The Forum

THE FORUM Vol. 7, No. 34 HARRY W. WILSON FOR THE LEGISLATURE We call your attention to the candidacy of Harry W. Wilson, Republican candidate for the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, and ask for him your undivided support. Mr. Wilson is in politics a Republican, but owing to the fact that he ranks high in the American Federation of Labor is looked upon more as a friend to the laboring man than a special factor in any political party. He was overwhelmingly elected two years ago, and during the last General Assembly did yeoman work in the House in behalf of legislaton friendly to the miners and the tollers. Mr. Wilson has always proven to be a consistent friend to the Colored man just as he is to other men, and whenever the opportunity presented itself he has befriended them. He has asisted young Colored men in securing scholarships at the University of Illinois at Champaign. We commend Mr. Wilson to the voters of this and Morgan county as not only an able man but an experienced man, and a safe one for the very responsible position to which he aspires. When Mr. Wilson was chairman of the Labor Day celebration in 1898, he saw to it that the Colored people were highly recognized by employing a brass band and also helping and recognizing Colored preachers in the city. We know of no man on the ticket more representative of all the people. MR. TAFT AND THE NEGRO. President Taft, in his inaugural address, gave voice to the following sentiment which has been carried at the masthead of The Age for a number of weeks: "Any recognition of distinguished Negroes, any appointment to office from among their number, is properly taken as an encouragement and an appreciation of their progress, and this just policy shall be pursued Advices from Beverly are to the effect that in a recent conference with a number of Negro leaders, President Taft indicated that, in the orderly process of dealing with all of the problems which require attention at his hands, he is considering the whole Negro situation. With regard to the especial sentiment from his address which we have just quoted, it may be stated that the President has already ordered the appointment of Mr. James C. Napier, of Nashville, Tenn., to be Register of the United States Treasury. He has also, as our readers know, appointed to the Collectorship of the port of Georgetown, D. C., Mr. Whitefield McKinlay, a man of engaging parts and splendid ability. In opening a new place of substance and quality to which former Governor P. B. S. Pinchback has been appointed, the President is showing his willingness to recognize the Northern Negro in an effective and potent way. It was stated in the dispatches, which we published from time to time from Beverly, that "a number of appointments out of the ordinary class of places usually bestowed upon Negroes are likely soon to be made." We are very glad to make note of this statement, and we very much hope that The Ag, together with Negro papers throughout the country, may soon have the privilege of chronicling the President's friendly disposition not only to consider the appointment of Negroes to important places in the North, but that he may also not permit others to interpret the intent of his inaugural address with regard to positions in the South. We do not believe that there should be a line against us in the North nor against us in the South. The President has assured various groups of colored men who have seen him lately that the Negro people in the future will have no cause for complaint at his hands. This news to us is most gratifying, and we are quite disposed to trust the President further in view of the assurances he has given as to his early intentions. The appointments above mentioned are high class and are an earnest, we hope, of others of like importance soon to follow—New York Age. OBITUARY. Mr. Andrew Carter, of 1615 South Seventeenth street, was called to answer the response of death, Oct. 30, 1910. He was born in Wilson county, Tennessee, and has been a resident of Illinois 27 years. His suffering was that of typhoid fever. He leaves to mourn his loss a brother and a host of friends. He is survived by two children, Mrs. Cora Peliton of Indianapolis, and Joseph Carter of this city; one brother, Joseph Carter, of Springfield. The remains were taken to the undertaking parlors of Henry Rhoden and later taken to the family residence. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, the Rev. Mr. Barnlaw officiating. Interment was in Oak Ridge cemetery. LINDSEY ENDORSES JUDGE G. W. MURRAY. Denver Jurist Offers to Speak for Local Judge in Campaign. Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver, in a friendly telegram to Judge G. W. Murray and in a most earnest and characteristic letter to the Illinois State Register heartily indorses Judge Murray. In Judge Lindsey's telegram to Judge Murray he said he heard of the latter's renomination with great pleasure, and very highly indorses the work done by Judge Murray in the juvenile court here. He says further he hopes Judge Murray will be re-elected, and further showed he's interest by saying he would come to Springfield to assist Judge Murray if it were necessary. Judge Lindsey'S LETTER. The letter of Judge Lindsey to the State Register follows: "Denver, Colo., Oct. 15, 1910. "Illinois State Register, "Springfield, III. "Gentlemen:—I want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation of the good work Judge Murray is doing. I have had the pleasure of sitting in Judge Murray's court with him. "I have been judge of the juvenile court here for ten years. In that time I have met most of the judges in this country who are doing work of this kind, and I can truly say that none of them have impressed me more than Judge Murray as being in every respect qualified for that position. "There should be no politics in the election of a county and juvenile judge. I sincerely hope there will be none in the case of Judge Murray. Any man who courageously stands for the principles of the juvenile court and is outspoken against some of the evils that are responsible for the troubles of the children is bound to make enemies. If Judge Murray has made any, it is all the more a sign of his competency. I am confident that Judge Murray has the love and respect and esteem of the great majority of his fellow citizens, regardless of party. "The juvenile court movement is in a measure a national movement and it has been the desire of those interested in it to see men like Judge Murray retained, because one of the chief dangers to the entire cause is in displacing men who have demonstrated their competency and fitness for the places as has been so eminently the case with Judge Murray. "Very respectfully, "BEN B. LINDSEY." DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE REGISTER We do not desire to uphold any misconduct of the Republican party, local or national, but we desire to ask the Register one question, very pertinent question, to-wit: Granting that the Republicans are responsible for high tariff, the high price of fqod stuffs, and too, the high price paid wage earners, how is it that during the two Democratic administrations, one in 1885 to 1889, and the other in 1893 to 1897, that we had such hard times, panics, soup houses and the famous Coxey's Army business? During Cleveland's first term, be it remembered, the Democrats did not have absolute control of the legislative power at Washington, hence things were not as bad as the second term. This is a fair question and we hope the evasive Register will not evade it. ABROGATE 15TH AMEND MENT. "The States said years ago the first and most important step towards a solution of the Negro problem should be the withdrawal of the right of suffrage to the Negroes by abrogating the fifteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution."—New Orleans States (Dem.) A DARE:DEVIL MENACE "We thought then (in 1901, when the new Alabama Constitution disfranchising the Negro was under discussion), as we do now, that the menace to peace, the danger to society and white supremacy was not in the illiterate Negro, but in the upper branches of Negro society, the educated man who, after ascertaining his political rights, forced the way to assert them. We, the Southern people, entertain no prejudice toward the ignorant per se inoffensive Negro. But our blood bolls when the educated Negro asserts himself politically. We regard each assertion as an unfriendly encroachment upon our native rights, and a dare-devil menace to our control of the affairs of the state. Hence, we present that the way to avert the impending horrors is to emasculate the Negro politically, by repealing the fifteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States."—Charles P. Lane, Editor Huntsville (Ala.) Daily Tribune. "Be ye doers and not sayers only." SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1910 WILLIAM H. BOWE. Member of Springfield District Court No. 25. (From Court of Honor, September 1910.) Perhaps no individual associated with the court of Honor, outside of the society's immediate official family, is more widely known throughout its wide jurisdiction than "Billy" Bowe, who for more than nine years held an important and responsible position in the office of Supreme Chancellor Hereford. Bro. Bowe is a faithful representative of the best type of American manhood, broad-minded, sympathetic, charitable and fearless in his advocacy of what he believes to be right. Bro. Bowe is a hard, earnest and conscientious worker in any pursuit into which the affairs of life may lead. His has not been a life of frolle. The oldest son of a large family, he set himself resolutely to work at an early age, following the death of his father, to aid and comfort his mother, and to assist in rearing and educating his younger brothers and sisters, to the accomplishment of which he devoted his time and means ungrudgingly and to the extent of denying himself most of the pleasures sought by the young men of his age. Besides the Court of Honor he is a member of many fraternal societies and other associations, among them the Knights of Columbus, Loyal Americans, Fraternal Order of Owls, Red Men, Chamber of Commerce and Associated Charities of Springfield. Bro. Bowe is seeking the position of Treasurer of Sangamon county, for which office he possesses every necessary qualification, both by education and experience. TRUE REFORMERS' BANK FAILS. The Colored people all over the United States will be sorry to learn that the True Reformers' bank of Richmond, Va., the once largest financial institution operated in this country by Colored [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit]. 1 THOS. E. LYON Below we publish an open le Thos. E. Lyons, to the voters of this frank statement he has made and that he has always stood for a squ not hesitate to ask for him his ful people. an open letter f voters of this dis s made and know god for a square de him his full share Below we publish an open letter from our Representative, Thos. E. Lyons, to the voters of this district. We admire the frank statement he has made and knowing as we do personally that he has always stood for a square deal for our people, we do not hesitate to ask for him his full share of the votes of our people. To the Voters of the Forty-fifth District: Two years ago I asked for your support in my effort to represent this district in the Legislature. In public and in private I pledged the people of this district that if elected I would use my best efforts to place a valid direct primary law on the statute books of this State if the one now in force should be declared unconstitutional; also that I would stand by the choice of the people of the United States as expressed by their vote, whether that vote represented my personal choice or otherwise; and I further pledged to work and vote for such measures only as would insure honesty and increased efficiency in the public service, safeguard and protect the rights of all citizens, and raise the stands of public and private life. I kept my pledge and the voters of this district more than repaid me by their most flattering endorsements at the primaries of this year. In soliciting your support for re-election I renew the pledges made to you two years ago, in so far as they may apply to matters that may come before the next General Assembly. And I further pledge, if elected, to stand by the progressive measures outlined in the Republican platform of this year, among others. and for your support i private I pledged the pre- est efforts to place a State if the one now I would stand by the by their vote, whet- se; and I further pled ensure honesty and inci- tect the rights of all life. the voters of this dis- serments at the prima support for re-election far as they may app- assembly. if elected, to stand in platform of this r Two years ago I asked for your support in my effort to represent this district in the Legislature. In public and in private I pledged the people of this district that if elected I would use my best efforts to place a valid direct primary law on the statute books of this State if the one now in force should be declared unconstitutional; also that I would stand by the choice of the people of the United States as expressed by their vote, whether that vote represented my personal choice or otherwise; and I further pledged to work and vote for such measures only as would insure honesty and increased efficiency in the public service, safeguard and protect the rights of all citizens, and raise the standards of public and private life. I kept my pledge and the voters of this district more than repaid me by their most flattering endorsements at the primaries of this year. In soliciting your support for re-election I renew the pledges made to you two years ago, in so far as they may apply to matters that may come before the next General Assembly. And I further pledge, if elected, to stand by the progressive measures outlined in the Republican platform of this year, among which are: The passage of a Corrupt Practices Act, a state-wide Civil Service law, and constitutional amendment providing for the election of the United States Senators by the direct vote of the people. At the last session I introduced into the house, and worked for until its passage, the bill providing for a commission form of government for cities, and if re-elected I will favor such amendments to the recall of that bill as will make its purpose effective. It has been impossible for me to see any large per cent of the voters of this district personally during this campaign, and I take this method of letting you know my position and of respectfully soliciting your vote on November 8th. people, has failed. This was the first Colored bank opened, and during the awful panic of 1893, this bank honored all checks when other banks of Richmond could not do so. The G. U. O. True Reformers' Lodge may not be insolvent, but the bank is. We hope the institution will get on its "feet" by some means. THE FAREWELL TO REV IVORY AND WIFE The farewell testimonial to Rev. B. L. Ivory and wife, who came heret twenty months ago, which was given last Wednesday evening at Union Baptist Church, was largely attended, and represented all of the elements of our society folk. Quite a spicy program was rendered and a most sumptuous repast was served in the basement. Dr. S. A. Ware responded to the toast and declared that the leaders and professional men among the race should be respected; he denounced ignorance and inefficiency. Rev. Ivory and wife were the recipients of a large donation. Y. M. C. A. SERVICES TO. MORROW. November 6th, 1910, (Woman's Day) at Masonic Hall. Programme: 1. Devotions, by President. 