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r remedy. As stated in the.
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4 scenes system whJcS will with out
Slag the. right of each Stat to create
.rations or Its right to" regulate a
ill foreign corporations dolus busl-
within tu limit make It necessary
S manufacturing or trading corpore-
engaged In Interstate commerce to
I out a Federal license before It ehail
permitted to control a much aa "A
earn or ue product In which It deals.
Moan to nrotect the nubile from
watered stock and to prohibit the control
f Bitch Oornoratlon of rrmr than M wr
.Matt of the total amount of any product
eMasujned In the United State.'1
I NO ABRTXJQEelENT OF RIGHT.
K Trill be noticed. In the first place that
mi) was taken by those who drew the
platform to provide that there should
be ns e brldais eat of the right of a State
to create corporation or of Its right to
regulate as it will foreign corporations
doing business within tu limits. This
plan therefore does not In the least In-
fringe upon the right of the States to pro-
tect their own people. It simply pro-
wtdea for the exercise by congress of the
Pewar vested In It to regulate Interstate
commerce. As long as a corporation con-
fine Itself to the State In which It Is
created oongrees can not Interfere with
It but when the corporation engages In
interstate commerce congress Is the only
power that can regulate Its Interstate
business.
In proposing the exercise of this power
the democratic platform lsnot asserting
st new doctrine. In January 18HtS a re-
publican house of representatives adopted
a resolution calling upon Hon. Juuson
Harmon then attorney general of the
United States now the democratic candi-
date for governor in Ohio to report what
Steps If any had been taken to enforce
the law of the United Slates against
Trusts combinations and conspiracies In
restraint of trade and commerce and
what further legislation was. In his opin-
ion needed to protect the people against
the same. On the 8th day of February
he submitted a reply In which he de-
Seribed the steps which were being taken
to enforce the law and recommended the
enactment of further legislation 1 call
pedal attention to the following words:
"Congress may make it unlawful to
hip from one State to another In carry-
ing out or attempting to carry out trft
designs of such (State) organizations ar-
ticles produced owned or controlled by
them or any of their members or agents.
Hie recommendation embodies the very
Idea which our plan now proposes to
carry out. We want to make it unlawful
for a oorporatlon to use the instru-
mentalities of interstate commerce for
the carrying out of a monopolistic pur-
pose. Surely no party can consistently
claim to be opposed to private monopolies
which will permit the Interstate railroads
to be used to carry out the dsiuH of a
monopoly or which will permit "the in-
terstate telegraph lines to be used tr in-
crease the power of a private monopoly -or
to make the case stronger no party
can consistently claim to lie pposel to
the trusts which will allow the malls of
the United States to be used by tfiv
trusts as an agency for the extermlua-
tlon of competition. Congress has al-
ready exercised this power to extermi-
nate lotteries. Why not exercise it to
make private monopolies impossible?
1 POWER RESTS WITH CONGRESS.
If It Is conceded that congress has the
power to prevent the shipment of goods
from one State to another when such
hlpment Is a part of a conspiracy against
trade and commerce then the only ques-
tion is as to the means to be employed
to prevent such shipment. The license
eystem presents an easy way of regulat-
ing such corporations as need Federal
regulation. The law can prohibit the
doing of a tiling and Impose a penalty
lor the violation of the law but experi-
ence has shown that It Is very difficult
to gather up evidence from all sections
of the I'nlied States and prosecute a
street corporation; so difficult is It. that
Mtlthough the Sherman antt-trust law lias
wen In force lor eighteen years no trust
magnate lias beep sent to the peniten-
tiary for violating the law although in a
few cases the court has found corpora-
tions guilty of a violation of the law. In
the enforcement of a penult' the gov-
ernment must seek the defendant . by the
tise of the license system the corporation
is compelled to seek the government.
A trust can best he defined aa a cor-
poration which controls so larye a pro-
portion of the total quantity ot any ar
tide used In this country as to tie abl-
to regulate the price and terms of sale
and as the proportions controlled deter-
mines the power of the trust for ha' tn. u
Jiafl seemed best to usVroporlionate con-
trol as the basts of jhitlun. and 25 per
cent has been M&eL mrottrarlly as tin1
Sroprirtlon at wUfch : the i Use should in.
rawn A corporation which- WMntrols less
than 4 per cent of the product in w ulc.i
It deals nay. itt traordlnar- eases
exert a perceptible luY.'aence in eonrrlli:i
the price of the prluoT antf J i v"nj
of sale but as a mi.- a cwnonuion b-d1!
control more than that prr Salaga nf tilt:
ur'
ioibi t.n(iiiri on. ire u can exert a smrq
ful Influence on trade Under hag pla
the small corporations are left "entire!
free and unhampered This is nnNa Ate-
crimination against the larger cofWMrsV
lion nut a recognition or the fart
bat
fules are necessary In the case of
Korstlons cintrolttiiK a larKe percental
of the product which are not necessary m
..t It.- .1 ii.. . ' T".
u inr i.&r 'i aninm-i i.'i 'in uiM'iis 1 IOOi
ably not 1 per cent of the corporation;
engaged In Interstate commerce would bv
required to take out a license under this
plan possibly not one-half of 1 ptr cent--and
yet what a protection the remaining
as per cent would find in the law requir-
ing a license In the case of the larger
ones!
