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ISSXTEB SEMMTEEKl^ l. m. grists sons, Publishers, j % Jfamitg geuispaper: Jfor the promotion of the folitical, Social, ^jgri^ultupl and Commercial Interests of the people. {TK8?olk c2pt.wvk ii:NAwVANCK ft ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1908. NO. 50. CHAPTER V. ^ Alone, I sat for a moment speechw0"^ less with astonishment, as the secretary left the room, and, as I took my way slowly and thoughtfully upstairs, I resolved that this was another thing that I would not tell Vincent; he would be far more likely to ridicule me than to thank me for my effort in his behalf. Some time after this, on a perfect dav. Ae-atha Third and I?I had spent utmost every hour since the dinner in her company, I may remark?had planned a little excursion which would keep us outdoors all day. We were going on a picnic up the little river. Have you ever tried a picnic for two? Given the right companion and a day like that, I'd warrant it to cure any attack of the blues. Agatha Third had assured me that the prettiest spot for our luncheon was a little island in the center of the stream where the current ran broad and deep, about three miles below the castle. The day was fair, the girl was fairis er, and the moments were full of joy to me. We had crossed a little bridge W- about a mile from the castle and were proceeding up the left bank of the river when a sudden turn of the stream brought two others of our house party into view. On the opposite bank was Vincent in high boots, knickerbockers, white shirt with sleeves rolled up. and a farmer's broad-brimmed hat of straw. He was busy over a broken fishing rod which he was trying to mend. In the center of the stream, where the current nin swift and dangerously deep, a girl stood on a large bowlder, fishing. Other bowlders at intervals between the one she was standing on and the shore %. where Vincent was indicated the means by which she had attained her precarious position. I recognized the girl as Agatha Second, and smiled pityingly as I thought of poor Vincent, invariably wasting his time with the wrong Agatha. "Hullo!" they cried, cheerfully, and we waved our hands and asked them ^ wnat iuck mey a nan. irus isiu always a safe question to ask a fisherman. but I notice that people who are not fishing themselves invariably find great satisfaction in asking it. Vin cent said he hadn't caught any fish, and asked if I'd landed mine yet. Just like his Impudence? He'd say anything if he thought it was funny, no matter how it might annoy other people. Just as I was thinking of some retort polite enough to utter aloud. * Agatha Second's rod began to bend L- and jerk, ami immediately there was so much action going on that in my excitement I forgot what I was about to say. I am a fisherman of some skill myself. Well, the pole began to bend and the Agatha on the rock began to .scream, and Vincent shouted directions from the bank?"Easy there, easy." he entreated her; "give him more line, Aggie, more line." "I can't!" she screamed at the top of her voice; "something's caught, and he pulls so." "The reel!" I shouted, jumping up and down. "The reel! Press the knob and let her go!" I knew in a moment the sort she had. It was just like mine, a patent HL one with a spring reel?mine often stuck that way. All this time the fish was leaping about, sometimes jumping out of the water so that we could see him. and he was a big fellow. "I [ c:in do it mvself." cried the girl, a,s Vincent started to help her. but even as she spoke her trim little foot slipped on the wet stone, and. losing her balance completely. she fell backward into the deep water, while the rod disappeared upstream. In a moment Vincent was running at * top speed along the bank till he came t.? a little point of land near which the drowning girl must pass. As she approached he leaped into the water, and, striking diagonally upstream, seized ^ her by her clothing, and fighting his way back, safely gained the point of land. Meantime I had run up the river toward a boat that I had observed near the bank. Jumping in I so. n reached the spot where lay the unconscious form of Agatha Second. All this time I was dimly aware of the fact that Agatha Third had never stopped screaming and was now running up and down on the opposite bank sobhing and wringing her hands. When I reached Wilfred he was anxiously bending over the girl, but apparently without the slightest idea of what to do. I immediately fell to chafing her hands and resorting to the other wellWj known expedients for reviving the drowned, and to enable her to breathe more freely I removed the tight-fitting dickey of her sailor *uit. It was not long before she began to regain consciousness. and it was at this moment that I made a most amazing discovery. for around the neck of the girl I saw a little silver chain, and on it was strung a heavy gold ring set with ^ a large cross of old-fashioned emeralds. I called to Vincent, and as I pointed at the magnificent and telltale piece of jewelry we both gazed at it. speechless with surprise at discovering in such a manner the secret of the Honorable Agatha's identity. Before she had quite regained her consciousness 1 readjusted her dickey, and when sht was able to stand we wrapped her in our coats and carried her to the boat There wasn't room in it for more than two. so I made Vincent get In with hei and row back to the castle. So they left us. and Agatha Third and I. too thoroughly upset by the accident to K wish to carry through our picnic, fob lowed them back, walking <?ne on each B side of the stream until we reached the bridge, where we joined forces. As we returned I did a great dea " ?.l' thinking. So it was Agatha Second after all. who was the real Honorabk Agatha. For certainly her possessior of the WyckholT ring, mentioned In th? LAoaiba f PICTURES BY W?IL WALTERS r A mr jk CAMPBELL AlXSHIRL WILSON will, was proof positive. Now that I thought of it. the suspicious circumstance of Agatha