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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03

course, as people, to be so interpreted.
1t is not in human nature to accord
respect, where self-respect is absent.
How, then, can we expect the remainder
OF the nation to continue to respect us.
when we grovel in the dust of a by
gone era, and let go by default tie
rights inherent in American manhood? /?
For virtually half a century the South
has furnished the hewers of wood and
drawers of water for the Democrats
party. 1t has, faithfully with each re-
current four years, furnished the Democ-
racy's army and its line officers-cheer-
fully yielding command to other sections.
With smile, it has steadily forsworn
the political loaves and fishes, content,
for the. sake of the party, that they go
to doubtful States-time and again to
States most of us knew at the time were
steel-riveted Republican.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
Southern
Leaders

Naturally the men who have led the
Democrats in the House of Representa-
tives so successfully under trying con-
ditions are freely mentioned a. the pres
ent time as possible candidates for the
presidential nomination by the Demo
cratic Convention. These leaders are
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House,
and Oscar w. Underwood, a new and
coming man.
Both are Southerners, by the way, but
in my mind there is no reason in these
days Of broadening views and lessening
prejudices why Southerner should not
be nominated and elected to the presi-
dental chair of the United States. In
tact, there arc many reasons why it
should be so."-London cable of William
Randolph Hearst in the Nc7v York
american, Monday, September rs, 1911.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
FORAKER ON UNDERWOOD

Mr. John Temple Graves will be in
town soon to make us a speech He
was IN Birmingham the other night and
Ihe Age-Herald printed an Interview
with the former Georgian, in which that
gentleman discussed Mr.. Underwood as
presidential candidate. Mr. Crave
SAID; Mr. Foraker used to be verv MI b;t
terly opposed to the South, but sofyonnd D,.
2, great deal after his elevation 70 Ike tbo
%r Sfna1f ff,d asked Mr.. Foraker if in IN case s.se
ldent, will it make any difference 70 ,eS, Un,,
that ne is a Southern man?" ivy ~ you
a.. Absolutely none said Mr. Foraker
'Ot course, cannot vote for him aS
am Republican, but if any RenmbI;can
should get UP and denounce him beca"sn
nc is from the South, would take the
stump in Underwood's defense.'S SN '"'
That reads well, coming as il does
rom a man whose antagonistic attitude
tGwards t;'', the South in other DAYS gave
ifetefstfef j. rt'Afli
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
Underwood Presi.
dentiaH Timber

Mr.. Underwood would make an ideal
President. He is broad-gauged, level
headed citizen; he doesn't slip his cere-
bral cogs and!. off at a tangent as a
rabid exponent Of revolutionary dogmas
in an effort to popularize himself; he is
uniformly courteous to all men; he be-
!!ieves in reducing the high cost of liv-
ing in this country, not talking about it {;
he does not believe in destroying the
industries of the United States while at
the same time he is a thorough believer
in the principles of tariff for revenue
only.
X X X x
There is no hub-dub about Mr.. Un-
derwood. He doesn't believe in shams.
He is big, brawny, brainy statesman,
without his lightning rod out to attract
the Democratic nomination for the pres
iidency, and largely on that very account
he is liable to be the very man that will
get in the way of the bolt that may
elevate him to the White House,. w.
tlenner, in the TimeS-D Democrat, Mus
kcgee, Okla, October 28, 1911.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
Underwood
for President

The argument that he lives too far
South to be available is without weight.
he country has reached that state of
union has been so closely drawn to-
gether by railroad and telegraph-that
Alabama is brought to the door of New
York Massachusetts, and Texas are near
neighbors and even the two Portlands,
OF Name and Oregon, stand within easy
mailing distance of each other. So far
as any feeling of sectionalism is con-
ccerned, or any prejudice against the Sc
lection OF Southern man for the presi-
dency, Underwood is, like Lincoln, a
native of Kentucky, and therefore as
much Northern as Southern, was born
during the Civil War, and grew to man
hood after the old bitterness between
North and South had died out. He is
big, brainy courageous man.-Balh-
more Snn, July 20, 1911.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
Takes Up
Underwood

