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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1908)
h vkua-y cr i jn jm-hii mnynmrniiuuiii mm huh 1 ! I I u gnwilteMD Pftblished Ererjr Thursday by Tho Herald MUshing Cimpany. T. J. O'KEEFE Editor J. D. KNIEST ..... Associate Editor Subscription, $1.50 per year In advance. Entered at the postoffico at Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through the mails, as second-claas matter. I LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. J Roy Bcckwith is back from an outing nlpng.tho. Northwestern Lino. Miss Jessie Brown expects to start lor Los Angeles next Monday. Mrs. Franklin, Sam Ambro's sister, from Fremont, Neb., will visit hero next week, A. J. Nelson's family departed Sun day for Edgcmont, which will bo their future home. F. P. Young has established his jew elry business in Beal Bros.' store in tho Reddish block. Mrs. Charles Lindstrom aud children of York are visiting her sister, Mrs. J. O. Thomas. T. F. Allen, Crawford's hustling real estate man, has business beforo tho laud office today. Miss Maymo McCawloy departed on 42 Monday bound for her homo at Bea ver Crossing, this state. Dr. J. R. Taggart and Dr. Plumcr were among those from Hyannis who visited Alliance Monday. Mrs.,,F. M, Dorrington, of Weiser, Idaho, arrived in Alliance Monday and is visiting her host of friends. MTss Edith Minor returned to her homo at Hyannis Monday after a week's visit with hersistca, Mrs. Dr. Krcamcr. The Sells-Floo circua will exhibit in this citv tho 10th of June. Tho first advertising car will airivo today on 44. Rev. D. B. McLaughlin wishes to state that it will bo impossible for him to preach at Angora or Dalton Sunday. Peter Thompson and ,wifo are over from Minataro visiting with Mrs. T.'s father. George Douglas, for several days. P. D. Spracklcn, a substantial farmer-stockman from the northwest part of the county, has business in Alliance today, Tho Ladies' Union ol tho First Pres byterian church will meet with Mrs. Harvey Hamilton next Wednesday af ternoon. Tho Fortnightly study club will give an entertainment at the Carpenter Bap tist church on Juno 6. Admission, 15c and 25c. Mrs, Nellie Richards and children left Tuesday morning for Portland, Or cgou, where they expect to make their future home. George Douglas is still making im provements on his fine farm east of town. He recently erected a i28-bar-rel water-tank thereon. Georgo M. Adams and P. G. Cooper were amdng tho prominent Crawford citizens who accompanied tho Bryan party to Alliance Monday. Geo. Gadsby boarded the castbouud traiu Monday morning on a business trip to Lincolu and other poiuls in the eastern part of the state. Ray Wilson arrived from the east the latter part of last week to visit with his relatives here, and left today for Rapid City, where he is employed. Parkes Churchill of Fort Dodge, Io., arrived in the city last Friday and will make his home in the west hereafter. He is a son of Dr. Churchill. Mrs. Gtorge Fox and daughters left Tuesday morning for their new home near Harrisburg, Banner county. Mr. Fox will follow them in a few days. D. W, Hayes went to Marsland last Saturday on a fishing trip. Tho fish that 'got away were monsters. Next time he will take a wire clothes-line, J. F. Drake found a gold bracelet last Monday morning in front of Norton's store. Owner may have same by prov ing property and paying for advertising. There were so many visitors from the several surrounding towns who came to Alliance Monday to hear Mr. Bryan speak that The Herald will not attempt to publish the names. . Mrs. A. J. Dwyer and children have s- - -gone to Omaha to be near Mr. Dwyer, who is ill in Council Bluffs and, we re gret to have to stasis not mending as rapidly as is desirable. Miss Edna Jones and Miss Katharine Roddy left Monday for Cody, Wyo., from whence they will proceed to Yel- ' 'I .' lowstou'e' National .Park, where they will sojourn for inasj of the torrid spell. Mrs. F. M. Baker has returned from a vfait to her brothers at Sealile.Vash, She was very much impressed with tbc Washington metropolis, and was grati fied to learn that her brothers are suc ceeding handsomely there. Capt. W. H. Corbin is at Excelsior Springs, Mo., trying to get the rabid republicanism and the rampant rheum atism boiled out of him. Hope he will succeed, Tho captain will be a good man yet if he gets rid of tboso two dis eases. The increased patronage at the Box Butto hospital has made it necessary to employ another trained nurse and a Miss Casady of Creston, Iowa, has been engaged and is now at the hos pital attending to her professional duties. Neal Boon last week purchased all of tho cattle belonging to his brother, whose ranch is located in the sand hills. Tho latter will use his range for horses hereafter. Neal intends to run the cat tle till next fall when he will put them on tho market. U. S. Land Register Wood