Third's seemingly involuntary rising when Vincent toasted the Honorable Agatha, admitted of many explanations. At any rate, whatever her reason for her action, the presence of the Wyckhoff ring on the neck of Agatha Second had proved to me the falsity of that other clew and the identity of our fair but mysterious hostess. The next morning when she came down to breakfast I inquired with great concern as to the effects of the accident of the day previous. She replied most kindly that she felt very nearly as wen us ever auu uiuinveu me earnestly for my share in her rescue. In fact, her gratitude was so profuse as to make me uncomfortable, and I protested volubly that what I had done was nothing. Nevertheless, from that day on Agatha Second clung to me In a manner that was almost touching. Vincent, to my surprise, instead of taking advantage of his part as hero, seemed rather anxious to avoid the girl, whereas, before our mutual discovery, he had seemed to be quite taken with her. Although his conduct was a puzzle to me. yet I could only rejoice that it was so, for it left the field absolutely free to me, and I felt as each day passed that now, indeed, I was hotter on the trail of that twenty millions than I had yet been. It was the first Sunday after the accident and the fourth of our stay. We had breakfasted at eight and were sitting around aimlessly waiting until it was time to go to church. When it was finally time to get ready my head ached from the sun for I had been sitting without my hat, and I decided that I would not go that morning. though there was a flattering chorus of protests when I made this announcement. "I shall go," said Vincent, positively. just as if anyone had disputed it. "I always go. don't I Miss Marsh?" appealing to the secretary who was present, but who, of course, had been rather left out of the conversation. "Yes." she answered, smiling at him faintly. "You always do?ever since we've know you. that is. You're a saint. Lord Wilfred." But she laughed as she said it, and Vincent, for no reason at all, looked pleased. Then the girls all went into the house to change their frocks and Vincent, too, had to go and get himself rigged out in all the swellness of his Bond street afternoon things. "Are you going to ride or walk?" I asked "him as he came downstairs ahead of the young ladies. "Walk." he said. "It's such a ripping day the girls thought they'd like it. The phaeton is coming for us after church. What's the matter with you? We shall miss you." "Oh. just a bit off my feed this morning. But. my boy, do you realize that you're going to church all alone by yourself with six girls, the prettiest in England ?" "Seven," corrected Vincent, unmoved "The secretary is troing with us this morning." I shook my head at him admiringly. "You're a wonderful fellow," I told him; "I couldn't manage seven of them at once to save my skin. It keeps me busy enough when I take 'etn one at a time." At this moment the girls trooped downstairs. They had their prettiest gowns on and were fully aware of the admiration in the eyes of Vincent and myself. And that admiration was perfectly excusable, for the six Agathas were looking unusually lovely in their flowered frocks, big white hats, and the dainty parasols to match the wide sashes, and I should have been hard put to it to say which was the handsomest. But as they filed out of the big door I saw Vincent look longest at the secretary, who walked a little behind the others, her plain, dark blue silk gown and little rough straw hat with the pink roses being a conspicuous contrast to the frills and furbelows of the six Agathas. I thought I had never seen her look so well, and she passed us men without so much as glancing in our direction, though Vincent's ga/.e, I thought, was a trifle rude. They had been gone some 15 mini utes when it occurred to me that it might do my head good to go out and get some fresh air. Besides which I had begun to regret that 1 had permitted Vincent to go to church the only esquire of such a galaxy of beau ty. So I put on my hat and strolled out over the lawn and down the long drive, and before I knew it I had reached the bottom of the hilly road itnd had set out over the fields. The church party had none by the way of the path over the fields, for that was a shorter route than the main road. As 1 walked quickly along the wellbeaten path between the thickets I stopped suddenly and stooped to pick i up a small dust-covered object which proved to he a prayer book. "One of I those careless girls has dropped it." I . said to myself, for they had all carried them. Opening it to find the i owner's natne, I was much agitated to . read on the flyleaf this inscription: . "To my daughter Agatha, from her [ father. Fletcher Boyd." and the date, > 1900. It was. then, a gift which Fletch, er Boyd had made to his daughter only two years before his death, i I was wild with excitement in a " minute. I would keep the book and ' some time when till the girls were ? gathered together I would announce ? that I had it in my possession and see if one of them did not betray heri self by asking me for it. But Fate I decreed that I should make my test of the prayer book more speedily, for I I spied in the distance the white figure . of a girl hastening back. The path i was dusty and the sun was shining i right in her face, so I trusted she ? had not seen me. and putting the little volume down just where I had fount it, I jumped behind the bushes. Th< owner of the book was looking: for hei property. On she came, running slowly and glancing eagerly from side t< side of the pathway. As she came opposite me she stopped and snatched ur the book, and when she had run bad again the conviction that the Honorable Agatha was no other than Agathe Fourth was forced in upon me. So roused was I by this event that ] turned my steps homeward at once Suspicion had now fallen on every om of the six Agathas, but this?this was the most convincing of proofs! Thai night I could hardly wait ror me eni of the evening, so that I could drag Vincent into my room and disclose tc him my final and greatest discovery. 