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If you forgot that it was April Fool
day, you aro Browing old.
There is no indication of a scarcity
af timber in the prcsidcntal preserves,
so far.
TI10 fishing season opened yesterday,
but it is said that stickers were biting
all winter.
Wanted, a bright young man who
has education enough to read an elect
rlc light meter.
Onmlia is going to have a corn show,
but what will sho do for "corn juice"
if the state goes dry next week.
The press dispatches announce that
35,000 coal miners will quit work this
month. Thank the Lord, spring is
near.
No more push carts will be allowed
on Omaha streets. Well, just so the
water wagon is allowed to remain
tuero's hope ior the average Omahog.
It is said that 15,000 democrats
greeted Btyan at Kansas City Monday
night. Yes, and the rural district was
not heard from cither on this occasion.
The Denver Post announces in
startling red-headed lines that Colorado
is the greatest potato-raising state in
the union. Go slow, about that Mr,
Post, Nebraska will take a hand in that
game too.
President Roosevelt announces a
special session of congress to revise
the tariff. If the special session re
ceives no more attention than did need
ed legislation at the regular session, it
is safe to predict that the money will
be spent in vain and the tariff will not
be revised in the least.
The republican press says (hat the
police of Omaha and Council Bluffs
are preparing to prot.t Secretary Taft
on his arrival to these cities next week.
Who ever heard of a police force being
called out to protect W. J. Bryan from
some imaginary danger ? It's tho old
saying, "Conscience makes cowards of
us all."
Tho Omaha Bee is worried to know
why it is not just as proper for Tom
Watson to make a second race for the
presidency as well as Mr. Bryan's third
attempt? Certainly, more than proper.
Don't let that worry you, brethren.
Worry over the grand niau from our
beloved state atid you'll have enough
to do till election day.
Two bundled and fifty thousand bi
tuminous coal miners arc out as a re
sult of a disagreement over wages.
Vice-President Lewis, who will succeed
President John Mitchell to-day, said
yesterday that lie would make -no move
for several days. The differences are
slight, and it is to be hoped that a set
tlement will soon be made.
The Lincoln Journal charges the
Omaha Bee with mailcious intent to
steal away the proposed historical state
building. Did you ever know of the
Bee leaving anything that was not
nailed down, Mr. Journal? Lincoln is
entitled to everything of an antiquated
nature and it is very unbecoming the
sister city to show such discourtesy.
Reprinting from news items which
it had published twenty years ago the
Lincoln Journal on last Monday said
that the democratic city convention
listened to an address by a young at
lately coming from Illinois, .and that
his address proved that he was to be a
leader in city if not in state affairs of
his party. The Journal's prophecy has
been fulfilled; the young attorney's
name is W. J. Bryan.
Chester Gillette, the murderer of his
sweetheart, Grace Brown, near Big
Moose, New York, in igoG, was electro
cuted at the Auburn prison last Monday.
Of course, like all such characters,
when he found there was no further
chance of escape, he confessed his
guilt and said he was prepared to meet
his God. We don't know just what
the good Lord is going to do with such
fellows as Gillette, who live a life of
crime to the last and then suddenly get
religion, but there's no doubt a surprise
tn store for the lad who goes that route,
when he arrives at his final destination.
POLICY OMNACTIOfl,
Not a Single Public Measure
Passed by Congress.
DOMINANT PARTY TO BLAME.
With Big Majorities In Both Houses
Republicans Neglect Legislation.
Hostile to President A Foolish Sys
tem of Sessions Tnft'a Weakness
Before tho People The Appeal of
Labor Two-thirds Rule Illogical,
By WILLIS J. AnnOT.
Tho death of Senator William James
Brynn of Florida mnrks what Is per
finps the most extraordinary series of
deaths In one United Stutcs senate
known to recent years. Senators Mor
gan and Pettus of Alabama died with
in two mouths of each other. Seuator
Proctor of Vermont nnd Senator Mnl
lory of Florida died very shortly there
after. Senator William Plnkney Wuyto
of Maryland died only a few days ago.
