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DEMOCRACY- MUST BE
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People Trast It, SayfWobflroi
Wilson, and It Mnst
- - Make 6ood-
) Sa Girt. N. JJ Woodrow WUioa'.at "
the "Llttl White House" atSea Girt
is dally called upon to- demonstrate hit 1
- j l-.wll -i ' 5 tl
There is not a day passes but what
he meets various delegations' who call
to assure him of their support, - '
: In speaking of political-machines to
. the Brooklyn Democratic -Club GoVeV
tnor Wllaon sjtid: ; "Machines ara bad;
'but an organ ization , may, e- Yery, es-.
sential. For instance, . I have been
surrounded by aorganization liere in
iNew Jersey while doing my best work.
'A machine uses its political opportu
jnlties for the selfish ends of Its mem
Ibers. No members of our organiiaUon
Iwould ever think of doing thatS: Pub
lic opirion in New Jersey has drawn"
jthe distinction. It has killed the ma
! chines, and it is going to keep the or
jganixailoia going. -r-i
"It seems to me that we are stand
ling in the presence of somethinghigh-.
;r than ilpianr to the Oemocratic
party. - The .country has been disap-
pointed in the Republican partyr and it
ts turning to the Democratior party.
That party is willing to show; the way
i toward those things which must be
realized,- - - -c
i "Some gentlemen seem to find it
(easy to make personalities out of poll
jtlcs, hut it .seems So me that.whenever
Ithat is done politics is debased.
! "Men who are in search OX reform
are now resorting to, the Democratic
party, because, for my own part, I do
,npt kno,w where "else they will turnto
expect the results. There is no flis-
counting the strength and serviceabil
ity of a united party, and the splendid
.part js that the Democratic party la
junked. ' f'
1 "Speaking seriously, nothing affords
-! iine more genuine pleasure than, "to re-
r'lcelve such greetings from men in Jer-
'v ' aey who have at least tested my quail
' lues. Because you have known me
at close range andif you will be kind
;i 'eaougfc to" Touch for. me perhaps the
Irest of the country wlll .be credulous
ey defending your character. It "was
; supposed in the old days, when the
board of guardians was in charge of
! the "state," that you- were all of you -
.disposed to give the most monopolistic
itrusts of 'the country a great ringing
welcome in New Jersey."
"New Jersey was known as the
mother of trusts a very troublesome
and questionable family and I. had to
spend my time outside New Jersey as
suring the people of the Union that it
had not been the fault or the disposl
,,ition ot'the teopTe of New Jersey that
: there were certain gentlemen who had
undertaken to carry the Republican
party in their , pockets and to adminis
ter independently of Die rank and file
of Republicans in the'sta'le.
: "New Jersey is progressive, but the
: United States is progressive, and we
" 'have here merely a delightful sample
of the people of the United States.
. . "Now. these people are not bent on
destroying anything, but they are bent
on setting everything in order; they
ara benf upon Justice; they are bent
i upon seeing to it thatthe people ia
-general are partners of the govern-
xnenU as 'I was trying to show the
other day. And the Democratic party
1 aow placed under a peculiar respou
' Bibility. It has to prove that it is
the worQijr frisfrflm'ent of that zeal on
- th part . of the people of the. United
States. If it; does not prove it now it
will never be given "another chance to
prove .it No party that proves un
; faithful tb that ideal will ever again
be trusted "by thepeople of "-America.
, And therefore we are standing- at a
. turning roint in our politics. We must
make crood or sro out of business. In
- the vernacular, it Is a case of 'put up
or shut up, because words are going
to be discounted. Nothing will be hon-
ored except; the "actual carrying out of
euch programs as sensible men may
unitelrn. fdr the' common 'benefit.1
GREAT .DUTY OF
d U STM E NT.
AD-
;-We are servants of the peo
ple, the whole people. The na-
oa haa been- unneoeBsanly, : un
reasonably at war withLitself.
