Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1908 — Offical Vote Announced. [ARTICLE]

Offical Vote Announced.

The total popular vote of the various presidential candidates at the last national election was made known Tuesday in an official form by the filing of the last of the official votes, that of Michigan. The totals show the following votes cast: Taft (republican) 7,637,676 Bryan (democrat) 6,393,182 Debs (socialist) 447,651 Chafln (prohib) 241,2,8 Hisgen (ind) 83,186 j . Watson (pop) 33,871 1 Gillhaus (soc labor) 15,421 Total for all -.14,852,239 President Roosevelt is the subject of a scathing article in the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer’s paper, replying to the president’s chastizement of Pulitzer in a special message to congress relating to the alleged Panama canal scandal. The president charges Pulitzer with having wontonly made false charges against the administration, against Chas. P. Taft and Douglas Robinson, in relation to the canal deal, and threatens prosecuion if there is any way to get at the offending newspaper through the federal department of justice. Pulitzer assumes that Roosevelt is trying to muzzle the World and refuses to be quieted. We believe the World to be guilty of bolstering up a sentiment of doubt in the honesty of the president, and having no proof to substantiate it, -of having published many slanderous statements, in the way of rumors, with an effort to damage the president. It is a case of yellow journalism, where there was no basis for the charges but where designing writers have persistently done all in their power to create doubt with the people. And no honest man, whether president of the United States or private citizen could pass the charges unnoticed. Probably the most effective thing the president can do Is to authorize the most searching investigation by congress of the Panama canal purchase. It is impossible to quell the destructive determination of the World or to procure from papeis of that character fair and impartial treatment. Pulitzer hides behind the claim that the president would only curtail false, slanderous and liberous articles published for sensational purposes, when the publisher could ascertain their falsity by investigation. Cassius H. Barnard, living a mile from Westville, was struck in the right eye Tuesday morning by a piece of wood from a board which Ije was splitting, preparatory to killing hoga The injury, which is quite a serious one, necessitated his being take n to the Holy Family hospital at Laporte. Mike Finn was refused a liquor license at Huntington, because it was shown that he conducted a disorderly house. J. E. Nor ton was refused because he had his application published in a daily instead of a weekly publication as is required by law.