1 was so full of excitement over it, besides feeling a certain pride in my wli and sagacity which had led to the discovery of so many important clews, that I was rather disappointed when I > x \ AGATH Vincent received my disclosure with indifference. "At it again, Arch," he said, rather gloomily, as he sat cross-legged before my fire in extreme deshabille, and smoking his vile pipe. "What is the use? 1 should think you'd get tired of pursuing the elusive gold. I admire your patience, by boy. but I don't take any more stock in this 'clew' than 1 did in your others. When you think that you have now fastened suspicion upon each one of the six fair ladie> who have been christened Agatha ] marvel at the sanguine temperament which permits you to place so mucli importance on this last find of yours.' He stopped, and I answered him rathei sarcastically, as 1 didn't like the gentle ridicule of his tone or his lack o| ('Ill IIUMilMII. "It seems to me." I said, "that considering: how you've spent your time my dear boy, you are a very poor person to look down upon my efforts tc turn this adventure of ours to some account. The fact that I have kept mj eyes open and used those faculties ol penetration and observation of which I am the natural possessor to discover c piece of information which might provt of great value, not only to myself, bui also to you?this fact, I say. Vincent ought hardly to bring upon me youi derision as well as your lack of sympathy." I don't mind admitting that ' really felt hurt and Vincent saw tha I did. He took his pipe out of his moutt and looked at me with those big. truthful eyes of his so penitently that smiled inwardly; then he gathered uj his long limbs from my hearthrug ant came and ensconced himself at mj feet as I sat in my easy chair. "Well there, then." lie said, pattinj my hand as if I'd been an old womai or a small child. "Poor old Arch'bald did I make it cross? Well, it was i shame!" And lie smiled at me witl such a mixture of contrition and fut that I was obliged after a short strug gle to laugh unconstrainedly. "Well. 1 suppose you will begin op erations according to your latest clev tomorrow?" he laughed at me. I did not answer him, and silenei fell upon us. I was pondering over tin problem and did not look at Vincen for a long while, but when I did saw that his face wore a troubled hopeless look, and that his whole at titude indicated profound dejection. ' Vincent." I said, leaning over him "what's the trouble?" I had been no ticing of late that he had been subjec to fits of melancholy altogether out o keeping with his character, and I ha< : come to the conclusion that he ha< some trouble on his mind. I wantei to know what it was, so that I coul< i help him. When I spoke he turned hi ; head slowly and l<H?ked at me i > moment solemnly, then smiled faintlj the very ghost of that splendid, boyisl 1 smile of his, so that it went to my ? heart. r "Oh. Arch." he burst out, "every thing's wrong! But it's not iny fault; ) how could I help loving her?" I was amazed. What was the boy i talking about, and who was it that he i loved ? "Yes, sir," he went on; "I met her i four miles from town carrying an old beggar-woman's bundle because the [ poor old thing had hurt her foot. And . when I drew up the dogcart and asked ) her to get in and take the bundle too, ? she shook her head, and by Jove, she t wouldn't get in till I let the old begl gar-woman get in, too!" Vincent turn; ed to me positively radiant. "Ah, 'Ter> hune!" he cried, "you don't know what [ it is. I love her so!" And as he stood there, his face trans; figured. I grasped in a moment the meaning of the whole thing and the , understanding struck like a blow at i my heart and I knew how dear the v. vM A FIFTH. welfare of this boy was to me. Somehow, Vincent represents to me the things I might have been, and am not tlie things I might have won, and have lost: he represents the first flush of my own youth. And now that I had wasted those opportunities to lead the selfish existence of the average bachelor, I found a certain Joy in again experiencing those first throbs of living that had been mine, in the person and life of young Vincent. As he stood before me, glowing with feeling, I felt that it was for me to wipe that look from his face, cruel as it seemed, and my anger at the woman who had so deceived the boy by withholding from him the knowledge that she was married helped me to do the deed. "Vincent," I said, slowly, "do you mean?do I gather from your ravings that you honestly?er?care for this person?" I had risen to my feet, and as I spoke Vincent's whole expression changed in a flash. "Your inference is perfectly correct," f lie said. His face went white and there [ was war in his tone, for he perceived i that I meant trouble. ? The necessity of saving the boy I t loved from the consequences of his , own folly took possession of me. and r I was full of rage at Vincent and at that conscienceless woman in the gray T gown who had entrapped him. t "You fool," I said, putting my face close to his square, cleft chin, "why do i you tlirow away your chance in life - like that? What do you want to let I yourself get entangled with an adveni tureas for? Don't you know the worn1 an's married? She confessed to hav, ing one husband: she may have a dozen, for all I know!" ; The inevitable happened, for Vincent, i with a half-articulate cry like a wild , animal, raised his clenched fist and i struck at me. Fortunately for us both, i lie struck wildly in his anger and I i caught the blow on my arm. "You liar!" he shouted. "oh, you liar!" and in a rage that shook him - from head to foot he rushed from the f room and slammed the door. 1 was sick at heart as I stood staring p after him to think that matters had p come to such a pass between Vincent t and myself. Although no man can hear I himself called a liar, even by his best I, friend, without