Interest has clashed with inter
est "When-" there' were common
-principles of - right and of fair,
dealing which might and should
have bound them all. together,
not as rivals, - butas partners. :
As the 'servants of all we are
bound - to undertake the gre.at
duty of accommodation and ad
justmentFrom Woodrow Wil
son's Speech "Accepting the
Democratic Nomination. .
What We Never Forget ,
according to science, are the thing
::. associated with our early home
life, snob, as Bucklen'a Arnica
r- Salve,- that mother or grand moth-
. ee used to cure our burne, boilr
,Bcajd, sores, skin eruptions, cuts
prai is or bruises. Forty years o
oures prove its merit. : Unrivaled
H for .- pi lea, . corns ' or cold sores
, Only 25 cents at U druggists
I -k ' Since I became gorera.br f Jf w Jer J npon onjaa !upta
KILLED BY RIZERJ AT UHIVERSITY;-
Boys Boiler tond'HftVr Coroners Janf Re'
ported. Gci, KitciiiB Order's lotestigaTIan
Chapsl. Hil)-Sept.: as -fhp
ooroori's jury whiob iuvestigatr
nrf death of ; Freshman- Ieaao-iW
Raud of Bmithfialdj which ccctir
red: about 1 t'olpck fchii moruinjK
jfhih he was being hazed in h?
athletic field by a bjdy of "gop h-
morep, o this attemoan made the
followiu report bf ftr fiidiop
"We fiud that the -' deceased can
to deathly being cat;' oanied b
a fall npon a broken bottle and
fiud further that the- deceased a
the time of the' fall, -was bring
nade tb Jauce up3o a barrel by a
tarty of.:ba'zar8 of the Uuirrslty
- f N: rtharolibaV and , thajb jai
patty w a b co m posed t f W . i
Merriman, f A: U., Styroa, :,R. t W
Oidhara, A C . Hatch and' othr
parties nnkflown to the jiry. , W
rocommeud. that said W L Mer
. imao, A. H . Styron. R. W. Old
;am aod A. C. Hatch be held riu-
4er btD!
for-: the next term
oart of Orange coauty for f ir
tier investigation ins) his death "
. Thj bond was fixed at $5,000
e ioh. Thi b"ys are " tinder cus
- dy tiuight; boud will be fixed
- morrow.
:'9 d'Teioped by .the - testimapy
?iTea before the corouerfs jury th
death .of young Baud occurred
shortly after m duight while he
was being hazd, together witl
n e room mate, on the athletic
!d. . . v. ..
About one o'olcck thu morning
: ae four lophmoret mentioned
masked themselves and entered
he room oi l. VY. Rand and'R.
A Wellcini,.two reshmeu from
mithfield. Without 4eiog given
ti me to dress the t wo first-yet r
men were taken to . the athletic
fijld, adisvauoo of aboutfiOO yard
from the .dormitory.
aflj-str-piacei
rne'd barrel J and
made to sing and danced '-After
performing for a few minutes he
lipped down from the barreli,
and in doing so scratched him
self b ightly.
Then Rand's taru to mount the
barrel came, ana he had jaat be
gun to perfcrm. when he ap
parently slipped in the same man
ner as Wellon? . He fell to th
ground and laid there. He was
picked op and blood was discover
ed t . be spurting from a large cut
on tbe left side of bis neck. He
had fallen on some pieces of bro
ken glass.
Assisted by tbe thoroughly
frighteusd boys be walked toward
tbe gymnasium, the nearest 1 nild-
ingatband. After going about
100 yards his streugth gave com
pletely out and hi was carried.
When the gymoaiium was
reached he was nearly dead. Tbe
sophmores left going to their
rooms,. while Rand was left sloce
ith bii rcom'mate,Wellons.
Merrimsn tried to phone f:r a
phyiican but failed. Wellons at
trjictei other students by his
cries for help, and Dr. McNider
and President Vonable were sum.
mojied. When they came how
ever, Raud vtss dead.
Goiernor Otders Investigation.
