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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
CATO SELLS PERSONALLY IN
SPECTS INDIAN AGENCIES

The oldest citizen of the Lower
Brule Reservation say that Commits
sioner Sells is the second Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs to set foot on
this reservation. A long time ago
Commissioner Brown visited this
agency for a few hours.
Commissioner Sells made a close
inspection OF the Agency and School,
drove more than a hundred miles Wis
iting from house to house on the res
ervation. He shock hands with prac-
tically every Indian man, woman and
child on the reservation, and came
back the second time and met and
talked with nearly 5000 Sioux Indians
from all parts of North and South
Dakota.
He covered more ground, met more
people, went straight to the base of
more business, and made more friends
for the, Indians among white people,
and more friends for himself among
the Sioux Indians than any man who
has visited South Dakota in many
years. We most worked ourselves to
death trying to keep up with him. We
failed to keep up and recommend any
one desiring to practice the strenu-
GUS life to follow him for just one
week. He is human dynamo and
his visit to this reservation has been
an inspiration to each person here, be
he Indian, employee, or school stud
ent.-Brule Is. d. Farmer and Stock
man.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
DOES THE COUNTRY WANT THE
WILSON RECORD REVERSED?

The Wilson Legislative program was
SO necessary, so wise and so benC-
fetal that it commanded the support,
not alone of the democratic members
of congress, but of scores Of republic.
an members, il many instances by a
majority of them.
Mr. Hughes campaign has been a
prolonged knock upon all that has
been accomplished by the Wilson ad.
ministration. If he is elected he can
not continue Mr.. Wilson's policies. If
the people repudiate Mr.. Wilson and
his work, Mr.. Hughes should set aside
what Wilson has done because the
people have so decreed. That is the
sole issue in this campaign. Mr..
Hughes does not say what he will sub
stitute for the Wilson policies and
legislation, but he is quite certain
that Wilson's work is all wrong and
wholly unsuited to the needs of the
country.
Candidly would it not be political
madness in the superlative degree for
this country to elect Hughes and start
him on his career of slashing and re-
versing the work of the Wilson ad-
ministratiOn?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
CANDIDATE HUGHES GIVES THE
PRESS A WHIPPING.

Last week we commented upon Mr..
Hughes Louisville speech, in which
he said, in what seemed to us 5un-s
mistakable English, that If he had
had been president when the Lusita-
MIA was sunk he would have severed
friendly diplomatic relations between
this country and Germany. In our
comments we said:
That is what the bosses did not
want him to say. Can they get him
to retract? No, we do not believe
that they can"
Well, the bosses did as we expect
ed they would, and the Press echoed
their contention. Here is it's reply
to our statement about what Mr..
Hughes said:
"The answer to this pretty bit of
fustian il Hughes never said it."
While Mr.. Hughes may be a cham
pion knocker, he is not pettyfog-
ger, he is not man who would twist
and turn to escape the evident mean
ing of his own language. Knowing that
he belonged to that class Of lawyers
4 we confidently predicted that he
would stand by what he had said, and
resent any attempt to induce him to
change or deny it, and he has not
disappointed us. .......e.. '..- ..
For some reason Secretary McAdoo
construed the language used by Mr..
Hughes at Louisville the same as
The Press did, and the same as the
Republican bosses did, and that gave
Mr.. Hughes a chance to whip the
whole bunch over Mr.. McAdoos head.
y Now Brother Ram, stand up and
take your whipping along with Mr..
McAdoo, for each Of you are alike
guilty of the same offence.
Mr. Hughes waited until he reach
ed Youngstown, Ohio, before he cut
\ loose upon those who were trying to
misconstrue his language. Here is
an authentic report Of the manner
In which he applied the lash:
ASSOCIATED Press Night Report.)
Youngstown, o. Oct. 19.-Charles
-. Hughes, reiterating that he meant
what he said in Louisville the other
night about the course he would have
followed with references to the Lus
1tania, tonight replied to a recent ut
terance OF Secretary McAdoo with the
declaration that apparently it SEEM
ed impossible to the administration
that one could mean what he said.
Now rises the secretary of the
treasury to complain that this was
not statement of what l would have
done had the sinking occurred" Mr..
Hughes said, after reiterating that he
z would have stated his position "un-
equivocally'' in advance Of sinking. l
was under the impression that when
4 said what would have stated in ad-
vance as to what l would do, every
one would know that I stated what
in fact I would have done in the
described event.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
GLADDEN. FAVORS
WILSON'S REELECTION.

