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The Commoner.'
madei. We iiro all' Indebted to you also for your
aid in the 'natidnal campaign."-
- To representative W. B. McKinley-tho can-
didate wired: ' "i am delighted to know that
we shall have a republican house, for that is
absolutely necessary for future work."
Timothy L. Woodruff was sent an expres
sion of gratitude "for the great campaign which
was carried on." He also expressed great grati
fication at the success of Governor Hughes.
MR. ROOSEVELT IS HAPPY
Following is an Associated Press dispatch:
Washington, November 3. The president
. tonight, sent the following dispatch to Judge
Taft: .
'. "The White House, Washington, November
3, 1908. William H. Taft, Cincinnati, .0.: I .
need hardly say how heartily I congratulate -you
and the country even more.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
He also sent the following dispatch to Rep
resentative Sherman:
"The White House, Washington, November
31908. J. S. Sherman, Utica, N. Y.: I most
heartily congratulate you.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
The president sent the following to Gov
ernor Hughes:
' "The White House, Washington, November
3,' 1908. Governor Charles E. Hughes, Albany,
N. Y.: - Accept my heartiest congratulations for
you and for the state.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
'. The following was sent to Chairman Hitch
cock: "The White House, Washington, November
3,-1908. Chairman P. H.-Hitchcook, 1 Madison
Avenue, New York: Accept my heartiest con-
. gratulations upon the great result which you
have' done so much to bring about.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
' The following was sent to Representative
Loudenslager:
"The White House, Washington, November
3 1908. Hon. H. C. Loudenslager, Republican
Congressional Committee, New York: Accept
my heartiest congratulations.
'' . "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." .
No statement was made by thte president
on the result of the election tonight.
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WHO HE WAS
Irvin Cobb tells a story of a little, weary
negro who went into a resort in Natchez, dis
played a large roll of bills and bought a drink. ,
' As he was paying for it another negro came
in very large and very black. He looked at
tire little man and Bald: "Niggahr.wharyou.gLL
all dat money?"
"Bah-tendah," said the little negro, by way
of a reply, "Ah think Ah shall tek a bottle of
dat-ah stuff. 'Pears quite satisfyin. tuh me.
"Niggah," roared the big one, "whar you
git dat money? I ast you. I's the town bully,
I is. I follow bullyin' fob. a trade. Whar
The little negro began stuffing the money
back into his" pockets. "Seems to me,"' he
mused, "I ain't got 'nuff pockets to hold all man
wealth."
The big negro jumped at the little one.
"You hear what L said?" he demanded. "I's
tire town bully an' I wanter know whar you git
all dat money?" ,. .
Quick as a flash the little negro uppercut
the big one, catching him on the pointy of the
jaw arid knocking him down. In a moment the
big negro revived enough, to look up from -the
floor and ask humbly: "Niggah, who is you, any
how9" Why," replied the little one, blowing his
knuckles, "I's th' pusson you thought you wuz
when you come in.'-' Saturday Evening Post.
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A PRETTY STORY
. The New York World prints this Interest
ing story :'.V r - ''"
'Minneapolis, September 27. Mr. Bryan
reached-here", at "1:30 p. m. There was a big .
crowd at the station to meet him and in the
rush to get close to him one man's, arm was
broken. "Crowds greeted him at Winona, Red
Wing- and other points before arrival here, de
manding a speech, but he refused because it
was Sunday.
He was met at St. Paul by Frederick B.
Lynch, national committeeman, from Minnesota,
and manager of the recent presdential boom of
Governor Johnson. The governor was unable
to bo present owing to a speaking engagement.
Mr. Bryan declared that there was no politics
in his visit hero.
On tho train this morning Mr. Bryan mot
and became fast friends with Miss Major'.o
Miller, aged eight, of this city. They negotiated
a trade by which Mr. Bryan swapped Miss
Margie a largo badge bearing his plcturo with
an ornamental gold framo for a small campaign
button, which tho little miss had acquired from
a fellow traveler. She displayed her big badge
with great pride until St. Paul was reached and
Mr. Miller boarded the train to meet tho little
Cirl and her mother. "Papa's" face dropped
when ho saw tho badge.
"You'll make trouble at homo if you wear
that," he said. Then Miss Margie introduced
him to Mr. Bryan.
"He gave it to mo, he's nice," sho said. "I
brought him. to Minneapolis with- me."
. Then "Papa'.' , Miller's republican heart
melted and. ha shook hands with. Mr. Bryan
and thanked him. Margie beamed when her
father said:
. "Sho may make mo vote for you yet."
"If she can't nobody can," said Mr. Bryan.
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HOURS AND WAGES
Theodoro Roosevelt, Jr., familiarly known
as "Teddy, Jr." Is getting considerablcpub
liclty these days. Tho young man has gone to
work in a carpet mill at Hartford, Conn. Octo
ber 1 was the date of his first work in the mill,
and a special dispatch from Hartford to tho
Chicago Record-Herald of October 2, says:
- "Teddy was -up 'at G -o'clock this- morning
and at five minutes of seven was' wending his
way with 3,200 other mill hands to. his new
job.- -After bowing hi& acknowledgements-to a
dozen typewriter girls in tho office, he covored
up his cheap shoddy work suit with overalls
and- went along with William Lyftxrd, goneral
superintendent, to tho uninviting wool depart
ment; For ten and a half hours each day ho
will sort dirty woqI according to grades, then
wash, bleach and spin it, all for tho stupendous
stipend of $5 a week."
Ten and one-half hours a day! The repub
lican national platform says:
"The same wise policy which. has induced
the republican jpar.ty'to maintain protection to
American labor, etc., etc. '
"In all tariff legislation he truo principle
of protection is best maintained by the imposi
tion of such duties as will equal the difference
between the cost of protection at home and
abroad, together with "a reasonable profit to
American industries."
