SET, PA. . G.O6eLE rs r. PENN’A on, LICK, PA. £ RSET, PA. SET, PA. mith Ave. preserva- ial sets in- J L "TONEER. ales, Live ate. 'N SCHOOL, tion guar- K, PA. KE, \NT! ysters, Ice 3, ete. eals—Beef- 1sage, Hot at All cD. Groceries, ars, ete. ons, and we are of your )THERS, ISBURY, PA. ‘our closet «r rardrobe ay look tke ame if you ¢e the FEu- eta Ward- phe Set. $1.70 will ransform the rdinary loset where he thing ranted is ever visible, § ito af spice ‘here ord(r revails, and ‘here you sf ¢ t a glapc> 1e garment equired. YTHIRG + hp Rae oy a R- - a ATTRA en Sov —~— a SR it BES, Rr \ _ must be admitted that Mr. Bryan is a County Star. SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. NO. 37. VOL. XIV. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET. For President, WILLIAM H. TAFT, of Ohio. For Vice President, JAMES 8. SHERMAN, Of New York. STATE. Judge of Superior Court, WILLIAM D. PORTER. DISTRICT. Congress, 23rd District, ALLEN F. COOPER. COUNTY. ° Legislature, WM. H. FLOTO, A. W. KNEPPER: Sheriff, CHARLES HI. WEIMER. Auditor, “W. H. H. BAKER, JACOB 8. MILLER. Recorder of Deeds, NORMAN E. BERKEY. Clerk of Courts, F. A. HARAH. Register of Wills, BERT F.LANDIS. Treasurer, RUSSELL G. WALKER. Prothonotary, JACOB B. GERHARD. Poor Ditector, JACOB C. DEITZ.~~ County Commissioner, R. S. McMILLEN, JOSIAH SPECHT. County Surveyor, IRENIS 8. PYLE. es TAFT’S RELIGION. Reply to an Irresponsible Garrett .County Scribbler Who Has Made .a So-Called Open Confession. A Writer Evidently Ashamed to Dis- close His Name Tries to Pose as a Great Religious and Polit- ical Adviser. In its issue of Sept. 10th there ap- peared in the Oakland Journal pearly two columns of inane and laborious ““tommyrot” concerning the religion of Wm. H. Tatt, the Republican candi- date for President of the United States. The article referred to is signed “A Republican,” but whether it was really written by a Republican or a narrow- minded bigot or political trickster of some other political faith, is an open question. At any rate the writer, who- .ever-he may be, was evidently ashamed to sign hir real name, hence the use of a nom de plume. Following we: shall reproduce some of the statements ot the irresponsible Garrett county seribbler to whom we refer, with appropriate and truthful comment. The Scribbler: “The writer of this article has always been a staunch Re- publican and is indeed proud of the great achievements of his party, the party of Lineoln, Grant, Garfield and McKinley.” Comment: As you are proud of hav- ing'been a member of the party of Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and McKinley, you doubtless are also proud of the il- lustrious men you mention, as all true Americans ought to be. Yet, as you cannot tolerate Taft, because he is a member of the Unitarian church, how can you consistently praise the name of Lincoln, who was not strong enough in the faith of any Christian church to become a member of it? The fact is, most of our Presidents, as well as a majority of our greatest thinkers and statesmen, have been men on the out- side of the churches, and one of our Presidents, at least, (Thomas Jefferson) was an infidel, if not an out and out atheist. The Seribbler: “A student of pres- ent day politics, if he wants to be fair, must admit that the ideas of Mr. Bryan and President Roosevelt run in the same channel. Plainly speaking, it good man. Mr. Bryan may, no doubt, have been wrong in some of his theories, bu: ecrtainly he is sincere; he is cone seientions ; he is a man of the noblest character; a great orator and states- man, and if never elected his name will stand in history with those of Webster, Clay and other men of their character. He is a christian gentleman and an advocate of christian patriotism ; a man whose integrity, honesty and good in- tentions can never for a moment be questioned ; a man who will stand for Giod, home and country.” Comment: President Roosevelt de- | nies that the ideas of Mr. Bryan run to | any considerable extent in the same | channel with his own. But on the | other hand, the President has recently | written a strong letter to support the well-founded belief that Mr. Taft, if elected, will come nearer carrying out the Roosevelt policies than any other | ‘the world has ever known, | ried on in the name of religion. who that Mr, was man in the country. Any man knows anythiog about the things influenced and brought about Taft’s nomination, knows that he nominated solely because he had the influential backing of Roosevelt, who recognized Mr. Taft as being pre-emi- nently the man to complete the policies begun by the Roosevelt administration To believe that President Roosevelt does not know his man, is to charge the President with ignorance and stu- pidity. It’s a pity, indeed, that our worthy President did not consult the little, narrow-minded Garrett county bigot who wishes to pose both as a po- litical sage and a religious teacher. “But certainly Mr. Bryan is sincere,” the irresponsible scribbler tells us, and he is a great orator, statesman, Chris- tian gentleman, etc., etc. Yes, you bet he is sincere, especially in the matter of landing himself into the Presidential chairon any old issue that he thinks will get him there. At first he wanted to get there on the “cross of gold and crown of thorns” speech, even though the sentence quoted was borrowed