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Manner Determining Reservoir Sites and How
r Organized Effort Secures the Highest Effi-
ciency-Glirnpses of the Future
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Tile general ; public has not had time
to become familiar with the workings
of Ole reclamation service under the
National irrigation law , which passed :
Congress , June 17th , 1903 : , through ; the
dir. ct personal inl1ueuce oC President
n'Ise\'clt.
.A6 previously Mated : in the ! columns ,
this is one of the 1110t illlpor5'nt meas-
ure that has ever iwea enacted by
C tigress. Perhaps no one now living l
can tully appreciate its far-reachin
. lH'aeficent effect upon the domestic , so-
dial and political ) lives of future gener.a-
deus or American citizens. Active opera-
Itons : bean : as soon as the measure be-
/ came a law ; an organized body or goy-
enUllent engineers wa already in the
, Western field connected with the geo-
I. , ; rica 1 anti topographical surveys. It
. will IJe of interest to voters to know ,
before election day , IInmethin or the
nrudus operandi or this National Irrigation -
, tion Act for which President llilQsevelt
, l personally and directly : responsible.
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, Natlonlll Irrigation Explilined.
'As pre'iou'lly ! ' stated , , the funds - for
this great work fire derived fl"mu the
, vale . or disposal or publiC lands located
itt the thirteen States and three terri-
\ ( . torie , .aITected , and the work iis con-
rausequeutly confined to this area. There
i ± no\\ in the reclamation fund , something -
thing over $ ' : 7000000. This fund is i increasing - .
I creasing rapidly every month. When i I
: it is i stated that the proportion orov -
: rUlI\ent land in ninny or these arid
i Stllte is from 75 to 05 per cent. of the
( entire area , seine . vague Ilea may he hall
m or the enormous amount .that destined ,
accumulate : this irrigation fund , 3S
the result of the sale of these . : ; onrn-
9 tlllnt : lamls during the next fifty 'ear5.
.AI1 of this money goes into the reclam-
atiou fund. "henever any portion or
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i it i i" expended for construction of % :
i reservoirs , dams or ditches , it is rcturn-
, ,01 to the governr.ent within a period often
ten years , in thtrll1 or ten equal an-
nUl11 inttallmcntsarom : the actual ( ) c- :
-cl1pants of the 1 " . . . .d , 60 reclaim by I .
Irt' : ; :1 tion.
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, [ Over 300 En lneers nt Work.
If T-o carry out the purpose of' this law ,
II.II efficient ensrire' : : 'ng corps has been
organized . unl1\f : ill service rules , and
from the men fl.I\\\ry ] in tile field. Over
three hundred aut t engineers , together
'with u large number or helpers , are already . -
ready in the field. From time to time ,
other 'men are being added , especially
front the graduates of professional
schools throughout ; the country. It is
the pokey , of the government to retain
lien for this work who arc known to
, . . ) -.ess high rinCillles and undoubted integrity -
tegrity , for it is believed that the great
hydraulic work can be planned and built
prperly only by men or the highest
tHe.
Selection of Rejervoir Sites.
, In each of the States and territories n
general : stiff y is being made of natural
toitnntions which offer opportunities for
reclaiming large bodies of land. After
due preliminary work , n few of such
projects , say two or three , -which arc
the most pronnising , are selected for
, ' , more careful survey : and im'estigation.
' From a comparison : of results W obtained -
tliut'd : , one of these is chosen by the
district en i11eer. When he is ready to
{ report upon the work with recommend-
; tUions , the facts and figures ; : arc sub-
I mitted to the hoard of engineers . who
lass ttpon them. Sometimes additional
c Inrormution is i sought or the conclusions
are modifie
When .ngreement is reached the re-
.ult are translllitted to the Secretary
QC the Interior with definite recommend-
.tions for immediate action and "ith full
facts lS to cost and henefits. Final
I action is thus taken only after the most
I f'ritical examination of existing conditions -
, , tions end cOlllllarison or thee with other
( I r jl'Cts. In some or these arid States
a general reconnoissanc is still being
carried on . in others plans and estimates
alll'Y been completed , and in a DluntJer
'Or instances work has actually begun on
, n large scale along the line or construct-
ing dams and reservoirs. Contracts are
likely to he let within the next few
. months for several more , mammoth enterprises -
'rpriles which will reclaim a few million -
lion acres of 131111.
