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BUU Ltbrtrj JnljlPOO tteea mm i Seml-Weeklv Founded ? Woyne County Organ of the RPPIIRI If AM PAPTY 1908 Weekly Founded, 1844 f5 " ' " ' -- 65th YEAR. HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1908. NO. 30 ADDRESSES GRACE Injunctions Are Discussed by the President. TRAINMAN'S QUERY ANSWERED Roosevelt Declares That Taft Has laid Down Principles That Have Been Acoepted by leaders of Labor. Washington, Oct. 20. In response to n letter from P. II. Grace, a member of the Brotherhood ot ltallroud Train nion, Inquiring ubout Mr. Tuft's record In respect to Injunctions and labor nmttei'B In general President Uoose velt has written to Mr. Gruce as fol lows: "In the matter of the Injunctions Mr. Tuft Issued he was absolutely right, and the principles he laid down In those Injunctions have since then been uecepted by every worthy leuder of labor, and they uro embodied In the principles und practices of all the rail road brotherhoods at the present day. "A year or so ago the editor of the paper specially devoted to the Iron Molders' union called upon mo to say thut a decree had been entered In the United States circuit court at Milwau kee in the summer of 100G, which he regarded as grossly unjust and im proper und as practically fatal to trades unionism. The case was that of the Iron Molders' union ngalnst the Allls Chalmcrs company of Milwaukee. The members of the union, having made certain demands for the betterment of tjielr conditions of service, which were refused, went on a strike, and an In junction suit followed in the United States circuit court. The late employ ees were enjoined from alleged illegal interference. The final decree was of the most drastic and far reaching char acter... and besides enjoining tho late employees from doing acts which were cleariy illegal it also "enjoined theni from any form of picketing, from in ducing employees to leave the Bcrvlce of the Allls-Chalmcra company by per suasion or otherwise and from nny kind of interference with the company direct or otherwise. So sweeping were tho terms of this injunction that it practically forbade tho union from making any effort, no matter how peaceful and proper, to maintain their position in this trade dispute. The edi tor of the Iron Molders' Journal, Mr. 3. P. Fry, brought the case before me, stating that the union did not know what to do; that its fnuds were limit ed; that he felt that they were suffer ing from a gross injustice which they wore powerless to remedy. I called in Mr. Taft and asked Mr. Fry to lay the case before him, as, of course, Mr. Taft was far more competent that I was to express his judgment as to the logallty and propriety of tho action taken. "Mr. Taft satisfied himself of the facts and at once became exceedingly Indignant at such an Injunction having issued. He stated that in his opinion tho position taken by the court in is suing the injunction was cleurly un tenable and that what was needed was that the union should get some first class lawyer to represent them and should bring the case before the hlgL cr courts. He suggested, in response to Mr. Fry's request, that the union retain F. N. Judson of St. Louis, who had represented the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in the Wabash case in 1893 and who, by the way, is the author of the review of tho labor deci sions of Judge Tuft, published in the Review of lterlews in 190T. Mr. Taft explained that one of the troubles of the labor unions was that bo often they did not get the best type of coun sel, bo that their cases were not prop erly presented, and that in his judg ment Mr. Judson would be sure to present this case aright. lie stated that tho decision of the court ought certainly to be in their favor. The caBe was argued before the United States circuit court of appeals by Mr. Jud son and Mr. Itubln of Milwaukee for the union and by James M. Beck, coun sel for the Motional Manufacturers' association, for tho company. "The doclslon of the court was hand ed down iu Chicago on the 8th day of this mouth, and it Justifies Judge Tuft's wisdom, for it sustains the most Important contentions of the labor un ions. Tho court holds that while un der tu facts of the case tha company was entitled to aomo injunction relief the decree went far beyond the prop er limits. It struck out of the decree all of the provisions which prevented peaceful plckotlng or the exercise of the right of persuasion iu inducing em ployees to join the strike and also all reference to boycotting on the ground that there was no boycott, as the mem bers of the union had a right to re fuse to handle 'struck' work that is, the work from a factory where they. were