Now comes news of the death of Sen
ator Bryan, who came as tho appointed
successor to Senator Mallory and who
had barely taken his seat In the senate
before the attack of typhoid fever
which brought him to his end was In
curred. His death Is pecullnrly pitiful
because of his youth. He was tho
youngest senator of the United States,
not yet thirty-two years of age. In his
home state he hud impressed himself
upon the people as a man of force and
ability. At the capltol ho had not had
any opportuulty to make his mnrk. It
was only on the Oth of January that ho
took his seat, and It wns three weeks
ago that lie was sent to the hospital
where he died. That Florida should be
thus In one session of congress twice
deprived of Its representation In the
senate seems n cruel stroke of fate. It
Is hardly likely that the governor will ,
make an appointment to fill the seat
In tenson to make tho successor useful
to tho Democratic minority in the sen
ate. However, as the Republican side
of the senate possesses now a two
thlrdB majority, It Is Just as well that
It should be permitted to accept com- j
plcto responsibility for all legislation
to be enacted this year.
Tho Date of Adjournment.
Tho Indications are now that con
gress will adjourn about the 2."th of
May. The statesmen, and particularly
those In the house of representatives,
have matters of political and personal
Interest to attend to in their own dis
tricts. But so far the matters of pub
lie and national Interest which they nro
supposed to attend to at tho capital
have not been done. One-half of the
first bossIoii of the Sixtieth congress Is
over, and not one single mensure of a ,
public nature has been passed by the
two houses nnd sent to the president '
for his approval. This Is not because
of any factious opposition on the part
of the minority party. There has been
no filibustering nor even any attempt (
at lr. tiid senate nns its two-inirus
Republican majority, tho house a ma
jority proportionately as great, but
absolutely nothing so far has been
done. It's true that this congress
Is hostile to the president. The distin
guished Republicans there gathered are
Inclined to believe that he has too
much of an Inclination to dictate what
tho legislative branch of tho govern
ment should do. Perhaps to that ex
tent they nro right, but It may at least
be said that a president has the right
to nsk that congress shall do some
thing. This congress has done nothing
so far. Not even the committees have
to the present time reported the really
necessary measures. In the house of
representatives there are VS men, each
of whom draws In sa'ary and allow
ances practically $10,000 a yexr. i'he
salary and the allowances go on
twelve months out of the year, but tho
average work does not amount to four
months annually. A foolish system
prescrllH'd by lnw, which enn bo
changed only by law, divides congress
Into short and long sessions. Tho short
session Is too short for any legislation;
the long session always precedes cither
u congressional or a presidential elec
tion, and the politicians therefore arold
doing anything which might u fleet the
result. Thut hns been particularly true
In the last eighteen months, when the
last session of the Fifty-ninth congress
went out In Impotence, nnd the first
session of the Sixtieth congress is hnlf
ended without any legislation for pub
lic purposes hnvlng been enacted.
The Anonymous Political Bureau.
One of the Interesting fentures of
politics In Washington during a presi
dential campaign Is the anonymous
news bureau. Both the Republican
aud the Democratic parties suffer from
these concerns. I had an Illustration
of one the other dny, when In n sealed
envelope, bearing no return address,
I received two pages of typewritten
matter attacking the claims of Secre
tary Taft's manager, Mr. Frank Hitch
cock. The writer of this matter did
not sign his name. No newspaper man
with any sense of responsibility would
care to accept statements coming thus
anonymously. For whom the writer
may be arguing or working does not
appear, but It Is perfectly apparent that
he Is employed by somebody antago
nistic to Taft. He asserts that the
plan of the antl-Taft forces is to tight
for dolegatlons from now on, having
allowed Tuft to hold his conventions
In states which were likely to bo for
him In any event. He also predicts
that Delaware, Massachusetts, Ten
nessee nnd Nevndn will within thirty
dnys elect nuti-Tnft delegations and
that In the end tho nntl-Tnft forces
will be within 1-10 votes of controlling
the convention on tho first bnllot, with
"many soft spots" In the Tuft legions
thut may be successfully attacked.
