WASHINGTON LETTER
Champ Clark Not Sulking; Advises
Democrats to Aid Wilton.
BY CLYDE M. TAVENNER.
Member of Congress.
(Special to the Herald.)
Washington. April 8th.- Speaker
Champ Clark Intend to co operate in
wfcole hearted sincerity with Preside
Wllaon to carry out the promises
contained In the Ba! , Imore platform
From the moment the Beltlmore con
veation adjourned he never had any
otber thought hi view, but on the
contrary luue t nk-n advantage of
every opportunity to ndvlae all dem
ocrata to pull togeth r for the sue
ceaa of the administration and the
good of the party.
That Champ ('Lark la not the kind
of a man to sulk and that ho will
KM, whs borne home forcibly to
every Demoorntlc member of the new
House, at the recent caucus a'
which the speaker waa unanimous
ly elected to preside over the 6:rd
Congress. Unfortunately, no news
paper men were permitted to be
present at thia mucus, and the ring
ing speech made by Speaker Clark
on behalf of party solidarity did
not get into the newspapers to any
appreciable extent. 1 have the con
sent of the Speaker as well na the
Democratic caucua to publish auoh
parts of the apnech aa 1 desire.
Hpace will not n nun the printing
of the complete remarks of the
Speaker, which is to be regretted, be
cause the speech is a complete re.fu
tntion of the Intimations which have
appeared In the press recently to
te effect that Mr. Clark Is unfriend
ly to the new administration.
"Since i ne foundation of our gov
ernment," declared Mr. Clark, "no
party ever had a fairer prospect of
m long lease of power or a better
chance of promoting the welfare and
prosperity of the country than the
Democratic party has. What will we
do with our opportunity? The voters
have only placed us on probation.
Can WS make good? Can we vindi
cate the vast army of voters who
gave us the power to conduct
government. iJiiUoubiediy we
How? liy keeping faith with
people. Jjy rleigJousiy carrying
the promises by reason of which
we won. Uy transmitting Into law
our pledges to improve the condl
tlona unaer which we live. If we
do this the. people will rceoKlze it
and approve our conduct.
the
can.
the
out
part in givin the nil Rood buwl
ness administratis Me Muted thai
'he believe wnT Hie husjlnewa) qf
the oltjr should be run In the same
way and with the same careful at
t ntlon that Is given to private
business.
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FOR FARM SUCCESS.
By Or. J. M. Worst.
An agricultural state should cmphH
slxe three great principles:
1. To make each cultivated acre
produce Its best every year.
2 To foster a system of farm man
agement that will accomplish this en
and yet not Impoverish the soil.
I. To encourage a system of co
operation among its farmers to suffi
ciently control the marketing ;ind dis
tribution of their products so as to
not be subjected to the speculative
forces that regularly rob the.tn of
their legitimate profits.
The Inst principle cannot be real
ized so long as farmers produce with
their hands but distribute by proxy.
They must play at both ends of the
game or forever eat out of the hands
of those who hold both the producer
and the consumer at their mercy.
Middlemen are necessary. Middle
men arc legitimate, but the producers
of the country's wealth should deter
mine at least approximately how mini
hands their product pass through on
their Journey from field, garden or
on-hard to the ultimate consumer. In
other words the producer and the con
sumer must be brought closer togeth-
er. even if halt the uninvited guests
that have crowded in between, to for
age oft both the producer and con
sumer must be squeezed out. If the
producers cannot do this .then their
case 1b hopeless Hut If they can and
do not, then upon themselves must
rest the blame.
By organisation and cooperation
farmers may become the greatest, the four years experience may teach
Our Lincoln Letter
THE LEGISLATURE.
The code Insurance hill that was
introduced In the Senate and which
occupied the time of that body al
most constantly for a week, has
been before the lower branch of
the legislature for a couple of
weeks. IHiring this time a number
of hearings have been granted to
fraternal insurance advocates, to
mutual believers and to the old
Mine devotees. The bill is a very
long one and contemplates a ma
terial change In our insurance law.
One of the things of considerable
interest contemplated by the man
who drew the measure Is the di
vorce of the Insurance department
from the office of the State Aud
itor where it has heretofore been.
Auditor Howard sought the election
and probably was elected State Aud
itor because he was a practical in
surance man, and now hp resents
taking the office of Insurance Com
missioner away from him and leav
ing htm merely the Auditor of
Account and Expenditures of pub
lic money. It must be admitted that
many members of the legislature are
uncertain about what position they
should take on the insurance bill.
Senate FHe No. 364. However, aa
time goes on, they are coming to
beMeve that there Is nothing dan
gerous in the bill and that its effect
would be beneficial to the policy
holders, rather than to the stock
holders of the insurance companies.