Organizing Communities for lrri l1-
tiou.
Under the terms or the l:1w. : the works
"hen built , are . to be paid for in ten
' ftl1llual installments and are ultimately
' to 'be owned and opera te < .l by the people .
1 ple using : the water. The problems be-
fore the reclamation service . therefore < , .
, are not merely engineering ; in char ctt'1' .
hut are largely legal ; and pertain to the
, . organization or the irrigators into -a so-
, iations , so that the management and
future control of the works may be 1I1:1c-
eJ in their hand" This is the most
difficult part of the work. It is hard to
bring together the discordant elements
or n community torn by conflicts over
water , and weld theni Into a compact
organization : . sufficiently strong ; to main-
thin the works built by the government /
and distribute the ! water equit ihly.
How Water I. Con . erycil far Use.
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Beyond all question most of the water
to he conserved for irrigation f'l1-p'He
will come from the storage ; of flood
niters hy means of dams and n'J'rvoirs.
Wherever sulable basins < ilouy ; these :
5trenms can be found they will be uti-
llied : by closing the outlets and mtching
the waters which otherwise would flow
down the steep lopes , devlstating the
lowlands.
Many ot these artificial : reservoirs can
be supplied by gravity canals 80 as to
cover large bodies of bench land l adja-
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good land. hQwevcr , which lies too high
to be thus reached , and these lands , if ir-
rigah'dat all . must be supplied by some
Corm or pumping device or from artesian .
-ource. As ; the water flows down the' '
steep river channels it can occasionally
be diverted and power developed , the
water being used for irrigation : later. i
This power , carried by the electrical '
transmission mentioned in our last issue ,
cam be used to pump ( water to the lands
somewhat above the ordinary canals.
As previously stated , it is one ot : the
engineering problems or the reclamation
service to develop all power possible and
utilize this in irrigating the higher ; lands
by means or pumting. Another problem .
is that or discovering the quantity and
quality ot : the underground waters and
devising means by which these may be :
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brought to the surface , if not too saline
for agricultural ; purposes. Thus the i
work or < the reclamation \ , enrlneers Is not I
merely hydraulic in character ; it involves I
mechanical and electrical construction
and n knowledge or geological ; principles
which govern the occurrence of water
under1.'ToUlIlI.
Some TedIous Work for Uncle am.
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The easily available waters
arid region / have l in many instances been
appropriated and put to use by private
C.terllrise'l , leaving for the government /
only the large , didlcult or involved pro-
jects. It 1s not possible anywhere to
find ideal conditions , and although far
reaching results are to be accomplished ,
these will be achieved only after great
skill and .tact have been brought to
f'ar.
f'ar.Criticism
Criticism will be launched against tIle
government by the uninformed , because
or the apparently slow progress in the
development or great irrigation projects.
In all cases it should be remembered
that nearly all or such undertakings in-
"oh-e the application or trial or new
methods and devices and the dealing with
considerable numbers or persons who are
private owners or land under such pro-
Ix.sed irrigation projects. It will be seen
that the work requires not merely skill ,
but timc.
In the execution or the work , it is nec-
essary to utilize lands , rights or way or
privileges ; owned hy individuals. Many
or there can be acquire by purchase ;
others must be condemned by process of
Inw. It i is not desirable to begin condemnation -
dcmnatio proceedings until all possible
efforts have been exhausted to bring
about a fair and businesslike ! sale , us it
is essential < to secure and maintain the
good w\ll of the communit J.t is a
better policy not to force matters , but
even to rIsk some delay , rather than
by main : strength to bring about reforms
which will be appreciated only after
many years.
National Irrigation for Private I.ands.