Raleigh, Sept. 18. Governor
Kitchio this af leruoon forwarded
the following telegram to Dr,
Francis P. Venable, president of
the " University s' "
"Am shocked and distrssfd
to hesr of the death cf ycong
Rani. Have same rlgidlyaud
thoroughly investigstd aVd - all
facts and oircdmstances connected
therewith made public. Make
full report to executive commifr
tee of the trustees at.a meetingJto
be called for tie purpose." -
VitciiVs Hcbit. ;". : ;"
- Since the Governor is ,in .the
habit of making attackion his
chief opponet, whoever that hap
pens to be, the sincerity of his
charges again it the Djmocracy of
Saiiator Simmons is tQa-be taken
at a discount. Bush a thing had
no place in the mind of . anyone
until the Governor - became - a
oroBoective candidate for the
Benatorship. Stanly Enterprise V
CIGARETTES ARt
BAD FOR WOMEN
Mrs; Wo6drow Wilson- Has De
: ciM Yieis on Subjeci "
:r?i".f.$ of Democr:ni5-Candidate C'ita
0::t Lettsr T. . j CtrongyStanc; on
- Srr.oKtna Ha...;,' - ' -"
. ... " .; v." .
lev .York. Fc. ...j first time since
..j jourow Wilson became the Demo
cratic presidential candidate has Mrs.
Wilson appeared.- She attended in
person her husband's daily conference
with reporters, although "heretofore
she has made special requests that she
be Tiot quoted nor written about in the
papers.
What. Mrs. Wilson wished to have
fully understood was that if she be
comes the first lady of the. land she
will not, aB has been said in a widely
distributed interview, have packages
0isa,;esn her Perso,nal ,deBk f
tne WDiie jtiouse ana muuige iu biuub.
ing them with her callers. '
Through Governor Wilson, Mrs. Wil
son asked that publicity be given to a
letter she had written to the editor of
the State Journal at Columbus, O.,
repudiating an .alleged interview with
her in whicfi she defended cigarette
smoking for women. The interview
nad come to. -her in abetter jsigned
"American Citizen," which said:
"Dear Madam I can scarcely think
of any greater calamity to the young
I women of the nation than to read such
"a preachment as your interview offers
tnem. I am a workingman, and I see
. men lose their jobs almost every day
because they are incapacitated for
work hy the use of the cigarette. If
smoking does this for strong men
what will it do lr giris and women?"
The "Interview" was indeed a cor
dial indorsement of the woman smok
er. Here are some of its assuring
phrasesyr all credited to Mrs. Wilson:
"A woman writer for a syndicate of
Sunday newspapers asked Mrs Wocd
row Wilson if she agreed with Ger
trude Atherton's opinon of the smok
ing of cigarettes by women. She smil
lDgly. exhibited- three cigarette boxes
i plJed 1athei-cnrner-ol 4w-4el a3L bnt
r " Why shouldn't aj woman ..smokeif
she enjoys it? she queried.
'Why hasn't she just as much right
to a cigarette as a man; Certainly I
agree with Mrs. Atherton that any
existing prejudice against women
smoking is to the last silly and ab
surd. " "Smoking cigarettes is a question
of manners, not morals. It promotes
good fellowship.
"'Some women feel that a cigarette
calms their nerves and helps their
brains into working order. Personally
smoking diffuses my thoughts instead
of concentrating them. I enjoy it as I
enjoy after dinner coffee. Both are
pleasant ways of ending and finishing
off; both add to conviviality and good
MViwship.'' " -
The editor of the Ohio State Journal,
It was clear, had been much incensed
at the apologies for the cigarette habit
among women attributed to Mrs. Wil
son,' as he wrote on Aug. 10 an edito
rial in which he called for the defeat
of Governor Wilson or a repudiation
from his wife. If there was no mis
take about it, he wrdte, "Mrs. Wood
row Wilson shouldn't be mistress of
the White House."