resenting it. still, when - the first flash of my wrath had passed, I forgave him for it, for I knew that the heat of his passion would permit ' no satisfaction but violence and, of course, if he really cared for the wot man, the words I had used were about f the most insulting possible. However, I had done what seemed to be my duty, 1 and I only reproached myself bitterly ii for not having told him of the secre3 tary's marriage before his unhappy in, fatuation had gained such headway. But he had disarmed my first suspis cions and I had never dreamed that a anything so serious was on foot. That , was a restless night for me and it was ' dawn before I fell into a light sleep. ,l To be Continued. REPUBLICAN PLATFORM Full Text ol Declaration Adopted at Chicago. STANDS DY THE ROOSEVELT POLICIES Promise of Tariff Revision, the Injunction Question, and the Currency Question, Paramount Issues. Following is the text of the platform adopted by the Republican convention at Chicago, last week: "Once more the Republican party, in nationa' convention assembled, submits its cause to the people. This great historic organization, that destroyed slavery, preserved the union, restored credit, expanded the national domain, established a sound financial system, developed the industries and resources of the country, and gave to the nation her seat of honor, in the councils of the world, now meets the new problems of government with the same courage and capacity with which it solved the old. Republicanism Under Roosevelt. "This is the greatest era of American advancement; the Republican party has reached its highest service under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. His administration is an epoch in American history. In no other period since national sovereignty was won under Washington, or preserved under Lincoln, has there been such mighty progress in those Ideals 6f government which make for justice, equality and fair dealing among men. The highest aspirations of the American people have found a voice. Their most exalted servant represents the best aims and worthiest purposes of all his countrymen. American manhood has been lifted to a nobler sense of duty and obligation. Conscience and courage In public station and higher standards of right and wrong in private life have become cardinal principles of political faith; capital and labor have been brought into closer relations of confidence and interdependence; and the abuse of wealth, the tyranny of power and all the evils of privilege and favoritism have been put to scorn by the simple, manly virtues of justice and fair play. "The great accomplishments of President Roosevelt have been, first and foremost, a brave and impartial enforcement of the law; the prosecution of illegal trusts and monoplies; the exposure and punishment of evildoers in public service, the more effective regulation of the rates and service of the great transportation lines; the complete overthrow of preferences, rebates and discriminations; the arbitration of labor disputes; the amelioration of the condition of wage workers everywhere; the conservation of the natural resources of the country; the forward step in the improvement of the inland waterways, and always, the earnest support and defense of every wholesome safeguard which has made more secure the guarantee of life, liberty and property. These are the chievements that will make for Theodore Roosevelt his place in history, but more than all else the great things he has done will be an inspiration to those who have yet greater things to do. "We declare our unraltenng aanerence to the policies thus inaugurated and pledge their continuance under a Republican administration of the government. Equality of Opportunity. Urder the guidance of Republican principles the American people .have become the richest nation in"the world. Our wealth exceeds that of England and all her colonies, and that of France and Germany combined. When the Republican party was born the total wealth of the country was $16,000,000,000. It has leaped to $110,000,000,000 in a generation while Great Britain has gathered but $60,000,000,000 in 500 years. "The United States now owns onefourth of the world's wealth and makes one-third of all modern manufactured products. In the great necessities of civilization, such as coal, the motive power of all activity; iron, the chief basis of all industry; cotton, the staple foundation of all fabrics; wheat, corn and all the agricultural products that feed mankind, Amerlproducts that feed manknid, Amerlyet her gr?at natural wealth has been scarcely touched. "We have a vast domain of 3,000,000 square miles, literally bursting with latent treasure, still waiting the magic capital and industry to be converted to the practical uses of mankind, a country rich in soil and climate, in the unharnessed energy of its rivers and in all the varied products of the field, the forest and the factory. With gratitude for God's bounty, with pride in the splendid productiveness of the past and with confidence in the plenty and prosperity of the future, the Republican party declares for the principle that in the development and enjoyment of wealth so great and blessings so benigi there shall be equal opportunity for nil. The Revival of Business. "Nothing so clearly demonstrates the sound basis upon which our commercial, industrial and agricultural interests are founded and the necessity of promoting their continued welfare through the operation of Republican policies, as the recent safe passage of the American people through a financial disturbance, whlcn. 