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FKIDAY,
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President,
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Vice-President,
JAMES S. SHERMAN.
State Treasurer,
ROBERT K. YOUNG.
Auditor General,
A. W. POWELL.
Congresemen-at-Large,
FRED E. LEWIS,
JOHN M. MORIN,
ARTHUR R. RUPLEY.
ANDERSON H. WALTERS.
District Congressman,
W. D. B. AINEY.
Representative,
H. C. JACKSON.
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.
Great occasions do not make her
oes or cowards they simply unveil
them to tho eyes of men. Silently
and imperceptibly, as wo wake or
sleep, we grow and wax strong, or
we grow and wax weak, and at last
somo crisis shows us what we have
become. Bishop Westcott.
Mil. TAKT'S VETOES.
Nothing more impudent and dis
honest has been heard in this cam
paign than tho Democratic attacks
on President Taft in which his vetoes
of bills that he could not ap
prove aro described as arbitrary, un
warranted and in violation of the
American institutions. The fact
is that in no veto has the President
exceeded tho powers of his office or
failed in obodlence to his oath of
ofllce.
The measures Mr. Taft disapprov
ed were presented to him in the reg
ular course of legislation. He did
not approve them. He returned each
to the House in which It originated,
with his objections.
It Is not charged that he refused
to sign any bill which he approved.
He did not go one step beyond his
duty. Ho did not usurp any power
or authority not distinctly and spec
ifically conferred on him by the Con
stitution. Ho did not subordinate
his judgment to apparent popularity
or suspend the functions and obli
gations of his office in favor of per
sonal advantage.
Were Mr. Taft moro of a politician
and less of a man he might,. in spite
of his disapproval, have signed some
of tho bills he vetoed. Had he done
that he would have been guilty of a
betrayal of his country meriting im
peachment and removal from ofllce.
But the course he followed was in
exact compliance with his oath of
ofllco and the Constitution of the
United States, a fact that not all tho
mock heroics of politicians can ob
scure or alter. New Yortc Sun.
DO WAY.Vi: COUNTY VOTERS
WANT A CHANGE?
Before Wayne county voters cast
their ballots for a change in tho ad
ministration of the nation's affairs
It will be well for them to consider
carefully how a chango Is likely to
affect them, or any ono of them,
personally.
It Is conceded by every one that
now at tho end of three years of the
Taft administration tho country is In
tho midst of unexampled prosperity,
and If no change is made tho people
have a right to look forward to a
reasonable continuance of this pros
perity. No man In Wayne county to
day who is ablo and willing to work
need go without a Job at wages
Which are at least equal to the best
that have been -paid In forty years.
Wayno county farmers have never
made moro profitable sales of their
produce than thoy havo niado during
tho last three years. Wayno county
business men havo had threo years of
much moro than averago prosperity.
Business failures hero during that
time can be counted on tho fingers
of ono hand. If tho administration
at Washington is permitted to suc
ceed Itself, Wayno county laborers,
farmers and business men may ex
pect not only a contlnuanco of pres
ent conditions but a gradual and
natural Increase of prosperity.
If tho affairs of tho nation aro put
Into tho hands of tho Democrats we
aro promised a reduction of tho tar
iff to a revenuo liaBls. This policy,
when put Into force heretofore, has
resulted In economic disaster. Pan
ics and tho public souphouso havo
followed closo upon its heels. Can
the Citizen Publishing Company.
the postofflco, Honesdale, Pa.
X. 6. IIAKDKNBKRCHI
W. W. WOOD
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any one doubt that it would be, to
say tho least, a dangerous exporl'
ment? If Colonel Roosevelt Is elect
ed president, ho promises to over
turn the social and business fabric
of the country In order to carry out
his views of social and economic Jus
tice. Tho disturbance thus created
in tho established order, including
the denial of constitutional rights as
threatened by him, would bo as sure
to result In business depression, dls
astrous alike to employer and em
ployed, as though tho Democratic
tariff doctrine wero to bo put In
force. Tho question for tho Wayne
county voter to ask himself is wheth
er be personally can afford to risk
tho change. Is his personal condl
tlon so unprosperous and unfortun
ate today that any change, no mat
ter what, will be likely to better It?
