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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1808.
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CANDIDATES
WILL NOT MEET
/ IN A DEBATE
Clarence flosley Declines Invita-
tion Sent by Q. W. Riddle
for Discussion of Issues.
POLITICAL MEETINGS
THROUGHOUT STATE
Special Telegram |o Tin' Hxpress.
DALUAfc'. Tex., Ma rclt 3».-The follow-
ing is purl of a communication tonlslit
given out to the press from untl-Bailey
sltate headquarters:
"Clarence Ousley In response to wh.it
seems to lie ii general demand, I beg 1(1
advlss you that t!>«• candidates for d' le-
gates at large nominated by tie* Waco
convention will l'<> glad to disowns the
question* and principles Involved Willi
their opponent*.
"a. W. RIDDLE, Chairman."
Mr. Ousley replied:
"Mr. (J. W. Riddle, Dallas Texas
"The issue In this campaign, so far us
It relates to Mr. Ralley, Is one Impeaching
i >s personal character. In the nature of
things neither Senator Halley nor any
other self-respecting man can agree lo
meet any man in public debate on that
proposition
"CDARENCK Ol'SDEY, Chairman."
DALLAS WOMEN CANDIDATES.
They Are Seeking Places On Board of
Education.
Special Telegram to The Express.
DALLAS. Tex.. March 30.—It is all over
now but the voting. The women candi-
dates for members of the Dallas Hoard
of Education are formally on the official
ballot.
Mrs E. r. Turner drew place No. 7 and
Mrs P. P. Tucker got Waco No. ii.
Other locations are: T. K. I.ewis 1".
S. D. Dealey 3. Dr. .1. K. Hall 12, J. C.
Munn i, E. A. Ilclsterllng 11. T. A. Man-
ning 6. I.. It. Wright 2. S. E. Moss 4,
J. W. (ieorgc 1. A. J. Knight 9.
S.' Jackson and Victor 11. Mexter being
candidates for president of the board
wore given first and second places, re-
spectively.
GEORGETOWN PEOPLE PLEASED.
Will Likely Turn Out In Numbers to
Hear Bailey.
Special Telegram to The Express.
GEORGETOWN, Tex., March 30.—Sen-
ator Bailey's friends and political sup-
porters, in Georgetown are much pleased
at the certainly of healing htm speak in
Georgetown one week from today. A
large crowd will be here that day, as it
will be First Monday.
An nnll-Halley county organization is
also scheduled to meet here April 6. A
Joint debate is spoken of.
CONE JOHNSON AT SMITHVILLE.
Is Announced to Make an Address
Wednesday Night.
Special Telegram to Tho Express.
SMITHVILLE, Tex., March 30.—Cone
Johnson of Tyler will address the voters
of Smithvllle at the Maney Opera House
next Wednesday night.
Ely Winston has returned from Fort
Worth, where he went as a delegate to
the Bailey metleng. He reports having
seen one of the largest crowds of his
life.
Yes
San Antonio
Beer—
Give Me &
Gl&ss of
TEXAS
PRIDE
IS GUEST AT D0L14K DINNEP.
JUDSON HARMON,
SHAKING with William J. Bryan tho
greetings and applause of 15.000
Missouri Democrats who thronged Con-
vention Trail in Kansas City last night,
Judann Harmon of Ohio made a speech
in which he laid especial stress upon tho
share the protective tariff has in tho
creation and the maintenance of trusts.
LOCKHART PLEASED WITH
NOMINATION OF STOREY
DELIGHT EXPRESSED BY EVEN
THE ANTI-BAILEY MEN.
Crowd of 250 Citizens Show Their
Pride and Interest In Him
By Giving Him a
Serenade.
Choice Roses
140 varieties 2-year-old
Dahlias, 20 varieties
Chrysanthemums, 20 varieties
Carnations, Geraniums,
Verbenas, Scarlet Salvia,
Moon Vines, Queen's Wreath,
Shasta Daisies, Gladiolus,
Llgustrums, Magnolias,
Grafted Pecan Trees.
KNOX NURSERIES
201 et Mary St. Old Phone 288.
Vn,.,. r„ .
NIGHT FIRING BY
BATTLESHIPS IS
FINE SPECTACLE
HUH DEATH AVENGED DV STATE.