The years since the Civil War have
rolled too fast and far to permit it to
be conceivable any longer that the cir
cumstances Of Southern birth should
constitute in Northern judgment a dis
qualification in any degree whatever.
Both as to nomination and as to cleo
ton the Southerner will be rated in 1912
on his individual merits. AS far as this
particular Southerner, Mr.. Oscar W..
Underwood, is concerned, it is agreeable
to note the absence of geography in
the regard in which he is held in all
parts of the Union.-Ne7V York .Snu.
1911.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
TIME TO ABANDON
UNWORTHY SECTIONAL
AMUSEMENT

The most humiliating paradox in
American politics to-day is the shrink
ing attitude of some of our own people
toward the presidential possibilities of
Southern men.
ne civil war, the memories of which
furnished the nursery for this indefensi-
Die sectional abasement, is so years at
our back. Ninety per cent of the Amer
ican voters who elect president re-
member this war and its dividing rancor
only. as history. With outstretched
handS, having given every proof of view
ing Mason and Dixon's line as no more
political barrier than the Mississippi
or the Rockies, the dominant generation
at the North invites the South, its pub
lie men, by right of citizenship and by
right of demonstrated ability, into full
fellowship III the nations counsels.
South Wanting in Boldness
What has been the answer of the
South-at least, the answer that NAV be
interpreted by the silence or the diff
dence of hundreds of thousands of rep
resentative Southerners?
ObseSsed by the ghosts of half a CEN
tury ago, guilty of an embarrassment
and Self-consciousneSs that is nothing
short of arrant sectional cowardice,
there is a feeling among many South
erners that the wraiths of the sixties
still stand between the South and the
White House-the South and that par
ticipation in the nations voice, the ma
tons destiny, to which the nation is
eager to admit us
The consequences of this abnegation of
common manhood could not be more
torcetully portrayed than in the words
of the CONSTITUTIONS Washington corre-
spondent, in dispatch discussing the
presidential status resulting from the
Harvey -Wilson-Watterson episode. "If
he, writes our correspondent canvass
ing the possibilities of Oscar Under
wood, the brilliant Alabamian, along
with other Southerners, pays the penal
ty of being Southern man, it will be
the South and not the North to ex-
act it"
South's PoIitics Stage Fright
That is also an accurate delineation
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
ABASENIl EN- r

of the manner in which the North views
the situation. We use Underwood only
as an illustration, though his magnificent
record as House leader during the spe-
cial session would, as our correspondent
declares, have assured his nomination
with a sweep"-had he lived at the
North !! To the North, it makes no diff
ference where Underwood, or any other
one of the galaxy being discussed, was
born. The representative Northerner
does not bride at mention OF Bull Run
or Gettysburg. 1t remains for the South
to develop political stage fright over
these diminishing chapters in our his
tory. he last smouldering embers of
sectional acrimony were stamped out by
the Spanish-American war. The last
barriers between North and South were
crumbled before the achievements of
Joe Wheeler, of Fitzhugh Lee, and of
many of the younger generation on both
sides.
The most convincing evidence of this
fact is the manner in which the nation
received the announcement of the broad
and patriotic action of President Taft
in elevating Justice White, a Confed-
crate veteran, to the Chief Justiceship of
the United States Supreme Court. A
protesting snarl rose here and there
from the irreconcilables. And the voices
most bitter in denunciation of that
jaundice came from-the Northern
press! 1t is only essential for the occa-
sional freak firebrand to rise and at
tempt to wave the bloody shirt" to be
buried with ridicule, not only by his
confrereS, but as we'll by the news
papers of all sections of our common
country.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
Not Question of Expediency or
Discretion

