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. man who has traveled much : Server, said that he had jus candidates. , and was anathema*to r son re SS the WHAT OF i9207 (Prom the Laramie Repub|ic:) Two years hence we will have a presidential election. ready talking about cardidates and Many are al- at least three persons stand out above all others before the nution. The other day a Wyomin:: stock- d who is a good listener and a keen ob- en from Omaha to Cheyenne with an army officer on his way from New York to San Francisco, The army officer was in the metropo!is after the armistice was sig: had opportunity to hear comment from many people of high and low degree. He said that the name of Pershing Was on every tongue and that he loomed large as a candidate for president in 1920. Pershing has qualifications not possessed by other just 1 and of a globe-trotter ee apd the United States army. fe Was an In- dian fighter when the west entirely reclaimed frorh the savage, He was in the Philippines when Funston gained a reputation and “Black Jack”) was not far behind. He made for thimself buch a reputa! tion there and in Mexico that only one man was ¢hought of to !ead the A. ELF. 6. He isan exéca- tive of no mean degree and has come thru in such splendid’ form that he is naturally in the mind of every father and every mother who has a boy over there. He has looked after the, comfort, the safety and the not morals of his men and they have re-; ; . \Was quite a new idea to worry about paid him and their country by bring- ing the fight to a speedy and suc- cessful end. Is it any wonder that the army efficer heard the name of * Pershing on the lips of many Goth- amites? Then there is another candidate who has not been kept off the front pages at any time in his meteoric Even when he defeated Taft stalwart Re- publicans he kept his reputation for being great. Then when the war broke out in 1914 he was over in the van of thought leading to pre- paredness. relating to the duty of the republic znd the necessities of the hour than any other American citizen. When the Lusitania was sunk he foresaw that war was inevitable and that Uncle Sam could not evade the awful responsibility that was upon When the repeatedly flung war in our teeth he taking up the gauntlet and fighting finish. When was did come, he offered his services and his boys the front—one of never to return. His services were not accepted but he has constantly in the hearts 6f the Ame Colonel Roosevelt looms large in the minds of millions caree. us. kaiser was for toa went to them grown can people. of true Americans and he may pogsib|s serve the people of the republic their chief exequtive. strong objection that will not down fact that he has served the two terms in that capacity. Turning to the opposition party, there is The Democratic party is a one-man party. today just as much as it was when Bryan was at the zenith of his pop-! ularity. ‘hey will turn to Woodrow Wilson just as they turned time and again as The one is the people but one candidate. pledge will , history He has been something) He had a clearer vision! ‘question of iat edged err a a single term and then violated that have effect upon The fact that they have stood out against a third term not matter. They go blindly into the con- vention and nominate Woodrow Wil- no their action. for anyone will will simply for a third term. In the history of America every * war has made a president—the Civil war three, Kinley. Grant, Garfield and Mc- Will the greatest war in the of the republic the We think not. change rule? se Qe MR. GOMPERS SERVICE (From the Chicago Tribune.) Yesterday Chicago was host to the distinguished and influential man in the history of the labor movement in America one of the labor Samuel and statesmen of the world, Gompers. Returning from a remicicalte tour}, be recognized by all classes fox the im- of patriotic service abroad, to portant work he has done, Mr. Gomp-! ers faces new _ opportunities hardly less important and promisful than those upon which he has seized in the Mr. Gompers’ fluence was used in-the world strug- crisis of the war. in- gle against militarism with signal ef- fect. To him we must credit large degree the loyalty of organized in labor in the war and also the refusal of labor abroad to be drawn into the net of pacifist or-pro- The part he has courageous leadership German intrigue. played has statesmanly, and Mr. be remembered in the history of the war for it. been and Gompers will He has served wel] not only the honor and interest of labor but also the broader welfare of his country and the cduse of real demo- cracy everywhere. Mr. Gompers’ voice will carry