UNDER HTE OF I I'DKHAI (1KVKKN-
MK.NT The license however would not prevent
the growth of the corporations licensed.
Jt would simply bring them under the
eye of the Federal government and com-
pel them to deal with the public In such
a way as to afford the public the protec-
tion necessary. one. of the restrictions
uggested Is thnt such licensed corpora-
tions be compelled to sell to all pur-
chasers In all parts of the country on
the same terms after ninklng due allow-
ance for cost of transport;! Ion Mr Taft
.Attacks this restriction as "utterly lrn
practicable." He says. "If It an ti.
shown that in order to drive out com-
petition a corporation owning a large
part of the plant producing an nrticlo
Is selling In one part of the country.
Where It has competitors at a low and
unprofitable puce and In anot bet part
of the country where it hns ion at an
exorbitant price this Is evidence that It
Is attempting an unlawful monopoly and
Justifies conviction under the antl-trtift
aw." -ftjf
Ifs such an act Is now unlawful way
Is he so frlRhtene.l at a plan which gielf):
to the small competitor this vorv prOV
tectlon? The trouble with the present
law la that it d.. not restrain the evils
at which It is nlmed. The plan proposed
in fhi HoniLPriit li' nlntf.irin Itrln... . fth
corporation under the surveillance of the M
government when it has reached tl danjl
UIU I K 1 Hill Hllll I 111.1 rN II T SOOje US IK WV
Vrf.ral ........ I... I'l Aun..t I....
prohibits It In an Indefinite sort of ayi
and then leaves the officer) of the .
to scour the country and hunt lib op-
tions of the taw's provisions. slr.j.aft
le unnulv alarmed at tlUs proposal.
he entirely falls to comprehend we jtiialls
ata tVisx v1a.. Tin .ma
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To eutervlfM tlio nuslnooH 0fTTr"
ttor.0 In muvh h wny nn In fix tnf prjjpo of
commortltlen nn1 compel tin- 9hf afe-aurh
price Ih rh absurd And ancinilnyiO It
was ?vm tn-rtrt
ratio
political platform. "
DEMOCRATIC
IM. AN
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And yet this sentenced
same paragraph with tile
cyuoted In which he ityKuure J" net It la
even now a violation of t'se'SUfrman anti-
trust law for a corporation tf attempt to
destroy a competiloi')ylalrig at a low
and U4jryfllnbl prVpe 'f It has com-
pel I fcn W!(V an ' fl price where
It hilt Oo ctajlipetjftf.n. f If what respect
la OS t plB liore m ii i than the plan
whlf Mr. 4Mo nf Merely In the
facU's.ras r i earoreeit. Accord-
ing hr. ffj' I"' c it plan Is not so-
clalfrrl fhi 1 e t fffectlve but the
.mm 'ic If made effeo-
tlvi
Why gilt nirDoratlon smmlv.
lng
pot
-enty fn' people for a cor-
enty-flve per cent
ot
or
supplies one-fourth
itlon should such a
Mtted to sell at one
t e eountrr and at
cor
prl
ar
f smother artT What
oration have Tor suck
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"an In l ho
oe above
aisorlmfnatlonT Irtoes are net mads as
a matter of f agar; when a big corporation
aeHa to the people of one aaction at ene
price and the people of another section at
aaotber price the coat ef transporta-
tion being taken into consideration
there la a reason for K and to almost
eveir ease the reason Is to be found In
the effort to destroy a competitor. Ooe of
the most familiar methods of the trust Is
to undersell 'a small competitor In the
small competitor's territory the price be-
ing maintained elsewhere until the small
competitor is driven to bankruptcy and
then the price la raised. That has been
dene over and over again. It is open and
notorious; and -vet. With the republican
party. In complete power at Washington
what effort has been made to prevent
this? This remedy although vehemently
denounced by Mr. Tail will appeal to
the average man as -not only very salu-
tary but arery accessary.
TAFT'8 OBJECTION TO LIMITATION.
Fifty per cent Is fixed as the maximum
limit. When a corporation controls fifty
per cent of the total product. It supplies
forty millions of people with that pro-
duct. Is that not enough? Mr. Tart's
objection to this limitation can hardly
be characterised as states maul ike. He
says:
"A corporation controlling forty-five per
cent of the product may oy well known
methods frequently effect a monopoly
and stamp out competition In a part of a
country as completely as If It controlled
sixty or seventy per cent thereof."
