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Evening journal., 1912-03-01

be found in the proposed adoption Of
the trick ballot used by the Maryland
Democrats to disfranchise the negro
Republicans of that state. That is in
keeping with the whole theory Of
Democratic refOrm-restrict the ballot
and keep control Of the state and city
in the hands Of as few people as pos
sible. and them all Democrats True
democracy would enlarge the elector
ate, invite and encourage all the peo-
pie to use the ballot and nothing so
completely disproves the genuineness
OF Delaware Democratic reform as
this attempt to Introduce this trick
disfranchising ballot under the guise
Of municipal reform.
A Democratic orator. a local orator,
recently advised the dropping OF the
idea of popular election of United
States Senators in this State, because
the Republicans have 2000 majority
and under that condition the negroes
would elect the senators With admit
ted designs of that character, it is not
difficult to find why a trick ballot is
proposed in the proposed new city
charter. nor is it difficult to under
stand why Mr.. Richards was particu-
lar TO make it known that he did not
appear at the Turn Hall meeting as
an advocate of the proposed new char
ter. xxx
Feb. 27, 1912
Evening journal., 1912-03-01
: With the ParagFapherS

Coatesville Pa. OF malodorous lynchng reputation,
is now IN the throes Of an epidemic OF typhoid. Re
tributon perhaps for its calOusness TO the country
condemnation Of its singularly brutal crmes.-Buf-
falo News
n WeIlman intends be the FIRST 10 cross the At
lautc BY the air route he hurry Atwood is out
for the honor. and. unlike Welman, has record
for suceess-Portland Oregonian.
The Colonel is so interesting an ex-Presdeut that
country will be reluctant take that honorable
title away from him-Kansas City Journal.
Sometimes. but not often loses the desire for
tobacco and devotes the OF his life Dragging
about his viii poVer.-Atchison Globe
This years hats be smaller but as a con-
eession 10 feminine pride the prices probably will be
considerably lsrger-Springfeld Union.
II was inevitable that some growing should attend
the shifting OF the festherweight championship-
Omaha World-Herald
Evening journal., 1912-03-01
FRIDAY, MAR. |, 1912
GET THINGS DONE.

VATHILE Philadelphia and Philadelphia inter-
w ests are congratulating themselves on the
large appropriation for the improvement of the
Delaware let it not be forgotten that the improve
ment of the Delaware means as much or more rela-
lively TO Wilmington than it does to Philadelphia
Any channel that leads to Philadelphia leads
also TO Wilmington. When they make it possible
for the largest ships TO dock in Philadelphia the
same improvements that make this possible exploit
Wilmngtons possibilities port.
These things remind you of the river front. They
suggest the necessity of the marshes bordering
on the river being filled as soon as possible. They
suggest the fact that Fourth street wharf is only
a trihe than a mile from channel that is the
limit of the possibilities of Philadelphia. Finally
they say to the people of Wilmington to be up
and doing.
Already the well-informed know that the open
ing of the Panama canal and the inland waterway
are going to be a boon and boom to water borne
commerce in this country.
Wilmington occupies an Incompatible strategic
position 1t is absurd to sit still and wait for out
siders to come and develop these possibilities for
us The chances are they will never do it. Why
should they? The people of Wilmington shoulc
become busy. They should adopt the motto of th'
Kansas City newspaper which cries early and late
Get things done, Get things done. Wilmington
quit talking and blowing and fault finding and
growing. Get things done
Evening journal., 1912-03-01
AFTER THE GOVERNORS.

n NE Of the novel features of the fight between
~ Taft and Roosevelt is the assumption that
the governors of various states represent unerrng-
ly the political sentiments of the people of those
states.
Mr.. Roosevelt started his campaign in answer
ing the appeals Of governors and Mr. Taft prompt
ly meets the issue by calling on an equal number
of governors who praise his administration and
urge his denomination.
The governors have suddenly become or may
think they have become potent factor. But it is
extremely doubtful whether the governors and
their influence will be able TO control the situation
But now that so many governors have been lined
up, why not go after the Colonels and the Cen
erals? They are far more numerous and the can
didate who gets their votes will have been given
a good start in the race.
Evening journal., 1912-03-01