farther, his power to serve the legitimate advancement of organized labor will be greater, his counsel more because of what he has said and done asa citizen will count for toward Prussianism. And, Mr. Gompers has work to do He has stood for the ‘sane unadulterated labor against the insidious spread of social- Wiht his founded not on the narrower, basis of the unionist but on his clainis. as he not only in ‘bettering conditidns of! in peade. and ism. enlarged influence a citizen, he will be able to assist! the wage earner but also from the | attacks of © Bolshevism ‘hand or greedy privilege on the other. ALL IN ONE CENTURY! IBy Ansoctted Press] Should women be whipped? Just a century ago wiseacres, pol- iticians and noble lords of ‘Great Britain were debating the point. It on the ‘one what was happening to women, but ufter some discussion it was decided that they ought not to be whipped | —that the best way to handle them | was the method—and in 1820 the wiseacres, politicians and noble Jords passed a on “gentle-but-firm” \bill known as the whipping act, pro-| hibiting the corporal punishment of women. Having made this exertion on wom- en’s behalf they returned to the dis- cussion of things which anverestedy them. Fifty years The passed, seed which had been planted in 1820 be-| gan to take root in 1870, and the legislation for This time an act was passed allowing women special women again bobbed up. to be possessors of their own prop- erty—a magnanimous document known as the married women’s prop- erty act. Those two acts, small in them- selves, were of great portent to women. They were the first admis- sion that women had any rights or) legal status. In the last 50 years women have | |e come to the foreground in leaps and! bounds. By the 1889 the government went so far as to allow that “words in any parliament passed interpretation of after 1850 puting the masculine gender shail in- clude females im- unless the intention appears.” —___ —_ CARPENTERS, NOTICE contrary There will be a special called meet- ing on November 26th, for the pur- ‘pose of voting on amendments to the general Constitution. Other import- ant business will come before this meeting. (Signed) C, 11-23-8 E. THOMPSON, victory over militant | movement |i, act of) at Recording Secretary 'L } a O Feast of St. Clement, the patron {saint of hatmakers the world over. |__ Centenary of the birth of James ist. e Anniversary of the execution of Al- ten, Larkin and O’Brien, the so-call ‘Manchester Martyrs.” * ee For Sunday, November 24, 1918 Centenary of the birth of Dr. David Haynes Agnew, who was consulting surgeon in the case of President Gar- field. |. Richard Croker, former chief of Tammany Hall and for years a pow- cr in Democratic politics, celebrates his 75th birthday today. Methodist chruches of Toronto have set apart today for a celebration of {the centenary of Methodism in that city. By proclamation of Governor Hugh M. Dorsey, Georgia will observe to- day as Education Sunday. Soldiers of the American expedi- tionary forces hvae designated today us “Fathers’ Christmas Victory Let- ter Day,” when all of the men in the service abroad have been asked to write to their fathers. a ‘Today's Anniversaries ——_——_—_ ———9 1726 Edward Bas fi "Episcopal bishop of Mas achusetts born at Dorchester, Mass. Died at New- buryport, Mass., September 10, 1803. Franklin Pierce, fourteenth President of the United States, born at Hillsborough, N. H 1804 Died at Concord, N. H., Octo- ber 8, 1869. 1839 Queen Victoria’s engagement to Prince Albert of Saxe-Co- burg and Gotha announced at a special meeting of the Privy Council, Henry C. Payné, Milwaukee capitalist and Postmaster-Gen- eral in the Roosevelt cabinet born at Ashfield, Mass. Died in 1904, Execution of the so-called Man- chester Martyrs. William III. of the Netherlands father of the present Queen, died. Born Feb. 19, 1817. Germans foreed to retreat on Warthe-Vistula line in Poland, Italians reported to have began landing in‘ Albania. > Constanza, Roumanja’s chief port on the Black Sea, taken by Austro-Germans. *-——_»—~. ‘| Today’s Birthdays | | 1843 1867 ) 1890 1914 1915 1916 Sir Gilbert Parker, famous novel- ist, privy councilor, and former mem- ber ‘of the British parliament, born in Addington county, Ont., 59 years ago today. Marquis of Carisbrooke (formerly rince Alexgnder of Battenberg), born 32 years ago today. Sir Charles Stewart Addis, recent- |ty ehosen a director of the’ Bank of England, born i in Edinburgh, 57 ye jago..today.. h George B. McClellan, former mayor | ot New York, and son of tlié famots | Union general, born in Dresden, Sax- ony, 53 years ago today. ¢ Frank Morrison, for 20 years seere-| tary of the American Federation of ‘Labor, born at Franktown, Ont., oe |yeas ago today. Lieut. Col. Blanton Winship,” U. 