Perfection nf Pyrotechnics Vividly
Described by Eye Witness
oi Work of fleei.
FOLLOW SHELL'S FLIGHT
WITH THE NAKED EYE
S&mostz's PowdS
A Waty, purs and healthful toilet ae-
"■ "'tjr,appreciated tar woman of refine-
K. K U harmless, oleen and refresh-
Its dally use la a fastidious mm ea-
and bre-
Special Telegram to The Express.
LOCKHART. Tex., March 30.—Consid-
erable enthusiasm is manifested in l.ock-
hart and Caldwell County over the fact
that James X.. Storey was selected by the
Fort Worth convention as a candidate
for one of the delegates ut large to tho
Democratic National convention at Den-
ver. This honor came as a surprise, both
to Mr. Storey und his friends.
To show their respect and delight »>)
citizens gathered at the court house to-
night, Intending to proceed to Mr.
Storey's house and serenade him. It was
learned that Mr. Storey was dining at
Dr. A. A. Koss'. There the crowd march-
ed arid gave the serenade.
Mr. Storey was introduced by Judge
L. \V. Moore, who praised the character
and work of the nominee. Mr. Storey
thanked the people for their manifesta-
tion of interest in him and then told of
tie- convention that hud nominated liim.
A. B. Storey, Frank S. Koberts and
other citizens of Lockhart also made
short speeches.
Mr. Storey is a son of Railroad Com-
missioner 1* J. Storey. He was born and
reared m Caldwell County, and is well
known locally and throughout the State
as a staunch Democrat. Lockhart has
been his home from birth, and for tlie
past sixteen years lie has been District
Attorney for the Twenty-second Judicial
District, being appointed to that position
by Governor Hogg and no one has op-
posed him in a contest for the position
lit ims so successfully filled.
The people of Lockhart and Caldwell
County take pride that Mr. Storey is
namea as u candidate for delegate at
laige, even tHe most enthusiastic anti-
Bailey advocates are rejoiced over this
preferment, because It is known locally
that no other Democrat is more faithful
and true than he, and that if all the
oilier candidates are like him, the Texas
delegation lo Denver will vote light.
TAYLOR WILL FIX FOR BAILEY.
Democrats Will Meet Tonight to
Make Arrangements.
Special Telegram to The Express.
TAYLOR, Tex., March 3v.— Senator Jo-
seph W. Bailey will doubtless be greeted
by an immense audience in Georgetown
next Monday, April ti, on which occasion
he will speak in the County Court House
during tho afternoon. Aside from the
magnetism of the junior Senator's pres-
ence at tho county capital, next Monday
in Georgetown will be "first Monday, '
horse show day, and the date of meeting
of the County Democratic Executive
Committee, under call of Chairman R. C.
Brlggs, to arrange for the holding of the
primary election on May
As Senator Bailey will speak in the
Taylor Opera House Monday night,
Chairman J. S. Jones today issued a coll
for a meeting of the Bailey Democratic
Club of Taylor to be held in the City
Hall tomorrow night for the purpose of
appointing committees and otherwise ar-
ranging for the reception of the Senator
upon Ills arrival here from Georgetown.
ARMED TRUCE~Ip7 BEE COUNTY.
No Organization Movement There By
Either Bailey or Anti-Bailcyitos.
Special Telegram to The Express.
BEEV1LLE, Tex., March 30.-Juilge J.
C. Dougherty, chairman of the County
Deniocratio Executive Committee, an-
nounces that he will call a meeting of the
committee at an early date to decide If
a primary election for the selection of
delegates at large to the Denver conven-
tion will be held.
Something of an armed truce has ex-
isted between the Bailey and anti-Bailey
forces in tills county, no orgnnized move-
ment on either side having been Initiated.
Faust'* Position Unknown.
Special Telegram to The Express.
8EGUIN, Tex., March .10.—W. A. Palmer
of San Marcos, candidate for the State
Senate, whs in the city this morning. It
is not officially known whether or not
Senator Joseph Faust of New Braunfels
desires to succeed himself.
Anti-Bailey Rally at Gonzales April 11
Special Telegram to The Express.
GONZALES. Tex., March 30.—Prepara-
tions are being made for an anti-Uailey
rally at Gonzales on April 11.
SENATOR BAILEY EXPLAINS.
