Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
WEILL, NEBRASKA
Mr. G. A. Holder, of Round Park,
Was In the city one day this week and
told us something of the large busi
ness he has built up In the sale of Ga
lax leaves. He will pay the women and
children of his neighborhood as much
as $3,000 this winter for gathering
these leaves along the little ravlnec
In the mountains. The leaves are
packed In bunches of 26 each and sold
•to florists in cities. They sell here for
$6 cents for 3,000 leaves. Women and
children often make $1 and $160 a
day gathering them.
i Nature Is engaged in the manufac
ture of gasoline from natural gas
throughout the local oil field, a fact
that makes it difficult to run oil from
the wells, and is making the
Igaugers earn their wages. The intense
cold condenses the gas ns it comes
from the wells with the oil and trans
forms it into gasoline, which freezes
fn the pipes. Only 22 out of a total
of 520 wells in Rockland township
were not affected in this manner this
month.
The Kiev station of the wireless teleg
raphy line which the Russian govern
ment is constructing to connect Sevas
topol with St. Petersburg has succeeded
In picking up Marconi transatlantic
messages, including a number of press
dispatches sent from the American side.
Messages transmitted from Paris and
Casablanca also have been picked up.
The distance from Glace bay, the point
At which the Marconi wireless messages
jore started for Ireland, to Kiev Is ap
proximately 3,760 miles.
' Professor David Eugene Smith Is hav
tlng many Interesting, unusual and val
uable experiences In hla travels through
the orient. He reports that the Budd
hist priests have displayed much Inter
est In his search for mathematical ma
terial among the Burmese, and that he
.has obtained from them a considerable
mumber of curious manuscripts. Some
valuable casts of old numerical inscrip
tions secured from the Calcutta mu
(Seuni wm be added to Prof<Mosr Smith’*
large collection.
’ Some Interesting statistics have been
*ot together by a foreign contemporary
on the duration of a medical man’s life
during the lust centuries. It appears
•that In the 16th the practitioner lasted
only 36 years and five months. In the
17th century this was Increased to 45
■years and eight months. The 18th
(lengthened this four years, and In the
19th century we find that the medical
•man reached 56 years and seven
months.
During 1906 6.240 persons were en
gaged In the United States In the man
ufacture of pens and pencils and pro
ducts to the value of $7,673,777 were
manufactured. The manufacture of
lead pencil products was tile most im
portant branch of the Industry, the pro
duction being valued at $4,425,896. Foun
tain and stylographlc pens were sec
ond in Importance In value of products,
with $2,082,005; gold pens were next,
with $692,029, and steel pens were last
With $473,847.
; Orsa, In Sweden, has, In the course of
* generation, sold $5,500,000 worth of
trees and by means of judicious re
planting has provided for a similar in
Iconie every 30 or 40 years. There are
ao taxes. Railwuys and telephones are
free, and so are the school houses,
■teaching and many other things.
Tb' bjects collected by the late
,»*chard Mansfield will be sold at auc
Itlon In New York early In March. The
collection Includes valuable portraits
■and paintings by Romney, Sir Thomas
■Lawrence, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Ho
ffarth. Largllliere, Sir Peter Lely, In
aess, Gainsborough and other artists,
John C. Heed, who has been known
-for a long time as "The March Wiz
ard," has just died at Hackettstown,
•N. J. He composed more than 100
marches that became popular, and at
Ills funeral a band of 36 muslclnns
played selections from these march
compositions.
Sir Leopold Mct'lintock tells how, in
one or his Arctic expeditions, a sailor
was foolish enough to do some outdoor
Work at a temperature of 80 degrees
oelow zero. His hands froze, and when
lie rushed Into the cabin and plunged
*»ne of them Into a basin of water, so
■cold was the hand that the water was
Instantly converted into a block of Ice.
About 8,000 acres of coal lands In
Monterey county, Uallfornia, about 200
miles from San Francisco, are about to
je developed in an extensive manner.
Most of the coal of this section Is lig
tiltlc In character, but this tract Is said
<ue|C°nta*n a vt"*n 8eml-blluniinous
The world contains at least four
tnountatns composed of almost solid
iron ore. One Is in Mexico, one In the
United States, another in India, and a
Xourth In Africa just below the Soudan
«nd there have been reportB of such a
mountain existing in Siberia.
The tiny stormy petrel is a bird of
Immense wing power; It belongs to
•very sea and. although seemingly
frail. It easily breasts furious storms.
Petrels have been observed 2,000 miles
from nearest land.