Why then does he not propose a lower
limit? If the control of forty-five per
cent may constitute a monopoly why does
he not suggest that as a maximum? It
can not be because of any disinclination
to amend- his platform for he has al-
ready made a patch-work quilt of the
convention's platform by promiscuous
amendments.
And to what "well known" methods
does he refer? To the underselling of
competitors In one section while the ptlce
is maintained elsewhere? And yet this Is
the very thing which wepropose to reme-
dy hut he proceeds to denounce our reme-
dy as absurd and socialistic. The tronoi -with
Secretary Taft is that he spends so
much time trying to discover excuses for
inaction in trust matters that he has none
left for the consideration of effective
remedies. He spends more time uttering
warnings against remedies proposed than
he does in rjolntlng out the evils to be
remedied or in suggesting remedies. He
says ;
The combination of capital In largo
plants to manufacture goods with the
greatest economy is Just as necessary as
assembling of the parts of a machine to
the economical and more rapid manufac-
ture of what in old times was made by
hand."
Ami he adds that;
"The government should not Interfere
with one any more than the other when
such aggregations of capital are legiti-
mate and are properly controlled. for
they are the natural results of modern
enterprise and are berjeflclal to the pub-
lic "
NO INTERFERENCE WITH PRODUC-
TION. No one proposes to interfere with pro-
duction on a large scale. No one ob-
jects to production on a scale sufficiently
large to enable the producer to utilize
t.y-products and take advantage of all
the economies that large production
make's possible. It is Just here that the
Irust magnates attempt to confuse the
public mind and Mr. Taft has uncon-
sciously adopted their language.
Let the Issue he made plain; let the
distinction be accurately drawn; let the
respective positions of the parties be
fully understood. The democratic party
rices not oppose all corporations; on the
contrary. It recognizes that the corpora-
lion run render tin Important service to
the public. The democratic party wants
to employ every instrumentality that can
lie employed for the advancement of the
common good; but the democratic party
draws the ine at the private monopoly"
and declares that a private monopoly can
not be Juftltied on either economic or
imlltlcsl grounds.
From an economic standpoint a monop-
oly is objectionable. The moment a cor-
poration secures a practical monopoly In
the production or sale of. any article
certain evils appear which outweigh any
good that can come from large produc-
tion or control. Wherever private monop-
olies exist certain irresistible tendencies
manifest themselves. First It raises
pries this Is the first thing thought of
for the increasing of profits. Then in
proportion as It becomes the only pur-
chaser of' the raw material. It reduces
the price of the raw material and the
pUHlucor of that raw material having
no other market must accept the price
offered In this way. toe. the profits of
the corporation are Increased. Third a
reduction In the quality of the product
affords an opportunity for increasing
protlts. Fourth reduction In wages fol-
lows wherever conditions will permit.
COMPKTITION PHOTECT8 PUR-
CHASER. Competition protects the purchaser for
when a numoer of Independent producers
Sand rendy to supply him with what he
svMKis he can choose lietween them and
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'lfl(BS .fcom the one who offero the best
lproductt the lowest price. He is also
4 jwrrteifttefl? In quality because those who
ffte for the opportunity to sell to
'l. . OUst show either advantage in price
eraAantage in quality. Competition
protects the man who produces raw ma-
TerhelvJCor whee there are a number of
Didder for that which Is being sold he
ea (accept the highest price offered.
ComvCtliion also helps the wage earner
for atlaaklll is the finished product which
he efferg upon the market and where a
numbVr-f Independent Industries are en-
deavollna; to secure the highest skill
thoeltlhed laborer has the best assur-
Soe it obtaining a fair recompense;
whes"y Is but one employer the em-
ploye H'Mal lyM" the price offered be-
cause tu ruOfce the advantage of his
i x periostea' If Jbe must go out to find a
ohTeteql khid of employment.
The blsinses enen of the country have
felt tl. (sreesuar of the trusts. The re-
taller tM beetl! compelled to enter Into
i i ntrust WhicJl restrict his management
of hisjrsi -affairs lie has found the
ami ana psymeni cnangen 10
intaajr and he has been forced
lorewnnd more of the risks of
in
le ajOnvlnced that there are no
trust
tintl that his only safety Is
I demi
ic plan which lays the ax
he tree.
m
r.?o
men naturally take espe-
the rtrust question be
cause .'the sraore complete the monopoly
secured btf .; . 'corporation the less they
lire jeediA' i JVe have no mor
gent clH- thkn the represeaU
crimp ' 4.mnew ;
tntelll-
ves of
m the
rend. i a s s to the
awrocnB-y v iew f - would be
s be'
I gaining
M savsd
i ilon tn
tW ..
ion ef Co
istfKrKRSTANDa OR
M.I8RKPRB-
7 Urj Taft elflier misunderstands or nils
r . w " '
reprfaetlta the democratic position In re-
gartO (he extermination of the principle
of private jfapnopoly. In his notlllcatlon
speech Ms;
"lA Rboavelt would compel the trusts
to cnr?4t.Jhelr business In a lawful
manner and secure the "benefits of their
operation and the maintenance of the
prosperity of the country of which they
are an Important part; while Mr. Hryun
would extirpate and destroy the entire
business in order lo stamp out the evils
which they Vive practiced."
