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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-27
For Governor

Dyer County Democrats nominate
Judge Joseph f. Jones for Governor.
This was done ia a mass convention al
Dyersburg last Saturday. Dyer Coun-
tians have been very loyal to Judge
Jones, and there is no good reason Why
they should not be. Obion could very
readily aud very consistently second the
nomination Judge Jones has protected
the law-abiding citizens Of this county
as no other Judge ever had cause to do.
But he did it fearlessly aud in a straight
forward manner, never hesitating, never
hating. Judge Jones has distinguished
himself on the bench. He has Tindi-
Gated justice and equity. He has re-
stored peace and quietude in communi-
ties, notably in Obion, which had been
rent with discomfort and bloodshed.
His judicial service has been a bulwark
Of protection to the people Of the cir
cult, and there is good cause why the
law-abiding citizens should feel very
kindly toward Judge Jones. As Gov
ernor Of Tennessee Judge Jones would
no doubt bring TO bear the same distin-
guished ability that has marked his ca
reer upon the bench, the same courage,
the same conscientious sense of duty
and backbone. Judge Jones is Dem
ocrat, an old-school Democrat of the |
Isham G. Harris and VIM b. Bate
kind. His is pure Democracy, not1
the so-called conservative brand which |
means Democracy in name only and
Republicanism in practice and spirit
Among the names mentioned for the
Democratic nomination we have seen
none yet which so nearly reflects the
pulse Of the masses as does Judge Jones.
)bion County is due to second the nom
nation and no doubt this action will be
aiken not later than the January term
# court.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-27
Bonds at a Premium.

The corporation Of obion has been
successful in selling its water and light
bonds at a premium and contracts will
be let November 21 for the construction
Of Improvements necessary to equip and
operate the plant at that place. c. II.
jerks, Of this city, the engineer who
had charge Of tho plans and estimates,
informs us that the bonds, amounting
to $50, 900, found a ready market at
premium, and that the insurance adj
justers had made concessions that would
more than offset the interest on the
bonds, thereby really causing saving
of several hundred dollars to the city
Of Obion ia the matter of annual OK
penses. Good for 0bioD.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-27
VIII You Van.

And now some Of the papers are max.
ing a to-do about the failure Of the re-
call because the people declined to take
advantage Of it in Oregon in moving
against Judge whose charge did not suit
some Of them
Some people would argue that black
bird is white or attempt to unravel the
proposition Why is a cow
OF all the transparent iugglery used
for argument this is the limit.
The recall itself was not brought to a
test. On the other hand sufficient
number Of people declined to take adj
vantage Of the recall to test it, and that
argues without comment that the people
out there are as sensible and sober mind
ed as the average representative, and
that il representatives are to be en-
trusted with the power OF impeachment,
the people are just as able to take care
Of themselves and the welfare Of the
community while accredited with the
Z exercise Of the recall.
They did not think, even il the Judge
exceeded the hounds of,law or facts in
the case, that it was Of nature serious
enough to justify the use Of the recall.
And this is what is termed the failure
Of the recall
We care very little about the recall,
but the way it is disturbing some Demo
Gratis should be warning to the people.
Tennessee has her quota of this kind
Of Democrats. They profess Democ.
racy and damn the people Anything
that tends to bring the people into closer
relations with the government raises a
discord just like this empty ridicuIe.
The Commercial believes in the voting
qualification just as much as any one,
We believe that the franchise should be
subject to an educational qualification,
but while this is-so we are prepared to
say that the people here. those who can
read and write, are just as well qualified
to deal with political and governmental
problems, and hundreds and thousands
Of them much better, than the average
representative, and hence when such a
man is empowered with the use of the
initiative, referendum and recall he is
no more calculated to be menace to
good government than the representa-
tive. That the people are any more apt
to clamor for impractical things than
representatives is idle, not only idle but
often vicious criticism.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-27
The Benefit Of the Doubt.

The man who protects the consumer"
is title of great honor that has been
conferred upon Dr. Wiley, chief of the
Bureau of Chemistry at Washington.
Under an administration and system
of political economy which take account
only of the producer it is rare distinc-
ton to be known as the friend of the
consumer 1t was this attitude on his
part, however, which made for him all
his trouble
The Doctors explanation OF his rela-
ton to thepure-food law is SO simple and
illuminating that it is presented here in
full:
Under the law am the only person
who stands between the people and the
manufacturers. II | decide against the
people they have no appeal and the case
ends right there If decide against.
the manufacturers they Immediately
take the case into court and the court
protects their rights. This is the reason,
and the only reason, why l always give
the people the advantage Of the doubt.
They are not in position to go into courts
for redress.
Many things would be different in this
country If the people were always given |
the benefit Of the doubt It would seem
that Government owing place and
power to the people would naturally fall
in with such policy in all its depart
ments, but in many cases greed and I
graft are too much for it.
Dr. Wiley will be remembered affec-
as one man who in position
of great responsibility never forgot the
millions who were not represented before
him by high-priced lawyers and experts
and who made it rule to give them the
benefit of every doubt How bitterly
suce course was resented and how
nearly the food manufacturing interests
that recognized no popular rights came
to putting him out Of Office in disgrace
and humiliation is all a matter ofrecentl
history.
The President went tardily to bis res
cue, but chat he went at an is fact to
be treasured forever to his credit. st
Louis Republic.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-27
He Is Right.
Of court

