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The Commoner.
MARCH 18, 1910 . . ... .
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learning something of his history before he told
him what he was going to do for him. Strome,
who has traveled extensively, was at first re
luctant to accept the gift and agree to settle
down and care for his interest in the property.
On the Valvedere ranch are about 25,000 head
of cattle. The Jennings estate, which includes
several tracts of immense acreage throughout
west Texas, besides large herds of cattle in dif
ferent sections, is said to be worth several
millions."
VICE PRESIDENT Sherman appointed the
senate committee which will "investigate"
the high cost of living. The members' of this
committee are Lodge, of Massachusetts; Gal
linger, of Vermont; Smoot, of Utah; McCuinber,
of South Dakota, republicans; Simmons, of
North Carolina and Clarke of Arkansas, demo
crats. Referring to the vice president's commit
tee, the Philadelphia North America, a repub
lican newspaper, says: "The committee is
headed by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the
sum of whose scholarship in politics lay in his
authorship of the declaration that 'the consumer
is a myth.' Aided by Smoot, the Mormon,
servile aide of Aldrich in advocacy of every
ubiquitous currency and tariff proposal, un
cleared of accusations of close affiliations with
tlie beet end of the sugar trust, sitting in the
senate only because bargaining with .the Mor
mon church prevailed over the protests of the.
petitions of the good women of the country,
who today are the chief sufferers from the cost
of living. Old Dr. Gallinger of New Hampshire,
a less notorious duplicate of Cannon type of the
obsolete senatorial representative of a state
nominally, realty of a railroad that debauches
every smallest phase of politics and public life
within the state. McCumber, another servile
Aldrich. disciple; Crawford, an easy worshipper
. of whatever power for the moment is in the as
cendant; one democrat, an eager and useful re
cipient of Aldrich favors, and one a nonentity."
A WASHINGTON dispatch to the Philadel
phia North American says: "Colonel James
Gordon, the retiring senator from Mississippi,
whose speech on 'Love One Another,' made such
a .good impression the other day, gave a party
at" the 'Columbia;, theatre tonight. He invited
the entire senate ' to see 'A Gentleman from
Mississippi.' The house was crowded. There
was a fair sprinkling of senators, some members
of the house and a stack of newspaper men.
The. president was supposed to appear some time
during the evening, but he was detained at the
University club and didn't get aTound. But
Mrs. Taft, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and
other well-known persons in official society oc
cupied orchestra and box seats. The audience
made Tom Wise, who has the role of the Gen
tleman from Mississippi, make a speech after
the third act, and when he mentioned that if
his acting of the part was worthy of praise, it
was due to the fact that he had studied Colonel
Gordon, the outburst of applause lasted eight
minutes. There were many calls for 'Gordon,'
but the senator after standing up and making
one low bow, stuck to his chair in the front
row of the .orchestra and declined to be coaxed
up on the stage."
JUDGE DANIEL A. GRIMSLEY died recently
at Culpeper, Va. Referring to Judge
Grimsley's death the Culpeper Exponent said:
"Culpeper has lost her most prominent and dis
tinguished citizen of the present day." The Ex
ponent says: "Daniel Amon Grimsley, son of
Rev. Barnett Grimsley, the distinguished Bap
tist divine, and Ruth U. Grimsley, was born
April 3, 1840, in Culpeper, now Rappahannock
county, near Washington. When about twenty
years of age, he enlisted In the Rappahannock
cavalry, which was first commanded by Captain
John Shackelford Green. . When the company
went into active service he was appointed order
ly sergeant. In 1862 the company was reorgan
ized with Daniel Amon Grimsley as first lieuten
ant. Within a few days, upon the promotion
of Captain-Green, Lieutenant Grimsley became
captain. Ho was rapidly promoted to major
and then to lieutenant colonel of the Sixth Vir
ginia' cavalry. Major Grimsley's war record ia
above reproach. Serving through the entire
war from April 1861, to the surrender of Ap
pomattox, and during the last years of the war
in command of his regiment the greater por
tion of the time, he never had a furlough of
more than a day or two at a time, was never
Bick, and was never wounded although he had
several horses shot under him. The war ended,
Major Grimsley studied law under Mr. II. G.