Rev. Washington GLADDEN., the dis
tinguished clergyman, author and life
long republican, likens the campaign
OF villification now being waged
against President Wilson to that
which was waged against Abraham
Lincoln in 1864.
The ideas and principles of pro-
gressive democracy" he says, "are
better represented today by the dem
cratic party and its leaders than by
the republican party and it sladers."
In his statement made public
through the Columbus Citizen, Glad
den fnrtheresays:
with Mr.. Wilson's general concep-
ton of political duty and responsible
ty in a democracy, l am in cordial
agreement. The moderation and ra-
tionality exhibited by Mr.. Wilson in
the conduct of our national affairs
were almost universally recognized by
our people during the first year of the
war. .oe .~
when the election drew near the
caldron began to bubble. Those of us
who are old enough to remember the
election of 1864 and the tempest of
villification and accusation which
burst upon the head of Abraham Lin
coin during the campaign preceding
his scond election know what to look
for in time like this.
81 wonder if a debate led by emf
nent men, in which such a record
Mr.. Wilson has made can be reviewed
by his opponents without generous
or appreciative word, is really good
politics. l wonder how many waver-
ing voters it has confirmed IN their
purpose to vote for Mr. Wilson! |
am one"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25

changed. Our commerce and industry
had grown to such a bulk that the
domestic markets of which our for
mer leaders were always so solicitous
were glutted and we were bound, I'M
less we were to burst our jacket
to find a free outlet into the markets
of the world. The time had come
when our commerce needed freedom
and would be throttled by further re-
straintS.
1--WE had acquired foreign posses
sions, had been drawn into the poll
tics of the world, had begun to play
a part which could not be played by
provincials, but must be played by citi-
zens of the great world of nations.
And yet we had not altered our policy
or our point of view. The great
European war has served at least to
show us this one thing, that the world
itself has changed: that it had be-
come at once too big world and
too little world to submit it's des-
TIMES to the hostile rivalries and am
billions now Of this and again of that
member Of the great family Of men;
too compact, too intimate in it's con-
facts, too universal in it's way of
intercourse, to make it any longer
possible to limit the effects, of any
nations action to a single, separate
sphere where the rest would be IN
touched"
IAN inevitable partnership of inter-
ests has been thrust upon the nations.
They are neighbOrs and must accom-
nodate their interests to one another,
or else disturb the lives and embarrass
the fortunes of men everywhere. No
wonder that in such an age men in
America should be cried awake and
feel once more, as they felt them in
the days when their great republic
was set up, the compulsions of hui
mainly and of justice!
squaring Laws With Life.
There are the freshening winds
blowing out Of the life of mankind
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
SUPERLATlVE OF POLITICAL
MADNESS TO DFEAT WILSON,,

(From the Springfield Republican,
The direct reverse of the Wilson
policy can not be brought about with
out war; the Wilson policy can not
be partially reversed without gravely
endangering peace. The Wilson policy
is founded on neutrality and its pre-
servation; any important modification
of the Wilson policy must menace
the nice equilibrium upon which the
peace of America for over two years
has depended. For people to assume
that the structure of neutrality and
peace which President Wilson has
reared may be put into the hands of a
wrecking crew and then rebuilt in the
midst of the world-war, without
threatening infinite harm TO the ma
ton.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

FOR Observation-Disclosures Will
son, of New Jersey.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT-Thomas
Marshall, Of Indiana.
FOR GOVERNOR-Edward T. Mer-
edith, of Des Moines. .
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
James G. Doty. Page county.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE--Wil-
liam G. Moth, of Scott county.
\ FOR AUDITOR OF STA1E-John
B. Keefe, of Woodbury. county.
FOR TREASURER OF STATE-H.
p. Hansen, Of Carroll county.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL-John
T. Clarkson, of Monroe county.
FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
--4John P. Manatrey, OF Jefferson coun-
q.
FOR CONGRESSMAN Third Dis
trict)-J. C. Murtagh, Waterloo.
FOR STATE SENATOR-Robert
Barr, Manchester.
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
e. E. Coakley, Ryan. .......
FOR COUNTY TREASURED. A.
McElligott. ..-... .....-. ...
FOR sheriff.. J. Pentony.
FOR SUPERVISOR (Term begin
ming January 1, 191S)-John D. Smith.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
GOOD POINTS MADE By SECRE-
TARY McADOO.