Tells About Asking Cone Johnson to
Run for Attorney General.
Special Telegram to The Express.
FORT WORTH, Tex.. March 30.-Sen-
Ator Bailey today explained the incident
of Cone Johnson being solicited by him
to run for Attorney General, quoting his
letter to Johnson in reply to one which the
Tyler man wrote the Senator In 1906, re-
questing Bailey to use )Us tttfluenoo lo
MAODAl.KNA HAY, March 25. Via
San Diego. March '60,—The night firing
by tli** huttlcHliips of the Atlantic fleet is
a brilliant and unique spectacle. It Is of
ii vastly different variety from the cease-
less. unvarying shooting at tho white
canvas targets by daylight from sunrise
to Hunsi»t, which finally becomes dull,
methodical and monotonous enough. It
is the perfection of pyrotechnics.
It is tho work of repelling attacks of
an cnoniy« imaginury torpedo thrust.
Black targets with white bulls' eyes are
objects at which the ships are directing
their fire. Two or three warships may
be seen firing ut a time, perhaps a
second warship may he standing by as-
sisting with her searchlights the one
which Is firing, in bringing to plainer
outline the black turgets sitting far out
across the water.
Heavy clusters of electric lights are on
the forward and after bridge, the big
reflectors turned sharply downward ten
feet distant, where they illuminate like
day the breeches °f the guns. The gun
crew works in perfect light, as though
the sun were shining.
The ships steam on the range at a
rapid speed, powerful searchlights hung
out this way and that. Soon the ship
panel ;i red burning signal light. it is
the "stand by" signal. The search-
lights are now concentrated upon the
targets, tiny .sr">ts f;ir off ttie port bow.
A whistle is blown, an officer shouts the
sharp command, "Klro." The three-
pounders and threo-lnch guns go Instantly
into action. These pieces are semi-auto-
matic, and the crews are working to
break records In tho total of shots and
hits per minute.
By what is known as the "night tracer"
the flight of the shell is followed with
tho naked eye. It i* a stream of fire
that shows in the wake of the shell. Its
operation is a strict military socret. The
projectile is seen to strike the water at
the target, then bound high into the
air for miles distant.
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THE OKLAHOMA MARSHALSHIP.
Nomination of Samuel Q, Victor Held
Up By Foraker.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The nom-
ination of Samuel Grant Victor to bo
United States Marshal for the Eastern
District of Oklahoma was again called
up today in the Henata committee on
the judiciary, jt was recommitted two
weeks ago at th« request of Sen*t >r
Fcraker, for the reason, it is said, that
Victor became a Taft adherent upon re-
ceiving a promise from the Administra-
tion that ho was to be named for tho
marshalship.
Mr. Foraker was not present today,
and the nomination went over.
YELLOW FEVER PREVENTIVE.
Morris Sheppard Desires Commission
to Investigate New Theory.
Special Telegram to The Express.
WASHINGTON. March 30. — Repre-
sentative Sheppard »today Introduced a
joint resolution empowering the President
to appoint a commission of physicians to
test the arsenlciaatlon theory for pre-
vention of yellow fever, as advocated by
Dr. K. R. Leach of Paris, a resident of
Mr. Sheppard'g district.
R. B. HAWLEYIN" WASHINGTON.
Former Galveston Congressman Has
Business With War Department.
Special Telegram to The Express.
WASHINGTON, March 30.—Col. R. B.
Hawley, former Congressman from Gal-
veston, arrived in Washington today
from Cuba. He has business with the
War Department on Cuban affairs, and
will take a New York steamer for Gal-
veston at the end of the^week.
secure a positIr.n in a managerical ca-
pacity for a Mr. Kouns with the Santa
Fe Railroad, which the letter shows Mr.
Bailey declined to do.
It was at the conclusion of this letter
that Bailey suggested that Johnson offtr
for the Attorney Generalship this year.
Will Be Candidate for Legislature.
Special Telegram to The Express.
VICTORIA. Tex., March 90.-J. W.
Flournoy of Beeville has consented to be-
come a candidate for the Legislature
from this district, Ben W. Fly receiving a
letter from him to that effect this morn-
ing.
Contest for City Attorney.
Special Telegram to The Express.
