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amount issuo. Wo bollovo that
Thoodoro A. Boll, who 1ms for tho
last docado valiantly fought against
railroad domination, while tho so
callod republican progressives wore
voting for tho perpetuation of tho
railroad machine, la hotter quallflod
to accomplish this restoration than
any other candldato for governor.
2. Wo favor tho Oregon plan for
tho olectlon of United States sena
tors, until tho amondment to the
constitution Is adopted. Wo declare
It to havo been tho Intention of tho
Cramers of tho present law. provid
ing for tho advisory voto on tho
'United States senators, to make It
morally binding on tho members of
tho legislature of California.
3. Wo favor tho short ballot and
tho Australian ballot.
4. Wo favor the submission of an
amondment to the stato constitution
providing for the Initiative, referen
dum and tho recall, as corrective of
misrepresentatlvo government, and
proportional representation.
5. And, whereas, tho supreme
court of tho United tSates has up
held the constitutionality of tho laws
limiting tho hours of labor for wom
en, wo demand the enactment of a
stato law limiting the labor of women
in shops, factories and stores to fifty
hours per week or less.
7. Wo favor a stato employers'
liability law based on tho principle
of assumption of risk by tho em
ployer and workingm'en's insurance.
8. We favor tho removal of tho
selection of judges from politics. -
9. We favor tho amendment of tho
primary law, making it less onerous,
and particularly tho amendment Qf
that section of tho law requiring a
TILE FEAR OF HUMBUG
Prevents Many People From Trying a
Good Mcdicino
candidate for election to havo, in
previous yoars, registered as a mom
bor of tho party whoso nomination
ho is seeking. Also, tho abolition
of tho party circle permitting
straight voting. Wo hold that this
provision oncourages unintelligent
voting, and discourages independent
choice
10. Wo favor tho enactment of a
good corrupt practices act, and tho
amendment of tho anti-race track
gambling law, so as to prohibit oral
bottlng.
11. Recognizing tho relation ex
isting between idlo land and unem
ployment, wo favor tho enactment of
laws tending to discourage the hold
ing of largo tracts of unused land
for speculative purposes, and to pre
vent tho perpetuation of landed mon
opolies. 12. Wo favor tho amendment of
Sec. XI, No. 8 of tho constitution
so as to dispense with tho submis
sion to the legislature of charters
adopted by tho people of municipali
ties, thereby giving to municipalities
complete homo rule.
13. We favor stricter regulation
and physical valuation of railroads.
14. Whereas irrigation has great
ly contributed to tho development
and prosperity of tho state, and
whereas the further development of
irrigation projects is desirable, wo
favor state guarantees of irrigation
bonds.
15. We favor the creation of a
governor's cabinet to be composed of
five members selected by tho gov
ernor from the members of the legis
lature. They shall be responsible to
the legislature and shall b charged
with the carrying into effect of the
legislative program of the dominant
party.
16. And, whereas, the delays In
the punishment of criminals, and the
From a Kentucky Republican
The Paducah (Kentucky) Sun, a
republican paper, prints the follow
ing editorial:
The editor of tho Benton Tribune-
preted. In order for he will of the
majority to be . expressed, adequate
means for the expression of that will
muBL uu provmea as loner as tho
Democrat is an observant man, and majority of good people aro divided
If ho will apply his inductive facul- y party names, and the combined
ties to his observation, instead of Interests of vicious elements form
flying lrrolevantly off at a tangent, tlio deciding factor in politics, so
he and tho Evening, Sun and William long will our institutions fail to ac
Jennings Bryan will redeem this old curatoly record the will of the ma
nation from its evil ways, yet. Even jorlty.
the editor of tho Tribune-Democrat That is whore bur Benton contem
may bo surprised to see us place porary files off at a tangent. It is
ourselves In harness with William only "hero "worship" that has saved
Jennings Bryan, but the Sun is big us on occasions; because some popu
onough to put political differences Iar figure has arisen to overthrow tho
aside, when' a man or a publication evil boss; but that Is not sufficient
Is on tho right track, and just now for independent souls like those of
wunam Jennings uryan is traveling , tno, editor of tho Benton Tribune-
over tho country in the interest of
tho one reform, which is the essen
tial condition precedent to all effec
tive reforms. But more of that later.
