I
syS.
r i V
mirarwwi p uiimtirtiwi r j iti
itHJiiuu mmLmmm
-.-.- . .
and mowing west
GASSAWAY'S FAVORITE POEM
jC
EAT
hi
i i
jion Will CKngo Deserts to Gardens and
1 bf roviae tanu iur ifimiuus ui nomcs.
fcLL .....
jLVELT S4TRDHG, PRILHDLY HAM
A
itnicv that Increases the Sum of Human
soppiness and Enlarges and Strength
ens the Republic.
V
President Rooaiirett .. sail, "I
1WH8T OK THK MISSOURI
' (; "ho tpokn froiti Id heart. It
v that fco lovod tli'o east loss,
4' thitt, in a rortalnJfway, the
iV J Urge did nt prppWy appro-
j i crude, big brdthor, whose
, i development mil auooinpIHi-
'"i destined n bring the greatest
Ml jridras to 11m fnnillr tin Nn
V it(Ot aciptalnttsl wltb this big
ounil out tlnU'ho wirf worth
yifcil lavylng. Ho started nut at
W pnylotlc mil iltilnntlii-iiI-
I ,erclt flrlyt brieves there Is
tbjo irmmI fur '(tic went, lie luf
UjMctlon iiexttu lu Initneasur
:, by tho National Irrigation
WJh, it I uufjiTallr ndmltlod,
iU"iiaTe becomf law without
M$ frnonn iullunnr In ilu
HIT aore.lttao without his slg-
s.' resident. TJipit, there Is Ills
;r" twtk-y Jiil p'rfnn. uml the
Oatul. fttisurcl as. a nenus nont
jgf the world's ilotoiiiir.v. Those
fpnp -many asMcinicu wnii imp
p?-Jw and Ioto be Woat,
j.r,T President hih,crr spoken at
jtlth or o explicitly t'"' min
,lj'jRtiit. It 1m e'liiaUy true that
t'reshlf nt over fiud ao wide nn
Ay nee with the", subject as Mr.
W' possesses. H")s, us ll were,
m mI'cIiIM or the, west ami knows
mn and ayinpaUiIxe with them.
H? 'cd roservoiVs, lit connection
fr ' Yretotmi'tloii rTl,v will bus-
ije grcar empire- iirynuu nn?
K
1 tur4h. imrtitr ipreMarv tn mill
v.'';t'tMcIirA there to habitations
r 'J.uctlUy. Tin wilt Insure the
qualities nt lu ro tm. Ills
c;at)(he whines through
JtttfafcM. 'HcTlioldi that Irrl
11 lit liaattlia ilodirfjtiv nml tlmt
Vfl MtftJ 'imijltivit fan 1h mi-
a,u.., wapiai. mmrcatncii or nun
? il(Attiiiil Intli.LlvV mifi tlinti
ill 'or rsAUnrtit-it limits.
Will ut.irk. the wiiovlul
W'Wii nittulnlatriitiiiii, nml
'iH-oclaaintlof will x down
we of of ui- urcatiMt act.s
Jt'ai NatioiJat Act.
LIrriiat oif.,Art is lmiwI
tatellliii'iitAxtt'iiMvo nl.iii.
iidtraaT, aad will t.i vMly -.tr-Wr
iCito will tip ulilo as a
nJMo-aH forniprtrhiiuplis of
illustrations
ntWic BOW
v 1 .1 Ub
ir our
f-Xi'M of
III -fi
,roretr nltii'Mt tlijyntlii' men
VfrireatPi!, lu u hiifidnsl yo.irs.
' OOUIU III) iMllLWl'U HUH IIU-
IfmftmMm' ftCv nil iiuuptus to
, At.lrf.nfiriV wbloh. with our
Waft fii hu OVIout. woithl
j n'vWi' .the 'vfiliniu- of our
Hcnitnrrtl pu horth'ultur.il
MJtirllt Uv ciyttti'd m Ik-Id for
l.Yi
W.