It is worth while to consider these
things.
High-sounding and academic theo
ries of the fairness of free trade and
the equity of social and economic
justice are all very well to listen to;
but what about my pocketbook and
yours? What we want now Is a
continued opportunity to earn mon
ey. High-strung theories of social
and economic justice can await our
leisure.
Before you cast your ballot,
Wayne county voter, stop for a mo
ment and think whether you really
want a change.
EFFORT TO DESTROY TRUSTS.
Tho Remedy, an article written
by Thomas W. Lawson, appeared in
the October number of "Every
body's" magazine in which Mr.
Lawson proposes tho euro of the
great evil from which the American
people suffer and ho pledges himself
to light the evil until the American
peoplo are freed. Ho says In part:
' No man can possibly know the
ono big evil which must bo known
to be reformed and which must be
reformed to prevent revolution, un
less he has had hand In its creation
or Its working because it is a devise
contrived with most devilish cun
ning and because its creators, ma
turers, have worked overtime spend
ing a large part of the vast loot col
lected by means of this devise to
throw dust in tho eyes of honest
men. The first is the destruction of
the big evil and tho big evil Is a
gigantic "Suro Thing" gambling de
vice by which tho people are annual
ly robbed of between two and threo
billions of dollars. This device is
and must be, to be effective
worked through tho stock exchange.
Therefore, the purpose of our work
Is the closing up of tho stock ex
change its closing so far as gamb
ling is concerned.
After tho gambling end of tho
Stock Exchange has been destroy
ed, and in its place thero is an hon
est and useful institution entirely
devoted to tho legitimate business of
keeping tho capitalist's wealth and
tho people's savings invested In the
billions of stocks and bonds which
truly represent tho legltlmato Indus
tries of the nation, wo will bring out
our Second Section an entirely new
device through which all of tho peo
plo's industries will be conducted In
tho future.
In other words, when tho Stock
Exchange has been destroyed de
stroyed so far as Its present function
of pillaging tho peoplo is concerned
tho wholesale robbery of tho peo
plo will be at an end; but tho few,
tho possessors of gigantic fortunes,
will still collect through tho Instru
mentality of stocks and bonds a legal
but an unduo return on their Invest
ments. The Second Section of tho
Remedy will correct this by compell
ing a fair division with tho peoplo,
who at all times own tho "real"
money of tho country flvo billions
of dollars deposited in savings
banks.
This new device, onco It Is work
ing, will absolutely destroy all
trusts, as trusts aro now known, and
all kindred devices by which tho few
plllago the many.
It costs $8,000,000,000 to feed
tho American public each year, and
this is about equal to tho valuo of
tho product of tho farms in this
country.
JOHN WANAMAKER'S STRONG
LETTER URGING PEOPLE TO
RE-ELECT PRES. TAFT
John Wanamaker has Issued a let
ter under tho dato of October 2, In
which ho writes Interestingly of po
litical conditions. It Is addressed to
tho Merchants and Business Men of
tho United States. Ho says:
" Tho favor with which you re
ceived by Pilot Boat lettor emboldcd
mo to wrlto nnother at this critical
time.
" On my return from Europo I In
tended to givo myself until Mr. Taft's
election to active work on behalf of
tho Republican ticket, but havo not
been ablo to do so on account of my
health.
"It was said of Garibaldi-that ho
only had to stamp his foot and arm
ed men sprang out of the ground to
fight for Italy. If tho merchants
nnd business men of every city,
town nnd hamlet of this land will
but get on their feet and make their
influence felt in their community it
will bo impossible to turn out Taft,
the skilled pilot, and turn tho coun
try over to free trndo or a mob will
ing to wreck tho Constitution and
shatter the courts or to aid a motley
crow to capture tho offices.
People Masters of Situation.
" If tho 'men of business who have
much to lose, and their employes,
who havo steady employment will
stand up to tho duty of tho hour, Mr.