BASTROP, Tex., March 30.—Dyer Moore
has announced as a candidate for City
Attorney against J. P. Fowler, the pres-
ent incumbent.
Committee Meeting April 6.
Special Telegram to The Express. ^
TEMPLE. Tex., March 30.—A meeting
of the Hell founty Democratic Executive
Committee has been called to meet at Bel-
ton April 6, by Chairman W. W. Hair of
Temple to fill vacancies and to prepare
for primaries May 2. J. F. Carter Jr.
of Helton is being mentioned for coun-
ty chairman.
Election at Taylor April 7.
Special Telegram to The Express.
TAYLOR. Tex., March 30.—The muni-
cipal election for the selection of a
Mayor and one Alderman from each of
the three wards of the city will be held
April T. Neither of the present Incum-
bent. have nnnounced for re-election,
nor has any new aspirant sought place
In the Aldermanlc Council.
Will Speak at Cherokee.
Special Telegram lo The Express.
CHEROKEE, Tex., March 30,-Arch
Orlnnon of Brownwood will apeak here
Saturday on the political Issues.
Electrical Repair* of AH Kindt.
Wm. Q. BchuwirU * 6* Tel. (tt.
GRACE BROWN.
THE eleclrooution of rhrster E. Oil-
lotto within the walls of Auburn
prison Monday morning closes the final
chapter of a modern tragedy of which
"Millie" Brown was tho unfortunate
victim.
' BUT SANGUINE
CERTITUDE OF SUCCESS
MIXED EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION
AS TO LONG VOYAGE OF FLEET.
None of the Personnel of the Big
Fleet Expresses the Slightest
Doubt of Ability to Do Any
Task Assigned.
(Special Correspondence of the Associated
Press.)
MAG DA LENA BAY, March 19, via
San Diego, Cal., March 30,—The news of
tho continuation of the cruise to Aus-
tralia and through the Suez Canal to
New York, thus completing the circuit-
navigation of the globe, was received
aboard tho ships with mixed expressions
of opinion. To many of tho men who iiye
on their initial cruise it was hailed with
delist. Also scores of tii<» younger un-
married officers regarded the oppor-
tunity to see some of the world with the
keenest appreciation. Many of the
older officers, however, who have been,
in all the ports to lie visited, and whoso
families are left behind for many months
to come, feel diferent. Many were heard
to express the hope that they might re-
ceive shore duty upon arriving at San
Francisco.
Not a single note of doubt from flag
officers to ordinary seamen was heard
regarding the certain success of such an
undertaking. Always is expressed con-
fluence in the ability of the fleet to do
whatever task is assigned it. In the in-
terviews with commanding officers sent
out there was nothing but the most
sanguine certitude of success. The
month's interim between arrival npd
departure at San Francisco was gratify-
ing to many, as it will afford tnem an
opportunity to be Joined by their rela-
tives before their departure on the lung
cruise.
NO FELONY IN KIMBALL COUNTY
Grand Jury Adjourns Without Return-
ing an Indictment.
Special Telegram to The Express.
JUNCTION, Tex., March 30.—District
Court has adjourned, all of the court
business having been finished in one
week.
The Grand Jury fallen to find any in-
dictments of the grade of felony ami tho
county is in splendid condition.
Judge Clarence Martin. District Attor-
ney Moses, Fred Morse, official stenogra-
pher, and Judge A. W. Moursund of Fred-
ericksburg and A. N. Moursund of Me-
son. who have been here attending court,
all left for home yesterday.
W. c. Linden of San Antonio, who has
been here during the term «»f court, left
for Sonora yesterday, to attend tho Dis-
trict Court there.
TRANSFERRED A StCOND TIME.
Case First Set for Brazos, Then Mc-
Lennan, Goes to Waller.
Special Telegram to The Express.
WACO, Tex., March 30.—After post-
poning thip morning until tomorrow the
case against Frank Peneaner and John
Flzinni, the case having bjeen trans-
ferred to this county on a change of
venne from Brazos County, Judge H. 1.
Munroe of the Fifty-fourth District
Court, this afternoon retransferred the
case to Waller County. 011 motion of
County Attorney Patrick M. Neff.
The crime with which the men tire
charged is the killing of Jennie Mon-
gonia, an Italian woman, In Bryan, Sep-
tember S, 1905.
District Court at Sonora.
