REPUBLICAN HEWS ITEM. CHAMCSfL. WING, Editor. Pirbtertiod Every Thursday Afternoon By The Sullivan Publishing Co At tho County Seat of Sullivan County. tAPOKTE, PA. VV <;. MASON, Fresliten. THOS. J. INGHAM, fiec'y A Treas. Entered at the fost Office at Laporte, as second-class mail matter. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. Judge oi the Superior Court W. 1). POKTKR, of Allegheuey. Electors at Large, MORRIS 1.. CLOI'JIIFR, Philadelphia 1-5. F. JON MS, Pittsburg. i'or Congress 17th district, K. W. SAMUELS REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. County Treasurer, W. A.GUMBLE. Member ol Assembly, 1.. 11. /AN bll. County Commissioners, F. W, PKALE ami W. 11. ROGERS. County Auditors, (;, I-:. WlU'< iX, II A Rli V HOTS FORD. TAFT'S KINDNESS TO BLIND. Overrules Washington Monument Reg ulation For Benefit of the Sightless. 'i [ie kind hearted ness of Mr. Taft and his sincere, common sense sym pathy with the unfortunates in this world has Just been brought to the at tention of the blind in a peculiar way. Away up in the top of the Washing ton monument, where thousands goto behold the beauties of the nation's capital, the Columbia Polytechnic in stitute, which seeks to make it possi ble for the adult blind of the United States to rise above conditions of de pendence by becoming self sustaining, placed on sale souvenir post cards manufactured by its blind. Some sen timental persons took the view that (his was undignified aud succeeded in having the superintendent of public buildings and grounds order the cards removed. F. E. Cleavelaud, principal of the institute, appealed to Mr. Taft, then secretary of war and within whose jurisdiction came the office of public buildings and grounds. It took only a few words to convince the sec retary that the blind should have the benefit of this privilege, and the cards were again placed on sale In the mon ument. "For this action," said Principal Cleavelaud in discussing the incident. "Mr. Taft deserves the gratitude of every blind person, particularly the progressive blind, who are striving to help their less fortunate fellows." ANTI-NEGRO PLANKS IN WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Jim Crow Plank. We favor the enactment of a law re quiring common carriers engaged in passenger traffic to furnish separate coaches or compartments for white and colored passengers. Elective Franchise Plank. Belie'-'inr that the extension of the elective franchise to a race inferior in intelligence and without preparation for the wise and prudent exercise of a privilege so vital to the maintenance of good government was a mistake if not a crime committed by the Repub lican partyduring the reign of passion and prejudice following the civil war for political ends and purposes, we de clare that the Democratic party is in favor of so amending the constitution as to preserve the purity of the ballot and the electorate of the state from the evil results from conferring such pow er anil privilege upon those wlio are unfitted to appreciate its importance, as it affects the stability and preserva tion of good government. Taft's Religion. To dispose of questions which should not be asked as speedily as possible let us say riiat .Mr. Taft is not a i'omau Catholic, lie is a member of the Uni tarian church. That was the church of liis parents, and lie has never separat ed himself from it. His wife, however, is ati Episcopalian, and he worships more often beside her in her church. These are the facts, which are utter ly and absolutely unimportant. The matter of a man's religion has no right fill place in consideration of his fitness for the presidency. The constitution of the nation, ordained and established "to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity," expressly f-taces the very suggestion of such thought outside the pale of patriotism. No words can be clearer these from our country's fundatueiial law. "No religious test ever sliill bo re quired as a qualification to any office or public trust, under the (.Tutted States." Tin' numerous queries about >lr. Taft's religious belief show simply the extent to which his euemies have gone to rouse some prejudice ir,';t Ir.M him Since there \va-. no spot upon his whole clean record of private conduct and public servii e to which rhev could point to Tai l's dctrUix , , t'i,y displa.. Ed their wiiiii ■ ; ..,»i ; .; io ;m depiU of petty, eon-i .i- MI.-:."> : i attack that might il ■ ham. t'hi'.a delphia North -Vise. 1 it an. Reciprocal Boosting. Judge Parker is laboring i.ir the Bryan cause in California, which re culs the fact that Bryan's cam|»tig.i In Nebraska for Parker kept the Repub lican majority in the state dowu to 86,000.