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REPUBLICAN PARTY TICKET
For President
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, of New
York.
For Vice President $
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS,of Indi- |
sna. :
For State Treasurer :
HARMON M. KEPHART, of Fayette
County. ‘
Fer Auditor General .
CHARLES A. SNYDER, of Schuykill
County.
For United States Senator
PHILANDER C. KNOX, of Allegheny
County.
For Congressmen- at-Large
THOMAS S. CRAGO, of Greene
County.
MAHLON M. GARLAND, of Alle-
gheny County,
JOSEPH McLAUGHLIN, of Allegheny
County.
JOHN R. K. SCOTT, of Philadelphia
. = County. yp
Li . For Congress
ROBERT F. HOPWOOD, of Fayette
County. ¥ Gl
For Assembly.
ROBERT W. LOHR, of Jenmer..
MORRIS W. SPEWHER, or Milford
Democratis caripuign IMANSgers are
~trying to evade the charge that under
Democratic afdmimistrations the con!
-trol of the impertast committees is in
of ‘members from ' the
“South. They acknowledge ‘that the'im-
portdnt chairmamships are held by
Southermers. They are silent on the
—fact that = safe majority of each ime
portant committee is Democratic and:
—that a majority of the Democratic
~thembers are from whe .BSouth, so that
by holding a Demecratic conference
first, @=nd binding The Demacratic
—memibership, they can control the en-
tire committee. Take, for instance,
the House Committee on Rules, which
“holds almost absolute combrul over
—ths vital question whether any impor.
bill shall have consideration at
~of whom 7 are Demecrats and 4 Re-
i
ng. The Seven Democrats are.
zmot outvote the five. And so itiis with
~other committees of almost ‘a8 great
: importance.
SMESCUE THE AMERI-
CAN BUFFALO
The rescue of the buffalo, more pro-
perky called ‘bison, from extinction ‘fe:
#8 romance of that fight for conserva
-fion that goes en in this country with
~pverdnhreading wigor. fery many spe-
ties of :useful -and beautifsil wild life
fre ‘today threatened with -extinstion
_ throughout the Jength and “breadth of
- the land, ‘yet comparatively few of our
“~people redlize tiis and fewer yet are
willing #0 ‘mdke ‘personal samrifices to
gave ‘tlfis wonderful heritage to the
children of -the ‘future.
Searcély a half century ago the buf-
‘fdle roamed our western plains in al-
-most ‘unceantable numbers, from Can-
ada ‘to Mexico. To the red mem who
then Toamed the plains with them
they were an unfailimg source of sup-
plies, food, €tothing, housing and fuel.
To the white men of the region they
were all these and represented also
the wonder and romance of the primi-
tive open world and the historic past.
Cortez and his band of Spanish con-
quistadiors were the first white men
to see one. They found Wim confined |
in the menagerie at Montezuma’'s cap-
oysters,
et)
cribe them, ‘“Teeming myriads,”
“countlésg herds,” “incredible numb-
give only an. .inadequate idea ofithe
extraordipary
sented. wily estimated that. on
the plaing #loné were. foriyr million,
Jon fhe prairfes thirty million, and in
the wooded sections five million, a to-
tal of seventy-five millions of these
superb animals, a wonderfyl heritage
scattered over an area of some three
ipillion square miles, ~*~.
Looked at from ap economic pojat
of wiew here was a marvelous ‘source
ot‘tree food, fur. leather and other
products that might easily have been
‘conserved as an ° unfailing supply-to
‘help lessen today's high cost of liv:ng.
The Indians of the earlier days thus
utilized the herds, their inroads upon
them for meat and skins in no wise
equdling natural increase. Then came
thie white men, supplying the wander.
ing ‘tribes first. with horses and later
ith fresrms, and the ‘decrease in the
| nuniters of the biffalo began. Yet
even this did: not presage extinction, |
Bat ‘When the rallroads crossed the
access to the hitherto distant and fu-
‘end wag in It took the buffalo:
rifle shot and the danger of man’s pre-
sence, and when they did learn it, in
part atleast, it was too late.
