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TAKE TIME TO THINK .
0 President iiadley of Yale University
recently made this statement:
"It costs self denial to think. The
0 man who sees what he Is doing avoids
0 many easy and pleasant paths which are
open to the blind. He assumes burdens
whero others are allowed to sleep quiet-
ly. He cuts himself off from indulgences
which others allow themselves because
he seeB the consequences and they do
not. The rights and wrongs of modern
business and modern politics in modern
society aro harder to disentangle than 0
they have been in any previous age. To
him who with unselfish purpose and with
clear head shall learn to think these
problems out and take the responsibility
that they bring with them is promised
, the crown of life. Every time that you
face a moral issue squarely you help to
create public opinion. The leader of
men becomes a leader of men by not
following the crowd on lines of easiest
resistance; by thinking where he goes 0
and making a path for others to follow."
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QUESTION FOR POLITICIANS
Concordia, Ky., August 21. To the Editor of
the Courier-Journal: We recently shipped some
beef hides to market. When we got returns, the
hide dealer said on account of the recent tariff,
hides havo declined.
Next day we received from our shoe man no
tice that on account of the recent tariff shoes
had advanced.
The next day a shoe drummer came along. I
asked him how is it that the recent tariff has
lowered the price of hides and advanced the
price of shoes. He says that's a question for
the politicians to answer.
COUNTRY MERCHANT.
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The Commoner
Mr. Bryan in ..;S:
the Northwest
- Following is a dispatch printed in the Den
ver News: . '
Seattle, Wash., October 12. William J.
Bryan's visit to the world's fair today was made
tho occasion of a popular demonstration, and
rivaled in earnestness the greeting to President
Taft two weeks ago, and the multitude that
crowded around him was so great that it was im
possible for him to see the exhibits.
Bryan and his escort arrived at the fair
grounds in automobiles at 10:16 o'clock and
found their entrance blocked by a crowd that
closed about his automobile, sweeping aside the
exposition guards. The automobile, after long
delays, reached the government building and
Bryan and his guards entered. At once thou
sands of persons poured into the building, not
only p- entlng the visitor from seeing' the ex
hibits, but threatening to destroy them. Bryan's
visit to the other buildings waB attended by a
similar crush. Bryan will learn what the fair
really looks like from Mrs. Bryan, who came
here yesterday , registered at a hotel under her
own name, and was permitted to see the sights
unmolested.
Bryan was entertained at luncheon in the
New York building, and after luncheon he spoke
to an immense outdoor audience In the natural
amphitheater. His subject was "The Average
Man," the address having been delivered on the
lecture platform frequently.
When Bryan had concluded his lecture he did
not stop, but in an extemporaneous speech an
swered President Taft's address delivered here
two weeks ago. Bryan took occasion to differ
with President Taft regarding home rule for
Alaska and also touched on the conservation of
natural resources, but did not discuss the ship
subsidy question. He said in part:
"Pioneers of this great northwest, men far
sighted, resolute, in purpose, who braved the
dangers of the wilderness of Alaska, have asked
that they be recognized as capable of attending
to their own affairs. Are you afraid to trust
them? You can not refuse their request with
out reflecting on the principle of self-govern--ment.
They have the intelligence and capabili
ties as well as the right. Alaska should have
the right of self-government
"Alaska has a right to make her own mis
takes. If she makes mistakes she will suffer
from them and then correct them, but if we
deny her self-government, and In an attempt
to dictate her local affairs make mistakes, they
will be long uncorrected and we will be respon
sible for the conditions that will follow.
"Alaskans are asking for just what they are
fighting for the world over. They want to be
the architects of their own destiny, and the
guardians of their own affairs. You can not
refuse them this.
"There Is another burning question up here
in the northwest, the monopoly of natural re
sources. Who can measure the value of one
mountain stream? Yet many of them are be
coming the private property of individuals for
ever. Leave this question to the common peo
ple and there will be a thousand to one against
perpetual franchises."
TWO DOCTRINES .
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says: "President
Taft reverses the doctrine cf party fealty as de
fined by Mr. Bryan. In Bryan's view the man
who abandons the platform should bo repudiated
by tho party. In Mr. Taft's view, the man who
stands by the platform against dominant party
leaders abandons the party."