—5t. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mr. Bryan criticises Mr. Taft for adding to the Republican platform. In the meantime the number of "para mount Issues" which Mr. Bryan sub tracted from the Democratic platform would fill several large volumes.— Omaha Bee. TRYING TO HOODWINK NEGROES Democrats Pursuing Their Usual Double Faced Policy. Upholding Disfranchisement In the South Wiiile Forminy Colored Bryan Clubs In West. IFrom the Baltimore Sun, Dera.J General Wlnfleld S. Huueock. who was the Democratic nominee for pres ident. In 1880, declared the tariff was principally a "local question"—that Is to say, a Pennsylvania Democrat might he a protectionist for protec tion's sake, while a Democrat in Geor gia or in lowa might hold fast to the doctrine of a tariff for revenue only. The Massachusetts Democrat might he a free trader without reservation of any kind, while the West Virginia Democrat might be a free trader only with respect to commodities which wore not produced by his own state. General Hancock's pronouncement was considered an ingenious evasion of the tariff issue, but it did not pro (luce harmony in the Democratic par ly, and the general was defeated. Twenty-eight years have passed since General Hancock defined the tariff ns a local question upon which the Democrats of each state were free to act with regard chiefly to local In terests. The principle which he then formulated seems to have been adopt ed by Democrats in the west in re spect to the relation of the Democrat ic party to the negro. Last week the West Virginia Democratic convention embodied in Its platform platiks de manding certain qualifications for voters, designed to disfranchise many negroes. Their platform also contains a declaration in favor of separate couches for white and negro passen gers on railroads. The West A'irginla Democrats not only refuse to hold out the olive branch to the negro and in vite him into their fold, but they are determined to limit his political activi ty by a disfranchising law and to bring him under the operation of a "Jim Crow" law when lie travels on the railroads of that state. What Are the Promises? Out in Nebraska and in Kansas the Democratic campaign managers are organizing negro voters into Bryan clubs, in Ohio no effort will be spared to secure the support ol' the negro voters for the Democratic national ticket. What pledges have been given and what inducements have been of fered does not appear. Hut it is a fail inference that the managers have promised to do "something for the ne gro," perhaps to recognize him in the distribution of offices, 11' Mr. Bryan should be elected, and "also to take such HCtion as the negroes may de mand In respect to the reinstatement of the negro battalion dismissed from the army by President Roosevelt for the attack on Brownsville. Last week when the West Virginia Democrats were declaring for a disfranchisement law and for a "Jim Crow" law the Democratic convention in the Twelfth congressional district of Ohio adopted a platform favoring "the enactment of laws which shall accord to all men accused of wrongdoing, whether sol diers or civilians, a fair and impartial trial and an Opportunity to lie heard before conviction or punishment." This apparently refers to the Browns ville Incident. It may also have a broader meaning and a more extended application and may lie susceptible of an interpretation which will make southern Democrats open their eyes with amazement and possibly with ap prehension. Race Question "Local Issue?' There seems to be 110 ground for rea sonable doubt that the Democratic campaign managers in the west, in the effort to secure negro support for their national ticket, are acting upon the principle that the race question is only a "local issue." It is evident that the south does not approve this plan of campaign, but is powerless to check it. The Democracy of the south is in full accord with the position taken by the West Virginia Democrats last week. And yet it is assumed by those who are trying to get negroes to support Mr. Bryan that the south will act In hearty co-operation with the Ohio, Ne braska, Kansas and Illinois Democrats who are welcoming the negro into free fellowship in the Democratic party and probably promising to annul the decision of President ltoosevelt in the Brownsville matter. The theory of western Democrats that the race prob lem is merely a local Issue is calcu lated to give the south much concern. Many Democrats in that section may question whether it is worth while to elect a Democratic president who may open wide the door of political oppor tunity to the negro. Chafin Needs an Ark. "Never since the flood has water reached such n high tide as at pres ent," says the dry candidate for presi dent. Looks as if he might be swepl away in the freshet. Rattling the Skeleton. Eugene W. Chalin, the Prohibition candidate, was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin's foremost watering place.