As stated , Uncle Sam still owns from
oue-half to nine-tenths of the mea of
each of the 1Vesterit States and terri-
tories affected hy President Roose'eIt's
National 1 rri : ttiou' Act. He is i the big :
laud owner and will alsvay 'A remain the
proprietor of the great mountain areas
covered mainly with . trees , and front
which come the waters essential lo the
life or aJ'riculture.1uch of the best
land in the "alle ' has '
valleys already passed }
into private ownership and along almost
every stream is a continuous succession
of claims taken up under the 1I011lcsteal1
01" Desert Land law.
The public land , as a rule is i the bench
land adjacent to the vRlley. Nearly every
scheme for the reclamation or goyern-
meat land ! : must of necessity involve the
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irrigation of land now in private own-
ership. The provisions or the law aTe
such that , > he land owned by individuals
can be irrigated in small tracts not to
exceed 100 acres , , that being the amount
allowed for each 1ndiyidual. The law
has been so framed fiS to require con-
tinuol1s residence on and cultivation or i
the land ; whether originally in private i
or public ownership , the chief purpose
being , ot course , 10 bring about imme-
diately dense settlement in small , self-
sustaining farms.
The projects already agreed / upon em-
brace all extremes from those where
nearly all of the land is in public ownership -
e1'ship , to those where most or the land
is at present owned by illdividuals. In
the latter case the lands are now for the
most part , vacant cultivation haying been
attempted with .an inadequate supply
of water , and failure was the result. II
the land in private ownership were already -
ready irrigated . there would , or course ,
h" no need or o"ernl1lental interference
but tu a majority ( of instances settlers
have c.'t.\me in with good faith and tried .
UJ make : h'ones. In any entJ.1t. whether
they have or not they can new obtain
' 'watN ruder the law l only by residence
tIIII cultivation in small tract . . thus
bringing about the intent of the National
Irrigation Act.
Individual nome BaUders.
Whenever a project for reclamation : or
government land is declare ; to be feasi-
ble , public lands under it are immediate-
J ; taken up under the terms or the
homestead law and by the time the
works : are completed the land is nearly
always in private owners'.1p. Thus ,
whate\"er { the initial condition may be ,
whether the arid land " " : l owned It first
! by - the government or by individuals : , the
Ic.'sultsare the same-the Establishment
or homes upon small farms.
Where the land : holdings in the hands
or an individual or corporation Ire large.
water for these cannot be obtained until
they are snbdi"idedand disposed of in
small tracts to actual settlers. Such
occupants : must reside continuously for
fin rears , at least , upon the land . and
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cultivate it before n clear title to the
water can be had from the government.
Thus , collusion or evasion ot the purpOle
of the law is to n large extent prevented.
In a rapidly growing : , country it 1s hard-
h- credible that any collusion to obtain
water can hold throughout a long period ,
especially with danger ; : or forefeiture at
the end or that time.
The main feature or the law is to se-
cure the development or the arid region
and the utilization or the great resources
which experience has shown cannot be
put to beneficial usage by private enterprise -
terprise , and which , if properly utilized -
ed , may become the greatest = ! source or
strength to the commonwealth through
the creation or homes. It matters little !
whether the land thus utilized hap ' ' I
to be , at. the time of construction , of , \ ) -
ijc ! or private ownerghip. The main thing
is to' secure ultimately the building of
homes and , the placing of these in the
'hands of people who become self-support-
ing and who can and will refuDf (
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the government the cost of reclamarlS'f .
This is an object In : which not only the
government , but all classes of citizens
and most industries are directly inter-
estel1. -
All Business WIll Be JJeneflted.
The trmscontinental railroads : recog-
niz that they will be first beneficiaries
and the perpetual gainers by this home-
building movement and they are wisely
contributing largely to the success of
, the mo\"ement. It is true some of them
have land to sell , hut the profit from the
sale of such land h as nothing ; : compared
to the annual traffic resulting from the
establishment of innumerable homes. ,
Time railroads could sell the lands to cat-
tJemen , but as a atter of business they
know it is much l'tteto even donate
, them to settlers who will live , on the
farms and make home of the newly irri-
gated herita e. The manuf.3 tiring and
jobbing ( interests of the East have also
contributed to tit : s work to no small .
degree ; , as 'they : believe that in the West
is the greatest home market for manu-
factured products of all kinds.
