Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 34, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 May 1908 — Page 3
JOIH TE II
HE IS THE IDEAL AMERICAN CITIZEN AND STATESMAN. A MAN OF THE PEOPLE His Record of Achievement a Guaran. tae to the Nation Compared Favorably with Lincoln a Self-Made Man. ! ha H To.aa. a lawyer of Anacon- : Mont., a Melons actual nUaco and tru ml of Gov. John A. Johnson of Mln-.-.wa. writes In renarü ;o t);e lauer' :i'lidacy: "You are taking the proper steps a campaign of education is what ic needed to secure hii nomination. Once let the American people get close to this man, learn his early history and struggles, as I know them;, feel his friendship, as I have felt it; see his Intense love and kindness for his fellow men, as I have seen it, and no power on earth can deter them from placing him at the head of our federal government" Mr. Tolan has summed up briefly (mo side of the great sovernor of MlnKtota. Ho is a moat lovable roan a man who makes friends of all whom meets. In this respect, as In some oTl.er. ho has been compared to the i;rat Lincoln. Gov. Johnson Is a man of the people. Not even Lincoln came op from greater obscurity and greater poverty than ho virile governor of Minnesota. He understands the iteople as perhaps x man in American public life since Lincoln has understood them and the people understand him. As a Democrat. Gov. Johnson ap peals to the thoughtful members of hi party, because he Is preeminently qualified to unite and blend its discord ant elements Into a competent, enthusiastic, well-organized militant political force. Gov. Johnson anneals to the people regardless of party, because he has a record of achievement behind him that guarantees that if he is chosen to the jcreat office or president be would 311 it in a manner wholly satisfactory to a vast majority of the plain jeople of America. Poor Swedish Immigrants. Gov. Johnson's mother and father v.-ort- poor Immigrants from Sweden the former arriving in St. Peter. Minn., in 1&52. and the father a year later. They were married in 1SS. Tbo father was a blacksmith in Sweden, and took up his trade in his new home, conducting at first a small blacksmith shop in the country atar St. Peter. Later the fanil'. moved into th? village, and It was here. July 21. 15-SL that the son J.hn a born. The father was cursed with th- drink bablt ar.d. in cons-: quenee. after a few years of prosperity the family was reduced to desperate straits. So dire was their poverty that the mother bad to take In wasLinj? for a living, and th son. John, aend as her delivery bo;r. When In hlK twelfth year, the destitution of the little family, consisting of the mother ar.d father and three children, bad reached such a point that John begged h:s mother for permission to quit school in order to help her. She relictantly consented, fearing that her tm would never be able to return to school. This fear was fully Justified, for after that time the future governor of Minnesota knew the four walls of the schoolroom no more. The boy went to work in a general store in the village at $10 a month, and every cent o this generous salary was turned Into the family treasury. His spare moments from the store were still devoted to delivering laua-d-y for his mother, and the earnings tif mother and son were sufficient to keep the little establishment Roinc. As time went on their condition improved with John's increasing salary. Two ears after solus to work be was rereiving 512 a month: soon he was getting more. From this time on the mother was not compelled to work for the family maintenance. The sen punided the entire Income, and the mother returned to her proper work of housekeeping and earing for the family. From the general store. John went into a drug tor-. where he stayed for about twelve years and be came a licensed pharmacist. Later ho wan employed by a rallcay contractor in Minnesota and Iowa, and at that time. In his early 20", his Income averased about $7 a month. All this time, whether at home or away, he regarded himself as the head and main stay of the family, and provided fnnds In addition for educating tbo brother and sister who survived early chili hood. Not Embittered bv Poverty. Although John had thus to leave school so oarly In lire, ho did not cot re to educate himself. He became a great student and soon read every book in the village library. It is noteworthy that the first three books he One Drawback. Olive WLnt ea imrrw raat It will be A tho tine over cornea when every hulv ran get a sent in the street car Vic!?: Oh. I don't know. A glr: won!d never be sure then that she wa. pre:ty. Puck. As It Really Is. Beggar Please, sir, will you lend me a penny to get something to eat? Gentleman You've got sixpence in your band now. What's that for? Beggar That's lo Uv the waiter.
