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l ne Democrat YibfitbM Weekly at HJO Per Ter In Advance W. P. FEDER, Editor and Publisher FRIDAY, Sept. 29,1911 SIX QUESTIONS FOR MR. TAFT. Advertising Rates Dlttlar-Per inch, .tingle column 10c Special position Uc Per month 32c taxal R.ad.ra-ftc a line per week. Special position 10c Cards of Thankt mi Resolutions of Condolence, 2Kc line. Church Notices-Free, eicept wb for entertainmenu where an admission fee is changed, 5c a line- Special Contract Kates on large advertisements. Boeroff. the assassin nf Promir SMppin of Russia, was hanged for LQna . , i , . iv.uT-u iv vuouju lire a,uuiuuuc Vi tua emme on Monday of this week. Lv , . . , ' -w, " i wc ' the people towart the president. Now ujkvi. . ... . . . .. . , ,It cone of Barton county's Re pub- L voW - , , , .... 8 ha" dozen questions clearly, Spe lean CQnfiTftaSttOnfll mW iraTvta in . ' "" ' ciificaUr, unquirocaBy and without I inviting his hearer to consentj to filr- "can congressional timber wants to Bet fti tihe race, whir not be ineiahbor a. o,wi , , " , onviung ms nearer to consent u .tj and boost for former Judge Clark. L . .... thea-presldenial procrastination. Th. tic L u u Tne. P15 w,u ask PTeaidetnt the duties on agricultural products so urgent as to require a special ses sion of Congress, wMle he compelled the country to await tbe re.viston of the much debased, well studied, well understood and discredited wool eche duJe, until he shold publish "the re portof hie- tariff hoard. "What ever be the merits of the reciprocity poli cy, the farmers of the West wlB warn' him to tell them how they were bene fited in the pas by protective, du ties on. farm products' In tbe Dtngley and Payne taws, if they are not in nert of protection, cinder reciprocity They are not confused about reci procity. It wil reduce the exist of living or It will cot, If it wttl not, it is a pretense, if it will, it MUST reduce the prices of farm products. in this connection it is significant that the Canadian Pacific Railway, (which, next to, the government, ' is the largest' land owner in Canada) has advertised that reciprocity will increase famm land values in tine Do minion by, 100 per cent. The people will expect the Presi dent to plainly state whether he is in fa,vor of Akkich's central hank plan, or exposed ho it. They want to know iwhy a central banking organiza Woo, under the Aldrich plan, will not be controlled by the great moneyed interests which center in Wall street The western people are deeply and Individually (interested in the cunren cy question, because a monopoly of the credit of the country wiB throttle the free development of western, industries and induce them to a condition of Industtrial and fis cal dependency such as ie now some times to be found in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and New, Eng land Remembering that Richard Achilles alBnger came from the State, of Washington to the Cabinet, as a rep- tesentajtive of the public tend states of' the ' northwest sod later, his own abate, by an overwhelming vote, I sen hfe crfUc, Poind exter, to the Sen ate, they will want to know the Pretv tdenjt'b exact attitude on several con' ervattve questions: the public land question; the question of the preser vartfion of the use of national foneerte; the development of the Alaska, coal fields; the construction end coojttol of railroadB in Alaska. They win ex peat Mr. T&ft to be explicit o on line a definite policy so thev mat municipal trouble is that the At " torney General has brought, ousfer ipToceedicgs against the city council. .V 'Judging from what a majority ol our folks who were In Hutchinson Tuesday say, Governor Stubbs re v ived more applause than did PTes , Went Taft. Does this signify any thing? The sugar beet trust through Ifihe rmiEB in prices, the last few weeks, (U said to have Increased its profit $200,000 per day. Gee, wish we were the trust, for about an hour, any- The warship Liberie of the French .avy was blown up on Monday, en- tailing a loss of Hfe to the tjpmtber of l ,wef 200. A fire on boand which ate 1 its way to the magazines was the j muse of the disaster. So far, all the speeches made by j: President Taft on his swing that dtt nj way referred to political ques aUot)s, were' a defense of his attitude. If his attitude has been right, e&pec- XtQj on. the tariff bills he vetoed, 'it toeedfi no defense. But was he right? ; ' . x . V Ndw" that Wichiita's recall election is over with, we may expect to see , something else in the Bagle and Bea con for awhile. iMayor Graham was called, hard, also Commissioner Leach no is succeeded by Harts. Commas- sioner Campbell mdssed the Tecal by a4y. 36 votes on the unofficial re turns. ,The Kansas insurgent house seems to be divided. Senator Br 'stow and Jovemor Stubbs appear to be for .' lW FolleOte for President, ' white. Joe tlolry, their side partner-and chair-. s oaa of the Republican state commlt- - H' . continues to give ,v out the ' Statement that