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The Commoner,
VOLUME 9, NUMBER 29
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In a debate In the houso of repre
sentatives, it developed that Francia
J. Honey, the San Francisco graft
prosecutor, was paid $23,000 by the
government during tho year 1908. In
reply to a question Mr. Tawnoy, re
publican, of Minnesota, said: "Honey
rocoived $23,000 and performed no
sorvices for the government whatever
during that year." Subsequently Mr.
Tawnoy said: "As a matter of fact
Mr. Henoy has not porformod any
activo service for the last three years.
Ho was appointed November 7, 1903,
and his activo service continuod for
about throe years and for which he
rocoived in all $09,000."
Representative Walter I. Smith, of
Iowa, who is one of Speaker Cannon's
lioutenants, says that he will oppose
a bond issue for tho Panama canal.
Tho Argentine government has
broken rolations with tho Bolivian
government and sent its minister
home.
Tho Wright brothers made a flight
at Ft. Myers, July 20, of ono hour
twenty minutes and forty seconds,
duration. The longest previous
flight was made last fall by the
Wright brothers and lasted seventy
four minutes.
present much to bo deplored effort
to make supporters of ono class and
weak supplicants of another, is want
ed. Wo urge all citizens to write
their senators and representatives in
congress at onco, expressing their
views on this subject, and wo will
willingly abide by the decision of
the people at large, provided they
bo allowed a fair expression of opin
ion before the measures devised by
the politicians be enacted into law."
The new shah of Persia, is a twelve
year old boy. He was installed with
becoming honors.
The democratic mombers of the
house re-organized a congressional
committee by re-electing Rfrr'e0rita
tivo Lloyd of Missouri, chairman,
Representative Dickson of Indiana
was olocted secrotary, succeeding.
Representative Clark of Florida. It
was determined to push the fighting
on tho tariff question.
From New York, the board of di
rectors of the National Association of
Manufacturers has issued the follow
ing ofllcial statement, addressed "To
the Congress of the United States:"
"The National Association- of Manu
facturers indorses any reasonable
measure to secure by tax tho requi
site money which, together with the
tariff duties, shall be sufficient to
support this government. We de
plore the effort of demagogues to
segregate American citizens and
make government supporters one
class and charity recipients, of an
other; well knowjng the character of
our best-grade workmen, wo under
stand that they do not relish at
tempts to make of thorn recipients
of any man's contributions or pro
portionate support of the government
which nrotects thorn nnfl nf wiiirOi
they are an Integral part. Upright
working Americans resent such im
putations. It is an injustice that our
working classes be subjected to in
dignities by patronizing politicians,
Wo therefore recommend, if neces
sary for income purposes, the .enact
ment into law of measures providing
9! just and equitable tax upon all
citizens, exactly in proportion to
their ability to assist in the support
and receive the benefits of what wo
esteem to be tho best government on
earth. As an illustration, we sug
gest one-eighth of 1 per cent on all
incomes. This would require 75 cents
from the man who receives $600 a
year and $1,250 from the man who
- receives a million a year. Every
man would therefore enjoy a pa
triotic sense of citizenship and be
come and be a part of this govern
ment and one of its defenders. A
condition, making for upright, sane
and safe manhood and avoiding the
The National Shoe and Leather
Finders Association met at Boston
and elected tho following officers:
President, Henry Klein, New York;
vice president, C. H. Triesch, Mil
waukee; H. Weiff, Cleveland; Charles
L. Mastick, Portland, Ore.; R. D.
Rolnhardt, Boston; A. G. Ricks, New
Orleans; treasurer, Frank W.
Whitcher, Boston; secretary, George
K.' Knapp, St. Louis. Among tho
executive committee are T. W.
Tugua, St. Louis; M. J. Ehlers, Chi
cago; H. E. Bragg, St. Louis; J. H.
Martin, Minneapolis; E. J. Busier,
Louisville; Sam Burchnell, San Fran
cisco; Robert Rbdell, Pittsburg;
Joseph P. , Dunn, Denver , Henry
spiess, uieveiana. isiext year's con
ference will be held at, Niagara Falls.
tho cause of tho death of Lieutenant
James N Sutton of Portland, Ore.