2. Vocal solo, by Miss B. Barton. 3. Woman's View of the Y. M. C. A. by Mrs. J. C. McClaim. 4. Song, by audience. 5. Claim of Charity on the Y. M. C. A., by Mrs. Eva Monroe. 6. Address, by Rev. Collins, Pastor of St. John A. M. E. church. Give your news matter to Rev. Spencer as he passes on his rounds. INCREASES REVENUES OF STATE BY $6,000,000. The Illinois Supreme Court has handed down a decision sustaining Governor Deneen in his contention that the Illinois Central Railroad has not made adequate returns in its annual reports to the State of Illinois. The decision is a sweeping victory for the State. The only disappointment in the findings of the court lies in the fact that the State will be unable to obtain an accounting prior to the present administration, which began in 1905. Under the decision of the court it is estimated that the annual payment to the State by the company will be increased from $1,100,000 to $3,000,000, and that the total amount now due the State for the five years since Governor Deneen made his protest will aggregate $6,000,000. Sustains State's Position. The court sustained the following contentions of the State, all of which will increase the income of the State: That the company must now account to the State for 7 per cent of its charter line gross receipts for 1905 and 1906, and all subsequent years. That all joint earnings of the charter and non-charter lines must be divided equitably and fairly, on a mileage basis; that the State may receive all of the per centum to which it is entitled, the court being justified in applying a mileage pro rate to all joint earnings in the absence of other proof. This same holding applies to the division of express earnings as in the case of freight and passenger earnings. That the railroad company has no right to deduct from its gross receipts money paid for bridge and for switching cars in the city of Chicago where such services were performed as a necessary incident and solely for the purpose of enabling the company to perform its duty as a common carrier. Must Charge for Supplies. That the company had no right to transfer from its charter lines coal and other materials for the use of its non-charter lines without making a charge for such services against the charter lines. That where the non-charter lines use the terminal facilities or the engines, cars or other equipment of the charter lines, a proper charge must be made therefor against the non-non-charter lines. Must Account for Passes. That the income received from dining cars, hotels and restaurants is a part of the gross receipts, and where advertising has been paid for with mileage books or free transportation, the value of such transportation must be accounted for to the State. That money received from other railroad companies for the use of charter line equipment constitutes part of the gross receipts of the charter lines, and that neither unlawful rebates nor fictitious claims can be deducted from the gross receipts. Shares in Bridge Earnings. That a reasonable charge, or bridge arbitrary, may be deducted for the use of the Cairo bridge, and if the amount charged in any one year exceeded the sum of $180,000, the annual rental stipulated in the lease, then such fact would tend to prove the charge unreasonable. The amount deducted from the earnings in bridge arbitraries during the year 1905 was $1,721,189.77, and in 1906 it was $2,047,058.19. The same holding applies to the Dubuque bridge. That the company must account to the State for 7 per cent of the charter line receipts derived from hauls between points south of the Ohio river and Cairo and Mounds. That the charter and non-charter lines must be treated by the defendant as independent lines, not only in division of earnings, but in the payment of expenses. That because a portion of the payment required to be paid to the State is derived from shipments to and from other States, does not constitute an interference with or charge upon interstate commerce. Company Wins Three Points. The contention of the company is sustained on three points, as follows: That the semi-annual statements furnished the governors prior to the year 1905, and which were approved by them, amounted, under law, to settled accounts, Justice Hand dissenting. That the State has no just cause for complaint on account of the diversion of freight from the charter to the non-charter lines. That the interest received by the company on its bank deposits and holdings is no part of its gross re- 15 cents Per Month required by State 7 per centu. When it is membered that the charter of the Cities Central Rail- road Company is perpetual, and that the increased revenue which will ac- cruce to the State under this decision is not for one year, or for ten years, but for all time, the importance of this decision will be understood. LEE O'N. BROWNE'S NERVE Newspapers Comment on the Democratic Leader's Denial of Guilt in Bribery Cases. Newspapers throughout the State are commenting on the "monumental nerve" of Democratic Leader Lee O'Neill Browne in denying under oath that he paid any money to any member of the last legislature or had been instrumental in having any money paid to members. "Now if we are to believe Browne," says the Champaign Gazette, "we shall probably be driven to the necessity of believing that nobody was bribed, that the beneficiaries of the 'bathroom distribution were hypnotized, and that the whole affair rests on the spurious reputation of Charles A. White for truth and veracity." Confidence Among Republicans Increases and Success November 8 is Clearly Indicated. It always is Democratic year—six weeks or more before election. As the day approaches for the voters to register their opinions the clouds begin to gather and Democratic troubles begin. The Democrats are devoting their time to abusing President Tagt and the tariff. When there is nothing else for them to attack they jump on the tariff. The Waukegan Sun, after forecasting Republican success on election day, proceeds to give the program of the Democrats, should the voters be so unfortunate in their judgment as to enable the Bourbons to win. Says The Sun: "The first thing would be to block the Taft program of progressive legislation. The Democrats would meet practical measures with theoretical objections, that the State governments of Oklahoma or Georgia should handle these things. Congress would be a Cave of the Winds. "If the Democrats got a tariff bill by the President, it would be sectional and destructive, like the Wilson-Gorman act of 1894. That statute led to a reaction so overwhelming that the result was the Dingley bill, with schedules even above the McKinley level. Better too slow than too fast." The Alton Telegraph feels that Democrats are poor constructionists. It remarks that "the last time the Democrats built a tariff, their President and favorite leader called their architecture by such unkind words as 'perfidy and dishonor.' Will they be any better able now to show themselves anything more than journey-men carpenters?" The Kewanee Star-Courier feels that throughout the country confidence in the present administration is solid and that it will be shown November 8. "There has been so much pessimistic talk," declares The Star-Courier, "so much misrepresentation about the expenses of administration that President Taft's speech to the Republican clubs will do much toward settling people's opinions aright. There is no question that the resources of this country, as exemplified in the crops, mean vastly more than the resources from any other one particular thing, but the prosperity of the farmer must not be confined to him alone, but all others should be given a share in the general prosperity, and this will be the case if the reckless talk will cease. The fact is that the tariff must be made to raise enough revenues to run the government. The new law has demonstrated its ability to produce healthy revenues and at the same time it was a revision downward on the necessaries of life. The Mattoon Journal-Gazette heartily indores "the progressive and statesmanlike leadership" of President Taft. "Each succeeding month since his inauguration," it says, "has confirmed the nation in its high estimate of his greatness of character, intellectual ability, sturdy common sense and unswerving adherence to duty." The Galesburg Mall says that already the Democrats are beginning to sing low and that they are not one-half as confident of success as they were a short time ago. "The honest, old-line Democrats," says the Mall, "realize that the hope they had that their party would rise to the occasion has been blasted and fully appreciate the fact that the Republican party is the party of progress. There may be a few Republican losses. There will be some Republican gains." Taken as a whole, the tenor of the Republican papers is far more confident, while the Democratic papers are approaching the conclusion that "this is not a Democratic year." THE FORUM ROGERS & OSBY Proprietors and Publishers 119 N. Eighth St. A weekly paper devoted to the interests of the whole people. Entered as second-class mail matter February 24, 1904, at the postoffice at Springfield, Ill., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. One Year ..... $1.50 One Month ..... 15c Per Copy ..... 5c Saturday, Nov. 5, 1910. EDITORIAL TO THE COLORED VOTERS! To be or not to be is the question to be decoded upon November 5th. Be a man and vote the Republican ticket, and don't scram the ticket, for if you do you will set a bad example for some one may scratch your friend. Loyalty cemanus voters to be straught. Do not wait for a bribe; the taking of a bribe but owers you in the estimation of the man from whom you accepted it. The ballot is far too sacred to be trade; the ballot is the most precious civic inheritance of the Cooried man. It came to him at the price of the best blood that this country has ever shed. Walk amid the relies of the many battle fields, and especially Fort Pillow, and think of your forefathers, who offered their lives on their country's altar to found a party whose motto was freedom for the American bondsmen. Think of this and under no condition should you sell your vote nor line up with the Democrats. Your persecuted brothers in the South, who are distranchised by the Democratic cowardice, appeal to you to be loyal. Your obligations to them bind you to stand by the grand old party. Hoke Smith of Georgia, who seeks to distranchise the Colored citizens of Georgia, is a Democrat; Vardemann of the State of Mississippi, who abolished the High School for the Colored of Mississippi, is a. Democrat; Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, who says that a Cooried man is not as good as a yellow dog, and Benj. Tillman, who says there is no such thing as a virtuous Colored woman, is a Democrat. Governor Haskell, who made it a special bill to "Jim Crow" the race the first day of the legislature, which met in Oklahoma, is a Democrat. Two years ago Missouri sought to "Jim Crow" the Colored people. Hon. Wm J. Bryan, traveling through the states these men represented, never spoke one word of condemnation against their policies. Democracy is the same first, last and always. If in the face of these facts a Colored man can afford to vote the Democratic ticket, it is up to him. M. H. S. EDITORIAL NOTES About half a million Afro-American young men will be eligible to cast their first presidential votes in November, and if they are wise they will begin life right by voting the Republican ticket. The election of a Democratic house would mean the passage of the Heflin Jim-crow street car bill. It cost a million lives and a billion dollars to rid this country of the curse of slavery. The Democratic party hopes to take away the manhood rights of the Afro-Americans and reduce them to a state of vasculage. President Taft favors industrial and higher education for the Afro-American, the enforcement of the war amendments and equal protection for every citizen. Vote the Republican ticket and sustain the Administration. Fall in and forward to victory. Go to the polls next Tuesday and do your full duty. Get out the votes and there'll be no doubt about the election of Republican congressmen. Let us see what a big majority we can give for the Republican nominees for congress. Under the Taft administration there are more than 14,000 Afro-Americans in the public service of the country and they receive over $8,000,000 in salaries. The election of a Democratic house can bring no possible good to the Afro-American. Better let well enough alone and continue the Republicans in power. In no school for Afro-American pupils in New Orleans is instruction given in any grade higher than the fifth. The Democrats seem determined to keep the race down. The Democratic South has already disfranchised the Afro-American, Now many prominent Democrats in the North as well as in the South favor the repeal of the fifteenth amendment. A vote for the Democrats is a vote for an empty market basket. The cost of living may be high, but the real hard times will come when the Democratic party is in power at Washington. THE REPUBLICAN ATTITUDE Gems of Rhetoric and Oratory From the Pens and Tongues Of Prominent Republicans of the Country Relative to the Afro-American People. "Dishonor Him is to Dishonor the Republic Itself." "Ceasing to be a slave, the former victim has become not only a man but a citizen, admitted alike within the pale of humanity and within the pale of citizenship. As man he is entitled to all the rights of man, and as a citizen he becomes a member of our common household, with equality as the prevailing law. No longer an African, he is an American; no longer a slave, he is a common part of a republic, owing to it patriotic allegiance in return for protection of equal laws. Insult him is to insult an American citizen. Dishonor him is dishonor to the republic itself. Our rights are his rights; our equality his equality; our privilege and immunities are his great freehold."—Charles Sumner. The United States Must Aid Race. "The Colored race owes allegiance to the same flag and lives in the same country, and the United States must use all its resources to aid in the development of the race."—William H. Taft at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., May, 1908. Efforts to Degrade Must Be Forgot. "The time is ripe for serving notice on the country that further efforts in any section of the land to degrade the Afro-American to a servile position; to create that impossible thing, a republic with millions of persons taxed but not represented, shall be fought from now on. Leave the murdering in cold blood to the race that proudly calls itself superior, the better civilized."