,0.
f every kliiil (if skill uiui
jjicHt' nT li.ifidlrr.ift. Ilrro
tfrtiitVwMl ami i-Muotnlf
dwiltivd' to lip sottliMl. In
,' Tnt.un' n niro of land.
tt '( lNI -rtlld WOIIH'II will
Wkl!hy interest, lustlmt mid
itfima-OwniB i Desire
ii'lfii.dTrp lu tho In-art
ifcviHAXott Auiprli'.iu to own
TJV-1 J"1 iuhrrput .vtMtiiilnu
copii', npp.ivoiit on overy
r. o own in foo sluiplt
'sa wf tho r.irth. Tin; dosln-
flfcara na It over wns. or nil
Walk prvlnt liiu.irs, t.'i,. farm
'1i6wp'iwCo. lli' must In vi
m
by nil iitVaus own II.
not If HI Imiti' lis MDIIIP
kt it tlniliM hclniii; to the
tu donip onn I'lsi. This is
fK'vIdoal lioraiist' of the ml-
m tlip fitrinrr. hut l),H'auir of
lfl.itkrps In tlic Nation nt larm.
rerrittr.stono of our .National
nil at (Up rod of nil true inl
and ,ull aoi'i.il tuipiMvoiiH'iit uml
.
&! . Iinliif. lltuill lllit 4illt mill
i MKIM it .....x1 ."-..
ttaaad him a pi trim ulio will
ronr Inntitu'lou m tin- h.illoi
?pn tho htt.V lli'ld. M"'u tin'
rfkt'iU in-etarld wom. with tiro
Jk'j'tl.ui.il Irriitntloii. nml you mvd
T .' l .. 1 ... ..!.. I ... ll...
ry uuoni i.i" iiiiiii'". ' ""
ive t;tiM (iivsiw I . l no iiiiiii ami
nnr nlaer trmuU's will iiuio
os. Tin' iroppny owuor is a
tlvc man wh'i lovos his t.imily
i-oinlry. Lot tho properly own
UH uiinirnuiN hh possible.
llopo for llmieat Toil,
National Irrigation Art, pasted
nnitillLMii Chiuch's at Mr. ltooi-
'Mrni'St rcuiiest mid ns a result
ilersonw euiiris. iias iiiiimii.v ih
ft work of iiie.isureiess piml to
ran I'lti.euMiilp. It Is iiIiicIiik
I '.ie reai'li of the Inmlliwi iiiiiii
jauiess laud. It is to .speak with
ejrtlint cannot he mlsumlrrsiooil,
uuttliiiiiK the two poyrorful factors
latiou nml rvcla mi t ion, In its up
IK work of the Nation, its nils.
ill be well it k'ht IrrosUtib e. It
ft from the pathway of the bread
t the deud weight of poverty and
tinn tWih.li has olistrmteil our no-
rocresa, created luternecliiu Ktrus-
L'tween capital mid labor mid
ened to Bliipwice!; our future pros-
B-fimnaiTO Arena (if Action,
Ir nrid region, ortomlhi); In tho tuniii
the Missouri 1(1 ver to the l'ucilie
and from Mexico to Cnnadn,
. au urea, uouerallv Hncaklnir. of
W MAA .W ... ' -
U'rvV c'"ief way. .aero is
country nhoiimls In iimmiiIhIih, plains
uml valleys. It i Iiere tiial the unveru
incut pioHisiM to apply the woikiuus of
the National Irrigation Ael nml to re
claim nil of the arid land which niii
bo ascertained to be arable mid which
In found to be Misceptible of tccliiiuii
1 ion by the amount of water available,
(loverntll'lit eierl.s estimate tli.tt the
present mnoiiui of In ml which m.ij be
irriitatoil is about, one liumlred million
ucies. This cnti be roclalmcil bj npply
Ini; the aimiimt of water now available,
direct- It i.s also cHtluinteil thai after
Irrigation lias heen applied to the null
for llnee or four years, n les iiiaiitll.v
of water is necessar.x nml hence an ml
dltlomil n i en (or peril ips liriv uiillions
ones mure uia.i piiilily be added to (lie
icclainiilinu area.