Moffett in Rappahannock. In 1867 ho began
the practice of his profession in Culpeper. In
1869 ho was elected to the state senate, in
which body he remained a number of years. In
1880 he was appointed judge of the Sixth Judi
cial circuit upon the death of Judge Henry
Shackelford. Afterwards ho was defeated in
the election for that office by the re-adjuster
party. In 1885 ho represented Culpeper in
the house of delegates, and in 1886 was again
elected judge of the Sixth judicial circuit, which
position he occupied for twenty-four years un
' til the day of his death. He married Miss Bettio
N. Browning, daughter of William L. Browning,
who, with six children, survives him: Mrs.
George Drewry ofChicago, Mrs. W. G. Burk
inyer of South Carolina, Mrs. John S. Barbour
of Fairfax, Mrs. Caddel Smith of Now Jersey,
Miss Nita Grimsley, and Captain T. E. Grimsley
of Culpeper. Major Grimsley's services in the
cause of the southern confederacy deserve more
than a passing mention. He was a most gallant
soldier, and he dearly loved the cause that his
native state espoused. In his declining years
his heart was always touched to the quick by
the thought that some of his comrades in arms
were in need, and as judge, and the arbiter of
the granting of confederate pensions, he in
variably went to the limit of the law in ex-
tending aid to those of his comrades who wero
old, decrepit and in need. As a mark of estee.m
and appreciation in which he was held by liis
comrades of '61-'65, the A. P. Hill Camp of
Confederate Veterans attended his funeral in a
body."
THE OFT REPEATED question as to whether
the British house of commons is more rep
resentative than the American house of repre
sentatives is answered in a London cablegram
to the Philadelphia Public Ledger, which gives
the following census of the new commons, taken
for private reasons by Lewis Apploton of Old
Queen street, Westminster, and furnished by
him for publication. It has been compared with
the official records and found correct: Bankers
and financiers, 13; 'lawyers, 155; brewers, dis
tillers and 'wine merchants, 13; builders, archi
tects and surveyors, 8; civil and mining engi
neers, 11; coaL mine owners and dealers, 7;
commercial travelers, 1; diplomatic and govern
ment officials, 8; directors of public-service cbr
porations, 12; real estate, accountants -and auc
tioneers, 7; farmers, 13; land owners, 56; Iron
founders and merchants, 13; manufacturers and
spinners, 51; doctors, 9; storekeepers, 53;
Clergymen, 3; automobile makers and dealers,
2; newspaper owners and journalists, 38; peers'
sons and brothers, 45; art dealers, 1; pilots, 1;
printers, booksellers and authors, 8; professors,
schoolmasters and tutors, 14; railway and naval
contractors, 3; secretaries (stenographers), 10;
ship owners and builders, 12; stockbrokers, 4;
military officers, 44; naval officers, 2.
AN "OLD-FASHIONED republican" writes to
the New York World to say: "The income
tax amendment to the constitution of the United
Slates is the overshadowing issue. It was pro
jected into the campaign by President Taft him
self. In his first message to congress and in
numerous speeches, after first insisting that con
gress could under the constitution as it Is pass
an income tax law that would steer clear of
the objections raised by the supreme court to
the last income tax, he urged congress to sub
mit the proposed amendment to the states for
ratification. The amendment is in great danger
of being defeated. President Taft must know
this, and yet in his speech at the Lincoln ban
quet of the republican club he omitted all refer
ence to it. ' A hearty, enthusiastic word from
-him would help It on. Why did he remain
silent?"