on strike wherever they found It. Wbt opinion is Important especial ly in showing that much can now be accomplished in gettiug the courts to correct abuses against employees In the exercise of the power of injunc tion, if Buch abuses are in effective form brought to their attention, as, thanks to the advice of Judge Taft, they were brought in this case. The right of peaceful picketing and per suasion so that employees may by peaceful means induce other employees to Join them is forcibly set forth in their opinion, and it bases its decision largely upon Judge Tuft's decision and upon the decision in the Wubush in junction case." TSCHAIKOVSKY TO TnAVJSli. Expects That His Bail Will Reach St. Petersburg Today. St. Petersburg, Oct. 20. Owing to delays due to banking formalities in London the money raised for Patriot Tschalkovsky's ball has not yet been received, but tho family expect to re ceive the remittance today and be lieve that Tschulkovsky will be ut lib erty tonight. The Itusslan revolutionist will go abroad Immediately, traveling by way of Finland. lie wished to visit hU aged mother in Kazan province, but his family have received an Intima tion that it would not be wise for hlni to remain iu Russia pending his trial, the date of which has not yet been fixed. BATTLE WITH MOROS. Eleven Filipinos Slain In Raid on Mindanao Plantation. Manila, Oct. 20. Word from Illgan, Mindanao, is that Moros rushed a plantation nnd murdered ten Filipinos. It is not known whether any of the raiders was killed. The Moros applied the torch to the plantation stores. After the first attack the plantation hands rallied, and n desperate hand to hand encounter took place. The bodies of the dead were muti lated horribly. CATHOLICS TO CELEBRATE. Centenary In Boston to Bo Marked by Many Ceremonials. Boston, Oct. 20. This week will be one of lnteuse Interest to Catholics ol New England, a series of ceremonials having been arranged to mark the cele bration of the centenary of the estab lishment of the Roman Catholic dlo ccbo of Boston. Distinguished prelates and church men from ull parts of the country will tnke part in the celebration, which will begin on Wednesday morning with solemn pontifical uiubs In the Cathe dral of the Holy Cross, intoned by the most Rev. Dlomode Falconio, the papal delegate at Washington. The Catholic populution, estimated at 2,700 when the see of Boston was first created in 1808, now numbers 2,087,085 in the archdiocese. SCORES CORPORATION LAWS. Bowdoln College President Says Stat utes Make Wholesale Robbery Easy. Brunswick, Me., Oct. 20. At tho service in Kings chapel President William Do Witt Hydo of Bowdoln college denounced the Maine corpora tion laws and told the students that the most prevalent vice of the Ameri can people is the desire to get some thing for nothing. "Maine bus the disease as badly as Oklahoma or Nevada," he added. "This stute receives thousands of dol lars a year of revenue from all over the country for organizing corpora tions under laws that were drafted in the Interest of thieves to make whole sale stealing easy." TO PRESERVE MODELS. Patent Commissioner Denies That 157, 000 "Samples" Are to Be Destroyed. Washington, Oct. 20. Commissioner Edward B. Moore of the patent offlcp' denied that there has been any Inten tion on the purt of the secretary of the interior or any one else to destroy the models of patents accumulated by the government up to 1880, when mechan ical drawings were substituted for models in the filing of claims by in ventors. Some publicity has been given to statements that this collection of 157, 000 models would bo destroyed or scat tercd. NAVIGATION BLOCKED. Over a Thousand Passengers Hetd by Fog and Smoke. Montreal, Oct. 20. Fog and smoke huve tlod up navigation for the past four days, and there are now thirteen ocean liners waiting here for a clear ance. Four of theso are passenger vessels, and as a result 1,200 passen gers are detained. This Is the third time within the past six weeks that ships have been held up by the smoke, and the loss to tho Btoamshlp companies has mounted into the thousands of dollars. Weather Probabilities. Fair, with showers and light east winds. GOVERNORS To Hold Conference Re garding Night Riders. ARMED PICKETS PIT ON DUTY Circuit Court Is Convened In Spe cial Session Today to Endeavor to Place Blame For Cap tain Rankin's Death. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 20. What may happen this week as a result of the investigation of Night Rider depreda tions in the northwestern part of Ten nessee is n matter of conjecture. To day with the convening of tho circuit court for Ohio county, in special ses sion at Union City to Investigate tiie death of Qulnten Rankin, who was killed by a Night Rider band in the vicinity of Reelfoot lake, that region will be under the complete domination of military rule. Five companies of the stato national guard will bo at the disposal of Colo nel Tatoin to enforce martial law, und It Is purposed to gather in every mem ber of the band. To aid the militia the udjolnlng counties have been drawn on for armed bands of picketed men. Should this force be Inadequate to cope with the situation It is de clared that tho entire military force of the state will bo coucentrated if neces sary. Governors of several states of the south have npproved of a suggestion of Governor Patterson that a confer ence of the executives of the different stutes be held and plans devised whereby they can act in concert In au effort to destroy Night Rider organisa tions. Governor Noel of Mississippi, Gov ernor Plndall of ArkansRB and Gov ernor Wlilson of Kentucky have al ready expressed themselves in ap proval of the proposed conference. WIFE TO AID DESERTER. Daughter of Late Senator Gorman Will Intercede For Magnetic. Washington, Oct. 20. Charles Jo seph Mugness, tho navul deserter who was arrested in Louisville, und his wife, formerly Miss Ada Gorman, daughter of the late Senator Gorman, arrived In this city over the Chesa peake and Ohio railroad. They were guurded by two Louisville detectives, who ure charged with the duty of de livering Mugness to the navul authori ties at the League Isluud navy yard, Philadelphia. It Is stated that Mrs. Magness de clared It her purpose to find Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, with tho view of urging clemency for her husband. It is also said that she will make an effort to see President Roosevelt for the same purpose. REVOLUTIONIST HELD. Russian Representatives Say Prisoner Is Vohks, a Common Criminal. New York, Oct. 20. Jan Juuoff Pouren wus rearrested after the ruling by Secretury of Stute Root against granting a warrant of extrudltion. The new complulnt, attested by Rus sia's representatives here, names Pour en as W. Vohks, also Martin Odrueff, also Martinson, also J. M. Matlsou, and charges the man in the Tombs with committing in Riga the crimes of mur der, an attempt to commit murder, ur sou and burglary. Lawyers representing the prisoner contend that he Is one of hundreds of Russian revolutionist:) in tills country and that Russia has accused him of crimes for which he could be extradit ed in order to punish him for iuex tradltablc political offenses. Killed by His False Teeth. New York, Oct. 20. William Kenne dy, thirty years in the United States marine corps, was attacked by vertigo iu his lodging house and killed by his false teeth lodging iu his throat. A price list of tho early period of iron making hero shows that Ameri can bar Iron sold at $100 a ton seventy years ago. Probably this accounts for tho fact that wo read of no conven tions to stop the wasto of natural products In the "good old days." It Is a particularly wise voter who can namo the presidential electors on his ballot ten minutes after he depos its It in the box. Yet ovcry voter has commissioned each elector to voice hi? will in the electoral college. English farmers havo formed a com bine to force up the prices of apples this season. American packets will be likely to Bay that that is ono of tho ''good' trusts." THE PEOPLE'S FORUM. In matters strictly political we Intend to make The Citizen, ana desire to have the pa per regarded, as uncompromisingly and ex clusively Kepubllcan; but on questions so cial and economic, on which adherentsof any and all partisan organizations may be hon estly divided without impairing their party allegiance, we are disposed to allow a free Interchange of opinions. Hence to Buch ex tent as our space will permit, this column is opened as a people's forum In which court all personsobservlngtheamenltlesof Journalism will he uccorded a hearing. Editob of The Citizen. I notice in your issue of this date a communication from the "Business Men's Anti-Local-Option League," which interests me. It is so transparently contrary to facts that it hardly culls for a reply, and yet some may be deceived by it. There is the statement, for instance, that no State Iiub tried Prohibition or Local Option but is now advocating a repeal of these laws. I suppose by State, people are meant. Years ago Maine put Prohibition into the bedrock of her Constitution. That law has not yet been repealed after 24 years' trial, nor is it likely to be. Sena tor Frye wrote me some months ago of the effort being made for re-submission, but gave it as his conviction that if re submitted the question would again be miBwered in the affirmative. At the September election, the candi date for Governor, who stood squarely against re-submission, was elected. There is a tidal wave of Local Option sweeping over our own country and Eng land. Where are the States that have recently tried Local Option that are ad vocating u repeal of the laws? Then are men in every State opposed to Local Option. We freely admit it, but den that there is any general sentiment in these States back of the agitation. Kan-las-iins tried the experiment of Prohi bition twenty-five years. (We are not now; -making the fight for Prohibition, butas our friends the liquor men Insist on grouping them we have to do bo also.) One of its great papers lias recently made an investigation. 