—• New York Mail. None of the Bryan phonograpfi rec ords has the speeches advocating free silver and immediate government own ershlp of the railways, nor have they the "great, commoner's" attacks or Koger Sullivan, Colonel Watterson and Guffey. These omissions tell an impor tant story. DENIES THAT BRYAN ''COULD DO NO HARM." Congressman Burke Say* Office of President Is Infinitely More Powerful Than Congress. Congressman James Francis Burke of Pittsburg in an address on"The Powers of the President" says: "The American people can make 110 greater mistake than to elect Mr. Bry an on the assumption that he can do no harm in the face of an adverse sen ate. As between the executive. and legislative departments of the govern ment, the former has infinitely greater power to rule and ruin than the latter. "Mr. Tuft and Mr. Bryan are wholly different types of men. Each pos sesses a strong Individual cbusicter, which would certainly assert itself in the White House. What either of these men would do during a four years' term in the White House is causing as much anxiety among thoughtful Americans as the mere matter of the election alone. "As a disturber of moneys the pres ident is without a rival in the world. Through the agencies under ills con trol he will this year disburse a billion dollars, showing the great things we ure doing in adding to the unparalleled list of the world's achievements. "In view of the fact that during the fifteen years of Bryan leadership the states controlled by his party have de creased from 23 to 12. the number of senators from 48 to 31, the number of representatives in congress from 220 to 104 and In that time the Democratic party was in control of the ground, whereas it is now, as a consequence of his teachings, a hopelessly hetero geneous mass of I'opulistic elements, the American people can see little pros pects of a constructive policy if Mr. Bryan should succeed." Things Bryan Would Forget. The most important, because the most curiously novel, feature of Mr. Bryan's address Is his apotheosis of the party platform. A new doctrine of Infallibility 1b embodied in these sen tences at the very beginning of Mr. Bryan's speech: A platform is binding as to what it omits as well as to what it contains. A platform announces a party's posi tion ou the questions which are at Is sue, and an official is not at liberty to use the authority vested in him to urge personal views which have not been submitted to the voters for their ap proval. It is natural that Mr. Bryan should disavow certain "omitted Issues," such as free silver, government ownership of railroads, the initiative and referen dum, attacks upon the courts and oth er theories which at times he sanction ed overhastily in the past. But he is unfortunate in his manner of express ing that disavowal. A party platform is not political holy writ. The »American people choose for president a man, uot a clerk, to curry out the orders of a con vention committee. A platform is not a prophetic code of conduct, but a summary of basic principles, to be al tered, amended or enlarged according to the country's needs.—Philadelphia North American. Union Labor Vote. Hon. William 11. Buchanan is one of the leading union men of western New York and in 1907 was the Democratic candidate for assemblyman in Chau tauqua county. This is what he has to say of the effort of Mr. Gompers to turn the labor vote over to Mr. Bryan: "I am a union labor man, and I want to say further that no man can carry the labor vote into the Democratic camp. I know lion - union labor men feel In this city, and three-fourths of them will stand by the Republican party because ouly in that way have they the assurance of freedom from the business disturbance that Mr. Bry an promises for at least four years if he can be elected. We workiugmen can't earn wages If statesmen are put in office to disturb business and make trouble." Campaign Funds. "We welcome Mr. Taft to this ad vanced ground," said Mr. Bryan in one of his numerous interviews since tlie Denver convention. The ground refer red to Is Mr. Taft's statement that no campaign contributions wilfild be re ceived from corporations. Mr. Bryan Intended to convey the impression that Mr. Taft had come to that determina tion after the Denver convention, in that the Democratic "peerless one" Is not honest. Mr. Taft is a law abiding citizen, Such contributions are unlaw ful, made so by a law passed by a Ite publicau congress at the instance of a Republican administration of which Judge Taft was a part six months be fore the Denver convention. Be hon est, Mr. Bryan, if you can! Keeping In the Spotlight. Candidate Chafln, having fallen into the water tank out west and having stopped half a brick with his person at Springfield, will, if he is going to keep In the limelight, have to lose his dia monds or do a buck and wing with Mrs. Nation.