It would appear that the Republican
party Is likely to suffer In the same
way that some undemocratic Demo
crats wish to tnnkc the Democratic
party suffer It Is perfectly apparent
to any observer of politics tlint a ma
jority of the Republicans of tho na
tion desire Secretary Taft's nomina
tion that Is, a majority desires it If
President Roosevelt himself shall re
main out of the running. A combina
tion of favorite sons, made only In or
der to defeat the secretary's nomina
tion, Is likely to have tho effect of de
feating whosoever they may finally
unite on In the event that he nlmself
shall not be nominated. That Taft
would be a strong candidate before
the people nobody In Washington ex
cept the administration circle believes.
The hostility of organized labor and
the bitterness of the negroes In the
north against him will do more than Is
needed to overcome the strength that
may bo lent him by the Roosevelt nnd
administration support.
Appeal of the Federation of Labor.
Hends of the affiliated unions In the
Federation of Labor Issued from Wash
ington recently an appeal to tho work
Ingmen of the country for united po
litical action. They ask that candidates
for the presidency, for congress or for
other offices bo requested to specifically
declare their positions on such mnttcrs
ns the abuse of the power of Injunc
tion, the eight hour law, the employ
ers' liability law nnd other legislation
directly affecting working people. The
appeal has been handled by many
newspapers as though it Indicated a
purpose on tho part of the Federation
of Labor to organize a distinctly labor
party. As a matter of fact It only ex
presses n purposo to tnke such action
as Is eminently proper for nny such
great organization to adopt. That a
candldnto for office, seeking the votes
of worklngmen, should hesltnte for a
moment In nnswcrlng questions ns to
policies that vitally affect the rights of
laboring classes would unfit him f6r
office. Here in the United States we
have not developed as we really should
have the methods of free debate In po
litical campaigns that they have In
England.
There are only a few men In our
public life who Invito questions frpm
their auditors In a public meeting. The
man who has most successfully adopt
ed this method Is Mnyor Tom L. John
son of Cleveland. A speech by Tom
Johnson Is nn Inspiration to any one
who believes In a really frank discus
sion of public questions. Nothing de
l'ghts him more than to abandon the
platform for the middle aisle and nsk
any one who may be dissatisfied with
his argument to question him frankly
and to receive a frank, response, I
have watched him time and agalu.jn
action nnd sincerely believe that his
readiness to enter .upon discussions' rof
this sort Is one of his grentest sources
of strength In his campaigns.
Of course it may not always be nec
essary, particularly on the part of can
didates for national office, to repeated
ly answer the same questions. But I
am unable to see why the Federation
of Labor should not at the beginning
or a campaign nsk the aspirants for
otllco for an explicit statement of their
views on pertinent nintters and then
act accordingly.
Tho Two-thirds Rule.
In nil probability an effort will be
made at the next Democratic national
convention to modify or to abrogate
the two-thirds rule. This will not be
attempted before the nomination, for
no wisp mnn would care to become a
candidate before the Democratic voters
with the record of having secured his
nomination by overturning established
Democratic practice, however unwise
that practice may be. That It is un
wise Is coming now to be generally ad
mitted. Democracy means the rule of
tho majority, and one more than half
constitutes a majority. One more than
half of tho members of the committee
on resolutions can send to the full con
vention tho platform by which the
party Is to be guided, nnd n bnre ma
jority of tho convention can adopt that
platform. Tho Insistence thut two
thirds of the convention must unite In
order to nominate a candidate Is made
Illogical and ridiculous when the ability
of a mere majority to fix Its principles
Is borne In mlud. Moreover, under tho
unit rule tho vote of ot.e mnn might
determine how the seventy-eight votes
of New York or the sl.ty-elght of
Pennsylvania might bo determined.