It has soplelimes been held up fiS n
reflection against the advocates of National -
tional Irrigation that the great railroads
and manufacturer of the East are interested -
terested and have contributed time and
influence to the cause , but in this direc-
tion the interest ot : the people or the
country and that or , the railroads and
industrial organizations are identictl-
namely : -to briny ; together the man who
is seeking a howe , and the opportunities
for making ( ) ne.
Private Capital Inadequate.
Private enterprise b still active in the
arid region , and there are many localities -
ties where irrigation works are being i
built by individuals and corporation , I
but the great problem can never be made '
commercially successful and vast tracts
or fertile land will be condemned to
sterility unless the government takes
charge or such projects through the
operations ot : the new reclamation la'W.
Ir this law is successfully administered ,
which it will be under Republican administration -
istration , million ! oC prosperous homes
will be built in localiti now waste
and desolate and the republic strengthened -
cd by myriads or conservative , prosperous -
ous , high-minded citizl'as. .
Big ProJectll Under " 'ny.
Among the important project approved -
ed and now being constructed by the
- government , may be mentioned works at .
S\"eet'Water Dam , Wyoming ; Gunnison
Tunnel , 0 > 1. ; Truekee and Carson Rivers ,
Xev. ; : Milk River and St. 1ary's Lake ,
1ont. , and Tonto Creek , Ariz. Roughly
estimated , these will make possible the
irrigation or something over one million
acres of land at -a cost or seven and a
half ' million dollars , or an average of
$7.50 nn acre. \.5 a matter of tact , much
of this area is unsuitable or unfavorable
for cultivation. Probably oily about GO
per cent. of the total will be found
worthy of a reclaiming : ; this will increase
the , average cost to something : like 1.50 : : !
an llcre.
Sweetwater Dam is on Sweetwater
River , at Devil's Gate forty miles vest
or Casper and forty miles north or Raw-
lins , 'Yyo. Tills project will reclaim
about 100.000 acres. . . tie Gunnison Tun-
neJ- scheme will reclaim about 100,000
acres and is located near Montrose , in
I , Central O > lora11 o. In Nevada it is pro-
posed to divert water from Lake Tahoe ,
I Cal. , and its outlet-the Truckee river
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settlers in the vicinity or Reno. This
project is destined to reclaim about 200- ;
000 ncres. The Milk River project in. .
northern Montana will reclaim nearly
OOOOO acres in the vicinity of Malta
and Gla gow. At Tonto Creek , eighty
miles above Phoenix , Ariz" , immense impounding -
pounding reservoirs will provide n supply
of water to Irrigate ! about OOOOO : : ! acres
in Salt River Valley , which is already
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thickly settle
Irrigation , Mother : ! of Ch-UIZ'1t1on.
There is no one thing that portends
the future greatness ' ot the present civilization -
zation more than the efforts now being
put forth in nIl arid regions or the earth ,
to make the desert and waste places
habitable and producth-e. Archeologists
tell us thzt where they have found man's
struggle hardest , there they have found
the highest types or civilization that are
dead and gone. On the high / iiliteaus of
South America md the mesas of Mexico ,
in the desert where flows the Nile , on
the bleached plains or Arabia and where
the sacred Ganges / courses to the sea ,
are found traces of feats of irrigating
skill , broken . works or art , ruined tem-
ples and shrines that equal and in some
instances surpass : the boasted ! skill of
modern engineering , art and architecture.