Attorney General Juckson, of New
York state, commenting on his experi
ence when investigating embarrassed
banks, says: "I never before met so
many men who ought to be In Jail.”
The microbe fiend will be confirmed
4n his fussiness who learns that some
hardy microbes can live over two een
■turies on the land and longer yet In
Kite water.
, The wireless telegraph station which
has been erected for the Russian Ad
•miralty between Sevastopol and OUessu
Jias undergone a satisfactory trial.
. According to M. Abraham, the best
telephone does not transmit to the ear
more than 1,000th part of the energy
twhlch it receives from the line.
The last season's seal catch Is •he
smallest that there Is any record of
«Jt amounted to fewer than fi.000—about
•half that of the previous year.
The deepest hole in .the world has
•been bored In Silesia. It reached a
jdepth of about 7.000 feet, and passes
through 83 beds of coal.
, An average man. living for the av
erage period of human life may be
i alculated to g<t through about '2.300
’miles of reading.
ft. Coffee was Hist produced in A
jeorly In the l&th century. It was fit t
imported Into Enri""'1 nlio»t 1620.
k Germany's 21 universal, s have an
•ermllmert of 27.000 students. under the
J .care of 2,000 professorn.
ip. Every year there are so Id to he 300
deaths from hunger and destitution In
•l/mOsn.
* tttoculaud baa *. i^-jiu-UsUon of 11,503.
HUSBAND BLOCKS
WIFE’S SUIT FOR
SHARE OF ESTATE
Supreme Court Makes Novel
Ruling in Nebraska Case
Alter Three Trials.
Lincoln, Neb., March 10.—Because of
her husband’s reputation as a trouble
some man. Mrs. Mary E. Gandy's suit
against the estate of Wilson <\ Bis
sell is directed by the supreme court
to be tried in some county other than
Richardson. Pawnee, Johnson or Ne- i
mnha. This remarkable direction is
given in a decision just handed down.
Mrs. Gundy has a claim against the
estate of nearly $10,000. Three times
she has tried it to juries in the coun
ties named, and three times she has
lost. Each time the supreme court has
sent It back. The last time she brought ,
In six men who testified they had
heard Bissell admit he owed the money
hut the jury decided against hen
Gandy has what the court refers to
"an alleged unsavory record.” and of
this the attorneys for the estate made
much of in the case. In order that
Mrs. Gandy shall be placed on an equal
footing with her antagonist, the court
directs that the case be tried the next
time somewhere outside of the region
"where Gandy and his troubles are not
well known.”
Bissell willed all of his estate, sub
ject to the life estate of his wife, to
a Chicago association organized to
fight secret societies.
STATE WINS*CASE
AGAINST RAILROAD
Lincoln, Neb., March 10.—The Ne
b rank a supreme court holds that the
claim of the Missouri Pacific railroad
that because It Is incorporated in an
other state and does an interstate
commerce business, it is not subject
to state regulation, to be unfounded
in law. It says:
“While Interstate commerce and the
instrumentalities by which it is car
ried on is within the exclusive con
trol of the federal congress, the do
mestic commerce of a state and the
facilities with which it Is conducted
is within the control of the state, and
the legislature thereof may make such
reasonable rules and regulations gov
erning its domestic commerce and the
instrumentalities with which it Is con
ducted as seems best fitted to advance
the Interest and convenience of its cit
izens'; provided such regulation does
not directly burden or interfere with
the interstate commerce of the nation,
produce does not become a matter of
interstate commerce until delivered to
the carrier to be * transported out of
the state to the state of Its destina
tion or has started on its ultimate
transportation to that state."
The court holds the Missouri Pa
cific must pay $f>00 fine for refusing
to run a switch to a farmers' ele
vator located next to its right of way
R. Mead Shamway
Will Not Hang on
St Patricks Day
R. MEAD SHUMWAY.
Lincoln, Neb., March 10—The supreme
court yesterday suspended the death
sentence imposed on R. Mead Shum
vvay, convicted of the murder of Mrs.
Sarah Martin, of Beatrice, Neb. The
date of the execution had been fixed
for March 17. The appeal which has
been filed will act as a stay of execu
tion until the supreme court has passed
on the case.
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LATE NEBRASKA BISHOP
WILLS THIRD TO CHARITY
Pittsburg, Mass. March 10—Public be
quests of more than $30,000 are con
tained In the will of the late Rt. Rev.