Kansa : is ' foj "Taft. There te a sBp some where. v. g -y ' ' j A merry scrap will be on for tine 'BepuMcaa nomlnatiion for congress. , ,. . Jadge Lobdell, O.. W. -Dawson and ji.. Judge Cote, ell of this county have a j oom, although neither has Indicated fcla intentloni of becoming an avowed candidate. Judge Prfce, of Ashland, C 1. Wilfiams and Judge Martin, of Htftchinsoa, former Lt. Gov. FiUger : 'M of. Dodge CUy,' Lt. Gov. Hopkins, tr harden City, R. H. Faxon of Gai ' eg City, and others have bean, meor know iwhether his inclination to to- IIambJ 4.1. - - . I tloned for the place AThen Mr. Taft was Inaugurated, 4t was wtth more general good wiH than had marked the Inauguration of any other president' i'nc.e the civil war. That was only thirty monlths ago. And two years ago this fall when he made his first presidential tour. his praise, of Aldrlch and his endorse ment of the Payne-AWridh Jaw at Wi nona, were received with tolerant and respectful silence by the people cf the west who felt that (that law was a, het'rayal of thej party and Senator Aldrlch the principal traitor. Two years ago the people in the western, states were, not unwilling to believe, thajt the sign'mg and the de fense of the tariff bill were gtve but retrievable blunders of a well lm tentloned, though Inexperienced ipres-ident. Since then a great deal has hap- to change the abtiitude of Great Majestic Range Demonstration ALL NEXT WEEM 1 T slfliAIFSTlA I (ui lfiTirf I cANFuwiiSH Wt ' " I? gJqTouagoo III VFSpSL -711 n m mmm i mm. ' vJK.UZ'r y-U.v 555T' Hit...!' ' IW i ! ifr -"5 II IJI Ik-: i 'SMT4TW f 1 1, J II) n i i ii v Jul t f zti ii Li ' i d' a r r THE GflEflTriND GRAND MAJESTIC RflNQE THE RiRNGE WITH A REPUTATION itvroe in ftu. oizca and otvles. THE MAJESTIC Extra Heavy Stamped IrD Marble Iae4 Kettts, eomnlete with eover and handle that bokls on eoer THE MAJESTIC lft-at. An Capper Nickel-plated Tea Kettle. Handsomely nickeled on outs'de, tinned on inside. THE MAJESTIC lt-i. An Cpper Nickel-plated Cfft jj Hand,0Inely nickeled on uuiHue mm unoea on insiaa. THE MAJESTIC Marble. 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Tine Great IBeei Hdwe & InnnpU Co sources by such large and enterpris ing syndicates as that of Guggenheim tend 'Morgan, or by pioneers, prospect ors and small business men with the protection and assistance of the gov ernment. And the people will be anxious to learn the, President's policy toward the industrial trusts. They believe a public servant's policy with regard to railroad combinations is indicative of his iprobable policy toward Indus trial trusts. They have not forgot ten that is is . of record that the present administra fion proposed to allow to the rail roads to enter Into pooling agree rmeBfe and attempted to legalize the ownership by one railroad of a majority of the stock of another com peting with' it; la brief to legalize railroads trusts. The people waait la know 1 that Is the President's policy regarding 'Industrial trusts.- i , Aind f Inaly. the people wijl want to teaitai from the. President what bis Ait tftude will be towamd the Progressive m his own party If he should be nom inated and re-elected, in the unfor gotten Norton letter, 1 was acknow ledged on. behalf c the President that te had dealt w.lSh the Progreaslrei as If they had been- Democrats, be cause they had opposed his railroad policy as regards legalized jooiing and in other matters. Will the Pres ident oonsittnie hia re-nomination (if he should he re-nominated) and his re-election (if he should be re-elect ed) as a msmdate to read the Pro gressive Republicans out of the party a second time? W I LEYS '"VINDICATION." President Taft's "vindication of Dr. Wiley wil he searched in vain for a, single word of praise for the valittot work that official has done for the, people. Nor does the President have a single word of censure for tbe no torious McCa be, whose methods of running the food bureau, and every- body In It, Dr. Wiley Included, as tounded the members of the Moss in vestigating committee. After what this committee discovered no body smew better than Mr. Taft him self that he would not dare to mete out to Dr. Wiley the "condign punish ment" recommended by Attorney General Wickersham. The Wiley "vindication served no other purpose than, tot afford h President a favorable opportunity Xo !P3ay pontics on tine eve of his de parture into the hostile. West. Dr. Wiley had already been vindicated, a thousand times over, in the minds of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000000 Mesiiinii in.ntkW.wu i i iv i mmmsm O 0 0 0 0 most important thing is that your stove is built and guaranteed to laslv The World Renowned Riversidi r TpASE .Jj)URNER Ve wknt you to see the New Improved Riverside Base Burner : for 1912. It is -handsomely designed and built to last. They couldn't improve the construction so they improved the looks. Every Riverside Base Burner is a double heater of great power. 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