The Commissioner Of Agriculture has
partially redeemed himself in his an
swer to one of the Western Road Com
missioners requesting that President
Taft TO call for conference OF Gov
ernors to build good roads. The
Commissioner replied that he could not
afford to do such a thing, that once
started there would be no end to it. He
added further that the automobile man
ufacturers were behind the movement
and that alone would make ii still more
Objectionable. There was a lot OF talk
in Tennessee about the same kind of
rot last summer and some enterprising
member asked the Legislature for an
appropriation for Bristol Memphis
highway. Ii we remember right the
bill was passed and was. among a lot OF
others that Governor Hooper vetoed,
and it should have been killed. An
appropriation providing for exclusive
highways in the United States or States
is the rankest kind of class legislation,
and shows nothing so much as it does
the earmarks Of the automobile octopus.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-27
Democrats and Department.

j
A Democrat in earnest must at al
ealis stage ia his career expect to b,
demonstrated with. Some Of his pro
fessed friends will deplore his radical
ism. Others will assert that he is say
ing and doing things that are not il
harmony with his high character anc
good breeding. Still others will init
mate that be is losing his head. Hi.
opponents, Of course, will pass more Sc
we're judgments upon him.
In his development as a Democratic
leader Woodrow Wilson has reached
this interesting point He has actually
made bold to criticise President Taft in
language that everybody can under
stand. He has plainly pointed out his
broken promises. his apparent insin-
certify, his helplessness in the hands Of
powerful selfish influences, his igno-
rance Of some of the questions that he
discusses and the uselessness OF the peo-
pie looking to him for the reforms
which he alone has defeated
Plain speech is absolutely necessary
to those who would present plain truth.
Popular orators who wish to impress
their hearers in the brief time at their
disposal cannot indulge in subteties of
language or launch word puzzles that it
may take hours to solve. Gov Wilson
has committed the high crime of de-
scribing existing conditions as they are
and Of placing the responsibility for
them where it belongs and all the Tur-
yeydrops for miles around are beseech-
ing him to remember the rules Of de-
pertinent.
At some period in bis life every Dem
ozrat worthy Of the name has had to
face expostulation of this kind. 1t is
never bad form to Cypress and deceive
the people. 1t is always polite to prom1
Use one thing and then to do the other
thing. The greatest wrongs that have
ever been perpetrated here or elsewhere
were strictly in accord with etiquette
having the highest social sanction. 1t
IS useless, therefore, for anyone who
asks attention to these things to expect
from those circles which are
-eferred to as exclusive.
The first and the greatest Of Demo-
rats who was a Democrat in earnest .
llso encountered this spirit from the be-
ginning. Nice people could not under
tand how man of Jefferson's learn
ng, position and experience could say
md do things as he did There was
,nly one way to account for it and that
vas by demagogy Yet his dema-
,ogy'' is what gave us a true Republic .
md made possible such characters as
Jackson and Lincoln.
There is as much need now as ever
before of Democrats in earnest who will :
lot be easily frightened from the cham /.
of popular rights, Let them
men and things as they are.
/ fashion and conventionality and priv .
lege vince let them repeat the prescrip- !
ION, for no better proof that it is need .
d can be had A Democrat who sur .
,rises or shocks SNUG responsibility is
probably true Democrat. There will
De many such next year.-St. Louis
Republic
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-27

Representative Underwood, of Ala
bama, the gentleman who made such a
reputation as leader of the Democrats
on the floor of the House in the late
session of Congressman the extra session
of that body, who might have been taken
seriously as a conservative candidate for
the Democratic Presidential nomination,
has shown his hand in suggesting the
nomination of Hearst. Hearst, who
has stood for everything under Gods
sun nearly, is about as much fit to be
the Democratic nominee for President,
as FIJI islander is He is not in sym
patty with the American masses and he
cares much less about what they feel
and need. Representative Underwood
had better left that unsaid altogether
Up to this time he has been considered
a very extraordinary man A few more
such cracks as that and his opinion
wouldn t be worth-well, what's the use
of speaking about it anyway.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-27

The Attorneys General of Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina
have concluded chat the plan for the
dissolution Of the Tobacco Trust will
offer no relief to tobacco growers and il
adopted will make the Government S
Supreme Court,victory barren one.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-27
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-25
The Mexlcan Situation.