Nature Did (lie Needful,
Nature eems to have emploeil every
lexoiirce at its niiumaml to make the
mountain mid plain lotion the most fnv
ored portion of the eailh's surface for
tlie habilallon of man. Tills ectiou will
one day be 1 lie e.it of empire of the
I'nlteil Stall's, ami, eoii"ciUenll., the
World, b'or a dNtance of more lb. in u
thousand miles there are siici cxivc
chains of mountaius, in ircncral course
running north and south mid on parallel
Hues, with numerous valley, occupying
the immediate Krmiuil.
Knell valley, law or small, has its
Htrenm, enrryim;, with raiid fall, tlu
meltiuK Allows of llie trlbutmy nioiiii
tains. Tlie KiMdes lu general favor the
operation of irrlatiiu: canals which
take the water from streams mid carry
It at a moderate fall to lines uliovc
tlie cultivated laud. A the sprliiK' Hen
son advances, the rainfall decreitM's, the
crops peed more ami more water, which
Is furnished automatically hy the gradual
Increase of the temperatuic iiIoiik and
up the mountain side, reaching the ll-ht-et
deposit of snow lirst, and then, during
the later ami hotter mouths, drauim:
iimiii the reserve of the deeper and less
(aider inelled ice at the Usher altitudes.
KertllltT of Arid boll.
Umler the rains of centuries much of
the soluble plant foods in eastern Mills
have been washed into the sea. Where
no rainfall cvls t In plant food remains.
Tlie government analyse of noils rdmv
that the arid lands aveiage three times
as much Mt,ish, i.v times as niucli mag
nesia and fourteen times as much Hum
as the humid lauds. Aii farmer will
tell you that a limestone country Is a
rich country. To replace the food taken
li growing plants the ea-icrn farmer
resorts to fcrtill.ers ami manure. Start
lug with n rich soil, the irrlgationlst aNo
liiuls rcrtlll.liyj- strength lit the water he
uses, The mamuial vilue held In solu
tion ilk .ill incli.'s of water -the amount
applied to niie acre 1n a reason at the
I'nlversity of Arizona uuoiiiiteil to
$11.07. Ten acres under irrigatdn ae--
age better returns than Ill-acre ro.is. In'
the usual way.
I.noil Verv Viiliiiili'e.
In tho-e eommuuiti.'s of the next
which have been created by irrigation,
(lie average ie!d of wheat, potatoes ami
small fruits far ecee,l tint of the hest
farming dlstriit in Iowa or Missouri
or, tlie best part of th" Mississippi Val
ley, Although comparative!) remote
fiont the wot Id's martiis for proln.-ts,
au acre of laud iimlcr w iter rights in
the very heal't of the arid regl in, will
couiuiaml a higher price llinn an acre i'l
the humid Mths;sppi Vnllei. The farm
ers have learnoil that -Id acres, well till
ed, will )ield more prollt thin -ItMl acres
farnnsl in the old, haphazard ua). In
tensive farming and larger prolits from
smaller farms are maklu: closely settled
communities, est ihllsliing nearby neigh
bor,s, ,si'nmls. cliurclies and libraries, and
the isolation of old. farm life no louge.'
exists. The fanner makes more money,
and the deidl) uionoioio of life does
not drive ill" , hil Iren fr.n.i home, or
Ills wife ! i t'le iuane icyh'tn.
Konicvett I oiiunrinilr. ,(.
Tic passage or the V ulolial Irrlga
tiou Ail is t milium, ii to sa.ving thai
the west is aire id) rcleeined li is now
only a ipietiou of lime. I'erhaps no
law has Ih-i'ii passed du.-e the foumln
t Ion of iliN goermueni i,.-h has Im-cii
or can be s, pmllrtc In grei'. and lust
ing P nulls ll the I'llited SUI"". No
law Int. eve hceu en.'ited which will
add so inm-li stn'.iilit). wealth. Iiippi
liess nml genenl piosperlt) to the peo
ple and 111" goieriuuenl as the National
IrrWnMnii Law.
Here is a new Held for the most h ipe
ful tpei'itlitiou. It cannot be that an)
human mind his yet hccii able to esj.
mite tin far-reaching, the fruitful re
sults which will follow in the wake of
tills National Act. Lincoln is Immortal-I-ed
for his Muinui'lp.itloii I'roelaniatlon.