Tho particular observation of the
editor of the Benton Tribune-Democrat
to which we direct attention is:
"Tho overthrowing of a political
boss means that another will rise
on the ruins of the former, t6 event
ually take his place. But it is a
good idea to overthrow them, not
withstanding the fact, that another
will arise to take his place, from the
fact that the new one is less skilled
in tho art than an old one. The best
remedy for this evil is for everybody
to quit man worship."
No more profound observation of
political conditions has ever been
mado than that "tho overthrowing
of a political boss means that an
other will rise on the ruins of the
former, and eventually take his
place;" but the Tribune-Democrat's
remedy for this, to "quit taan wor-
escapo of offenders upon technical ship," is as irrelevant as the diagno
groundB not connected with the guilt sis is accurate; because the boss is
Stomach troubles are so common
and in most cases so obstinate to euro
that people are apt to look with sus
picion on any remedy claiming, to be
a radical, permanent cure for dyspep
sia and indigestion. Many such pride
themselves on their acutoness in
never being humbugged, especially in
medicines.
This fear of being humbugged can
be carried too far, so far, in fact,
that many people suffer for years
with weak digestion rather than risk
a little tlmo and money in faithfully
testing the claims made of a prepara
tion so reliable and universally used
as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Now Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are
vastly different in one important re
spect from ordinary proprietary medi
cines for the reason that they are not
a secret patent medicino, no secret
is made of their ingredients, but an
alysis shows them to contain the nat
ural digestive ferments, pure aseptic
pepsin, the digestive acids, Golden
Seal, bismuth, hydrastis and nux.
They are not cathartic, neither do
they act powerfully on any organ, but
they cure Indigestion ori the common
sense plan of digesting the food eaten
thoroughly before it has tlmo to fer
ment, sour and cause the mischief.
Tb-is is tho only secret of their suc
cess. Cathartic pills never have and
never can cure indigestion and stom
ach troubles because they act ontire'y
,on the bowels, whereas the whole
trouble is really In tho stomach.
- Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets taken
after meals digest the food. That is
all there is to It. Food not digested
or half digested Is poison as it cre
ates gas, acidity, headaches, palpita
tion of the heart, loss of flesh and
appetite and many other troubles
which aro often called by some other
name. . , ' , L
They are sold by druggists every
' whoro at 50 cents per package,
or innocence or tno accused nave
aroused public complaint; and
whereas, our state prisons aro so
badly overcrowded as to make it im
possible to apply effective reforma
tory treatment or to separate from
older and confirmed criminals the
first offenders and younger criminals
whom experience has shown can be
permanently reformed by proper dis
cipline: Wo favor such revision of the
laws of criminal procedure of this
state as shall make the administra
tion of justice more speedy and cer
tain, and the immediate establish
ment in California of a modern re
formatory for first offenders.
17. We favor good roads.
Believing in progressive democ
racy, In less charity and more justice
and liberty, as remedies for social
and political wrongs, we pledge our
nominees to tho legislature to voto
in case of election, for measures ten
ding, to bring about the reforms
enunciated above.
NO CAUSE FOR WORRIT
Painter (to. his servant) "Now
carry this picture to the exhibition
gallery. But bo uareful, for the paint
is not quite dry yet."
Servant "Oh, that's all right. -I'll
put on an old coat." Fliegende
Blaettor.
THE ALTERNATIVE
"I can't pay this taxicab bill."
"Then I'll take you to a police
station."
"I'll pay it. But take me to tho
poor house and leave me there."
Houston Chronicle,
OFFICIAL ENCOURAGEMENT
"Every time the automobile breaks
down I notice you examine your stato
license."