Just now the two-thirds rule Is being
strenuously appealed to by a group of
utterly undemocratic politicians who
hope to utilize It, not for the nomina
tion of any particular candidate, for
they have none, but for the defeat of
the one candidate whom the great ma
jority of Demouatlo voters desire to
see nominated. It is a practical denial
of the principle of mnjorlty rule, which
Is a fundamental of Democracy.
Washington, D. C.
Beyond Control.
The courtroom hns Its fun as well ns
Its tragedy. Sometimes the humor Is
not as appreciable to the principal ac
tors as to an outsider, as In the caso
cited by tho Philadelphia Ledger. Tho
scene took place In a New Jersey court,
where n case for slander was being
tried. The principal witness was an
Impetuous old German woman. She
tnlked so fast that the Judge was un
able to follow her testimony, especially
ns It was delivered In broken Eugllsb.
In vain he attempted to stop her.
"Stop, stop!" he cried, rapping sharp
ly on his desk. But the torrent of
words went on. "Old woman, hush
up!" he shouted In exasperation. But
It was useless, At last he threw down
his pen exhausted and cried out to tho
lawyer:
'There. Mr. Hunter! You set her
going; now stop her!"
11
WORKERS FORCED OUT PENDING
NEW CONTRACTS.
COAL FIELDS OF COUNTRY IDLE
Open Winter and Industrial Depres
sion Left Large Stock of Coal on
Hand Agreement Expected In the
Southwest.
Indianapolis, April 1. Two hundred
and fifty thousand picks dropped from
the hands of as many bituminous coal
miners of tho United States last even
ing, not to bo usedv again until a wage
settlement has been reached and a
scale adopted between tho members
of tho United Mine Workers of Amer
ica nnd tho coal operators of tho vari
ous fields. This morning 250,000 men
arc Idle and thousands of coal mines
of tho country deserted. The situa
tion, however, does not Indicate a pro
longed strike. An open winter and
industrial depression havo left a largo
stock of coal on hand and tho differ
ences between tho miners nnd tho op
erators aro very slight. It is prac
tically agreed that the present scalo
will bo continued, but some local dlf
fonences between operators and min
ers have resulted in temporary sus
pension from work until a new wago
scale is agreed to either by districts
or individual mines.
Agreement Is Expected.
Kansas City, April 1. That a shut
down of tho coal mines of the south
west may bo avoided by an agreement
between the Southwestern Interstate
Coal Operators' association and tho
astern mine workers was announced
when James Elliott, president of the
operators association, stated that a
meoting would' bo hold with represent
atives of tho miners. Tho time of the
meeting has not been announced. At
Richmond, Mo., 700 men quit work.
At Topekn, Kan., the statement was
made at tho office of the labor com
missioner that 10,000 Kansas miners
quit work. At Bovler, Mo., 4,000 men
quit work.
ALLEGED SLAYER ARRESTED
William Carr Charged With Murder
of Express Messenger Bailey.
Newton, Kan., April 1. William T.
Carr was arrested here, charged with
the murder of Oscar A. Bailey, the ex
press messenger who was killed in
his car between Florence and Newton
last Sunday, and tho robbery of tho
express car. Carr was taken to Ma
rlon and lodged In Jail, It being
thought unsafe to keep him here on
account of the feeling against him.
A pair of blood bespattered trousers
which Carr lelt at a local cleaner's led
to his arrest. Following the arrest a
search was made of tho billiard hall
In which Carr was employed. An
overcoat spattered with blood was
found, nnd In tho pocket3 of this gar
ment were many pieces of vnluablo
jewelry. Representatives of the ex
press company havo Identified this
jewelry as having been taken from
tho express car. Carr was employed
by tho express company for three
years, and was a fellow employe of
Bailey.