A ‘buffalo “robe” today is a euriosh
ty, bardly to be obtained and worth,
‘in good condition, perhaps a hundred
dollars, Fifty years ago one or two
were in every farmer's sleigh and they
could be‘Boughit for only & few dollars.
“Yet no finer ' robe for warmth and
comfort could be found. The ruthless
robe-hunters at the rail-heads om the
western plains were slaughtering the
great animals by the thousand, taking
casses to rot or feed the vultures
where they fell. :
Our Dumb Animals.
MR. HUGHES’ VETOES
‘The following paragraphs were ts
‘ken from the New:Yeork World of
June 1910. It is evident that the gov-
erner of the tate of New York was
not playing to the gallery when he us-
ed his veto power. 3
Taking them as a whole it would be
difficult to overpraise Governor Hu-
ges’ vato messages. In their courage,
lucidity and common sense, and con-
‘ples, ‘they are State papers that des-
erve the study of every other gover-
mor of the country.
‘Mr.
ital as rare amd wonderful animal
from the untrodden wilds te the north
for Mexico City is three hundred
miles south of the natural range of
the bison.
“A wonderful composition of divers
Animals,” says the Spanish chroni-
cler who described the specimen, re-
ferring to it as “the Mexican bull.”
“It has crooked Shoulders, with a
Bunch on its Back like a Camel; the
Flanks dry; its Tail large, and its
Neck covered with Hair like a Lion.
It is cloven-footed, its Head armed
like that of a Bull, which it resembles
in Fierceness and has no less Strength
and Agility.”
In 1612 Englishmen saw bison near
what is now the city of Washington,
‘nD. C., and after that date they were
more commonly seen roving through-
out various portions of what is now
the United States, and occurring in
gome parts in immense herds. The
open region of the Missippi Valley,
where the land was unforested but
well watered, was the true buffalo
range. There the early explorers found
the animals in such numbers, in herds
of such size, that only superlatives
could be used in attempting to des-
! fare bill on the groumd that the rate
| fixed was arbitrary; that there had
i been no imvestigatiom of the facts;
and that the Public Utilities Act cre-
ates a commission with full power
to 1x a two-cent-fare rate ‘in all cases
{ where such a rate would fe just and
| reasonable.
| He vetoed the Teachers Salary Bill
{ and special legislation interfering
| with local city governments on the
' ground that “if legislatures intended
{to apply equal pay for equal work,”
, the application should be general and
not ronlned to a single llass of wom-
jen employees in a single hity of the
| State. ****Gov. Hughes bringing the
| State government backHH sHoswh,
ciples, and his veto messages deserve
{to be published as a text-book on the
| true functions of the legislature.
|
| ESTRAY—Jersey Cow came to the
| premises of the undersigned near the
| Fritz Church on Sept 15. The owner
j will come prove property, pay charg-
‘es and other expenses; otherwise thz
animal will be disposed of in accord-
ance with the law... .... .. ali
MRS. DRUSCILLA SHOBER,
Garrett, R. D. Pa, semsermm— mc
right si
Always
ers,” are favorite phrases, which ican i ;
spectacle often” pre-| #
plains, giving the white hunters any |
nocesdible places, ‘abd ‘the vast rush | ®
to. alaughter: for the hidés began, the:
too Jong ‘to learn the meaning of a |
merely the pelts and leaving the ear- |
cise statement of fundamental princi-|
Haighes vetoed the two-cent- |
soups,
fresh. At your
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at's come to ‘Pit 2?