rhetoric. After failing twice on the demagogic and purposely deceptive Free Silver dodge, he is now willing to drop his former brand of “sincerity” and try to get there on the demagogic plea that the people cannot rule unless they elect him. We deny, however, that his name will ever stand in his- tory with the names of Webster, Clay and other men of their character. We predict that when Mr. Bryan once quits running for President, that he will be speedily forgotten, no matter whether he is ever elected or not. And, after all, what does the Garrett county scribbler know about the per- sonal character or Christian standing of Mr. Bryan? Nothing whatever. The editor of this paper has lived near Mr. Bryan’s home long enough to gain a good deal of reliable information con- cerning the man’s personal traits. We have nothing mean to say about him, for Mr. Bryan is a whole-souled, genial man. However, he has never been known -to exhibit even an average amount of religious zeal, and like many other men, seems to be content to drift along and run chances of getting to heaven on his wife’s religion. As to his great statesmanship, where has he ever demonstrated that he is a great statesman? That he is one of the shrewdest and craftiest politicians is a fact which connot be successfully disputed. His closest neighbors and home people evidently have never sized him up as a great stafesman or unselfish patriot, or he surely would have been able, four years ago, to carry his own ward, city and state. It isstrange indeed that a much benighted citizen away back in the woods of Garrett county, Md., has all of a sudden been able to discover in Mr. Bryan that which the majority of his own home people have not yet been able to discover. The Seribbler: “We shall not un- justly criticise Mr. Taft. We believe him fo be astatesman of judgemeni and ability. We consider him a moral man, but when this is said we an say no more.” r Comment: In the last portion of the last sentence quoted, we agree that the seribbler amply demonstrated that he could say no more. In fact in his entire article he has written much and said nothing. More properly speaking. he has said little or nothing worthy of consideration. However, he admis that Taft is a moral man, which is the truth, and it is needless to add that one good, moral man is worth more to humanity in general than ten thousand of these little, narrow-minded, intoler- ant bigots who profess much that does not harmonize with their daily - lives. A good, moral man of ability is all we need in the Presidential chair at any time, or in any other public office. No man is placed in public office to use said office for the dissemination of his religious ideas, or for the promulgation of his unbelief. Our forefathers wisely decided when they founded this gov- ernment that religion and state should be conducted separately, and that every man should be accorded the right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience. He who would bound a candidate for of- fice on account of his religious belief, is guilty of persecution, and all’ such should have lived during the dark ages when people were tortured on the rack, burned at the stake and suffered death in all sorts of murderous and hellish ways devised by the churches and car- When and where have even infidels and atheists committed red-handed murder to compare with that in vogue during the dark days of the Salem witcheraft and during the dark ages of religious fanaticism and bigotry? Can point out a single murder ever com- mitted in order to force the Unitarian faith upon anyone? you | | them ever made a The Scribbler: “We understand Mr. Taft is a Unitarian. We do, not wish to criticise him for being a member of this church, but let us see what it really is. Any man can be a Unitarian. Indeed Robert G. Ingersoll was invited to make a speech in one of these churches. Mr. Taft’s own pastor is on record as saying that they do not think of inquiring into an application for membership as to his religious belief. It matters not what one may believe they can associate themselves with this church. * * * Ip fact, it be- comes nothing less than a dumping ground of the other churches The chief creed of Unitarians is to reject Christ.” Comment: The scribbler says he does not wish to criticise Taft for being a member of the Unitarian church, and then he goes on to criticise him with all the venom his limited intelligence can command. He says any man can be a Unitarian. Any man can also be- come a member of almost any other church, if he wants to surrender enough of his personal liberty and the right to think and act for himself. We are also told that Robt. G. Ingersoll was once invited to speak in a Uni- tarian church, which may or may not be true, and it doesn’t matter much whetber it is true or not. Ingersoll was one of the world’s greatest orators, and he spoke on many topics besides re- ligion.