Geo, Worthington, Episcopal bishop of
Nebraska, who died In France, and
whose will was presented for probate
here yesterday. The estate is estimated
to be worth $100,000, and is to be given
to the widow of the testator for use
during her lifetime.
Upon the death of Mrs. Worthington
numerous bequests are to be distrib
uted. They Include the following: Five
hundred dollars each to the Clarkson
Memorial hospital. Omaha: Brownell
hall, Omaha; the diocesan fund for the
disabled clergy and the widows and or
phans of clergymen in the diocese of
Nebraska; Hobart college. Geneva, N.
Y.; the general theological seminary.
New York, and $15,000 to the domestic
and foreign missionary society of the
Protestant Episcopal church of the
United States. Three thousand dollars
is to be set a^ide as the Bishop Worth
ington fund, to be administered bv the
trustees of the cathedral chapter of the
board of associations of the diocese of
Nebraska, the income to be used for
diocesan missions.
The diocese of Nebraska !s given
$4,500 for the purpose of increasing the
episcopal fund.
As residuary legatee the will names
the fund for disabled clergy, widows
and orphans of clergymen In the dio
cese of Nebraska and the scholarship
fund of Brownell h«H. Omaha.
CR NK AND DOMESTIC
TR0JBLES CAUSE SUICCE
Kearney. Neb.. March 10.—N. J. Du*
renberg, a business man of Elm Creek,
this county, reputed to be wealthy,
committed suicide by shooting in the
Windsor hotel, at this place, yester
day. In a letter to a sister, Mrs. L.
Bran den berg, of Fresno, Cal.. Duren
berg spoke of domestic troubles and
his drinking habits. He intimated he
would lake his hfe and said an inher
itance due him should go to the sister.
EXPRESS CASE TO
BE FOUGHT OUT
IN STATE COURTS
Companies Must Show Cause
Why They Should Not Obey
the Sibley Law.
Lincoln, Neb., March 9.—Under a rul
ing of the supreme court, the express
companies of the state must show
cause by March 17 why they should not
be enjoined from disobeying the Sibley
law, which reduced rates 25 per cent.
The ordinary citizen Is supposed to
obey the law without It being necessary
for the state to go into court and ask
an injunction to prevent him from be
ing a violator of law. With the ex
press companies It Is different.
In order to prevent the express com
panies from getting the matter Into fed
eral court and tying up the law for
four or five years, the state railway
commission filed suit through the attor
ney general asking a permanent injunc
tion against violation of the law. This
Is a negative form of mandamus, and
means, If secured, an order from the
court to obey the law. By disclaiming
any intention to sue the companies
pending a test of the case, the commis
sion got the federal court to deny Juris
diction. The case will be fought out
in the slate court, and the commission,
if it wins, will have saved several yCars
by pursuing this course.
POPULISTS NAME
BRYAN AND BERGE
Omaha, Neb., March 9.—Geo. W.
Berge for governor and William J.
Bryan for president were the Indorse
ments made by the populist state con
vention at Its meeting In Washington
hall yesterday afternoon.
The convention was called to order
by State Chairman Manuel, of St. Paul,
and was organized by the election of
E. E. Thomas, of Omaha, as chairman,
and E. A. Walrath, of Osceola, as sec
retary. This organization was after
ward made permanent.
These were named as delegates:
John A. Robertson. O'Neill: M. F.
Harrington, O'Neill; Otto Flelshbaugh,
Imperial; J. S. Canady, Minden; Ellas
Ballard. Wilber; G. S. Upton. Union;
A. L. Burdick, Albion; Frank Roth,
Tekumah; R. O. Ross, Lexington; T. H.
Tibbies, Omaha; E. E. Thomas. Oma
ha; C. H. Jeffords, Broken Bow; A. E.
Sutherland, Wuverly; C. A. Kingsbury,
Ponca; L. A. Beltzer, Osceola; J. N.
Norton, Osceola; A. N. Walling, David
City; E. B. (Juaekenbush, Auburn; An
drew Calson, Swedeburg; C. B. Manuel,
St. Paul; E. A. Walrath, Osceola; J. C.
Beldle, Holdrege; Lucius Leslie, Butte;
Anton Schmirda, Wilber; John Ittner,
York; W. F. Porter, Lincoln: S. W.
Allen, David City; Andrew Young, Jr..
Craig; Jesse Gardy, Broken Bow: J. A.
Myers, Rising City: A. H. Cressy, Hart
lngton; W. A. Morgan, South Sioux
City; James Smith, Friend; Wm. V.
