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- ADILENE, KANSAS, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER. 31 1912
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY RESTCM.
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,WHICH MARKED IT AD- t
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FACT, !S - CLEARLY SU0V.7.
The. Financial Disturbance of Five
Years Ago Not Due-to Adverse
Republican Legislation Nor to Any
; . Cause for Which the Republican
Party Must Answer.
With an audacity which can only be
explained by tbe desperate situation
which makes a resort, to even the
most Improbable of theories a polit
ical neoossity, the Democratic cam
paign text book charges the Repub
lican party with responsibility for the
panic of 1893 end the hard times that
ensued. "The Republicans have been
trying to make the country believe,'
nays the text hook, "that the panic of
1893 was brought about by the Demo
cratic bill which was passed in 1894.
And then the text book writer pro
ceeds to make merry over the absurd'
ity of charging an effect in one year
to a cause that did not transpire until
the year after.
Well, here are the facts: The last
year of the Harrison administration,
1892, was the most prosperous the
country had enjoyed up to that time.
J.Mor was fully employed, capital was
v Ui lively seeking investment, and the
fa is were getting a good price for
tig crop. So far as industrial and
corvnercla! conditions were concern
ed, there was not a cloud In the sky.
Republican speakers and. newspapers
tried to persuade tbe people that they
should- let well enough alone and that
Democratic success might bring dis
aster. But they would not listen. The
prices of some things were pretty
high. The Democrats declared It was
because of the high. tarlS and prom
ised that If put Into power they would
revise the tariff "In thtf Interest of the
plain people.' There'Vat tittle ex
rtecUtion .throughput" the country that
Karrlsoa would be defeated, afid bust
aeia toomed right to election day.
Cut i;rr!on Was d..V.:d. . .
j .. Haw. te. rf'a. C-t.' .', !.
And ti en ; t b& - jm It Wby, fv .
atir.'y k.-ea s.a tl r?y 'nbk!.
C :y were abost to la vest leaked It up
t;U vtiuru sald.rfTs 12r i-St
r 't ."-.:: to se'wr-..t taipecs.
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rt nt.lt r;-:r treir' . would, fce
r:. : ict-i, la..ejitIy Lg&n jto, ect
tl-'r et;;! to current (rcrasgs, Vflo
tofjll I tlcm, fir rtfaslng 'to fa
at.,J si r:: ii.-!r w(-ttou6es f-U
cf .ds r ' t ta to be sold
In competft:.; a'asHar products
lEbJe la countries here tie factory
ws scale was one-lalf r one-fcorth
of. tie factory wss- j ale wfckh tiey
lit teen pejlnj? Jc'.Urs tri whole
r " -f c-ct th?.'r order to i'.o rr.acu
: t.ila tie same wty -1 for tbe
; r- "tl KttaUcri ever, tie
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' c-KUiitry bonght their supplies 'from
Cay to nay, tearing to be caugnt witn
th-prleed eooda when the low-priced
Cood came. -' '-; . -i.t -, ,.?
. And so It happened that although
the Wilson bill was not actually pass
ed until late -In 1894 the, panic began
th f-y after the election of 1892. It
not what the Democratic presl
aiuit and congress had done,,' but
what everybody knew they intended
to dd that wrought the havoe. Indeed,
if the Wilson bill could have been
pa:!.'.! the day Cleveland was Inaugn-
tdVtt iit.1,11 LAf i tmii XuaH Lumt W
actually occurred. ' -. , : .
"The .Danger of Uncertainty.
This country is big enough and rich
enough and resourceful enough to ad
just itself to nearly any tariff law.no
matter how bad It may be. If It only
knows what it Is. But during all the
long months of debate over the bill
the business of the country was. as It
were, hung up In the air. If man had
known that the duty on articles la
which they were Interested was to be
reduced ten per cent they could have
figured accordingly. If i they had
known the duty was be reduced SO
per cent or 100 per cent they would
have had some basis upon which to
adjust themselves. But they did not
know what the reduction would be.
so they had absolutely no basis upon
which to do their figuring. They sim
ply had to wait and wait and wait,
keeping Just as close to shore as they
possibly could until the leng agony
was over. That Is the analysis of the
panic from 1893 to 1897, and no mat
ter how vigorously the Democratic
text book may dispute it. It cannot
deny or rrfute It
Two , Kinds of Panics.
