A MILLION ACRES OF
CHOICE LAND TO BE
ALLOTED IN OCTOBER
An Empire Will Be Offered to
Those Who Are Willing to
Take a Chance Among
200,000 Others.
Gregory, S. D., Sept. 8.—One million
■acres of tine farming land will be
(thrown open to homestead settlement
in Tripp county. South D&kota, In Oc
tober. When President Roosevelt af
fixed his signature to the proclamation
b few days ago and the news was
flashed over the wires that the rich
and fertile lands of the Rosebud coun
try In Tripp county would be open to
settlers from October 6 to 17, happiness
was brought to a vast number of
anxious and waiting citizens all over
the United States.
More than three years ago the agita
tion for the opening of Tripp county
began to take definite form and result
led in a bill being passed at the first
(session of the last congress in the
l month of February, 1907. This bill pro
vided that the unallotted Indian chil
dren and those members of the Rose
bud tribe of Sioux who desired to
•change their allotments be permitted
to do so before the lands were opened.
It was the work of allotting these In
dians which has held back the opening
of Tripp county for two years.
Registration Points.
Six registration points have been des
ignated by the president, the places be
ing Gregory, Chamberlain, Dallas and
Presho, S. D., and O’Neill and Valen
tine, Neb.
Of these registration points Gregory
and Dallas are the only ones lying
along the reservation border and as
auch will have the greater part of the
business. Both are reached by the
Northwestern railroao and are new
towns In the Rosebud country which
•was thrown oyen in 1904.
Gregory is the largest town in this
'portion of the state and is the metrop
olis of the Rosebud country. It is a
fclty of 2,000 and has every facility to
'be found in a town of this size, albeit
Tt is but a 4-year-old.
Dallas Is the terminus of the North
western and is a hustling town, two
years old. In anticipation of the Tripp
county rush. Dallas has many large
business buildings. It Is a town of
some 800 or more. Both points will be
-overrun with homeseekers during the
next 12 months.
Chamberlain and Presho are points
en the Milwaukee railroad through Ly
man county and are 15 to 26 miles
from the White river, which Is the res
ervation border on the north. Both are
hustling towns and will undoubtedly do
a big business during the opening.
Valentine and O’Neill are points In Ne
braska on the Northwestern line from
Omaha to the Black Hills. Valentine
is due south of the Rosebud agency in
Meyer county and is some 35 miles
(southwest of Tripp county. O’Neill Is
the seat of the north Nebraska land
■office and is located 80 miles from the
p land to the southeast.
Qualifications for the Great Lottery.
The lottery system will be used by
the government in opening the rich
Tripp county lands. Homeseekers will
register for the drawing In the places
.named and the names placed in a big
revolving churn. The order in which
the names are drawn from this churn
:will determine the order in which the
[settlers will be allowed to file upon the
lands.
Every unmarried citizen of tne Unif
ied States, male or female, over 21 years
•of age will hqve the right to register
for the big drawing. Also the head and
V. support of any family of either sex and
X .any age has the right to register for
the drawing. No person who owns
'more than 160 acres of land or who has
theretofore exercised the right of
homestead anywhere in the United
States, will be allowed to register.
Special Privileges to Soldiers.
Soldiers or Labors of the United
iStates service, or ex-soldiers or ex-sail
jors of such service, or their widows,
'are permitted to register for the lot
tery through an agent and if successful
In drawing are permitted to file simply
a declaratory statement which will
segregate the tract of land he desires
to homestead for a period of six months
within which time he. must regularly
^ile upon the land. A charge of only $2
is made for the filing of such a de
claratory statement. Also the time of
-service of such a soldier or sailor in
the army or navy of the United States
is deducted from the time which the
government requires a settler to reside
upon his claim before a title Is. granted
him, except that in every case such a
soldier or sailor must reside upon and
•cultivate the land for at least one year.
Cost of the Lands.
It is conservatively estimated that at
least 200,000 persons will register for the
Tripp county lands. Each settler will be
allowed to take a quarter section of 160
-acres. The lands filed upon within the
first three months will cost $6 per acre;
those filed upon after the first three
months and within the next three months
will cost $4.00 per acre. Upon all lands
remaining after the first six months from
the beginning of the filing the price will
be $2.50 per acre.