11 appearing in the midst of Democratic) rule or the menace of it, might have j equalled the familiar Democratic panics of the past. We congratulate the people upon this renewed evidence of) American supremacy and hail with confidence the signs now manifest of a complete restoration of business) prosperity in lines of trade, commerce and maufacturing. Recent Republican Legislation. "Since the election of William McKinley in 1896 the people of this country have felt anew the wisdom of entrusting to the Republican party through decisive majorities, the control and direction of national legislation. The many wise and progressive measures adopted at recent sessions of congress have demonstrated the patriotic resolve of Republican leadership in the legislative department to keep step in the forward march toward better government. Notwithstanding the indefensible filibustering of a Democratic minority in the house of representatives during the last session. many wholesome and progressive laws were enacted and we especially commend the passage of the emergency currency bill; the appointment of a national monetary commission; the employers' and government liability laws: the measures for the greater efficiency of the army and navy; the widows' pension bill: the child labor law for the district of Columbia: the new statutes for the safety of railroad engineers and firemen. and many other acts conserving the public welfare. Republican Pledges For the Future. "The Republican party declares unequivocally for a revision of the tariff by a special session of congress immediately following the inauguration of the next president, and commends the steps already taken to this end in the work assigned to the appropriate committees of congress which ure now investigating the operation and effect of existing schedules. In all tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together wkh a reasonable profit to American industries. We favor the establishment of maximum and minimum rates to be administered by the president under limitations fixed in the law. the maximum to be available to meet discrimination by foreign countries against American goods entering their markets, and the minimum to represent the normal measure of protection at home; the aim ami purpose of the Republican party being not only to preserve, without excessivf duties, that security against foreign competition to which American manufacturers, farmers and producers ar? entitled, but also to maintain the high standard of living of the wage earners of this country, who are the most direct beneficiaries of the protective system. "Between the United States and the Philippines we believe in a free interchange of products with such limitations as to sugar and tobacco as will afford adequate protection to domestic interests. Currency. "We approve the emergency measures adopted by the government during the recent financial disturbances, and especially commend the passage by congress at the last session of the law designed to protect the country from a repetition of such stringency. The Republican party is committed to the development of a permanent currency system responding to our greater needs, and the appointment of the national monetary I commission by the present congress, which will impartially investigate all proposed methods, insures the early realization of this purpose. The present currency laws have fully justified their adoption, but an expanding commerce, a marvelous growth in wealth and population, multiplying (he centers of distribution, increasing the demand for the movement of crops in the west and south, and entailing periodic changes in monetary condition, disclose the need of a more elastic and adaptable system. Such a system must meet the requirements of agriculturists, manufacturers, merchants and business men generally; must be automatic in operation, minimizing the fluctuations In interest rates, and above all must be in harmony with that Republican doctrine which insists that every dollar shall be based upon and as good as gold. Postal Savings. "We favor the establishment of a postal savings bank system for the convenience of the people and the encouragement of thrift. Trusts. "The Republican party passed the Sherman anti-trust law over Democratic opposition, and enforced it after Democratic dereliction. It has been a wholesome instrument for good in the hands of a wise and fearless administration. But experience has shown that its effectiveness can be strengthened and its real objects better attained by such amendments as will give to the federal government greater supervision and control over, and secure greater publicity, the management of the class of corporations engaged in interstate commerce having power and opportunity to effect monoplies. Railroads. "We approve the enactment of the railroad rate law, and the vigorous enforcement by the present administration of the statutes against rebates and discriminations, as a result of which the advantages formerly possessed by the large shipper over the small shipper have substantially disappeared. And in this connection we commend the appropriation by the present congress to enable the interstate commerce commission to thoroughly investigate and give publicity to the accounts of interstate railroads. "We believe, however, that the inter-state. commerce law should be further amended so as to give railroads the right to make and publish traffic agreements subject to the approval of the commission, but maintaining always the principle of competition between naturally competing lines and avoiding the common control of such lines by any means whatsoever. We favor such national legislation and supervision as will prevent the future over-issue of stocks and bonds by interstate carriers. Railroad and government Employes. "The enactment in constitutional form at the present session of congress of the employers' liability law, the passage and enforcement of the safety appliance statutes, as well as the additional protection secured by engineers and firemen, the reduction in the hours of labor of trainmen and railroad telegraphers, the successful exercise of the powers of meditation and arbitration between interstate railroads and their employes, and the law making a beginning in the policy of compensation for injured employes of the government, are among the most commendable accomplishments of the present