d~ustries, American workmgmer
and American farmers. This they
do now, as ever, in utter disre.
gard of their platform declara
tions, oft repeated, that the true
measure of protection is the diff
ference in the cost of production
in this country and competin!
countries abroad, and, notwith
standing the well-knOwn fact tina
the tariff rates imposed by tn.
Dingley law and the new Law
alike are enormously in excess o
that difference in cost as to tn
protection of American industrle
it stands admitted that this neN
enactment certainly does proteC
opulent manufacturing monopo
les.
AS to the protection of Amer
lean workingmen," we have thi
to say: That great army of sc
called common laborers who wOr
outside the protected industrie!
so far from sharing in the SUI
posed benefits of a protectiy
law, are its victims by REA
ISON OF THE RESULTAN'
HIGHER COST OF LIVING
The amount of their wages Is
no way dependent upon the tan
if, but depends on the labor dc
. mands and supply, and upo
other conditions in nOwise relate
to the tariff, while undoubtedl
their living expenses in cOmmo
with all, are directly affected b
the burdens of the tariff tax
ton. Mechanics trained as e.
perts in specialties receive il tn.
as they do in other countrie
higher wages than mill operative
but, as in the case of cOmmO
laborers, their wages are i'll L
sense dependent on the tariff, bl
depends mainly upon their orgal
izations, upon skill and upon I'll
demand for and supply of sue
| labor. But this class like a
r other, must bear the burden
the increased cost of living r
e sulting from monopolistic contr
of our productive industri
e through protective laws.
I. is a question Of extren
e doubt whether even the cper
tives in manufacturing indu
+ tries are the recipients Of any su
4 stantial advantage under the &c
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-06
An EnoIjsh Sanctuary.

Beverley minister, 1870 miles north OF
London, Is the shrine OF st. John OF
Beverley, who died in the year 721. In
e38 Athelstan, king of England, gave
several privileges to the monastery.
one being the privilege Of sanctuary
This was not merely for man slayingi
1t was open to all wrongdoers except
those who had been guilty Of treason
For ordinary offenses, such as horse
stealing, cattle stealing, being back
ward In accounts or being in receipt OF
suspected goods, a man came into
sanctuary about a mile from the mon
astery or church. There used to be
four crosses on the main roads leading
to Beverley marking the limit Of the
area. In cases of m~anslaughter and
murder 1t was not sufficient to be with
In one of these crosses. Before the
fugitive could claim sanctuary he must
enter the church and seat himself In
a stone chair known as the arid
stooP' or freed chair" To this place
many fed for refuge from all parts OF
the country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received and
opened by the Board Of Education Of
the Borough of Roosevelt at School
No. 10, Carteret, N. j., on Tuesday
evening, July 10, 1910, at 5 p. M, for
the erection and construction Of fire
escapes DO Carteret Hill School, known
as School No. 10, on Railway avenue, in
accordance with plans and specifca.
tions on Ale with George w. Morgan,
District Clerk, Carteret, N. J. Also with
J. Ben Beatty, Architect, 70 Broad
street, Elizabeth, N. J.
A certified check for $4,000 payable
TO order OF Charles A. Brady, Borough
Collector, without any conditional en-
dorsements whatever, must accompany
each bid.
The Board reserves the right to re
jeet any or all bids.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Borough of Roosevelt, N. J.
EDWARD J. HE'LL, President.
GEO. w. MORGAN, Dist. Clerk.
Dated May a1st, 1910.
I3087-7.6-1et.