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Washington Letter.
Washington , D. C. From now
on the campaign of misrepresent
ation inaugurated by the democratic - '
cratic party is going to be met
with a campaign of refutation
by the republican party , and fur
the next six months the people
on the one hand will be asked to
believe the questionable statements -
ments of the democratic party or
to investigate the facts and
figures as presented by the re
publican party. We have had
'
' -.such campaigns before , and al-
i"though misrepresentation has
resulted in success , yet for the
most part the truth has brought
and should brirg victory
' f The republican congressional
committee has been iully awake
, to the situation for some time ,
and has been quietlv doing all
that it possibly could to offset
the wave of misrepresentation
which has been passing over the
country largely through the dis-
gruntled and muckraking maga-
II zincs and some daily papers
I which are still sore over the fact
that the tariff was not made on
their special account. But here
after republican , speeches in con
gress and speeches made by noted
republicans throughout the coun
try and the regular republican
papers will tell the people the
facts about the tariff law ; about
the pending legislation ; about
, the work of the administration
and about the record of the re
publican party in general andin ,
particular and leave the people
to decide whether they wish to
keep in power a party that does
things or a party that simply
( promises without even the ability
or the opportunity to carry out
its pledges.
Some very noted speeches have
been made recently which the
people should have the opportuu-
tunity of reading , and so iar as
it is within the resources of the
republican committee they will
have this opportunity. One such
speech is that recently delivered
by Hon. Nicholas Lougworth.
son-in-law of ex-President Roosevelt
velt , before the republican state
league clubs of the District of
Columbia. This speech has now
been put in pamphlet form by
the congressional committee , and
a million will at once be circu
lated.
Another notable speech is that
of Representative 13oufcll , of Illi
nois , made in the house of repre
sentatives on April 15 , It is
simply a compilation of the rec
ord of the republican party since
1897 , including every treaty made
by this government with foreign
nations , the various official proc
lamations and all the important
public laws enacted by congress
since March 4 , 1897 , To many
this would be very dry reading
and yet every loyal republican
should have a copy at hand to
show to his democratic neighbor
when the question comes up as
to what has been done for the
people of this country during the
past doxen years ,
The speeches that have been
made by Duncan E , McKinlay
throughout the west and in the
south , and even in New England ,
have captured the whole country ,
and if Mr. McKinlay could spare
the time his services would be in
demand twice a dayxtrom now
until the 8th of November , His
SUCCCSH has been due to but one
fact , and that is that he has told
the people simply and plainly ,
but very forcibly , the truth about
the tariff and the present admin
istration. He takes the growl
that the tariff law is no longer
under discussion , but that the
c peration of the new tariff law is
a subject for discussion. And
when he tells the people of its' ' re
sults , of the great increase in
revenue , of the great increase of
employment and of the great in
crease in wages all over the
country and of the general pros
perity that has conn to thio
country , it leaves no ground
whatever for his opponent to
stand on.
Vice-President Sherman , too ,
is adding his share to the good
work , and his recent speech at
St. Louis is considered an ad
vance in a way over the speeches
of other republicans , as the vice-
president takes the ground that
while we should give the present
bill a trial , at the same time we
should watch its result and see
whether in the f ce of enormous
increased importations we should
not consider the question of an
upward revision in some sched
ules when a new tariff law is
framed and put on the statute
books.
With the appropriation bills
out of the way , the republicans
are now working night and day
to enact all the legislation pos
sible to carry out the pledges
made in the last platform and
recommendations of President
Taft. As usual , this program
will be opposed by the democrats
in both the senate and house , but
it is believed that the end of this
session will show that few ses
sions in congress in recent years
have resulted in so much work
and so much beneficial legisla
tion to the people of the country.
In a few weeks the record will
be made up and the issues made
very clear. Shall we support the
present administration ; shall we
endorse the new tariff law which
is working wonderously well ;
shall we elect a republican house
to the 62d congress to enable Mr.
Taft to carry out still further the
program mapped out by him and
leading republicans , or shall we
check present prosperity by
democratic house that will result
in a do-nothing congress and give
anxiety to the business interests
of the country , checking the
present prosperity , decreasing
employment , reducing wages and
leading perhaps to disaster and
panic ? All minor questions and
methods of legislation and of
personal ambition must sink in
to insignificance as compared to
greater questions that the people
must decide on next November ,
and considering that the republi
can record is one of progress , is
one of attainment , is one of al
most unlimited advantages to the
people , while the democratic rec
ord has been and is and can be
absolutely nothing , it would
seem without doubt that the people
ple in their wisdom would return
to the next congress a republican
majority in the house of repre
sentatives as great , if not greater
than that which we now have.
Our Increasing Imports.
United States consuls continue
to report on the large increase in
exports to the United States as a
result of the new tat iff law. A.