If the Ohio editor was emphatii
Mrs. Wilson was certainly not less so. j
After the reporters had said ,thpyi
would gladly publish her letter to the'
Ohio editor she asked for an hour's
itime in which to write one. This was
what she prepared:
"Dear Sir I have just received a
copy of the Journal with your edito
rial entitled 'Smoking Women,' arid' I
beg leave to deny indignantly the
statement that I approve of women
smoking cigarettes. The interview
upon which your editorial was based
is a pure invention. I intensely dis
like the cigarette smoking habit for
women in, fact, so strong is my feel
ing on the subject that my real danger
lies in being unjust and unkind in my
judgment of those who differ with me
in this respect.
"But certainly no woman in our
household ever has or ever will smoke.
"i.uUe apart from the had taste of it," I
believe with you that it -has an ex
tremely injurious effect on the nerves.
"ELLEN A! WILSON.
'- ("Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.")
Governor Wilson, in approving the
letter sent out by Mrs. Wilson, offered
what he thought might prove an ex
planation for the interview.
"I do not think it was" maliciously
Invented,' he satd. "There is a rather
well known writer who signs herself
Mrs.iWilsqn Woodrow, and she no
doubt has been confused with Mrs."
Wilson." .
Mrs. Wilson" Woodrow was formerly
married to arelatiye of GovernorJWil
Bon, andlt is understood that her
..Views onthe matter of womeu who
jmoke are different from those held
in the household of the Democratic
eanHiate. -
; The - Democrats are not takisg the
"election of Vilson for granted. They
are working and working harder than
in a score of years and working as a
united paxty. J
Farmer haye 'awakened to the folly
of the so called Uesaings of a protsc-
Uva tariff.
ALLEN ARB 5WARuSJMUSHT.'
r C
OefectiTi Tells tl How His Slea'h 60!
Onto TfiinHtMgs Ytiuflg Woidm. '
Cincinnatlj SptNJ5,
Hat dcuffed, aardfedtyZ. tb rte
stal wart 2?detejtiVesv and accom
panied by sbft girl r who iun-otitoioasy;-
the .police ' the
clue'ta tfceifl'bing f lace, .Sidney
Allen andhis Ojxhew, Wsley Ed
war lpj wh toesipart in tho shoot
ing up - ofa- ccrt at Hillsville,
Va.i March 14Iast, and who wer
arrested yesteidar, arriyed here
tonight irom's jaoinss On their
way back tn ,the rscene of ; the
crime. " The Irp" pro Vfd unevent
ful, Obief.?4.f9ltii.?W wil1
itsted that' prisoners Vryer"
id al in bebaiyjpr and in far frcm
a dejected frarrfsofjpind. With
the exceptiorifbfMiss Maude
Irolr, whossvflove for . Weslej
Kd wards led tfc"e detectives to; hK
hiding p!act tha entire psrtv
sppsrently re'8hei .... their food
and even the exchanging of jok
was not infreqneat on the trip
Ti e youugeiof the two prism '
rf as well as the girl hrseH
were solicitbn't in having a ro
mor deniedithat the had de
libntelj betrayed her sweet
heart, ' V es, Kd wards De
Lective Baldwin "oorrohorated
their statements and to'd tb
story of 'tbe events leading up U
the capture to'prove that the gir!
wus no traitor to her- lover. Hf
aid that . when Edwards left
Mount Airyj.N C, the girl'
home7 he had left 150 with her to
be uied to pin .,bim when hy raf
safely tecretedv Th meney. wa
stolen and tbeu .replaced and ii
this manner Mis Iroler's father
learned of it. "Detective Baldwi
etated that ha had two of hi?
men working diheTIr'cerctftr"
and th;s wav 1 ,siTnftd' of a nnrrfli-.
and tn.s way .d pt a correa
PAodCDe' tei2jrr'tb girWnd
"The romaiodfr is eaBy," eaid
Baldwin. ' We watched he-.