Special Telegram to The Express.
SAN ANORLO, Tex., March SO.-Dls-
trlct Judge Timmins, District Attorney
Brlghtman, Court Stenographer Cunning-
ham and local attorneys left Saturday for
Sonora, where District Court «vas opened
this morning. There is one murder case
to be investigated by the Grand Jury.
County Judge Sumners Very Low.
Special Telegram to The Express.
CUERO, Tex., March 30.—County Judge
C. A. Sumners is reported this afternoon
to be at the point of death.
Court Convene* at Karne* City.
Special Telpfrr.in to The Express.
KARNES CITY, Tex., March 30.-Dis-
trlct Court convened today, with Judge
yVilson of Beeville presiding.
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Pile* Cured in 6 to 14 Dayt.
PA ZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to
cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleed-
ing or Protruding Piles In ti to 14 day,
or money refunded. 60c.
SZECHENYIS ARE IN VIENNA.
Gladys Vanderbilt and Her Husband
Dodging Curious Crowds.
VIENNA. March 30,-Count Lasxlo
Sxechenyi and the Countess (formerly
Miss Gladys Vanderblltl arrived In t.us
city this morning. Tt Is their intention
to remain in Vienna for some time.
They reached Buda Pest yesterday from
EJume. A large and curious crowd had
gathered at the railroad station to greet
the couple, but the friends of the Count.
In order to evade this, had made ar-
rangements for them to leave the train
before It put iato the depot.
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SIX-INCH fillN EXPLODES
ON WARSHIP MISSOURI
SECTION OF MUZZLE BLOWS OFF
AT TARGET PRACTICE.
Appearance of Metal Gives Indication
of Flaw—Gun Was Made In 1892.
Recalls Disaster Near
Pensacola.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-During tar-
get practice Saturday ut Magdaiena
Bay, fourteen Inches of the muzzle of
one of the six-inch breech guns of the
Missouri blew off. The fracture was a
clean one and did not Indicate any l'law-
in the metal.
Practice was continued, and the gun
will he replaced by a new one from the
Washington navy yard.
No one was Injured.
Although the appearance of the metal
after the gun was broken did not Indi-
cate any flaw, yet tho naval officers
here say that an examination of Hie
broken parts will be necessary before
that question can be definitely sctllcd.
The gun was made at Washington
navy yard In ISM. It was of early design
of high power guns, and was not hopped
to the muzzle as is tho case with the
six-inch guns produced today. The gun,
at the point where tho break occurred,
over eight feet from the chamber, had a
strength of thirteen tons; It had in
December, 1907. been fired 113 rounds,
and on original proof had sustained
chamber pressure as high as twenty
tons.
On April 13, 1904, an accident occurred
011 the Missouri when an explosion of
powder resulting from a flare-back
caused the death of thirty-three officers
and men while the ship was in target
practice near Pensacola, Fla.
EVANS STILL AT MAGDALENA.
Flagship Connecticut Has Not Yet
Started for San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. March 30.-
Accordlng to tho wireless station in this
rity Admiral Evans' flagship, tho Con-
necticut, which was expected here to-
morrow, was at Magdalena Bay last night
and had not yet started for San Fran-
cisco with Admiral Bvans, as reported
in a Washington dispatch.
TO PREVENT THE GRIP.
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE removes
(he cause. There is only one "BROMO
QUININE." look for signature of E.
W. GROVE. 25c.
MONEY TOR FLORETTA WHALEY
Companion of Rev. Jere K. Cook Sum-
moned By Surrogate.
NEW YORK, March 30.-Surrogate
Jm'kson, at Mltola, L. I., has Issued a
citation for Floretta Whaley, who eloped
a year ago with Jere K. Cooke, at that
lime rcctor it St. George's Episcopal
Church, Hempstead, and who is living
with him in California, to appear in per-
son or counsel before the Surrogate on
May 13.
There will bo a judicial settlement on
that date it the accounts of her grand-
mother, Kcziah Whaley, as executor of
the will of Floretta's fattier, John
Whaley, whose estate is valued at aboui
C&ouo.
Eloretta and her sister, Edna, were to
be educated and maintained and were
to receive the remainder of the property
after the grandmother's death.
ARKANSAS PRIMARY RESULTS.