- Furthermore, he died as he lived, an agnostic. He uever denied the existence of a God, but did deny the inspiration of the Bible. And even Ingersoll had many admirable traits of character, regardless of what we may think of his views on the Christian re- ligion. He had the courage of his con- victions, at least, yet not one whit more of an infidel was he than some salaried ministers of the various Christian churches, who do a big lot of pretend- ing for a salary of a few thousand dol- lars a year, but whose daily life and real beliefs are sadly at variance with their preaching. As to the dumping ground for other churches, there are doubtless a good many dumping grounds. But whether the Uritarian church is one of them, we are not prepared to say. We be- lieve that it is not, for most of the other ehurches seam perfectly willing to retain their own quota of rubbish that ought to be dumped out, the only requirement needed to remain in the fold being a willingness and ability to pay the preacher, wear the necessary Puritanical long face, and show the necessary amovnt of bigotry and fanat- icism when in the minds of such im- postors it is necessary to hoodwink somebody. The real dumping ground for all of the churehes and the balance of the world is supposed to be on’ the other side of this life, where we are taught that the sheep shall be separat- ed from the goats. Holly Writ tells us that many professing Christians shall be sent away into torment with the goats, and it is safe to conjecture that not all of them will be Unitarians, either. Furthermore, is the Garrett county seribbler aware of the fact that the Chaplain of Congress, at Washington, the man who does the pgaying for the nation. is one of those awful Unitariang, the kind of people he classes with infi- dels? Is he aware that Benjamin Disraeli, the great and wise statesman who served England so long and cred- itably as her Prime Minister, and who died in 1881, was a Jew? The Seribbler: “I fear it would be nothing less than a crime to place in the Presidential chair a man who re- jects God’s Son, and then ask Almighty God to bless the head of our nation. We do not wish to draw religion into politics, we should not object to any man who is a member af some Chris- tian church, but we do think that no Christian can conscientiously support Mr. Taft, for in supporting him you are rejecting Christ for whom and His cause you promised to stand when you united with His church.” Comment: What rot! If a man who rejects God’s Son, whether that man be President of the United States or its humblest citizen, should not be prayed for, who should? Again we ask, from a Christian standpoint, who is more urgently in need of Christian prayers than he who knows not Christ? Ts it right or just to treat a’ man like an outcast who ence with us on religion? the fanatic, the Pharisee and the bypo- crite always seek to boycott those who do not think as they themselves think. They seek to persecute all who differ with them on religion—to boycott them in business; to ridicule an! denounce them in public at the ballot-box and print, and when they yet had the | you write about on economic or: re- power, to cast them into prison, burn |ligious questions. And above all, do | them at the stake, torture them on the | not get the foolish notion into your has an honest differ- The bigot, to accomplish that very thing. The scribbler also tells us that in support- ing Taft we are rejecting Christ, all of which is so far-fetched and ridiculously untrue as to make it akin to blasphemy. The fact of the matter is that the seribbler is as ignorant of the Unitarian faith as a hog is of parlor etiquette, and for his special enlightenment we will here quote from the New Interna- tional Encyclopedia, a work of stand- ard authority, just what the principles of the Unitarian faith are: “Unitarians believe in one God, the Father, not a Trinity of persons in the Godhead. They believe that Jesus is a son of God, not.that he is God, the son; they recognize him as the great .teach- er of spiritual truth and the example of the noble life, but they do not ac- cept him as God, the equal of the Heavenly Father. They do not be- lieve in worshiping Christ, but in fol- lowing him, and they discover no need of a mediator between God ‘and man. Unitarians believe in the Holy Spirit, not as the third pérson in the Godhead, but as the name for God’s spiritual in- fluence in the hearts of men. They consider all men God’s children, not merely His creatures, and therefore they declare the dignity, not the de- pravity, of human nature. The doc- trines of the fall of man and of sacri- ficial atonement have, therefore, for Unitarians no reality or significance. Unitapians believe that the Bible con- tains the Word of God, not that every word it contains is God’s word; they use the Bible as an oracle of the spir- itual life to touch the conscience and to draw the soul to God. They hold that salvation is won, not through miraculous substitution, but tbrough the energies of a good life; they hold that fruitfulness is the test of religious vitality. To them heaven and hell are not places of bliss and misery, but states or conditiens of the soul; each man making for himself his own heaven or hell and carrying it with him wher- ever he goes. Unitarians find an ad- equate basis for religious organization in a common purpose to do good and to be good.” me Now then, isn’t a religion of that kind about all right? It sounds pretty good to us, and we don’t care who knows it, even though, like Abraham Lincoln and many other good men, we belong to no church. The Unitarian church is as much a Christian church as any other denomination, and it is so classed by recognized authorities oun church matters, the would-be relig- jous and