administration. But there is another work in this direction yet to be done, and the Republican nartv pledges its continued devotion to every cause that makes for safety and the betterment of conditions among those whose labor contributes so much to the progress and welfare of the country. Wage Earners Generally. "The same wise policy which has induced the Republican party to maintain protection to American labor. to establish an eight hour day in the construction of all public works, to increase the list of employes who shall have preferred claims for wages under the bankruptcy laws, to adopt a child labor statute for the District of Columbia, to direct an investigation into the condition of working women and children and. later, of employes of telephone and telegraph companies engaged in interstate business, to appropriate $150,000 at the recent session for inquiry into the causes of catastrophes and loss of life In mines and to amend and strengthen the law prohibiting the importation of contract labor, will be punished in every legitimate direction within federal authority to lighten the burdens and increase the opportunity for happiness and advancement for all who toil. "The Republican party recognizes the special needs of wage workers generally, for their well-being means tin. u'aI 1 -nolr>tr of nil Hilt more im pnrtant than all other considerations is that of good citizenship, anil we especially stand for the needs of every man, whatever his occupation, in his capacity as a self-respecting citizen. Court Procedure. '"The Republican party will uphold at all times the authority and integrity of the courts, state and Federal, and will ever insist that their powers to enforce their process and to protect life, liberty and property Shall be preserved inviolate. We believe, however, that the rules of procedure in the federal courts with respect to the issuance of the writ of injunction should be more accurately defined by statute and that no injunction or temporary restraining order should be issued without notice, except where irreparable injury would result from delay, in which case a speedy hearing therefore should be granted. The American Farmer. "Among those whose welfare is as vital to the welfare of the whole country as is that of the wage earner is the American farmer. The prosperity of the country rests peculiarly upon the prosperity of agriculture. The Republican party during the last twelve years has accomplished extraordinary work in bringing the resources of the national government to the aid of the farmer, not only in advancing agriculture itself, but increasing the conveniences of rural life. Free rural mail delivery has been established; it now reaches millions of our citizens, and we favor its extension until every community in the land receives the full benefits of the postal service. We recognize the social and economic advantages of good country roads, maintained more and more largely at public expense, and less and less at the expense of the abutting owner. In this work we commend the growing practice of state aid, and we approve the efforts of the national agricultural department by experiments and otherwise to make clear to the public the best methods of road construction. Rights of the Negro. "The Republican party has been for more than fifty years the consistent friend of the American negro. It gave hint freedom and citizenship. It wrote Into the organic law the declarations that proclaim his civil and political [ rights, and It believes today that his noteworthy progress in intelligence, industry and good citizenship has earned the respect and encouragement of the nation. We demand equal justice for all men, without regard to race or color. We declare once more, and without reservation, for the enforcement In letter and spirit .of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution, which were designed for the protection and advancement of the negro, and we condemn all devices that have for their real aim his disfranchisement for reasons of color alone, as unfair. un-American and repugnant to the supreme law of the land. National Resources and Waterways "We indorse the movement inaugurated by the administration for the conservation of natural resources; we approve all measures to prevent the waste of timber: we commend the work now going on for the reclamation of arid lands, and reailirin the Republican policy of the free distribution of the available areas of public domain to the landless settler. No obligation of the future is more insistent and none will result in greater blessings to posterity. In line with this splendid undertaking is the further duty, equally imperative, to en ter upon a systematic improvement upon a large and comprehensive plan ?just to all portions of the country? of waterways, .harbors and Great Lakes, whose natural adaptability to the increasing traffic of the land is one of the greatest gifts of Providence. The Army and Navy. "The 60th congress passed many commendable acts increasing the efficiency of the army and navy; making the militia of the states an integral part of the national establishment; authorizing joint maneuvers of army and militia; fortifying new naval bases and completing the construction of coaling stations; instituting a female nurse corps for naval hospitals and ships, and adding two new battleships, ten torpedo boat destroyers, three steam colliers and eight submarines to the strength of the navy. Although at peace with ail the world, and secure in the consciousness that the American people do not desire and will not provoke a war with any other country, we nevertheless declare our unalterable devotion to a policy that will keep this republic ready at all times to defend her traditional doctrines and assure her appropriate part in promoting permanent tranquillity among the nations. Attention of American Citizen Abroad. "We commend the vigorous efforts made by the administration to protect American citizens in foreign lands, and pledge ourselves to