When she - left, those two men
Lucas and Monday, followed her,
and I was right behind them on
the next train. You knew the
dtcry cf the-arrests and that is al
there is to itl'
The party uef t for R-t i oke at
8 o'clock toSTght ever "the Nor
" k.
folk &' We item Railroad, ex
...
acting to arrive here t.rr.orrovf
at noon, . '
With the exception of desiring
to correct tie statement con.
cernii g Mis Iroler, neither Ed
wards nor "Aileu
wou'd talk to-
night, con fihig their conversa
tion to: '.ItY.too warm to talk
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BEWARD JKR CAPTURE
Richmond IV'., Sept. '15
Governor ;Mat was officially ad
vised to&ayib Sidna Alleuand
Wealey Edwai.de rn in the custo
dy of Virginia fficers. A tele
gram from Dbteo; W. G. Bald
win, who maq th- arrest at D ?
Moines on Sltturday, slated:
"Have both mu?. safe. Will ar
rive in Raanoko Mouday m rn
icg."
-While .expressing the ntmoaf
gratification over the capture of
the socalled leaders, Governor
Mann deoliupd to say that Allen
and Edwards ware betrayed by the
lattr's aweethoart, Maude Iroler
of Mount AIr. N. C, who expects
to claim the reward. It is gener
ally undersfeool that more than
$3,000 will be paid for the cap
tare of the.fpri- "uers, although as
a matter of S' -ve policy th& au
thorities dclii d tcnight to say
exactly "what a aount is now stand
ing. Theprui ners will be form-
hilly arraigned at Hilsville. Gov
ernor Mann i fimated that Judge
Walter K. Supies, wbo. presided
hereto format t he;, trials of Pkyd,
Claude,. F?i: '-hd Victor will be
deBignate:t sif. 1. is the gen
eral idea rn 'Onmi circles here
hat the d f we will ask for
change ofv ny, in which event
Allen and r .A T;rds will be placed
n trial in Wjytnwville. Unless
future developments Bhould war
rant iVtbeJ vertror-wtll-not pro
vide any SivC!aI:gu rd to -watch"
over the prisoners, as there is no
danger of m b violence. : .They
will bauntier bareful loruit bu
.:i;
ROLLA WELLS IS
NEARLY DNTHE JOB
Democratic National Treasurer Is
After" Smallr Contribntor. "-
THE -PEOPLE ARE' TO HELP
There Is., to Be No "Tainted Moneyw
Usedrln Electing Wilson and Mar
shall. New York. A small, smooth shaved,-middle-aged
man. with a coat of tan
that gave evidence of much outdoor
life recently -came Into the Waldorf
carrying, a sUit case early in the afteF
noca and registered as "Rolla Wells
St Louis. Mo."
The smooth shaved little man,-. who
Is tobe the watchdog. pf-the Wilson
campaign money from ncjw on, was
asked for vital statistics, whereupon
it was learned at first hand that he is
a banker and ex-mayor of St. Louis,
is fifty-six years old, was graduated at
Princeton; in 1876; or three years be
fore Governor Wilson was graduated;
that he has two sons who are Prince
ton men and a grandson who some
day will be a Princeton man; that he
had no notion of seeing New York
this summer until the Wilson organi--zation
selected him as its treasurer
and that just at present the one thing
that sticks out in the appointment in
his mind is that the new job Cut in se
riously upon a most beautiful vacation
which he and Mrs., Wells .had. been en
joying in a camp at Little Traverse
bay, Michigan. - "
Mr. Wells believes in getting, at his
desk at 8 o'clock in the morning.
"We are going to raise our cam
paign fund through the small contribu
tions," said Mr. Wells. .
"I am sure that a large part of the
money will be raised by popular sub
scription. v
" "The people have confidence in
Woodrow Wilson, and they will give
what they can of their means to elect
such a man president.