Here Is a confession by Mr. Taft that
he regards the trusts aa necessary to the
UHtlon's prosperity for he declares that
they play an Important part In the main-
tenance ef prosperity and he charges
that I would "extirpate and destroy"
business in extirpating and destroying the
principle of private monopoly Surely
nis study of the trust question has been
very suptrilclal. If he sees danger In the
restoration of a reign of competition.
Iet us take en illustration: Suppose
the democrats succeed In the enactment
of a law in harmony with the democratic
platform a law requiring every corpora-
tion to take out a Federal license before
It be permitted to control 2ft per cent of
the business In which it Is engaged.
Would this "extirpate and destroy ' the
business of the country? As already
stated but a very small per cent of the
corporations would be affected by the
law and those affected would be the ones
that have been giving the officers of the
law so much trouble during the last eigh-
teen year. As the licensed corporation
Increased Its business from SI per cent to
CO per cent. It would be under the watch-
ful eye of the government would be com-
pelled to make such report as tfie gov-
ernment -reqnired wuld( be prohibited
I from watering Its stook and would be
I reqnired to kill t all auatotners upon the
same "-terms due allowance being made
for -cost of transportation. Would it "ex-
tirpate and destroy" business to require
these licensed oorporatlon to do busi-
ness on an honest basis and to be reason-
able tn their buatneee metheds? Wonld
not the benefit accruing to the ninety-
nine small corporations thus protected
from conscienceless methods be enodgh
to offset any evil effects thst might fol-
low from such restraint ot a few Dig
corporations? - Is business ao dependent
upon dishonesty and unfairness that It
would be "extirpated and destroyed" if
morals were Introduced Into It? When the
licensed corporation reached a point
where It controlled one-half of the busi-
ness In which it was engaged. It would
aeoordlng to the democratic plan have to
stop expanding. Would it "extirpate and
destroy business to" put this limitation
upon the greed of 'a few corporations"
Surely our plan could not Injuriously af-
fect corporations that might hereafter
seek to establish a monopoly.
AN ANSWER TO TAFT.
But possibly Mr. Taft thinks that it
would "extirpate and' destroy" business
to apply the plan to existing monopolies
Let us see: Suppose we have a corpora-
tion now controlling 16 pev cent of the
output of the article In which It deals
and through this control regulating the
price and the term of sale. How would
the democratic plan affect It? A dale
would be fixed at which the law woulrr
take effect and on or before that dat
the corporation would be required to ap-
ply for a license. The evidence weuld
show that it controlled a larger propor-
tion of the product than the law permit-
ted and it would be compelled to sell off
enough of Its plants to reduce Its output
to 60 per cent of the total prodact. it
could then comply with the law. obtain Its
license and proceed to carry on Its busi-
ness in accordance with the law. Would
It "extirpate and destroy" business to
compel such a corporation to dispose of
enough of lis plants to reduce its produc-
tion to SO per cent? The people would
still need the srtlrle which it produced
and the plants which It was' compelled to
sell would become independent plants
competing with It. This competition
would reduce prices and the reduced
prices would Increase the demand for the
article and this Increased demand would
stimulate the building of more factories
and give a larger employment to labor.
The restoration of competition in that in-
dustry Instead of "extirpating and de-
stroying" the Industry would revive nd
enlarge it. A part of the benefit would
go to the consumers In the form of a
cheaper product and a belter orod'uet.
-part would go to the producer of raw ma
terial in the Iorm or a better price and
part would go to the wage earners In the
form of better waifes. The only persons
to lose would he the trust magnates who
would no longer be able to collect dlvl-
deds on watered stock by controlling the
market. When the subject la analyzed It
will be seen that Mr Taft must either be
In darkness as to the remedy and its ef-
fect or he must argue that the introduc-
tion of morals Into business would "ex-
tirpate and destroy" business.
PEOPLE HAVR BEEN HORDED.
I have quoted and requoted Mr laft's
language because I want to Impress upon
the minds of those who listen to me the
absurdity of the objection which he raises
to the democratic plan of exterminating
monopolies. He fails to distinguish be-
tween the honest business that makes a
country prosperous and the brigandage
practiced by private monopolies. The
people have been nibbed by the trusts to
the extent of hundreds of millions a year
and if Mr. Taft is not yet conscious of
what Is going on and not yet aroused to
the iniquity of thesetrusts how can the
country hope for re'ief through his elec-
tion ?
The democratic party is the defender
of competition and the only great party
which Is seeking to restore competition.
