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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13

living in the country who would pro-
baby vote for the amendment that they
might be relieved from taxation on
personal property.
In this single tax movement the land
cwner is to bear the entire burden OF
expense Of state and county govern
ment 10 the exclusion Of all other citi-
zens who enjoy equal protection under
the state government. The fight is to
be between the land owners and the
dwellers in the cities and towns. As
there are three large cities in Missouri,
TO say nothing about other smaller
places TO be reckoned with that may
be expected to cast a majority for the
amendment, the duty Of land owners
in the state is TO organize as uni, to
defeat this socialist scheme at the
polls in the next November election,
which is aided and abetted by the tax
dodgers.
With this single tax amendment
adopted, land would be undesirable in
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13
A Fair Division Demanded.

Every honest voter in Missouri wants
a fair division of counties and city wards
into congressional and senatorial dis
tricts. None but dishonest and parti-
san schemers care for the party advan-
tage gained by gerymandered districts.
In fact, a "gerymander" is, on the
face Of it, political steal. It is mere
ly scheme Of a minority to steal
power that belongs always TO the ma
jorty. 1t is reprehensible, indefens-
ible, intolerable. 1t is an abuse oil
power. 1t is oppressive. 1t is a po.
litical crime. 1t has never been re.
garded as honest, has never been ap.
proved as fair, has never been assented
to by vote at the polls and has never
been tolerated By legislative OF ex
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13
Violates the Constitution.

We are also of the opinion that the
act OF apportionment (the Major-Roach
gerymander) as before stated, violates
the constitution in that it does not
conform to that provision which requires
compactness Of counties. At another
place we have set out a map of several
Of them which show a total disregard
Of this constitutional provision. From
Judge WoOdson's opinion invalidating
the Major Roach gerrymandeT.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13
Sign the Petitions.

The next legislature will be given a
chance to redistrict the state into
sixteen congressional districts, and
will doubtless do so-and will make
fair division, perhaps. At any rate it
seems fair 10 give the legislature a
chance to act before appealing TO the
people. But there is no wisdom in
looking to the Legislature for fair and
honest senatorial districts. These dis
tricts have been so arranged by the
democrots as TO preclude the possibility
Of republican majority in the senate,
or a majority Of democrats willing to do
the fair thing. The only way to pre-
vent the gerymandering Of senatorial
districts is through a direct vote under
the initiative law. So a fair, honest,
constitutional division has been pre-
pared and will be submitted to vote
under the initiative law. Petitions lc,
that purpose are now being circulated
and will be signed all over the state
this month. Do not lose the oppor.
tunity when it is presented 10 attach
your signature to the petition for sen
atorial districts as we'll as the petition.
for other measures to be submitted tc
vote.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13
renter not to increase the percent Of
rents agreed on in the lease.
A. L. Brace, Kissee Mills, Mo.

The primary election law, enacted
under direction Of former Governor
Joseph W. Folk, has some good points
and pointers and a number Of very bad
leaiures-leatures that deter men who
are worthy TO hold public Office but
unwilling to begin an active campaign
six months before the general election.
There's room for improvement-plen
Of it-and it is to be hoped that the
next legislature will take up the Law
and make Of it a finished product.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13

The republicans have the best Of the
democrats in the filings for state and
district Offices. And they also have
the advantage in state issues. The
democrats are on the defensive all
along the line.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13
Republican State Ticket.

