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WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
.OL..7. No. 20.
Lincoln, Nebraska, May 31, 1907.
Whole Number 332.
CONTENTS
THE RAILROAD IN POLITICS.
SELECTING A CANDIDATE.
VALUATION OF RAILROADS.
FAKE. NEWS FROM LINCOLN -
SOME COMPARISONS
-MY. BRYAN THE" PARTISAN
MUNICIPAL INITIATIVE AND REFEREN
DUM. 'i.' ' WASHINGTON LETTER
' PRIVATE MONOPOLY. -
'"THE INVISIBLE PLAYMATE"
PARAGRAPHIC PUNCHES
COMMENT ON CURRENT TOPICS
- HOME DEPARTMENT fc
- WHETHER COMMON OR NOT
NEWS OF THE WEEK
T. CASE OF MRS. FRANK
.-.On another page will be found an editorial
which' appeared in the New York Evening Jour-
h narrelative tq the case of Mrs. Frank, who was
- Virtually expelled from an Atlantic City hotel
Mrs. Frank is a sister of Senator Rayner and a
woman of character, accomplishments and social
standing merely because she is a Jewess. She
was refused room for her relatives on the ground
that the hotel did not want Jews. It is aston
ishing that in any public house in this country
discrimination should be made against anyone
because of religious belief. This violation of
the spirit of justice and fair play will be rer
sented by the public at large, and the offending
hotel keeper will learn that in this country
such narrowness will not popularize his estab
lishment. Mrs. Frank has been conspicuous not
only for her public spirit, but for the non-sectarian
character of her philanthropy, and this
subjected humiliation is the more keenly felt
by her and will be the more resented by those '
who know of her.
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DEATH CLAIMS TWO FRIENDS
, Two esteemed friends, Hon. Albert Wll--liams,
of Ionia, Mich., and Hon. William Alford;
of San Francisco, have recently been called to
' ... their reward.
The former lived to a ripe old age; the lat-
-ter was cut off in his, prime when life -was full of
- promise.
Mr. Williams was one of the founders of
the republican party but became a democrat in
1896 and has since that time been conspicuous
at all of the gatherings of our party in his state.
Wise in council and trusted by all who knew
him, he was a tower of strength to any cause
which his conscience bade him espouse. He will
-be sorely missed by the democracy of Miphigan
and by the citizens of the entire state.
On another page will be Xound a brief
eulogy delivered at his grave by Mayor Bible, of
Ionia.
Mr, Alford,1 was but fortyrone years of age.
Splendidly endowed by nature, he had carefully
prepared himself for the large service which his
- generous heart prompted him to undertake. He
had a genius for public affairs, and his sympa
thies led him in the very morning of his man
hood to layhis .great abilities at the feet of the
common people. :iHe thought clearly, spoke elq-
.qu'ently and acted courageously. In his. death
a popular tribuneUias fallen, and his. increasing
circle of friends bow in sorrow to receive the
blow.
In another column is reproduced a tribute
paid to Mr. Alford by the San Francisco.
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THE ADMINISTRATION POLICY-AND-THE EFFECTIVE POLICY
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The Commoner takes pleasure in calling the
attention of its readers to one of the most amus
ing instances of the railroad in politics that it
has been its good fortune to discover. The fol
lowing is a copy of the agreement which the
Bangor & Aroostook railroad has madp with the
state of Maine:
An agreement made and entered into be
tween the state of Maine, hereinafter called
state of the first part, and ..he Bangor & Aroos
took Railroad company, hereinafter called rail
road company, of the second part: Witnesseth:
, Whereas, Sections 4 and 5 of Chapter 122
of the Private and Special Laws of Maine of
1891, are in words' and figures as follows:
(Section 4 and Seclon 5 quoted.)
And Whereas, Railroad company has ac
quired by lease fpr 999 years from April 1, 1892,
the Bangor and Piscataquis railroad and its ap
purtenances extending from a point of connec
tion with the Maine Central railroad in Old
Town in Penobscot county to the foot of Moose
head Lake at West Cove in Greenville in Pisca
taquis county:
And Whereas, Railroad company has also
acquired for a period of 999 years from July 1,
1887, the Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works
railway and its appurtenances extending from
a point of connection with said Bangor and
Piscataquis railroad in Milo to the Katahdin
Iron Works, both in said Piscataquis county:
, And Whereas, Railroad company has built
and equipped a, line of railroad from a point
of connection with .the Bangor and Katahdin
Iron Works railway in Brownville In said Pis
cataquis county through the towns of Houlton
and Presque Isle to Caribou village to a branch
line inthe village of Fort Fairfield:
And Whereas, at. a stockholders' meeting
. of said Railroad company, duly called for that
purpose by a majority vote of said stockholders,
this contract has been approvod:
Now, Railroad company agrees to transport
,over its aforesaid lines of railroad, leased and
built, troops and munitions of war, in times of
war, insurrection or civil commotion, free t of
charge other than as herein and in. said act
provided, for a term of twenty years from Feb
ruary 27, 1891, and State on its part In con
sideration thereof promises annually during
said twenty years to pay to Railroad company
an amount equal to niriety-five per cent of th
taxes collected in the corresponding year by
State from Railroad company upon its said lines
of railroad built and leased, and other real and
personal property including its stock and fran
chise, also including that leased and In which
it has acquired entire interest as aforesaid: ,
This contract being presented to the treas
urer of the state of Maine, ho, in pursuance of
said section 4, executes this contract in behalf
of -the state; and Railroad company has caused
this contract to be executed in its behalf by
Alfred A. Burleigh, its president, in duplicate
this '9th day of February, A. D., 1895.
The Bangor and Aroostook Company,
By Albert A. Burleigh, President.
Seal of the Bangor and Aroostook Company..
. F. M. Simpson, Treasurer,
In behalf of the State of Maine.
Seal of the Treasurer of the State of Maine.
Similar contracts have been made with the
Washington County Railroad company, now a
part of the Maine Central system, and- the Som
erset Railroad company. These three compa
nies are getting a. rebate on. their state taxes
of about, $56000 per year, and this is about
one-twelfth of th entire direct tax of the state.
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