"I am a great believer In publishing
broadcast, before and after election,
the .various contributions made. - - "
&fP- -r? m can weii vo
toigireth. Jcomntittee 5,0flP, but
'raatalsi - ibe:bablie that e;a
?TheT are .men who can well afford
am.
onciv
vv are appealing to tne people, ana
we are relying on them to help elect
Wilson and Marshall. , -"I
have two' boyi who have been
graduated from Priaceton. one , five
years ago and one-seven. But it is not
because ours is a Princeton family
that I like Governdr Wilson. He is a
great big man and. the type that we
should have in publlo life."
Woodrow Wilson says this is not a
time to be afraid to "speak out in
meeting." That he was not afraid is
demonstrated by his logical speech in
accepting the Democratic nomination.
Roosevelt was willing to crawl from
the White House to the capitol in 190S
if he could help his friend Root. To
day he would like nothin? better thaa
meeting Root ud a dark alley.
their arrival in Roanokn tomor
row, however, and again when
hey are taken from Romoke to
Hillsville to plead.
NEW VERSt If GIVEIf SUSRRY C DNTY
FARMER
GrenBbrrS, Sspt. 15 A new
version of venl 8 just proceeding
the shooting up of the Htllsvillo
court house was given here tonight
by Y Sarry county farmer who
claims to have talked with S.dua
Alleu riaht aftax the tragedy ai d
while Allen was hidirg in the
North Carolina mountains
"Sidna told me," he says 'that
the day before thy Bhot up . the
oopr6 Floyd Allen called the boys
together and tild them that if he
was sentenced the next- day they
must do some shooting or eles ah
swerto him. Sidna B&ys he plfad
with Floyd against Buoh acVicn,
warning him that it would mean
tht death of all and urging' srme
other method of keeping Floyd
outof jail in care he was seuttn
ced.n '
According to the Btory aUrihu '
ted to Sidna, Floyd A'len rsenf
ed hia? remonstrances and once
turned on him and, after prefac
ing'his statement by a vile 3pi
thet, ssid.
MWe went to Greensboro to g?t
you out and if you let me go" in?
tomorrow I wilK kill you when I
ceme out, brother or no brother."
Sidna offered no fu.ther objec
tioti.
Sidna'AUen was- trifd int the
United States courts here for
countrf eif ingl wa a convicted and
lat'er, granted - a new trial ibis
being pending at the' time of . the.
1 1 HiUiYiUe tragedy "
-JESP0HDiST0.CALLf08 FUNOSr'
cfiarges of Ailegea fraud in Souih farolina
, ' 'Pnoiaijto 1)3 Prcbed
-Columbia, .Sept. 8, Con
trlbutioiiR ': from men an d
women from every, walk a nd
vocation in life, -and from the
mountains , to the seashore,
5re poLring Mnto General
Willie Jones, the treasurer i
of ihe committee in" response i
to a call for funds to carry
on the probe of alleged fraud
in the recent primary election
and issued by John Gary
Evans, the State chairman.
In one day o,ver S400ame in
and more is arriving in every
mail. It is blievedi the fund
will amount to tUousaude. of
dollars by the end of next'
weeK and the letters accom
panying the donations testify
to the widespread and deep
coL'cerii which the people - inl
Hvery section of i he State are
manifesting in the inveFtiga
tions of . the allegation of
fraud. . -.. .. .
Pending t'.H outcome nf
t he prohv of the sub-.com mit
tee which is required to re1
pon to a full meeting -of the
State committee to be ap
pointed by the chairman, the
second primary for State, of
hcei i? indefinitely delayed.
The Slate conrnrittee t00
Mie gronnl that ihey have
riginal jurisdiction over
State officers and as such
conld order a second primary
if necessary and when thej
decide, throw the whole pri
maty out and trder a new
primary, or just - as- their
judgment dictated. Acting
on this they ordered a
thorough probe of the charges
of alleged fraud by a s tb-
committee, indefinitely - de
layed the declarations of re
suits of the first primary, and
requested, that . the second
primaries for - county ; pfiices
not" nominated on the fiiet
X)ne i couuty, Newberiy, "jnas
declined and f tales that they
will wait and hold their
second primary the same
date as the second State pri
mary. So far as known all
other county committees will
comply with the request of
the State committee and hold
the second primaries next
Tuesday.