Requirements of Homestead Law.
When a person files upon a claim in
„ <>l— Tripp county or any place else under the
homestead law he will have six months
from the date he files in which he must
establish his residence upon the claim. He
must then reside upon and cultivate the
land for a period of five years. How
ever, at any time after 14 months' con
tinuous residence upon and cultivation of
his claim, any settler may commute; that
is, he may prove-up and get a title to the
land by paying the balance due the gov
ernment for the land and by proving his
residence upon and cultivation of the land
by at at least two witnesses. One settler
thus may act as witness for his neighbor
lit helping him to prove up on his land.
The amount which one will have to pay
the government for the land Is divided
Into payments as follows: for $6 land,
|160 down, at the time of filing and $160
per year for five years thereafter. For
$4 50 land, payments as follows; $160 down
at the time ot filing, and $112 per year
for five years thereafter. For $2.50 land
payment as follows: $160 down at the
tiny of filing and $4S per year for five
years thereafter. However, if a settler de
sires to commute at the end of 14 months
or prior to the expiration of five years'
time, he must pay to the government the
balance due on the land in full.
Soil, Climate and Rainfall.
The character of this land is the same
as in Gregory county, where 400,000 acres
were opened to settlement in 1904. It is
gently undulating prairie, thickly covered
with buffalo and salt grass and some blue
stem grass. The soil is a deep, rich, black
loam, very fertile and very productive.
The same soli in Gregory county along the
line of Tripp county opened four years ago
Is producing now from 16 to 25 bushels of
wheat per acre; from 50 to 70 bushels of
oats, and from 30 to 50 bushels of corn.
Flax yields around 10 to 12 bushels per
acre. This Gregory county Rosebud land
which was opened in 1904 at $4 per acre
is now selling at from $40 to $55 per acre
and some of the choice quarters well lo
cated are bringing even higher prices per
acre. Potatoes and all garden vegetables
yield especially heavy In this soli.
The rainfall is about the same as In
Iowa and is abundant for all agricultural
purposes. In *he past two years almost
too much precipitation has fallen in west
ern Gregory county along the Tripp coun
ty line.
Railroad Extensions.
The Burlington system will construct a
line through Gregory from the Platte val
ley to Pierre soon, having run a prelimin
ary survey over the proposed route a few
weeks ago. The Northwestern line will be
pushed westward from Dallas shortly
after the opening and will traverse Tripp
county and connect with the Pierre-Rapid
City line at Philip, S. D. The Great
Northern system took soundings at
Wheeler, on the Missouri river opposite
Gregory county last summer, and is pre
paring to run a line from the city of
Sioux^Falls crossing the river at Wheeler
and tapping this vast stretch of fertile
country. ♦
Profits One Can Make.
Band in Tripp county now, in a raw and
unimproved state, where the Indians have
been permitted to patent and sell part of
their allotments, is selling at from $20 to
$30 per acre—before the opening.
After the country is opened and begins
to develop, within two years the price will
jump to $35 and $40 per acre for lands
with small improvements and perhaps
not a fourth of it under cultivation. The
building of railroads and the further de
velopment of the country will send the
price to a much higher figure for good
improved land.
New Town*.
With the opening of Tripp county to set
tlement several new towns will spring
into existence, some of them perhaps to
become cities of several thousand Inhabi
tants.
Tripp county Is a large slice of coun
try, being 40 miles In breadth and 60 miles
in length, so that the needs of an agri
cultural community of that size must j
necessarily be attended to. The govern- :
ment will set aside certain tracts for
townsite purposes and will survey them
lifto lots and blocks and sell the lots at
auction at the time of the opening. One
of these new towns will become the future
county seat of Tripp county when It la
organized.
Already two new towns have started up
In Tripp county. They are both located
upon Indian land to which the government
has given a patent. Winona is located
ten miles west of the line and Lamro Is
on Dog Ear creek about the middle of the
county. Neither town has had very much
growth, Lamro being the larger and con
sisting of only 14 buildings. Fear that a
government townsite may be located near
to them has prevented investors from tak
ing hold.
The Streams.