MOURNERS GOJIEAVILY ARMED
Funeral of Charles Wyckliffe, Indian
Outlaw, Held at Muskogee.
Muskogee, Okla., April 1. Tho fu
neral of Charles Wyckllffo, tho notori
ous Indian outlaw long sought by tho
authorities and who was shot aud
killed by his brother, Thomas, In a
family quarrel, was held at tho Wyck
HfTo home, twenty miles east of Pryor
creek. ThomaB and John Wyckliffe,
brothers, attended tho funeral, as did
many friends of tho family.
Tho three outlaws havo been sought
for three years by tho Oklahoma offi
cers for murders and other crimes,
and their whereabouts were only
learned when tho murder of Charles
became known. Tho mourners were
heavily armed, but tho officers made
no attempt to Interfere.
Finnish Senate to Resign.
Holslngfors, April 1. In conse
quence of tho vote of lack of confi
dence In it, the Finnish senate has
decided to resign. This vote passed
tho diet by 71 to 47 and' wns the work
of tho socialists. They formally cen
sured tho Finnish administration for
the delivery of Russian terrorists and
political agitators to tho Russian au
thorities. Brewery Strike Settled.
St. Louis, April 1. Representatives
of twenty-four breweries In St. IjouIs
and vicinity and of tho brewery work
ers' unions signed now contracts, end
ing tho strike of 3,500 brewery work
ers, which has been on for more than
three weeks. It Is planned to rein
stato tho strikers within a week.
Roads to Put Men to Work.
Chicago, April 1. The Record-Herald
says that In the next sixty days
1 the railroads of tho United States will
havo to find between 250,000 and 300,'.
! 000 men to mend their tracks and
roadbeds and another large army to go
into their shops and repair their cars
and their locomotives.
Flora Whlston Indicted for Perjury.
I New York, April 1. Flora Whiston,
ono of tho girls who testified In tho
recent case against Raymond Hitch
cock, tho comedian, was Indicted by a
grand jury on a charge of perjury, al
lore J to havo been committed In her
testimony In the Hitchcock caso.
m
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MINE FIRE IS FATAI
TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE IN NO. 1
SHAFT AT HANNA, WYO.
Nineteen Men In the Shaft Were En-
Oagcd In Fighting the Flames Sec
end Explosion Occurs and State
Mine Inspector and Rescuers Perish.
Hnnna, Wyo., March 30. A careful
ly prepared list of the mlbslng as a
result of the two explosions in mine
No. 1 of the Union Pacific Coal com
pany contains fifty-eight names and of
this number, flvo doad bodies have
been iccoverod. Before further at
tempt nt rescuing the dead can be
made, the tiro In the tenth level,
which wns tne direct cause of the two
explosions, must be extinguished.
Work to this end consumed the entire
day, efforts being directed especially
to close the west slope, which, it is
hoped, will eventually smother the
raging flames.
The known dead are: Robert War
burton, Peter Munson, Alexander Ten
nant, Mntt Huhtala, Benjamin Perry.
Tho missing are: Davis Ellas, stato
mlno inspector; Alexander Brlggs.
mine superintendent; Joseph Burton,
Alfred Dodds, James Knox. Gus
Ramie, P. A. Boyd, G. Lahti, John
Yakonon, Emlle Selfrust. Thomas
Flint, John Evans, Robert Herron,
Harry Lyons, Jacob Rlmmer, William
Poscoe, Richard Wilson, Frank Col
lins, Peter Travis. J. Dodds, Charles
Hughes, Alfred Holllday, Samuel Mc
Cormlck, L. Conty, John Norkoll, Will
iam Johnson, Albert Riley, Bert Fink,
Grant Routt, F. FrantI, Isaac Wimero,
Andrew BIrcheral, Henry H. BIrcheral,
James M. Hoy, Andrew Hoy, Harry
Foster, John Tnto, James Smeaton,
James Burns, A. Madden, Charles Har
ris, jo.m .rthurs, Isaac Penn, John
Cookson, William Joki, John Tully,
Chris Ferguson, Robert Armstrong,
Samuel Cundy, Victor Cundy, Thomas
Cundy, Samuel Jacobs.