world. The average distance travelled was three
miles
Due to accidents on the rails the number of
deaths was about 10000, but only $50 of these
we're passengers. More than half the number killed
we're trespassers and tramps and more than 5000
we're railroad employees.
The killing of so large number of employees is
a grim fact which indicates that the safety Of the
employees is not so assured as il should be. The
death rate Of the country is annually about one in
every sixty-hve inhabitants The chance of being
killed as a passenger on a train is about one in
every 100000 rides. Not a very dangerous chance
is this. In his ordinary occupations a man is as
liable to be killed as he is while on a railroad train.
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:: Personal and Pertinent =:


recently married couple and friend were travel
ing by train when they were suddenly plunged into
the darkness of tunnel says the New York sun
There was light and when they abruptly returned
TO the daylight the bride and the bridegroom were
caught in the midst Of a furtve kiss. The friend was
dreadfuly embarrassed and to cover his confusion he
said the first thing that came into his head.
"That-ah-that tunnel cost two million dollars
The bridegroom nodded his head wisely. 1T was
worth it, he said
Tho late Bishop William n McVickar of Rhode Is
land harbored a large soul in body to match. He
was a bachelor, whose sister kept house for him. On
one occasion he elephoned to his tailor he wish
ed to have pair pressed, and the tailor
sent "a boy TO his residence to get them The Bishops
sister admitted the messenger and called upstairs
willie, the boy has come for your trousers!
When her brother appeared the youths astonished
gaze traversed the prelates impressive corperoslty
then he murmured: "Gee Is that, Willie?'
:-;-.-:
Senator Guggenheim came out Of one of the Senate
lobbies at Washington the other day with frown on
Ive Just lost S. to Nixon he said 81 bet him there
was only e in exaggerate, and he won And the
worst of is Nixon wanted to bet the one g him
SELF and only took the other side because It was the
The moral of this anecdote seems be that the Gug-
genheims have only a partial monopoly OF the "Gs.
:-:-:-:
General Pryor was commenting in his Office on some
Of the recent speeches Of Mayor Gaynor.
what like about Gaynor's speeches" he said, 's
that they are so concise They remind me OF the old
lawyers clerk whose employer said TO him one day:
John, that's very shabby Office coat you're wearing
Yes sir, said the clerk, 1 bought II with the last
raise in salary You gave me. No wonder it's shabby %
.-s-.-t
He who lives without definite purpose achieves
no higher end than to a warning 20 others
He is kind of bell-buoy mourniully tolled by the
waves of circumstance to mark the rocks or shoals
which are to be avoided-Anonymous
:-.-s-.
He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting
softer, whose blood warmer, whose brain quicker
whose spirit is entering into the living Peace
Ruskin.
:-:-.-:
The life of every man is diary in which he meant
to write story and writes another and his humbles
I hft,. who IA hn IA s
what he vowed to make it-J NJ Barrie
Il .-.-.-.
AS soon as a becomes satisfied with himsel
and what he has DONE he has ceased to improve anS
has begun to degenerate.-George Eliot
Evening journal., 1912-03-01
NE w NE Nv s.
OF YES RDAY
BY
I" H 0 LII A N D "
THE REMARK TaAT MADE FAMOus LECTURER

and the causes which made their
careers successful.
That decision paid its maker
handsomely. whipple's winter tours
usually begab at Bangor. Me-. and
wound up at Omaha. Neb., and be-
tween those Two points he would
speak in every considerable city or
town north Of the Ohio River. once
asked him if he had not lectured as
many times as Wendell Phillips, who
earned his livelihood by his many
lectures. In repls Whipple said that
he had lectured more times on more
subjects than Phillips, but that
Phillips had lectured more times on
one subject than he had. That SUBJ
ject, The Lost Arts,' Wendell Phil
lips lectured on little over three
thousand times"
Copyright. 1912. by L. J. Edwards
All rights reserved.)
Evening journal., 1912-03-01