A CORDIAL RECEPTION
Following is an extract from the report of
the Seattle (Wash.) Daily Times':
William Jennings Bryan will not see many
of the exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex
position. The people won't let him. From the
moment President J. E. Chilberg's automobile
brought the great commoner into the exposition
grounds until he escaped into the New York
building for luncheon, Bryan was surrounded by
a' crowd eager In its excess of enthusiasm to
show him how firm a hold he had upon the
public, and clamorous in a demand for a sight
of his face.
Half a dozen exposition guards surrounded
Mr. Bryan and President Chilberg, but twice the
number could not have stayed the rush of the
demonstrative crowd that insisted upon follow
ing the commoner through the grounds. The
members of the reception committee were el
bowed out of the way and finally shunted into
the background. The crowd didn't want them
about and finally many of tho committeemen
quit and allowed the Bryan enthusiasts to form
their own escort.
tt was a remarkable demonstration and a con-
vinclng indication of Bryane pergonal popularity
and formed the, feature of the Nebraskan's day
in Seattle though demonstrations in his honor
at the New Washington hotel and the Washing
ton high school had prepared exposition officials
for an enthusiastic reception at the fair.
Bryan had been prepared to give himself over
to the exposition management to do whatsoever
could be of benefit to tho fair or of entertainment-
i.o the public. With a foresight that no
one else thought of he had sent Mrs. Bryan ahead
of him to see the fair and be prepared to tell
him about the wonders he might .be able to
view, and if the distinguished visitor gets a
comprehensive idea of the A.-Y.-P. E., he will
have to get it from his wife, who spent many
quiet but industrious hours on the grounds yes
terday. It is doubtful if Mr. Bryan could have foreseen
his reception to the fair, the first chance the
Seattle people had an opportunity to extend
their greetings. It is certain that the exposi
tion officials did not foresee the demonstration,
for the small assignment of guards was pitifully
insufficient to handle the crowds.
n. All through the morning people massed them
selves before the main gate on the steps of the
government and Alaska buildings, up and down
Puget Plaza and near the Forty-first street en
trance. The crowd was plainly waiting for
Bryan and for Bryan only, though it was thor
oughly understood that he would not reach tho
grounds before 10:15 o'clock.
MR. BRYAN AT SPOKANE
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A Spokane dispatch printed in the Portland
Oregonian says:
"Spokane tonight is commenting on the
warmth of the.teception given William Jennings
Bryan in contrast- with the strangely quiet
crowds that lined the streets, when President
Taft was on parade a fortnight ago. There was
no doubt of the popularity of Bryan. His ap
pearance in the heart of town, a brass band pre
ceding him on the way to the grandstand, was
the signal for loud cheering and, when he ap
peared on the platform to deliver his address,
the crowd lifted, its voice and rent the air with
cheers.
"And it was a great crowd. The space in front
of the stand and to the sides, perhaps 100 yards
wide and 200 yards long, was so packed with
sweltering humanity that half a dozen women
fainted and had to be carried away. Although
Bryan's voice is penetrating, It failed to reach
many of the listeners, so far from the platform
were they compelled to stand. Taft's auditors
included soldiery, perhaps 200 strong,' and there
were other parade features which drew auditors,
but the crowd listening to Bryan was 50 per
cent larger than Taft's, according to a number
of spectators who heard both. Bryan talked for
about two hours and held his auditors."
STRONG WORDS
The Chicago Record-Herald, a stalwart re
publican paper, says:
"The treatment that Mr. Charle3 R. Crane
has received at the hands of the department
of state has been nothing short of shameful.
Every newspaper man in Washington will hoot
at the notion that Mr. Crane's alleged indiscre
tion in any way varied from the discretion ordi
narily required from public officials. No in
formed person believes for a. moment that the
ostensible reason for the request for Mr. Crane's
resignation is the real one on the contrary, it
is perfectly apparent that he has been made the
victim of what appears to have been a thorough
ly discreditable intrigue."
"A thoroughly discreditable intrigue" are
strong words, particularly when they aro used
concerning a republican administration by a
leading republican newspaper. There is, how
ever, about the Crane incident so much to per
plex the ordinary observer that the president
and hiB advisors need not be surprised if the
public's sympathy leans toward- Mr. Crane. Cer
tainly it will so continue unless something more
substantial, in the way of objections to him,
are brought forward than those already offered
, to the public. Let Mr. Tafttake the people into
his confidence. What was the real reason for:
Mr, Crane's dismissal?
BY WHOM?
Here is a question put by the - Indianapolis
News to an advocate oft the central. bank:
A bank of the people' and for ;thepeople.
George B Reynolds on the central bank.
But by whom, sir? ".
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