Tripp county is well watered. The Keya
Paha liver and Ponca creek drain the
southern portion, while Bull creek, No
Moccasin, White Thunder, Dog Ear, Cot
tonwood and Oak creeks drain the cen
tral and northern portions. The White riv
er forms the northerin boundary. Most of
these streams have considerable small
timber along their banks. The valleys of
all these streams are wide gently sloping
stretches of prairie and will shortly be
come teeming agricultural centers.
What the Coming Opening Means.
The opening of Tripp county, South Da
kota, in October will mean the adding
of 1,000,000 fertile acres to the agricultural
domain of the United States; it will mean
the long-looked-for opportunity of the
poor man with a family who has been
unable to lay by a “nest-egg.” to get him
self a farm and home; it will mean thou
sands of opportunities to ambitious men
and women, young and old, to start anew
In a land where there are no “favored
few;" It will mean the building of four
or five hustling new towns, some of them
perhaps cities of several thousand people;
it will mean a rush of home and land
seekers unprecedented in the history of
the nation; it will mean a chance for
legitimate speculation in reality which
a keen business man can turn into quick
sales and big profits; it will mean the
starting all-at-once of a vast new com
munity and the chance of a life-time for
many who have been denied the chance
before; it wrill mean money to the person
who takes advantage of the opportunity
and the situation.
CESSATION OF ARDENT
ATTENTION PROVOKES
“AFFINITY” TO SHOOT
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 8.—A telegram
from Story City, la., says that Mrs.
May Heitzman is under arrest there
on the charge of shooting a man named
Peters, who has been paying her at
tentions at her home in this city. Mrs.
Heitzman followed Peters to Story
City, where he lias a sweetheart, and
when she discovered that he was en
amored of another woman, she took a
couple of shots at him.
Mrs. Heitzman is a good looking
woman, and was the central figure in
a dramatic trial in police court here
last week. The police claimed that
she had been conducting a disorderly
house and arrested her and several
w omen who roomed at her house. Mrs.
Heitzman made a vigorous defense,
and won out. Peters is the foreman oi
a gang of telephone linemen, and three
weeks ago went to Iowa. Mrs. Heitz
man heard of his perfidy, and as soon
as she got free went on the trail. She
told friends here before she left that
she had treated Peters like a king,
fitting him out with clothing, etc., and
she was going to show him that he
could not lightly trifle with her.
BORN AND DIES A PAUPER.
Utica, N. Y., Sept. 8.—The champion
pauper is dead, after being a public
charge for 85 years, Hezekiah Monk
was born in the Herkimer county ptror
house 85 years ago, spent all his days
there, and died in that institution.
TROUP, BRAYAN’S FRIEND, DEAD.
New York, Sept. 8.—Alexander Troup,
proprietor and editor of the New Ha
ven Union and a former democratic
national committeeman for Connecti
cut was Stricken with heart failure
in the waiting room of the Grand Cen
tral station last evening and died
shortly after 1) o’clock without having
regained consciousness.
Mr Troup had just returned from an
active campaign in Vermont In behalf
of the democratic nominee for gov
/ ernor. W J. Brian was a close friend
y of Mr. Troup.
TONY PASTOR LEAVES
$10,000 TO ACTORS
New York, Sept. 8.—The sum of $10,
000 is left to the Actors' Fund of Amer
ica by Tony Pastor, the socalled father
of vaudeville in this country, whose
will was filed here. Abraham Hum
med, the disbarred lawyer, who is now'
in Europe, and his sister, Bertha Hum
mel, are made executors. To both of
them Mr. Pastor made important be
quests. The value of the estate is not
disclosed, but it is said to be very
large.
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WESTERN FAVOR
FOR TAFT
Republican Policy Father of the
Arid Region.
Home Owners and a High State of
Civilization Go Hand in Hand.
The West bus at all times furnished
the strongest backing to President
Roosevelt and the West turned first
to Judge Taft as his logical successor.
Taft is the chosen leader of that party
of initiative and construction which,
by its policies, has populated the coun
try, connected our two coasts with
bands ol steel and lias opened the door
of opportunity to every citizen of the
republic. The Republican party from
its birth has been a party of home
steads for the people. It lias enacted
and enforced the laws, permitting each
adult citizen of the United States to
establish his own home and roof tree
at a mere nominal cost.