—Minneapolis Journal. Kernology. It U said the Democratic vice presi dential candidate is not a vegetarian nfter all. Kemiverous, eh? llelp! Po lice!— New York Mall. Not a Wail For Bryan. "Let us have the worst," says the Brooklyn Eagle. That sounds like, though it isn't a declaration for Bryan. --New York Tribune. Candidate Sherman has been pre sented with a loving cup. The next tbing In order is to present Candidate Kern with a shaving cup.—Omaha Bee. APPEAL TO CHRISTIAN CHURCH Made by Judge Taft In Behalf of the Filipinos. "A Great Missionary Work That Is Certain to Promote Christian Civ ilization." The extension of a vitalizing Chris tianity among the Filipinos as advo cated by Judge Taft both before his speech of acceptance of the nomina tion to the presidency and in that doc ument itself lias been widely com mented upon in the pulpits of the United states. The voice of the cler gy lias given earnest comineudatim to the attitude of Judge Taft. who when governor general of the islands sxerted the utmost influence for amelioration of the condition of the inhabitants of the archipelago, and that, too, at the cost of great self sac rifice on his own part in refusing the seat on the supreme bench, to which he was both called and commanded by President Roosevelt. Never since he first assumed the bur den of the governorship of the Philip pines has the welfare of the Filiponos ceased to be close to the heart of Judge Taft. In his speech of accept ance again he reminded the Americans that it Is the duty of this country as a strong, Christian and enlightened na tion to give spiritual as well as ma terial aid to the distant brown breth ren. Taft's Appeal to Church. liev. Albert Hurlstone. pastor of Roberts Park church, Indianapolis, lnd„ In a recent sermon thus spoke of Judge Taft's appeal to the Christian people of America: "Mr. Taft used words of wisdom in referring to this question In his liotiti •ation speech, liis appeal is not only to his party, but it is to the Christian church of America. It seems to me that every mail whose heart beats loyally to Jesus Christ must rejoice In the statement so truthfully made. Mr. Taft said: 'We have established a gov ernment with effective and honest ex ecutive departments in the Philippines and a clean and fearless administra tion of justice; we have created and are maintaining a comprehensive school system which is educating the youth of the islands in ICnglish and in Industrial branches; we have con structed great government public works, roads and harbors; we have induced the private construction of 800 miles of railroad; we have policed the islands so that their condition as to law and order is better now tluiu il has ever been in their history.' "Mr. Taft is better fitted to speak ou this question than any other man iu the government today b.v virtue of his close connection with the problem, his experience and personal observa tion of the work being done; hence what he says will Ik? heeded by the Christian church with intense interest. Influence of Christian Civilization. "More than'teu years before Dewey sailed into Manila, Bishop Thoburu, our missionary bishop for fifty years iu India, predicted that ere long the missionary would find an open door in the Philippines, but Cod alone f?iiew how the door was to be opened. "Now we hear Mr. Taft saying: 'We are engaged in the Philippines in a great missionary work that does our nation honor and is certain to pro mote In a most effective way the in fluence of Christian civilization. It is cowardly to lay down the burden until our purpose is achieved.' True, nor do we believe that the American peo ple will allow this to be done. The sacrifice has been made, the song of the redeemed people will ere long fill heaven and earth with gladness. The selfish are ever lonely and joyless, but they who bring the sacrifice to the altar will find the joy of the Lord arise within them." "According to His Folly." " 'Shall the people rule';' is declared by the Democratic platform and can didate