Mr Taft has. In the discussion of this
question employed harsh words instead
of argument. The word "socialistic" Is
hurled at the democratic party and the
democratic platform Now as a matter
of fact. It Is Mr. Taft's party and not
the democratic party which has given en-
couragement to socialism. While pro-
fessing lo abhor socialism the republican
fiarty has gone half way toward soclal-
sm In Indorsing Its fundamental prin-
ciple. The socialist bases his contention
on the theory that competition is had
ami that an economic advance Is to be
found In monopoly. The socialist how-
ever wants the public to have the benefit
of the monopoly and therefore favors
government ownership and operation of
ull the means of production and distribu-
tion. rtErriiLicAN party stimitates
SOCIALISM.
The republican party has gone almost
as far as the socialist party in tho
economic defense of the monopoly but It
permits the benefits of monopoly to be
enjoyed by a comparatively few men
who have secured a dominant lnfluen -e
In the government. I beg to call Mr.
Taft's attention to the fact Jhat the
republican party has stimulated tho
growth of socialism In two ways: First
by the endorsement that it has Klven to
the theory that trusts are a natural and
necessary outgrowth of our economic
conditions and second by permit-
ting the development of abuses which
have been charxed against lndi Mimilsm.
If he. will exannno the vote published in
the World Almanac he will fln.l that in
1900 the republicans polled 7.2ua votes
and that the socialists polled but So. S61;
in the same almanac he will find that
in 1904 the republicans cast 7!5.4SSi votes
and the socialists 402.286. Not It ..stand-
ing the fact that the republicans have
boasted of their last National victory
their party polled hut 417.000 more votes
that year than four years before. This
scarcely more than covered the natural
Increase In the republtcanfffiortlon of the
population while the socialist vote in-
creased more than three hundred per
cent and the increase In votes was Al-
most aa great as the Increase In republi-
can votes
The republican leaders have been In the
habit of sneering at the socialists while
blindly Indifferent to the causes that
have cont rlbutci to the growth of social-
ism. The democrats recognize that
socialists are honestly seeking a remedy
for the "known abuses' admitted by
Secretary Taft Iiemocrats dissent from
the remedy proposed by the socialists
believing that so. lullsts are mistaken and
that the democratic remedy is better but
It is time for thoughtful people to recog-
nise that Individualism can only be re-
tained and defended by remedial legisla-
tion which will remove the abuses which
have been allowed to fasten thcmselv-i
upon the country. The democratic par-
ty believing In individualism addresaes
itself earnestly to these abuses and in-
stead of ridiculing and maligning the
socialists lnlti's them as it does re-
publicans to examine the democratic
platform ;m.l the remedies pmposed
therein n submits its plans to tho
honest citizenship of the country without
regard to s.. tl on or party.
THREE ITMOCRATIC DEMANDS
In my notification speech I called at-
tention lo three demands made by our
party It asks first that the government
Shall lie taken out of the hands of special
internets and restored to tho people as
a whole it asks second for honesty In
elections and publicity in tegard to cam-
paign funds that the people may freely
choose representatives In sympathy with
thetn anil pledged to guard (heir Inter-
ests. It asks third for such a modifi-
cation of our governmental methods as
will mnko the senate an ele.tive body
and place the control of the bouse of
representatives In the hands of a major-
ity ot Its memlers. Afew days ago. in
discussing the tariff question. I dwelt
upon the fourth demand made by our
party namely tfiat taxation be Just that
the revenue laws be made for the pur-
pose of raising revenue and not for tho
enrichment of a few t the expense of
the many and that the tariff law be
supplemented by an outcome lax which
will more nearly equalise the govern-
ment's burdens. Today I present anoth-
er demand made In our party platform
the demand thai the grip of the trusts
be broken that competition be restored
and that the door of Opimrtunlty be
opened to the business men and the toll-
ers of the land-
Industrial Independence is necessary to
political Independence
1 be free exer-
else of the rights .f elilienshlp Is
bn-
Sosslble when a few men control the In-
ustrles In which millions are employed.
God forbid that we should oompel the
wage-earner of the nation to address
their petition to trust magnates and usk
for their dally brend. Already we have
seen how prone lite monopolist is to
make employment depend upon the
willingness ot the employe to prostitute
hi ballot to the service of his oorponte
I master.
Tbia questloa should be settled sow; .
t afford 'ti seooeexh it as a lesser
to a succeeding generation. The
conscience of the people al rea fly awak-
ened and . the jwoeebsnce is the most
potent fpree of whioh man has knowl-
edge where law iinahe one righteous
conscience controls an bunii -.i. whore
iic fv livin isvua- - ... 17 mm
of prison doors thousand n-.r restrain-
ed by those Invisible -walls Mcb co
science rears about iU barrVis whldh
are stronger thnn ways or granite it
Is upon the conscience that human In-
stitution rest and without a stirring of
the conscience BO great reform Is pos-
lble. To a National const!.-. .. already
aroused we appeal. With the pledge that
a democratic victory Will nu an the ring-I-
g out of Industrial despot :.in and the
ringing In of a new era in whih business
wld bo built upon- Ms merits and in
which men will suooeed. not in propor-
tion to the coercion they may be able to
practice but la proportion tn their In-
dustry their abOlty and their fidelity.