Taft's election will bo accomplished,
as tho honest freeholders, who do
not want political olllco are tho mas
ters of this situation if they only
knew It.
" What a fallacy it is to give up
tho prosperity already attained under
Taft for tho by-product offered by
tho Democrats and the Progressives.
" Tho tearing down of the Con
stitution and the tariff Is like allow
ing a hordo of enemies under tho
spell of a reckless leader to rip off
tho armor plato on our naval ves
sels. " Nothing under heaven can stop
the havoc of desperate fighters but a
continent-wide rally of tho Repub
lican party, able and willing to
build In tho proper way and proper
time on its old staunch timbers as
much progresslvlsm as Is safe for the
country.
" The situation narrows down to
this:
" 1. Taft and tho old top wave of
prosperity.
" 2. Destruction to industry.
" 3. The whillglg administration
of an unbalanced President in a star
spangled robo with archangellc
wings.
" Why exchange, humanly speak
ing, present prosperity, politically
assured, for a riddled shot through
tariff and tho fantastic un-American
projects of a new party?
" Let us rouso oureslves to keep
our Republican friends together and
by determined effort scatter our ene
mies to the four winds.
" No new government ought to be
permitted to check existing prosper
ity or to begin new policies that
jeopardize tho nation's future. ' -
" Larger, far larger than elthor of
the men - before the country for
Presidency is the ono condition on
which the good times of tho new
four years must rest.
" If we are ready to sacrifice tho
next four years of prosperity we can
shut our eyes and jump in any direc
tion we choose, but in my opinion
were the phenomenal crops twice as
large, It would make no difference
except this particular year when the
crops havo partially failed on the
other side of tho sea.
Declares For ltevisloii.
" I ask a careful reading of the
following tariff act that gives tho ex
act situation in my mind. I may
add, though not a manufacturer, I
am a believer in a revision of the
tariff In spots, which I have always
urged for twenty years, that I would
rather see for tho country's prosper
ity, the tariff raised than lowered, as
in the past Democratic administra
tion, when great suffering ensued
thereby.
" The question of protection to In
dustry mid labor is the foremost-
tho ftll-ab.soruiiiK question in tills
campaign, and as tho Democratic
party through Its platform and its
candidates has decreed that Ameri
can lnbor and industry must be sacri
ficed for tho benefit of European la
bor and industry, It becomes my duty
to put forth this note of warning.
AVilson For Labor's Pillage.
" Tho Baltimoro convention, which
nominated Governor Wilson for Pres
ident, thus declared as to tho tariff:
" ' Wo favor tho immediate down
ward revision of tho existing high,
and, in many cases, prohibitive tar
iff duty, Insisting that material re
duction bo speedily mado upon tho
necessities of life."
" In accepting tho nomination for
President Mr. Wilson solemnly said:
' Thero should bo an Immedlato re
vision of tho tariff and It should bo
downward, unhesitatingly and stead
ily downward.
" For many years Mr. Wilson has
been a teacher In Princeton Univer
sity, and no mnn In all this broad
land of ours moro fully comprehends
tho import of written or spoken
words, or Is moro careful In their
phraseology, than this Prlncoton pro
fessor. Thero can thoroforo bo no
mistaking tho momentous import
ance of his solemn declaration as to
an ' Immedlato unhesitatingly stead
ily downward revision of tho tariff.
" A newly-elected President takes
his seat on March 4. Tho Congress
elected at tho same timo as tho
President meets In Docombcr nlno
months after the Inauguration of tho
President theroforo an ' Immedlato
revision' Implies that Congress
would bo called in extra session Ira
mediately after March 4 next for tho
purposo of revising tho tariff ' un
hesitatingly and steadily downward '
In tho event of tho election of Mr.
Wilson.
" What then? Why, that no oth
er conclusion can possibly bo rcachod
than that ' tho plllago of labor and
tho ravaging of Industry ' would bo-
gin immediately after March 4,
1913, with Presldont and Congross
fresh from their victory, resolutoly
determined to carry Into effect their
solemn promise to tho peoplo, unless
Mr. Wilson will now even now
declare that ' Immedlato revision
downward ' shall not begin until af
ter tho first .Monday In Decombor,
ID 13. Unless ho so declares, It Is
for Atnorlcan voters to dcclaro them
selves accordingly.