Who in your opinion was the most
successful Of the lecturers or platform
speakers in the time when the winter
lyceum was the most popular, certain
ly the most widely spread, of Ameri-
can entertainments?" once asked the
late Parke Goodwin, who was himself
for twenty years, between 1870 and
1860, one Of the most sought for OF
American lecturers.
That" replied Mr.. Goodwin. is a
very difficult question to answer.
suppose the man who lectured to the
largest numbers and who never ex-
perienced the annoyance occasioned
by seeing empty benches was John
b. Cough. He, however, was more of
an entertainer than a lecturer in the
best meaning of the term. He was a
great mimic and his lectures, aside
from his temperance addresses, con-
sisted of a string of anecdotes. To
my thinking hOwever--looking at the
matter from all points Of yiew-the
most successful and, in the best mean
ing of the term. popular Of American
lecturers was e. p. Whipple of Bos-
ton.
"Whippie was the liitlest man who
ever stood upon a lecture platform,
so far as l know. He was below
medium height and very slender, and
he had a big head, shaped almost
exactly like the head of Richard Wag-
ner. Physique counts a great deal
with American audiences, and yet
Whipple overcame his physical limi-
tations He was a self-taught man;
he once told me that he never went
to school after he left the district
school He was a bank clerk in Bos-
ton for a number Of years, but he
detested the banking business and took
as naturally to the pen as a duck
does to water.
"He began lecturing by pure acci-
dent. When still a very young man.
he wrote an article for Boston publi-
cation which attracted some attention,
and the members of one of the de-
batting clubs, or literary associations
of Boston asked him to make a little
address to them. During the course
of that address he noticed as he was
speaking of statesman who at that
time was conspicuously before the
public. that two or three of the young
men who sat upon the second bench
from the platform became intensely
absorbed in what he was saying. Their
eyes were fixed upon him, they drank
in every word, and Whipple was so
greatly stimulated by this attention
that he began to speak extempore.
Still, those young men needed every
word he said, and when he had finish
ed they came to him and told him that
never had they been so greatly in
structed or interested as when they
sat listening to what Whipple had said
of the statesman in question and his
career. And as the little group start
ed away. one Of the young men said
further: IF you will talk like that
about men who have done something
worth while or whom we have heard
about, you will always have plenty ol
! listeners
That remark set Whipple to think
ing He realized that people generally
are interested in men and women
who have done great things, no mat
ter what. and he decided that he
would begin tn, career of a lecturer
adapting his lectures to the craving
Of the American people for accurate
and humaniziug information about
; men and women who are prominent
Evening journal., 1912-03-01
Stories of The Day
Deaf Mans Verdict.


Would YOU" inquiries the Green
wood Journal, give the deaf man a
verdict if you were on the jury who
is suing for damages becuse he al
leges that he is paying for preaching
he can't hear?'
Personally we'd be inclined to rem
der a verdict after the fashion OF
the immortal Paddy Diver. As the
story goes. a loyal henchman of the
clan. named Danny. was arrested for
an enthusiastic and successful assault
upon an innocent third party. It was
Just before election and Danny sent
for his leader. The leader heard
Danny's story and went to see Paddy
Diver.
Judge" he said, q wish you'd be
light on Danny. He's a good fellow
and can help us lot in the election"
"All right" said Paddy. I'll give
him 80 days!'
But that will keep him in Jail over
the election!" the leader protested
H" said Paddy, Il mean the
plaintiff. New York Evening Sun.
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tures Frames md Artist s~nnlies.'
Evening journal., 1912-03-01

The Citizens School, which is doing a good work
in educating young foreigners in American ways,
intends to make an experiment in helping to solve
the problem of securing labor on the farms. Ap-
plications are being received from farmers offer
ing good wages and places to young men and
women who would like to 90 to the farms for the
summer or longer No doubt many of the younger
folk would find the farm labor congenal and pro-
itable, and it is possible that the Citizens School
may assist to a considerable extent in helping the
farmers to get labor
Evening journal., 1912-03-01
Typhoid and the Remedy
Editor Evening Journal:


by valuable that there epidemic of TY
Coatesvle pollution
dywne threatens Wilmington also where have already
developed
There ought to be Congress any
ing its into running through another
heavy penalties attached But as this cannot avail anything in the
it fortunate that provided
against this plague germs instantly
and has not failed or LOST CASE FOR "a YEARS OF this
remedy BRAZILIAN BALM known approved
generation only Delaware,
Gulf not only absolutely PREVENTS taken in time but
quickly AT ANY STAGE clear deaths a
Wilmington when three physicians agreed pa
tent could not live half an hour.
people all to read the testimony Of Mrs John Robinson
of Niagara Falls how she quickly cured her typhoid They will
find in the leahe bottle Also
other testimony in circulars These thousands which
might be
many years observation study OF
portan question unhesangy give the to Brazilian
Balm in treating typhoid incubation recently introduced by
Medical Profession Fst-The SERUM
they claim PREVENTS but does not CURE after the disease sets
in The Balm PREVENTS enecualy the serum and also
CURES almost instantly by KILLING germstops the hem
orrhagand HEALS whole amenary No other remedy
this seondThere is no danger
using while danger in inject
ing disease into the human With the typhoid germs
may germs dangerous than
typhoid It claimed by of scientific
that the practice vaccination for smallpox has spread ubereuo
scoua the land All serums"
originally pantsand with the typhoid
necessity other kind Of disease germs in the
system those patients be separated
typhoid germs absolutely purebooded patient
other disease
man for years and then they may
posonng and other fatal consequences
must decide for which preferred
would advise you get of Brazilian Balm take
eeyyou much typhoid saturate the system
The also Measles Mumps and
contagious diseases three four day-prevnt
ing blindness deafness after evil effects which is
great consideration It's the GERMS which do
all the mschef-snd KILLS noxious in
stanly.
Edor. this letter, but hope you VIII print
It for the good hope / will do, Respectfully,
Benz #
Arcade N, Y, sebruary ssth, 1919
Evening journal., 1912-03-01
SAFETY IN TRAVELLING.

@ EVERAL recent accidents have again revived
- talk about the danger of travelling on the rail-
roads. But how slight is the danger if the number
OF accidents is compared with the number Of per-
sons that travel.
The railroads Of this nation last year carried al
most billion passengers. This is equivalent TO a
ride for two-thirds OF the people OF the entire
Evening journal., 1912-03-01

proposes to spend S5OOOOOOO on good roads 1t
is intended to construct r,340 more miles of state
highways and almost 5000 miles of country high
ways to carry out the system projected several
years ago. The development of the roads is a
great scheme which no false economy should be
permitted to bak
Evening journal., 1912-03-01

Three Democratic Senators have declared for
Wilson for President and Colonel Roosevelt has
nine governors. The other candidates will have
to become busy with the remaining governors and
senators.
Evening journal., 1912-03-01

After all the people of Mexico who recalled
Diaz from the presidency by violent means may
be glad to get him back.
Evening journal., 1912-03-01

The Association Of
V~r~vvN~N-S American Advertis-
The Association of American ali the sre"t sdvsr
Advertisers New York Cityl has tisers Of this
certified to the rcHAtisn try The Assoeia-
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@uaganteeA by the Associates. tion at any moment
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Copyright. 1912. by e. J. Edwards
All righta reserved.)
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Arcade, n, y. February e8th. iOis
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-11-01
FOUR AUTo1sTs DROWN.
Party of Eight in Two Machines on
ferryboat.

Belvidere, N. j., Oct. 2S.-Four mem.
bers of an automobile party, bound
for Shawnee, Pa, from their homes
in Noble, Pa, were drowned in the
Delaware river while being ferried
across from Delaware, N. ].
The dead: Mrs. Leon Gilbert, Miss
Rebecca Tyson, Mrs. H. w. Trump,
and Leon Gilbert. Jr., Z years old.
There were eight members in the
party in two automobiles. In one ma
chine was Leon H. Gilbert, his wife,
daughter, Miriam Gilbert, and son.
Leon Gilbert, Jr. In the other auto
mobile were Mrs. Fl. w. Trump, Miss
Tyson and Nathan Trump.
When the middle of the stream was
reached the boat was struck and
knocked from its course by raft.
L. H. Gilbert and Fl. w. Trump
were thrown into the water and swan
to the Pennsylvania shore, while Miss
Gilbert and Nathan Trump jumped
onto the raft as it swung that way.
The others clung to the machines and
when the ferryman lost control of the
windlass which propelled the boat.
were thrown into the deep water.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-11-01
Hon. E. G. Dunn Democratic Candidate for Governor.