Lieutenant Sutton died October 12,
1907, as the result of a pistol shot
wound in the top of his head.
A party of twenty-five senators
and members of the house of repre
sentatives is preparing, to visit Ha
waii in response to an invitation ex
pended by the Hawaiian legislature
at its last session.
The Chicago Jury in the Ella
Gingles case returned a verdict of
not guilty,at the same time exoner
ating Miss Agnes Barrette, whom
Miss Gingles accused of improper
conduct.
The Ciemenceau cabinet of Franco
fell as a result of the naval, scandal.
A Paris cablegram says: "On a vote
of confidence in the government the
vote stood 176 in favor, and 2i2 op
posed. M. Ciemenceau and, his fel
low ministers immediately left the
chamber. The premier proceeded di
rectly to President Fallieres, and
offered his resignation, which the
president accepted. The chamber ad
journed until Thursday. Ciemenceau
had been prime minister since 1906."
At Chicago, 105 indictments have
been returned against resort .keepers
and gamblers. This is. the result of
a crusade being carried oh "by 'Attor
ney Wayman. ' ,
A hurricane swnnfc ovor tho CJnlf
iof Mexico July 21 and swept Gal
veston. The. city was protected byf
the EOVGrnnriGnt.'R $2,000 ((n eon
wall, but ten nersona lost thAlr Utos
In the gulf on a fishing pier, seven
muos irom tne city.
A Guthrie. Okla.. dfsnn.tf.Ti nnrrlfirl
by the Associated Press says: "An
Injunction to nrevemt. th nt.ntn frnm
-interfering in -the transportation of
liquors; Bn,ippea into tne state; from
depots, warehouses and AnrAss
offices to residences came up for
hearing in the district nnnrt nf :nirin.
homa City. The action was brought
py tue uicianoma Distributing com-,
pany and is directed against the
sheriff of Oklahoma county, Acting
Superintendent Stone of the state dis
pensary and several others officially
interested in the enforcement-of the
uiiuyv laws.
Francis Jk Honey, refering to Rep
resentative Tawney's speech in the
house to the effect that Heney re
ceived $23,0.00 from tho government
in 1908 for which he-rendered no
service, said: "I have not received
a dollar in fees, except for services
rendered prior to tho commencement
of tho San Francisco graft cases. The
delay in payments to me by the
United States government wa3 due
to lack of funds, necessitating a spe
cial appropriation by congress. A
fully itemized statement of all my
accounts is in the hands of the at
torney general."
tt ?iatJ ,pallloun president of the
United Railroads of San Francisco is
again undergoing trial on the charge
of offering a bribe to a public officer.
On the -first trial the jury disagreed.
A court of inquiry is investigating
A London cablegram carried- by
the Associated Press says: "Ma
darlal Dhinagri, the Indian student,
who on the night of July 1, at. the
conclusion of a public gathering at
the imperial institute, shot and killed
Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt
Curson Wyllie and Dr. Cawas. Lal
caca, was today found guilty, and
sentenced to death at the conclusion
of a trial ot.less than An hour's dur
ation. During the recital of, the oc-r
currences at the imperial institute
on the niglit of the tragedy,,-,the pris
oner sat In the dock "listening un
concernedly and only once broke his
silence by .saying 'whatever I did was
ian act of patriotism.' As the lord
chief Justice concluded in rirnn mint
ing sentence, the prisoner drew Him
self np in military style and saluted.
He said: 'I thank you, my lord. I
am. proud to have the honor of lay
ing down my humble life for my
country. Your sentence of death Is
perfectly illegal. You are, all-powerful
and can do what you like: but
jremember we will have the . power
isome time. Tnat is all I ,nave to
,say.' A. F. Ho'ssley, printer of the
Indian Sociologist who was recently
arrested on the charge of publishing
a seditious newspaper, the avowed
object of whiph was to 'support th,e
Indian nationalist movement for the
liberation of India from oppressive
alien rule by the rule of physical
force,' today pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to four months' imprison
men. The Indian Sociologist is
owned and edited by Krishnavarm,
who is now a refugee in Paris. The
paper openly apprqved the murder
of Sir William Wyllie and Dr.