For state Offices, including the su-
preme court and the courts Of appeals,
republicans Of unquestioned ability and
character have filed their declarations
as candidates for nomination and their
names will appear on The ballot at the
August primary election, as follows:
For Governor A. w. Brewster,
Kansas City, former state senator; Leon
w. Quick, city treasurer Of St. Louis;
John c. Mckinley, Unionville, former
lieutenant governor: John E. Swanger,
Jefferson City, state bank commissioner
and former secretary OF state; A, Pat
Murphy, Rolla, former congressman.
For Lieutenant Governor Hiram
Lloyd Of St. Louis, member of the
general assembly,
For Attorney General. H. Mason
OF Springfield, prosecuting attorney Of
Greene county.
For secretary Of state-Robert D.
Silver Of St. Charles, member Of the
general assembly; James J. Afford Of
Springfield, member Of the general as
sembly.
For State Auditor Green B. Greer
Of Sikeston, banker, farmer, miller.
For State Treasurer DIR. Edward
Schrantz Of St. Louis, dental surgeon;
Dan. H. Hoefier, Higginsville, banker.
For Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioner Edward G. Marsh OF St..
Louis, passenger and ticket agent Of
the St. Louis Southwestern Railway;
VIM. c. Mccall Of Kansas City, timber
and tie contractor,
For Supreme Judge (three to be
elected &C. A. Denton, Butler, par,
don attorney under Gov. Hadiey and
former circuit judge; Edward Higbee,
Kirksville, distinguished lawyer Of
northeast Missouri and former nominee
for ssE,eme Judge and for congress-;
Stephen S. Brown, St. Joseph, appoint
ed supreme court commissioner by
Gov. Hadley; John Kennish, Jefferson
City, appointed supreme judge by Gov.
Hadley in 1909 for short term; then
elected in 1910 for term ending Jan
uary /, 1918.
For Judge St. Louis Court Of Ap-
peals Gone to be elected)-C. G.
Shepard, Caruthersville; Edward A..
Rozier, Pennington; Clifford B. Allen,
ST. Louis; VIM. D. Becker, St. Louis.
For Judge Springfield Court of Ap.
peals (three to be elected)-J' P.
Nixon, Lebanon; Argus Cox, Bolivar;
Howard Gray, Carthage; G. A. Watson,
Springfield.
Candidates for congress had filed
from each district up to noon Of last
Friday except the first, sixth and eighth,
Two filed in the fifth, two in the sew.
enth, two in the tenth, three in the
twelfth, two in the thirteenth, three in
the fourteenth, and three in the ft.
teenth.
In St. Louis a negro lawyer filed
for the state senate and a negro phys
ician filed for congress in the twelfth
district. A number OF candidates
filed for the senate in the thirty-frst
district (St. Louis), long represented
by Tom Kinney, deceased, the only
democrat who could be elected in that
district, which has a republican ma.
iority. In every congressional, sen.
atorial and judicial district in which no
candidate filed, the district committee
will nominate a candidate after the
urinary elecfinn in Anp11sf.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13

The republican state ticket, 10 be
nominated in August, will be made up
Of mighty good names il the republican
voters are a little careful in chosing at
the primary polls.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13

In every district the republicans Of
Missouri will have a candidate for con-
gress-and we hope at least hall Of
them will be elected in November.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13

On to Chicagol and then TO the polls
and the republican army will hold the
foIt at Washington for another four years.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13

Next week is apt to be the cyclone
period Of 1912 for the republican party.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13

For Sale or Trade. Three lots with
small house, barn and smokehouse.
For particulars address Fred Grover,
Forsyth, Missouri.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-13
The Sunlight Way.

The sunlight way for me,
The smiling way and sweet;
The way Of little roses, and
The way of little feet.
The sunlight way to glory,
Sweet song and restul story;
To lips that lean at morning
And lips that lean at night,
To kiss with loves adorning
The darkness into light
The sunlight way forever,
In shadow or in shine;
The sunlight way Of beauty,
The only way for mine.
The sunshine way Of living,
OF loving and forgiving;
The sunlight way Of going
Along the toling way,
With loves sweet smile Of greeting,
And an old fortnight "Good-dayr
The sunlight way tomorrow,
When all this loss and care
Have been in dreams forgotten,
With all their bleak despair.
The sunlight way Of srewing
Lies path with helpful doing
The sunlight way for me,
The cheer that makes life holy
To humble and to strong alike,
To proud hearts and to lowy.
Baltimore Sum-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
Abuse of Roosevelt
Former President Called Liar, Dema-
eogue and Hypocrite by Political
Backer of Dr. Hatfield.