Uncle Sam and Home Owner*.
When good homesteads began to grow
scarce and corporations, by double deal
ing, had largely usurped the birthright
of tlie individual, the party of freedom
and justice began to look into the ques
tion of reclaiming the arid West. It
decided to flank tlie subtle movements
of land monopolists and to practically
create a “new heaven and a new earth”
for tlie builder of homes, upon which
rests the cornerstone of the republic.
Uncle Shim owned tlie whole arid re
gion--practically fifteen hundred miles
square—and he owned the water supply
too. Through the Republican party, lie
decided to bring the water to the land,
and by this union to make possible a
measureless bounty for the present and
future generations. The 'Republican
party missed the National Irrigation
Act which became a law In June, 1902,
authorizing the government to enter
upon this work of reclaiming arid
Aiiiuiiea. Tlie semi-arid region extends
over North Dakota, South Dakota,
Western Nebraska and Western Kansas
in to Oklahoma and the panhandle of
Texas.
Taft and the Wnt.
In this area the home-building pulley
of the Republican party is to perfect
cue of the greatest experiments of
ciiihzation. Mr. Taft is thoroughly
familiar with conditions hero and loves
I tlie West. Ills prescient vision of the
g.-jut destiny of the republic is preg
nant with Titanic achievement for this
future garden spot of the world. He
knows the sources of the western water
supply. lie is the stalwart repres-a
tntive of the party Hint is busy viru
tin* conservation of the natural re
sources of our country, and what section
of our land is to be half so much bene
fited by this promising movement as the
arid region?
Home* nncl Inciepenaence.
On tlie tillage of the soil rests the
s
prosperity of all other industries, upon
the upbuilding of homes rests the in
depondoiiee of the nation. Irrigation
and conservation, encourages small
holdings and increases the number of
those who call uo niau master. These
t*"o Republican policies have a bound
less potency for civilization. On the
desert sands of Egypt they were instru
mental. In rearing the mightiest empire
of ancient days. In India they are to
day revivifying and modernizing a
wasted land. In America their mission
Is but beginning, yet it gives promise
of untold blessings to man.
Possibilities of Electric Energy.
One of the most valuable assets that
is to come to the arid region through
the policy of the Republican party, will
be the vast electric energy possible by
harnessing the mountain streams. They
will thus not only give life to the coun
try. but through power generated, will
inject Into that life the greatest pos
sible useful activities. In the arid re
gion multiplied millions of horse-power
can bo created through the natural
gravity system of water. There are
hundreds of valleys ranging in length
from a few miles to nearly one
thousand miles where ample water
can be had for all power pur
poses, as .well ns for heat and
light. So when the life-giving fluid is
applied to the parched plains and the
desert Is transformed into the orchard,
the water then furnishes the source of
energy for mill, factory, electric plants
for lighting and heating and all possi
ble mechanical devices.
I’erhnps at no other point on the
earth's surface are such combinations
possible to such a degree of utility.
Having the climate, the scenery, the
soil, the sunshine, the water, the tim
ber. the minerals of all kinds, the
stone, and in fact all of the products
of the earth, both from its surface and
from Its bowels so readily at hand,
here in the western portion of America
is destined to be wrought not only the
highest civilization, hut the highest
standard of citizenship and patriotism
—providing the party of construction
and enlightened citizenship remains in
power.
Mraponaltillltle'i of Ilona taunt Party.
When we come to contemplate the
vast Held of natural western resources,
available for food, for industry and
for commerce; when we attempt to
grasp iu one act of thought, tho
length and breadth and depth of the
riches with which Providence has
loaded this section; when we try to
realize how every possible want, every
material aspiration of man can be
bountifully provided for; when wn
consider how measureless are tho!
values which will spring into being tin-1
tier the Republican policy of dealing:
with the west, and how these values ;
when once created are solid and real. |
can be Incorporated into the endur- j
ing structure of human society, we j
may begin to estimate properly the {
measure of responsibility which rests j
upon this nation and its chosen rulers. :
This is not merely to preserve un- |
harmed the priceless boon of civil lib- 1
erty which lenves the individual cltl- j
zen free to do his share, iu work of ,
development, but to adopt such meas
ures as will prevent the waste of nat
ura I resources, clear the way of
progress and promote the final triumph
of civilization. The record of the Re
publican party is one of progress.