ItoiisL'vrlt will be imniortali::e. luvause
ho has done that which will s(t fi-,.,.
from thp thriMoin of tlie congested (en
ters of population, million of families
Uit can and will feel grateful to linn
and his ineumr)' as they sit under tlieir
own vine mid ligtree ami enjoy all the
comforts ami contentment uf their new
mid enlarged life of health, happiness
and usefulness.
(llcprodnccd from Plillii(lelilila Imptlier)
A sad blow burying the tlrht-bor.i In Vermont.
BILLION DOLLAR COUNTRY
.
Aai
Make it easy for the average citleu
to become a land owner mid you
strengthen tenfold his allegiance and de
votion to Ids country uml family. Mil
lions can now get hjuues in the Irrigated
West, under the National Irrigation
Act.
Hy actual tost in southern California
It has been found counting the urban
and rural populations together that one
and one-half ncres of irrigated laud will
support one person, mid It is estimnted
that this can ultimately ho reduced to
a .fllusle nrrp for e-ieh fiullviduu,
dusle nerpgr ef
Fucla Which ft la Dealratile to lleur
in Mind.
r.vldt'iitly Juilge Parker has lost track
or the fact that the I'nited States has
become a billiou-ilollar country, while
he has heen dreaming away his man
hood on the bench at Albany. Otherwise
it is impossible to account for Ills ac
ceptance of "the Uepuhlicnu challenge
to a comparison of Democratic nml Ite
publican ml ministrations."
If there Is uny issue before the Ameri
can pisiple upon which the Itcpublicaus
me more ready to appeal to the voters
than another, it is that relating lo the
iidmiplstralliiii of national finances. Hut
they 'will not let Judge Parker, or the
hungry aggregation of Democratic edi
tors to whom he addressed his Kip Van
Winkle rouinrks. Ignore the fact thnt
the I'nited States of UXM deals with
billions, where In Cleveland's llrst ad
ministration its linnnccs could be ills
cussed in terms of nine figures. Neither
will they permit him to compare net
opcnillturos under Cleveland with ex-traiu-ilinary
appropriations under Me
Klllley ami ItoOsevelt.
When he makes his comparisons be
tween tlie expenditures of 1SH.V1S8S with
those of I'.IOI-UIO:; he will not Is' per
mitted to ignore such facts as the In
(reuse In Ki"lnl expenditures from $.10,-tlf-Mlo
in ISSTi to $I:W.7JU.-1S7 In IIMVII.
and that the excess of expenditures on
account of the postal service over re
ceipts last year was only fl.ollO.OM, as
(omp.ireil with .S.:iSl.ri7'J.
As au Index of the growth of the I'ni
ted States in every direction that marks
advance in national welfare then1 can
be no holier stiuidii.'d than the increased
use of au ever improving ami extending
mall service.
Neither will Judge Parker nor tlie edi
tors t.i whom he unbosomed a choice
medley or ideas from the wit and wis
dom of Samuel J. Tllden and drover
Cleveland, be permit ted to "point with
DeniiVT.rl pride" to the enforced econ
omies of Cleveland's second term IS!I"
IS'.W, without being confronted with the
following delielts licit waited on Demo
cr.itle pillcy and Democratic adminis
tration:
iif.i'icnit mmi.vfi '!.i:vi:i,anivs st:c-
ONl TI'.IOI.
IMM $V.I.Sir.J.-JMt
iw I'-'.win."":!
I!'IS .'.1.'.1Ki,'JIII
Willi no exceptional cxpcndiluics, m-er
$,T,0.IH;i).0U0 was added lo the public
debt dining Cleveland's term.
And when they are discussing tlie
expen f running the government of
a rToople that has increased nearly ."0 per
cent, in populttiou and more than 100
per cent, in weilth since (Irover Cleve
In ml was first inaugurated. Ueiuhlieans
will not forget to remind American vo
ters of sin h billion-dollar facts as these:
mini:v in riiici'L.vnoN.
i-" t!o:t.
i..-i.'..VN.iti.-, $'J.:Mi7,inn.Miai
lleinmtii In Natlnii.il PaiiKs,
si.inc,:i7t;,M7 trt.'.'Do.imn.wn.
lii'tinsliM In Sailngs (tanks,
Sl.im.-.,I7'.M 17. ,.'.ii.uv.'oi,si:.