One of the men who decided upon
DR.. H. d. Hatfield as the Republican
candidate for Governor, and brought
about his nomination, is the editor
Of the Wheeling fntelligencer, and
that paper is now DR.. Hatfield's most
ardent supporter in his fight for cleo
ton. In its issue of October 10, 1912,
the Intelligencer said:
Theodore Roosevelt will go down
in American history as the most mon
umental liar, the most dangerous
demagogue and the most consum-
mate hypocrite of his day and age"
These are the views of Dr. Hat
fields close personal friend and poll
teal hacker; DR.. Hatfield by a woru
could prevent the publication of such
uncalled-for abuse. AS he does not
prevent it and does not repudiate
what his political hacker has said, it
is fair to assume that the sentiments
expressed are his sentiments. espe-
cially as he has already repudiated
Mr. Roosevelt and declared his alleg
lance to the same candidate support
ed by the Intelligencer.
Can the friends and followers OF
Theodore Roosevelt support for the
highest Office in the gift of the state
man who countenances such abuse
of their leader, former President OF
the United States?
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
Of Business
Seen By Wilson
PROPOSES ONLY REMEDIES AL
READY GENERALLY AGREED
UPON AS THE BEST.
COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF NEW
YORK JOIN IN EFFORT TO
ELECT DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE.
BY CLEVELAND n. DODGE,
President of the National League OF
Business Men.

To the Business Men Of America:
The independent business men OF
the country, regardless of party, are
now wide awake to the favoritism, the
extortion, and the high prices which
have resulted from the Republican
policy of high protection: and in all
the annals of tariff debate the issue
has never been more clearly stated
than in these striking paragraphs
from Governor Wilson's speech of ac-
ceptance:
"The tariff question. as dealt with
in our time at any rate, has not been
business. 1t has been politics. Tariff
schedules have been made up for the
purpose of keeping as large number
as possible OF the rich and Influential
manufacturers of the country in a
good humor with the Republican
party, which desired their constant
financial support The tariff has be-
come a system of favors, which the
phraseology of the schedule was often
deliberately contrived to conceal.
Who, when you come down to the
hard facts of the matter, have been
represented in recent years when our
tariff schedules were being discussed
and determined, not on the floor of
Congress, for that is not where they
have been determined, but in COM
mittee rooms and conferences? That
is the heart Of the whole affair.
1--WE denounce the Payne-Aldrich
tariff act as the most conspicuous ex-
ample ever afforded the country of
the special favors and monopolistic
advantages which the leaders of the
Republican party have so often shown
themselves willing to extend to those
to whom they looked for campaign
contributions.
Immediate Revision Required.
'When we act, we should act with
caution and prudence, like men who
know what they are about, and moi
like those in love with theory. II
is obvious that the changes we make
should be made only at such a rate
and in such way as will least inter
fere with the normal and healthfu
action of commerce and manufacture
But we shall not on that account aci
with timidity, as if we did not know
our own minds, for we are certain Of
our 2TOuuQ anu vi Jul ODJtSts AAOA
should be an immediate revision, ant
lit should be downward-unhesit
| ly and steadily downward.
| ut should begin with the seized
ules which have been most obviousl!
used to kiln competition and to raiss
prices in the United States, arbitra
rily and without regard to the prices
pertaining elsewhere in the markets
of the world: and it should, before i
I is finished or intermitted, be extended
| to every item in every schedule
which affords any opportunity 70
monopoly, for special advantage tx
limited groups of beneficiaries, or fol
Subsidized control of any kind in tn,
markets or the enterprises of tn,
country. When we shall have done
that, we shall then be partners witt
all the business men of the country
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
Men are Mere PygmieS
AS Compared With the Issues in the
National Campaign in the
Opinion of Woodrow
Wilson.
(From Woodrow Wilson's Speech at
Denver, Oct. z, 1929

AS | was coming out west friend
of mine, who was Westerner, said:
Governor, you have been too polite.
We Western people like punch in our
speeches. Now give it to the other
fellows. Don't spare them" But
tell you frankly I am not interested
in hitting other people. Why, every
man concerned in this great contest
lis a pygmy as compared with the
issues.
What difference does Mr.. Taft's
lrecord make to me? What differ
ence does Mr.. Roosevelt's career so
far make to me? What difference
does my own character, what do my
Observation-Disclosures they may be
make in the presence of these ire
mendous issues of life? | tell you
truly | cannot afford to think about
Mr.. Taft or Mr. Roosevelt when
am thinking about the fortunes of the
lpeople of the United States. What
| is punch in a speech compared with
that immortal vision that the Amer
lean people once had of liberty and
equality? What are men as com
pared with the standards of righteous
ness? What is this generation when
measured by the standards that will
or will not perpetuate the great pol
Icy set up in America?
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
Rights Of Labor
Not Right to Compel Individual EN-
pIoye to Deal With Powerful
Group AS His Employers.
lBv Woodrow Wilson