political sage and statesman of Garratt county’s underbrush, of course, excepted. What we like about the Unitarian church is the fact that that denomina- tion does not try to frighten people into repentance by continually dangling a terrible devil before them and a great, big, burning hell. Neither do its fol- lowers get hysterical about once or twice a year and do stunts at revivals about as senseless as the Indians do at their Ghost Dances. Phariseeism, hys- terical nonsense and child’s play is un- known among the Unitarians. They teach that the man who is a Christian simply because he is afraid of going to hell if he is not a Christian, is not as good a man as he who does right: for right’s sake. Honesty is the best policy, is a saying old and true; bat he who is honest for no other reason than for policy’s sake, is dishonest. In other words, he is just like the man who professes Curistianity for no other reason than the fear of hell fire; he’s a fraud. The Scribbler: “I have always been a Republican and especially a Roose- velt Republican, but in the light of this campaign I consider it my duty to rise higher than party and throw off the fake yoke of Taft, which is not in true keeping with the Roosevelt poli- cies,because Taft is not a man of the Roosevelt type.” Comment: You cannot be a Roose- velt Republican without “supporting Taft, for Roosevelt’s own private and public utterances have effectually set- tled that point. You say that Taft is not a man of the Roosevelt type, while Roosevelt declares emphatically that he is, and “Teddy” ought to know. You talk of throwing off a fake yoke. My poor, benighted man, you have no fake yoke on your graceful neck to throw off ; but you have a real yoke to get rid of—the galling yoke of ignor- ance. And, lastly, if you want to throw off a real fakeand make a real and beneficial confession, a confession that is good for the soul, then either throw off your disguise, let your light shine, write and fight for “Windy Bill” Bryan in the open, or alse humbly confess that you were in ignorance concerning the Unitarian religion, since we have thority. Do not hide behind an sumed name, if you have faith in what as- rack, subject them to the hellish arts | head that you are serving either God of the inquisition, ete. single their cause by such tactics. And not one of convert to | who is running away from We do not believe that a vote cast for | | Electric Bitters quickly remedy stom- | | or Christ by voting for Bryan, the man his record. The scribbler says he does not wish | Bryan would even be serving your own to draw religion into politics, but he | or your country’s best interests. Christ shows his insincerity by devoting | would look very much out of place in nearly two columns of newspaper space | the Democratic band wagon, along side amply proven it by high standard au- | of “Windy Bill,” the windmill. For a Republican to vote against “Bill” Taft is a sign that such voter is going daft. Dont do it, but stay, we pray, in the middle of the way, and help Bill Taft to gain the day. Like the man at the plow, or a swift boat’s prow, he’s going to get there, anyhow. -— A PAYING INVESTMENT. Mr. John White, of 38 Highland Ave. Houlton, Maine, says: “Have been troubled with a cough every winter and spring. Last winter I tried many ad- vertised remedies, but the cough con- tinued until I bought a 50c. bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery ; before that was half gone, the cough was all gone. This winter the same happy result has followed ; a few doses once more ban- ished the annual cough. I am now convinced that Dr. King’s New Dis- cevery is the best of all cough and lung remedies.” Sold under guarantee at E. H. Miller's drug store. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. 10-1 —————————— WueN President Roosevelt and W. the Republican party for being too badly smeared with Standard oil, it pleased some of our local Democrats very much. They took great pleasure their gas in the postoffice lobby about it. But when “Teddy” asserted that “Windy Bill” Bryan’s right bauer, Gov. Haskell, of Oklahoma, was as badly smeared with Standard oil as Foraker, they held up their handsin holy horror, and like Bryan, they cried for the proof. Well, they got the proof in to- day’s daily papers,and they got it good and strong. “Teddy” gave them Okla- homa’s court records as the proof, and that has taken the wind all out of their sails. Facts are developing every day to prove that Bryan is a demagogic windbag and fakir, only that and noth- ing more. CoNgRESsMAN Cooper and his op- ponents for office, M. R. Travis and “Windy Willie” Likins, were all visit- ors at the Meyersdale Fair, yesterday. Mr. Cooper was greeted by hundreds of his staunch friends and supporters Travis was enthusiastically received by the few Democrats residing in and about Meyersdale. We had the pleas- ure of a pleasant talk with both of the gentlemen aforesaid, and several citi- zens volunteered to give us an intro- duction to “Windy Willie,” whom they conceded to be the champion freak of three counties. We declined the prof- fered honor (?)fhowever, on the ground that we already know too many men of the Likins stripe, and have no de- sire to shake hands with fellows of his ilk. He looks, acts, talks and writes like an escaped lunatic, and we have no time to waste in