At the close of sir. Bryan s speech the
official party was driven to the Country
club where Mr. and Mrs Kern enter-
tained the vlaltore. speakers and mem-
bers of the National and notification com-
mittee at dinner.
M0LLEE IS TEE N0MHTEE.
Country Boxes Ale 'Thrown Out in
tie Contested. Election.
(Houilam rW SfciaU
GALVE8TON. Texas. August . The
resume and finish Of the count of the
ballots in the contest for candidate for
legislative position No. 1 on the demo-
cratic ticket of Galveston county which
was brought by Colonel Qeorgs P. Fln-
luy against Jens Motler. resulted In Mol-
ler being officially declared the nominee
by a majority vote of 86 over Flnlay.
The result of the first returns gave
Moller 1614 against Ftnlay's 1010 the of-
ficial count being contested by Flnlay
on the alleged grounds that certain of
the ballots were thrown out on account
of being marked with blue and Indelible
pencils Instead of black pencils.
The democratic central committee on
filing or the contest and the refusal of
Finlay to accept the proposition of Mol-
ler to resubmit it to the voters In the
regular election decided upon a recount
of the entire trailots cast. The city boxes
completed last week gave Moller a lead
of 7. and when the count was resumed
this evening at 8:30 It was found that
the precincts of Klnkead which gave
Moller 12 and Flnlay 87; Arcadia with
Flnlay 30 and Moller 12; Rollover with
Flnlay 16 and Moller nothing; Kernah
with Flnlay 28 and Moller 1. were all
contested by the attorneys for Moller on
the ground that done of the ballots In
these four boxes had been signed by the
presiding Judge as the law provides the
challenge was sustained and the entire
vote in the four boxes thrown out of the
general count which made the final re-
turns for Moller 1589 and for Flnlay 1601.
making Moller the successful candidate
by a majority of 86 votes.
THERE MUST BE 50 DELAY.
Judge Mann Insists That Causeway
Work Be Pushed.
'Horn stot Post Special.)
OALVKSTON. Txm August ffl.-Th
rejrular meeting of the Galveston oounty
enm mission era held last evening resolved
Itself Into a session for considering
causeway matters. The discussion came
up with the submitting; of a proposition
from FYancls A. Junkln reneral attor-
ney for the Banta h at CMcag. the
communication being accompanied by:
the copy o2 a proposed amended con-
tract and other letters In connection
with the lamp which were quite lengthy
and. although received nearly two
months bark the letters and correspond-
ence Is for the first time made public.
The proposed revised contract made by
the Santa Fe legal department la differ-
ent from the one previously considered by
the board and In the letter of Francis
A. Junkln accompanying the same a
number of points are hinted at which
might give promise to considerable de-
lay In the proposition one of which la
a euicgeatlon about the act authorizing
the building of the strcture being again
submitted the legislature for 'revision.
The entire matter was thoroughly dis-
cussed and In the end the commission-
ers Indorsed and adopted aa their united
sentiment the tet of the letter writ-
ten by County Judge Mann In reply to
the communication received from Mr.
Junkln the sub lance of which Is that
the county would stand on the contract
already made and would not consider
any matter that would lndloate any fur-
ther delay In Retting work atarte upon
the important structure.
GETS POLICE TO DECIDE BET.
Result Is Six Are Arrested on a
Gaming Charge.
(.Houston Pott Sptcial.)
GALVESTON. Texas. August 25.--81.
white men. Riving their names as ftapo
"Williams. Hujro Gruner Bam Presender
C. E. Dnicker. George Williams and
"Frank Dekonlng. tourists from New Turk
were arrested tonight ion charge of gam-
ing. It seems that the men were enraged In
a quiet game of plnochkle in a room in
the hotel fn which they were stopping
when an ark-jnnt arose over a point
In the game resulting In one ot the
players beting $100 against 16 thst he was
right. An outsider was called In as
referee and decided aganat the $100 man
who. believing that he had been fllm-
flamed. went to the police as nlgher
authority on the fine points of the game.
Two members of the cietective forre were
detailed to make a personal investigation
and they placed the entire crowd under
arrest locking them up on a charge at
gaming.
RAILROAD COHSTETTCTION.
Commercial Sr. rcaries Want More
Railroad; in Texas.
FORT WORTH. Texas August
The necessity for additional railroad
mileage will be discussed at the con-
vention of commercial secretaries In this
city September Mft-11 by secretaries lo-
cated 1(10 miles and over from railroads
and this condition alone Is a strong ar-
I gument In favor of railroad develop-
l tnent In no other Htate In the Knlon
are there fertile prairie lands such as
we have in Texas awaiting transporta-
tion futilities. These frontier serretnrtes
stand as sentinels of progress patlentlv
awalting the advent of the agencies of
civilisation. There are forty-five coun-
ties In Texas without a railroad. It Is
estimated that a railroad adds per
mile to adjoining property.