Allen, Madison; W. L. Stark, Aurora;
R. D. Sutherland, Nelson; George W.
Schrader, Murray; Captain F. Houchin,
Red Cloud; C. J. Holtquist, Wilcox; C.
B. Beal, Broken Bow; J. M. Devine,
Lincoln.
PIONEER NEBRASKA
EDITOR IS DEAD
Grand Island, Neb., March 9.—Fred
Hedde, founder of Grand Island, oldest
editor In the state and the first white
man to settle In Rail county, died here
last night, aged 89 years. Hu founded the
Grand Island Independent and has been
a resident of this place since 1857.
—
MUST FILE REPORT
OF OFFICERS’ SALARIES
Lincoln, Neb.. March 9.—The Nebraska
supreme court yesterday overruled the
plea of abatement filed by the Pacific Ex
press company In answer to the suits
started by the state railway commission.
The express company objected to filing
a statement of the salaries of officers.
SUPREME COURT GRANTS
NEW TRAIL TO BANKER
Lincoln, Neb., March 9.—C. M. Chamber
lain, sentenced to serve five years In pris
on on a charge of embezzling of funds of
the Chamberlain Banking company, of
Teeumseh, Neb., has been granted a new
trial by the supreme court.
MUSKRATS CUT UNDER
DAM; GRABE FLOODED
Harrisburg, Pa., March 9.—Muskrats
undermined a portion of the bank at
the United Ice and Coal company's
dam at the Cove Station, and about
midnight the water forced an opening
and Hooded all of the four Pennsylva
nia railroad tracks, blocking traffic for
several hours.
The water covered No. 1 track to a
depth of nearly three feet, and the oth
er three tracks about two feet.
Fifty trackmen were called out and
by t> o'clock in the morning two of the
tracks were In shape; for traffic, and an
hour later the other two were again in
good condition.
Five carloads of ballast and dirt were
used In Ailing up the break.
STOLE FRIEND’S JEWELS
TO KEEP SON IN A
FASHIONABLE SCHOOL
New York. March 9.—Charged with
tin' theft of Jewels valued at $20,000
from one of her wealthy friends, Mrs.
Jeanette Newman, who lives at Strat
ford house, this city, was locked up
at police headquarters today. The po
lice say Mrs. Newman has made a full
confession, telling them she was act
uated by her desire to keep her young
son in a private school and maintain
her own social position.
The Jewels were owned by Mrs.
Kvelyn Bell, who lives In Central park]
west.
LIQUOR TO BLAME
FOR AWFUL CRIME
Avon, Conn., March 9.—Wnile under
the influence of liquor today, John J.
Lynch shot and instantly killed his
molherinlaw; then shot, fatally wound
ing Ills wife, and Anally put a bullet in
his own head, killing himself Instantly,
CHILDREN COULDN'T
GET ON; SHOOTS WIFE
AND TRIES SUICIDE
St. Louis, March 9.—Charles Elch
lnger. a saloonkeeper, shot and killed
his wife today and attempted to shoot
himself but fuiled. Both had been ar
rested last night following a domestic
quarrel. Each had been married before;
.each had three children. The quarrel
■ arose because the two sets of children
did not g't along together.
VILLAGE BARBER
GETS SMALLPOX;
CITIZENS SCARED
Shaved a Stranger Prematurely
Released From Quarantine
and Becomes III.
Lincoln, Neb., March 6.—With only
one case in the town, yet the village
of Kagle, with its 400 souls, is in a fer
ment of excitement over smallpox. It
all arose from the fact that the one
case is that of the village barber. A
week or 10 days ago a stranger from
Weeping Water, who had been pre
maturely released from quarantine, as
It later developed, was shaved by
George Trimble, who is the only barber
in town. Trimble soon became trou
bled with what he supposed were fever
Fores, but which it now appears were
smallpox pustules.
Trimble attended to his Saturday
trade—everybody of the male persuas
ion gels shaved Saturday—but yester
day ho was put in quarantine. Now'
every man in town is scared stiff over
it, and the air is redolent with the
fumes of formaldehyde.
CONDEMNED MURDERED
IS STILL HOPEFUL
Auburn, N. Y., March 6.—-With iron bars
Intervening to prevent them from even
shaking the hand of the son they had
traveled so far to greet and a sudde.".
shutting off of all view of their loved
one, Mr. and Mrs. Prank Gillette^ of Den
ver. Colo., paid a pathetic visit to Chester
E. Gillette, condemned to die during the
week of March 30 for the murder of hio
sweetheart, “Billy” Brown.