to be "the overshadowijig issue now under discussion.' it is no issue. Surely the people shall rule; surely the people have ruled; surely the people do rule." Thus Candidate Sherman re plies to Candidate Bryan, and if the latter was looking for a straight an swer he certainly got it. But those familiar with the mental processes of Mr. Bryan know that he would wel come no reply, but that his absurd question was asked to Instil doubt In the minds of his more thoughtless fol lowers. Democratic Discouragement. At the risk of calling down upon our selves further execrations from a few of the faithful and fanatical we niake bold to remark that the indifference of the South Carolina Democrats to the cause of Mr. Bryan seems to justify our prediction some months ago that the campaign would end with the Den ver convention. We wish that we could be disillusioned; we wish that the Dem ocrats of South Carolina and of the country would sharply rebuke us for saying that there was an absence of enthusiasm for Mr. Bryan.—Charleston News and Courier (Dem.). Making or Keeping Promises. The difference between Mr. Taft's promise of tariff revision and Mr. Bry an's pledges in the same direction is that Mr. Taft If elected will be In posi sitlon to redeem his pledge, while Mr. Bryan If elected would be powerless to accomplish anything with a Republic an senate arrayed against his free trade plan".—Omaha Bee. Cultivate the Habit of buying reputable .goods from a reputabe concern. We are agents for W. L. DOUGLASS SHOES fro 2.50 to 5.00 p<? School Shoes II JIB rorboys has no equal. Tracys Shoes for' " •: ! f| ■ - vA'Mr farmes are, we hnd, i * 7 always satisfactory. A GOOD ASSORTMENT MTJLS VA of CHILDRENS' and || % \o \ LADIES' Heavy Shoe 112 Fine Goods at correct /i /v. vlWh. - prices. Clothing Made to Order All Ivive the right appearance and guaranteed otsd in both makrial and workmanship and price mte. We also manufacture Feed, the Flag Brand. It is uot cheap, but good. Is correctly made. Ask your dealer for it[or write us for prict*:s. NORDMONT SUPPLY Co. General Merchants, P sgs£f?gS Till I<T(D'JBiJDI^LC)I<T r r. WHY THE G, 112, P, SHOULDWIN OUT Able Presentation of Issue at Outset of Campaign. PROtID RE jORD OF GREAT PARTY It Stands For Expansion, For Progress ar.d Prosperity. Is Constructive, It Organizes the National Will, Is a Party of Statesmen, and With Taft and Sherman As Its Standard- Ber.rcrs Is Bound to Ee Successful at the Election to Be Held In No vember. i Special Correspondence.! New York, Sept. 8. Ir, meeting the issue "Why the Re publican party should be successful next November," the Republican con gressional committee sought the brightest literary minds in the country to present the case in a brief and for cible manner, and from among 200 articles upon the subject submitted, that written by Frank Hendrick, of New York city, was awarded the first prize of $l5O. This is what Mr. Hendrick wrote: The Party of Expansion. "The Republican party was founded upon the principle that this govern ment was established to protect for all times the rights and opportunities of every individual from abridgment. That principle it has successfully main, tained. Through the Civil War it con secrated a reunited country to free and equal American citizenship, it has kept the channels of interstate commerce open for all. through the national bank ing system, the refunding of t'.te na tional debt, resumption of nyoci J 1 c.y inents, the gold st.-J::rrt a: 1 Use emergency currency law. 1: i>u-<...ii; d the life current of national interr-ity. "As trustee of the national weuuh, It has investigated . ions, surveyed soils, develop?! v. - atc:-.vays Including the Panama canal, irrigated deserts, conserved watersheds, and husbanded the public lands. Protecting American labor by regulating immi gration and by taking at the custom house, to pay American taxes, foreign capital's advantage from low wages, it has preserved to American industries the home market of eighty millions of the world's greatest consumers and so laid the surest basis for American com petition in foreign markets. Uniting capital and labor, thus, in a common prosperity and common source of in creased reward, it has created oppor tunities. improved conditions of em ployment, brought about a higher standard of ■ living, and more wide spread distribution of wealth and well being. and made expansion moral as well as material. "Intrusted with insular possessions. It has brought them peace and pro gress, and provided for the extension and protection of American trade, for the nationa. defense, and for the hon orable discharge of the