There Is some reason, of course.
why the unthinking should charge the
responsibility for the panic of 1007
upon the Republican party, because
that party was. in ; power when the
panic occurred. But it Is to be re
membered that there are two kinds of
panics, one due to loss of confidence
in measures and the other due to loss
of confidence In men. A political
party Is justly chargeable with a busi
ness disturbance due to bad measures
or. the fear of bad measures; but It Is
not chargeable with responsibility for
disturbance brought about by the
conduct of men. It was the fear of
Injurious legislation that brought upon
the country . the disaster, .of , 1893-7.
And therefore these' disasters . are
chargeable to "the Democratic party.
But the money stringency of 1907 was
due absolutely to the frenzied finan
ciering of a group -cf caea aperaSng
entirely: outside of (politics and. feav
log no eoqnectlon. wtftver the
governments It, was ofcere-eh-t.i
that the roBlc of.. 1"? , w bw"t
Same Beeririnins:
biffer4nt Ending
la sane and well stated. An es
pecially sane and well put state
ment of what third party organlxa
tloa means as has Ween printed In
this campaign Is sn editorial la the,
Belolt Gasette, which was before the
convention for Roosevelt but has re
fused to leave the Republican party.
We quote;
W can't agree that we should
leave the Republican party and af
filiate with t.he ew third party.
Simply because a (25,000 printing
press contain many Improved ad
vantages over our Standard Babcock
cylinder Is not sufficient reason why
we should discard the, press we have
and buy one of the latest and most
up to date presses on the market.
The first thing to be considered Is
the practicability of the press to our
needs and secondly th. Item of ex
pense., If we were continually try
ing to buy every new fangled piece
of machinery oa the market we
would be changing presses every
week. If the. presa we have is suffi
cient! up todste to do satisfactorily
tbe work required of it, it would be
poor . business judgment', to- change, !
"This may be a Tathercrud Il
lustration but it will serve as a
starter to bring out the thought we
have in mind. . - ,
'Stability Is worth more to this
republic than - chasing after rain
bow. r A tried and proven piece or
machinery is worth more than the
recommendations of an Interested
salesman of some new untried, so
called improved one Just placed up
on the market A well-broken aal
mal Is worth more than one not even
halter-broke.
"The Republican platform of lilt
Is absolutely the most progressive
and the country baa done pretty well
under those adopted - heretofore.
There is a settled equilibrium and
poise to the Republican part and
we have no assurance of how many
other "new advanced" ' propositions
that new nartT will foster ' In Its
next platform If it should have an
other, or to how many of them "we
could with sincerity subscribe. It
had its birth through ' spontaneous
combustion and It may be subject
to such Spells. , While It has within
Its ra'nks many of the country's wis
est and most conscientious men It
must also be admitted that It has
been the retreat for the unreasonably
radical class whose ideas of gov
ernment are by no means the safest.
"If our ..friend thinks It has ex
tracted all the progressive thought
from the Republican party, be should
take a new inventory. There is
Senator La Follette the pioneer
Who has been the recognised leader
fori progressive thought' and action
lalcongresa for years still fighting
In ft be Republican party. There are
uoyernor nauioy oi (iniuviiii w
ernor Deneen of Illinois and Sena-
tof Borah of Idaho, who were Col
onel Roosevelt's leaders In the Chi
cago convention and whose fidelity
tof truly progressive polices of gov
ernment no one can Question, all
U11 standing by he Republican
party and working for the re-elec-
ti a of President Taft.
, Tbe Progressive' party is not a
party founded upon issues, u is a
p yty absolutely founded upon the
personal popularity of one man. Had
it not been for the personal popu
larity of Theodore Roosevelt, it
mild never have been born and any
tanking reasonable man will admit
it Had he been nominated at ent
er go upon the Republican platform
e it stand today, the call for the
r-ill Moose would now be heard only
hen a sportsman .sought to allure
ct) of, these uncouth and untamed
animals, within shooting range. Oth
erwise, why was it not thought of un
t f after Mr. . Rooaevelt was defeated
if President Taft ; for Republican
nomination, for president? ,
l "It is a party founded upon repud
ltJon rather , than any permanent
and well defined doctrines of ad
vanced government. Its platform is
merely . an excuse for its existence
while Its real purpose Is to defeat
the reelection of President Taft
even at the expense of four or eight
years of Democratic free trade such
a w had Jn 1393-7.