In the face of these cumulative facts,
there are some in the South who still
question if, "on account of past Of
lenses" it is discreet" or "expedient'
for Southern man to offer himself for
presidential honors! We insult our
selves, we debase Our manhood we sur
render the rights the North is so willing
to concede us, when we permit our
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
FREE list Bill VETOED
BY PRESIDENT TAFT
DRAWN BY CHAIRMAN UNDERWOOD OF THE
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
A Bill Of Direct Benefit to the Farmer, Whose
Hopes We're Dssipated by Repub-
IiCan President
Mr.. UNDERWOOD THE FRIEND OF ALL CLASSES
MR. UNDERWOOD, THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
MEANS SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT (ExTRACTs>
To accompany H. r. 4413.1

me Committee Ways and Means to
iour oead TIMBER lumber
nent and do ~ ' "i"'oot amend
was expressly stated the Democratic
by the
OF the righteousness of
ton but that the people safely the execu on Of ' M q
porn Hi tIns I'M
interests as is the Republican Party ~ ~ ~ 's"V projected
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
NTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AS CON-
BY TRAINERS OF CONSTITUTION,
FE BULWARK OF CIVIL LIBERTY
departing from Path Established
by the Fathers
DELIVERED BY MR.. UNDERWOOD BEFORE CATHOLIC
CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY DECEMBER 49, 1911

purpose OF protection life liberty and nrcn
OF property rights essential advancement Of
mot always awake the realization just enforcement of
more eSSnta to good government than the
century and half ago Constitution was written.
% pattern its fundamental State CONSTITUTIONS
eTperlented with almost conceivable govern
OF years before the birth of republic The statesmen
OF @ ne new government essentially students of the
eed h; ana lovers OF the Liberties OF the people, Most of
ee1 heir lives and their fortunes struggle for the conrJ
NO man can Justly charge them either lack Of iufornyo
inc essential principles of government or want Of
more g0yGrnment that would themselves and their
perect Onon establish Justice domestic rannuitv
common defense the general Welfare and secure be
fLioerty to themselves and Posteriy" w 0eeue ne
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Continued from First Column

Continued oumnn
The response probably more ncrmarcr and
certainty nor much danger OF cnacng
lnnot of man
initiate legislation within the limitations
ana abuses protect the rights the
wen OF Dee hn partisan friends of
uey may accomplish
aVe wake destruction
Untrustworthness of Petitions
1T is true that under the
hrSt how
he paper to determine what thought and dbion exercised M
Inc average man who signs petition N ~
People Suffer More From Enforcement Than From
Lack of Proper Legislation
should stop to cise government that the people suffer
more from the failure to enforce the books
40 from the lack of legislation.
found
we complain against but
man 10 insist that our neighbor shall Jail violating we
IL there are evils Our today in its
torm in
Justly
ana e Wy clear The people should drive from
true to the trust imposed them. w ~ - ~ anu
The People and the Representatives.
You tell people
that the the Of
~ N ~" '0'N'
When that the
the viii OF the people in his Office and be faithful of
country reflect the first principle
OF the
was ripe IN the hearts OF men, For has wihood
greed intolerance through
disaster h has protected the lives liberty and
Let honest
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
Worlds First Written Constitution.

W IN TO oa the world its first written Constitution,
sosoiu'e government of men THE
ne tedeTa Constitution familiar with the reneated fal
based on the principle of democracy where the
y ot the country. ~ ~ ''i"'e
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
Jefferson's Wise Views.

he equal rights of man." Thomas Jefferson declared:
IS the signal advantage too having discovered
hby which these rights be secured to wit: Govern
sdng not in person, but by representatives chosen
aration of Independence, knowing that all popular
e resting the direct decisions of the people, had
reverted into uncontrolled despotism, reoiced that
"a representative government could express the will
gw proposed to abandon the representative principle
ssF by fathers and to the direct action of
aple OF an Athenan democracy adapted to modern
lment Only Check on Excesses and Passion
ernment established to guard against the ex-
the ancient direct popular government to destruction
does not at all times Immediately respond to public
who insist that the principle of government is at
b. They do not reflect that at times they may mis-
that at other times the instrument of the govern
Whom the people change at recurring periods)
s lie principle of the government itself
slator leads to believe that the Congress of the
ultimately respond to the enghtered and matured
bf public sentiment have repeatedly experienced
the taxing powers.
atve branch of the government IN direct response
cnt years enact railroad rate legishtion pure food
city of campaign funds national qttrantine irrgate
e Isthnian Canal Can it be trtahfuly said that
fnaeiy TO place on The statute books the laws that
sonIc Atefc II, faRorS as A nfdla Of
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
We Form of Government.
Ifnt Judiciary Established.