I)t'iiults lii State Hunks,
::ii.::o7.iiti. $i.Mi.:7o.in;t
liitolls in I .on li nml Trust Coiiiii.iulrs
Jl'A. tU.'.-M $I..-Kl.;!!ls.7!ltl
rotnl iiiiuris.
$l.oj;..7l!i.j:!7
Tol.il l',xtriN.
.l.i"o.iii.ti;n
.i.i'i; ui' r.i;jis
(Cstliniiteil on CciisiiK letiiriis for ISso, lsto
ami liloo.i
IsV lPOI!
"f I l,ono,i,Oo.noo. I'J'.'.lKMI.iinil.ooO
OH Value of I'aim Aiiliiuils
$.'. i.mi. l'.'s.::s;!. (.;;, lo-j.r.i.-,,.-io.
I'loilm tlnu of Minerals
SW'.S'U.tNi. JI,'.1M.(l,'.in.
l'l'iglit tons canli'il one mile by IUIIhiuk.
Tons. Tons',
.i.,.SO-J,ilTU..V.'l.l 17-'.'.NJl.'J7,!)!i:t.
(at l.ol i cuts per (at ,7ll cents per
ion mile.) ton mile.)
Wages In Manufacturing liuliistry
1SSO. IINXI.
?iii7.'.i.'.:'..7'.).". '.,.:rjs,nyi,'j,ii.
I'ewitderiug uml ilicoinprelieusilile as
rue these billions in many respects, they
)et preseat a di'iuoustratiou of the
growth of our country so clear and sim
ple as to be within the comprehension of
a child. Daly one word need be added
to rectify what might be an ci mucous
impression from the tigures us to tho
value of farm animals fat. During the
second aduiliiistratioii of Cleveland this
Mtlun shrank from ?:.-JS:i,riOil,tiSl in
I.V.I.'! to $l,77.'.'ll.OSI in 1SIMJ. from
which It has since risen to over $:t,100,
tHHMHHi. It almost seems as if the eaith ami
the klue refused to bring fortli their
natural increase under a Democratic administration.
tlie face of the earth, If you believe in
throwing open the doors ot opportunity
to young men, If you do not believe that
smoke-stacks are n proper place for
cob-webs mid birds' nests, if you would
rather hear the whirr of revolving wheels
than the murmur of discontent, if you
believe in happiness instead of uulinp
piuess, if you believe in courage ami
honesty, if yon believe in frankness in
stead of secrecy, if you believe lu deeds
rather than promises, If )on believe in
reason rather than Ignorance, then cast
your llrst Presidential vide for lloose
volt mid Fairbanks.
NOT USED BY DEMOCRATS
i
Adjectives for Which Parke.' Fol
lowers Have No Utie.
"We know what we iiie.in when we
speak of an honest and stable currency,"
said President Itoosevelt in hl speech
of llccoptUIHV.
In no otlk'ial utterance of the Demo
cratic party, or of its candidate for
President or Vice President during the
hist eight years, have the adjectives
"honest" or "stable" ever been used to
designate the kind of currency Deinoo
nicy demanded, and this notwithstanding
the Democratic phrase makers will use
adjectives freely ami recklessly when
ever they have any "paramount'' or
"tantamount" idea to advance, like in
the platform adopted at St. Louis, which
said "the existing Itcpuhllcuu adtuiuis
tratlon has been SPASMODIC. KK
ItATIC. SIONSATIONAL. SPKCTAC
I'LAU and AKIUTItAltY."
Alton It. Parker nays the gold stand
ard is "irrevocably established," but ho
iloes not say that his own personal be
lief in it as alTorilliig an "HONIvST
AND STAP.LK CI'llltKNCY" has been
irrevocably established, nor, furthermore,
that he doomed the Democratic party
wrong, when in Congress, in j.sjki. it al
most to a man voted against the estab
lishment of t.h" gold standard.