Details of the Disaster.
It was while Superintendent Brlggs
and eighteen companions were fight
ing the fire at the tenth level that tho
first explosion of gas occurred. But
one man is known to have escaped
death wno was with this party. This
was Charles Harris, colored. After
going to his home to notify his fam
ily of his escape, Harris returned to
the mlno with tho rescuing party or
ganized by State Mine Inspector Ellas
to recover the bodies of tho uufortu
nates who mot death In tho first ex
plosion. Harris' name appears In tho
list resulting from tho second explo
sion. According to the story of Camp
boll, who reached tho entrance of the
mlno with tho bodies of Warburton,
Munson and Perry, killed In the first
explosion, and thereby escaped death
himself, inspector Ellas scattered the
members of tho rescue party through
tho entrance for a distance of 1,500
feet, removing wreckage and making
temporary repairs of damage caused
by the first explosion. The flro at the
tenth level was raging furiously and
Inspector Ellas and several others
with him discussed the wisdom of
bratticlng No. 8 entrance. It was
decided that this would be suicidal,
as the gas would be forced' back Into
the fire at the tenth level and would
probably cause an explosion more ter
rific and direful than the ono which
had already snuffed out the lives of
nearly a scoie of their comrades. Tho
party continued to work their way
slowly toward the fire, abandoning the
idea of closing No. 8 entrance way.
Second Explosion Occurs.
It is thought, however, that some of
the stragglers In the rear, struck with
the same idea of cutting off the spread
of tho gas by closing the entrance, im
mediately put the plan Into effect,
with tho result as reasoned out by In
spector Ellas and his immediate fol
lowers. Be that as It may, the second
explosion occurred, and although It Is
known practically that fifty-eight per
sons met death In the two explosions,
preparations aro being made to care
for more than this number of dead
bodies should it become necessary.
Already seventy coffins have been de
livered here. Tho reason that no
definite estimate can be made
of the number In the mlno when the
second explosion occurred Is that the
rescue party was made up hurriedly
nnd many who entored the mine went
in after tho hurriedly organized squad
had been Inside the mine several min
utes. It was not until daylight that tho
bodies of Alexander Tennant and Matt
Huhtala wore found and they were
found lying on tho prairie somo dis
tance from the east slope. Tennant's
head and one arm was blown off, anu'
Huhtal.i's body was horribly mangled
also, Tennant's head haa not been
found yet. The dismembered arm was
found quite a distance from where the
rest of the body was picked up. This
evidence of tho terrific force of the
second explosion makes certain that
none can possibly havo lived through It.
That no one hosltated in responding
to the call for volunteers In their res
cuo of their fellow workmen after tho
first explosion Is shown in the fact
that not a working official of the three
mines of the Union Pacific Coal com
pany in this camp or a miners' union
official !s left.
Tho disaster brings the number of
victims of the explosions In No. l dur
ing the twenty years of Its operation
to the neighborhood of 300. The great
est previous loss of life occurred on
Juno 30, 1903, when 169 men fell vic
tims to deadly gas.
Milton to Succeed Senator Bryan.
Tallahassee. Fla., March 28. Gov
errnor Broward' appointed Hill Milton
of Mariana to succeed the late Sen
ator Bryan of Florida In the United
States senate.
Anti-Saloon League.
Continued from Page G
Last Sunday at the Plielan opera
house, Hon. J. L. McBrien, state su
perintendent of public instruction, de
livered a very interesting, and in some
respects, the' most telling address that
has been given in Alliance on the tem
perance question. Mr. McBrien is a
man of fine oratorical ability, and from
the great interest which his auditors
gavo it was evident that ho drove his
arguments home with convincing power.