Meself could tell him. Mere’ “Piel
less Publicity?” * says Hughes. ‘In the
‘Ash Can,’ says I. “T'was gM right ea
the stump, but. in Washin‘tem ‘tis ’@if-
“Thin, says Ted-
dy, ‘I'll sind Dewey at wanst. There's
wint’ says th’ other.
mo mse waitin’’ Teddy says. ‘Howl
‘em,’ says the Ambassy@ure. ‘We
agree,’ says he, am’ divil a Dit aid we
know how §t was Teor a dozen year. °
“ ‘We have Ferdy Carey alive or
the Bashi -Batook desd’ says Teddy,
| an’ back comes Ferdy. An’ the papers
| says, ‘On-demand*tv the State Depart-"
| ment Ferdy Carey 'has been released.’
An’ that's all.
“How 1s it mew?! The greasers
slaughters twinty at Santy Isabel
| “Another Mexican Crisis’ says the
| ‘headlines. ‘Twinty Americans killed,’
1 they says. ‘The Presidint Calm,’ says
they. ‘Ates Bacon and Eggs. Plays
| Golut,’ says the headlines. Am’ the pa-
| per gees on:
| + “I'he Prisidint’s appytite at break-
| rast was good, th’ leader iv the na-
shun gettin’ outside iv grape fruit, ba-
con an’ eggs, hot biscuit an’ coffee.
Whin Decther Grayson announced the
bill iv fare the tinshun over Mexico
was much relaved. *
“ she Prisidint is solvin’ in privacy
the fateful question, “Will me throat
jast?” The answer $s waited wid fe-
verigh anxiety.’
“Mendah the papers says: ‘Nashunal
Disaster! ®ore Throat Feared! Panic
at the Capital! The Prisidint Calm!
“sConsternation was spread amomg
all classes today be the report that
the Prisidint awoke with a sore throat.
Strong men fainted before they cud
reach the nearest saloon. There is
talk tv appintin’ a day iv prayer. It is
hoped that Senor Arre-ye-on-though
will claim that the dead Americans
raysisted ixicushun. A high author’ty
states that this wud emd the erisis.
The Prisidint made but wan remark:
“Av they’d not been there they'd not iv
been kilt.” ’
“ChoosdaHl. they says, ‘Hope revives.
No sore throat. Bitten by insect.
President calm. All Phrases iv Mat-
ther to be considered.
“The anxiety in the Capital was re-
laved today be the followin’ bulletin:
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foratiom in the cuticle over the infery-
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him whin asléep. The patient Whe tos
Scots will go be the border to bury the
He will axe Carranzy, whether he wud
| accept. 8. joan Af offered. T is con- | E
ric. aldtion 1v. |
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champlenship of the ideale of na-
tienal and international deme-
te make this ehampionship effee-
tive by eur strength. President
ilson embediea in hie per-
%
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that when fronted with really
formidable responsibilities we can
shirk trouble and laber and risk,
and aveid duty by the simple
precess of drugging eur soule
with the narcetic of meaninglese
phrasemengering. Mr. Hughes,
te the exact centrary, embedies
the ideal eof service rendered
through conscientious effert in
the face of danger and difficul-
ty. Mr. Wilsen turns his words
into deeds only If this can be
achieved by adreit pelitical ma-
neuvering, by bartering a de-
bauched clvil service for oon-
gressional votes on behalf of
some measure which he had sol-
elmnly promised to oppese. Our
own eelf-respect demands that
we support the man of deeds
done in the open against the man
of furtive and shifting political
maneuvers; the man of service
against the man who whenever
opposed by a dangerous foe al-
ways takes refuge in empty elo-
cution.—From the Speech of Col.
Roosevelt at Battle Creek, Mich-
igan, in Behalf of Mr. Hughes.
PPOPOPPOROOOOOOSS
GREAT GROWTH OF HUGHES
NATIONAL COLLEGE LEAGUE
Thirty thousand college alumni have
enrolled so far in the Hughes National
College League, 511 Fifth avenue, New
York. The oldest living graduate of
Brown University, which graduated
Governor Hughes, enrolled this week.