responsibilities of world greatness. Maintaining peace at home, with foreign nations and nmong them, It has given American rights and American opportunities new meaning throughout the nation and throughout the world. The Party of Progress and Prosperity. "Promising progress and prosperity. It has been politically sincere. It has never had a candidate of a section, prejudice, or class, nor a platform of negation, scheme of repudiation, pro gram of scuttle or doctrine of despair. It has never lent itself to a demand for revolution, to be followed by reaction and retrogression, it has stood firm for evolution by constant, steady and enduring progress. Finding trusts giant-born, flourishing under supposed conflict of state and national law, the double prohibition of existence serv ing but to foster their (Rn-elopment. it has never, in an attempt to destroy trusts, withdrawn, instate or nation, the protection of law from prosperity, but has, through executive Investiga tion and resort to the courts, resolved the conflict which had silenced law and given trusts existence. "It has never proposed to advance American workingmen and American institutions by banishing American in dustries and building up those of other lands, and scorned to insult labor with an illusionary promise of immunity from law. Yet it passed the pure food law and the employers' liability law. secured equal accommodations on rail roads. aided agriculture, created the civil service, established free rural mail delivery, reduced foreign postage, and increased pensions. Continuing naturally inarked-out progress. will keep its pledges of tariff readjust ment, currency reform and develop ment of the merchant marine, and make the United States the financial centre as it has made it the industrial centre of the world. "In the evolution by which party ;«nvernment has become the extra constitutional method of securing re sponsibility to the people, the Republi can party has become their traditional representative and the Democratic party the organized aspiration of indi viduals for power without responsibil ity. Fairly trjed, from 1893 to 1895, the two Democratic houses and the Demo cratic president were a 'wild team' and a helpless driver. Democracy agitates local differences. Republicanism or ganizes the national Idea. In 18(53 the people were committed to the cause of human liberty; the Idea of 'Liberty and Union' expanded for the first time Into the reality of the American na tion. "In 1579 money was committed to a specie basis; specie was at once, unui 1893. no longer sought, and govern ment bonds went to a premium at the reduced rate of interest. In 1896 busi ness men were again committed to con fidence; before a single statute was enacted prosperity set In and in ten years bank deposits almost trebled—a permanent gain which the recent panic, a 'state of mind' now completely dispelled, scarcely touched. In 1906 business was committed to fair meth ods: without compulsion violations largely ceased. "The Republican party, at each period, sounded the public conscience, felt the national pulse, framed its poli cies in response, and realized in law the dominant American Idea. Its con structive past assures its constructive future. It is today as It always has been, 'The Party Fit to Govern.' The Party of Statesmen. "The party of statesmanship, it has been the training school of statesmen. Its policies have been forged In the heat of public discussion, tempered In the deliberation and shaped In the con flict of many trained minds, and drawn and finally wrought for the country's welfare. Dominating Its members through principles, it assures unity in government; its staunchest partisans have made the greatest contributions to national progress. The roster of its leaders is the national roll of honor of public service. "Republicanism stands today for progressive policies in safe hands. By solving the constructive problems of world powder In the last two adminis trations, William H. Taft taught the vorld our capacity and us his own. In all constructive legislation for twenty years James S. Sherman has been a leader. In the records of the Republi can candidates as well is in the form are written the story of the na tion's progress and the reliance of the future. "A Democratic president or a Deme cratic house would turn back those pages; thereafter Bryanlsm would re cord 'Destruction.' This the Republican senate could not prevent. Under Taft and Sherman and a Republican con gress the great progress of the past will be held and the greater procress of the future will be assured."
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