The aspect OF affairs I'm Mexico rs be
coming more serious every day. The
disturbances are apparently increasing.
and the Diaz governments control Of
the situation growing constantly weak
or. In the meantime the American
army on the border is keeping up its
maneuvers. Orders have been issued
for 1000 more recruits. and General
Carter has actually made provision for
the immediate movement Of A portion
of the force under his command
II Is now announced that the invasion
of Mexico may be necessary in order
TO protect The foreign and other Amer
lean interests in that republic. which
in importance. are said 20 overtower
everything else. a Mexican diplomat
of influence amQnE the insurgents ad-
vises MaGero TO win decisive victory
and TO get entire control Of the state
in which the chief iusurgent movement
is.now being conducted. before he first
of Nav, or else expect Intervention hy
the United States IN the interests Of
order. rife, and properly.
Accepting all these reports with manv
grains Of allowance. i- must De admit
ted that the situation in our neiahbor
republic is most grave end the END Of
The trouble may not come without the
necessity Of invasion OF Mexican terri
tory by a United States military force.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-25
Vote by All Means.

BY as large a vote as was ever cast
in the city of Rock Island, the present
candidates for mayor and for commits
sioners under the form OF municipal
government to be inauguratsd immedi-
ately following the election 10 be held
one week from next Tuesday, were
chosen. The primary election indica-
ted the interest in the new policy no
less than in the individual candidates.
Preceding the primary election the pee
pie by a decided majority voiced their
desire 10 adopt the commission form.
The interest so manifested on the
-wo former occasions must not be per
mitted to wane in the face OF the last
obligation that COnfronts the people
the actual choice OF the men who are
TO inaugurate the new plan OF city gov
eminent. The people awaited them
selves of the option because they de
sired a change. They have row 20
confirm their first expression. They
have started something they must fin
ish They owe it to themselves to vote
10y SFI A. ~ S'SAs q N4NtAtN ga me
ticket 10 vote
And the final obligation begines next
Tuesday, the last registration day. Ey-
cry man should see 10 it that he is reg
istered. AS has been stated IN The Ar
gus heretofore. the judges Of the cleo
ton on the occasion Of the last regis-
tration struck from the poll books in
many OF the precincts a great many
lanes, eliminating all who were known
70 nave passed away or to have moved
The names of all individuals whose al
legged place Of abode was not clear
were likewise dropped wherever found.
In order to give them a chance TO reg
lister again. when the judges may as
certain more conclusiyely Just where
they reside and whether or not there is
any question as TO the validity Of their
voting privilege.
There is q possibility that in the re
vision OF the lists Of voters the names
Of properly registered citizens were III
adyertently omitted II therefore b..
hooves every resident Of the city 10
remember that he has one duty TO per
form next Tuesday Al his regular vot-
Ing precinct and another duty 10 per
form the Tuesday Following
The first obligation is 10 see to it
that he is registered. The second OBJ
lisa Jon is 70 vote his choice for mayor
and for commissioners
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-25
Damages for What ?

The question has been raised as to
whether q man who was recently re-
leased from the Pennsylvania peniten-
tiary after serving 20 years for a
crime Of which he has been proven in
nocent Is not entitled 70 a substantial
indemnity. The question also arises
as 70 who ought to pay this iudem-
nifty, the state or the corporation
which prosecuted him.
As d matter Of fact, iris man can
never be repaid for what he has lost
OF this long imprisonment and the in
justice that has deprived life OF all
that is sweetest and best in It's most
productive period, Tor for what must
follow when the bitterness Of these
years Of suffering viii continue to
cling 10 him.
Although. unlike the Prisoner Of
Chillon,' he may not have "regained
his freedom with q sigh" he viii learn
that it can never again be worth 20
hiLa what it might have been. For
much OF the mental suffering that has
been and VIII continue TO be his lot
there is no reconpeuse, but for the
handicap that has been put upon this
mans physical powers and his pro
ductive capacity as q worker and
builder of wealth. il would seem that
there was due him from society some
return for what society organized as
law has taken away from him.
The lesson Of this case is that there
ought to be the greatest care taken in
the conduct of courts OF justice and
the application of the rules OF evi-
dence in order that no innocent man
shall ever have TO suffer for the crime
which he did not commit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-25
The Slayer.