Five Out of Seven Congressmen Are
Renominated. '
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 30.—Ac-
cording lo all returns received the follow-
ing Congressmen have been nominated by
the Democratic nartv In Arkansas:
First district—R. B. Macon, Helena, re-
nominated.
Second district—W. A. Oldfield, Bates-
vilie. who succeeds S. Brundipe.
• - - — -d, Yel
Third district—J. C. Floyd, 'Yellvllle, re-
nominated.
Fourth district—W. B. Cravens, Fort
Smith, renominated.
Fifth district—Chas. C. Held, Morrillton,
renominated.
Sixth district—Joe T. Robinson, I,onoke,
renominated.
Seventh district—W. S. Goodwin, War-
ren, who succe eds Minor Wallace.
SAN ANGELO
CH
ICKEN SHOW.
Dates Are Fixed for November 10,
11 and 12.
Specinl Telegram to The Express.
SAN ANGELO, Tex., March 30,-The
Tom Green County Poultry Association
has decided to hold a chicken show 011
November 10, 11 and 12.
Newly elected officers ot the Associa-
tion are: Frank Russell, president; Will
Hunter, vice president; J. C. Skaggs,
secretary and treasurer; E. R. Cox. as-
sistant secretary; Jerry Rust, Silas Kee-
ton and N. S. Rlvsa, directors.
OPPORTUNITY OF THE
DEMOCRATS IS IN HARMONY
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY JUDGE
HARMON AT KANSAS CITY.
Trust Evils Flourish Under Republi'
canism, He Declares—Republi-
cans Claim Credit for What
Democrats Have Done.
KANSAS CITY, Mo„ March 30.-Judgo
Harmon spoke tonight at the banquet of
the l'oung Men's Democratic Club.
"It has been a long time since the
Democrats have had cause to rejoice,"
Judge Harmon said. "Boys who were
only five years old when the party elect-
ed its last President will vote this year.
States once certain liavo become doubt-
ful. States doubtful have been lost. De-
serters have outnumbered recruits. Never
before during its existence of more than
one hundred years, excluding the war
period, when many States did not vote,
has it met two defeats in succession. It
has Just hud three. Only deep-seated be-
liefs could have kept it from dissolution.
"This series of defeats was started by
dissensions and the restoring hand of tinio
has been greatly stayed by the skill ol
Republican politicians in fooling (lie peo-
ple, which circumstances combined to
make most effective.
"The last Democratic Administration
had to commence with a treasury left
almost empty, and amid hard times which
had already begun under the Republicans.
When these came back the storm had
been weathered and tno great resources
of the country Quickly responded to the
touch of a people whose intelligent in-
dustry und varied enterprise had no
rivals.
"Straightway the Republican politicians
claimed all the credit. They raised tlie
cry. and kept tt up, that Democratic rule
brings bid times and Republican rulo
good times. Their newspapers, platforms
and speeches during all these years have
held up tho two pictures like the 'before
taking' and 'after taking' in cure-all ad-
vertisements.
Misfortune as Political Factor.
"I always thought it mean and un-
patriotic to make political capital out
of u public misfortune. And I believe
every Democrat In the country feela as
I do—that he would rather stand another
defeat than to see the poor multiplying
on the streets, cars standing idle on side
tracks, mills and factories closed or feeb-
ly going, commerce paralyzed and the
old and dependent pinched in the pro-
visions which Industry or affection has
made for them. But if all this hnd to
come, as it now has, 1 believe every fair
man will say. as 1 do. that It is the
Justice of God. who hates all.slanderers
and false boasters, that it struck the
Republicans while in full strut.
"They say it was the Boer War that
brought on the trouble, tho Japanese
war, the earthquake—anything you
please but themselves.
"But can the Republicans he acquitted
of all responsibility? Such disturbances
always imply previous conditions of dis-
order. In this case we are. told nf
'swollen fortunes,' the 'predatory"
rich and the trusts. They have been
roundly abused, and It Is said that ex-
posure of their doings and designs has
Aggravated, if It did not cause, the gen-
eral prostration of confidence from
which we now suffer. Of course, ex-
posure of wrongs cannot justly be
blamed for anything, because they
should always be brought to light,
whatever the result. But how comes It
that these were allowed to spring up
and grow to such size that exposing
them disturbs the whole country?