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two hixtorle uf tho conquest t fern and Mexico and Scott s Ivanboe. While thus extending his know, edge &ad intellectual horizon, he at all tinun grew in the other nolda si life. Hard as his atruggle had be-n. he did not bevoin embittered by it. but took am larse a oart ah iuhII1 in th vtt. läge social life. lie seldom missed a j dance, no attended church and belonsMi to the choir. II WtlnoJ th various fraternal lodges, after the I nabit or men in small villages. lie w hnonii to everybody In the village. anl everybody as his friend. He was interested in life. mit nnlv hl own life, but the life led by all his friends and neighbors. The turning point in Gov. Johnson's career the uolnt from which he began to be a public man came with the opportunity to become editor of the village paperthe St. Peter Herald. That the opixtrtmiity was given to him. a man who had boon without any news I-aper training or preparation was proor that early in life ho began to imnress those who knew him as a man nrovided with a natural equip ment which rpiallfled him to undertake almost any rosnonsiblllty. The owners of the paper picked him out as the man they wanted for oditor. He Immediately arose to the opportunity. He deroloped great aptitude for the now work, and with it took nn a larger service In the community. Sitting around the bis stave In the drug store during the long winter eve nings, he had imbibed Democratic doc trines from the local politicians who had congregated there, and. as tlmo went on. he became Used In his belief in Democratic political tenets and a loyal adherent of the party, jonnson had a natural gift for speaking, anu as he had now become a man of note In his little home community, he had many opportunities to exorcise this gift, and soon enmo to be recognizeu as a fluent, easy, adaptable speaker, al ways certain to say tho right thing at the right time, and always sure to say something worth hearing. Between his speaking ability, his ability as an editor, and his remarkable mixing qualities, ho was scarcely 30 years old when he was recognized as the lean ing Democratic oditor of Minnesota. First Political Contest. The sovernor's first nolltical contest came in 1MH. when he was nominated for the state senate, but although he made a gallant fight he was not able to overcome the Republican majority. In 1S9R. nominated to the state senate aaln. he made a lively campaign on state issues, and this time victory was with him. He served through two ses sions of the legislature, and his log s latlve career was chlelly notable for the le&denhiD of his Darty in the sue cessful contest for a gross earnings tax on the Minnesota railways. At the end of his legislative term, the Demo cratic leaders of the state wanted to nominate him for governor, but John son conjldered the situation hopeless an I declined the honor, instead, no took the nomination for state senate again. But this time he was defeated by a small majority. In 1001 he was persuaded, however, to accept tne Democratic nomination, and. after be ing nominated by acclamation, he olunsed Into a whirlwind campaign. He made 103 speeches in 4 out or the 84 counties of the state, and these speeches were remarkable for the fact that they were positive rather than negative. He did not attack his op portent or Indulge In personalities, but spoke always of state arcalrs anu neeu ed reforms. This was in a presiden tlal year, when Roosevelt enthusiasm was at its height In every Republican state. But when the votes wer' count ed in November It was ft. and that the people of the state at large had learned tn love, honor, admire and respect John A. Johnson, as had the people of bis native village. Although President Koosevelt carried the state by the hitherto unknown plurality of 161.000. Johnson wis elected by about S.G00. After an administration of two years, which made good every pre-election nramiee. Gov. Johnson came once again before the peoplo of Minnesota with tho slogan, "One good term ueserves another." making 119 speeches tn 42 davs. This time, withcut any nrosideutlal canvass to distract tlr t from state issues and personalities. the governor was re-elected by a piu mittv of 77.000 being the largest piu rallty ever given to a L'ubernatorlal candidate in Minnesota. And it is by virtue of that handsome public verdict of approval that Gov. Johnson to-day sits in his oölce In the magnlficont marble cnpttol at St. Paul perhaps the finest specimen or state nrchltoc oir in America, outside of Washing ton looked up to with genuine love. respect and confidence by the 2,000.000 people of Minnesota. A Great Record. In the four years that he has been ciuornor. John A. Johnson has accom tuhori crent things in Minnesota. He and his tax-reforming appointees have Increased the assessed valuation of tho fnlted States Stool corporation from $32.000.000 to $100,000.000, and in lieu of further Increase of taxation, the stool corporation is now building a J20.0O0.0eO plant In Duluth. Owing to his onergy railway rate? have oeen reduced, partly voluntarily, Cunning and Discretion. Cunning has only private selfish sticks nt nothing wnicn ma aVU7a wave them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and. like a well-formed eye, commands a w uutu horizon: cunning Is a king oi snonthat discovers the minut est objects which are near at hand, t.... t nnt nhlo to desccrn things UUk at a distance. Discretion, the more It Is discovered, gives a greater authority to tho person who possesses
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WHEN WEALTH GETTING BECOMES A CRIME. Personally I would rather be able to write a book that would live a hundred years than be able to amass wealth that would enable those who inherit it to live for generations In luxury, and yet the amassing of wealth may be of vast Industrial service to the country and to those who seek honcct work and wages. But wealth (jetting becomes a crime when the man obtains it by the sale of all his finer Instlnctc, by the sacrifice of his character, by the violation of the nation's laws and by trespass upon the rights of others to the pursLit of liberty and happiness. It is this spirit and not the thing which determines the nobility of a career and the degree of success. The highest victories may be what the world calls failures. GOV. JOHN A. JOHNSON.