The tangle over the result
of the first primary.continues
and while Governor Bleaee
on the face, of the returns
had a majority of about 4,
000. votes, no results has as
yet been declared because
charges of alleged wholesale
frauds were made. Judge
Jones contested every Dox in
the State and Governor
BLease charged in a speech
from the State House steps
that the Jones forces had
stuffed the boxes to the ex
tent ot 20,000 votes. "In the
face of the enormous vote,
140,000, and the charges of
fraud the State committee
determined to sift thecharges
of wrong doing to, the bottom
before declariug any resulti
This is the object for which
lh68ubcdmmittee was ag
pointed
New Drink Dal West Has Uncle Sam Sdess
Columbia, Mo.T Aug. 31
A new kincL'of intoxicating
liquor has, beeu discovered in
Missburi.r It is nothing more
nor .less th in the fermented
juice from corn silage
Every silo, it has teen dis
covered ill Nodaway county,
is a "drink" factory in full
operation, producing the
pnmest sort tf liquor and pay
ing no tax or violating no
law, even in the -dry coun
ties. It .has. Uncle Sam
guessing- .
:1 he. liquor smells very
much like, and has a taste, it
is said, . t.h makes an old
toner smile." If is found. at
the bottom ot the si 16 in sufli-
ciettt; quantities to make
whole neighborhood drunk
The 4 drink" is produced by
the fermenting of the silage
which mixes with the water
used to pack the cutup corn
as it is put in the silo It is
.very, much like ordinary corn.
whiskey before it is diBtiuea.
HELPED FARMERS
Senator GaftfneKGi ves-Reason
oKSupp"qrtfng Wisan. "
NOW. IS TIME - FOR -REWARD
- - - - - . ' , -
Too Long . H ave They Bean. , Fooled
by Falsehoods Rallying to" Demo
cracy's Banners. -
. Tlie reasons why those engaged la
agricultural pursuits should support
Governor WToodrow WIlsow. fpy Presi
dent are strongly set forth by Senator
Obediah Gardner" of Maine, 'In an ad
dress to farmers; - - - " .
Senator Gardner.,is a practical farm
er, one vho f ayms his own farm, and
he - is probaDly in closer "touch . and
sympathy with country life- and its
environments-thaa any iother .man ia
public life. "; ' ' '
For twenty-five years "Senatdr Gard
ner has been' ayetrvely.. 'interested in
the National Grange and for ten years
he waa the master of the State Granga
of Maine. A few yeaira ago he came
within a close tnarginr of "bteiag elected
Governor , of the .Pine Tjee. .State. "
A little leas than a year ago, when
Senator Frye, who "had ' represented
Maine in the Senate -for thirty years,
died, Governor- Plaisted. hpnor.ed Mr.
Gardner, ,and recogniz.edt the agricul
tural interests' of the" country by ap
pointing him to the United States-Senate,
where -he has made a. most credit
able record, devoting- particular .atten
tion to the welfare .of .the great rural
population ofthe country. He is now
candidate for re-electlou aQd yrV3
undoubtedly be successful-..
In his address Senator Gardner
says: J,' ' ":
To th ,Fkrmers of the United States,
Beirigime you-and: for, ha- gTater
sa in
my
yearn past
officially 'at work-through hoards , of agri
culture and the National and ttate
6ranps; having serve -four year as
second officer of the National Grange an .
as masteref the Maln Stat Grn re tea.
years, during- which time -the order la
Maine addetl 3S.645 member-ud Jtttaine :
a power and influence never-nela -before,
I feel' I am- in a- posiUowr jo f peak from -the
standpoint of one who knows the
farmer and his needs, and.lt Ja solely be- .
cause of this that 1 am prompted to ad- -
. .. .fc..u...;r. J
and -unjust discrimination, In teeislatla. '
' and transportation, and at the present
time tnc farmers are nargea- wwn Deing
the cause of the high cost of Irvtag. when
as a matter ot fact taking j collectively
the amount invested In their business, the
ieurs devoted. to hard labon, and every
thing connected with the details of agri
cultural . Ufe-they' are-aa a whole, the
poorest paid class of people in this coun
tryT while relatively the-, most important.