The Situation in Indiana
Hon. John E. Lamb of Indiana, has written
to Charles W. Bryan, publisher of The Com
moner, a letter from which the following ia
taken:
Terre Haute, Ind., March 10. There has
never been a time within my recollection when
the democrats entered a campaign In Indiana
under more auspicious circumstances or with
brighter prospects of victory. This condition is
not at all likely to be materially altered during
the course of the few months intervening be
tween now and.tho election, because it la not
the result of political strategy or manipulation,
but grows out of tho awakening of thopeojjlo
to tho true sinister meaning of continued! teptijjlj
lican domination. Tho romarkablo betrayal of
tho people by the republican pnrty in its falluro
to revise tho tariff downward in accordance vUh
tho campaign pledges of its candidate for presi
dent has fully convinced thoughtful people that
it is only through a democratic victory that thoy
can hope for rolief from the intolerable condi
tions now existing. Just now the democratic
tariff plank in the Denver platform looks better
to. the consumer than it over did before, Wo
wore absolutely- right in the position wo as
sumed upon the tariff during the last campaign
and tho democratic masses here in Indiana will
insist upon tho reaffirmation of that plank of tlie
platform in tho coming state and In tho several
congressional district conventions. Tho people
of this commonwealth can no longer be fooled
vrlth the- superannuated sophistries of tho
'preachers of protection, and the men of factory,
mine and field, aro now losing sight of paqty
lines in their pursuit of tho Joffersonian ideal of
equal rights. Indiana will inevitably go demo
cratic on tho tariff question alone. All that will
be necessary for us to do will bo to emphatically
reaffirm, without equivocation or compromise the
position taken at Denver and the consumers
the victims of high prices will be with lis.
Upon this proposition tho democratic party o,f
Indiana is a unit.
It is already evident that Senator BovorTdge
intends to play himself up as a reformer Worthy
of democratic support and there is an amusing
rumor abroad in the land to the effect that tho
senator is really feeding on tho chimera that j),o
will receive such support because of his atti
tude on tho tariff. As a matter of fact he is the
last man in Indiana to expect democratic sup
port especially upon the great question of tho
reduction of tariff taxes. He has been through
out his political career, an earnest, untiring,
extreme exponent of tho idea of building up the
few at the expense of tho many through the
instrumentality of tho protective system of spe
cial privilege. During the voting on tho separate
schedules of tho Aldrich bill ho very frequently
voted against tlie interests of the people, and
voted every time that he got tho chance to
postpone consideration of the bill to provide
for an income tax.
The vital mistake of Senator Beverldgo lies
in his failure to comprehend the real meaning
of tho reform movement in Indiana or to under
stand its scope. The people here are aroused
to a determination of restoring tho government
to the people, and to this end they are battling
againBt all forms of special interest, against tho
conspiracy of predatory wealth in all its mani
festations. They are particularly bitter in their
opposition to the proposed ship subsidy steal
and they understand perfectly well that Beve
ridge has long since gone on record in favor of
this plan of exploiting the public treasury for
tho benefit of a favored private Interest. They
are thoroughly convinced in Indiana that the
proper equalization of taxation calls for an in
come tax and they know that Senator Beverldgo
is an uncompromising opponent of this measure.
They well know that Beverldge was a pioneer
in the work of preaching from the platform the
advantages of monopoly, and the speeches he
has made in laudation of the trusts and com
bines will confront and confound him in this
campaign when the consumers are paying double
prices, for nearly every necessary of life. ' In
brief it will be an easy matter to demonstrate
to the satisfaction of honest, thoughtful voters
that Senator Beverldge is not in any sense in
sympathy with the popular demand for reform,
but that he is now playing the role of reformer
to save himself from the peoples' wrath., ' ,
"When the devil was sick, the devil a monk
would be t
When thedevil got well, the devil a monk
was he."
Wo have the great advantage too In Indiana
of having had for two years a democratic state
administration that cdmmands the admiration
and respect of all the people. Tho administra
tion of Governor Marshall has been strong, .con
servative, dignified and clean and it is a safe
wager that the opposition will not have tho
hardihood to attempt an attack upon tho demo
cratic state administration.
Nothing can defeat the democrats pf Indiana,
but a democratic blunder of enormous propor
tions. Tho conditions are ripe for a .change.
The people are awake to their opportunities: and
if we take an unequivocal position on thq 'tariff,
on the ship subsidy, on the income taxwjeijl
inevitably win, ,- i
JOHN E, IIB,.
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