Lalcaca."
Cornelius P. SJiea, former Chicago,
labor leader, livas found guilty In.
the New York, court of attempting, to
murder Alice Walt. He was given
an indeterminate sentence- of not less
than five nor. more than twenty-five
years in prison. The. former presi
dent of the International Brother
hood o.f Teamsters listened stolidly
to Judge Foster's scathing remarks
in pronouncing sentence. "Your ser-:
vices for humanity are urged here
in your behalf," said the court, "be
cause you have been active in the
affairs of organized labor. I believe
in the right of labor to organize, but
there is a prejudice in this commu
nity and we must admit its existence
against organized labor, because such
men as you dominate it with your
brutal methods and your coarse, of
fensive personality and a part of the
Community has come to look upon
organized labor as being composed
6t brutes and securing their victories
by brutal methods. But that Is all
wrong. I believed am helping tho
cause of organized labor by ridding
it of ono such as you and .sending
you to state's' prison."
Governor Carroll of Iowa has par
doned Mrs. Anna Mercer, of Winfield,
convicted of burning the home of
her daughter-in-law. It is claimed
that she committed the act while
walking in her sleep.
Tho Chicago grand jury continues
the investigation of the graft charges.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Chicago says: "An astonishing story
of graft in the so-called West Side
levee of Chicago is said to have been
related to the grand 'jury. Detective
Sergeant Jeremiah Griffin, alleged to
have been the recipient of protection
money from dive keepers, gamblers
and cocaine sellers, was indicted on
eight counts. He is alleged to have
garnered as high as $9,000 a month,
a very small part of which remained
in his own pocket. In all, Griffin,
who travels out of the Desplaines
street station headquarters of In
spector McCahn, iB said to have col
lected $150,000 from denizens of tho
under world on the West Side. In
dictments were returned against
Lewis Frank, '.saloonkeeper and poli
tician, who is said to have accumu
lated a fortune of $1,000,000 In the
levee district, and against Michael
Heitler, who Is familiarly known as
'Mike the Pike.' They are alleged
to have collected-money from illegal
houses by representing themselves
as agents of the police; Testimony
hgainst Griffin was given by .Charles
Ranker; a levee proprietor, known as
Monkey s Charleyf' NorrJs Schatz
jwho'is said to (conduct an illegalues
jtablishm'enfc at 108 Peoria street.tap
pears on the indictment as complain
ant. Four detectives also gave testi
mony. Ono vitness charged that the
price of protection recently rose from
$20 to $40 a month, and that he
.was compelled to .quit business on
"account of the expense."
They are having a serious time In
Paris and all over the. marriage of
a Spanish prince, who is a Catholic,
to the girl of his choice, who is a
Protestant. Prince Alfonso of Bour
bon, Orleans, and Princess Beatrice
of Saxe Coburg, were the parties
most interested.- An Associated
Press cablegram from Paris says that
King Alfonso . advised the prince to
marry and took active part in the
love affair. Nevertheless the mar
riage has cost the prince his position
as a prince of the royal house of
Spain. This cablegram adds: "It
wa3 not intended that the news of
the marriage should be made public,
Failure
.to euro indigestion, is largely due to
the old theory that when tho stomach
becomes inactive it needs something
to mechanically digest its contents,
and cathartics, purgatives, etc., are
used, which give only temporary ro
illef, becauso they digest by irritating
ithe lining, of tho stomach.
Modern SnlAncn ropntrnlvna Via -fnnf-
that it is the nerves that furnish mo
tive power to digest the contents of
urn avyinacn.
Tho nnrvps mrlfofit n-nit miv i. tnnfi
jand stlmulato tho secretions. ' When
inoy Become weaKoned they lack en
ergy, and Indigestion, dyspepsia, sour
stomach result.
Dr. Miles'
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will relieve Obstinate leases of indiges
tion, dyspepsia and stomach trouble by
strengthening these nerves.
, fiad severe stomach trouble. Dr.
Miles' Norvino, and Nerve and Liver
Pills cured me. I can now eat any
thing without trouble."
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