received a telegram Monday evening announcing the death of his father, which occurred at his home in Applcton, Wisconsin, at the age of 90 years. Tho register was prevented by pressing business from at tending the iuncral. Mrs. E. C. Eastgate, mother of Mrs. Dr. Churchill, arrived here last Friday from Nashville, Tennessee, where she had been visiting another daughter. Mrs. Eastgato's homo has been at Lar imoro, N. D., but she will likely make her home in this city hereafter. Victor Jennings and sou Avery from Council Bluffs, Iowa, were here Satur day looking over the country. Mr. Jen nings is an old-time friend of Sam AI bro of this city. The latter was chief of police under Mr. jenning's adminis tration as mayor of Council Bluffs years ago. Sunday at the Baptist church, G. C. Joffers, pastor. Sunday school at to o'clock. Subject of morning sermon, "God's Love." Tho Lord's Supper im mediately follows. Evening discourse, "Tho Unpardonable Sin." Midweek praver service, Thursday evening. A welcome to all services. Lamberson & Clason is the name of a new firm who ask the patronage of the people of Alliance for tho repair of furniture, upholstering and t'ao like, also the taking up, cleaning of carpets, crating of furniture etc. They'aro re liable and guarantee satisfaction. Their phono uumber is 653 Box Butto ave. Contractor Sang Reck informs us that the brick work on the convent will be finished in two weeks, and that matters have been arranged so that work will be pushed on the high school, which will be ready for occupancy by September. The two new school buildings and new depot are proving great advertisements for Alliance. A hail storm passed over the county in the vicinitv of Chris. Boncss' ranch southeast ot the city Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Boness' alfalfa was cut down as if done by a mowing machine. Owing to the fact that crops arc not far ad vanced in growth yet, further damage was slight. The hail storm was about four miles in width. Edgar Howard of the Columbus Telegram was a member of the Bryan party and he was greeted warmly by a number of friends in this city, among these being Mr. and Mrs.W. D. Rumer who were neighbors to him years ago. Judge Howard is one of Nebraska's brainiest men, and he will be elected to congress from his district this fall. Dr. and Mrs. Churchill returned last Sunday from Omaha where they were called to the bedside of their son, Glen, who was at a hospital suffering with appendicitis. An operation was per formed on the young man and he was brought here by his parents in frail condition. He is at the Box Butte hospital and resting easy at the pres ent time. Engineer C. H. Rockey, who is at the hospital suffering with typhoid fever, is getting along nicely and it will not be long ere the popular railroad man will be out again. It's rather rocky for a man who is accustomed to good health and a strenuous life on the road to be cooped up like this. But we've all got to take our medicine sooner or later. Dr. Allen returned yesterday from his sojourn of a month in southern Cal ifornia, and says he enjoyed the trip immensely. He met all the former Al liance people while there, and reports them all in good health and prospering. Asked as to whether he would like to live iu the land of fruit and flowers, the doctor replied that he would if he had lots of money. And this is the same answer that has been made by thou sands of others, Dr .-Allen's- family will not return for a few weeks yet. Newspapers of the Future Will Be Smaller , and Cleaner. JIIEN" tiio historian El as to tho "world'B amazing progress in tho last hun dred years, particularly in tho Laet sixty, one of tho most noteworthy topics for his dfooosBton will bo tho multiplication of newspapers na to both numbor and circulation. His explanation will bo mado wp largoly of a statement of tho influence of Btoain and electricity in nowspaperdom. Hia most difficult duty will bo to explain satisfac torily tho almost complete disappearance of THE OLD FASH IONED PAPER IN WHICH THE EDITOR WAS BICrGER THAN HIS PAPER and tho evolution of tho huge, impersonal papers of tho present day. THE CHIEF WORK OF THE PAPER8 OF THE IMMEDIATE FU TURE WILL BE TO MAKE THEM8ELVE8 ABSOLUTELY INDE PENDENT AND AS IMPARTIAL A8 POSSIBLE IN THE DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC MEN AND PUBLIC MEASURES. EVEN A CASUAL OB SERVER CAN 8EE THAT THE DAY OF THE THICK AND THIN PARTY ORGAN HAS ABOUT ENDED. IN THE GOOD TIME COMING THERE WILL BE FOUND 80ME WAY OF STRIPPING THIS MASK FROM PAPERS WHICH ARE REALLY THE PERSONAL ORGANS OF CERTAIN BANEFUL INTERESTS, BUT WHICH POSE -AS REAL NEW8PAPER3 AND IN THAT WAY CONSTANTLY GULL THEIR READER8. ' H Thomas Jefferson onco declared that as between a country with out a government and with a free press and a country with a govern ment and without a free press ho would choose tho former, a declara tion to