The following are some of the good
points made by Secretary McAdoo in
his speech at Chicago last week:
"Who can doubt that if Mr. Hughes
is made president, Mr. Roosevelt will
be the dominating influence and di
rect our foreign and domestic poll
cies?
"a president has it in his power to
plunge the country into war at any
moment. A single misstep, or rash
act, or blunder on his part is all that
is necessary. It does not require
courage or craftsmanship to provoke
war. Any wild man, or blunderer, in
the presidential chair can precipitate
such a calamity.
Taking up domestic affairs Mr.. Nc
Adoo said that the democratic admin
istration had destroyed the system by
which "the reserve money of the
banks of the country were conccn.
trated principally in New York City,
He bleived that Mr.. Hughes of elect
ed intends to repeal the Federal Re-
serve Act" and establish a central
bank" because the republican party
has always stood for Wall street ALI"
a central bank"
1.-The demand of Wall street for a
central bank will be gratified if the
republicans regain control of the gov
eminent" he added. The secretary
said that if Mr.. Hughes Stands by
his party platform he must either re-
peal or substitute something for ''the
Farm Loan law He argued that the
Roosevelt panic of 1907, the worst
in our history, is conclusive proof of
republican incompetence" and added
that "Our virile, rich, unnamed and
highly developed people" need not
fear from the competition of stricken
and broken Europe" after the war.
He continued that even if we are
endangered that the creation of non
partisan tariff board and the enact
ment of anti-dumping and unfair com
petition laws by the democratic con
gress have already provided means to
protect every legitimate interest
against hurtful combinations against
U.S."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
iowa MINISTER'S
FOR MEREDITH
Many Church Organizations Go on
Record Against Harding.
FOR MEREDlTH'S MORAL STAND
Criticize Harding's Record as a Sup
porter of Liquor Interests and
Charge Him With Being
Favorable to Vets.

Des Moines, Ia.-Iowa ministers
and church organizations are almost
unit in supporting E. T. Meredith
Of Des Moines for governor against
William l.. Harding of Sioux City.
A large number of church organic
ations have already gone on record
for Meredith, refusing to support
Harding because of the latter's re-
dictionary record upon prohibition
and other moral issues.
Sixty members of the Des Moines
Ministerial association signed resolu-
lions adopted by the association and
strongly condemning Harding and in
dorsing Meredith. The resolutions
said in part.
Harding for Vets.
"Mr. Harding's record on temper-
ance legislation is so decisively mega
tive and positively wrong that there
can be no question of his attitude
if he is elected governor. Without
doubt his whole influence will be di-
rected against the cause of temper
ance. The. fate of the prohibitory
amendment to the constitution hangs
in the balance, lacks enforcement of
the liquor laws is in prospect, and
with that will follow generalization
Of the present healthful and moral
sentiment existing in the state.
"Mr. E. T. Meredith, the demo-
cratic candidate for governor, is a
man of clean and upright life. His
standing in Des Moines and the state
Is most enviable. He is forceful,
full of courage, and masterful in ex-
ecutive ability. He is fearless in his
advocacy of temperance and moral
ity. He is giving unf1inching sup
port to the prohibitory amendment
and the enforcement of the LIQUOR
laws. In his temperament and con-
victions he is the opposite Of Hard
Ing. Meredith is the hope and must
be the, aim of all Of us who want
the right thought to rule in state
affairs"
The Des Moines organization is
only one of many in the state which
have taken similar stand for Mere
dith. Methodists of the Boone dis
trict conference also passed Meredith
resolutions. The Christian Workers
assembly of the Friends church of
Iowa, in session at Pella, denounced
Harding and offered resolutions in
support of his opponent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
AN OCTOBER PICTURE.