, Farmers Have Been Deceived. -
During all recent years farmers have
been told what a great- blessing has been
theirs through the so-called protective
tariff, and yet to flnd-a "market for their
principal crops they have had to com
pete in -the markets- of- he world where
the price is fixed. But suddenly It Is dis
covered that the farmer Is -the sele cause
for the hig-h cost of living, and what
happens? The President (Mr .-Taft) with
a total disregard for the interests of the
farmers,- submits a plan-to -open up te
competition with the farmers of the
United States the products -of 'Canada
while being careful to preserve the tariff,
or more correctly speaking ' the. tax, on
all the farmer has to buy, which, as
clearly -as anything' ean, -exposes the
hypocrisy and "hum buggery" of the claim
that the tariff is any benefit -to-a gricul--tural
as compared with manuactured - pro
ducts. - . . . . ..-
Now, the farmers of this country have
an opportunity . to beheflt-themsetves that
has never appeared within my recollec
tion, as the Democratic party has bees
compelled by the force qt public opinion
to nominate" a man xor the
man lor the TreeideT)cy
who is best eauipped for thst'hlsrh office
of any that have beenTnominated or elect
ed since Lincoln. A man that I speak
of from a personal acquaintance with and)
a knowledge of his fitness; a man of great
-natural ability, splendidly ' educated, not
theoretically but practically, a keenness
of intellect' remarkable for its-' grasp of
everv condition with which he Is con- '
fronted; an Indomitable -oourage to 1e
rlj?ht; and above all a great broad tend
ency with and sympathy -for all classes.
He will make one of the most accessible
Presidents ever in the-White House, 'ar,
through whom none will be refused a
hearinp, however humbler nor fail to re
ceive justice at his hands He ts truly i
marvelous man and -I wish every person
in the. United States could know him as
I know him, ahd supplementing- al! these
qualities is the addition that his home
is one of perfect balance.
None can .meet the splendid Mrs. Wll
'sotrama her three refined, cnHroretJ daugh
ters with their perfect naturalness, hut
-must feeHhat .the whole. ami!y of Wool- '
row Wilson was especially prepared to
fill a great need in .the present crisis in
the history -Of -our eeuntry as were
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and Lin
coln, and I would advise the . farmers
..upon, .my reputation, as :a man, if yoit
want to protect your wn interests anf
those of- your. -families; if you want te
render the greatest possible good, to your
country -and future generations; If von
want , to contribute; yonr part to the end
that popular government under God shall-
not-perisBt rrom the earth, then see that
the
i-iotr. wooarow
Wilson ' Is elected
President.
O. GARDNER.-
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOQ
THE PEOPLE 'AND THE CUR
RENCY. '
.... In .dealing with the.cpjnpjicat
ed. and difficult question . of ' the
r ef orm'.of - our- banking and cur-
." rency laws It is plain' that we -"ought
to consult very ininyper
sons besides thebankers, "not be-'
.'' dauBe' we distrust the 1 bankers,
but because they do not:aece-sarily-comprehend
the busines.i-
of the. country, .notwithstanding ;
. they are indispensable, servants
ofHt aad may do, aLvast.deal to
make ithard or easy. No "mere.
bankers!i pian will meetlthe re
quirements, ho jmajUer'hovf 'iion
-estly conceived.' it should be a"
merchants' and farmers' plan as
well, elastic in the hands o .
t'jose wio use it as an indispen
sable, part of their .dally busi
ness. From Woodrow Wilson's
Speech Accepting the Demov;
cratic Nomination. -' T . .-;
'in
f-1
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