' The Dlngley tariff law shows the following
schedules on carpets:
"Carpets, treble ingrain, 22 cents per square
yard and forty per cent ad valorem.
"Carpets, two ply, 18 cents per square yard
and forty per cent ad valorem.
"Carpets, tapestry Brussels, 28 cents per
square yard and forty per cent ad valorem.
"Carpets, Wilton, Axmlnster, velvet, 60
cents per square yard and forty per cent ad
valorem."
. "Equal the difference between the cost of
production at home and. abroad," says tho re
publican platform.
Ten and one-half hours a day, "sorting
dirty wool according to grades, then wash,
bleach and spin it, all for the stupendous sti
pend of $5 a week."
"Teddy, Jr." is to be congratulated on his
determination to learn the carpet business, but
after forty years of "protection to Ameican
labor" isn't $5 for sixty-three hours' work
eight cents an'hour rather a poor showing for
the system that is claimed to do so much for
American labor?
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ANOTHER JACKSON VOTER
A few weeks ago, The Commoner reprinted
from the New York World an account of a visit
paid to Mr. Bryan by Pitcairn Simon Morrison
of Big Horn Basin, Wyoming. Mr, Morrison
voted for Andrew JaoksoH,.
- A- friend writes -from?. Union, Knox county,
Maine to say that Mr. Morrison is not the. only
living-man who, voted -ifor-AndrewJackson.- Ab
ner Dunton of Hope, Maine, who lives on the
farm upon which he was born, voted for John
Quincy Adams in 182 8 arid for Andrew Jackson
in 1832, He was a -member of the Maine house
of representatives in 184l"and 1843. He Is 101
years old, and for seventy years was actively
engaged at his trade as a shoenfaker. He ex
pects to vote for Bryan on November 3.
While Mr. Dunton has lived on the same
farm all his life he has lived In two states, three
counties, a plantation and a town. Maine waa
formorly a part of Massachusetts, during which
tlmo tho plantation system of organization pre
vailed. Knox county wnn onco a part of Waldo
county, and before that a part of Lincoln county.
The town of Hopo was laid cut upon a part of
tho Dunton farm. If thero Is a living democrat
with an equal record Tho Commoner would bo
glad to hear from him.
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LAND OV THE HEART'S DESIRE
Whoro Is tho land of tho heart's doalro?
Tho land whore men cease to mourn?
Does It rest In tho west whoro tho suns expire,
Or oast where tho suns aro born?
Is it hidden deep whoro gold rivers flow?
Is it high aloft where tho sleep winds blow?
Or Is It between, where tho laurels grow
. This land of tho heart's doslro?
Where Is tho land of the heart's doslro?
Tho land of a hopo fulfilled?
Goes one forth to tho north whoro tho hills
aro higher?
Or south where the fields an? tilled?
Is its vastness tho strotch of two clinging arms?
Arc Its peaks of achievements above alarms?
Or aro vales of oblivion tho chlofest charms
Of tho land of tho heart's desire?
Whoro is tho land of tho heart's doslro?
Or what urfo that tho sago should say?
So near by that tho eye and tho soul aspire.
,.?, 1IfcUmo meeting of earth and sky;
A,llttlo beyond where tho marsh lights dla;
Where the desert's mirage waters Ho
Is tho land of tho heart's doslrof
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, THE CONSTANT MENACE
No ono can bo blind to tho fact that these
mighty corporations are holding out most tompt-"
. ing Inducements to lawmakers to regard in their
lawmaking those Interests rather than tho wel
fare of tho nation.
Senators and representatives have owed
their places to corporate influonco, and that In
fluence has been exerted Under an expectation,
if. not an understanding, that as lawmakers tho
corporate Interest shall bo subserved.
Thero may be no written agreement, thero
may be in act no agreement at all, and yet whon
the lawmaker understands that that power' ex
ists which may make for his advancement or
otherwise, that It may bo exerted according to
tho pliancy with which ho'yfcldB to tho-solicitation,
it lifts tho corporation into a position of
constant danger and menace to republirnn in
stitutions. (From an address by Justice David
J.. Brewer? of the United States- supremo courtr
to tho grn dilating class of the Albany law school
Juno 1, 1904.)
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WHERE IS THAT PROSPERITY?
"Sir," began tho .tramp, as ho entered the
lawyer's .office on tho fifth floor; "havo you "any
coal to carry up?"
"No, sir. This building is steam-hea'tedr'in
tho winter."
"Do you want to send out after any gum?"
"I never use it."
."Want mo to take out a ten-dollar bill and
get change?"
"I haven't had a ten-dollar biU in threo
months."
"I am willing to scrub tho floor."
. "The janitor sees to that,".
. "I write a pretty good hand."
"I havo nothing to write."
"See here," sai,d tho caller, "thero must
bo -something around your houso I can do."
"I have sold ray home and am boarding."
"Can't you. use mo as a witness in a law
suit?" .
"I have none on hand."
"Want anybody licked?"
"No. Tho only man I wanted licked died
last week."
.r" .'Gan't I take your mail to the pofctoAc??i( :
1" ,"J haven't written a letter in a week."
' "But don'ttell-me yoir-can't givefraevteE: v
cents.'' .-..-
"But I'll- have to. My laundry just- wet -back
because T couldn't -pay for It."
"And right here in this paper," said tho
tramp, as he struck his breast, "is an article
saying that times have Improved fifty per cent
since last fall, and all we've got to do to get
out of tho woods is to have faith! Say, hold
me in your arms and let me starve to death!"
New Orleans Picayune.
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