100 letters were sent to Clerks of Courts of different grades, bankers and others, with this result: 150 ouf'of' the 100 men writtten to en dorsed without qualification the present law, and only one was opposed to it. Here are the results in a nut shell. In 25 years the population of Kansas hai increased 71. In 39 counties murdci has decreased 70. In 39 counties crim inal cases have fallen off 33 ; civil cases 28. Bank deposits in 45 coun ties have increased 000. Your space is limited, Mk. Editor. 1 could go more into detail. What saj lie Supreme Court oi our land aboui .hia trallic in liquor? "The statistics ol every State show a greater amount oi crime and misery attributable to the use of ardent spirits than to any otliei source." "If loss of revenue should ac crue to the United States from a dimin ished consumption of ardent spirits nh will be a gainer a thousand fold in tin health, wealth and happiness of the peo ple." Now what is Local Option ? Simply the recognition of the right of the peo ple to determine whether liquor shall be sold in a given unit county, township, city, etc. In other words, it is govern ment "of the people, by the people, and for the people." "Equal rights for all." If Wayne county wants the saloon she shall have it. If she does not want the saloon she need not have it. Could any thing be fairer? The man who votes against this proposition is neither a Re publican, Democrat or American. Every old Boldier who votes against it is trying to undermine the great principle of lib erty for which lie fought from '01 to '05. John Mitchell, that level-headed labor leader, says: "I have given deep ai.d long consideration to the value of Local Option as an uplifting influence in a com munity, and I am convinced that it em bodies the principle of true liberty." "The application of the principle should be made to all the States. That which is good for Georgia is good for Pennsyl vania, and all tho other States. The people should havo the right to deter mine the question by their ballot." I commend this same statement of tho principle of Local Option to every labor ing man in Wayne county. Having been a farmer's boy and work ing more or less on the farm till 25 years of age, and having a large acquaintance among the farmers of Wayne county, I enter my indignant protest against the appeal made to selfish interests by the "Business Men's Anti-Local-Option Leu- gue;" the attempt to swing the farmer vote against Local Option because taxes may be increased. Taxes do not, if the law is enacted, increase under Local Op j tion, and crime decreases. Docs tho I League suppose that the farmer can be bought by any such consideration ? Will lie stifle his conscience, and vote to hurt his own boy on the unholy altar, because "his apples may rot" if Local Option prevails ? There is too much manhood among the men and boys on the farm to permit such an appeal to have any weight for a single moment. Friends 1 Men ! Citizens of Old Waynel if true to the inheritance received from the fathers ; if Americans, loyal to a con- science that is regal, we do our full duty now, and vote for the man who has pledged his sacred honor to stand for this great principle, the black pall will lift from the Keystone State, and with the other States in the Crown of Liberty we will face the morning, when above our common country we will wave tne Btainless flag 1 Believing with all my heart in "Equal Rights iorAll," and not a part of our citizenship, and that "the people should rule, I am Sincerely for Civic Righteousness, W. II. SWIFT. Honesdale, Pa., Oct 23, 1908. (IIUSINESS MEN'S ANTI LOCAI.