'rwian -wm are not vet ready , to cut
loose and Join the Uuu Moose par
ty. We have no quarrel, with anyone
who views things , differently, from
us but we have expressed our own,
by request, and we. prefer to sacri
fice our; personal choice of candi
date and vote to continue present
conditions rather than by voting for
the third party nominee cast half
a vote for Woodrow "Wilson with
his free trade and Intention to use
his high efflce, if elected to cut ev
ery old soldier off the pension rolls
of the government as he has himself
declared In a letter published else
where In this issue.
"Tnta. my friend.-1 where the!
new party movement may prove to
be not only Impracticable but ex
pensive.
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To the Voters of Dickinson County:
I have been chosen by the Republican party as : Its
'. nominee for County Attorney and I want tbe office. I wa
. 'born In Dickinson county more than thirty-four years ago,
attended Washburn College at Topeka, and completed my
studies at Ann Arbor, Michigan. The only office I have
ever solicited or held was Mayor of the ctty of Abilene and
. at the expiration of my term, my administration wa ap
proved by many who had opposed my election. . The per
centage of assessment for city taxes during my term as
Mayor was reduced, being the first reduction In the assess
ment that bad been made In twelve years.
The office of County Attorney Is not a mere collection
agency and tbe attorney's dutle are not confined to the
prosecution of criminals. Tbe statute make hint the legal
advisor of all county officers, and particularly of the Board
7 of County Commissioners, and he represents the state and
county In all civil matters In which the people, are Inter-
. eated. On that account the people should have the benefit
of general legal and business ability. The firm of which I .
am a member has been In existence and occupying tbe
same office in Abilene for more than a third of a century
and needs no Introduction to the people of this county. In
the event of my election, the county will have no extra at
torneys' fees to pay and the people will have tbe benefit of
thirty-five years' experience In law In addition to my own.
The County Attorneyship I not a political but an ad
ministrative office and I therefore respectfully solicit your
vote regardless of party affiliations.
' - , ARTHUR HURD,
Candidate for County Attorney.
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JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP ' '
REPUBLICANS ARE ACTIVE,
Tbe Republicans of Jefferson are
going to elect their township ticket
this year and are doing some active
work for each candidate. - At the
August primary ' they nominated
Hiram Springer for trustee, T, B.
Mosley - for treasurer, and Robert
Alexander for clerk and now pro
pose to see that they are eieciea.
Good for the Republicans of old
Jefferson.
Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. .Miller, E. L. Richardson, Mrs.
Richardson, Mrs. Lowermk and
Miss Ada Stafford went to Abilene
to attend the chlldrens anniversary
WHAT "THE "MOVIE" FORGOT,
At the'-Seelye theatre Ja" Abilene
the moving pictures are belg -used
to make campaign pleas In behalf
of Woodrow Wilson. The pictures
are real living cartoons. They show
a rotund trust waited upon by funk-
le in knee breeches, spurning the
laborers who ask for a raise In
wages, but opening up the big black
cigars to a bosk, who carries off a
big dough bag Into which dollars
have been shoveled. On the walls
are pictures of Taft asd Roosevelt.
The pictures also show a laborer
going down the street and spurning
pictures of Taft and Roosevelt but!
warming up to Wilson's picture like
a sick kitten to a hot brick. This
Interesting moving picture cartoon
with a touch asking the come-ons
to come on again at a dollar each
for tbe Democratic candidate.
Whatever enterprising press agent
got up" this booet for the governor
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Abilene people to be royal enter
tainers. Sallna Union.
about either, Ay lerh .io. l'h tbe
BepubycaJl party. ts3 eiac'? Jr f t;f
It wa threatening t f-.ii. 'I., i.r
then or at ajny time il.e'L.tta h&s
any lUpubUcaa masar eJursed
wilh having brou&ht A abost, ad ila
only aew".tis!aUoB whkh v$M tt
sianded as the OEtcome of It was the
emergency currency law, the need of
whkh had never before bees demon
strated so tJainly, and which - was
promptly pasted". v.; i
These: are the facts in relation to
the pastes ef 1SS3-7 aod of 1S3T. That
Democratic .legislation , was - dlrect'y
reonible.for the larmer cannot be
successfally denied. That F.epub-
caa . legislation was responsible, dl
rect'y or la,d'reel!y, for the latter can
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Good! Anyone E"fl
can talt good -but
cash in bank
Hakes Good
given there by the Yeomen Home
stead. All claim to . have had a
very enjoyable time and vote the 0f the greatest trust-breeding state
In the Union, neglected to work in
to the plot that trh Democratic
nominee for president urges In or
der to Jibe with the Democratic
state's rights doctrine his own theory
that the states should handle the
trust problem, and that if he really
feel his way about It there are
several thousand trusts in New. Jer
sey right now which he might prac
tice on
rg-gl-g-C -Sr-S3-
can talk
about business proposi-
can talk Mood tions being "good"--
nut only tne man wun
cash in the bank is able
to take , advantage, of
:':':;v'"'J,:..; them money in bank
MAKES GOOD at all times.