—Oswald Garrison Villard, Editor New York Evening Post. Badge of Inferiority Against Public Policy. "Not only will the nation at large insist that the political rights granted by the Constitution shall be secured to every citizen, but it will insist also that he shall be protected in his civil rights. It is against public policy that a badge of inferiority should be placed by public authorities on any class of citizens. This infringement of civil rights strikes at the very fundamental principles of the American commonwealth."—Rev. A. S. Crapsey, D. D., Rochester, N. Y. Not a Mistake to Give Citizenship "Instead of asserting that it was a mistake to give the Afro-American the rights of citizenship, we should devote all our thoughts and energies to raising him to the point to qualify him to exercise his precious right. We should educate him and do everything in our power to make a good citizen of him. He needs encouragement, and we owe it to ourselves to do all in our power to elevate him."—Senator Shelby M. Cullom, of Illinois. RALLY ON THE CENTER! The campaign is over. The long roll has sounded; the bugles have called boots and saddles; the boys have fallen into line, touched elbows, and wait with eager impatience to charge the enemy. The outposts have all been called in, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific they are rallying on the center with a courage that is invincible and a determination that presages victory. There is not a coward in our ranks, not a living soul who does not feel that next Tuesday a Republican congress will be elected. God Almighty still reigns supreme and He will continue to guide and direct this country until its mission has been accomplished. CANDIDATES WHO STAND FOR_PROGRESS. C. W. Byers, Republican, for County Clerk, is a spotless young man, well qualified to fill the position. He should have the support of the party. The Colored people will not err by voting for this young man. Mr. C. H. Jenkins, who has become very popular, will win for Probate Judge, because the people believe he is not only competent in every way, but honest, and will be loyal to his party and abide by his oath. He will get the solid Colored vote, it so appears. J. B. Weaver, for County Judge, is a lawyer and has conducted the small office of J. P. so well that the Republican party gave him the nomination without a contest. We say honestly that it is our belief that, if elected, Mr. Weaver will reflect credit on the office and upon himself and the party. He is in every way thoroughly competent; he has proven to be congenial and everybody seems to admire him for his impartiality and just decisions. We endorse Mr. Weaver. ELECTION DAY November the 8th will be election day. Each voter is called upon to do his duty as a man and as a citizen. The Republican party offers a clean and first class ticket. Each candidate was chosen because of his peculiar fitness to fill the office he is aspiring to gain. They are men of unquestionable honesty, whose past records speak for themselves. They promise (if elected) to reflect credit upon the State, the country and the party. Each of them has been loyal to the party and can be depended upon to do his whole duty. The time of action is at hand, and each voter must be on the alert. "Turn out early" and give the ticket an overwhelming majority. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT The Chatham Messenger has the following to say of Judge G. W. Murray, our able Judge of the County and Juvenile Court: "To the people of our county who know Judge Murray and his work in the County and Juvenile Courts, we need not speak in his behalf to them. It is so well known to them that Judge Murray has done a great work. For some years he did the work as County Judge as well as Probate Judge and Judge of the Juvenile or Children's Court. It would indeed be a dangerous thing to do to vote against him when he can be retained and depended on to do his duty. "It is admitted that Judge Murray's management of the Children's Court stands very high. "Let us not make a mistake." Vote for Judge Murray for County Judge. For Congress, we make a special appeal for the Hon. H. Clay Wilson, Republican nominee, one of the best men in the city. The candidacy of Thos. E. Lyon is so highly endorsed by the people in both Sangamon and Morgan counties we hardly think it necessary to make an extenued argument in his behalf. Mr. Lyon stands squarely on all progressive issues. It will be to the benefit of our people if they show their strength in favor of Mr. Lyon in all the thickly populated Colored districts in Springfield and in Jacksonville. His past record is good, both in public and in private life. Now as this campaign comes to a close we call your attention to H. Mesters, a candidate for Sheriff, the most important office in the county. The Colored voters know the importance of having a good man in this office; they further know that during the last four years they have had only one man—a janitor—to present them under the present incumbent. You know how the present Sheriff handled things a few years ago, and without saying one word against the personal character of Mesters' opponent, we ad vise you to support Mesters for Sheriff, every one of you. You know Mr. Mesters, most of you know him better than the editor of this paper does, and you know him to be a man for a square deal. He is not making much noise, which is a good sign that he is a manly man, courageous and honest. THE FINAL APPEAL. Voters of Sangamon and Morgan counties desire good, wholesome information when it comes to a "showdown," about voting. This we offer: For State Senator there are two men to consider—Logan Hay, Republican, and Elmer A. Perry, Democrat. Why should any Colored man not support the Republican? When the Democrats get control of any branch of the government, some mean man in the party offers a bill to curtail the Negroes' civil and political rights, and the Democrats rally together, even if some individual Democrat is opposed to it, he votes with his party. Hence the danger of substituting Democrats for the Republicans in the law-making branches of this State. It is not a question as to whether one party or one man is perfect and does his or its full duty, but a question as to the fittest of the two. Consider which of the two men you can get better results from. Mr. Hay is allied with the progressive dominant party; he knows a larger number of the Colored voters support him and his party, therefore he feels it his duty to give them consideration, not as a race so much, but as American citizens and citizens of Illinois. Mr. Perry, on the other hand, is not expecting much assistance from Colored voters and will not do anything for them, if by any means he should win. He will not credit any part of his success to the Colored vote, and you will not get any consideration and no friendly legislation. Therefore we desire to instruct the Colored voters of this district to stand solidly by Senator Hay. Make a good showing in all the Colored districts and see if Mr. Hay does not give this and Morgan county, so far as he can, due and proportionate consideration. Remember Mr. Hay is a man of courage and does not have to stoop to low things. If he says a thing he has the manhood to do it. We need such men in the legislature. Taking a retrospective and a perspective view of the situation, seeing that under Republican administrations Illinois has more Colored employees at her capitol probably than any other state in the Union, we desire and advise that you support Mr. Hay to the man and the legislative ticket in its entirety. 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The Republican party at the last session of Congress again exhibited its deep and sincere interest in the general welfare of the working men and women of the country by adding important enactments to its already long record of legislation on this subject. Practically all classes of employees, especially those engaged in occupations more or less hazardous, are the beneficiaries of laws which should operate to lighten the burdens which naturally fall upon the shoulders of man. The Republican party recognized the necessity of reducing the dangers under which hundreds of thousands of miners work by creating the Bureau of Mines. This bill was passed for the purpose of establishing an efficient governmental instrument for investigation, examination and report to the world of the kind of safety appliances that will prevent the awful losses of life in the operation of mines, and especially of coal mines. A second purpose of the bureau is to perform the same office in respect to the great industry of mining that the Department of Agriculture performs in respect to the farming interests of the country; that is, by experiment and investigation to determine the most effective methods of mining and the best means of avoiding the deplorable waste that now obtains in the present mining methods. Defines Safety Appliances. No more important legislation in the interest of human life has ever been enacted by Congress than the laws of the recent session giving to the Interstate Commerce Commission ampler powers to define the needed safety appliances for the prevention of accidents to employees and passengers, and, after a hearing, to require their adoption by interstate railways. Other legislation, with respect to the inspection of locomotive boilers and the removal of dangerous overhead obstructions, awaits the consideration of the next session of this Congress, and I hope that it may speedily be passed. The employers' liability act was perfected by needed amendment so as to enable injured employees more easily to recover just damages. Compensation for Injury. But in one sense the most forward step taken in the interest of the worker was the creation of a Congressional Commission to report a practical bill for the fixing of workmen's compensation for injuries received in the employment of interstate commerce railways, as risks in the business to be fixed by speedy arbitration and to be graduated according to the extent of the injury and the earning capacity of the injured person. This is important, not only as affecting interstate commerce railways, but, if adopted, as furnishing a model to the country for a beneficial change in the legal relation between employee and employer. This reform would put an end to the vexations and costly litigation through which an injured employee must go in order to recover damages—litigation which, on account of the poverty of the employee, frequently serves to defeat the ends of justice, and in other instances leads to exorbitant and unjust verdicts. If a tariff law has on the whole worked well, and if business has prospered under it and is prospering, it may be better to endure some inconveniences and/inequalities for a time than by making changes to risk causing disturbance and perhaps paralysis in the industries and business of the country.—Ex-President Roosevelt. PARTY CLEANSES ITSELF. Voters Have Taken Control and Time for Action Is Ripe. It is now evident to every one that the Republican party has accomplished its own regeneration from within; that it has come squarely up against this question whether "the interests" or the voters shall control the party, and that this question has been ectified most emphatically by the voters themselves. There is, therefore, no possible excuse or reason for any Republican to vote against his party. He votes against his best interest, against the interests of his neighbors, his children, even his future. He votes against a party which has declared itself emphatically for honesty and fairness in every branch of government and business, and when he votes against it he votes for a party which is as yet merely a collection of struggling personal politicians—men without national plans, but with great private ambitions. The next House of Representatives, if it has a good Republican majority, will do more constructive legislative work than any House in the past decade. The time is ripe, the foundations have been laid, the people have given their orders in no uncertain tones, and the personnel of the House is higher than it has ever been. A vote for Republicanism this fall means more than a vote for a party or a candidate. It means, strictly and entirely, a vote for national progress.—Peoria Herald-Transcript. ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN STATE CANDIDATES Edward E. Mitchell, candidate for State Treasurer. Mr. Mitchell was born in Williamson County in 1858 and has always resided in Southern Illinois, except for 10 years when he was employed in the State Grain Inspection Office in Chicago. He went to Carbondale in 1893 and organized the First National Bank, being elected cashier, which position he holds at the present time. He is vice-president of the Carbondale Trust & Savings Bank, and for some time has been president of Group 10 of the Bankers' Association of Illinois. He was instrumental in organizing the Carbondale Mill & Elevator Company, and has been largely identified with the development of the Herrin coal field. He is at present secretary and treasurer of the Chicago & Carterville Coal Company. Mr. Mitchell served one term as Mayor of Carbondale and has always taken an active part in Republican politics. He was a member of the State Central Committee several times, and was chairman of the Organization Committee during the 1908 campaign. Francis G. Blair. Francis G. Blair, nominee for reelection as Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Blair was born in Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, in 1864. His youth was spent on a farm near Mount Vernon, Jefferson County. He attended the country schools and Mount Vernon High School. He was graduated from the Illinois State Normal University and Swarthmore College with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and took one year of post-graduate work in the Buffalo School of Pedagogy. He taught two years in the country schools of Jefferson County, was principal for three years of the village schools at Malden, Bureau County; CUMMINS IS LOYAL IOWA SENATOR RE-EMPHASIZES HIS FEALTY TO PARTY. Shows Why Republican Disagreements Should Be Adjusted by Republicans for National Benefit. Senator Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa, dispersed all doubts of his loyalty to Republican principles in his speech before the Hamilton Club of Chicago. When he completed his address the Democratic claim that Cummins' thunder had been of assistance to them in this campaign looked small. Explains Democratic Claim. Senator Cummins said in part: "If the Democratic party was asking the voters of the United States for support for its candidates under the promise that it would revise the tariff and impose such duties upon imports as would measure the difference between the cost of producing them here and elsewhere, I can easily see how men who are dissatisfied with the Republican performance of last year might give some heed to its promises, but this