Democratic Party Unchanged.
" For moro than soventy-flvo years
tho Democratic party has steadily and
persistently held to tho principle
that:
" It Is a fundamental principle of
tho Democratic party that tho Feder
al Government under tho Constitu
tion hns no right or power to im
pose or collect tariff duties except
for the purposo of revenue, and wo
demand that the collection of such
taxes shall bo limited to tho neces
sities of government honestly and
economically administered.'
"This Ih the last Democratic dec
laration, mado at Baltimore In July
last. It Is Identical with . tho ono
mado Beventy-1lvo years ago.
" The Republican party holds en
tirely to tho same vlow as held by
tho ilrst American Congress, when it
passed tho first American tariff bill,
approved by President Washington,
July 4, 1789, Just slxty-flvo days af
ter tho organization of our system
of government that:
" ' It is necessary, for tho support
of tho government for tho discharge
of debt of tho United States and for
encouragement and protection of
manufacturers that duties bo laid on
Imported goods, wear and merchan
lse.' Reminder of Cleveland Time.
" Tho Democratic national conven
tion of 1892 nominated Grover Cleve
land for tho third time. Mr. Cleve
land wrote into his protection to
American labor and country:
" ' Wo denounce Republican pro
tection as a frost, a robbery of the
great majority of Americans for the
benefit of the few. We declare It to
bo a fundametnal principle of tho
Democratic party that tho federal
government has no constitutional
power to Impose and collect tariff du
ties except for the purposo of revenue
only, and we demand that the collec
tion of such taxes shall be limited to
the necessities of tho government
when honestly and economically ad
ministered. We denounce the Mc
Kinley tariff law as tho culminating
atrocity of class legislation and wo
promise its repeal as one of the bene-
flclent results that will follow the ac
tion of the people in trusting power
to tho Democratic party.
"The peoplo entrusted power to
the Democratic party. Mr. Cleveland
entered upon his duty as President
on March 4, 1893, and as was the
case under the 'sliding scale tariff of
1837 under Van Buron and the
'progressive free trado act' of 1S57
under Buchanan so under the
Cleveland 'tariff for revenuo only'
policy, financial ruin again desolated
our whole community. So general
and so alarming was tho distress that
on June 30, 1893, only four months
after his inauguration, Cleveland is
sued a proclamation convening Con
gress in special session on August 7,
1893.
"In his special message to Con
gress, when It met In special session
on August 7, President Cleveland of
ficially and solemnly declared:
" 'With plentler crops, with abund
ant promise of remunerative produc
tion and manufacture, with unusual
invitation to safo investment and
with satisfactory assurance to busi
ness enterprise, suddenly financial
distress and fear havo sprung up on
every side. Numerous money insti
tutions have suspended because
abundant assets were not Immediate
ly available to meet the demands of
frightened depositors.' "
Mr. Wanamaker concludes his let
ter with a plea against return to
such conditions.
INSIST HEARST MUST EXPLAIN.
CommiUcu AViints Light oil Letters
Penroso Thought Them For
geries. Washington. When William R.
Hearst appears before the Clapp com
mittee ho will bo asked to explain
his connection with tho publication
of tho Penroso-Archbold letters re
lating to campaign contributions by
tho Standard Oil Company. Ho will
also bo confronted with tho chargo
of Collier's Weekly that some of
theso alleged letters aro forgeries.
Senator Penroso was moro inter
ested in tho Collier's artlclo than
any other man in Washington.