George (H. Huffman, Republican
, Lnawate for Sheriff ' ,
The office of sheriff is one of the
most Important In the county. It
Is given him to help enforce all the
laws on the statute books and be
the peace officer of the county.
George. Huffman is known to nearly
everybody in he county and hto
word Is as good as a government
bond any day. He has lived here
for over 40 years, has been success
ful and diligent In his own business
and will give the same conscientious
service to county affairs. He - has '
always been ready to help the needy
and no uncharitable act has ever
been charged against him. If elected '
as he will be, ne will be the sheriff
himself, run by any clique or gang,
and his administration will prove a
credit to the county.
Vote for Huffman.
PATT0V8 JERSEY CATTLE
BROUGHT GOOD PRICES.
The young man who has a saviegs account with
this fcani , is' in ' 4 position : to take td.Yantage of
busSccis cppbrtscUicsitbat snay bs rsre-rend
tht&'Wh vttslssd tT-E5itto conduct a more
Mrs. Leonard Patton through J;
0. Engle. auctioneer, sold thirteen
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; , i llMd of Jar tor riMU Rnfitrrinv
On the fence where the mill bands hlch brought good prices The
walk by the Wilson' picture with so , best cow .sold for $147.50 and the.
much admiration, th picture play , six calves brought about $40 each.
The total lor the thirteen head was
$735. Mrs. Patton disposed of her
stock because they will spend the
coming year , in California. . .
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author might also have posted to
further plea the labor world:
A few figure ehowing how many
thousand were out of work dnring
tbe last Democratic administration,
Coxey army of tbe unemployed
marching to the White House asking
for: bread. :j.:--fit:'tj - a-
Farmers selling wheat fort 3
cents bashsl and eora for 12 rents
snd hog for t.'cnti a pouid.. i
A long lin et banks whichr faSUd
because the borrower could not pay
their Hta.i;::,'.t.ri ..! v:v:';t
T. F. t Ryan. . head of j th tobacco
trnat, ; coatrihuU. $4S0,0r to the
Democratic-.reB5paiSBfttd if i I
' Ftgarv hewiBg.the deprectatktn
In farm land because later wastout
of work and conld not buy farm
product, u , . v 'ij.t
The "movie" seems to hav aeg-
lected most of th real results of a
Democratic administration. ,
Advertised MaJL .
For week ending Oct. 28, 1112:
Letters: C. IL Bagley, Oscar
Baker, Leo Keltman, C. B. Howe,
Eeny Kirkpatrkx. Mrs. A. Rf ed, Mrs.
V " i Aaaberman-Ii-vla. .
At th Presbyter laa parsonage at
2:30 Oct.,"2uY Rev prT.S; Blay
beyi united- Jn marriage1 Mies Sue 1
Aosbermaa of . Tajlmage And Mr.
John Irvln of Ohio. The bride, wore
a: becoming gown of pearl gray with
self colored set and pearl trimming.
Shit ' wore ' t .large . white hat .it
wing trluimlnf s. ', th Jbrie If well
and favorably known, having tacsht
la the eounty' several " years. Tbe ,.
groom though a stranger to the com- '
monity, come highly reeosmended.
They will reside ia Ohio, a p.- ' -
V. Wever, Miss Flora Vaoderwelt,
W. II. Wllaoa. . ;
Cards: Thos. Allen, P. L. An-
dreav Vanle Abb ford, Gf orge It.
Ballard,' E"i Brown, . C. IL Dock-
horn, Mr. M. J Kamnood, E. Kelm,
Mrs. Clara L5ir. J. M. Mcllearv.
Claud Rucaer, Kiss V.iien Smith.
C. M. HAllCZn, P. II.