which I agree, but ho meant AN HONEST PRESS AND NOT A SUBSIDIZED PRESS. Tho people demand more and more clean, honest, fair, courageous journalism. The papers of tho future will bo not half so largo as tho papers of today. News, editorials and advertisements will all bo condensed, not only to save time and money, but as a matter of humanity. Onco representatives in congress spoko ad libitum. Now an hour is tho longest speech possiblo except by unanimous consent. Tho paper of tho future WILL EXPLOTT GOOD DEEDS MORE and reduce tho reports of scandals to tho minimum. A Voice From the Synagogue In Praise of the President. By Rabbi J. LEONARD LEVY of Pittsburg. CHE president of tho United States is no king of England. Ho has OTHER FUNCTIONS than thoso of laying cor nerstones and appearing at public dinners and holding levees. Tho president of tho United States is no Emperor William, is no absolute monarch. Tho president of tho United States is no czar and can havo no tyranni6al will. William U. and Nicholas LT. rule for lifo, their heirs are to rulo after them, and they are not responsible to their people. But the president of tho United States is responsible to tho people, and tho period during which ho can direct public affairs is wisely limited to a fow years. Ho is tho servant of tho people, but ho is at tho samo time THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE as things have developed in Amorican history. h n Believing utterly in his absolute honesty and integrity, I cannot join thoso who blame him. What would you havo him do ? THE PRESENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS NO LADY; HE 18 NO BLOODLESS ASCETIC; HE IS NO ANAEMIC WEAKLING. HE IS A MAN IN WHOSE VEINS FLOWS RED BLOOD; A MAN WHO HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE VERY DEPTHS OF HIS NATURE BY THE UNFOLDING OF AS GREAT A CON SPIRACY A8 EVER WRECKED A NATION. Can wo expect him to stand supinely by and act as so many of his fellow citizens do in tho presenco of frequent acts of unrighteous aggression ? H In 1001 ho was a good president; in 1002 ho was a good president; in 1003 ho was a good president; in 1904 ho was a very good presi dent and was olocted presidont of tho United States by tho greatest majority over given to a Republican candidate ; in 1005 ho was a good president; in 1000 ho was a good president. After May 30, 1007, ho was suddenly a bad president. Why? BECAUSE THE OFFEND ERS HAD BEEN DENOUNCED, becauso their methods had beon disclosed. A Crime Against Humanity To Indulge In Silly War Talk. By Rabbi STEPHEN S. WISE of Nl 11 York. 1 CAN'T reconcile a big peaco prograi .11210 with a great navy programme, and I would rather hear a man go up and down tho country crying "War, war I" all tho time, like Hobson, than to havo ono who is ready to cry peaco if thero must bo peaco and ready to jump into war at any time if thero is a chanco for war. I rather wish wo might havo war on Hobson's' account, for he would thon bo serving his country as ho is not serving it now. Thero is NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHIOn WOULD DARE TO INSULT THE UNITED STATES, and I havo it from thoso who know who know that tho, noblest men and women in Japan aro heartsick on account of this dribblo about that country's hatred of tho United States. IT IS A 8ERIOUS CONDITION OF AFFAIRS WHEN WAR TALK 13 LISTENED TO EVEN IN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN A'SSOCIA TIONS. I WOULD NOT HAVE IT IN ANY ASSOCIATION' WITH WHICH I AM CONNECTED, AND I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN. J AM ONLY A JEW. THE MAN WHO FOMENTS WAR WHEN THERE IS NO WAR COMMIT8 A CRIME AGAIN8T HUMANITY. I k " 5t3j(2!V. By CHAMP CfJUUK. tonfrwanun from Mlweuit, of our thnoa oomes to philosophize REVIEW OFCONGRESS Fir6t Session Has "Done" Noth ing but the People. A VAST DEFICIT PROVIDED. Twelve Years of Republican MltrwU Leave Only a Heritage of Debt and Business Disaster 8lgns That Indi cate Demosratlo Unity Vice Presl dentlal Timber Crumpacker'a Sharp Trick Likely to Prove a Boomerang. By WILUS J. ABBOT. Some people tuny say of tho first ses sion of the Sixtieth congress that It is a congress Hint baa done nothing. That Is a gross Injustice. It has "done" the peoplo by appropriating something In tho neighborhood of 12,000,000,000 and has provided the United States treasury iu the very mlddlo of a Rc publlcnn pnnic and hard times with a deficit approaching $150,000,000. Of course it has not dono anything to re lieve the burden of taxation. Not one single law hns got pust tho eagle eye of Speaker Cannon or of Leader Al drich in the senate that has reduced by the most infinitesimal fraction of a mill the taxation upon auy article of common use. The tariff has not beon touched and will not bo touched until after election. Internal rovonuo taxes have not been reduced. But the ap propriations, nil of which come out of the pockets