insist upon the just and equal protection of all our citizens abroad. It is the unquestioned duty of the government to procure for all our citizens, without distinction, the rights of travel and sojourn in friendly countries, and we declare ourselves in favor of all proper efforts tending to that end. Extension of Foreign Commerce. "Under the administration of the Republican party the foreign commerce of t he United States has experienced a remarkable growth until It has a present annual valuation of approximately three billions of dollars and gives employment to a vast amount of labor and capital which would otherwise be idle. It has inaugurated through the recent visit of the secretary of state to South America and Mexico a new era of panAmerican commerce and comity which is bringing us into close touch Willi UUI iwrmjf aiain nuici ivau ?v publics, having a common historical heritage, a republican form of government and offering us a limitless field of legitimate commercial expansion. Arbitration and the Hague Treaties. "The conspicuous contributions of American statesmanship to the great cause of international peace so signally advanced in the Hague conferences are an occasion for just pride and gratification. At the last session of the senate of the United States eleven Hague conventions were ratified, establishing the rights of neutrals, laws of war on land, restriction of submarine mines, limiting the use of force for the collection of the contractual debts governing the opening of hostilities, extending the application of Geneva principles and in many ways lessening the evils of war and prompting the peaceful settlement of international controversies. At the same session twelve arbitration conventions with great nations were confirmed, and extradition, boundary and naturalization treaties of supreme importance were ratified. We indorse such achievements as the highest duty a people can perform and proclaim the obligation of further strengthening the bonds of friendship and good will with all the nations of the world. Merchant Marine. "We adhere to the Republican doctrine of encouragement to American shipping and urge such legislation as will revive the merchant marine prestige of the country, so essential to national defense, the enlargement of the foreign trade and the industrial prosperity of our own people. Veterans of the Wars. "Another Republican policy which must be ever maintained is that of generous provision for those who have fought the country's battles and for the widows and orphans of those who have fallen. We commend the increase in the widows' pensions by the present congress and declare for a liberal administration of all pension laws to the end that the people's gratitude may grow even as the memories of heroic sacrifice grow more sacred with the passing years. Civil Service. "We reaffirm our former declarations that the civil service laws enacted, extended and enforced by the Republican party, shall continue to be maintained and obeyed. Public Health. "We commend the efforts designed to secure greater efficiency in national public health agencies and favor such legislation as will effect this purpose. Bureau of Mines and Mining. "In the interest of the great mineral industries of our country we earnestly favor the establishment of a bureau of mines and mining. Cuba, Porto Rico, Philippines. "The American government, in Republican hands, has freely given peace and protection to Porto Rico and the Philippines under our flag, and begun the construction of the Panama canal. Tne present conuitions In Cuba vindicate the wisdom of maintaining. between that republic and this, imperishable bonds, of mutual interest, and the hope is now expressed that the Cuban people will soon again be ready to assume complete sovereignty over their land. In Porto Rico the government of the United States is meeting loyal and patriotic support, order and prosperity prevail and the well being of the people is in every respect promoted and conserved. We believe that the native inhabitants of Porto Rico should be at once collectively made citizens of the United States, and that all others properly qualified under existing laws residing in said island should have the privilege of becoming naturalized. "In the Philippines insurrection has been suppressed, law established and life and property made secure. "Education and practical experience are there advancing the capacity of the people for the government, and the policies of McKinley and Roosevelt are leading the inhabitants step by step to an ever-increasing measure of home rule. Times have justified the selection of the Panama route for the great Isthmian canal, and events have shown the wisdom of securing authority over the zone in which it is to be built. The work is now progressing with a rapidity far beyond expectation. and already the realization of the hopes of centuries has come within the visions of the near future. New Mexico and Arizona. "We favor the immediate admission of the territories of New Mexico and Arizona as separate states in the Union. Lincoln Centenary. "Feb. 12, 1909, will be the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, an immortal spirit whose fame has brightened with the receding years, and whose name stands among the first of those given to the world by this great republic. We recommend that this centennial anniversary be celebrated throughout the confines of the nation, by all the people thereof: and especially by the public schools, as an exercise to stir the patriotism of the youth of the land. Democratic Incapacity For Govammant "We call the attention of the American people to the fact that none of the great measures here advocated by the Republican party could be enacted. and none of the steps forward here proposed could be taken under a Democratic administration or under one In which party responsibility Is divided. The continuance of present policies, therefore, absolutely requires the continuance in power of that party which