As n nation , America may he justly
proud of her greatness , but ir we would
continue to grow and endure , we must
encourage nIl : moves that seek to make
us a nation or rural homes rather than
a people or great ! cities. We should
strive to build up more homes with surroundings -
rouul1in/s / of simplicity and truth , where
coming generations may grow ; to matur-
ity , uncorrupted by the sup < > rficial glit-
ter and gilded ; : vice or the 'ity-
Time United States leads all other coun-
tries of the earth in the production of
wheat , corn , { 'ottonYOJl , beef , pork
mutton and edible fo\\15. liIiou : of
people across the seas . are dependent
upon this country : for both food and
-clothin . It is our vast agricultural ; resources -
sources that constitute our great national
wealth and economic iudepeudence of the
rest or the world. The source and store-
house or this great national wealth is
the land that. 'throu h man's industry
and skill , produces all these staples or
food and clothing these necessities for
the life and 'WelJ-bcinF of the people or
the earth. How important it is . then ,
that this great tore-hou8e or wealth be
preserved and . enlarged by the reclamation -
tion of the arid West.
delll Irrigated Homell.
A very small farm unit , says W' . E.
Smythe , makes it possible for those who
tn : the soil to live In the town. The
farm village / or home center is itl well .
established feature of life in arid America -
ica and the feature which is destined to
enjoy wide and rapid extension. Each
four or five thousand acres of cultivated
land will sustain a thrifty and beautiful
hamlet where ill the people may live
close together and enjoy mot of the so-
cial and educational advantages ; withm
the Teach or the best eastern towns.
Their children will have kindergartens -
tens ns well fiS schools and public lib-
raries and reading rooms , as well .ag
chur'hes. The farm village ; , lighted by
electricity , furnished with domestic water
through pipes , served with free postal
delivery and supplied with its own daily
newspapers at morning ammo evening has
already been realized in and \.meriCft.
The great cities of the western valleys
will not be cities in the old sense , but
a long ! series of beautiful villages con-
1I'cted by lines of electric motors , which
will move their products and people from
place to place. In this scene of intensely
h' cultivated land , rich with its bloom
and fruitage , with 1ts spires and roofs
and with its carpets of green and gold
stretching away to the mountains , it will
be difficult for the beholder to say where
the town ends and the country be ins. : ,
If you wish to contribute your part in
bringing ! about these and countless o " her
blessings : : , vote ; for Roosevelt and Fairbanks - I
banks :
If yon are oatisfied with prevent.on-
laion' , be sure anti vote for Roosevett
and Fairbanks and the Republican
candidate for Con relill in your dis-
trict. .
Jude Parker deplores that flaIl the
leaders ot : the : Republican party ( of a
generation 1110) ) have passed away , " any
"in their places have come very differ-
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ent men. . " It can be retorted that all I
the leaders or the Democratic party
passed away two generations ago , and
none have come to fill their place Times
like ours demand men of these times
and not mere doleful SOll11l1s from the
tombs of a past generation.
An Ianorftnt rellidentlnl Candidate.
The ignorance or Judge ; Parker on con-
ditions in the Philippine lands would
discredit any American schoolboy.
"Are the Philippine Islands a sel-
supporting community he asks. II
If the citizen or Esopns , New York ,
had visited the 'V orfI's ! Fair nt St. i
Louis he would 'have learned what lie
has failed to get out of the thousands
or pt'1ges or newspapers , magazines ; ! ' and
the ? many books published on the Philip-
plrrts in the UlIitL't States during the
vast few year. But Jude : Parker has
shown that he reached , seine years age ; ,
tl real "dead line" ' in the mental life ,
the time when n man ceases to learn.
If the Democratic candidate cared to
know what : he talked about he could
have found that : the customs revenues
alone , during the last three years have
increased to $17,000.000 , $18.000,000
and lUOOOOOO n year ; and that the
other revenues have increased -according-
ly. That the Islands are not only self-
supporting but that they pay all or their
own expenses , could afford to send to St.
Louis .an exhibit costing a quarter or a
million dollars , and that they are spend-
into now , 'between -1.000,000 and $5-
000.000 it year constructing railways ,
reads ! , harbors . waterworks , electric light
plant , buildings and public improye-
meI1t , felleralb-
Judge ; Parker ought to attend the nearest -
est high school for boys. :
Ifnv n I.'oreUlouht. :
"Let well enough ; alonc" i better , asa
a forethought than as m aflerthought.