is not the Democratic proposal. It does not intend to correct Republican mistakes. It intends, if given the power, to substitute a radically different principle. It declares that the duties which it will impose shall be levied for revenue only. "I have long believed, and still believe, that a tariff imposed for the purpose of raising a revenue would usher in a reign of disaster so overwhelming that its appalling results cannot be exaggerated in speech. I would like to see many of the duties of the present law reduced, and I intend to labor earnestly for their reduction, but as between the present law and any law enacted under the Democratic theory I would rather see the mistakes of the Payne-Aldrich law perpetuated for years than to see the devastation of a Democratic act in progress for a single month. three years principal of schools at Leroy, McLean County and two years as principal of the Franklin school, Buffalo, N. Y. For seven years he was teacher in the Eastern Illinois Normal School, Charleston. He was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1906. Mr. Blair was married to Miss Lillian Cayton, of Leroy, Ill. They have two children, one 10 and the other 7 years old. William Lamont Abbott. William Lamont Abbott, nominee for re-election as Trustee of the University of Illinois. Mr. Abbott was born February 14, 1861, near Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois. He was graduated as a mechanical engineer from the University of Illinois in 1884. He obtained employment as a draftsman in Chicago until 1885, when he embarked in the electric lighting business under the firm name of Wunder & Abbott, the firm being one of the first in the electric lighting business in Chicago. The business was disposed of and the National Electric Construction Company organized to do a general electric constructing business. In 1894 the business was sold to the Chicago Edison Company. Mr. Abbott is now chief operating engineer of the Commonwealth Edison Company. He is a member of the Western Society of Engineers, manager of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, principal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and an honorary member of the National Association of Stationary Engineers. He was married in 1887 to Miss Carrie Entwhistle, formerly of Jo Davies County, Illinois. They have five children, of whom one son and daughter are now attending the University of Illinois. Mr. Abbott was elected University Trustee in 1904, and has served four terms as president of the Board of Trustees. While issues will doubtless arise between members of a Republican majority as to the details of further legislation, the party, as a whole, will show itself in the future, as in the past, practical and patriotic in subordinating individual opinions in order to secure real progress. Hence it is important that, after Republican Congressional candidates have been duly and fairly chosen, all Republicans who believe in the party principles, as declared in its national platform of 1968, should give the candidates loyal and effective support. — President Taft. ************************************************ Protection Is at Stake. "When the voters come presently to decide between the Republican and Democratic candidates they will not be passing upon the merits or demerits of our last revision, but they will be sitting in judgment upon the soundness of the protective system as compared with the revenue system. If we have made mistakes, and I grant that from any standpoint we have, Republicans alone can correct them. For the man who in his heart wants to preserve fair and reasonable protection for the American wage-worker and the American producer, and who, therefore, wants duties so adjusted that they will measure the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, and who in his heart abhors the Democratic fallacy of a tariff for revenue alone, it would be the last extreme of madness to vote for a Democratic candidate for Congress who, if he be honest, will rob the country of its surest safeguard. "The protest against excessive duties has been made; but we must not in the passion of disappointment strike a just principle because we may not be satisfied with its present application." Mrs. Mary E. Busey, of Urbana, nominee for re-election as Trustee of the University of Illinois. Mrs. Busey was born in Delphi, Ind., in June, 1854. Her father was A. H. Bowen, one of the earliest Indiana settlers and an influential Republican. Mrs. Busey was educated in the public schools of Delphi; later she attended school at Clifford, Ohio, and finished her education at Vassar College. She was married to General S. T. Busey, of Urbana, December 25, 1877. She has three children, her oldest daughter, Marrietta, being the wife of Professor G. A. Tawney, head of the Department of Philosophy in the University of Cincinnati. The other children are Bertha and Charles Bowen Busey. Practically her entire life has been devoted to educational work, for which she is splendidly equipped, having visited all parts of this country and the Old World. She served on the School Board of Urbana a number of years and was elected Trustee of the University of Illinois in 1904. She is an active member of the Woman's Relief Corps, and since the death of her husband, August 12, 1909, has managed the large property left by him. Otis W. Holt. Otis W. Holt, nominee for Trustee of the University of Illinois. Mr. Holt was born in Geneseo, Ill., in 1857. He was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1879, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. He is president of the First National Bank of Geneseo, owns and conducts the Otis W. Holt Implement Company and personally supervises extensive farming interests. He was recommended by the alumni of the University of Illinois for nomination as the representative of the 26 north and west counties. MENACES PROGRESS DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS WOULD BE A REAL CALAMITY. Party of Reaction Would Prevent Needed Legislation and Put Brake on Further Prosperity. It is deemed important that the next House of Representatives should not only have a Republican majority because of the constructive legislation that would follow, but because a Democratic majority would mean not only the prevention of needed legislation, but would act as a menace to further progress and prosperity. On this point Representative Loudenslager said, in a speech, during the closing days of the session: "Of the 25 Congresses of the last half century the Democratic party has had a majority in the House of Representatives in eight—the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-second and Fifty-third. Were Do-Nothing Sessions. "There is not on our statute books one single important, constructive, beneficial law as the product of seven of those eight Congresses. There is not in any Democratic text book a claim that during any of those Congresses any bill was framed and passed of benefit to the American people or that has stood the test of years and is of enough importance to even allude to. There were, however, one or two bills, such as the so-called Morrison and Mills tariff bills, that would have brought calamity and ruined they been enacted into law. That is the record for seven out of eight of those Congresses. But our Democratic friends will say: 'We only had the House; we did not have the Senate and President to sustain us, and there was no use trying.' And that is a point I want to emphasize before I consider the one Congress when the Democrats had both Houses, as well as the President. Will Be Deadlock. "If the Democrats have a majority in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-second Congress there will still be a Republican Senate and a Republican President, and no rulous legislation can result. But the people have learned to fear Democratic legislation, and the very framing and passage of a free trade tariff bill, even though it could not get through the Senate, would bring anxiety to every industrial circle in the country. "This in itself would check our present progress and prosperity, but in addition to such a condition would be the do-nothing result in other needed lines of legislation. Laws that must of necessity go over to the next Congress, and which will be enacted if we have a Republican House, as I believe we will have, would be held up, and except the passage of the appropriation bills we would have two years of do-nothingism.' I did not agree, nor did the Republican party agree, that we would reduce rates to such a point as to reduce prices by the introduction of foreign competition. That is what the free traders desire. That is what the revenue tariff reformers desire; but that is not what the Republican platform promised, and it is not what the Republican party wished to bring about.—President Taft. DEFEAT DEMOCRACY FIRST. Common Opponent Should Be Overcome November 8. No man represents more completely than Senator Cummins the progressive element in the Republican party. His Chicago speech can be accepted unhesitatingly as an accurate presentment of its beliefs and its policy. That element believes that the continued ascendency of the Republican party is essential to the good government of the country. Its policy is the union of all Republicans, no matter how much they may disagree on details, so as to avert the danger of Democratic supremacy. The progressives, speaking through Senator Cummins, proclaim themselves as much attached to the Republican party as are the men with whom they have been naving a family dispute. They do not apologize for the position they assumed in that dispute. But they ask that all domestic controversy be held in abeyance and that a common foe be met with closed ranks. The attitude of the progressives as outlined by Senator Cummins is as conciliatory as it is logical. The Republican party believes in the protective theory. The Democratic party does not. Therefore 'no Republican should vote for a Democratic candidate for congress, even though he be displeased with some of the features of the tariff law. By doing so he would strike a blow at the principle he believes in and whose abuses his own party, if kept in power, will ultimately correct. The votes of the progressives will be cast and their influence exerted for Republican nominees, even though those nominees may disagree with them as to the details of legislation. This invites reciprocity. The nominees who entertain progressive sentiments should have the cordial support of Republicans who do not fully share those sentiments. It is hardy necessary to remark that it is only by unity of effort and by putting out of mind for the moment differences which should be fought out within the party that the Republicans can carry the next house of representatives and enact the laws the country needs.—The Chicago Tribune. GORE OPPOSES JACKPOTTERS. Oklahoma Senator Says Browne and Broderick Should be Defeated. United States Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma, was in St. Louis recently for a short time, on his way east. Commenting on things political, the Senator said, in part: "While I am not concerned in Illinois except in a general way, politically, I should say that the endorsement by renomination of State Senator Broderick and Representative O'Nell Browne is not in accord with the sense of clean, honest politics. The skirts of neither have been cleared of the charges made against them and the political power that forces them upon the public again at this time is only making the way surer for its final overthrow." Up to Voters Now. The platform adopted by the Republicans was in every sense progressive. It remains to be seen how well Republican members of the legislature support the measures which it favors, and how well Republican voters over the state rally to the support of a governor who undoubtedly is sincerely desirous of carrying out platform promises.—Decatur Herald. Lest We Forget. In the Democratic State convention Lee O'Neil Browne was a controlling factor on the resolutions committee. Browne was pledging for the "jackpotters."—Jerseyville Republican. Browne's Idea. Let me write my party platform and I care not who draws the indictments.-Lee O'Neil Browne.-Petersburg Observer. DEFINESTHEISSUES GOVERNOR DENEEN MAKES THEM PLAIN TO VOTERS. November Election Unusually Important on Account of Unusual Conditions in State. In his campaign speeches Governor Deneen has clearly defined the issues presented to the voters at the election November 8. "So far as State issues are concerned," he said, "this election is unusually important because of the unusual political conditions which prevail here. I shall not stop to recall these conditions. They are familiar to all of you and were thoroughly discussed in the recent primaries. We are now concerned about the remedy, and because of the unusual character of the conditions which confront us our party has presented an unusual platform, indicating specifically the methods it will pursue in an effort to change and improve political conditions in our State. Due to Bi-Partisanism. Due to BI-partisanism. "These conditions grew out of a bipartisan combination composed of 60 Democrats and 24 Republicans, gathered together and held together by means and methods which were not announced at the time of its organization, and which have not been fully revealed since. The Republican party has taken a strong stand against such an organization of the General Assembly. It has defined its attitude upon this subject and has disavowed responsibility for the conduct of the 24 Republicans who entered the bipartisan coalition. Its platform declares for majority rule within the party and demands that the party shall act as a unit through the party caucus upon party matters. It defines party matters to be the creation of the legislative machinery in both branches of the General Assembly, the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Congressional and Senatorial apportionments, the election of a United States Senator and the enactment of the measures favored by it in its party platform. Provides the Program. "In order that there shall be no doubt about it, it defines explicitly the program for the next General Assembly and every man nominated upon our ticket for member of the General Assembly has been instructed by the party in State convention regarding the program which the party has approved, and to which it stands pledged. By this action the Republican party has gone as far as a political party can go in seeking to prevent a repetition of the disgrueful conditions which prevailed in our last General Assembly. "The Republican program has for its object the bringing of government closer to the people and the affording to the individual voter of a greater power over legislation and administration. It favors the following: "The amendment of our direct primary law and the enactment of a new one if this should fall; the identification of registered voters; means to prevent fraudulent voting or frauds in recording or counting votes; an amendment to the constitution abolishing the system of minority