As the gold standard of value was
then "irrevocably established." not by
the Democratic party, but by the ltepuh
licau party, the only gold standard that
the Democratic puny can honestly claim
to have "irretocnhly established" i.s the
gold standard of silence on a subject on
which it never did talk except to lower
Itself in the estimation of intelligent peo
ple, and to breed apprehension iu busi
ness circles.
$.177..-i-'7.:t1
I7I'.MS1,7.V.
PULITZER'8 MISTAKE.
II Doe Not Ilmleratimd the Attitude
of I'arkcr.
Joseph Pulitzer did not attend the
gathering of Democratic editors which
met mid communed recently with tho
Democratic candidate for the presidency,
but lie wrote a letter, of which; this was
tlie concluding paragriipu:
It Is because I mo strongly di-alie Judge
Parker" eleitlou Hint I Hpi-iii. so plainly on
tills subject I earnestly beg of ,on when
you nee It I tit to-nioirow nt Ksopus, to urge
that lie in ceil n I ho the full lesponsllilllty of
Ills position; thnt he will not penult the
laiiipulKU In New Voil. the pivotal Slate
to bo lutiuiiniutKcd by the small politicians
who tioset 111 in.
"Ht'setl" "Itesel," indeed! Liltli Is
Alton It, Parker "beset" by the small
polithiaus to whom Pulitzer alludes,
those who have, for years, been the vas
sals of David neuuett Hill or iiiuoug
the operators for Tammany. Altou It.
Parker has been one of them himself,
b'oxy political manager for Hill, who
icp.ilil him by mi appointment, and who,
iu tlie preent year, has repaid him fur
ther, he is not likely to be "Iiesel" by hi
own associates. Mr. Pulitzer must be
wandering in his mind. It is upon those
from whom he wishes Mr. Parker to dis
sociate himself that Mr, Parker depends
for whatever vote lie may get iu New
York Tauimiinyites and the Hill henchmen.
OUR FOREIGNJRADE.
It F.xpiuidn Under Republican mut Col
lupttca Under Democratic Policies.
One of tlie great arguments of the
free traders has been thnt with free
trade we would have access to the "mar
kets of the world." Well, the only time
the free traders have hnd control of
tho government In recent years wns in
tlie seeniid Cleveland administration.
They did not put actual free trade Into
operation, but they came close enough
lo it to put most of the factories of
this country out of operation. We did
not get the markets of the world. They
may have been open to us, but our man
ufaeturers were going out of business so
fast, under the ruinous tariff schedules
the Democrats had put into effect, that
they could not seek the markets of the
world. Their own home market, the best
one to them, was invaded by cheap for
eign goods, however.
Then the protective taiilT system was
reinstated by tho people of this country,
mid immediately the factories began to
turn their wheels again. Within ten
years we have deinotih't rated that the
way to get the markets of tiie world
is to protect our own market against
invasion, build up our industries, and
then branch out for foreign trade.
Wo have not had anything like free
trade within those ten years, nnd yet we
nre selling millions of dollars' worth or
goods every year iu tlie "markets of the
world."
In Congress, last winter. Congiessnian
lll'l. of Connecticut, told of a recent
visit he had made abroad. He said:
"I stood on the deck of u Japanese liner
lu the harbor of hulivostok, Uussiau
Sllvria. Iu the hold of that ship was
over 7(H) tons of American agricultural
Implements that had. come across the
Pacific ocean from America for the use
of the peasants of Siberia, and shipped
Iheie under tho Diugley tariff bill. That
night at tlie hotel I met the represent
ative of il locomotive works 111 Phila
delphia who told me he had just put lu
1.M) locomotives, for use in tlie Siberian
railway, .shipped there under the Ding
ley tnrilT law.
"Next day I rode .r00 miles up the
banks of the Amur river over American
steel i alls shipped there under the
Diugley tariff law. Then 1 got aboard
a steamer to go up tho Amur l.oOO miles.