Up to the time 'this Is written no
workmen's compensation act has been
enacted Into law. The Democrat and
Republican parties eaioh had planks
in their platform pledging their rep
resentatlves in the legislature to en
act such a measure. Just because the
legislators cannot understa.no each
and every feature of the proposed
bill, many of them have an-gued them
iselveB Into the belief that they are
justified in opposing an employer'
liability law. Some of the broader
gauged members argue that it Ls un
reasonable to expect that a law. of
such great Importance can be made
perfect at Its first enactment; they
are broad enough to suggest that fu
ture legislatures may be as brainy ns
the present one and that two or
the
Democratic Promises Plain.
"There ls no doubt what our prom
ises were. They were writ large in
the Baltimore plationm. Our ilrst
promise was a tariff for revenue
oni, and to give ihe people tnat,
or as ciose an approximation there
to as possible, is t lie first duty of
the new administration and ot tan
new' Congress; ano in passing it nut)
be said and ought to be saiu, thai
Writt reeiuctron which does not re
duce the cost of living is not worth
the puper it priuieu on.
"hollowing that we promised to
strengthen the anl-rua law' to es
tnbiteh an toco me tax ; to revise uie
hanking laws; to improve our water
ways; lo pioviue lor a reasonable
conservation system; to create u
department of tabor, which we have
already aone, and to declare the
nations purpose touching the Phil
ippines it is an estenaive program
but it is our duty to work it out.
The only way to uciueve it is lor
very Unmoral wi official positiiou
to give the best there-. W in him to
Iiei, redeem our promises by sub-
Ciu.au. mg tadtvrauaj aubtttoa to um
liuu.,1 weal.
"mut any man fit for official sta
tion will let liis personal likes or
dislikes interfere with ins cooper
sting with any other Oemocrai in
unifying the party in its hen a lean
and niuifarkous tasks to redeem our
pledges iwid thereby contributing, as
i beueve, to t.ie Increased prosper
ity and happiness of the Amei i tan
people, la a thing indelible. 1'he
suggestion of such a suite ot affairs
comes from faint hearted Democrats
who are 'forever seeing ghosts or
JXVUi malignant, marplots, who,
through lnasqiu lading as Democrats,
aro) tux iHmocruta ,u all, . bun
wolves in sheep's clothing. Certain
of thtse vi.iomous eleventh-hour Dem
ocrats are loun-mouthed in proclaim
ing trouble where none exiats, anil
m laying down a rule of conduct tor
real Mcnua-ruts.
"Genuine Democrats who have the
good of the party and the country at
heart wuuld do well to give no heed
to these setf-siyled Dtmoerats wuose
chief business is to stir up strife
among Democrats by fouliy Blun
dering any Democrat who has earn
ed their enmity by being a Demo
crat at all times, under all circum
stancts and at all places.
"Demoerals should take to heart
the philosophy of the old saying:
'Beware of the Creeks bearing gins
Most assuredly Dem u nits should re
member what happened to tjjt m by
reason of their family qua it.- - from
March 4, IfM, to March It, ihiu,
whea for the first time in seventeen
)tars i lie Dmeocrals in the House
e-.e i t.t-u the country by voting to
ge.li. i -not u man missing in u great
fetrugglc That was a red letter day
In me history of Democracy.
Will Act With Wilson.,
"Tin liouse Democrats have bem
los. iHt c.er since and while neith
er a t.ropliet or the son of a proph
et, 1 predict that they will in the
Sixty- unit Congress act in unison,
not omy with themselves, but with
President Wilson.
'tAfter listening much and talking
little- the best way to learu I have
yet to find a Hause Democrat who
does no. take I hat view of it. If the
lesson from our own hiatorifl quat
rels is not sufficient, we ..ould do
well to ponder the present Repub
lican fued and the woeful plight to
which it has reduced the party of
Abraiiaui Lincoln."
i
ROMIG THANKS FRIENDS.
sanest, tne most conservative power
in the land. Without organization and
co-operntion, however, they muBt re
mnln powerless and defenseless, for
the unorganized forces, In business aa
in nature, become the legitimate prey
of legitimate forces that are., organ
ised. Like the separate but unorganiz
ed elements of the soil boundless In
volume they are yet powerless to re
Blst the absorptive power of the hum
blest organized plant. Dry Farming.
PRETTY BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Some of the prettiest birth an
nouncements we hove ser, were
thoaa printed by The Herald Job de
partment last week for Mr. and Mrs.
Bar) Duncan. They consisted of two
raids, one larite and one small with
dainty blue border, and tied wlthIDe enacted
bebe ribbon to match The follnwinir certain that
was printed In Knglish text type,
the size of type being varied t)
suit the line:
Phllonienia Cunaaclii
Bel I wood Duncan
April I, lilt, 7 pounds.