ese rights, independent dietary was established
Executive the Legislative branches of the Govern
5the guaranteed rights of the individual.
$1e trainers OF the Constitution unwilling to trust
body held in check by the power Of the Executive
unbridled abuse of the power they established Constit
iPerty that majority of the people could trampe
majority OF the people will not endanger the liberties
Nldua wish that this true, but the history of
N shown that at times the people, when unchecked by
kes have destroyed individual rights and Individual
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
U4Rise Changes Now Proposed.

me that we shall in part abandon the representative
Revolutionary fathers, and adopt system that in
direct democracy when the ultimate power to make
~ in the hands of all the people, and the independent
Pct the Constitutional guarantees Of individual liberty
to the will of the majority through political com
9lson and Hamilton, soldiers in the war for Ameri-
o$m their great minds and mature judgments to the
n OF the United States but there one whose sincere
$ubted as to the value of representative government
ct one even by those who doubt the sincerity of pur-
opinion of other men,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
hangers of a Direct Democracy.

IoTy OF the past that those governments had failed
IiDerties OF the people had been DESTROYED by the
M ~ marked the administration of a government where
forum by the assembled multitude, and were not the
men especially trained for the work in hand
9Iure OF every direct Democracy was due not to
fpose on the part of the aggregate citizenship as
6iE 10 the tact that they often swayed by their
udices' and lacked intimate knowledge of the re-
Z others as they would be done by but it is rarely
popuace can divorce itself from its selfish desires
a a 10 those who may be temporarily in the minority
% "a eXceSSes OF direct Democracy the trainers of
y TO establish government that would protect the
Individual and at the time reflect ultimately
u Nfhe enactment of the law of the land
lFResentative Form of Government
la fhey established representative form of govern
pa S%-inakng power responsive to the will of the
IA they@%rote IN the Constitution certain checks and
an3 the more Nbrutal force OF a majority from de-
Verty rights ofSt4he individual
in N mind that the Manners OF our Constitution were
ycs freedom of Governnfeqt, for they created Gov
ftR delegated powers expressly given to the Nation by
l6he States the right to make SmoS of the laws that
Te citizen , The underlying Ptncipe of the Consti-
Of the Government itself.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-07-19

| Kellett" to be selling newspapers from
behind shop counter
Duchess Fears Storm.
An amusing story has been going the
rounds about the late Duchess of Suth-
erland Her Grace, an intrepid and
courageous traveller in all other ways,
was in terror of a storm at sea. A
L few years ago, she returned from
Egypt on a P and o. liner with a
captain famous for his strict discipline
and the wholesome fear which he in
spired in his frivolous passengers.
The wind rose alarnlingly and
shrieked and howled persistently in
the duchess ears as she was pre-
pairing for bed Hastily she throw on
gorgeous dressing gown and paced
majestically up the companionway to
the bridge, absolutely refusing to leave
the captains side until an hour later.
when, the wind subsiding, the angry
though taciturn gentleman was seen
escorting the gay and debonair lady to
her cabin, where she insisted upon
thanking him gracefully for his kind
care of her much to the amusement
of those of the passengers and crew
within sight and sound.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-07-19

LONDON, July 49, Behind the
counter of little cigar and newspa-
per store in the High Street district
of Kew, suburb of Melbourne, ~ s.
tralia, stands throughout the d.
suave, polite, courtly little man. greet
ing with a bland smile and grateful
much obliged-call again" all Who
choose to buy newspapers, cigars OF
tobacco of him.
Scarcely any of those who know him
under the name he has assumed for
more than fifteen years are aware OF
the fact that he is listed in the pages
of Debrett as Sir Henry Nellett. Bar
onet of the United Kingdom.
To the reporter of Melbourne news
PAPER. who dug out tie story OF his
descent from high social position to
the status of humble - ophceper, Sli
Henry thus explained his position.
81 was left without shilling ana
only the rudiments Of an education
came out here to earn living and
have SO far succeeded. | worked, from
dawn to midnight. Don't you think I'M
der these circumstances II was wise
for me to forget my title. Rather III
congruous for '.Sir Henry and Lady
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-07-19