It was American built, towed two steel
barges made In Pittsburg, shipped there
under the Diugley tariff law,
"In the village of (Sorbitol,
ten tliousnml miles from here.
(age consisting of a doen log
in a little store not over S by
bought a package of candy, wrapped iu
paper on which was printed tlie picture
of William MeKlnley, to popularize I hut
candy among the peasants of Siberia,
all shipped under the Diugley tariff
law."
That looks ns if we had a slice of
the markets of the world, hut we never
got anywhere near them under Demo
cratic ta riff ideas.
(Henry llassaway Davis' favorite pujli
la "Kxcelslor." Current note.)
The shades of night were falling fust,
When up through West Virginia passed
A youth who held within his hand
A banner with this strange command:
, "Fork over."
"What seek ye?" cried the ones he met;
"I seek the bar'l; I'll titul it yet
I'll get that check we want, you bet."
He sang, us Davisward he set:
"Fork over."
"Try not that task." the maiden cried;
Hut only fruitlessly she slglusl.
For he replied: "We need the stuff,"
And chortled then iu accents grim:
"Fork over."
"O, stay, vain youth," an old man called,
At such self-conthleuce appalled,
"Dost think his name Is (JiveawayV"
The youth sang, through the dying day,
"Fork owr."
On, on he went, by hill and dale,
l'nlll the night at dawn grew pale.
And then nt last, with heart elate,
He murmured to the candidate:
"Fork over."
lie saw the barrel round and fair
Alas! he saw no buiighole there!
The candidate without his spec's
To read the banner did not vox
"Fork over."
"I cannot hear a word," he sighed.
"You heard when you weie untitled!"
Tlie earnest youth nt once replied
And then more vigoruiisl) cried:
"Fork over."
They found him, frozen stiff and cold,
His banner still within his hold
Ami now they send no strange device.
They simply say: "We want the price
Fork over."
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' First Voters Head This.
Itoosevelt and Fairbanks are both
jotiiig men, as are a majority of the lead
ers of the Republican party. If you
bellevo in progress, if you want to see
our country thu richest and its people
no most contented and prosperous on
SK
The Pleased Democracy,
The Donkey Say, but tills Is lino;
That's the lir.st tlmu I've been utile, to
make iIumo two wings work together In
I ten year. Minneapolis Journal,
Vilas Arrniuiis Ills Own Pnrtr.
Former Senator Vilas attended the
Wisconsin Democratic Slate convention
held at Oshkosh, whole harmony was
lucking, ami made this statement iu
closing the debate on the adoption of
I lie platform:
I came to the Democratic State ("omen
(Ion hopliiK for htti'iiioiit ami was Joyful
lu Unit hope Hut I tluil hcie that the
Deiuoerntli putty Is untiling, knows noth
ing about tho great principles on which It
wns foiiuilnl unit whli h lots made It n
power, ami must throw Itself away on a
ini'ie ouestbiii of political lunchluery In
jected br crafty polltleluiiH.
Mr. Vilas has been a long time iu
Ihidiug out what a majority of tlie vot
ers of the nation learned years ago.
We are not constrained to keep silent
on any vital ii-stlont we are divided
on no vital iiicsti mi our poller I con
tlnnoilti and Is the nnuie for all sec
tlniis nnd localitirH, There is iintblnK
experimental about the Government
we ask tlie people to continue lu power,
for our iierforinnuc..' in the past, our
proved governmental eflleleucy, Is a
euaruotse in to our promises for the
fill lire. Prewlcnt Rooiovelt.
One private reclamation project near
Phoenix, Ariz., created a taxable prop
erty of over ten million dollars In less
than twenty years, ami that from laud
practically worthless until irrigated.
It was under President Harrison's
Republican administration in 1SII1 that
the lirst Federal forest reserve was es
tablished. Tliis w'tis the beginning of
actual growth lu national forest r).
At the average rate of Increase in the
past wo will bun' over lOO.OOO.OOO peo
ple iu tho L'niteil States within the
next i!0 years. The wot mint supply
most of these with honiei.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Tlie People Trust II tin Iloth ns Man
nml President.
