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Show BBJ Perhaps It was necessary to create BBJ the now office of "collector" In onL'i BBJ that the innishnl and his aids might BBJ find tlmo to prevent "expectoration" BBJ on tho pavements. M ODD. BJ Aro yo going to Imvoan intcrmban? BBJ The granting of tho recent franchises BBJ begins to look like It. The money Is BBJ read, tho people want tho road, then BBJ why not havo It. We congratulate the BBJ officials of ProNidonco nnd Hyde l'aik BBJ on their nctlori! They did well, nnd BBJ hnvoj taken a long stride forward In BBJ progression nnd advancement. Let Hi a other plnces follow, nnd there will bo M '"somrtliin' doln." H D ; BHJ ( .THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK .' v Tho Ogden Stnudurd, an Independ Hi V fvnt paper thinks tho outlnn'; for H i T'l'rogrcsshcs" is good, the chances Hi ,of tho Democracy nothing of much I "concern, which loaves Its forecast n H j .battlo between tho two wings of the H , Republican party. In a went It-sue It BHl 1 "A Progressive polltlclnt, from the H i i state of Missouri, who is more inter- BBJ I tested. In thi) success of Progressive H ' Jlprjnclplcs than In tho ndvuncemeut of H I J the fortunes of any Indlvldnpl. has BBI ,' published tho results of n tour recent BBJ ly tnken by him through thu west and HI ( the southwest. Ho found that condl- BBb : tlons In the Democratic party wore H chaotic, and consequently, so far ns H Democratic 'presidential posRlbllttles BBb 'arc' concerned, he, 'like luly true Mis- BBb , sourlnn, Is still waiting to be "shown." BBl "Hut concerning tho Progressive BBJ Itcpubllcan situation this observer BBJ ' has cry definite idns which are In HI f tfi'i'urt,' as follows; BBI "Tho old lino Republicans are dls- BBI couraged witli tho outlook. It Is gen- BHI j orally admitted that Taft can't be re- Poleeted. Ills nomination can probably HHB ' j; '-' brought about, though I do not HHH consider this by any means coitnlu. J II l.a Kollette carries -tho Oregon pil- mnrles by 5 to 1, ns prophesied by HI those supposed to know, and also tho ; North Dakota nnd Nebraska primaries cns It Is said ho u HI, .that may result . ' (' Iu nu uprising in tho Republican par- HHH l,, ty, thai will bring nbout his nonilim- HHH '0 Hon. This Is merely . speculative, of HHH . course. Tho president, with his won- HHH ft dcrftil postofflco machine, can under HHH ordinary cIrcumstuuiH foico his own HHH nomination." HHH ; : Furthermore, according to this oh- HHH sorver, tho scrap between tho two HHH factions in tho Republican party, tho HHH discredited reactionaries nnd the HHH i '' Progiesslves, Is growing biggor every 1 ' .-. day. Tho Issue Is clenr cut; on the HHH ' one side will be tho direct primaries, HHH tho Initiative, tho referendum and tho HHH recall; on tho other tho big federal of- HHH vVcu tuldlug muchlno with itslowcrful HHH "and minifying Influences. Senator l.n HHH - KolWtto'u recent trip, ns well us oth- HHH er eents In tho political world, lndi- HHH onto lilalnly that thu caiiho of thu puo- HHH plu will finally win." HHH It would beem that thu Ogden edrtor HHH must have written tlu above some HHH time ago nnd placed it In stoiago, HHH from tho fact that recent developments HHH lndlcato an early collupso of tho l.a- HHH Folletto'boom, ns well as thu senator HHH himself, while President Taft seems HHH to be Invading hitherto Insurgont tor- HHH rltory with pronounced success. In HHH ' fact tho LaFollcttu-Cummlns - (!oer- HHB i nor YUson aggregation seem l.o bo HH V performing thu rolo of tho "specler." HHH They raako a big noise, attract tho it- BHK tentlon of tho multitudes, and then BHV , President Tuft, calmly and dcllber- IB atoly takes tbo center of the stngo. Hi lCvcn tho Invincible "Tcdd" does not BBV auim to mnr tho success of his cam- BHBi , 'palgn, and our Ogden friend may Just H us woll close tho l.nFolld'tte chbo, for HH - It Is all In. LaFolletto will not be seen B 'k '" tno raco Hoosevelt may cut some hVM 'jlflllleuro and President Taft will cut a H W big figure. "'", HH Si D a BHM,. REPUBLICANS MUST M BE CONSISTENT bVK BHHn Mr. Charles F. Scott, editor of the H' lola. neglater, one of the brightest W Mw newspapors In the west, tells how the lk'j;' wHVHa Republican candldato for congress In HSAk Bm Seventh district In the" state of BSHHmHHHHHHJ Wisconsin Ho BkVhVJL-. - Republican party cannot wlu ) by attacking Republican measures nnd Itcpubllcan lenders, nnd by trying to i stenl the other fellow's platform. That ' Is the lesson' of the election In the Seventh district. in.