'S. A.,> judge-advocate of the first’ American field army, born in Geor- |gia, 49 years ago today. ae White House Gate. 10-26-50t _———— | sap Vick, famous American horticultur-, | The kidneys } Try a Teibane wantad. Try our compartment plate junkie d (By ‘United Press) LONDON, Nov. For steadiness of nerve and concentration of pur- pose, it is imp’ possible to beat the fly- ing men. An airplane designer was flying = observer in one of his own machines in order to have personal experience of its working. He was many thou- ds of feet high when he saw that a couple of wires had broken loose and were swinging in the wind. He got up, took out his camera, and photographed the flapping wires. Afterwards he ex ined: “I thot if we crashed and re killed, the camera record would tell my friends what had happened.” aoe Cm ee | Inthe Day’sNews | ——— EE ee O + James Brown Scott, who is said to be under consideration for the post of secretary of the United States dele- gation to the coming peace confer- ence, is a widely known educator and authority on internatio: law, who for five years was solicitor of the Depzrtment of State at Washington. A Canadian by birth, Mr. Scott spent several years in study at European universities after receiving his de- gree of A. M. at Harvard in 1891. In 1894 he began the practice of law at Los Angeles, but within a few years his reputation as an expert in ¥ international law led to his services being enlisted by prominent institu- tions of leraning. From 1899 to 1911 he was attached successively to the law faculties of. Hlinois, Chicago, Columbia and George Washington universities. He was a participant in the last peace conference at The Hague, and at present is secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for Univer- sal peace. Sg o ce] | Year Ago Today in War | oO——— —__ -—______-_ 0 itself Ukraine declared from Russia, Italians recaptured two important mountains of Tomba and Persic Lieut. Gen. Marshall succeeded io the command of the British forces in Mesopotamia. “CAN I BE CURED?” How often have you heard that sad cry from the ‘victims of disease. Perhaps the disorder has gone too far for help, but oftener it is just in its first stages and the pains and, aches are only nature's first cries for help. Do not despair. Find out the cause and giVe nature all the help you can’ and she will repay you with health. [Loge after the kidneys. eee most overworked organs of the it ody, and when they il in their work of filtering and throwing! off the poison that con- stantly, accumulates in -the verything goes wrong. 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Jones, president and chief stockholder of the club. President Jones made this statement in denying rumors that the club would be trans- ferred to Kansas City. He also as- rted that he would not consider an offer at this time to purchase his in- terest in the Cardinals. He said he did not believe there would be any professional baseball next season, altho several other Na- tional league ciub owners are mak- ing plans for resumption of the game. “T shall very likely attend the Na- tional league meeting in New York next month, and unity of action in refard to plans for 1919 will be agreed upon at that time,” he con- tinued. “Whatever seems to be the majority opinion will receive my sup- port. “The idea of community owner- ship ef the Cardinals has not been abawdoned, . However, it appears that veral of the largest stockholders ill.have to carry the club along. I, for one, am preparing to do this.” Concerning the ational League presidency, Jones said he had not pledged to vote for any candidate. “My ballot will go to the man best | qualiftéd to direct the affairs of the league,” he added. ee NC PLACE IN OLD ENGLAND FOR SOLOMON By United Press) LONDON, Nov, 23. — Solomon’s desire, “Stay me with flagons, com- fort me with apples,” would be quite out of the question if he lived in Eng- land today, unless he was prepared to pay war prices. * WMagons of Australian wine which 1 to be 42 cents are now $1.14, and edible apples are bringing B6e. — , us) KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS THANKSGIVING DANCE The Knights of Columbus will give a social dance to, their friends and members and ladies at the Mullen Club on Thanksgiving night, Novem- ber 28th, at 8 o’clock, and with their usual hospitality a good: time lis!as- sured. 11-22-5t KE ELEY Eighteenth and Curtis DENVER,, COLO. Rayeiaadicripns fic:.cotuns df medi. Suly: place'iri Colorado. 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