Wounded in Shooting Affray.
1Hu1m Pott Seerlel.)
TEMPI. K. Texa. August a. Llje Bar-
low a well known resident of Pendleton
seven miles north of this city wsa seri-
ously wounded In the arm by a pistol
hall In a shooting affray that occurred
near hli borne today. Ha Is now a
patient in a Temple hospital. Luther
Easly. also a resident of Pendleton was
arrested and later released on hall the
case being turned over for consideration
of the grand Jury. Both men are well
known In Temple. Barlow will recover.
ECZEMA CURED.
Clean Vegetable Liquid Doe the
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It mattrra not whether every part
of your l....1v h n It chins burnliy
sore Imp'rlnl Remedy will sureW
cure you. It ha cured chronic
csaes tht ri- pronounced Incur-
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ImperlHl HrnitHly Is nice clean
liquid irmilf 'r'"n vecetable. It
Immediately ..pen up the pore
work It :. throuch the epider-
mis penetmwv tl' lnnr skin nd
enter the 1.1 1 It soes to Hie
eat of the .1ie.ae uproot the
term drives them to the aurface
and kill thrm It leaves the skin
pure. cler. i-ft e4 white.
If your ret nil drusflst hasn't it
In stock sn.l ntli not order It for
you mall u a tl bill and we will
send you bottle expr.
rhatwxa ereoald. Imperial Medi.
. .. Cine Uouatoa TWSss .... . A .
can not
Stomach Ache
and Diarrhoea
are often brought on by eating
green vegetables and unripe frAt
or by sudden changes in weather
excessive heat gulping down iced
drinks etc. and are prevented and
quickly cured by
Daffy's Pure Walt Whiskey
Mrs. Freeman Vigorous at 114.
In an interview with Mrs. Camp-
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and who is the daughter of Mrs.
Freeman (114 years of age) she
stated: "My mother has been us-
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and is anxious to have me tell you
that she felt its strengthening ef-
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She is 114 years of age and needs
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She thinks it is a great stimulant
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that.it can be retained by the most
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It weak and run down take a tea-
spoonful (our times a day In half a
glass ot milk or water.
Duffy' Pure Malt Whiskey Is sold
throughout the world by druggists
grocers and dealers or shipped direct
for 100 per bottle.
If In need of advice write Consult-
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Company Rochester New York stat-
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containing some of the many thou-
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ATHLETES
TO KEEP IN 0000 TRIM
MUST LOOK WBLU TO THE
CONDITION OF THE SKIN.
TO THIS END THE BATH
SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH
HAND
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This service is abso-
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Twenty-fifth Year.
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Main University Austin; Medical Depart-
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HU'AK'iNENT: Decree course IB
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week. Sasalon 1(0 begin June 12. For
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Registrar. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT:
Hesalon eight months opening September
38. Four-year nourse In medicine; two-
year course In phermeey: three -year
course In nursing. Thorough laboratory
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John Sealy Hospital University Hail a
dormitory for women students of medi-
cine For catalogue address W. B. CAR-
TER. Dean
The Garden Academy
Military.
MsvtrlcK Park San Antonio.
A select School for Bora. Stands for
the beat In character eondeot and
education. Indorsed by leading olt-
ssens of South Texas. For Hluatrated
eataiosu address the President.
.v mam r
teachers
about 12
nearly 1800
miiuarj'
TIE' Km
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LAKESIDE CLASSICiL INSTTTtlTC'L
J. W. COLTRANE
THE SiftM Schotl
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Time with Excessive Military &c Gfli4 sVv 1 .
Board Boom Comforts Military TrainingCt---letics
Best Allentloi Sick or weU.Sma&.
Strong Faculty Thorough Instruction Rapid t)Hfl3ri-
Professional School West Point Annapolis or Civil Service Eiamjwj-
tions. -Correct Discipline and Government (not by Cadet Officers). Spec I
1 I at"! f f 1 1ft. sS aaiasK ss seesaw awe a eve saw v-v . . T.T:
idl KjOTV ul auidil BUJ3. music
Const tm r.t.lno Tf IT NfiUI
need but few more Boys. Yon Need
r 1 1 r ' -- 1 1 1 "-l' s-i sj
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Committed to separate eduoatlda e'yoms women. IZ2SOuf.9 invested. S0(sX j'
pent last year on new bulldlngB and improvements. Oldest largest and beat In '.
the South or West. Full College oottre. Excellent advantajres la music art and .
expression. Sixty-fourth veer opens September 1st. Write for catalogue and plo
torUl. W. A. WILBON. D. D.. President Belton. Texas.