E. Ingraham , the United States
Consul at Bradford , England ,
says that in forty years there was
only one year in which the in
crease in exports from Bradford
to the United States was as great
as in 1909 , and that one year was
in 1905 , the first year of the
democratic Wilson tpritT law.
To talk about lowering the rates
further in a tariff act that pro
motes imports /to border close
upon insanity.
Postal Gains.
Basing his conclusions on the
/auditor's / returns of postal re
ceipts and expenditures fo'r the
first half of the current tiscal
year and on preliminary returns
for the third quarter of t He-year ,
which closed on March 31 , Post
master General Hitchcock pre
dicts that the first year 6f the
present administration will show
a decrease of more than $10,000 ,
000 in the deficit of * 17,480,00 > ,
handed down from the preceding
year. The deficit for the first
half of the current year is only
$4,072,000 , as auainst $10,285,000
for the first half of la&t year , a
reduction of more than $6,000,000
in six months.
The recent publication of the
auditor's returns for the quarter
ended Deccmbei 31 disclosed the
fact that the service had been
conducted during that period at
an actual profit of $2,115,000 , the
largest surplus recorded for any
quarter in the history of the de
partment. It is expected that
the final figures for the quarter
ended March 31 will also show a
surplus close to $2,000,000. The
final quarter of the year , that
ending June 30 next , in which
certain heavy expenses of the
service will fall , is likely to show
a deficit , but as expenditures are
now running it will be exception
ally small.
The postmaster general will
not be surprised it the excess of
expenditures over receipts for the
entire year falls as low as $5,000-
000 , which would mean the wip
ing out of more than $12,000,000
of deficit in the period of twelve
months.
Forget the Other Side of It.
Some laboring men were dis
cussing the high cost of living ,
and one of them was heard to re
mark :
'
' 'Say , do you know what I was
doing when Cleveland was presi
dent ? I was a sandwich man
tramping the streets carrying
advertising signs , and d d
glad to get the job at that.
Prices were low enough , but the
devil of it was to earn enough to
keep me and the old lady alive.
Now I'm getting $4 a day , and
we don't have to go ragged and
hungry. Maybe I'd be kicking
more if I hadn't seen the other
side of it. "
Plenty of the kickers of today
against protection have seen the
other side of it , but they have
forgotten. It is so easy to for
get I ' 'So easy , too , to find fault
with the tariff. Not so easy
however , to undo the mischief
that invariably springs from
tariff "reform. "
This is a year in which nobody
can afford to vote in the air , or
to refrain from voting. Wise
democrats are saying that if
their party should carry the
house in 1910 it would commit
enough blunders in the following
year or two to render republican
success in 1912 certain. The
course of wisdom , however , is tq
prevent these blunders by giving
the republicans a larger majority
in the next house than they have
in the present chamber. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
President Taft , in his speech
last Saturday evening , made it
plain enough what is his view as
to party "regularity. " The
principal which he set forth is
one which will appeal to the
common sense of the American
people. It is unavoidable that
men of the same general way of
thinking should differ as to cer
tain details of public policy , but
President Taft. lays it down as a
rule that no man can be read out
of his party who consistently
supports his party platform.
There is certainly something
reasonable in that. Manchester
Union.
The country railed at Cleve
land in fault-finding mood ; it
withheld from Harrison com
mendation justly due ; it mani
fested disappointment with McKinley -
Kinley , who lived it down ; it
flared up against Roosevelt at
various times. But the country
invariably recovers from such a
Custer County
Land Man
If you have a snap in a
iarm , or ranch for sale list
with me. If you want to
buy a snap in a farm or
ranch , come and see me.
Phones , office 42 , resi
dence 129.
CHAS. W UOWMU
BROKEN Bow , NEB.
mood becomes fair and square ,
in the end , in its measurement of
men and measures ; and so Mr.
1'aft and his party may well
count themselves fortunate that
their troubles have developed
thus early in the game. The ad
ministration is young , and 1912
t wo years off. W ash i n g t o n
Herald
The business improvement
which is seen on every hand is
based on the assumption that
the republican party is to remain
in control of the government.
The continuance of the republi
can regime means that there are
to be no rash experiments in
legislation. No financial fads
will be exploited. Propositions
which touch the country's in
dustrial life will have to statd
the test of intelligent and rigid
examination before they can
write themselves upon the nation
al statute book. Outside as well
as well as inside of Wall Street
the busines skies continue to
brighten because the country is
confiident that the republican
party , for the next few years at
least , is to remain on guard.
tit. Louis GlobeDemocrat -
All the free-trade predictions
about a tariff was with other
countries have proven false. The
president has succeeded in mak
ing satisfactory tariff agree
ments under the maximum and
minimum features ot the Payne-
Aldrich law with all the great
nations and Canada also. Not
a single "war" has been "fit. "
Rockville ( Ind. ) Republican.