One ounce or prevention is worth 11
pound of cure. It is easier to prevent
a Democratic victory that would mean
a renewal or hard tine ; than to try and
cure or live ont the hard times after
they have axrh'o A stitch in time
save nil1e"-anl your vote in time might
help save many dimes nine 'distrescful
cares and anxieties should the Demo-
cratic party prove victorious.
Advice for Election DIlY.
Forget your breakfast , if j you will ;
Forget to light ; your good cigar ;
Forget to take your pepsin pill ;
Forget to take the trolley car ;
Forget ; to kiss your wife o.od-bye ;
Forget your hat or o\"ercoat-
But ere election day is by ;
Be sure you 11011't forget to rote !
Parker's Lellilea- Footed Dunne ! ! ! ! .
The leaden dullness with which Can-
didate Parker misstates the Philippine
situation is irritating ; to his more clever
followers , while it amuses Republicans.
General Grant once said "You can ai
ways trust a Democrat to make a mis-
take. " lIe is i ! sure to get on the wrong ;
side , to stay there , and to advertise the
fact.
It is particularly : distressing - to the
Democrats to have Judge Lochren , of
) Minnesota known ns a strict construc-
tionist of the Constitution declaring ; that
C.ommissionl'rarc's ruling in regard
to pen\o,1s ; is i not a usurpation of powers
of Congress ! 'I1t nIl , and that it is entirely -
h' reasonable and hin accord with the
experience and observation of e.eQ-
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The thing : for Republicans to do this
year is to VOTE. The Democrats have
the money of the trusts and can bring
out to the polls all the ignorant purchasable -
able element. But they cannot bring out
enough under any conditions to beat
Roosevelt , if Republicans YOTE.
Every Republican should see that his :
neighbor totes ou November 8th. If you ;
, have an apathetic friend , tell him that
his vote is necessary to make the election
of Roosevelt and Fairbanks certain , and
viake'liim i accompany : you to the polls.
H the full Republican vote be polled
there will be no doubt about the elec-
tion. Ii a few men in every precinct
stay at home , Democracy and hard tomes
may gain control.
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VIGOROUS DENUNCIATION OJ' f
EX-SECRETARY OLNEY.
Ii. Attempt to Belittle the War wlt1 !
Spain : Rellented and HI. Immediate
Withdrawal from the Speakiag Cam-
palln Demanded.
The New York American , one of Wil-
liam H. Hear..t's newspapers : , in its b-
HIe ot Oct. 15th ; . thus criticised a speech
delivered by ex-Secretary Olney : ,
1'ake Olney off the stump. Demo- :
erat : of his type make no votes for the i
party. Last night in his speech nt , :
Cooper Union , the former \ttornej-Gen- ,
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oral and later ] Secretary of State under ,
President Cleveland offered a characteristic -
istic keynote.
"In his argument against ; imperialism
he spoke of 'our needless scrimmage with
Spain over Cuba and subsequently referred - "
f.rred to 'that development of jingoism
-and militarism which brought on the
scrap with Spain. . i
"That is n keynote to which the conn- , t
try will not respond in the way expected t
by \r. Olney. Itis , not Americanism ' ar
and certainly it is not democracy. a
"The war for the liberation or Cuba ,
had the heart of the people behind it. ;
It was chivalric , unselfish and glorious. , i
Limited and careful gentlemen of the it '
OInej' type found themselves incapable ; t
of rising to the height or the popular ' "
enthus.iasm , hut , whether in or out of ! m + „
olllce , they were swept along with the
tide or noble sympathy for an oppressed
pl'OIlle. History will record that the r
United States in expelling Spain from
the New World reached a moral eminence -
I nence quite unparalleled In the action 4
of nations. t
" " 'e owed nothing to Spain ; 'her occu-
pancy or Cuba had been a continuous
crime , as was her whole career in this
hemisphere. \Ye bad been patient too
) ong. The Yirg-inins infamy should have
been the signal for her eviction from
this side or the globe. The culmination : ;
of 'her atrocities was the blowing up
of the Maine , riding at anchor in what
was supposed to be a friendly port y =
"And after that unexampled outrags '
Olnt"y speaks or our 'neooless' war with
Spain. h
"Xo American who is as broad as hi ,
country can look back upon the Spanish
war without n thrill of pride. t
" : \11' . Olney speaks for a kind of Demo-
crats who are infinitely hurtful to the .