Special excursion trains will be run
on the Short Line from Nampa east
and. from Pocatello west to Gooding
to attend the picnic, feature of
which will be a big barbecue in which
a steer, a hog and lamb will be roast
ed whole and served to the visitors
Governor Hawley, Dean Carlyle, ex
Governor Frank Gooding, Don H. Bark
the government irrigation engineer in
charge of Idaho investigations, and
Professor W. H. Olin, in charge of the
agricultural extension work on the
university, will be among the speak
ers.
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PICNIC AT GOOD
ING STATION

Dean W. l.. Carlyle of the college
of agriculture at the University Of
Idaho left last evening for Gooding
to attend the Southern Idaho Farm
ers' picnic at the university expert
ment station at that place tomorrow
The picnic will be similar to a one
days farmers institute and is part
of the university policy of bringing
that institution in a practical way di-
rect to the. farmers.
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Not in the Trnst.

| am not in the public office trust
but a candidate for the republican
nomination for sheriff upon my own
resources and my record. | have re-
sided in Latah county for 80 years,
and the people are the judges of my
ability to make a good officer.
If nominated and elected | promise
to conduct the sheriff's office effici-
emily, with the least possible expense
commensurate with good service to
the people. And | will give a square
deal to every man.
JAMES w. ("BAYD CLARK.
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Candidate for LEGISLATURE

| desire to announce my candidacy
Cor a nomination on the republican
ticket in Latah county to the state
legislature, subject to the decision of
the voters at the coming primary
do so because | have the support of
the republicans of Princeton and vi
cinity, who have urged me to eater
the race. | appreciate the honor, and
if chosen to represent the people OF
Latah county will do my best to merit
their support and confidence.
B. c. ROWE,
Princeton. Ida
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-07-19

The talks will be along the line of
farm development in both commercial
and social sides, under the conditions
of irrigated farming. The farmers
will be shown the effect of different
systems of irrigation and planting as
shown in the different experimental
plats of the experimental farm, which
comprise over 80 varieties of wheat,
Is of barley, and almost every var
iety Of grasses, other grains, and for
age and root crops. They will also be
shown the results of the feeding exper-
iments at the station.
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Want Safety for Americans.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Wrought
up by reports that Patrick dunno, an
American citizen, is in jail somewhere
in Mexico, under sentence of death,
members of congress are discussing
among themselves the ACCESSIBILITY of
formally demanding under threats of
decisive action a stronger guara- tee
for the safety of American citizens in
Mexico.
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Candidate for Commissioner.

I hereby announce myself as a can
iidate fer the nomination for county
commissioner from the second district
of Latah county on the republican
ticket. | wish to call attention to the
fact that I have made Latah county
my home for over 2S years, am ac-
quainted with the needs of the county
and thoroughly acquainted with the
tax problems of the county. If NOM
mated and elected l will be your serv-
ant for a square deal on all matters.
33tf CLINTON WILSON
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-07-19
Candidate for Commissioner, District
No. /, Latah County.

l desire to announce that l will be
a candidate for commissioner of dis
trict No. l, Latah county, Idaho. on
the democratic ticket, subject to the
action of the primary election to be
held July 80, 1912.
l have been resident of Latah
as to my bushes ability and fitness
for this office l refer those interested
to my neighbors.
]. H. HARRELD.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-07-19
Candidate for Sheriff.

To the voters of Latah county:
hereby announce myself as candi-
date for the nomination for the office
of sheriff, at the primaries to be held
July 80, 1912.
I respectfully invite an inquiry as to
the manner in which the office has
been conducted during my past adj
ministration, and If nominated and
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-07-19
w. s. Robbins for Sheriff.

/ hereby announce myself as a candi-
date for the nomination on the re-
publican ticket for the office of sheriff
at the primaries to be held July 80,
1912.
| desire to inform the voters of La
tab county that if nominated and
elected l shall use my utmost en-
deavor to enforce all laws impartially.
w. S. ROBBINS.
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Columbus Clarke.

| hereby announce my candidacy for
the republican nomination for the state
legislature. In the event of my being
nominated and elected | pledge the
people to give my best support to all
that tends toward the greatest degree
of economy consistent with good and
government
COLUMBUS CLARKE,
Juliaetta. Idaho.