and partly by warehouse commission regulation and legislative enactment, lrom 10 to 30 per cent. The two-cent railway passenger rate was secured In Minnesota. Largely due to his initiative the system of taxation was reformed, and an expert commission of throe able men appointed to deal with the taxation problem; laws were passed providing for the equitable tax ation of sleeping car companies; a modern law of mortgage taxation was also enacted; reciprocal demurrage laws were adopted; orders of the railroad and warehouse commission were made Immediately effective. In the Interests of labor a free state employ ment bureau was created and Is con ducted with the best results. A great system for the drainage of state swamp lands was Inaugurated. A law was passed providing for municipal ownership of public utilities. The state of Minnesota has long conducted a twine factory with prison labor, the object being to supply the farmers of the state with a binding twjne for harvesting their, crops at a reasonable price and protect them from the ex cessive charges of the cordage trust. To compote with this fact try, the trust constru-Uod a twine plant within the state. Gov. Johnson's .-r.swer was n request to Ute legislature for authority to sell the product of the state twine plant outside as woll as within the state. At Gov. Johnson's suggestion railway passes were abolished In Min nesota. The governor's part in the insurance reforms of recent years is too well known to require attention here, be yond allusion to the fact that Presl dent Koosevelt publicly recognized him as the leader In tho nation-wide campaign for reformation of the great insuranco companies. Gov. Johnson Is a man of strict cd heronce to political principle, but he does not believe In confusing every passing fancy or fad with political principle. He believes that there aro a few basic political Ideas which char acterize Democracy. He Is not a man who was a Republican yesterday, a Democrat to-day and an Independent to-morrow. Throughout his career ho has been a Democrat. Although there can be no question that Gov. Johnson Is a believer In sweeping tariff reforms, and a believer in the necessity for vigorous Icgisla tion to meet certain modern industrial conditions, he has such an abundance of common sense, so much intellectual balance, and is so tactful in his metnods that he achieves his ende without that excessive friction and violent dis turbance that has been characteristic of some of our recent reformers. Gov. Johnson is a big man. He Is not wed ded to a particular political fad. He Is in statesmanship something of an opportuuitisL Although guided by some big principles, he prefers to decide questions as they come up on their individual presentation. As a Democratic candidate he Is strong, because between his genuine devotion to reform and h. careful and effective methods of getting reforms, ho should have no dlfllculty in uniting in his support both the conservative and radical elements in Lis party. This should Insure him the normal Democratic strength, carrying with it, of course, the solid south and such states as Xow York and New Jersey. In addition, Gov. Johnson will draw an immense Republican vote trom Scandinavian-American citizens, as well na other classes, in such states as Illinois. Wisconsin. Minnesota. North and South Dakota, Montana. Nebraska and Washington. There Is no quostloi that he could carry Minnesota and the two Dakotas, Wisconsin and Illinois. Family Life. T hero Is at the present time In Eng land an ill-defined but widespread sense of uneasiness cauEod by an apparent disintegration of family llf. Funlly relationships and tho homo training of children sometimes scorn threatened by tho Udo of social and Industrial development Manchcste? Guardian. Proof. "You think Count Fucash is honest in his desire to pay his debts?" "Certainly." answered the personal friend, "his wish to marry nn American heiress provo3 It" Washington Star. Demand for Wooden Piles. Holland has a perennial necessity for wooden piles. In Rotterdam harbor works of all kinds demand them und the drainage of the Zuyder Zee It steadily proceeds throws out Ita wooden ramparts in all dlreclloa.