The NAPLES wear a robe OF red, i'5
The ash is purple brown;
The playful breeze in the old elm trees
Filings yellow leaflets down.
The gentian by the river keeps
The tint of summer skies
In the smile and nod Of the goldenrod
Imprisoned sunshine lies.
Beneath the dark leaves of the vine
Half hidden clusters show;
With fruitage fair of apple and pear
The orchard boughs bend low.
The aster, swaying by the brook,
Is fringed with silvery light.
And thistle down over meadow brown
Takes it's aerial flight.
The pine trees wave their graceful
arms
And the sunbeams dance between,
While far and high October's sky
Bends smilingly serene.
L. Adelaide Sherman, in Springfield
Republican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
UnWritten Poetry.

Many people suppose that poetry Is
something to be found only in books,
contained in lines of ten syllables
with like endings; but wherever there
is sense of beauty, or power, or har-
mony, as in the motion of wave Of
the sea, in the growth Of flower that
spreads it's sweet leaves to the air,
ond dedicates it's beauty to the sum-
there is poetry in it's birth.-Hazlitt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
Caused Embarrassment.

One morning when Esther's mother
attempted to wash her daughters face
the child burst into tears. When asked
what the trouble was, she replied: "Oh,
mamma don't want you to wash my
face and hands because every morning
In kindergarten when my teacher asks
If all the children washed their faces
and hands l have to say mol"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25

SECRETARY of the Treasury McAdoo
says that if Roosevelt had been pres
ident when the Lusitania was sunk,
and he had seized every informed Ger
man ship, as he said he would in his
Battle Creek speech that such action
would have resulted in war between
the United States and Germany. For
a, similar act Germany declared war
upon Portugal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
Some Recompense.

Harold was beginning to display con-
siderable ability with his fists among
the boys in the neighborhood. His
mother was anxious to discourage this
and said to HIN one day: "Why, Har-
old, if you don't stop being such a
fighter, nobody will think anything of
you" He replied after Il moments
thoughtfulness, "Well, I'll think good
deal of myself"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
Peculiar Russian Dish.

One of the national dishes of Russia
is known as the Pashka. 1t is a sort
of cake that stands one and a half
feet high, and is always put on tall
base. 1t is usually surmOunted by a
sugar cross, and is placed in the CEN
ter Of the table when the Russians
hold their great feast Of Easter when
the fast is broken. 1t takes about 60
eggs to make the Pashka, but none
but natives can succeed in producing
the rare taste,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
WeIl-Watered CITY,

Astrakhan is half city Of the wa
tiers. Aimless branches of the great
Volga twist through the outlying Sec
lions, flecked with white sails and dot
ted with rowboats. The big river steam
ers come almost into the heart of the
city. This is the naval base Of Rus
sia's Caspian fleet. Between the city
and the inland sea the waters spread
and widen until the lower villages are
often made up chiefly Of anchored
barges and houseboatS.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
Didn't Believe 1t.

"Talk about fishing," said Harvey
Titus, who was Just getting under
way, what would you do if you found
on your hook q 7J0-pound horse mack
erel? "Do?" said the listener. I'D
get up, take a drink of water and lie
on nv right side for a while. New
York Telegraph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
n IT-T "iEI|TII-F I-,If|It7III..
Repairing Reed Furniture.

Brace the split or broken reed with
a piece of wire or match; wrap,
tightly with raffia, beginning at the bot
tom or inside, and winding toward the
border, where a neat fastening may be
secured by threading the raftia into
bodkin and sewing and tying it through
the weaving Of the reed. Raffia may
be bought in all colors, as well as nat
ural (Which matches the natural reed),
and is strong and inexpensive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
She ALWAYS Cares,

A man gets after while 50 that he
doesn't care so very much for appear
ances, as long as things work all right
and don't bother him, but we don't
suppose a woman ever reaches the
point where she can be happy unless
all the silver is marked sterling
Columbus (O.) Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
AS to Flies.

$50 you want to know where the flies
come from, Tommy? Well, the cy-
clone makes the house-tly, the black
smith makes the freely, the carpenter
saws the saw-hy, the driver makes
the horse-fy, the grocer makes the
sand-fy, and the ledger makes the but
ter-fy.'-London Tit.Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
Poor Diplomat.