representation to prevent the manipulation of votes in favor of undesirable candidates; the election of United States Senators direct by the people; the passage of a corrupt practices act limiting the amount of money to be spent in elections and providing for publicity in reference thereto; the amendment of the rules of the General Assembly so that measures may be considered upon their merits; the initiative and referendum, so that voters may initiate measures of great public interest and have referred to them such measures where the public interest requires or justifies it. In view of the abuse of power in our legislative body in recent years, our party has outlined a program that will restore to the people and to the General Assembly itself the power to control legislation." Did a perfect tariff bill ever exist? Oh, yes. Where? Why, in your mind, of course. Everybody has a perfect tariff bill in his mind, but unfortunately a bill of that character has no extra-territorial jurisdiction. — Thomas B. Reed. MR. HOIT IS A FARMER Agricultural Interests Have a Represenative Candidate in Him Mr. Otis W. Holt, of Geneseo, will be recognized as a representative of farm interests, in his candidacy for Trustee of the University of Illinois. Mr. Holt is an alumnus of the university, and has remained in touch with the work ever since he was graduated, in 1879. He was recommended for nomination by the Alumni Association of the University of Illinois. Mr. Holt was graduated from the Geneseo High School in 1875, and took a four years' course in the Illinois Industrial University, now the University of Illinois. He completed the full course in the College of Agriculture, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. At the close of his college career he began farming and continued it until 1892, when, because of the death of his father, it became necessary for him to divide his time between his farm and his banking and real estate interests. At the present time Mr. Holt is president of the First National Bank of Genesee, owns and conducts the O. W. Holt Implement Company and personally supervises extensive farming interests. CONSERVE STATE RESOURCES Protection of he Rlgnts of ‘Ilinols The paramount issue in the politics f Illinois is the water power ques tion. ‘On this issue the positions of the two principal parties are in effect op- Posite—though the verbiage of plat- form making in some degree conceals this vital truth, ‘The position of the Republican party 4s clear and unequivocal. Its declara- tion Is that the water power, created at public expense, shall be preserved for public use. The Democratic platform evades this principle. {It makes a general, Righsounding declaration in favor of conservation and then wipes out all ‘useful application of this principle % ctual conditions in Iitinols by declar- ing specifically against any action by the State to preserve water power without the ald of the Federal gov- ernment, ‘The facts of the situation are as follows: ‘The sanitary district of Chicago, or- ganized under the laws of Iilinols, has uilt the drainage canal, at an expense of over $60,000,000. This canal de- Avert: into the arid bed of the Des- Plaines river a constant stream of water, which at appropriate places along the river can be developed into enormously profitable water power. It ts a coincidence that the sites ‘upon which water power plants can De established are, for the most part, public property, either owned by the Blate or the sanitary district, although some short lvases have been given to the Economy Light and Power Com- pany. In the Illinois river the only water power developed ts produced under special permission of the Legistature, @nd this permission ts revocable at the will of the Legislature. These facts are not disputed by the private claimants of water power privilege. {heir contention 1s that, in the expec: tation of making money, they have ac- quired property rights, and that there- fore it would be immoral for the State to deprive them of their anticipated profits, They go further. The continued widening of the Chicago river at pub- Ue expense and the completing of the Calumet canal will double the water eee. They claim that they must we the value thus derived. In this claim they are backed up Dy the Democratic platform, ‘The Republican party, on the con: trary, maintains that these water pow. ers shall be secured for the people fn the manner prescribed by the con stitution of the State of Illinois for the taking of private property for pub ‘Uc use—to-wit: By paying to the prop ‘erty owners the value of their prop erty rights. ‘The common fairness, as well as the public policy, of this position is so ‘apparent that no discussion is needed to strengthen it further, ‘The enormous wealth and political power of the owners of private prop ‘erty rights involved in this issue con- trol the Democratic party today. ‘They have been unable to control the Republican party. “They should not be allowed to con- trol the coming election.—The Chi. @ago Tribune. BLAIR HAS GOOD RECORD. Newspapers Urge Re-election of Pres- ‘ent Educational Head. Superintendent Francis G. Blair, Republican nominee for re-election as Superintendent of Public Instruction, ‘as the cordial support of all ele- ments, He has made an excellent rec- ‘ord during the past four years, and Bo far as can be learned has no op- position in educational circles to his eeloction, ‘The Farm Home, of Springfield, ays that “Mr. Blair has made an en- viable reputation for his very impor- tant office and can always be depend- ed upon to do the right thing at the Fight ime. The farmer who is familiar with the splendid record made by Mr. Blair as State Superin- tendent of Schools will vote for him ‘at the general lection.” ‘The School and Home Education, of Bloomington, ill,, commends Mr. Blatr “as a thoroughly efficient leader of public Instruction in flinois." After describing the work of Mr. Biair, that Paper says that his “most efficient work 3s done through his power to Present the cause of education so ade- quately and effectively as he docs; @irectly to the people in public ad- Gresses. ‘To inspire the will to do @nd purpose tw give the thought and Support needed to advance education ‘among the citizens by speech, as well as by example, ts a gift of great value 4n the work of the State Superintend- ent of Public tnsiruction.” ‘The Cairo Citizen declares that Mr. Diair “has made a splendid head of the schoo) system of the State. No ‘one who bas the real interests of the public schools at heart will want to ‘gas Ane change made in this affice.” VOTERS ON GUARD. Enough bad men are again on thetr way to Sprimefield to make it plain to the voters that a return of the old condicions ts oni) a matter of a short time if the voters are not on their @wird. Vigilance on their part Is the price of thelr Institutions. The bl partisan conspirscy Is for the time the ‘Principal public enewy. The vorers Pave st at heir own disposal to say ‘what measures ehall be taken to rid ‘Wielnzetves of men ke Browne, The elcetion In November ts one of critical convern to the rights of honest citl- gensblp, WI0 any honest citizen fail of his share of what belongs to the Nove uber election?—Recktord Regie- ‘eer-@exette. ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM ey -PLEDGES PROGRESS IN REFORM Strong State Paper Reviews Recent Achievements of the Party and Tells. of Beneficial Legislation Still to be Enacted. | iinola Republicans pave & strong ‘platform this year. It is constructive and bristles with pledges of work the party promises to do, It is given in full that all may know for what the party stands: ‘The Republicans of Illinois, through their chosen delegates in State con- vention assembled, make the follow- ing declaration of their views upon public affatrs: We commend President William H. ‘Taft and the Congress who, as agents of the people, have carried forward another step the principles and poli- cles which have dominated and con- trolled the government of the United States for the most progressive halt century of clvillzation, ‘The great his- torle organization that destroyed slay- ery, preserved the Union, restored credit, extended the national domain, established @ sound financial system and developed the industries and re- sources of the country has never been negative force, but has met all prob- lems with courage and wisdom. ‘The spirit’ of enlightened progress has never been more manifest in its per- formance than in the national ad- ministration and legislation of the last two years, 1908 Platform Fulfilled. ‘The first problem with which the administration of President Taft was called upon to deal was the revision of the tariff, ‘The Republican national platform of 1908, (a) Pledged the party to a revision of the tariff at a special session of Congress immediately following the inauguration of the President; (>) Commended the steps already taken by the Ways and Means Com- mittee of the House and the Finance Committee of the Senate to conduct an investigation covering the opera- on and effect of the then-existing schedules; (c) Favored the establishment of maximum and minimum rates to be administered by the President under the limitations fixed in the law, and (d) Favored the free interchange of products between the United States and the Philippine Islands with such limitations as to sugar and tobacco as would afford adequate protection to domestic Interests. Tarif Is Revised. In accordance with the pledge of the national platform, a proclamation was issued by the President within forty-eight hours after bis inaugura- tion, convening Congress in extra ses- sion for the purpose of revising the tariff. In less time than was con- sumed by any previous Congress in a general revision of the tariff, and with fuller investigation through the committees named and freer consid- eration by Congress, the present tariff bill was enacted and signed by the President August 5, 1909. ‘That law has given to the govern- ment the needed revenues to change a deficit of $58,000,000 In the ordinary expenditures of the government to a surplus of $26,000,000 during the first twelve months of its operation. ‘The confidence manifested in all lines of legitimate business under this law demonstrates its substantial mer- ft and the sound basis upon which our commercial, industrial and agri- cultural interests are founded and their continued welfare assured through the operation of the Repub- lican party of protection, ‘The lnols Republican convention having suggested the plan of a maxi- mom and minimum tariff, which was embodied in the national Republican platform and in the law, we are. grat- ified with the success of the Presi- dent in using it to secure from all ‘foreign nations the application of their minimum tari to American ex- ports. ‘The free interchange of products between the United States and the Philippine Islands has been estab- lished under this law to the advan- tage of both. Favor Tariff Commission. Notwithstanding the general and ‘manifest advantages of the present tari Jaw, criticism has been made regarding particular schedules, This was unavoidable and inevitable under present conditions and has been our experience with every general revi- sion of the tariff, ‘The President bim- self has criticised the present tari measure. The difficulty in framing an entirely satisfactory law les in the lack of accurate and comprehen- sive Information in regard to the com- parative cost of production’ at home And abrond and the advantage which special interests may take of such a situation. President Taft wisely met this difpeulty by taking the initiative and requesting congress to create a tari comnilgsion for the purpose of studying the difference in cost of pro- dyction at home and abroad to far- nish an intelligent basis for tari re in the cost of living and of production which prevail in this country and elsewhere, to furnish Congress a guide in any revision of particular schedules of the tariff which such changes may make necessary in the future. Revisions should be made schedule by schedule as changes oc- cur, so as to avold the harmful con- sequences of business unrest and un- certainty which always accompany a general revision of the tarift, Record of Last Congress. ‘We congratulate the country upon the unparalleled legislative accom- plishment of the Sixty-first Congress in enacting into law practically all of the pledges of the last Republican National Platform, ‘The amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, cre- ating a Court of Commerce and ex- tending the Jurisdiction of the Inter- state Commerce Commission; the law authorizing the President to with- draw public lands for the protection of water power sites and the con- servation of our natural resources; the creation of a Bureau of Mines; the postal savings bank law; the amendment to the employers’ ability law; the amendment to the act re- quiring the use of safety appliances on railroads; the law compelling pub- lelty of contributions for campaign purposes; the enabling act for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona and many other acts promised in the Republican national platform. We endorse and commend the Re- publican members of Congress from Minols for their loyal co-operation with the President in the work of carrying forward the policies of the Republican party and in the redemp- tion of the pledges given by it to the people. Commend President Taft. ‘We commend President Taft for his impartial and fearless administration of the federal laws. He has brought to the bar of justice those implicated in sugar frauds against the govern- ment, recovering millions of revenue due; successfully intervened to pre- vent arbitrary increases in freight rates; iinpartially enforced the anti- trust law and enforced a policy of economy in governmental expendi- tures without crippling public service. We commend President Taft for the steps he has taken to advance the cause of conservation and to:conserve for the public benefit our great wealth of natural resources. We favor the conservation and development of the natural resources of the State and Nation, We favor the co-ordination of the various agencies engaged in conservation work in our States, so that their labors may be conducted with efficiency and economy and with the best advantage to every branch of conservation work, We deem {t im- portant that the States should at ‘once take steps to conserve for the public benefit the water power which is susceptible of development in its streams, and more particularly be- tween Lockport and Utica on the pro- posed Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Water- way. ‘This water power rightfully telongs to the State. Private com porations and persons are taking ad- vantage of the neglect of the State to conserve the water power for the public benefit and are endeavoring to acquire vested rights inimical to the public interests, These rights the diate will Inter be required to con- denn and purchase the very water power which it has created at @ vast outlay of public money. This should be prevented by: the early passage of legislation which