-01TION LEAGUE.! Taxes Placed on Every Line of Business and Profession In Ala bama. To make up for the loss through anti saloon legislation, every merchant and profession must pay a license, according to the amount ot sales made and busi ness done. Each day the gross amount of sales of each business must be report ed to the license collectors, under pen alty of line and imprisonment for failure to do so. Some lines of business will have to pay a license that were never assessed before. The fanner will have to pay more for hardware and seeds. Stock raisers and grain dealers will also be assessed. It will even cost you more to die. Cemeteries also come in for u share of the taxes. In fact, no person or business escapes. The farmers have advanced their prices on all farm pro ducts, and in almost every line of busi ness prioeB are being advanced. The new license schedule has been placed on the books, disclosing some very interest ing figures. The tremendous loss of revenue by prohibition is bIiowii in the following table, which gives the amount of taxei assessed each year against the people : Hardware stores, $ 15 00 to $ 200 (XI Seeed dealers, 25 00 to 75 00 Live stock, Grain dealers, Doctors, Milk peddlers Undertakers, Cemeteries, Tombstone dealers, Butchers, Sausage makers, Grocers, Shoe dealers, Coffee dealers, Bakers. Coal dealers, Furniture dealers, Ovster shops. 50 Ol, 100 00 40 00 35 (XI 05 00 100 00 35 00 50 00 to 15 00 to 20 00 to 75 00 to 12 50 to 15 00 to 25 00 to 10 00 to 25 00 to 250 00 10 00 200 09 200 00 150 00 75 00 100 (X) 200 00 UX) (Xi 115 (X) 50 Ou Retail oyster dealers, 40 00 to Produce dealers, Uhinaware, Dry goods, Clothiers, Laundries, Hoarding houses, Jo-operative home building. 25 00 to 15 00 to 15 00 to 50 00 to 75 (X, 400 (X. 200 (X 100 (X 25 IX 3(X) a building Ass'ns, 100 00 to 5tX (XI jas companies, brokerage Houses, it. Railway Co's, Oil companies, It. R. Co's, (ollices in Birmingham), Corporations furn ishing steam heat, Telephone Co's, Waterworks, Adding mach. agts, Advertising devices and companies Abstract Title Co's, Automobiledealers, Automobile license, Advertising hand bills, Real estate agents, Artiticial limbs, Assig'nt of wages companies, Audit companies, Auctioneers, Bag makerH, Banks, '. Safe deposit vaults, Barbers, Bicycle dealers, Billposters, Bird dealers, Blacksmiths, Book dealers, Bootblacks, Bottlers, Bowling alleys, Brewers, Brick makers, Broom makers, Muggy makers, Cabinet makers, Candy makers, Carpenter shops, Carpet dealers, Carts and drays. Manicures, Confectioneries, Drug stores, Electrical supplies Electricians, Foremen, FloriBt, Foundries, Fruit stands, Fruit trees Haberdashers, Hair dressers, Hotels, Ice factories Iniirmaries, Insurance, Insurance agente, Labor agents. Lawyers, doctoes am dentists, Livery stabler. Lunch stands. Machinery unites and dealers,. Tailors, Newspapers, Piano tuners, Plumbers, Pressing club, Sign painters, 2,500 (X' 4,000 IX. 3,000 CX. 1,250 (X. 1,750 IX) 10,000 (X) 2,500 (X) 15,000 00 15 00 10 00 to 200 (X) 75 00 to 150 (XI KX) (XI 5 00 to 10 (X) K) 00 50 (XI 25 (X) 300 (X) 50 (K) 35 00 to 75" (XI 50 00 200 00 to 500 (X) 300 00 , 3 00 25 (X) to tr (X) 1(1 (X) to 200 00 25 (XI 5 (X) 25 00 to 50 0'J 2 50 5 00 to 50 (X) 25 (X) 200 (X) 35 (XI 10 00 10 (X) to 150 00 10 (XI to 75 0(1 10 00 to 75 00 10 00 15 (X) to 200 (X) 10 00 to 25 (K) 25 00 10 (X) to 50 00 J55 (X) to 200 (XI 15 00 to 150 00 50 (X) 25 00 35 00 25 00 05 00 to 125 00 10 (X) 35 (10 to 150 00 15 00 05 (X) to 275 00 300 00 05 O0 to 150 00 10 00 tn 150 (X) 25 00 to 100 (X) 50 00 to 500 00 a 15 00 to 45 00 85 00 35 00 to 75 00 W) (X) to 200 00 35 00 10 00 to 250 (X) 5 00 50 00 to 250 00 5 00 15 00 to 250 00 10 00 to 12 50 to 75 00 25 (X) 200 00 500 00 5 CO 35 00 35 00 12 00 50 00 e based of each Umbrella mender Vegetable dealers, Vinegar makers, atch repairer, Yeast agt. or dealer, Many of the license scales a: on the volume of ,(5ales daily business taxed. REPUBLICAN X For County Commissioners. Hornbeck and Madden. A 6oft answer tiirneth away wrath sometimes. At other times it'inviteth a licking. He who dignity. puts on airs only takes off A Sure Vote forBraman for Sheriff REPUBLICAN X M. LEE BRAMAN, Kepiiepextative IIawjwick, of Geor gia, is the smallest man, physically, in the House. Colonel "Ike" Hill, late Democratic employee of the House, said once, in speaking of llaidwick : "You could drown him in a fountain pen." Scandal travels fast, but a good deed goes without saying. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is used nearly everywhere, because it mil only heals Irritation ut the throat und stops the cough, but It drives the cold out of tho system through Its laxative principle by assuring a free and gentle action of the bowels, and that is the only way to cum a cold. You can't cure It as long as you are constipated. In sist upon Kennedy's Laxative L'ough Syrup. Kold by I'KIL. Tho Druggist. if mankind depended on tho milk of human kindness, half of us would starve. New Portieres, Bugs, CurtainB and Carpets at MEK.NEU & Vo.'S. 2'2eUi Stove dealers, Tin shops, Tobacco dealers, Trrwllt.cr c(..i.iiin SB