Allnrlnir Vision of Grvatneaa.
Judge Taft not only knows and
loves the west, and favors developing
It to the maximum limit, but he also 1
knows Japan, China, the Philippines,
the South Sea Islands and all the
South American republics whose shores
are washed by the expnnslve Pacific I
ocean and whose products are destined I
to augment the commercial supremacy
of our Pacific const cities and the
trade centers on all the transconti
nental railroads. His well-known pol
icies provide for the west as well as
tho east, the north and south and far
away possessions.
Looking at the great War Secretary
from this viewpoint, is there any won
der that the west is for Taft and Sher
man?
—. .
TAFT GAINING STRENGTH.
Independent Political Writer Finds
Republican Candidate Popular.
Walter Wellman, the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Record- j
Herald, thinks Taft Is gaining streugth. J
Writing of bis candidacy recently he;
said:
“It is not denied that for some weeks '
after the Chicago convention there was
in the East, at least, an undertone of
prejudice against Judge Taft, springing
from the belief that he was a mere'
echo of Roosevelt; that he was “not
bis own man,” that he could not have,
been nominated but for the President s
aid, and that he is only a stalking horse
for the man at Oyster Bay. Curiously
enough, many men who like RooseveM,:
and would vote for him if he were to
•un again, felt lukewarm toward I'aft
because of this belief that he was only I
the President’s shadow. Now this feci-1
ing is largely wearing away, ll neverj
was entertained by men wb > knew thu
facts, who knew Taft himself, who
weie familiar with the strength of his
character, his independence of mind.
Put the men who did entertain it are 1
beginning to perceive that he is his |
own man and a .strong one at that.
Tlw* more speeches Taft makes, tho j
more frankly and plainly he talks, tho
It ss will there be of this mis take a no- j
tlvii that he Is overshadowed by an- !
other. Taft’s frauk talk on the labor
at il injunction questions and his plain,1
blunt denial of the foolish story that
tie once said *1 a day was wages
enough for a working man, has done
him more good than his more labored
ami pretentious efforts.
“Judge Taft’s friends argue tnat to
some extent he has been a misunder
stood man, and they want him to ‘take
the stump’ to show the country what
he really Is. They would like to have
the masses of the people look upon him
In the same way as he is looked upon
by residents of this city, where lie Is
well known. Ask any man of the
national capital, be he Republican or
Democrat, what be thinks of Judge
Taft, and he will tell you that Taft
Is one of the biggest, strongest, finest
characters we have ever had in pubMd
life. This Is my own opinion, and for
twenty years I have known and Match
ed most of the important men of Con
gttss and of the government of both
parties. I am not a hero worshiper,
not a partisan. But Taft has ’mpressed
me. as he impresses every one who
loally gets to know him. as the finest
t.tpe of mau this country produces, and
better fitted by temperament and train
ing and experience for the dllficult
task of the presidency than any man
Me have had In that office for many
yittrs. The friends and ad.nirs.s ef
the Republican candidate lielieve the
country should know the man as he
is and as he is known to be; and they
think the best way to bring rn.it about
la for him to travel and speak ftom
one end of the country to the other.”
Political Note*.
Mr. Tuft is not trying to reduce liis
weight because he is afraid of his own
shadow.
Missouri lias become the first state
In lead mining, as well as zinc min
ing. If ores are to lie admitted free,
as Mr. Bryan advises, what will hap
pen to tlie wages of American miners?
The wages will go down to tlie foreign
level aud in many cases the mines will
close.
Wiuni Mr. Bryan goes campaigning
down South some man may he thought
less enough to interrupt him in the
middle of a speech by asking him
how lie stands on the Negro ques
tion.
“Mow will Mr. Taft explain to the
average man the beuetits of protec
tion?" asks Mr. Bryan. Bless your
heart, the average man understands it
without any explanation. — Omaha
i Bee.
APPEAL TO
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Made by Judge Taft in Behalf of
the Filipinos.
“A Great Missionary Work That Is
Certain to Promote Christian Civ
ilization.”