by WOOuGOW WllSOA.J
Workingmen are marsnaIled IN
great numbers for the. performance
of multitude of particular tasks I'M
der a common discipline. They gen.
orally use dangerous and powerful
machinery over whose repair and
renewal they have no control. New
rules must be devised with regard to
their obligations and their rights,
their obligations to their employers
and their responsibility to one an
other New rules must be devised
for their protection, for their com
pensation when injured, for their sup
port when disabled.
We call these questions of en-
ployers' liability, questions of work
ingmen's compensation, but those
terms do not suggest quite the whole
matter. There is something very
new and very big and very complex
about these new relations of capital
and labor. A new economic society
has sprung up, and we must effect a
new set of adjustments. We must
not pit power against weakness. The
employer is generally in our day, as
! have said, not an individual, but a
powerful group Ol luuIFluudiS, dHu
| yet our workingman is still, under
our existing law, an individual when
dealing with his employer, in case OF
accident, for example, or of loss OF
| life or of illness, as well as in every
contractual relationship. We must
have a workingman's compensation
act, which will not put upon him the
burden of fighting powerful compo
site employers to obtain his rights
j but which will give him his rights
without suit, directly, and without
contest, by automatic operation Of
| law, as if of law of insurance.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
Republican Paper
Supports1Wilson

fathers of the Republican party have
laid down.
VIII Not Ruin the Country.
The free trade bugaboo has been
paraded too often. No one seriously
believes that the Democratic party
will attempt to ruin the country.
The nation demands two things at
this crisis in its political history,
first a return to responsible party
government, and, second, legislation
for the good of the people instead OF
for the good of the trusts. 1t cannot
expect either from the Republican
party or from the Roosevelt party
Mr.. Taft is a good man, sincere
man, and, in his own light, a progress
siye statesman. But granting all
that Mr.. Taft's most ardent admirer
might aver, he has demonstrated that
he cannot lead his party, and Pres
ident without loyal party behind
him is helpless. Mr. Roosevelt IS
too much the demagogue, inslncere,
INSCRIPTIONS and unreliable, man
wohse promises are worthless. And
though he were sincere, he knows
little about the more important prob
lens of government; he does not
understand finance, he does not
understand the tariff
Might Make Grave Errors.
His utter incapacity would lead
him into the commission of the gray
est of errors. He is in the hands
of an INSCRIPTIONS clique of trusts
that have used him to their adyan-
tage in the past and will use him
again. No man S more easily ham
died than vain man. And Roose-
welt is all of that. He is dangerous
because he is vain and because he is
insincere, but he is more dangerous
because he is unsound in his mental
processes. But again, granting all
that Roosevelt's admirers might say
in his favor, the widest imagination
will not accord him majority OF his
party in Congress at the next session
nor the one after it. And, as has
been said, what the country wants
first is a return to sane, responsible
party government This return to
sanity and responsibility does not
mean, however, anything of the sort
which is popularity called reaction
ary." The nation wants a progress
sive national government, and 1t
wants to give to the government the
power to be progressive. 1t can do
$50 through the Democratic party and
Woodrow Wilson, its candidate for
President-and in no other way.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
Views of Big Men
What Taft and Roosevelt Say of Each
other and What La Toilette
Says of Both.

Theodore Roosevelt, candidate for
third term as President, said re-
Gently, Taft now represents the
bosses, and the Republican party is
composed of them and the vested in
terests of the country"
And President Taft said 'Roose-
welt is not a Republican, but rep
resents a one-man party whose chief
advisers are the harvester and steel
trust magnates."
Senator La Toilette, of Wisconsin,
also Republican, says both Taft and
Roosevelt are telling the truth about
each other. And La Toilette has had
enough experience with both Messrs.
Taft and Roosevelt to know what he
is talking about
The answer is: Win With Wilson,!
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
ANY INJURY TO BUSINESS
NEED NOT BE EXPECTED.