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TOJDE ACRE. VHAT MR. KALTENBRUNNER HAS TO SAY ABOUT HIS GRAIN CROPS IN CENTRAL CANADA. Writing from Regina, Saskatche wan, Central Canada, Mr. A. Ka.tenbrunnor writes: "Some years ago I took up a homostead for myself, and also ono for my son. Tho half section which wo own adjoins tho Mooso Jaw Crook; is a low, level and heavy land. Wo put In 70 acres of wheat In stubble wlilch went 20 bushels to tho acre, and 30 acres of summer fallow, which went 25 bushels to tho acre. All the wheat we harvested this year Is No. 1 Hard. That means tho best wheat that can be raised on tho earth. Wo did not sell any wheat yet, as wo Intend to keep ono part for our own seed, and sell the other part to people who want first class seed, for there is no doubt if you sow good wheat you will harvest good wheat Wo also threshed 9,000 bushels of first clas3 oats out of 1C0 acres. SO acres has been fall plowing, which yielded 90 bushels per acre, and SO acres stubble, which went 30 bushels to tho acre. These oats aro the best kind that can be raised. Wo 'have shipped three carloads of them, and got 53 cents per bushel clear. All our grain was cut in the last week of the month of August before any frost could touch it. "Notwithstanding the fact that wc have had a late spring, and that the weather conditions this year were very adverse and unfavorable, we will make more money out of our crop this year than last. "For myself I feel compelled to say that Western Canada crops cannot b-a checked, even by unusual conditions." Information 'regarding free homestead lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta may be had on appli cation to any Canadian Government Agent, whose advertisement appears elsewhere. He will give you Informa tion as to best route and what It will cost you to reach these lands for pur poses of Inspection. Use Where Needed. Starboarder I'm going to buy the landlady a bottle of hair restorer. Hallroom Why she seems to have a good head of hair. Starboarder Oh, hers Is all right I'm going to get her to use it on tho mattresses. Philadelphia Record. Cmportant to Mothers. Examlno carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and seo that it TV It,,. Signature lUlczSJZT&aM In Uso For Over ,'JO Years. Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought Necessities. Knicker Do you favor a school of Journalism in the universities? Bocker There should bo three; ono on how to run papers, ono on how to keep out of them and ono on how to get Into them. It Cures While You Walk. Allen's Foot-Eise ia a certain cure for hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching feet. Sold by all Druggists Price 25c. Don t accept any substitute. Trial package i RlifcAddress Allen S. Olmsted. Lo Roy, N. Modern Explanation. Freshman Did your father cut your allowance on account of that lark? Sophomore No indeed; probably on account of some business misconduct of his In tho past Every Woman in this vicinity will be Bind to know that local grocers now have in stock "OUU PIE." a preparation in throe varieties for1 making Lemon. Chocolate and Custard pies. Each 10-cent paeknge makes two pies. Be sure and order to-day. "Put up by D-Zerta Co., Hochester, NA." We dally cast over each other an Influence for good or evil. Let us not bo tho occasion of misleading others by our silence when we ought to speak. Newman. GARFIELD Digestive Tablets. From your druggist, or tho Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y, 25c per bottle. The fact that some men aro selfmade Is stamped on the wrapper. Lewis' Single Hinder cigar richet, mo?t ratfofving smoke on the market. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, l'coria. 111. Some people are always looking for an excuse to make an excuse. SOLDIERS' WIDOWS Arrll 1. t!M. '"narr. p"! l" ctnir all Idowf otriTll Warilitim.halnirWdaj- honnrmlilerlce, a tnlon of !I te. ir month Write -i tor pT. UYINOTUN A WIUON AUya. Washington, 1). U i wo red or no !. Mono jr od- 1 . vitncrd to wcuro parn. ..r-i fci." Hont KUKK. JOHN r. flKAl" CO., WuahlnRton. I. C PUTNAM C4t mMA. farUMt tut nttr eeteri than anr KaVS 97