believes in them and which possesses the capacity to put them Into ODeratlon. Difference Between Parties Defined. "Beyond all platform declaration there are fundamental differences between the Republican party and Its chief opponent which make the one worthy and the other unworthy of public trust. In history, the difference between Democracy and RepublicanIsm Is that the one stood for debased currency, the other for honest currency; the one for free silver, the other for sound money: the one for free trade, the other for protection: the one for the contraction of American influence, the other for its expansion: the one has been forced to abandon every position taken on the great Issues before the people, the other has held and vindicated all. In experience, the difference between Democracy and Republicanism Is that one means adversity, while the other means prosperity; one means low wages, the other means confidence and thrift. In principle the differences between Democracy and Republicanism is that one stands for vacillation and timidity in government, the other for' strength and purpose; one stands for obstruction, the other for construction; one promises, the other performs; one finds fault, the other finds work. "The present tendencies of the two parties are even more marked by Inherent differences. The trend of the Democracy Is toward Socialism, while the Republican party stands for a wise and regulated individualism. Socialism would destroy wealth, Republiclanlsm would prevent Its abuse. Socialism would give to each an equal right to take, Republicanism would give to each an equal right to earn. Socialism would offer an equality of possession which would soon leave no one anything to possess; Republicanism would give equality of opportunity which would assure to each his share of a constantly increasing sum of possessions. In line with this tendency the Democratic party of today believes In government ownership, while the Republican party believes in government regulation. Ultimately Democracy would have the nation own the people, while Republicanism would have the people own the nation. Upon this platform of principles and purposes, reaffirming our adherence to every Republican doctrine proclaimed since the birth of the party, we go before the country, asking the support, not only of those who have acted with us heretofore, but of < all our fellow citizens who, regardless of past political differences, unite in their desire to maintain the policies, perpetuate the blessings and make secure the achievements of a greater America. THE NEWSPAPER AS IT 18. Details About Its Needs. Its Resources and Its Ways of Making a Living. Newspaper making, like government, is first of all a business. Statesmanship is the ability to make compromises; government Is regulated by the necessities even more than by the ideals of the people. Newspaper making Is no better and no worse. Ideals are essential to a proper grasp of newspaper's possibilities, as well as of its limitations, but plain business sagacity, well-directed hard work, and comprehensive recognition of the demands of the public make the nation's newspapers what they are. the great power In the national life, says a writer In Appleton's Magazine. T-he American people form the Jury that passes on all newspapers, the jury that every newspaper maker anu every business man has to meet, sooner or later. It may be said that newspapers print much matter that may be useless and worthless. Any newspaper doing this soon finds Itself behind in the race of competition: the people decide what they wish, and will have It. Newspapers simply meet the demand of the age, In size and quality, as the shoe manufacturer meets the demand of the public when he puts out his leading style of shoes. The people know what best fits their own feet. The value of a paper's advertising depends on the character of Its circulation, that Is, whether It is a homeread paper, or one read only In street cars and other public places. The most prosperous papers In the United States are those that go Into the home. The women of the household are the buyers of the family supplies, If not actually their Ideas prevail. To reach them is the aim of every newspaper advertiser who has anything to sell which can be used In the home. This reaching for home circulation on the part of publishers and advertisers has the important effect of raising the tone of the papers. The advertising columns of a newspaper are a public place, which a man may enter by paying a fee. It Is the aim of the average editor to keep objectionable advertising out of his paper: and the public would scarcely believe how large a quantity Is excluded. As evidence that the cleanest advertising pays best, one may consider who are the largest advertisers In the great city dailies. They are the great . dry goods merchants. Their advertising is as timely and fresh as news, and is as such a legitimate part of the paper. Their returns are commensurate with their outlay; otherwise they would not spend as high as $2,000 for a single day's advertising, for the merchant is no philanthropist in his advertising. Having attained his circulation by conducting a clean and able paper, and having gained sufficient advertising business to make the paper pay the publisher has achieved one of the most difficult feats in modern business. He must make his goods, as well as sell them, and upon his manner of making them, of dressing up the raw material depends his success. First of all he must be fair. He must always assume there are two sides to every story, and that the under dog may have some rights. He must be careful to print no piece of news that might injure an innocent person. He must give equal prominence to the statements of both parties in a political contest, and to reports of the meetings of both sides, and the utterances of both candidates. The most successful newspapers in the United States today are conducted along those lines. The day of the party organ has passed.