The extension of a vitalizing Chris
tianity among the Filipinos as advo
cated by Judge Taft both before his
speech of acceptance of the nomina
tion to tile presidency and in that doc
ument itseif has been widely com
mented upon in the pulpits of the
United States. The voice of the cler
gy has given earnest commendation
to the attitude of Judge Taft, who
when governor general of the islands
exerted the utmost influence for
amelioration of the condition of the in
habitants of the archipelago, and that,
too. at the cost of great self-sacrifice
on his own part in refusing the seat
on tlie supreme bench, to which he was
both called and commanded by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Never since he first assumed the bur
den of the governorship of the Philip
pines has the welfare of the Filipinos
ceased to he close to the heart of
Judge Taft. In his speech of accept
ance again he reminded the Americans
that It is the duty of this country as
a strong, Christian and enlightened ra
tion to give spiritual as well as ma
terial aid to the distant brown breth
ren.
Taft’s Appeal to Church.
Rev. Albert Hurlstone, pastor of
Roberts Park church, Indianapolis,
Ind.. in a recent sermon thus spoke of
Judge Taft's appeal to the Christian
people of America:
“Mr. Taft used words of wisdom in
referring to this question In his noti
fication speech. His appeal is not only
to his party, but it is to the Christian
church of America. It seems to me
that every man whose heart beats
loyally to Jesus Christ must rejoice in
the statement so truthfully made. Mr.
Taft said: ‘We have established a
government with effective and honest
executive departments in the Philip
pines and a clean and fearless adminis
tration of justice; we have created
and are maintaining a comprehensive
school system which is educating the
youth of the islands in English and in
industrial branches: we have con
structed great government public
works, roads and harbors; we have
induced the private construction of 800
miles of railroad; we have policed the
islands so that their condition as to
law and order is better now than it
has ever been in their history.’
“.Mr. Taft Is better fitted to speak
on this question than any other man
in the government to-day by virtue of
his close connection with the problem,
his experience and personal observa
tion of the work being done; hence
what he says will be heeded by the
Christian church with intense interest.
Influence of Christian Civilization.
“More than ten years before Dewey
sailed into Manila. Bishop Tboburn,
our missionary bishop for fifty years
In India, predicted that ere long the
missionary would find an open door in
the Philippines, but God alone knew
how the door was to be opened.
“Now we hear Mr. Taft saying: ‘We
are engaged in the Philippines in a
great missionary work thnt does our
nation honor and is certain to pro
mote in a most effective way the in
fluence of Christian civilization. It is
cowardly to lay down the burden until
our purpose is achieved.’ True, nor
do we believe thnt the American peo
ple will allow this to be done. The
sacrifice has been made, the song of
the redeemed people will ere long till
heaven and earth with gladness. The
selfish are ever lonely and joyless, hut
they who bring the sacrifice to the
nitur will find the joy of the Lord arise
within them.”
THE ROOSEVELT POLICIES.
Republican Party Will Continue
Roosevelt Work.
(From Sherman’s Speech of Accept
ance.)
Our platform, as it should do,
pledges adherence to the policies of
President Roosevelt; promises to con
tinue the work inaugurated during his
administration, to insure to persons
and property every proper safeguard,
and all necessary strengthening of ad
ministrative methods will tic provided
to furnish efficient inspection and su
pervision. and prompt righting of
every injustice, discrimination and
wrong.
Not a Wail for Bryan.
“Let us have the worst,” says the
Brooklyn Magic. That sounds like,
though it isn't a declaration for Bryan.
—New York Tribune.
Hull'* Eye Shots.
The “new diplomacy” inaugurated in
the foreign policy of the United States
proclaims truth and frankness as its
characteristics. It Is the absolute can
dor or Mr. Taft in consulting openly
with his predecessor in the White
House upon questions relating to the
public good as allied with Republican
victory that so confounded his critics.
There is nothing so dazzling as the
white light of courageous candor.
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FARMER WRITES TO BRYAN.
In Terse Terms Tells Peerless One
Why He Won’t Contribute.