will transfer to the States the ownership of the water power sites, Waterway Development. ‘The federal Congress has authorized the President to create a commis- sion, which has recently been appoint: ed, to study the question of co-opera- tion between the federal government and the State of Mlinols, and our State should have a commission au- thorized to confer with the federa) commission regarding the waterway through our State and to co-operate with the federal government if It ts found that the work will require more funds than are authorized by the con- stituttonal amendment, ‘The power of the Mifnois commission should be so limited by the General Assembly that ‘it could not undertake the work of waterway constructién’ and water power development until all matters necessary for the creation of the water power and the construction of the waterway have been determined ‘fuvorably to the State, find that tbe ‘cost of the construction of the water- way and the development of the water ‘power shall not exceed $20,000,000 -and that the water in te Deg Plaines ‘and Miinois rivers shall be suffletent to provide a revenue which will retire all waterway bonds as they mature, Misleading statements hateubeen the State revenues until the power plants begin to earn a revenue to meet this obligation. After the bonds shall have been retired by the revenue from water power, the State shall have a large and perpetual rev- enue from that source, relieving the taxpayers in every county in the State of a corresponding burden of taxa. tion, The public mind should not be confused regarding this. Immediate legislative action means the taking over of the great wealth of water power for the State, while delay means its abandonment by the State and its selzure by private persons and corporations, Approve Deneen’s Record. We endorse and approve the ad. ministration of Governor Charles S. Deneen as one of the most progres- sive in the history of the State, It has been clean, business-like, honest and efficient, ‘We commend it for the fidelity with which it has administered the public business and “labored to bring our laws and their administration up to the highest standards. Governor De- neen has been a fearless and persist- ent advocate of laws which would af- ford to the people a greater measure ©, control over the entrances to pub- Me life and in the administration of public affairs. He has stood for rais- ing the standards of service in every department of the public business by admin‘stration and legislation, aad the advancement which has been made in each department {s the best commendation of his administration. Amend Primary Act. ‘The Republican party of Ilinols hereby declares in favor of the fol- lowing measures and instructs the Republican members of the legisla- ture to support and vote for them in the General Assembly: 1. We favor a direct primary law and such amendment of the present law as experience may show to be necessary. 2. We favor the amendment of the election laws so that registered vot- ers may be identified and that means may be afforded effectually to prevent fraudulent voting or frauds in the recording and counting of votes, Approves Civil Service, 3. We favor a comprehensive Stato- wide civil service law. 4. We favor the enactinent of an effective corrupt practices act. 5. We favor the enactment of an anti-pass law governing steam and electric raflroads and an of anti-frank Jaw governing telegraph, telephone and express companies, and of a law prohibiting gas and electric compa- nies from furnishing service without charge to public officials. 6. We favor the revision of the law relating to fire insurance along such progressive lines as have goy- erned the recent revision of life in- surance laws in this State. 7. We favor the revision of the law regulating the practice and procedure in courts of record. 8 We commend the appointment of @ revenue commission and favor the revision of the revenue laws so that the burdens of taxation may be more equitably distributed. 9. We regret the failure of the em- ployers’ lability commission to agree upon a definite recommendation of legislation and urge the General As- sembly to take such steps as will lead to the enactment of laws gov- erning the relations of employers and employes, which shall be fair alike to all parties in interest, Labor Legislation. Tho Republican party invites a con- sideration of its record in the mat- ter of legislation directly In the tn- terests of the wage-workers. During the six years of the administration of Governor Deneen more laws of this character have been enacted than in any sitnilar period of the past. Briefly Summarized, these acts provide for: Detailed reports to the Bureau of Labor of all serious accidents; the establishment of a department of fac- tory inspection; the protection of working men engaged In the construc- tion of buildings antl other structures; the appointment of an occupational diseases commission; the substitution of non-competitive for competitive work tn penal and reformatory insti- tutions; the lcensing and regulating of the business of barbers. plumbers and private employment agencies; the health, safety and comfort of em- ployes In factories, mercantile estab- Uriquents, mills and workshops; ton-hour day for women in certain industries; a coal-mining commission; a commission. to revise the railroad laws of the State; an employers’ la- bility commission; the prozection of coal miners; the establishment of three mine rescue stations at conven- lent centers of the coal flelds of the State. Minority Representation, 11, We favor an amendment to the constitution abolishing the system of minority representation, 12. We favor an amendment to the constitution providing for the initia. tive and referendim, 13. We favor the amendment of the commission form of government act in reference to the number of electors required to sign petitions for a recall and to make it in harmony with similar provisions in the enact. ments of other States. 14. We favor an amendment to the federal constitution to enable electors to vote directly for United States sen- ators and to request our representa- tives in Congress to do all within their power to bring about such con- stitutional amendment, Denounce Corruption. 15. We denounce the corruption that has been exposed in the last General Assembly and demand the most rigid investigation thereof by grand juries and courts; we favor the exhaustive investigation of the charges which have been made and punishment where guilt is proven, 16. We denounce the bi-partisan combination of sixty Democrats and twenty-four Republicans which con- trolled the legislative machinery of the House of Representatives in the last General Assembly, and disavow any party responsibility therefor. We demand that all Republican members of the General Assembly shall enter the regular caucuses of the Repub- lican party for their respective branches of the General Assembly and be bound by the action of the majority thereof in reference to party matters; and we define party matters to be, the election of a Speaker of the House of Representatives, the creation of the legislative machinery in each branch of the General Assem- bly, the election of a United States Senator, the congressional and sena- torial apportionments, and the enact- ment of laws to which the party stands pledged by its platform, Amend Legislative Rules, 17. We favor such amendment of the rules governing both branches of the General Assembly as will take from the presiding officers thereof the power to control the course of legislation and prerent the discussion of bills and a vote thereon. There is an insistent and increasing demand in our State for the enactment of laws which will prevent the few who are not content with fair dealing from securing undue advantage either through the violation of laws or the enactment of legislation giving them special privileges and undue adyan- tages, or by the defeat of the passage 01 wholesome legislation, through the corruption of public servants. Bvery legitimate business interest and the public welfare demand that the cor- rupt rélations between those who seck privileges and to ayold equal burdens through corrupt alliances with public officials should cease. Commends State Officers. 18. We commend the efficiency with which the yarious branches of the public business have been admin- istered by the state officers elected ‘by the people. The public business has been transacted promptly and ef- ficiently and to the satisfaction of those who have had to deal with the various State departments. 19. We favor liberal appropriations for the promotion of the study of ag- riculture, to the end that the fer tility of the soil with which our State fs blessed may not be diminished or exhausted as in other States or coun- tries. 20. We favor Uberal appropriations for those commissions and depart- ments of the State University which have to do with the study of problems connected with our agriculture, min- tog and other productive Industries. ‘We favor the strengthening of the graduate school of the University of Ulfmots as the sound, scientifte basis of all these and other departments to the end that the Untyersity may be- come still more fully the scientific arm of the State government, Illinois has taken an advanced position to this movement and should maintain {ts leadership in this regard. State Control Plank. 21. We demand that while the crea- tion of normal corporations should be left to the States, we are In favor of empowering the general government, by & constitutional provision, to pre- vent and suppress monopolies by ap- proprinte legislation. 22. We commend the movement looking to the formation of Repub- Mean clubs throughout the nation as outlined by the National League of Republican Clubs, 28, ‘The Republican party has’ al- ways stood for liberal pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the nation, We therefore commend a prompt amend- EGYPT COMMENDS MITCHELL ee eee Seen Candi. The candidacy of Hon. B. EB. Mitch- ell, of Carbondale, for State Treasurer on the Republican ticket has devel- oped unusual enthusiasm in Southern Illinois for the entire Republican ticket. Mr, Mitchell's popularity with the people in general is being retola each week by the country press, an@ all predict the polling of a very large vote. The press comments on the enthusiasm by stating that Mr, Miteb- ell’s name on the ticket means a uait~ ed Republican vote, besides many votes from the opposing parties. Mr. Mitchell has held a prominent: place among the banking interests of Southern Ilinois for many years, and he has always been known as a loyal friend. to organized labor and the farming interests. In commenting on Mr, Mitchell's candidacy, the Sparta Plaindealer (Rep.) says: “Edward EB, Mitchell, of Carbondale, Republican candidate for State Treas~ urer, is a strong man for that oftice and will make a strong race. He is well equipped as a financier and bust ness manager to perform well the du- ties of the office and will guard se curely the interests of the people, Egypt will be solid for Ed. Mitchell.” The Cairo Citizen, another Southern Tilinois paper, says, concerning Mr. Mitchell, that “it ts not always the case that the voter can find out whether the man he is voting for for @ State office is in every way a first class man, but in this case we do know that he is, because he has live in Egypt all his life and been so prominently identified with the peeple of this end of the State that ewe docs not have to go far to find some one who personally knows Ed. Mitehell. In addition to the fact that he is the kind of a man we Like to see in am office of this importance comés the added pleasure in the selection of a Southern Illinois man for the posls tlon.” 7, SERVICE 1S EFFICIENT. State Administration Is Commended and Co-operation Urged, ‘The various State departments of Ilinels, from the executive office down, have been giving to the peopla of Illinols excellent public servico. Admittedly, this State ts far i ad- yance of most commonwealths in tha Union. Efficiency has marked the present State administration—efficiency and progress. It has earned and it ought to have the earnest support ef the public. It is entitled to the co-epera- tion and assistance of the State’s Gens, eral Assembly. During the last session of the Legs fslature the State administration was under constant fire from the bl-parti~ san combination in contrel of the lower house. Since that time pevela~ tions concerning the nature and pur poses of that combination have shown the character of those who fathered, the assaults on the Governer and other officials they were unable to control. m With all the facts before them, the voters of Illinois ought to see to it that the next General Assembly is composed of men who will not stoop to tactics employed during the last session, Its next Legislature ought to be made up of assemblymen who will come to Springfield prepared to act with other officials for the best interests of the State. ‘The State Journal is not urging tha election of men who will be subsery- fent to executive officers of the eom- monwealth, It would regard the se lection of &@ truckling Assembly as a calamity. The State needs indepen dent, fearless men in its Legislature. But they ought to be fair men, inter~ ested in making a success of the Stato government, and not plotters against. the integrity of the pctitical party re- sponsible for the administratien of State affairs.—Illinois State Journal, COST OF LIVING REASONABLE, Manner of Living in América Has Ins creased Expenses, Wage-earners will find the fettowing statements from the report of Presi. dent Samuel Gompers of the Amerl~ can Federation of Labor on the com dition and wages of workinen in fore eign.countries of interest: England — Unemployment, varying as to the individuals involved, is now so bad aa to be spoken of as a set~ tled national feature in industry. General—It he (the workman) vol. untarily lives the life of self-denial in this country that he compulsorily lived in his native land, his outlay of mouey will remain about the same, Living {8 cheap to the wage-worker in Europe only because he does with out what In America soon becomes a necessity to him. “How often do these people eat meat?" {s a question the American in Europe finds himself asking when looking aboyt among wage-workers, Meat Is usually from 25 to 100 per cent higher in price than in the United States. ‘The possibility of regarding outiay for amusement as one of the reguiar items in family expenses is an indica. tion of the working claes standard ot living. In no city in Burope did I find the rents any cheaper, wages considered than they run in Philadelphia, Baltl- more or Louisville or in any ef the New England towns having 8 boomy, or even in many cities of the Missis- sippi basin, If the immigrant to this country ts. willing to continue living here at the same level he was obliged to accept in bis native land, he can find it for the same money, Bi High Class Shoe Repairing Prices for Half Soles Men's Sewed on Machine, 50c Ladies' Sewed on Machine, 40c Half Soles Tacked, 35c Opposite Grand Hotel All Work Done Promptly 110 N. 7th St. American Cleaners Cleaning, Dyeing and Repairing All Work Guaranteed French Dry Cleaning of Ladies' and Gents' Clothing. Goods called for and delivered. Prices reasonable. O. P. BERRY, Prop. 1808 E. Monroe St. Old Phone 3632 Wm. TODD Groceries, Flour and Feed of All Kinds. Use Williamson's Water Power Flour. Both Phones 392 823 E. Washington Street. A. JACKMAN & SON Dealers in GROCERIES AND COUNTRY PRODUCE Your trade solicited Phone, Old 4647 2104 E. STUART Visit H. Sallie's New Furniture Store 726 E. Wash'ton St. = New and Second-Hand Furniture, Stoves, Ranges and Hardware We can Furnish your House Complete. Our Prices are Reasonable. Our Terms are Cash or Easy Payments CALL AND INSPECT CLARKSON'S (ORIGINAL) Benzoin Lotion Has no equal for Chapped Face and Hands. Why not TRY it? 25c Per Bottle. Clarkson's Modern Drug Store 213 South Sixth St. BEN KIRMAN THE TAILOR CLEANING, DYEING, REPAIRING AND PRESSING OF LADIES' AND GENTS' GARMENTS WHILE YOU WAIT Clothes Bought and Sold Hats Cleaned and Re-Blocked Old Phone 1550 112 N. 7th Street Springfield, Illinois MONEY TO LOAN FROM $5.00 UP On Househsld Goods, Horses and Wagons, Cows and other Chattels on weekly and monthly payments Easiest terms of any loan office in the city. Everything Confidential. Plenty of money on hand. B. GENAUST 121 SOUTH FOURTH STREET New Phone 1821 Old Phone 4280 --- CHURCH DIRECTORY. REV. R. L. WILSON, Rector. Sunday School ..... 