Mr. and Mrs Itert Duncan
BORN.
Porn to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde .lohn
sou, Saturday morning, a ten pound
boy. Mrs. Johnson is a step-daughter
of K W. Mtichnun.
SAW SARAH BERNHARDT.
Mrs. W. T. Sehlupp and claiightcr,
Josephine, Mm. W. D, Ktinier,antl
Mrs. J. N. Andrews went to Lin
1 1 In Sunday night to se-' Sarah
ll rnhardt in her appearance at the
Orpheum Theatre ill that city. W, T.
Sehlupp left Monday night for Lin
coin, where he met Airs. Sehlupp
and their daughter, they going on
with him to St. Joseph, where they
will visit with his relatives. He wiil
be gone about a week. Mrs. Sehlupp
will stay a week longer before returning.
It Is planned for all members of
the Alliance Kin-ampmeni and Sub
ordinate lodge of the 1. O. O. F.
to attend a sermon to be preached
to them on .April 27th.
P. K Kouiig staled to the Herald
reporter that he desired '.o thank
the voters of the second ward for
the honor shown him in his elec
tion and that he Intends to do his
Ceo. O. IJadsby left Alliance Mon
day night for Lincoln, where he will
be on business for a few days.
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puiblic what to demand from future
leglalaturew in 'this respect.
One of Wie mooted questions of
this seseion has been the so called
Omaha water bill, Senate FHIe No.
17. Omaha paiid several millions of
dollars thai the city iiiipht own a
water plain tJiat hd been previous
ly owned by a private company.
After the transfer the city found
It necessary to charge a higher rate
than formerly. The South Omaha
stock yards resented the raise and
built a water plant of their own and
began to retail water to other South
Omaha consumers. To prevent thiis
OOttanettUon with the municipal plant
in Omaha, this bill. Senate Pile No.
17, was introduced. Some concessions
have been made on each side and
it is now possible that the bill will
into a law, but it is
ttiere wUI be a bitter
tight and a divtsdou of the Douglas
eounty delegation. The Democrats
recognize that they are under some
obligations to defend the principles
of public ownership.
Much hn been Kaid about a "Ulue
Sky Law." The Democratic platform
promised to enact a Blue Sky Law
patterned after the Kansas Law.
The Cordeal bill In the Senate goes
much fart hea- than the Kansas law
and indudee real estate agents, as
well as mining promoters. Some of
the pro.islons have been held up a-s
being so drastic as to be almost pro
hibitive. After a running flgtvl
several daye in tba Senate, the Ml
Basso to the House with s -airci ly
enough of the original matter left
therein to be recognized by its auth
or. Last Saturday afternoon the
House further emasculated t lie Cur
deal bill by eliminating all reference
io real estate agents, ex ept insq
far as intent to defraud might be
shown. M may be safely put don
that Nebraska la to have a "Blue
Sky Daw."
The Fir. ante committee of the Sen
ate projioxes to appropriate soine
MllBfl like $L'5.nu) to fit out several
rooms on the fourth floor of the
! t'npltol building to make them suit
able for office rooms and committee
rooms. There are also some rooms
in the basement, that while- not light
enough, and possibly a little unsan
itary, might also be fitted up for a
similar purpose. When the Capitol
was first built, the architect plan
ned for two elevators but they have
1 never been put Into runuing order.
If the fourth flexnr were to be used
for office rooms, it is possible that
the elevators would be Installed.
The Fuller telephone bill, which
stirred up the first real furor of
the session, has finally been pas
sed by both branches of the legis
lature. The Senate tacked on some
amendments and for fear of getting
sometbing worse the liouse Confer
erne agreed to accept the Senate
Provisions. The telephone lobbv
fought the bill bitterly until the
Senate amendment were agreed to.
In its practical workings it may be
said that the Fuller bill provides far
county option as applied to tele
phone. If the comity says by a
vote th:. It wan s to own Its own
.. in in pn.n it may do so bm
n i ill. il .! has pur based at a reas
on hie pr e :lu plants of existing
coiupanle s.
A !i le ove-ir a week ago the Su
reSM court knocked out the stal-
ii in reals 'ratten law that was en
ed two years ago. It was not because
ther. was any fault to find with the
prais4oai cf i lie law, but be -a use
(he beard having ii in charge waa no
legally constituted. A new law
which embraces all of the bwneft
cient features of the old law. and
yet conforms to the requirements jg
the Supreme Court, and the Attur
n a Geueiral, was hast VI y drawn, md
bids fair now to receive the appro
val of the governor. The only ma
' i ial change from the old law a
liai Mallions 01 nr .-iirlit veai oM.
if Miey have already passed three
tatisfac-tory examinations, they are
'-.ii 'he.r exempted.