of the people, are greater than ever before in tho history of tho American congress. It is proper to make it clenr that tho deficit of $150,000,000 which this con gress and the twelve years of unre stricted Republican rule will leavo as n heritage to the American people could h ivo been avoided not by higher taxation, but by lower taxation. The tariff as it now stands is intended not to produco revenue, but to protect American manufacturers. The meas ure of protection which they wish and upon which they insist is that which prevents any Imports whatsoever, and ns tho imports fall off the revenues to bo derived from tho tariff fall off pro portionately. That is the reason why the country today faces a prodigious deficit, and stands face to face with another increase of tho bonded debt. This congress has done nothing to re lievo the finnnclai stringency which is felt all over tho country, Tho twelve years of Republican domination in the White House, the Benato nnd tho houso of representatives, all practically under tho same control, have produced for the American business community only distress and disaster. We used to hear, as Senator Gore of Oklahoma pointed out in a speech beforo tho Dis trict of Columbia Democratic conven tion tho other day, that panics nnd hard times were the exclusive political properties of the Democratic party. What now? We have had tho Roose velt panic. We are suffering the Re publican hard thpes. A congress which has been for at least twelve years In control of the dominant party has shown itself Incompetent to pass any measure for the relief of the business community. A president who was sup posed to represent tho cheering Issue of the full dinner pall has so wielded his big stick that the empty freight cars and the mile of Idle locomo tives photographed the other day by one railroad havo come to be known as "Teddy Bares." What this Republican congress wll offer to the people as Justification for its existence tho Re publican members themselves are puz zled to express. Real Democratic Progress. The last few 'days have served to em phasize the growing unity of the Dem ocratic party. Tho mere fact that it Is uniting upon Mr. Bryan is of less Importance than the obvious fact that It is becoming unified. On one day three states Instructed their delegates for Mr. Bryan, Michigan, Missouri and South Carolina, with an aggregate of eighty-two delegates. And In other states where the conventions havo not yet beenjield district delegates have been chosen nnd either Instructed or announced themselves ns favorablo to his candidacy. This Indicates substan tial Democratic unity. There are com paratively few states yet to act in which there Is any partisan or faction al contest. After Alabama acted the theory that there was dissension In the south was dissipated, nnd nfter Michi gan spoko the idea that there was any material contest In the northwest was abandoned. The Denver Rally. The convention at Denver, If tho practical men In tho house and In the senate nre talking frankly, will bo a love feast so far as tho head of tho ticket is concerned. I heard Repre sentative Garrett of Tennessee talking the other day to a man wholly disso ciated from politics, nnd he Insisted that pretty nearly every Democratic representative Iu congress wished to see Mr. Bryan nominated, though many of them' disagreed with some of his views. But ns Garrett put it, however much the representatives might dis agree, each one wanted to bo re-elected nnd each one felt that the nomination of Bryan on the ticket would help to pull him through in his district. It Is n curious fact that, while there are not a few senators and representatives who are jiolltleally unfriendly to Mr. Bryan, all of them say that his Btreugth In their districts or in their states Is such that they do not wish to" antago nize him. -This Is a matter for tho men who read only the great, bo called, met ropolitan newspapers to consider. They will read in papers of this sort that thero Isf n certain hostility to Bryan among representatives and seuntors in'congress, particularly from tho sooth. But, after all, if the voters back of tho representatives and senators, if tho peoplo who carried Alabama four to ono for him, who carried (South Car olina almost unanimously nnd who havo already given evidence that they will carry tho other Bouthcrn states, bellevo In tho cautw which Bryan preaches why should the Democracy of tho nation take Its creed from office holders who do not represent thtr own constituents? Tho Vice Prerfdency. But If tho presidency seems to bo as sured, thero will be a lively contest for tho vice presidential nomination, and it has been tho misfortune of tho Dem ocratic party for several campaigns to err grievously in tho selection of tho mnn who should hold second place on the ticket. Both elements of tho De mocracy havo been' equally unwise, and If thero was a blunder in 