(. This is part of the country !
T. in which the Republicans have =
= been trying to swing you by :
I. telling you of the dreadful .,
p things that will happen if DEM i.
+ ocrats come in. 1t will be a /.
I. very interesting thing to see :
!. what does happen when the /.
!. Democrats come in, for they are .,
!. going TO come in. (Appiause.) :
+ No honest man is going to be I.
= intarfered with in any fair I.
e thing that he undertakes to do i.
:. There, are not going to be any i.
4. such sudden changes in the +.
X tariff schedules as will upset /.
.4s business. There is not going .
!. to be anything violent done, .
~f- unless you postpone it for four .
- years, and then it is not going .
IL to be our doing, but the mere .
- effect of postponement. .
X Can any honest man look =
X through this country and not .
IL realize that the thinking men /.
=. of America are universally de- .
* handing a change? II they .
sfs DO not get 1t now, do you think .
4. they are going to grow less rest .
Z. less2 "a voice: More rest .
Il less.") Do you think their .
=. tempers are going to improve .
- or grow worse? Do you think .
- they are going to be content to .
!. see men in Washington simply
r sit on thelid? There are gen. /.
\. tlemen who are very willing to .
=. try to sit on the lid. but | am .
i. afraid that after four years .
.fs that lid would be hoisted by t.
:. a power which even they could .
\. not bear down, and /, for my .
4. part, should deplore the post
>. ponement of the wholesome .
:. and Just changes which this .
- countr. demands-Woodrow
\. Wilson, at Wheeling, Oct is,
- 1912. .
y /.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
WOODROW WILSON.
and day Of freer. mere stable pros
perity shall have dawned"
PURPOSES of the Leadue.

and day Of freers mere stable pros
perity shall have dawned."
Purposes of the League.
The purpose of this League are
threefold:
1. To unite in an organization the
business men of the country, ire
spective of party affiliations, upon
the broad sentiment set forth herein,
as distinguished from the narrow,
class influence of "stand-pat protec-
tion;" in other words, to make COM
mon cause with the consuming
masses, from whom all income and
profit are derived
2. To promote the election OF
Woodrow Wilson as the only truly
conservative candidate the only one
who show proper appreciation OF
the condition and vital needs of the
people, and of business: who, while
recognizing the failure of existing
policies, shows no inclination to rush
to experimental or radical panaceas
but rather to calmly, Systematically
and unflinchingly use remedies that
are already agreed on generally as
the obvious ones, namely, a gradual
but material reduction of tariff
duties.
And above all, he proposes to study
the question, and take counsel of in
dependent business men and the PEG
pie themselves, instead of acting or
preconceptions and counseling with
commercially interested parties
3. To promote the active coopera
tion of business men who will make
known to the Presidentelect the in
terests and needs of general business
and uphold in policies where doubt
Hess he would otherwise be perplexed
1t is hoped that this campaign viii
develop, through this League, co
hesion among the rank and file Of
business men, which will clearly indi
cate great future usefulness for the
organization
The above address was prepared
under the direction of the Committee
of One Hundred of the most promi
nent men in the business world o
Now York
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
TOO LITTLE HONESTY

Any man who can straddle the pol
itical gulf that separates the Repub-
licans and the Progressives has toe
small degree of political honesty to
entitle him to the support of any
voter who believes in honest public
servants.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29
Roosevelt, Taft and the Trusts
(ey Senator Robert M. La Toilette.

The conditions that the this have
mainly the last fifteen Of
concentration the upbudng combinations
shortly after the Dineey
On the day that Theodore Roosevelt President there
were lag trusts and combinations the United When
he turned this William H Tat President
here 1O02O of organized oombn
auons On the day Roosevelt President the
capital of
turned the administration $oG2000
o00, more than 20 of which
tpyng There present
administration
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29

Watson and Chiffon succeed
awfully poor boys.-Minerai
News. i
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-10-29

The above address was prepared
under the direction of the Committee
of One Hundred of the most promi-
nent men in the business world of
New York