Phtj present session if the liis
lature has placed itse4f unmVstakably
on record in favor of conserving to
the state all the right and titte to
all proposed water power sites, rath
er than permitting the State Board
of Irrigation and Drainage to grant
these franchises to individuals and
promoting companies.
By an overwhelminig vote the low
er liouse of the Legislature, has
directed by resolution, the State
Railway Commission to require, as
far as possible, a readjust toeait of
the present railway rates whereby
the carrying companies have favored
certain towns aind loealities by pref
erential or jobbing rates to the det
riment of other cities and towns in
the state. The purpose of the in
troducer of the resolution, Repre
sentative Keckley of York county,
is to require that the railroad om-lian-ies
shall charge so much per mile
per hundred pounds of freight, re
gardless of wnere tlie shipment or
iginates or where It terminates.
The House defeated an anpropri
tion to erect a statue of General
Thayer on the battlefield of Vicks
burg, Miss. The statesmen at the
west end of the capitol reel the
beat of patriotism in their bosoms
much stronger, and they propose
to compel the House, to rescind its
and place a bronze
the valiaitrt soldier
the southern battle-
former action
-testimonial to
governor on
field
The -'o mill
school purposes
country school
wiped out and
maximum levy for
in high school and
flail II IS has been
a 35 mill maximum
has instead been written Into the
law
The House has gone on record in
favor of a law which will permit the
sterilization of persons who have
manifested insane tendencies or
who have a pronounced criminal rec
ord. Advocates of the measure ar
gue that tle be-st way to :ure crime
Is to prevemt the propogation of the
spex-ies.
While this is being written at the
first of the weHk, it seems possible
that the S.ivA session of the Ne
braska leigislature may come to a
close oil about the litb or 16th.
The Senate end Is pretty well up in
its work, although there are some
matters of grave importance that
have not been considered as yet.
Almost none of the appropriation
bills have been fully enae-texl and
much time will necessarily have to ba
given to this important inatteM-. The
House has been having night ses
sions for two weeks and it is quite
possible both branches will be in
constatit session the last two or
three days.
has sold three-quarters of a million
In these lands to Nebraskans In the
pat four months. All of these peo
ple are looking for a pot of gold at
the end of the rainbow. If they
would look about a bit they would
discover that the rainbow comes dow
in N ebraska bot h ends of it-Lwith
gold at the grass roots.
There is but one state in the en
tire forty-eight whie-h surpasses Ne
braska in accumulated agricultural
welath its sister state, Iowa, and
at the present rate ef production
Nebraska will lead the column within
ten years. Some of these good folks
who are flocking to the ends of the
earth in search of opportunity are
BOtnoj to get stunjc, and after the
pain and swelling have subsided are
going to experience a deep longing
for ana opportunities they left behind
in good Nebraska.
Mrs. Frank Crouch, of Angora, was
in Alliance the- first of the week on
business. While here she also visit
ed for a short time with friends.
TRIP TO ARIZONA.
Philip None left the last of the
week for Crown King, Arizona, where
he Is interested in a valuable min
ing property. On the way he stop
ped at Colorado Springs, where he
was Joined by his son, Cam. lie, who
was seriously injured about three
months ago, but who is now recov
ering. They expee-t to be at the mine
for about a month.
(has. L. Ford, president of
First National bank, is in the
for a few days. Kugene I
turned to Alliance from
lt to Chicago, last week.
the
city
Ford re-
a short.
A. E. Grebe, wife and children,
left for Denver Monday night, where
they will visit with friends.
Three Vote Against H. R.
ft: 3.
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House Roll creating the Ne
braska Conservation and publle- wel
fare commission passed the House
with three dissenting votes, 90 to
.1, two against being recorded be-e-ause
of the meagrenees of the ap
propriation. Banks voted no and es
lablished a record for himself.
An effort will be made to aim ml 1
be bill in the Senate to carry enough
money o make the work outlineu
for the commission possible. The bill I
was drawn by the Nebraska Press
iaaociation. aided by a Committee j
from the Stati ssex latlon of I 0111- '
menial e-lubs. The editors of the
stats can well bc proud of the bill,
which is one of the broadest and
best safeguarded of any bill that
has come to the mention of the
legislators. It is progressive, con
structive and generally regarded so.
LOOKING FOR THE END
OF THE RAINBOW.
It Comes Down in Nebraska.
Seven hundred farm families from
Uie I'nited States have been going
into Canada every da for some time
past, attru-.ted by the "cheap land"
and the euterprisiug publicity of the
Canadian railroads, aided by the gov-
eminent of that count r Last week a
iolid train of thirty ears ot farm
gods with the respective owners left
Nebraska to go into northern Mill
nota. A siugle real estate firm
dealing in Texas lands boasts that it
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