1800, when the radicals wore in the saddle, bo, too, was there ono in lOOi, wben tho con servatives wore In power. Sometimes tho search has been for a man with a barrel, which, if the Democratic party is to win, should be the last thing thought of. Sometimes, ngnin, it has been urged that the vIcwb of tho nom inee who heads the ticket should be qualified by tho quiet opposition of tho man whoso nnmo ends tho ticket. In this particular campaign which is coming neither1 of these nrguments will be likely to carry weight. As to tho second ono, it is absolutely de stroyed by tho reiterated statement of .Mr. Bryan that If ho should be presi dent tho vico president will bo invited to n sent at the cabinet tablo and give a voice in the counsels of the cabinet cqunl to that of any cabinet ofilcer. This Is one of the progressive reforms which no legislation Is neccssnry to ac complish. Furthermore, It Is a reform which will make it well worth the whllo of a man of force and character and of convictions nnd a deslro to give those convictions effect to bo willing to accept what has hitherto been thought to be a thankless task. Even without this statement on tho part of Mr. Bryan I do not think that any American, however great his am bitions may bo, should look on the vice presidential nomination ns some thing to be nvolded. It is true that Mr. Roosevelt did, but probably today lie recognizes how great was the for tune which overcame his reluctance to take the position. Among tho men, loyal, true and fighting Democrats, whoso names havo been mentioned as possible vico presi dential nominees nre these: John W. Kern, Indiana; Charles A. Towno, New York; Governor Charles N. Uuskell, Oklahoma; Governor John A. Johnson, Minnesota; Representative Francis Bur ton Harrison, New York; Senator Robert L. Owen, Oklahoma; W. G. Conrad, Montana; John Mitchell, Illi nois; Mayor Brand Whitlock, Ohio. Doubtless thero will be other names mentioned before the convention be gins its session. But for twenty years there has never beon a time when the feeling was so strong among Demo cratic public ,inon that with a militant nnd inspiring leader at tho head of the ticket the second place should be giv en to a worthy associate, a man who as nearly as possiblo would equal In political talent the chief and who certainly without question would stand squarely and forcefully for tho princi ples which the Democratic national convention will lay down for the guid ance of both. Crumpacker and Corrupt Politics. When the bill pressed earnestly by all the Democratic members of tho house of representatives providing for natlonnl publicity of campaign contri butions had gained such strength among the peoplo that the Republicans in the house dared no longer openly oppose it, one Crumpacker of Iudlana devised a plan to destroy it. He at tached to the bill as originally present ed an amendment which Iiliplied the reduction of the representation in con gress of the southern states. Of course the amendment was not germane, but went far enough to make It impossible for southern Democrats to vote for any part of the publicity bill. That was its purpose, and it succeeded. It may have suceeded too well for the intentions of Mr. Crumpacker and tho Republican ring in the house who put him up to the dodge, for It has put the house Republicans In tho posi tion of not saying only to the southern stateswhlch have disfranchised the illit erate and thriftless men of the colored race that their representation In con gress shall bo reduced, but It hits with equnl force the states of tho Pacific const, where the Increasing Mongollau immlgrntlou constitutes n peril almost as great as the African peril In the south. Several of tho Republican rep resentatives from California, Oregon and Washington have openly expressed their disapproval of the Crumpncker project. It is a matter of the more importance to them becnuse, in their effort to limit oriental Immigration nnd to prevent tho admission to citizenship of the Japanese, they have alwavs heretofore had tho friendship nnd the co-operation of tho Democrats from the south iu both linns,. n,,i .in ,Mr. Crumpackcr's bill serves "notice -,.,.. Kuuuinu uuuiucruis mat such co operation is not desired, and tho Re publicans of tho Pacific coast are ac cordingly worried as to how they are to explain the situation to their con stituents. It seems probable, according to the Tennesseo congressman with whom I talked and whom I have al ready quoted lu this letter, that In his effort to undo the Brownsville folly and placate the negro voters along the north bnuk of tho Ohio river Mr. Crumpacker has very effectively de stroyed much of the strength of the Republican party In the great states bordering the Pacific, which havo al ways been Republican nnd which havo heretofore looked to that party for pro tection against 'the rising tide of Mon golian immigration. Washington; D.'O.