Those Democrats who are so
insistent that fhe present Tariff
law is responsible for the increas
ed cost of living appear to forget
the fact that the necessaries of
life upon which the Tariff was
reduced by the present law have ,
almost without exception , in
creased in cost , while the cost
of articles upon which the Tariff
was increased has remained the
s irae as before or been reduced.
Little Falls Journal and Couier.
EXTIUCTS OF SPCECH BY
HON. NICOLAS LONGWORTII
Driivered Before The League of Repub
lican Clubs in Washington , D. C.
We print below for the inform
ation of our readers some remarks
on the tariff question and the
duty of Republicans , which were
delivered by the Hon. Nicholas
Longworth , of Ohio , who has
been and no doubt is and always
will be in full accord with the
views of his father-in-law ,
Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr. Longworth said :
Mr. Toastmaster , Mr. Presi
dent , Fellow-Republicans : The
time will be soon at hand when
we shall enter upon a campaign
of vast importance. It may in
volve not only the success or fail
ure of the administration of
President Taft , but it may in
volve the integrity of the repub
lican party. I do not believe ,
with some of my party colleagues ,
that the storm is so fierce that
we should fly signals of distress ,
but I do believe that it is no time
to laugh away the seriousness of
of the situation. We have been
though a tariff fight , which
always , and naturally , causes dis
agreement , if not discord , in the
ranks of any party upon which
the responsibility for enacting
the tariff law has rested , We
are engaged now in passing legis
lation which causes wide differ
ence of opinion , if not discord , in
the ranks of the party clothed
Send Your Abstract Orders to
J. Gr. Leonard , Bonded Abstractor
Office in Security State Bank Building
G. L. Turner Lbr. Co.
Lumber , Posts , Shingles
General Building Supplies
Phone 79
To The Farm !
The Greatest advertisement ever given to western farm lands is contained in
the present discussion regarding the high cost of living. Our population nnd its
demands has increased beyond the ratio of increased soil products. The tnan whp
owns a farm is surer today than ever hefore of its future value and woith to him
Nearly n million immigrants come annually to this country The west is increase-
ing in population at the rate of half a million a year. The man who owns a 30 or
4o-acre worn-out farm in Europe is considered independent , yet
the west offers you 320-acre tracts of Mondell
lands or 80-acre tracts of Government irrigated
land , at a price that comes near being a gift.
With the absolute certainty that these lands will be beyond the reaah of the
homesteader in a few yenrs , | t w , | | p y you to get hold Of a WeStem
farm f ° r yourself or your son before it is too late. Get in touch with inc.
D. CLEM DEAVER , General Agt.
Land Seekers Information Bureau
1004 Farnum St. , Omaha Nebr.
Always Something Left
In your pocketbook when you buy your lumber and coal
of us. We can save you money on your lumber bill.
How do we know ? Because we save money for our
customers every day. We would like to save money
for you.
We can make you money by buying1 coal of us as we
have the stock to choose from. Let us fill your coal
bin next time.
1 t
DIERKS LUMBER & COAL CO.
Phone 23. J. S. Molyneux , Manager.
PICKLES ! )
w Heiuz's Sweet Pickles per doz loc
per gal 900
Heiuz's Sour Pickle per doz. . . IOG
Heinz's Dill Pickles per doz. . . .aoc
Heiuz's Sweet Midget Gherkins
per bottle 350
Heinz's Queen Olives per bottle 35
Haarmanu's Mixed Pickles 3 betties - |
"
ties for 35C
Mogul Queen Olives in quart jars
only 4oc
Queen Olives 2 bottles for 250.
Market Baskets 150 each. The season will soon be open for
picnics. Get a Lunch Basket at our store , loc to 350 each.
Imperial Peanut Butter. Just the thing
for Sandwiches in 150 and 300 bottles.
Green Stuff Radishes , Asparagus , Let
tuce , Onions , etc. , 3 times per week.
Strawberries fresh , red and tipe.
WE BUY , TEST and PAY SPOT CASH for CREAM.
' The Eagle Grocery Store.
The Square- Deal Store
with the responsibility for that
legislation. Upon the success or
failure of that legislation at this
session of congress will rest
largely the question of the suc
cess or failure of this administra
tion , for the record upon which
we must go before the people in
this campaign is not yet wholly
made up.
The republican party can not
afford to have its bon Odes ques
tioned. It can not afford to have
the sincerity of its pledges
doubted. For it is because of the
proved sincerity of its pledges ,
because of its proved ability to
redeem them , that it has had and
merited the confidence of the
American people almost contin-
ALWAYS
Good Cream on hand at
WILLIS & SON
South Side of the Square.
uaUy since its existence as a partv.
The republican party has never
made a promise that it did not
intend to keep and know that it
would be ak > le to keep. We must
not now allow it to be said that
we have adopted the democratic
principle of making promises to
catch votes , regardless of our ability -
bility to carry them out. If we
fail now to pass , at least in sub
stance , the legislation which we
promised in our platform and