Democratic , party. They seem to b. .
without capacity of entering into the feelings -
ins ! or the people sharing their patriotic
ardors , or s 'mpathizingith their na-
tional aspirations. lIe is an able man ,
no doubt ; nn excellent lawyer and means
well , but he damages Democracy and the
candidacy of Judge Parker when h.
puts himself forward as a spokesman
ac ( ; once of 'Little Americauism' and the
part ' : ' ; -h is historically that of ex-
panS1O. .
"A people are not to be cribbed ,
cabinel1 and confined within the cold- i
blooded and petty limitations or the 01-1 /
'
ney conception of national duty and de.- " " "
tiny. The votes or _ ' olln. n ref
or spirit--cannot be ' " 't
one of the loftiest deeds in the-'n
life.
j
"Democrats real Democrat , are not
to be ' , "ed of their share in the
glory Y-freeing Cuba. It is to be the
everlasting honor of the party that
through its 'representatives in Congress
and in the press-the 'Amorican' foremost -
most in the fight-it forced a reluctant
administration to declare the war. Had
Cleveland been in the White House and.
Olney in , the Cabinet , we may be quite
sure that the heroes of the Maine would
have perished in vain and Cuba con-
tinued to be a Spanish shambles at our
door.
OoThe Democracy has no quarrel with
any man who took part as soldier or
civilian in rescuing Cuba , and it is not
to he tolerated that the party should be
placed 'in such position. . Theodore
Roosevelt. ; IS one who took part : in that
brief conflict , has reason as a < candidate
to congratulate himself upon ) fl" . 01-
ney's presence on the stump. Judge .
Parker and his managers ought -to lose : no
time in revising the list of falI1pai
speakers ! amid eliminating from it the 01-
lIe 'g , the Clevelands and all other discredited -
credited ( , plutocratic , narrow-minded and
hard-hearted Democrats , 89 called , who
arc responsible for the apathy among
the people or , which complaint is made
at Democratic headquarters.
"How can the workingmen for exam-
ple , be expected to grow enthusiastic ill
a. canvass which numbers among its
conspicuous orator the Attorney-General
who discovered the sacredness of a Pull-
man car and a President who ordered
troops into Illinois against the protest
or her i lovernor for the purpose of crush-
ing a strike ?
"Olney has spoken for Parker , and it
is announced that Cleveland is also to
mount the platform. If Judge Parker
understands the American public as wen ,
as we think he does , he will put his toot
down and avert that crowning : calamity.
Let real Democrats do the talking from
"
now on.
Lawyerll Form a llnb.
The lawyers or New York City hays
formed a Roosevelt and Fairbanks Club ,
hose object is to show the confidence
of the members of the bar in the administration -
istration or President Roosevelt , based
upon the fidelity , fairness and effective-
uess with which be has executed and
enforced the laws ot : the 'United States ,
and to promote good government by the
election of Fairbanks and P.oosevelt.
The Hon. Elihu Root is president ,
Charles H. Sherrill , 30 Broad street ,
New York City secretary , and Herbeti
J. . Sltterlee , treasurer.
"It is n standillordert" ev rr Amer
ican diplomatic tins eon"nJar officer t.
protect every American citizen of
wIateTer faith , from ntjl"t inIe.ta .
tion and onrofficer abroad have bee.
ItrluentIy : ! rt'qnired to comply with
this ord < : r.-Rooevet'slp.tterot : .cceptanc (
H you are fighting a wily , tricK ]
enemy it is wen to watch him clos " ] s
Democracy is resorting ; to every nndet
hand , infamous scheme to gain contra
of the government. Therefore , let every
Republican be on his guard. Go to the ,
polls early on November 8th , and don't
fail tG vote.
VOTE EARLY OX ELECTIO
DAY. AND SEE THAT YOUR
NEIGHBORS , PLOYES .c--U
FRIENDS VOTE. TOOl !
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