He is the Rev. John Hunt of Spring-
fleld, Ohio, ninety-three years old,
Brown, 1842.
The league challenged the Woodrow
Wilson College Men's League this week
to join it in “having amy reputable
audit company in this city check up
immedisitely from the origina] cards
proud to scratch, (Signed) ‘Grayson.” |'#’
“qt is reported also that Ginmeral |
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| with the Administration's handling of
the Mexican situation. HE
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BR nueHBae. ® an appeal
—— ® equal truth be
Ks com A eg rl rm gre rots,
Ahoy shall ‘dost Me. Hughes ‘Ho’ forthe al.
and Spvlidie We ‘Wiloen 'bo- Delief that the cause he
suspected wrongdoer. While they
were discussing the matter, there
appeared over the neighboring &-
vide a frowsy, elderly horseman
in a Mnen duster, who premptly
galloped towards them waving
his arms and shouting “Mang
him! Hang kim!” The leader of
-$be. vigilantes: at ence ‘asked, the
‘ frowsy stranger what he kmew
of the facts, whereupon the
stranger answered: “I Qe net
know anything about the facts,
and I never saw the man before;
but there's eleven of you and
only one of him, and I beligve £2
port rule!” s {8 mere)
a picturesque paraphrase of what
Mr. Wilson calls action under
“the sanction of seclety.” It
exemplifies the principle upon
which President Wilson has act-
ed in those public matters, inter-
‘nal snd external, where he was
threatened with the use of force.
—From the Speech of Colonel
Roosevelt at Battle Oreek, Michi.
gan, in Behalf of Mr. Hughes. -
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The Wilson Keynote.
In his kneeling to the demands of
the trainmen, in his sacrifice of the
sacred principle of arbitration eon the
altar of beace-at-any-price, we see, in
review, the whole philosophy of the
Wilson theory of government and na-
tionality.
“It is better to run than to fight.”
That theory is at work in American
goveriine today for the first time.—
Boston journal.
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® WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN
PUT RIGHTEOUSNESS
BEFORE PEACH.
® The supporters of Mr. Wilsoa
say that the American people
should vote for him because hé
has kept us out of war. It is
worth while to remember that
this is a claim that cannot be ad-
vanced either. on behalf of Wash:
ington" or of ‘Iiincoln:' Neither
‘Washington nor Lincoln kept us
out of war, Americans, and the
ople of the world at large, now
Rk tence the memories of ¢
two men because, and only be-
cause, they put righteousness be-
fore peace. They abhorred war.
They shunned unjust or wanton
or reckless war. But they pos-
sessed that stern valor of patriot-
ism which bade them put duty
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rst, not safety first, which bade
them accept War rather than an
ungighteous and disastrous peaca.
Thére were peace-at-any-price
men in the days of Washington.
They were the Tories, THefe
were peace-at-any-price men in
the days of Lincoln. They were
the Copperheads. The men whe
now with timid hearts and
quavering voices praise Mr, Wg.
son for having kept us out of
war are the spiritual heirg of
the Tories of 1776 and the Cop-
perheads of 1864. The men. who
followed Washington at Tren-
ton and Yorktown and who suf-
fered with him through the win-
ter at Valley Forge and the men
who wore the Blue under Grant
and the Gray under Lee were.
men cf valor, who sacrificed
everything to serve the right as
it was given them® to See the
right. They spurted with can-
tempteous indignation the coun-
The Wilson Waltz,
I» view of recent events the follow.
ing fermula overiieaid on a hotel ve-
randa may be of inter
waltz, one siep forward,
hesitate,
three steps
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alumni apd ours, yoyr total enroll
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The Administration i ressed by |
the reflection t 1 m |
| stances can it postr
st: The Wilson |
sels of the feeble and cowardly
folk who in their day spoke for
peace-at-any-price. — From the
Speech: of Colonel Roosevelt at
Battle Creek, Michigan, in Be-
half of Mr. Hughes, *
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