A slayer is he who Is anchored In fail.
Though others way falter. he sticks with
out fail
Through thick and through thin.
You'H find he is in.
IL not TO his friends. TO the man with the
key.
AZ steady as any Old fellow could be.
He doesn't go tramplng TO look at the
cars.
That may be because he's restrained By
the bars
Whatgrer the reason.
In every old season
He's there every minute as one tried and
A twin to ora FathfaI and sticking like
glue
VIII serve not % coax him to leave the
old stand.
That Isn't his style.
Though give him a file,
And T. being cautious. viii not undertake
TO say where he'll be 81 the guard doesn't
wake.
He Isn't a model wouldn't ray that.
Although he's a slayer and one standing
pat.
A game OF baseball
hay plaintiyely call.
He VIII not respond though you send him
pass.
Although he might look at the crowd
through his glass.
Yes. he IS q stayer n ever was one.
he stick7 t'T' tEc time he - doing Is Gone.
Espert!ng no praise
For SUCH steady ways.
But calmly proceeds I'll his gcntence In
through.
What else ccuif he do2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-25

TOM THEW HIS ARMS ABOUT NY NICK
had told me that if I ever wanted any
thing TO let the fact be known through
the press. He had never told me 10
advertise for O husband, and / had
never dreamed Of doing such q thing.
But why not? The only objection 40
the plan was that 1 would doubtless
receive replies from persons with I'm
worthy motives. But l wss not fool
70 fall into n trap.
/ wrote NV advertisement, but / re
CURED a whole day TO make up my
mind TO send It However, in the even
ing / came to decision and, taking
II 70 the postof1ce, mailed it
I was especially relieved at getting
few II any replies that Indicated
trap. / attributed this TO the wording
OF my advertisement. / was very care
fuI to let il be understood that mine
was g genuine case and that no one
would be able 10 impose upon ne /
received q number of answers, but
there was only one that seemed worth
ny while TO follow up. One letter
came couched II the most respectful
language end bore evidence of perfect
sincerity The writer said that be II
ferred / was cut of from meeting
members of the Opposite sex since my
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-25
The Consular Service.

The recent executive order which
put a large number Of consular po-
sitions under the civil service rules
viii undoubtedly increase very
largely the demand FOR men espac-
tally trained for such service, and
VIII consequently give G6ded i'm
portaocs 20 the courses n training
for consular service now being Of
fered A. several Of our greater uni
versirics.
The work in training Eor the con
sular service ar the University OF II
linois is one Of the courses IN bust
ness administrator FOR. which The
university is asking tLis year G build
ing TO cost $4,000. and the an
nual sum OF $4,000 for main
tenauce. The Other courses in the
group-zeueral business, banking.
insurance. accouutaucy. railroad
traffic and accounting. railroad ad-
minisJration aud journalism, are
low. Ike the course for consular ser
vice. Cranped 81 every way and not
sbIe 70 meet the demands made IS
the steadily Increasing attendance.
The United States Is becoming ev-
cry year. WIKI its increased foreign
trade, In need OF more e1no{eEt con
salar service, which VIII supply our
producers with q knowledge OF the Pc
cISliAritiss and demands Of foreign
markets. and help 10 extend cur bush
ness In TIE face Of strong and keen
competition. The University Of Iii
nois is ono Of tbs Few OF our great
universities which Is offering four
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-25

It was absolutely necessary that l
should marry. In these times many
fields are open to women by which
they can make a living. but then
well, teaching was about the only one
Girls went out as governesses, but in
struction of any kind was not my forte.
There was no reason why 1 should
not marry, except that there was o
one where 1 lived to marry-that is,
no one but Tom BaxteP-and, though
he seemed to like me very well, he
made no move matrimonially in my
direction. He was always throwing
out hints about people marrying who
have nothing to Live on. To tell the
truth, 1 agreed with him. Besides,
saw no prospect of his ever being
able TO support wife, for be was an
inventor, and we all know what that
means. an inventor ninety -nlne cases
In a hundred is a rainbow chaser.
Tom lived in the village with his
mother, but every now and then
would go TO the city ION business"
he would say. 1t occurred to me that
the business of applying for patents
on machines that won't work prac-
tically or if they do some one else
than the inventor gets what money
there is in IT is a very poor business.
No, it would never do for me to rely
on Tom. But ! had come TO be TWEEN
~ years Of age. Mothers income was
not enough 10 take care OF us all. and
1 must either find work or a husband.
1t nearly broke my heart to give mp
all hopes of Tom. He was a lovable
sort Of fellow, and his visionary dis
position only made him more so. Per
sons who are always living in the
clouds and always hoping are singu-
larry attractive.
My father, who was now dead. had
been q great advertiser in his day and