When tho alleged lettor from John
D. Archbold to Senator Penroso was
first printed in Hearst's Magazine
tho Senator declared It was a for
gery. This was the letter In which
Archbold was supposed to havo noti
fied tho Pennsylvania Senator that
ho had forwarded to him a certifi
cate of deposit for $25,000. The
Senator said recently:
"I havo been confident that tho
letter was a forgery. In tho courso
of my remarks In tho Sonato con
cerning tho Standard Oil contribu
tion of ? 100.000 to Roosevelt's
campaign fund I said: I havo reason
to believe that this letter Is a for
gery and I challenge Its produc
tion.' "I understand that Hearst Is In
Europo nnd that he may not return
to this country In tlmo to appear bo
foro tho Clapp commltteo. How
ever, tho commltteo Is a continuous
body. It can examlno any witness at
any tlmo In tho future. If necessary,
I shall offer a resolution In tho Son
ato which will fully covor Hearst's
case." Now York Tlmos.
PUBLIC LIBRARY A
PUBLIC NECESSITY.
Any consideration of a public li
brary project Is complimentary to a
community, showing, as It docs, a
senso of civic responsibility nnd a de
sire for futuro progress which aro
commendable. No town can hopo to
livo up to Its greatest possibilities
without a public library, and nouo
with a sincere desire need bo deulod
tho blessings which result from such
an Institution.
Thero nro fow communities which
would not 'provide for a public li
brary, If Its advantages woro ap
preciated, for it Is a remedy for
many Ills and is all-ombraclng in Its
scope. It vitalizes 6chool work, and
receiving tho pupil from tho school,
tho library continues his education
throughout life. It is a homo mis
sionary, sending its messengers, tho
books, Into overy shop and home.
With truo missionary zeal, it not only
sends help, but opens Its doors to
overy man, woman and child. In
most towns, thero aro scores of
young men and boys whoso evenings
are spent In loafing about tho streets,
and to theso tho library offers an at
tractive meeting place, whero tho
tlmo may bo spent with Jolly, wlso
friends In the books. Tho library
substitutes bettor for poorer read
ing, and provides story hours for tho
ciuidren who aro eager to hear bo-
roro they aro ablo to read. It also
Increases tho earning capacity of
people, hy supplying information and
advice on tho work they Sro doing.
Increased taxation is ono of the
greatest hindrances to the opening of
a public library, but any institution
which enriches and uplifts tho lives
of the people Is the greatest econ
omy. Any attempt to conduct civic
affairs without a reasonable expendi
ture or money for such influences is
tho grossest extravagance. No econ
omy results from Ignorance and vice,
and the public library has long since
established its claim as ono of the
most potent remedies for such condi
tions. It Is no exaggeration to state that
overy dollar expended for library
purposes Is returned to tho commun
ity tenfold, not necessarily In dollars
and cents, but in the moro perman
ent, moro valuable assets of greater
happiness, comfort nnd progress of
tho peoplo. A city Is the expression
of overy life within its borders, and
every increase in progress and effl
clency in the Individual citizen, Is
progress for tho whole.
Tho moet valuable things usually
are obtained at some sacrifice, and
the many advantages from a public
library aro certainly worth paying
for. Hundreds of small cities and
towns tax themselves for electric
plants and count themselves fortun
ate. No one seems to regret this
taxation for electric lights which il
luminate tho citizen's way at night.
Should there not be an equal or
greater readiness on tho part of a
community to establish a library and
so Illuminate tho mental horizon of
every citizen?
A public library Is a necessity, not
a luxury. Every community which
realizes this and establishes a li
brary, proclaims itself an Intelligent,
progressive town and one worth liv
ing in.
CHALMERS HADLEY.
Tho opening of a free public li
brary Is a most Important event In
any town. There is no way in
which a community can moro bene
fit Itself than In the establishment
of a library which shall be free to
all citizens.
Boy
Scouts of America Not
Buying Rifles.
Through a misunderstanding of
the activities of tho Boy Scouts of
America as distinguished from the
America Boy Scouts, another cry
against the Scout Movement has ris
en because of tho fact that the lead
ers of tho American Boy Scouts are
urging their boys to buy rifles. The
leaders of tho Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca are utterly opposed to tho use of
fire arms and aro doing everything
possible to discourage boys from
carrying them, even forbidding a
member of tho Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca to carry a rifle when wearing a
scout uniform. When this situation
was called to his attention, James
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