Among other things ho said:
"THE SALOON MUST GO.
"Our fathers declared in the Declar
ation of Independence, tho bravest
political document ever given to the
world, that whenever any form of gov
ernment becomes destructive to the
three inalicnabh rights of man life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness
it becomes the right and the duty of
the people to throw off such form of
government and to institute new policies
aud guards for their future safety. The
history of tho saloon business is the
history of a long train of abuses under
which life has be,en taken, virtue se
duced aud happiness crucified.
"You have seven saloons in Alliance.
Every saloon means ten steady drink
ers. Seven saloons seventy confirmed
drunkardsl
'Some ask: 'How about our schools
if we vote out the saloons? We get
$700.00 for our public schools from
each saloon $4900.00. How can we
pay our teachers if we vote out the sa
loons?' My reply is that the increased
assessment on the railroad terminals
will be at least $400,000.00. Take
one-fifth of this, the amount on which
you may levy the 25 mills, and you have
$2,000.00 of the $4900.00. Then the
increased values of all other taxable
property will give at least $2,000.00
more under the 25 mills levy. You
will receive $350.00 from the state
under the act of the last legislature ap
propriating $50,000.00 for normal train
ing in the high schools of Nebraska.
Then it is safe to say that under the
the new free high school law you will
receive at least $500.00 more tuition
next year than you received from non
resident pupils this year. So you can
abolish the saloon without any injury
to your public schools.
MLet me' call your attention to the
schools in no license cities: Aurora
has had no saloons for eight years.
When she abolished the saloon she had
a floating debt of nearly ten thousand
dollars. Since that time she lias paid
the debt, increased salaries of her
teachers and will lay the corner stone
of a new $45,000.00 high school build
ing this week.
"York never had a saloon. It is the
only city in the state with a five-year
high school course of study. It pays
its .superintendent $2,000.00, while
Hastings, a license town with a half
larger system of schools, pays its su
perintendent $t,8co. 00.
"Now, if you people of Alliance ex
pect a permanent state nonpal here in
the near future, let me advise you to
abolish the saloon this year and keep it
out forever. You are entitled to a
state normal in Northwestern Nebraska.
In my opinion Alliance is the logical
place for it. You have here this pan
handle of the state, comprising the
counties of Sioux, Dawes, Sheridan,
Box Butte, Duel, Scottsbluff, Banner,
Cheyenne, Kimball, besides Gratit,
Thomas and Hooker in good railroad
connection. A greater number of
teachers is required in Alliance terri
tory than for the entire state of
Wyoming. Fathers and mothers are
slow to send their daughters to a saloon
town for an education. I havo found
it hard to secure full co-operation from
neighboring counties in the work of the
Junior Normal for the reason that Al
liance is a saloon town. Therefore,
from the standpoint of enlightened
selfishness, if for no better reasons,
you ought to vote the saloons out of
Alliance."
Broken Bow, Nebr., March 30, 1908.
To whom it may concern:
I desire to. say that I have passed
through experiences incident to the
closing of the saloons in the village of
Ansley and in this city and that I am
well pleased with the results in a busi
ness way.
In both cases many of our best men,
who did not indulge in the use of in
toxicating liquors as a beverage at all,
or at most to a very small extent, were
opposed to closing the saloons for the
reason that they believed it would be
injurious to their business; but now,
after an actual experience of doing
business for several years in a dry
town, every one of these men, so far as
I can recall, are strongly opposed to
saloons in their towns and their opposi
tion thereto is their honest belief that
saloons are detrimental to the best
business interests of their communities.
This is very annarent frnm i. :.,,-..
ed vote agamst saloons from year to
year. Respectfully. J. A. ARMOUR,
Ex-County Judge of Custer County.
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