10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon: 11:00 a.m. Election Day prayer: 8:00 p.m. Celebration of Holy Communion first Sunday of each month at ..... 11:00 a.m. Lunch and instruction at Wednesday at ..... 8:00 p.m. Ladies' Guild Meets every weekday ..... 2:00 p.m. Principal Saints' Days are observed by the celebration of Holy Communion. Preaching every Sunday at...10:45 a. m. and ...7:45 a. m. Sunday School at ...2:45 a. m. Alien Christian Endeavor at...6:30 a. m. Class every Sunday at...12:00 noun Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Eighteenth and Cass Sts. REV. D. W. BLOODWURTH, Pastor. Services, Sunday at ...11:00 a. m. Sunday School at ...2:00 a. m. Evening Service at ...7:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday ...8:00 a. m. REV. J. M. SMALLEY, Pastor. Services, Sunday at ..... 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at ..... 9:30 a.m. Prayer meeting at ..... 8:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at ..... 8:30 p.m. Union Baptist Church, Twelfth and Mason Streets. R. H. Riley, I. V. Overy. Services, Sunday at ..... 11:00 a. m. B. Y. P. U. at ..... 7:00 p. m. Sermon at ..... 8:00 p. m. Meeting Wednesday at ..... 8:00 p. m. Holy Communion first Sunday of each month. Sunday School at 2:30 P. M. Zion Baptist Church. Ninth and Carpenter Streets. REV. A. W. WILLIAMS, Pastor. Sunday Service at ... 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at ... 1:00 a.m. B. V. at ... 6:00 a.m. Evening Service at ... 8:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. New Hope Baptist Church, Eighth and Miller Streets. REV. D. J. TATE, Pastor. Sunday Services at ... 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at ... 9:15 a.m. Sermon at ... 8:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. St. John A. M. E. Church, REV. WM. M. COLLINS, Pastor. Sunday Services at ... 10:45 a.m. Sunday School at ... 2:30 a.m. Evening Service at ... 7:45 a.m. Official Board Meeting Monday days at ... 7:45 a.m. Prayer and Praise Meeting Wednesday at ... 8:00 a.m. Sunday School Teachers Meeting Thursdays at ... 8:00 a.m. Choir Rehearsal Fridays at ... 8:00 a.m. REV. N. GRIFFIN, In Charge. Sunday Services ... 10:30 a. m. Sunday School ... 1:30 a. m. Prayer Meeting ... 3:00 p. m. and 5:00 p. m. Prayer Meeting, Tuesday ... 8:00 p. m. Holiness meeting every Thursday evening. SECOND SÈVENT DAY ADVENTI- ST CHURCH. Fifteenth Street, Between Brown and Stuart Streets—Elder L. W. Browne, Pastor. Sabbath School ... 10:00 a. m. Sabbath Service ... 11:00 a. m. Missionary Volunteer Soci- ety Meeting ... 2:30 p. m. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday ... 8:00 p. m. Sunday Evening Service ... 8:00 p. m. REV. J. H. DOSWELL, Pastor. Services Every Sunday at ... 8:00 p. m. Sunday School at ... 2:30 p. m. Instruction Every Wed., at ... 8:00 p. m. MISS M. D. WILSON Fashionable Dressmaking General Agency and Teacher of Ladies' Tailoring System Patterns Cut to Order 308 N. 15th St. Springfield, Ill. Furnished Rooms To Let OLD PHONE 2246 1015 East Washington Street HAIR-GROWER and SHAMPOO SOAP 25c a Jar and 25c a Cake For Sale by all Druggists Springfield, Illinois BOOTH'S REMEDIES ARE THE BEST. You no doubt have used Cough Syrup, and some you were afraid of, but my has been used for years. Does not contain any poisonous drugs. You can give it to your grand parents, you can take it yourself, you can give it to your smallest children and get quick results. Prices, 25c. and 50c. The 50c. size contains 3 times as much as the 25c size. Try it, use it and be convinced. J. F. BOOTH Manufacturing Pharmacist Booth Block Springfield, Illinois. --- BOLLMAN LAUNDRY. 723 E. Washington St. Does first class work and prompt service. Our motto is to please. Goods called for and delivered. Our prices are reasonable. Give us a trial and be convinced. Call up 207, both phones. Geo. Bollman, Prop. & Mgr. FURNISHED ROOMS. With or without Board, 1203 E Washington Street. MRS. E. TERRELL, Prop. FOR RENT. One beautiful 6-room house, well built and finished, cheap, one block from car line on 17th, between Pine and Ceiar streets. Apply to E. L. Rogers, 119 North Eighth street, or 1505 South 17th street. Telephone: (old). Office: 3329. "'''' Res., I607-r-2 Calls promptly made. LOCAL NEWS. Today is Saturday, pay for THE FORUM. Dr. N. B. Ford has been quite ill this week. Begin early for the great Elks' ball, Dec. 26. Elks' annual ball, Arion Hall, Monday, Dec. 26, 1910. A revival is to be started soon at Grace M. E. Church. Mr. B. H. Bellamy left this week for Arkansas on business. If by any means you fail to get your Forum, let us know. Remember we have moved in the Masonic Hall, 119 North Eighth street. Remember the dancing school Wednesday evening, Nov. 9, at Masonic hall. See Mrs. E. L. Rogers for dressmaking, plain or fancy. Old Telephone 4622. "The interest of the people, I claim, belongs to the people."—Wm. H. Bowe. The Gem Cafe will soon be in readiness to accommodate its numerous friends. There will be a new dance introduced next Wednesday evening at Masonic hall. Remember Ladies' Day, Sunday, at the Y. M. C. A. Do what you can for the Old Folks' Home. Grand Thanksgiving entertainment at Masonic hall, Thursday evening, Nov. 24. Watch The Forum for further particulars. The Hallowe'en ball was a big success, as was also the entertainment given by Central Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Irish potatoes, single bushel, 75c; in two bushel lots, 70c; three bushel lots or more, 65c, at J. Edw. Thompson. FIRST CLASS upholstering and general furniture repairing. James B. Bondman, 2020 E. Kansas street. New phone 420. Rev. Jamison, of the C. M. E. Church, Cairo, Ill., was in the city Sunday and assisted in the services at Grace M. E. Church. WANTED—Colored girls for cooks and housework. Apply at Illinois Free Employment Bureau, 3051% South Sixth street. The Imperial barber shop at 821 East Washington stret, which was damaged by fire and closed for ten days, is now running as usual. Hon. W. T. Vernon, Registrar of the U. S. Treasury, will lecture at the Union Baptist Church, Nov. 23, under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. The insurance matter of the Gem Cafe having been settled, work on the remodeling and preparation for re-opening is now in full progress. Mrs. Susan Davis, of North Fourth street, returned this week from Chicago, where she spent a few days pleasantly visiting her daughter, Mrs. Armenta Thomas. The public is cordially invited to attend the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church's Thanksgiving dinner and festivities. An excellent program is to be rendered at night. Please do not expect us to run your church advertisements as "news." You have no more right to expect that class of advertising free than you do your lights and fuel free. Messrs. T. W. Warrick, R. A. Byrd, Rufus Nelson, J. M. Mosby and others of the state house, left ENTERPRISE SAVINGS BANK ENTERPRISE SAVINGS BANK THE PEOPLES DEPOT STORE ILLINOIS SAVINGS INVESTMENT ENTERPRISE LEAVER & SAVING CORPORATION ENTERPRISE SAVING CORPORATION Our bank will receive deposits from the smallest to the largest amounts, interest will be paid on average balances every three months with checking privileges. We especially call your attention to our penny savings department for children, which will be inaugurated on the day of the final opening, in which deposits from one cent up will be received, on which accounts, interest will be paid as on other accounts. Let everyone begin teaching their children the habit of saving. We earnestly ask the co-operation of the public generally in our great work in the future as they have seen fit to give us in the past, which has brought us from the institution of a few dollars to our present position of thousands, we guarantee them the same attention, protection, care and profits as they have received in the past, about which we respectfully refer you to any and all of our stockholders, and customers. Let everybody deposit something. this week for their respective homes to vote and participate in the election. When you read The Forum, carefully go over the business firms and make a specialty of going to these firms to spend your money and mention the fact that you saw it in The Forum. THE FORUM wants and expects to have every Colored person in the city as a reader. We intend to make this paper a factor, but we need the money to do so. You will please pay up promptly. H. Sallie's complete line of house furniture, stoves and hardware are now ready for your inspection. Call and see the dishes, etc., that go with every set of furniture. 726 East Washington. After this week you can reach The Forum by old telephone, main line. The telephone will be entered "The Forum." You can find out the number by asking "information." By next issue our number will be advertised in bold type. Quite an elaborate 1 o'clock dinner was served by the hostess, Mrs. R. S. Donaldson, of 535 West Canedy, in honor of Miss Sadie Lee, of Chicago. Those present to enjoy the dinner party were Mesdames Mary Donegan, Mary Minnard, Mrs. Bass and Sarah Harris. The officers and the teachers of St. Paul's A. M. E. Sunday School wish to extend a hearty thanks to the patrons and friends who so willingly accompanied the little folks to the Hallowe'en party which was given on last Monday evening. The entertainment was a grand success. We thank all who donated so liberally for the affair. Mrs. Matilda Jackson, of 608 South Ninth street, willingly and loyally showed her interest and high regard for her church and Sunday School when, on last Monday evening, she disguised herself in full and served as a "Witch" at the Hallowen'en party. The children were delighted, and she played her part well. Her service was stricly volunteer, and it makes her true character all the more beautiful. Mrs. Jackson has the hearty thanks and best wishes of her church folk and friends. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. A vote for Wm. H. Bowe is a vote to save $40,000.00. See ad. on other page. CHAS. S. GIBBS Attorney and Counsellor at Law. NOTARY PUBLIC Office 2231/2 S. 5th St. Rear of the White Dental Parlors Old Phone 1963 PENNY SAVINGS DEPARTMENT will receive deposits from the smallest nest will be paid on average balan- checking privileges. ally call your attention to our penny men, which will be inaugurated on the which deposits from one cent up will interest will be paid as on other teaching their children the habit of likely ask the co-operation of the public the future as they have seen fit to give night us from the institution of a few of thousands, we guarantee them the and profits as they have received in actfully refer you to any and all of ov Respectfully yours, ENTERPRISE SAVINGS 11th and Washington Sts., Spring Hartmann Bros. Wholesale and Retail Bakery Both Phones 527 900 and 902 E. Washington St. Springfield, Illinois Outside Shipping Orders a Specialty. ENTERPRISE SAVINGS BANK 11th and Washington Sts., Springfield, Illinois. FORD'S HAIR POMADE THE OLD RELIABLE DRESSING FOR KINKY OR CURLY HAIR. IT USE MAKES STUBBORN, MARSH HAIR SOFTER, MORE PLIABLE AND GLOSSY, EASY TO COME AND PUT UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT. WRITE FOR TESTIMONIES, TELLING HOW THIS REMARKABLE REMEDY MAKES SHORT, KINNY HAIR GROW LONG AND WAVY. BEST POMADE ON THE MARKET FOR DANDFRUIT, ITCHING OF THE SCALP AND FALLING OUT OF THE HAIR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, GET THE GENUINE, PUT UP IN 25* AND 50* BOTTLES WITH CHARLES FORD'S NAME ON EVERY PACKAGE. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. IF YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT SUPPLY YOU WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU DIRECT AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES, SMALL SIZED BOTTLE.25* LARGE SIZED BOTTLE.50* THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 216 LAKE ST., DEPT. 5 8 CHICAGO, ILL. AGENTS WANTED. WHEN IN Coal, Wood, Country Chicken CALL OLD P YOUR TRADE SOLICITED Satisfaction Guaranteed Goods Delivered Free H. I. McELROY 223 N. Thirteenth St The Union Grocery Co Is a new enterprise, opened in the Colored center of the population, and guarantees to sell as cheap, if not a little cheaper, than up-town stores. Our service is good. Will you please call or telephone and let us have the next order? We are making places for your high school, business and college girls and boys—see. OUR GOODS ARE FRÉSH DAILY The UNION GROCERY Co 18th and Cass Sts. Tel. Old 1840 Mrs. M. L. Taylor Dress Making, Plain Sewing and Bushel Work. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 1305 E. Capitol Ave. REISCH BREWERY CO City Brewery Their Bottle Beer is Fine Bock's Special Can't be Beat Try it! Today is Saturday, pay for THE FORUM. I NEED OF Hay, Grain Produce, ens, Etc. PHONE 4748 CELROY eenth Street MEN'S WINTER UNDERWEAR WE HAVE never been in better readiness to meet the demand of winter than right now, when counters and shelves are fairly groaning under their weight of fresh new Undergar- ments and Union Suit textures to suit the ree The fabrics are Balbri Worsted Silk Mixture Separate Garmen Union Suits - JOHN HABER AND H and Union Suits for men in the ties to suit the requirements of all orrics are Balbriggan, Merino, Cas ed Silk Mixture and Pure Silk. Separate Garments 50 cts. to $7.50 Union Suits - $1.00 to $12.00 JOHN LUTZ HABERDASHER AND HATTER ments and Union Suits for men in the various textures to suit the requirements of all classes. The fabrics are Balbriggan, Merino, Cashmere, Worsted Silk Mixture and Pure Silk. :- Separate Garments 50 cts. to $7.50 Union Suits - - $1.00 to $12.00 204 South Sixth Street LOOK! Good Line Sample Shoe Men, Ladies, REPAIRING DONE Shoes half-soled of by Skille "Prompt Service and Good Line of Up-To-Date Simple Shoes at Half Price For n, Ladies, Boys, Mi REPAIRING DONE WHILE YOU WAIT half-soled of the best leather by Skilled Workman ompt Service and Good Attention," my M Men, Ladies, Boys, Misses REPAIRING DONE WHILE YOU WAIT Shoes half-soled of the best leather 35c by Skilled Workman "Prompt Service and Good Attention," my Motto E. SINGER 110 South 7th Street Shoe Style You No matter how long you will retain their style and y South 7th Street New Phone be Styles That You Will I matter how long you wear a pair of our S on their style and you will surely like them 110 South 7th Street New Phone 798 No matter how long you wear a pair of our Shoes, they will retain their style and you will surely like them. Every man in our employ is an experienced shoe fitter, who knows how to fit shoes right. Every pair of shoes we sell were selected for their wearing qualities. "Walk-Overs" and "Hanans" are more popular this year than ever before. Get your Fall and Winter Shoes from us. You will surely like their style. D SCHWENGLES F. M. LEGG SHOE CO. 125 W. S. SPRINGFIELD --- Grady and Webster A. B. If it is Tonsorial W Tons Chair No.1, John Davis; Chair N Grady; Chair No. We make a Specialty of H Massage E. H. Mitchell, Chiropodist 821 E. Washington St. If it is Tonsorial Work see the Line of Tonsorialists Chair No. 1, John Davis; Chair No. 2, S. P. Webster; Chair No. 3, J. W. Grady; Chair No. 4, Prof. G. A. Barksdale. We make a Specialty of Hair Cutting, Shampooing, Facial Massage and Bleaching H duits for men in the various requirements of all classes. briggan, Merino, Cashmere, pure and Pure Silk. -:- ments 50 cts. to $7.50 - - $1.00 to $12.00 N LUTZ ERDASHER HATTER LOOK! e of Up-To-Date oes at Half Price ...For ... s, Boys, Misses ONE WHILE YOU WAIT of the best leather 35c alled Workman and Good Attention," my Motto Street New Phone 798 Les That You Will Like you wear a pair of our Shoes, they d you will surely like them. Every man in our employ is an experienced shoe fitter, who knows how to fit shoes right. Every pair of shoes we sell were selected for their wearing qualities. "Walk-Overs" and "Hanans" are more popular this year than ever before. Get your Fall and Winter Shoes from us. You will surely like their style. D SCHWENGLES F. M. HANDERSON F.M.IEGG SHOE CO. 125 W.S. - SPRINGFIELD. A. B. C. All Work see the Line of Consorialists Chair No. 2, S. P. Webster; Chair No. 3, J. W. No. 4, Prof. G. A. Barksdale. Of Hair Cutting, Shampooing, Facial Image and Bleaching H. Terrell, Shoe Shining Artist Springfield, Ill The Hallowe'en ball given last Friday night by the Summer Club was a scream. The full orchestra, beautiful costumes, excellent floor, and good natured merrymakers all tended to make it a great success. The Summer Club is to be congratulated on their success. The Monday night social at the St. Peters Chapel was attended by quite a large and enthusiastic audience. The program rendered was very well received. After an extended trip through the North and East for his health, Mr. Calvern Kelly has arrived in the city He will probably hibernate here this year. Rev, Fields spent Sunday in Bloomington attending to some private afairs. There is great speculation here as to whether the "Miss Clark" engaged to Mr. Hurley is the one here in town now or whether it is another Miss Clark. Both maintain silence, however. It is important that the Miss Clark here has made no public denial. Dr. Taylor, President James Millinkin University, spoke at Methodist church here last Sunday, at the instance of Rev. Morrow, who always gives his audiences the very best to be had. Dr. Taylor spoke of the close relation of the church and the Sunday school, of the necessity of attention to the Sunday School in order to have a good foundation for the future church; called attention to old way of teaching Sunday School as compared to the new, in that the advanced pupils are not given the same thing over and over again as they used to be, but are and should be given work in proportion to their advancement, and complimented the other participants of the evening. Rev. Spencer and Rev. Hall of Springfield are in the city this week on business of importance. Rev. Spencer made quite a hit with his melodious voice, while Dr. Hall never fails to make an impression while here. Miss Wanita Clanton, the brilliant young daughter of Mrs. S. T. Clanton of 511 Spring avenue, has been on the sick list a few days, but it is not of a very serious character. Dr. Buster and wife arrived in the city this week to take up the practice left by the late Dr. Ganaway, and are staying at the Ganaway residence temporarily. Mr. Major Casey of Bloomington has left for Chicago, Detroit and the East on a business trip. Mr. Edward Gray, of this city, mourns the loss of $300 worth of hogs by fire this week. The political meeting engineered by Mr. Harvey Watkins last Thursday night was a "blazing, howling success." All the candidates were present and short talks, more or less, were made. DECATUR CORRESPONDENT. MATTOON NEWS Quarterly meeting, which is to be held at David's Chapel, will be the 27th of November, instead of the second Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Woodford entertained a few friends from Paris, Sunday. Mrs. B. Williams, who lives on Moultrie avenue, is at present quite ill at her home. The S. F. Club was royally entertained by the "Chat-a-Bit" Club, which gave a Hallow'een party. The club was from Charleston. A musical program was rendered, and dainty refreshments were served. The S. F. Club is strictly a musical and literary organization. Their object is to study the lives of some of the greatest men of the country. The life and works of Paul Lawrence Dunbar is their present study. BOOST THE HOME. The collection at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday, less actual expenses, will be used to purchase coal for the Lincoln Old Folks' and Orphans' Home. Therefore, we urge all the ladies to come out, and bring the men and boys out. Every member of the Association is urged to be out. Let those who can give not less than 25c as donation. The secretary will make a record of those who give 25c or more. RON. P. G. BEAR Candidate for Re-election to the Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The State of Illinois has never had a more efficient and successful Superintendent of Public Instruction than Hon. F. G. Blair and his marked efficiency has not been confined to the rural schools. A DELIGHTFUL RECITAL AT ST PAUL'S CHURCH. Prof. L. Reic Schocel will give his first musical class recital at St. Paul's A. M. E. Church on Monday evening, Nov. 14th, for the benefit of the church. You can't afford to miss this fine entertainment. Admission 15 cents; children 12 years, 10 cents. J. H. SYDES, Pastor. MRS. ALICE G. WHITE. Chairman. PROGRAM. 1. Poet and Peasant Overture..Suppe Prof. Schocel and Prof. Lembke. 2. Answer ..... Robyn Mrs. Role Hunter. 3. On the Campus March.....Sontag Lucille Elliott. 4. March Hongroise .....Kowalske Prof. Lembke. 5. Carissima .....Penn Alberta Moore. 6. Concert Study, "D Flat" .....Liszt Lucia di Lammermoor. Leschetizky Prof. Schocel. 7. The Shepherd of the Fold. Barnard Mrs. Role Hunter. 8. Moonlight Sonata.....Beethoven Miss Ethel White. 9. A May Morning.....Denza Miss Alberta Moore. 10. Melody in "F".....Rubinstein Mrs. Onie Moss. 11. Concerto, "E Flat".....Liszt Prof. Schocol. A DISTURBING INFLUENCE. "The uneducated Negro is a good Negro; he is contented to occupy the natural status of his race, the position of inferiority. The educated and intelligent Negro, who wants to vote, is a disturbing and threatening influence. We don't want him down here; let him go North. I favor, and if elected will urge with all my power, the elimination of the Negro from politics. —Hoke Smith, Governor of Georgia. DR. R. E. GILLUM PREACHES THREE ABLE SERMONS. Last Sunday at Grace M. E. Church, Fourteenth and Brown streets, Dr. R. E. Gillum, the very able Presiding Elder, preached three able sermons. His course was thorough and comprehensive. The attendance for the day being only fairly good. Rev. Wm. Woods preached for Rev. J. M. Smalley at Buffalo, Sunday afternoon. Your attention is called to the letter from Judge Lindsey, of Omaha, and the editorial from the Chatham Mesenger, concerning Judge Murray's candidacy for reelection. The Judge says he never wants anything said of him which is not fair, and is not the truth. He says he can verify everything said in these letters, and desires the people to be the judge as to his faithful and honest discharge of his duty. V. M. C. A. NOTICE Everybody is asked to contribute liberally to the collection, as the entire amount will be given to the Old Folks' Home and the Orphans' Home. ADJUSTMENT NOTICE. Estate of Andrew B. Carter, Deceased. The undersigned, having been appointed Administrator of the estate of said deceased, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the Probate Court of Sangamon County, Illinois, at the January Term thereof, which will be held at the Court House of said County, beginning on the 2nd day of January, 1911, at which time all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate are also requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 1st day of November, 1910. JOSEPH CARTER, Administrator. CHAS. S. GIBBS, Attorney. (Springfield Evening News.) Edgar C. Prultt is regarded as one of the live wires of Sangamon county. His services to the county as superintendent of schools speak for themselves, and every Republican and many Democrats will be pleased to give proof of their appreciation of his work by assisting in his re-election. Charles W. Byers, candidate for county clerk on the Republican ticket, is the sort of man who will give John B. Weaver valuable assistance in rejuvenating that moss grown department of the county organization. After all, what Congressman Graham did as a minority member of the Ballinger investigating committee is of no particular importance to his constituents. However, if Mr. Graham has done something for the Twenty-first district, or for the State of Illinois, that has been of any direct benefit to the citizens of the district, or of the state, it would be a matter of considerable interest to have from his lips a specific enumeration of those services. As no information of that sort can be found in the congressional records, an ex parte statement from the congressman himself will be illuminating. CHARLES E. OPEL. Candidate for County Clerk on the Democratic ticket, has served the people with credit and efficiency, regardless of race or class, and solicits the votes of the people and asks to be re-elected on his merits, promising to conduct the affairs of the office to the best interest of all. M. B. GHES, Agent. T. R. T. Special Phone, Main 1963 THES & THOMPSON will call on you in a few days in one of the Strongest Sick and Acco- n on earth. $200,000.00 deposited in surety to protect policy holders. Co- all sickness, accident or death; matters not how it happens. W. B. HUGHES, General Agent. Phone: HUGHES will call on y To insure you in one of the Str Companies on earth. $20 Treasury to protect all sickness, matters ha HUGHES & THOMPSON will call on you in a few days To insure you in one of the Strongest Sick and Accident Insurance Companies on earth. $200,000.00 deposited in the State Treasury to protect policy holders. Covers all sickness, accident or death; matters not how it happens. OFFICE 2231/2 S. FIFTH ST. SPRINGFIELD, IL JOHN L. JONES Furni Carpo Stove We Credit Everybody $100.00 worth of goods $80 50.00 " " " 40 25.00 " " " 20 New 214 North Sixth Street (Political Advertisement) FOR COUNTY L. JONES FURNITURE Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, Etc. Everybody Our worth of goods $8.00 down, $8.00 p " " " " 4.00 " 4.00 " " " " " 2.50 " 2.50 " New Phone 1458 ixth Street Springf (ment) DUNTY TREAS JOHN L. JONES FURNITURE CO. Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, Etc. We Credit Everybody Our Terms Easy $100.00 worth of goods $8.00 down, $8.00 per month 50.00 " " " 4.00 " 4.00 " " 25.00 " " " 2.50 " 2.50 " " New Phone 1458 214 North Sixth Street Springfield, Illinois (Political Advertisement) FOR COUNTY TREASURER M. B. WM. H. BOWE The interest belongs OR The Interest belongs If you believe that "The Inter- the Treasurer should work for t fixed by the board of supervisors mark your ballot as follows: For Cour x WM. best belongs to the People best belongs to the Treasurer that "The Interest Belongs to the could work for the salary of $2,950, and of supervisors, go to the polls on as follows: For County, Treasurer WM. H. BOW The interest belongs to the People The Interest belongs to the Treasurer If you believe that "The Interest Belongs to the People" and that the Treasurer should work for the salary of $2,950.00 per annum, as fixed by the board of supervisors, go to the polls on election day and mark your ballot as follows: SOME FIGURES By making a careful estimate of of the term, I find the average aury during the four years ending $219 Interest on the amount at Three $26 As the tax levies are increasing per cent) per year it is reasonable will increase in about the same cings for the next four years will $40 if the office is managed as it has feelful estimate of the balances of the and the average amount of money in four years ending December 1 next to $219,650.30 amount at Three per cent (3 per cent $26,358.00 are increasing at the rate of about or it is reasonable to believe that the about the same ratio, and that the t four years will be nearly $40,000.00 managed as it has been in the past. By making a careful estimate of the balances of the last six months of the term, I find the average amount of money in the county treasury during the four years ending December 1 next to be approximately Interest on the amount at Three per cent (3 per cent) would be $26,358.00 As the tax levies are increasing at the rate of about Ten per cent (10 per cent) per year it is reasonable to believe that the interest earnings will increase in about the same ratio, and that the total interest earnings for the next four years will be nearly if the office is managed as it has been in the past. ```markdown ``` M. B. T. R. THOMPSON, Special Agent. Main 1963 THOMPSON in a few days largest Sick and Accident Insurance 5000.00 deposited in the State policy holders. Covers accident or death; not how it opens. FURNITURE CO. ture, ts, s, Etc. Our Terms Easy 0.00 down, $8.00 per month 0.00 " 4.00 " " 0 " 2.50 " " phone 1458 Springfield, Illinois TREASURER to the People to the Treasurer st Belongs to the People" and that salary of $2,950.00 per annum, as go to the polls on election day and y. Treasurer H. BOWE the balances of the last six months count of money in the county treas- December 1 next to be approximately 650.30 per cent (3 per cent) would be 858.00 at the rate of about Ten per cent (10 to believe that the interest earnings tic, and that the total interest earn- nearly 000.00 seen in the past. WM. H. BOWE ```markdown ``` SPRINGFIELD, ILL