- Hi piiuiw.iu p.iicy w-ioto u pellet pel-let u '-aNe nun s.itisiuctory platform in Kxi.s mid iitiniiunicii upon it u perfectly per-fectly sane nnd satisfactory cutidldnto who was elected. There was elected ut the same tlmo nnd on tho same plat-ioi plat-ioi in a stiong wording mnjority ot Republicans in both houses of congress. con-gress. Hut a few of theso Kepublicans had hardly got their seats wurm be-foie be-foie they began a guerrilla warfare upon Republican lenders nnd Republl can measures. They began to shout that tho rules of tho Republican lioiuc of representatives, although they had not been changed for twenty years, had suddenly robbed tho house of its power to repiesent tho people They declared that thu spenxer, who had served three terms with approbation, and who for thirty years had been a trusted Republican lender, had suddenly sud-denly become n tyrant and n traitor to tb j peoplo who must be deposed it the republic wus to endure. Thoy ns-sailed ns-sailed menbiircs Known to have been flamed by Republican cabinet members mem-bers deliberately flrawn In favor of tho 'Interests,' and denounced the Republican Re-publican president ns cither nn nu-the nu-the puity to thu 'betrayal of tho people' peo-ple' or as being so stupid that he had been hoodwinked .by thoso who were plotting ugiuusi tho people. Thoy accused tho lending Republicans ot both house and senate, with con-spiling con-spiling togother to wilto u tariff law dlibcrutely designed to ndvnnco selfish sel-fish Interests rather than promote tho general welfuio. Then they came home and dictated platforms that en-doiscd en-doiscd dogmas the Republican pnrty had been fighting for twenty years and that by Implication, If not In set terms, Impeached either the sense or sincerity of nil previous Republican declarations. "Now If tliunu men were right; it Republican lenders nnd measures dc served till tho criticism which thoy launched against them, then the Republican Re-publican pnrty ought not to remain in coutiol of tho government. And if tha men who made these criticisms believed be-lieved they weio warranted; If thoy believed, us they declared they did, that not only tho practices of the Republican Re-publican pnrty but Its principles also al-so wero utterly wrong nnd subversive of the public good, then us honest men they should have been fiist to lenvo thu pnrty nnd demand Its defeat. de-feat. They have not done this, but the returns fiom thu seventh make It clenr that u good tunny other men have done it. These other men, unlike thoso who hnvo mislead them, have shown consistency and courage. He-lug He-lug convinced that Republican lean crs hnvo betinycd tho people, thnt Ru publican measures hnvo been conceived con-ceived In conspiracy and brought forth In fraud, thnt Republican prill clples nie Inconsistent with soimd honest government In u word, believing be-lieving to be truu nil tho things which they hnvo henrtl from tho Insurgent press nnd platform, they havo follow ed the logic of their convictions, nnd It hns led thorn out of tho party. Thnt U nil there Is to It. "Tho Republican party cannot win by discrediting 'Its, own measures, by destroying its own leaders and by Impeaching Im-peaching Its, own principles. The people peo-ple nt .that party In 'power because th'ey hnvo confidence In It; If thnt confidence Is destroyed thoy put It out of power without stopping to consider con-sider whothor or not It haB been 'reformed.' 're-formed.' It may be posslhlo to revqlii-lionize revqlii-lionize the Republican pnrty, to discredit dis-credit its legislation, to destroy those Who have been Its trusted leaders ihd to mnko It declare for principles which It has heretofore pronounced vicJ6us and unsound, nut when that Is done, it will not mnko tho leaBt difference what tho party does or professes or who Its leadors are, for It will he ro hopelessly out of power that none of theso things will he of tho slightest crmpctiucnco. 'The' Republican, candldato jn th( Seventh Jell Into tho orror of bollovV Ing he could discredit the Republican J2,hrtvnrtdvt lw fleeted ns -a Rflmih- llcun on tbo theory tlint ho wnsrdlffer cut from his pnrty. Rut tho peoplo nnturnlly nnd consistently took hln at his word, and decided that It wluv ho snld were trucno mnn who callei himself a Rcpubllcnn should bo elect ed nnd left him nt home." a a a UNCLE JOE oHEAKS PLAINLY D Uncle Joe Cannon hints thnt the .roll and steel sencdulo Is In tho In-tticst In-tticst of tho Domocrntlc lender Mr. Underwood. Hi Is broad nnd Its nl-light, nl-light, tor it must be In tho Interests nt somebody. Rend his comments: '"I did not Intend to open my mouth touching thu consideration of this bill. It hns been determined by n majority ma-jority to force this bill through. We hnvo been killing time for days nnd weeks, nnd we will contlnuo to kill tlmo while business Is being picpaied for the House by tho committees, but this bill Is to bo considered for one day and driven to its pnssngo without amendment nnd without debate. The mnjorltv, being responsible, has the right to work Its will. You, gentlemen gentle-men of tho