"I do that for encouragement. Tho
license says I'm competent to operate
the machine." Houston Chronicle.
moro often the character of man,
who is heartily detested in the com
munity over which ho rules.
An Instance In point of the ob
servation, not the conclusion was
tho republican state convention in
New York, when the old guard was
dethroned by Theodore Roosevelt,
who named the candidate, dictated
tho platform and selected the state
chairman. That makes Mr. Roose
velt the boss, and a good boss, in
deed, ho is; but wo don't want a boss,
good or bad. Mr. Roosevelt's reign
will be beneficent. We have no fear
of corruption where he' Is concerned
but when he gives up control, some
other boss, probably less concerned
about tho public weal, will take pos
session of the machine.
Barnes has resigned from the
stato committee, and those reform
ers and insurgents, who sum up all
political goodness in the person of
Theodore Roosevelt are jubilant; but
as tho editor of the Benton Tribune-
Democrat profoundly observes, "the
overthrowing of a politcal boss
means that another will rise."
If that is' so and it is let us take
our brother editor gently by the hand
and lead him Into the path of rele
vancy and progress. If the "over
throwing of one political ,boss means
that another will rise" under our
present political system, then there
1b something wrong with the system.
Isn't that quite clear?
Then what is the next step? Isn't
it to ascertain what is wrong with
the system, and when that is ascer
tained, look about for tho remedy?
But first of. all, we must inquire
into a man's faith. Does the editor
of tho Benton- Tribune-Democrat be
lieve in a government by the people?
If he does, ho must believe that what
a majority of tho people really want,
when they understand it, is about
right. Now, there is a great deal of
misinformation about the will of the
majority; like figures, which can not
Ho, a seeming majority is raisinter-
Democrat, William Jennings Bryan
and ourself. We want conditions
under which the popular will may bo
expressed in the party organization
without tho intervention of the "good
boss."
How can this bo dono?
By a popular primary conducted
by the state, in which both parties
participate, with their tickets printed
on one ballot, so 'that no one knows
in which primary any man votes. In
that way the best citizens will hold
tho balance of power, casting their
influence just as the vicious do now,
in whichever contest the moral issues
aTo most pronounced. At these pri
maries committeemen would be se
lected, and thus the wholo govern
ment would'be placed directly in tho
hands of the people.
But hero worship, or "man wor
ship," as our Benton friend' puts it,
would not cease. It would be more
pronounced. The hero of the people
would always win; but he would bo
a hero only as long as ho remained
the people's champion. This would
stimulate all men seeking prefer
ment in public life to be champions
of tho people. Would it not, Ben
ton? It's tho boss, who Is not a hero,
to whom we object. Leaders we
shall always have.
For the rest the initiative and ref
erendum and the recall will suffice.
Join us, Benton, In demanding st
restoration of the power of the peo
ple; In making parties and govern
ment responsive to the will of tho
majority. You have remarked tho
condition, help us apply the remedy.
Paducah Sun.
HOW STAMPS ARE GUMMED
Officials of the bureau of engrav
ing and printing at Washington aver
that one of the most delicate opera
tions connected with the manufac
ture of our postago stamps is the
gumming thereof.
When the sheets have been printed
they are passed under a roller, from
which they receive a thin coating of
gum, and then gradually over coils
of steam pipes until they are dried.
Much care is exercised to get tho
layer uniform on every part of tho
surface.
The gum Is in little vats, from
which it drops t6 the roller, is main
tained at an even temperature and
thickness. Tests are frequently made
of tho warmth and humidity of the
work room.
But even with tho perfection . of
mechanical exactness, some allow
ance must always be made for the
season of the year. For summer
sale a slightly Jiarder gum is used,
because of the trouble occasioned by
the sticking together of stamps. In
winter precaution againqt the crack
ling of the gummed surface. through
contraction is necessary. A third
grade of-the material for other sea
sons is known as "intermediate."
Harper's Weekly.
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