Potosi journal., 1912-05-01
FOR ASSESSOR

the decision of the Republican voters
at the primary election.
FOR ASSESSOR.
We are authorized TO announce
b. E. MrRDICk.
OF RichWoOdS township. as a candi-
date for the office OF Assessor. sub
jcct to the decision of the Republi-
can voters at the primary election
We are authorized to annonnee
HENRY J.. SMITH,
of LibertS township. as Il Candidate
for the office of Assessor, subject to
the decision of the Republican Voter<
at the primary election.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR.
We are authorized to announce
r. Z. HUTCHINGS.
of Harmony township, as canii-
date for the office Of County Sur
Veyor. subject to the decision OF the
Republican voters at the primary
election.
President Taft says he has his back
to the wall. 1t is more than likely.
though. that the people will turn him
the other way shortly.
Billy Bryan may vet decide to cast
his hat in the ring. Bryan is . ra-
dical and thespirit of radicaism is
abroad these days III both the big:
parties.
President Taft shows poor juIe-
nent in saying things to rilc the
Colonel for if there is Il man who
knows how to come back with No-
cabuary OF force and yigor it is
Roosevelt.
The government will seek to dis
solve the Harvester TRUST according
to reports. If this operation does not
hurt the Harvester any MORE than
il has hurt those trust who have al
ready undergone it, the Harvester
can easily stand for it, and then put
the cost of thclegal proceedings up-
on the consumer. as the Beef trust
did.
keen against any interference on
part of the people with the powers
of the judiciary, now argues that
the people are not so much disatis-
fled with the courts as they are with
the methods of pettifogging. shys-
taring lawyers that Illustrate justice
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did not lend themselves willingly to
these practices, how would they SUI
coed? And succeed they certainly
do. It looks like the CD were try
ing to make the lawyers the ape
goat of the questionable Judiciary.
Many acts of heroism were dis
played among the men who went
down with the Titanic, but to our
mind there was meme finer than that
~ the musicians who, in the face OF
death and without the hope of res-
cue, calmly played that grand, old
hymn, Nearer My God to Thee to
allay the fears of the passengers,
and then quietly laid down their in
struments and met their fate like
true and brave men. Warriors have
gone into battle with a song upon
their lips. but the ALWAYS had fight
ing chance for their lives but these
musicians had not even that hone
ne i,1tI In +.it
convention held in st. Louis last
week claiming everything and pro-
nosing to grant the Roosevelt Ten
nothing. When they found the lat
fer in control of the convention and
in n position to dictate the terms
the Taft crowd then offered to h'
liberal and divide the Big Four who
will go to the national convention be
tween the two factions. but Wh"h
the Rooseve'tites carried out the
sentiment of large majority OF
the Republicans of Missouri by maN-
tng the Big Four solid Roosevelt
delegation. the Taftites began whln-
ing about "treachery' and betrayal
OF promises,
The death of Sc many men OF
wealth and prominence in the Titan
ic disaster will apparently result in
the enforcement of greater proVl-
sons for the saving of life on the
ocean steamships in the future. Had
the death list been confined 10 the
steerage passengers or even the thlEd
class passengers. not much interest
in their sudden taking of would
h:.Fe been manifested by the steam
snip companies, for they We're on
" common cattle, whose 1irs Weere
worth aout as much as the lives OF
so many sheep TO capitalism. How
ever. the loss of the men Of wealth
and the activity for future safety
resulting therefrom will also shed
it's benefits upon the common herd,