Trust Evils Not Democratic.
"Tho Democrats had almost unbroken
control of the Government during tho
first seventy years, while the population
and wealth of the country increased ten-
fold. Did anybody during all that time,
ever hear of 'swollen fortunes,' 'preda-
tory' wealth or trusts?
"We have always had rich men and
very rich men, for wealth Is relative,
and we shall always have them, but
unlike tho Republicans, Democrats do
not regard rich men as the Ideal of citi-
zenship, nor think it the business of tho
Government to produce them. It can
assure liberty to every one, while all
cannot be rich. And the .Democratic
Ideal is the free man free from all forms
of oppression and injustice, free from
needless taxes, Interference, disturbance,
free to decide for himself which way
lies his best prospects of happiness and
to follow thnt way unmolested.
"Now 'swollen' Implies unnaturalness
and wrong. It cannot apply to fortunes
reached by the wholesome methods of
Industry, enterprise and discovery. What
is it that has swollen fortunes now so
that the President proposes, in order to
reduce them, to overthrow the system of
inheritance which lias existed for a thou-
sand years and our Constitution, tno?
"Nobody was permitted to become pred-
atory In Democratic times oV to get the
strangle hold on the business of the coun-
try.
Trusts Predatory, of Course.
"And the trusts, predatory of course,
tlie.y cannot help It, that Is what they are
for, unnatural combinations and conspira-
cies to stifle competition and force on th»
people tho burdens of monopoly; such
tilings, whatever their form, have been
outlawed ever since Justice sat on a
bench. And the birth record shows that
nearly every trust Is only ten years old
or less. Who has liad the making and
enforcing of laws during that period?
"All this time the Democrats protested
on lie half of the people. They were pow-
erless to do more. But what did they
know about the proper breed of pros-
perity? Yet not until the past few years,
since the last election and his announce-
ment that he would not run again, has
the President, or any of his friends,
shown concern about these things. And
now It is mostly denunciation in general
terms which may scare but seldom hits,
like shooting at the flock In gunning.
I am certain that but few fair and dis-
interested men now deny that the trusts
and the unnatural distribution of the
wealth of tho country are chiefly due to1
the enormous and unfair tariff charges
which have ben in force unchanged for
almost eleven years.
"Ever since the Civil War, when tho
idea of high duties for the benefit of
favored industries was first carried out.
each Republican tariff had swelled these
benefits.
"The pretext at first was aid daring *n-
fancy and then reduction and withdrawal
on establishment. But the beneficiaries
promptly capitalized the good will of the
Government and kept demanding more
and more an they always will so long
as their interests are the chief considera-
tion and not those of the people who
are taxed for their benefit.
"Then it was promised that though
things produced at home might co«t
more at first, by reason of the tariff tax,
they would cost less as the industries
were established right ut our doors. Yet
in spite of enormous reductions in cost
of production by reason of .machinery
and otherwise the difference In prices at
home and abroad have steadily In-
creased; and for years our people havi»
been compelled to pay more for Amer-
ican goods than the makers sell them for
after the cost and risk of shipment
across the sea.
"Then then was the false pretense that
the tariff charges were merely to cover
differences in wages paid American
workmen, but It has been shown beyond
dispute that the taxes are In every In-
stance many, often very many, times
more than these differences. Iti some
cases they are more than the entire pay
roll.
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for 50 cents — in a Month
This Is the trouble with nine people in
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The liver is torpid because of abuse.
Because of wrong food and too little
exercise.
The bowels have grown inactive. The
waste of the system loads the blood
with impurities.
Then one takes harsh physic—salts and
pills—in trying to correct the wrong.
Thus the'lfeomach and bowels become
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All these results end quickly by the
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One candy tablet, once or twice a day.
In a month, or less, one knows what
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Cascarets aid digestion. Harsh physic
^ destroys it.
Cascarets gently stimulate the liver.
Cathartics whip it to action.
Cascarets heal the bowels. Pills, salta
and castor oil merely irritate.
If you tramped the woods for a month,
ate coarse food, fruit and green vege-
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as a month with Cascarets.
But most people can't do that. Per
them, Cascarets bring the same re-
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effectively. _____
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by all druggists, but never In bulk. Be sarste
get the geeaiae. with CCCoa rwr taWet
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