Here is a letter sent by an Illinois
farmer In response to the Democratic
appeal for campaign contributions:
"Hon. W. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.:
“My Dear Sir—-As a farmer, in my
reply to your request that the farmers
contribute to your campaign fund, I
will say that I cannot give you any
thing, as your speech accepting your
nomination shows that, as President,
you could not accomplish anything.
You say that, If elected, you will only
serve four years, and that promptly
after your term begins you will call
Congress iu extra session, so that you
can begin to reform the abuses at once.
But if, as you say, uothing can be done
while Congress, or even the Senate, la
under Republican control, why convene
an extra session, as all know the Sen
ate cannot possibly change in less than
four years, if then?
“I frankly admit your many good
qualities and generous impulses, but it
seems to me that a man Who would se
riously propose your dangerous free
silver and government railroad owner
ship schemes, ns you have done, has not
that practical business tact required to
make a safe President. You did well
to drop these luuacles from your plat
form, but when, to still public alarm
lest, if elected, you would call them up,
you promised in your speech to only
favor as President what was in your
platform, you made a most serious mis
take, which effectually ties your bands
and disqualifies you for the presidency,
as scores of Issues and subjects outside
of your platform, and which are vital
to the country's Interests, may press
themselves upon you for action.
"No presidential candidate ever made
such a promise as that before. The
fear of these two mistaken hobbies
marred your whole speech. It was
another fatal mistake when, to draw
attention away from these two hobbles,
you declared there had been great pop
ular growth in your views and policies,
when. In fact, these two, which were
your only prominent ones, had been left
out of your platform. We have never
had a presidential candidate before who
proposed to bring in such a millennium
of reforms, who had to make so many
quirks iu his speech of acceptance to
conceal and cover up his most Import
ant views rather than to Justify and
explain them.
Tlie abuses or wiucn you speua ar»
the fruits of the evil Inherent In hu
man nature, which are present In one
form or another under the rule of all
parties, and republican rule no more
created them, as you charge, than It
created your abuse of your party's con
fidence, or the crimes of your party In
robbing- a large element of our voter*
of their ballots In several states, and
which, though claiming that the peo
ple’s rule or rights was the issue,
you were afraid to even mention in
your speech, much less condemn.
“It was a great abuse of your party’*
confidence when, with your speech for
free silver before a former convention,
you deceived it into nominating you
for president with your false claim
that the country would be ruined with
the gold policy of the republican party
unless you were chosen to destroy it
with your free silver plan. But yon
now see it would have wrecked the
country’s interests, and you have even
kicked that lunacy out of your present
platform and, Inferentially, made a
solemn promise In jour speech to never
call it up again. That abuse was more
dangerous than all the other present
abuses combined; but you will agree
with me that republican rule did not
create it. That was a bad business,
but yon are just as confident now that
the nostrums in your present platform,
with you as president to apply them,
will bring in the political millennium
as you were when running before, when
your success would have ruined the
country.
“If you are afraid that Mr. Taft will
be too tardy in publishing his cam
paign subscriptions, or that if the rich
people give his campaign fund anything
it will prevent him, if elected as presi
dent, from reforming the abuses, why
don't you publish the vast gifts of the
barons and silver kings to your cam
paign fund, when a former candidate;
or why did you take them? Or per
haps you would have been too good for
such gifts to have corrupted you hud
you been elected president.
“It is a pity that every other candi
date Is a rascal but you. If you are to
be elected the outlook is not auspicious.
With a man for president who Is afraid
to put his chief views or policies in his
platform, and then to draw attention
from the fact by claiming a great
growth for them, and running on the
assumption that he is the only honest
candidate, and t'or a party which the
people have only Intrusted with the
|K>wer for a short interval in fifty
years, and which wrecked all interests
with its blunders, what grounds have
we to hope that the country can pros
per?
“No, I can’t give you anything on
this outlook, and I don’t think any
other farmer ought to help your fund.
“An Iuinois Farmer.’’
Thu Soft l*e«iul.
Readers of the New York World qr*
wondering what has become of its
Bryan map.
Mr. Taft doesn’t seem quite so anx
ious for a big, strong horse since his
admirers have been assuring him that
he can win in a walk.
Twelve years of talking on the part
of Mr. Bryan having failed to cure tits
public of its lack of confidence in hi*
statesmanship, he will do some mon*
talking.