More mid more, ns the presidential
campaign develops, it becomes appar
ent thnt upon one man the American
people liiiv- tixed their affections mid
their admiration, uml that iu him they
repose a serene and perfect trust. That
man is Theodoie Kooseielt.
Four years ago the Republicans of
tho rank mid tile demanded the nomina
tion and seemed the election of Theo
dore Roosevelt for Vice President.
Against his own wishes, against the ad
vice or his neare-t friends, Roosevelt
nccepted the duties forced upon him
by his enthusiastic admirers.
Iu the dark ihi).s whh a followed tho
assassination or MeKlnley the beloved,
the old aphorism that "the voice of the
people is the voice or (iod" was called
to mind ns the American nation noted
the gravity, sincerity ami thorough com
petency with which the man they had
chosen for Vice President to ik upon
himself the duties of the Presid -ney.
As the )ears have passed admiration
and respect for Roosevelt have grown,
until now he is without doubt the most
IMipuhir man In the round world. That
his popularity is well founded no one
who knows the shrewd judgment of
Americans will question. No man cm
occupy the Presidential chair Tor one
year without being Justly measured and
estimated by the people whose chief ex
ecutive he Is.
From u popular idol, one In whose
personal girts, manly qualities nml
prnetical work all in lellghted. Risise-
iclt lias grown, Iu these three years, to
be the ideal President or the most pow
erful Republic the world 'has over
known, the head r one of the greatest
nations of the earth at the present day.
Theodore Roosevelt the man Theo
dore Roosevelt the President is a tig
ure to be proud of. In every word, iu
every act or his if,., there speaks. ;t
cleaii-inindrd. conragcous.hearted. vig
orous and incorruptible Individuality.
He is the champion of civic probity, of
national patriotism, of religious free
dom, a worker for and believer in the.
Iiest iipimrtuuitifs for nil men. without
legard to class. oeeiimtlnu, theological
opinions, imlitics or race or color.
Tlie young men of the country havu
l.l the President one to whom they can
loyally look as an example of vigorous
manhood, rejoicing as a strong man pre
paring to run a race. The staid citizen,
tolling in the bent nt lm iwin.l,,v ..c
life, turns to Roosevelt ns his choice out
or nil men to hold the cares and re
sponsibilities or the public business Iu
his clean, competent hands. The old
Republican, he who has borne the brunt
ol the last strenuous generation, the vet
eran of the great war for human free
dom ami the preservation of tho Union,
beholds in Roosevelt a iiiiiii worthy to
wear the mantle or Lincoln.
The umn or the day. the man of the
hour. Is Theodoie Roosevelt. He is a
gloat President because he Is a great
man. It has come home to eveiy Re
publican within the llrst weeks of the
campaign that the main strength or the
Republican cause this year is its caiuli
dale for President. Firmly Is he set
tled iu tlie affections and the respect of
the American people. All Republicans
will veto for him, ami thousands upon
thousands of men from other parties will
vote for him because he Is a man of
strong fibre, the sort of iiinu that every
other man naturally loves and trusts.
There Is no weak spot iu the char
acter or Theodore Rosevelt the man.
There Is no "yellow streak." ()iltsK)keii,
fearless, detiultely foreeM!, his ideas
and opinions are well known to his
count ryiiien, ami his works nre as clean,
ns stralghtrorwiird and clear cut as are
his Ideas,
He will be our next President, ami he
will carry with him into the office when
he Is elected the entire conlidence of tho
American people.
Tiie Wisdom of a Centenarian.
llenjamlii Rrown, of Rlehviow. Illinois,
has been somewhat neglectful concerning
his legist rat ion as a voter. Now ho has
rcgiMered, because ho wants to vote for
Roosevelt. The only remarkable feature
about this case Is that Mr. Renjainlu
Ilrown Is just one liumlred years of age.
Hill, after nil, even this fe.ituie Is 'n
remarkable, because nn American ,c
en who has acquired the wisdom of Ji
hundred jears could do an) tiling clso
than vote for Roosevelt iu this campaign.
To Irrigate Is to populate. Irrigation
depends f c itu success upon population.
Colonization is tho populating of hith
erto uunccunlud t rants of lauJ.
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