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Weary Waggs Say. lady, would yez mind lendln' mo a dime fer car faro? I'm do Due do Chilblalnes In disguise, an' I'm on mo way to keep an appoint ment with a heiress! ffn.Tr or Onto. Citt or Toido. t Tinner of tbo firm ot t . J. Cnmir & Co . duioe torcaid, and thu tM firm will pr the turn of nrtiirrt rtrii l 1 liO. fnw rh euri rrv cito of CATAXBtz ttut cas nut be cared by the uie of """"" Fit AN K J. CflEXEr. Sworn to be fore roe and iubcriit la ra jr pretence, tattCUUV ot December. A. .;0LEAS0Si EALJ NOTAKT I'CBLIO. HalrTctttrrh Care ! Uken Jnteraallf nl cu directly en (be blood od tnucoai iarfcci of toe iTitem. ßend forteitlrounUl. frje. 1 F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O. Bold br II DnigKlHi. 75c Tke HUl'Fmllr H1U for conitlDiUon. Revenge's Furious Appetite. He who, from a natural sweetness and facility of temper, should despise injuries received, would doubtless do a very great and a very laudable thing; but he who, provoked and nettled to tho quick by an offense, should fortify himself with the arms of reason against the furious appetite of revenge, and, after a great conflict, master his own passion, would doubtless do a great deal more. Montaigne. Once In a great while a woman actually believes that her husband knows as much as he thinks he knows The successful manicurist has plenty of business on hand. NATURE AND A WOMAN'S WORK LYDIA E. PINKHAM Nature and a woman's work combined havo produced the grandest remedy for woman's ills that tho world has ever known. In the pood old-fashioned days of our grandmothers they relied upon tho roots and herbs of tho field to euro diseaso and mitigate suffering. Tho Indians on our Western Plains to-day can produce roots and herbs for every ailment, and euro diseases that bafflo tho most skilled physicians who have spent years in i flin cfmiv rvf flmro From tho roots and herbs of the field Lydia E. Pinkhain more than thirty years ago gave to tho women of the world a remedy for their peculiar ills, more potent and effica cious than any combination oiarugs. Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound is now recognized as tho standard remedy for woman's ills. Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 X.C. St., Louisiana, Mo., writes: Completo restoration to health means so much to me that for tho sake of other suffering women I am willing to make my troubles public For twelve years I had been suffering' with tho worst forms of female ills. During that time I had eleven different physicians without help. Iso tongue can tell what I suffered, and at times I could har'y walk. About two years ago I wrote Sirs. Pinkham for advice. I followed it, and can truly say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice restored health and strength. It is worth mountains of gold to suffering W Vliat Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Muif, it will do for ottier siuienng women. SHOES AT ALL rpnicEs. ron every MEMBER orTH' FAMILY.
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Mr. Ssndors Makes Declaration as teHIs Position. "Gl' me the kind of love we have lit Gcorgy, whar tho gal knows she's got a lover of she gits a stick of red streaked candy by tho hand of a mosncngor though I'vo know'd a stick or peppermint candy to break up amatch, bekazo tho feller didn't havsense enough to sond a thrlp wuth or lemon drapu," Mr. Sanders concluded "I novor soo a feller In lovo but what. I want" to tell him for to keep hlahacda off'n the door knob, an' I never soo a gal looking kinder sticky aroundi tho mouth but what I wantor say: 'Good luck, honey! Come an' bti3 your Uncle Hilly! I wish 'em all well, an' I'm allors glad when a gal gita a beau-lover. It keeps the worldL a-movln', an' helps civilization along. Hard work an' a weak stomach has kept me out'n the rush, but thar alnt a lovor in tho wido world that kin. run away from my blessln'." Joel Chandler Harris, In Uncle Remus' Magazine. Through Struggle to Repose. Struggle and anguish have thcljplace in every genulno life, but they are tho stages through which It advances to a strength which Is full or repose. Mabie. Favourite Warm baths with Cuticura Soap followed, when necessary, by gentle anointings with Cuticura, the great Skin Cure, preserve, purify and beautify the skin, scalp,, hair and hands of infants and children, relieve eczemas, rashes, itchings, irritations and chafings, permit rest and sleep and point to a. speedy removal of torturing, dteficrnrincr humours when all else fails. ---CT - .. . . . May b used from the hoar of birth. Sold ihrouchont the world. Dpoti: London. 17.. Charmoou" bl.; ran, a. nue iei , .aibui. i- 1 1 t L rvt Un4n.v !fi(! Tl K 1 'ft !1 1 Calcutta; China. Hon? Konir Dru Co.; Japan Marupi. LtdVToMo. HuwUv Ffrreln. Mowows ?o. Atrira. Lcnnon. Ltd.. Cape Town, etc.; U S.A. lottr Drue Chpra. Corp.. Pole Prop . Hoioa. oj-Poat rrec Cuticura Ilooilet oa the titou WIDOWS' unJpr N EW LAV; obtalne Vc2Tif-Ti2 JOHN W. MORRIS. PATENTS j . w.u.. x. CI.... patont Attaiw tier, .hinirton. I. 0. Adrto try. Term loir, lllghwt C. a. n. K. Fair Color tfHt$ Be Equallad At Anj Price xelunttlr. pnooii arapea on iuu. Tnkr Xo Hutitlttit mailed trm f aetorr to mrir p.vx 01 mo wonj. iuu-
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