On its conclusion Mrs. Gillette, who Is
leading the fight for her son’s freedom,
announced that an appeal for executive
clemency in Chester’s behalf will be made.
The legal fight has practically been aban
doned.
Although the elder Gillette is in poor
health, he insisted on making the trip
from Colorado to visit his son, and to
assist his wife in seeking clemency for
the condemned boy.
The interview with the condemned boy
was held in "murderers’ row,” as Gil
lette was not allowed to leave his cell.
“Our interview was entirely on the mat
ter of executive clemency,” said Mrs. Gil
lette. “Although Chester broke down at
one time, he recovered his courage and
and told us to keep cheery. I have not
yet lost hope, and Chester is still strong
in his assertion that he is innocent. He
was as cheerful today as he has shown
himself to be in his letters. He kept
sa>ing: ‘Keep singing, mother, and I’ll
keep singing, too.’
“I believe that God still reigns and that
justice will prevail and an innocent boy’s
life will not be taken.”
Mrs. Gillette said all her energies will
be spent to secure a pardon.
TRIAL OF HARTJE
ENDS ABRUPTLY
Pittsburg, Pa., March 6.—The Hartje
conspiracy case was brought to abrupt
end today when Judge MacFarlane in
structed the jury to acquit Hartje,
Welshons and Hooe, the three defend
ants, and place the charges upon the
county.
Augustus Hartje, the millionaire pa
per manufacturer; John L. Welshons, a
hardware dealer, and Clifford Hooe, a
negro, formerly employed by Hartje
us a coachman and named as co-res
pondent in the famous divorce pro
cedlngs instituted by Hartje against
his wife, Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, were
placed on trial in the criminal court,
charged with conspiracy. It was al
leged the men conspired to blacken the
character of Mrs. Hartje.
USE CATS IN WAR
ON BUBONIC PLAGUE
Chicago, March 6.—The Saivatior
army, using the harmless American cal
as a weapon of extermination, is pre
paring to wage a relentless war on the
bubonic plague and drive it out of In
dia. Millions of felines will be sent to
India to kill the rats that infest that
country and thus deprive the plague ol
its most prolific spreading agency. Al
read - there have great numbers of cats
and guinea pigs been collected by the
Salvation army in England and shipped
to the oriental country, but it is only
recently that the movement has begun
In America.
Minneapolis is the first large place
to renort activity in the movement.
Now cat collectors will get busy in
Chicago._ _ _
UNCLE JOE’S NEAT
REMARK TO WOMEN
Washington, March 6.—Thhere is no
man In Washington who doffs his hat
with more elegance to a woman than
Speaker Cannon. Neither is there any
body who can turn a compliment with
more delicacy than the speaker when
he wants to do so.
The other morning the speaker was
leaving the White House, when Senator
Smith, of Michigan, with a young man
arid a young woman in tow, stopped
him. It chanced that the young man
was the speaker of the Michigan house
of representatives, and the young wom
an was his bride. The youthful speak
er laid been a supporter of Smith for
senator, and the latter was naturally
doing all in his power to be friendly.
“I want to introduce Michigan's
sneaker to the speaker of the whole
United States,” he said in making the
presentation.
Uncle Joe expressed gratification at
noticing that there were bright young
men growing up to the speaker busi
ness, and when the senator proceeded
to introduce the wife of tlie young
statesman from Michigan. The veteran
leader of the House raised his Hat,
bowed handsomely and said:
"I have always maintained that they
produce the homeliest men in Michigan
that come from anywhere in the United
States—and the handsomest women.”
MILLIONS TOO MUCH
FOR MAILS, HE SAYS
Washington. March 6.—The startling
(barge that the railroads of the country
carrying malls had robbed the people
out of $70.000 000 was made in the House
by Mr. Uoyd of Missouri, He de
clared that the new system of weigh
ing mails was an admission of the post
master general that the weighing in the
past 27 years had been fraudulent. He
culled for an investigation of the post
office department, and Mr. Wanger of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the commit
tee to control the expense-! of that de
partment, promised that an inquiry
would be conducted.
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS
IN STATE CONVENTION
—
"P«er less Leader” Tells Omaha
Convention of Growth of
Democratic Principles.
Omaha, Neb., March 7-—More than
1,500 delegates were in the hall this
afternoon when the state democratic
convention was called to order by
Chairman Allen, of the state democratic
central committee.