II think the one you refused is much
the more attractive Of the two" Il
admit that but when he proposed he
went into ecstasies over how happy !
could make him; but the one accept
ed spoke earnestly Of how happy he
would try to make me. Houston
Post. .r
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25

The Springfield Republican, one of
the most ably edited independent
in America, says that
"those back of Mr.. Hughes today are
the explosive forces of discomfort and
and hate, complicated i'm
by their strange contrari-
ties of disection.''
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
BIueprints That Will Not Fade.

To keep blueprints from fading when
exposed to strong light, wash them in
clear water until all the emulsion is
removed; then place the wet print,
right side up, on smooth surface.
With paintbrush cover 1t with perox-
ide Of hydrogen. This intensities the
blue background and brings out the
white lines distinctly, making a print
that will not fade under hard usage
Popular Mechanics MAGAZINE.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
PRESIDENT PLEDGES
GREATER PROGRESS
Laws Must Fit New Life Mr..
Wilson Tells the American
People.
HIS RECORD OF DEEDS DONE
U. 8. Rights Upheld With Honor
Farmers Aided, Business and Labor
Benefited, Children Protected
-Women's Votes Needed.

Shadow Lawn, N. j., Oct. 2S.-Io
the American people Woodrow wilson
today gave an accounting OF his al
ministration as their President. lie
"balanced his books" so that the rec
ord stands clear. Promises fulfilled,
great deeds done! That, in Short
tells the story. And yet the story
is not finished. Other chapters in the
great Book of Human Progress re-
main to be written. 1t rests WIN
YOU, American Voters, to say whether
the man who began the book snail
finish it. ,-
Here. in the Presidents own
words, is a plain statement OF "hat
he, as leader not only of the Demo-
cratic party, but Of the nation mas
accomplished in your behalf ana OF
what he plans for your future-a
statement made not alone to the thou-
sands who journeyed here, but to you
and the hundreds Of thousands
throughout the country who celebrat-
ed "Wilson Day."
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
"My Fellow-citizens:
"This is called Wilson Day only
because for six years, first as Cover
nor of New Jersey and then as Presl-
dent of the United States, nave Deeh
permitted to lead first a great state
and then a great national party along
the ways of progress and OF enlarged
and regenerated life which our people
had so long sought and so long oeen
held back from by the organized
power of selfish interest, and because
the great honor has fallen TO me OF
being chosen once more spokesman
and representative OF the men WHO
mean to hold the country to these
ways of peace, humanity and progress.
1t is of these forces that l shall speak
and not of myself, who am merely
their servant.
"What are these forces? Whence
do they spring? What have they ac-
complished, and what Is their pro-
gramme and purpose for the future!
1t is plain what they are. They are
the forces of humane, righteous, and
patriotic purpose which have sprung
I'D in our day in the minds OF those
who perceive the shortcomings OF the
law as it has hardened in America
and who look forward with purpose
and conviction to a new age IN when
government shall be indeed the
servant of liberty and not of privi-
lege.
"These are men who perceive that
American law has not kept pace
with American sentiment; that our
law has been holding us rigid ana
immovable, until class has begun, in
free America, to be arrayed against
class; until what was legal has begun
to play more important part In our
thoughts and determinations than
what is human and right; and until
America has begun to lag instead OF
lead in recOnciling what is with what
ought to be.
Dawn of New Age.
"a new age had dawned upon us
while those who were attempting to
lead us were stumbling along with
their heads over their shoulders, In
tent upon preserving the conditions OF
a day that is gone. America had
changed and the whole world had
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
EnoIish Words of Persian Origin.

Of the dozen or so words in the
English dictionary whose origin has
been traced to Persia, orange is doubt
less the most common, although the
list is said to include also the. words
shawl, taffeta, chess, caravan, lilac,
dervish, emerald, indigo, azure, ba-
zaar, jackal, musk, paradise and
Scimitar.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-25
Advertisina Her Loneliness.

MARTHA, why did YOU put on that
fleayy mourning for Sam? 1t isn't
honest. Everybody knows that you
fought like cat and dog" dis we're
amt no mournin' for dat niggah, Sam !;
but how's de young men to know Is
in de market again, eff l don't wear
it?'-Puck.