majority, can nnd will work your will nnd will be lespons-Iblo. lespons-Iblo. Possibly you will receive approval. approv-al. That remains to be seen. I nm not a prophet nor the son of a prophet, pro-phet, but in 10 yenrs 1 hnvo twice, If not three times, seen Domocrntlc mnjorltles flap their wings nnd crow, nnd hnvo, when clothed with power nnd legislated, failed to rccclvo np-provul. np-provul. , All of this kind of talk you are Indulging In-dulging in Is familiar to me. How over, ov-er, I took the floor not to discuss the bill, nnd I should not have snld u word concurnlg It, I apprehend, .had It not been for the question ot the gcntlemun from Missouri (Mr. Hamlin). Ham-lin). Oh somebody Is Interested. Sir, the leader of thnt sldo of the House hns avowed his Interest In ti grcnt Iron-ore nnd coal property. Does anybody any-body doubt that he has not a peifeit right to hclp)frnmo this bill mid vote for It? Tho very "foundation of tills bill Is, ns you clnlm .that ou will mnko It for your own Interest nnd thnt or everybody else, In order that you mny buy pocketknlves chenper, thnt you enn buy more ot another man's labor thnn you enn now for yourselves nnd your rninlllos. Wo upon up-on our sldo claim that tho better rewards re-wards conic to labor by utl)zlng out-own out-own markets Instead pt submitting ourselves In competition vlth the balance of the world at one-half of tli3 wage In the United States. And some gentleman grows oerzcalous nnd lnnulics, "Do you own something In n muuufncturlng plant?" 1 do not 1 wish I did own something, along with the gentleman from Alabama (Mr: Underwood) .in thnt wonderful propel ty of which I nm glad he owns a part. If you nie to hno people, .ns legislators legis-lators who nre not Interested as n Jesuit Je-suit ot their legislation, where would you get ypur leglslntors? Would you shut out every man1 who hns u firm? He wants to buy his agricultural implements im-plements cheaper, very man who raises cotton or corn, and every man who owns a house, every mon who hns ufttmlly, or hopes to have one, you disqunllfy. You disqualify every Aiueticnn citizen. As I snld, by a question I submitted u moment ago to tlio gentlcmnn from Now Yolk (Mr. Uradley), you would shut out the tramp who hns hut one suit of clothes, nnd sometimes not that,' to his bnck, us ho walks along not willing will-ing to work, but Interested in good times because there Is gi eater capacity ca-pacity then for tho charitably disposed dispos-ed to givo him a hand-out. Oh, u truce to such a position! 1 do not criticize the gentleman personally. I am criticizing criti-cizing a clnsmof people who, on the Chautaqua platform and In tho news-per, news-per, are talking nbout the Interest that somebody has in something, and thnt therefore ho Is n bad citizen." D D D WHAT IS YOUR CHOICE AND yHY (JIvo the average theatre goer his or her cholco of witnessing a per-formnnco per-formnnco of their favorlto ploy; and why is It, thnt they will almost Invariably In-variably choose a westorn production? produc-tion? There Is but one solution ot the question; there thoy find thnt live wire, red blooded nctlcn ntinoBphoro thnt seems to evolve n distlncttype ot men and women, whose Instinct-lvo Instinct-lvo mnnnor of speech nnd nctlon satisfies sat-isfies that craving for something thntenn not bo explained, but which in Vnllty 1 1$ "t Inborn ndmlratlon for thnt open heartcdncss, honesty ot purpose, and squaro dealing, so characteristic of tho true westerner. A rnro opportunity Is afforded th"o pntronBofiho Thatcher Opera House to witness a performance of this) na-turo na-turo on i Fjidny, February 9th, when "Tho Cry Tlaby" trom tho pen ot O. W. Mercer, author of "Tho Vamplro." "Tho County Attorney" nnd other dramatic, successes, will bo presented for tjio first time in this city. In Selecting Elwln-fllrpnfe to portray tho title, role, VJIfied- McKay tho company com-pany manager, c'noso ono of the beBt Vminev rhmraotrw tietnn, .nn HiikJmtr, lean stage, whose subtle ait of changing laughter into tears, and tears Into laughter, nnd whose methods meth-ods and mannerisms nre so distinctly original, that hu wins for himself n warm spot in the affection of his nu-(Hence, nu-(Hence, upon ills first entrance, that glows during tho action of the piece, utitll nfter tho final curtain you will' ono and all admit thnt It wns all too bhort, nnd express n desire to seo onco more, "The Cry llaby." A beautiful beau-tiful lovo story Is wovn through the entire four acts, which Is ' replete with heart Interest, pathos and good sparkling; comedy. The company lnanngement nlso desires to tell you nbout thejr future Intentions in this section of tho country. Already return re-turn engagements nro-bclng booked In nil the best show-going communities. communi-ties. We nre hero to show you nnd in return would like to be ohown. |