" 1 " 1 !' 1 " . 1 '
ST. TBOBrfilS COLLEGE Houston Texas
A School for Young Men and
T.nct1 in tha verv heart of orir
new Y. M. C. A- building. Beautiful and epaelous greunds. One entire block; and
handsome large new buildings. Modern study and classroom and up-to-date
equipment. Young men developed Intellectually morally and physically by a staff
1 ot six efficient professors. Ciassteal
Special Course students prepared lor UM
Send Your Boy to ALLEN AC ADETIY
We offer yon : Home Inflaenoes Christian Surroundinra Thoroafh
Work Eight Male Teachers Manly Athletics Ontiobr Gymnasium ..
Modem Equipments: Unexcelled Health. Write for hew cat- 4
logue. . BRYAN. TEXAS - f
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GororvaJ Institute
8AN MARCOS TEXAS. REV. STERUNQ "ISHER President. .
Separate Board Ins Departments for Boys and CUrla. New Buildings j Towr
oua-h Instruction ; Christian Innneneast Onsurpaseed Beoord for Health: ptW-
paree for CoUege or for Practical Ufa; Forty-first Tear; Fifteen Instructors '
Writ for inuetrated catalogue. t
St. Mary's Academy
A nsw select Boarding and Day
the direction of th Slater of Divine Providence. Eiverv faotlrty Is offered for en-
quiring; a thorourh and refined eduontton. The oourse ef Instruction m brace evenr
advantage In the Preparatory. Acadetalo. Commercial and Musical DeparOnants.
r t SISTER SUPERIOR
HOUSTON ACADEMY
Next session open Saptember XI. ltOt. The Anedetnto oourse prepares BssS
and girls for sny oolleaTe or university la the United State. The Primary De-
partment under the direction of Vile Isabel Scrussts. late primary teecher tn
rT. ir.nnin eehnni of this cltv will receive DiiDlla readv for the first and other
lower grades of the city schools. Thoroughness individual attention. A UndtedM
number of pupils nates 01 ruuion; r wi me Acaaoiruo LespruiiBiw tw um
Primary Department. K per scholastio month. 221S Carolln Street.
Chappell HU1 Female College. X
In Literature Music. Elocution Art and the regtuar collegiate course; all
In a Christian home under Christian teachers. Terms reasonable. 8ead
for catalogue. Fifty-fifth session opens September 2nd 1908.
J. E. WILLIS A. M President Chappell Hill Texas.
THE TEXAS DENTAL COLLEGE
BOUSTOH. TtXAS
s
Fourth Annual Session Opens Oct 5th 1908
r Cehr AMrw ih. Secretwv Ch88. H. EdgO De' De Se
ST. BASIL'S COLLEOlt
WACO TEXA8.
Boarding School for Young Men with
with a freparatory Dwpartment for
tle college has a beeutlful looatloei
on lTovldenre Hebrht. tut outside
the cltv limit. It I fully equipped
with modern Improvement steam
hent and electric lights. Hs extenelv
grounds eicellent athletlo field nata-
torlum and ymnlum
This Institution afford every facu-
lty Mr thorough course In Claastoa.
Knclish Msthemstloa and Scienoe.
tVmiplate Bualnee Course.
Clauses In Herman Bpanish. French
MU'olleg reopen Wednesday. Septem-
ber 2 1" .
For catalogue and partloulara wtltn
REV. J. M. RVrs ti. e. .
WESTEAH yiLITART ACAOEUT
UPPER ALTCm; 1LUHOIS
Idesl location near St. Look. Sis siedere
buldmR. FIREPROOF BARRACKS. LerM
drill hall with fymnestua. oliBg alley sa
shootms tUry. Kxeptieally tttoeg faculty.
Ataiv
detail tlaes A. lamoa .u.
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IwnMdtats epsuMuee stiliillH
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. " vMf
Georgia Military Acadetny
UmSg Soathvn CoO.: Preparatory Hmm jcW
Limited to about 100 select boarding cadets.
Modern; beautiful erotinds and buildings with
every facility in sanitation light heat bath and '
ideal home-fife. Able. exoerumcMl rVnlw nf i -'
eath havinir immediate nnrervlirm rrswr
Drmlls at nic-ht. Located in faHxM ParV. '
fL above sea-level 8 miles from Atlanta -
CM commercial ana industrial heart of the Souths V
V Small clanes. Special preparation for college or
' bosinMa life. Courses in bookkeetiiur. sta- .'
graphy typewriting manual training mnalc pabHo rs
tpeiang. Special physical development throogh I -
t" tng cymnasram and athletics. -
TftVtn TPTIC'.V
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tn I ousintaa itrparimciira.
Ttita kA wilt nnt imvr nfton Wat
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Southwestern Unrvers.(y
TbPtideo at this 4d nl vel
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Boys Right Here In Houston
csitv. at less than five minutes ride from UM
ComrnervUI and Preparatory Depart merits.
universities r. a. poweii (;..
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