operative movement in Iowa is writ
ten, there will be chapter devoted to
the young man who headed the move
ment, to Edward G. Dunn. And the
story will recite that his honor put him
above the temptations of the Chicago
elevator combine and other combines
which sought to pull him away from
the farmers movement and leave them
unorganized and at the mercy of COM
bines. And the chapter will recite the
affection that sprung up between this
young man and the gray-haired pion-
eers of this state who had put their
plow-shares in virgin soil, and how
these farmers came to trust this young
man as they would trust member of
their own family.
To-day Edward G. Dunn is candi-
date for governor of Iowa on the Dem
ocratic ticket. Admirably equipped,
he is every inch man and gentleman.
1t would seem ftting and proper that
one who did IS much-infinitely more
than any other man has done-in pro-
lection of the farmers of Iowa, who
are the backbone of Iowa, should be at
the head of the government of this
great agricultural state. 1t would
seem that preference should be for
him over Clarke, who is distinguished
as nothing so much as politician and
an Office holder, seeking now one Office
and again another.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-11-01
The Young Man in Public Life.

The farmers of Iowa were individual
units dealing with the power of organ
ized capital when Young man of Iowa
awoke to the fact that in this dealing
the farmers were getting the worst of
it. He began to preach the gospel of
organization. He took single stick,
for illustration, and he broke it easily
over his knee, Then he took number
of sticks, bound them together in a
bundle, and tried to break them over
his knee. He could not do it. 1t was
easy for organized capital dealing with
the individual farmer ito break the
farmer over it's knee, but it was i'm
possible for it to break an organization
of farmers over it's knee. With the
genius of this young man to guide
them, the farmers of Iowa began to
unite themselves together in organic
a t o n s-co-operative organizations.
They gathered strength from the un-
ion. Where they had been dictated to
before they came into position where
theyRcould resent dictation. Where
they had been exploited before they
came into position where they could
prevent exploitation of themselves.
Where they had been at the mercy of
the man who rigs the market, they
were no l"nger at his mercy.
One day when the history of the CO.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-11-01
TWELVE REASONS FOR VOT-
ING AGAINST THEODORE
ROOSEVELT.

l. Because he has broken his sol
emn promise not to be candidate for
third term.
2. Because he permitted the steel
trust to acquire the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company its principal rival,
in violation of the antitrust law, and
forbade the prosecution Of the Ear-
vester Trust at the behest of George
w. Perkins, his present national
chairman.
ises everything and in Office performs
nothing.
4. Because he accepted campaign
contributions from trusts, insurance
companies and crooked business"
and denied that he had done sony
dear Hartman"
S. Because he aided the Panama
syndicate to exact forty millions of
dollars from the United States for
property offered for sale for mere
fraction of that amount.
3. Because he refused to allow the
prosecution of one of his cabinet Of
ilcers for railroad rebating.
!. Because he said: Cowboys
and rough riders cut mad antics. rid
ing their horses into saloons, firing
their revolvcrs right and left, from
bolsterous ight-heartedness rather
than any viciousness. and induiging
too often in deadly shooting affrays,
brought on by accidental contact of
the moment or on account of some
long-standing grudge, but they are
much better fellows and pleasanter
companions than the small farmers or
agricultural laborers, nor are the me-
chanics of great city to be men
toned in the same breath with them"
-(Century Magazine, 1889
8. Because he still stands for
Boss" Finn, Boss Woodruff and
other bosses who serve him-can
the leopard change his spots?
9. During the seven years he was
President he failed even refused to
lift a finger against high tariff Who
believes, if elected, he would try to
reduce excessive tariff taxes? Why
is he surrounded now by high tariff
men. who are contributing freely to
his campaign fund?
10. Because he loves war better
than peace.
II. Because the day he became
president there were 14o trusts or
combinations capitalized at S,,ooo,-
100000, and the day he retired from
office there were 1920 such combina-
tions capitalized at $4,000, 100000.
IL. Because President Taft, who
knows him best, says of him: ''He is
a demagogue, neurotic, fatterer,
all egotist.'