shaking bands with such as he. Joux L. Jounsoxn, an old Elk Lick township soldier, was recently granted an increase of pension and a nice wad of back pay, through the untiring ef- forts in his behalf of Congressman Al- ler: F. Cooper, who has done more for the old soldiers than any other Con- gressman that ever represented this county at Washington. John L. John- son has rendered his country valiant service, and he richly deserves the in- crease of pension granted him. In combined, and I will remember him at the polls in November.” this Congressional district. their sympathizers, should bear this in that red-headed, so silent about. HOW TO GET STRONG. P. J. Daily, of 1247 W. Congress St. Chicago, tells of a way strong: He says: “My so much benefit from Electric Bitters that I feel it’s my duty to who need a { medicine about it. In my she is steadily growing stronger.’ | ach, liver and kidney complaints. 10-1 | store. B0c. H. Taft dumped Joe Foraker out of in trying to look holy and blowing off from all over Somesset county, and Mr.. speaking to the editor, several days ago, Mr. Johnson said, “Mr. Cooper has done me more good than all others Right here it is not out of place to remark that che only man who ever censured Congress- man Cooper for his valiant work in be- half of the gallant old boys who wore the blue, is one Wm. M. Likins, Pro- hibition candidate for Congress, who is now seeking votes among the people of All old soldiers, their sons, brothers and all mind when their votes are solicited by untutored Puke, “Windy Willie” Likins, late of Beaver Dam, Ky., and that other place where he once resided in that state, but keeps to become mother, who is old and was very feeble, is deriving tell those | cured me completely. 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Nor does anybody seriously consider the candidacy of the Democratic nomi- nee. Few Democrats even know his name, and few have seen him this-cam- paign, though it is reported that he has been in Fayette county. The Unior town Standard says: We read in the Greene county ps pers that M. R. Travis, Democratic candidate for Congress in the distriet, “has just returned from Fayette coun- tv, greatly encouraged by the outlook.” It takes a mighty little to encourage some people. The next Congressman from this dis- trict will be Allen Foster Cooper, the Republican nominee. WHEN TRIFLES BECOME TROUBLES. If any person suspects that their kidneys are deranged, they should take Foley’s Kidney Remedy at once, and not risk having Bright’s disease or dia- betes. Delay gives the disease a stronger foothold, and you should nct delay taking Foley’s Kidney Remedy. Elk Lick Pharmaey, E. H. Miller, pre- prietor. 10-1 THE GRAND ARMY. It is estimated that of the more thar 2,500,000 men who enlisted in the ranks for the Civil war, about 500,000 survive. Most of them are old men. The aver- age age is almost seventy. Some of the survivors are yet in good health and in active life, but most of these were boys when they donned the uniform. The death list amounts to about forty thousand every year. Those who mar- vel that so many are yet living should remember that army life weeds out the incapables. More men died of disease than from bullets. The law of the suz- vival of the fittest works admirably: in this case, and those who are alive now have more than the ordinary expecta- tion of life because they are the select- ed few. The rising generation has a tendency at times to make light of the services of the veterans. Knowing nothing of war unless of the moeck-heroics of the late contest with Spain, they are apt to look upon the old veterans as men who didn’t do so much after all, and who are treated with more consideration tham they deserve. Those who remembet the dark days of the conflict have ne such sentiments. They remember the appeals for every man possible to go te the front and bare his breast to the bullets. Of course, a majority sur- vived, many did not even get inte danger; but when a man put on the uniform and swore allegiance, he knew full well that he might be called upoe to face certain death at any moment That was the step that counted most The Nation has not beed ungrateful. It has paid out more in pensions thaw the whole war cost. It is paying oui more now to the few survivors than it did when they were most numerous. It pays more than the Kaiser , does for his great army. But aside from this care, the fact should be impressed upen all of the rising generation that thess men did not go to fight for pay. They were no mercenaries. They fought that the Nation might live. and ‘ths present generation enjoy the abundant blessings of peace and prosperity. All honor to the survivors of that victor ious army !—Inquirer. PASSED EXAMINATION SUCCESS FULLY. James Donahue, New Britain, Conn. writes: “I tried several kidney reme- y | dies, and was treated by our best phy- sicians for diabetes, but did not im prove until I took Foley’s Kidney Remedy. After the second bottle » | showed improvement, and five bottles have since passed a rigid examination for life ir- | surance.” TFoley’s Kidney Remedj cures backache and all forms of kidney Elk Lick Phar ’ | macy, E. H. Miller, proprietor. 10-I el . & WEDDING Invitations at Tas office. A nice new stock justre ceived. tt THE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST. i i i