Twelve of the 16 delegates from Ne
braska to the national convention at
Denver were selected by the congres
sional district conventions which met
here this morning. Four delegates at
large were chosen by the state conven
tion this afternoon. All of the 16 are
instructed for William J. Bryan for
president.
Chairman Allen, after stating the
purpose for which the convention had
been called, introduced H. H. Hanks,
of Nebraska City, as temporary chair
man. Mr. Hanks reviewed the history
of the party, saying that the campaign
of 1908 began in 1896. He scored the or
ganizers of the “safe and sane” democ
racy. laying the defeat of the party
in the two previous campaigns at their
feet. He eulogized the ’’sage of Fair
view,” whom he termed "democracy's
hope.”
William J. Bryan was introduced to
the convention and aftj^» hanking the
delegates for their action and well
wishes delivered an eloquent speech
which he called “A Word of Encour
agement."
W. H. Thompson Defeated.
Harmony was the keynote of the
proceedings, and the only semblance
of a contest came when the task of
choosing delegates at large to the na
tional convention was reached. Five
candidates were known to be in the
field for the four places before the con
vention met. but the unexpected nom
ination of Felix K. Hale, a member of
the legislature, rather upset the pro
gram, and one of the other candi
dates withdrew and many delegates
called on W. H. Thompson, of Grand
Island, to follow this example. The
latter's friends, however, Insisted that
he hold his position, and a formal bal
lot by counties resulted in Hale de
feating Thompson by 76 votes, re
ceiving 749 to his rival's 673. The
vote on the other candidates was as
follows;
I. J. Dunn. Omaha, 873; D. V.
Stephens, Fremont, 827; F. W. Brown,
Lincoln, 937.
The chief contributor to this result
was Douglas county, in which Omaha
is situated. Less than thirty of its
131 votes were cast for Thompson.
District delegates to Denver were
elected as follows:
First District—Reuben Conner. Au
burn; J. H. Moorehead, Falls City.
Second District—George Rogers,
Omaha; Dr. W. J. McCrann, South
Omaha.
Third District — William Cole,
AA’ayne; W. A. Smith. Beemer.
Fourth District—Bartholomew Koeh
ler. Geneva; J. F. Gereke, Seward.
Fifth District—Benjamin Scroggins,
Oak: C. E. Harmon, Holdredge.
Sixth District—Andrew M. Morris
sey, Valentine; James L. Swain, Old.
Nomination for all the other places
at the disposal of the convention were
practically settled before the proceed
ings began. James Dahlman, of Oma
ha. had announced a week or more
ago that he did not care to serve
again as national committeeman for
the state and Dr. P. L. Hall, of Lin
coln, was chosen to succeed him.
Pops Indorse Bryan.
The state convention of the populist
party also took place here this after
noon. Resolutions reaffirming the
Omaha platform enunciated in 1892. de
claring for the support of Bryan by a.l
populists, were passed.
WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT
FROM “SAGE OF FAIRVIEW.”
Mr. Bryan entitled hia speech “A
Word of Encouragement,” and devoted
his remarks to the producing of evi
dence to show the growth of demo
cratic policies and principles and the
basis for democratic hope.
He spoke in part, ns follows:
Our trouble used to bo to persuade the
republicans to accept democratic policies;
our work now is to expose the imitation by
them of democratic ideas and to point out
wherein they come short in their efforts
to appropriate democratic doctrines.
Take, for instance, the trust question.
We had difficulty convincing the republi
cans that there were trusts. Now they
admit trusts exist; we had difficulty con
vincing them the criminal law should be
enforced against the trusts; now they ad
mit it should be enforced, but fail to en
force it. In so far as they have acted
against the trusts at all they have acted
along the knee laid down by the demo
crats, but the trust magnates are still at
large, the trusts are still flourishing, and
even the supporters of Mr. Taft have no
specific remedies to offer for relief and
trusts arise while republicans are boast
ing of their crusade against them. They
propose regulation of monopolies instead
of extermination, although they have rea
son to know that regulation has failed and
that any one of a number of trusts can
afford to contribute ten times as much to
a campaign fund as can be collected from
all the voters who are outside the privi
leged circle.
The Tariff Question.
On the tariff question the republican
leaders now admit that tariff reform is
necessary, but a careful reading of their
promises shows that they use language
identical with that employed in former
platforms which have been the basis for
the present extortionate rates. The ad
vocates of the McKinley tariff and of the
Dingley tariff never asked for more than
enough to cover the difference of the cost
of labor here and abroad, but under the
pretense of protecting labor they built up
the present oppressive schedules. W hat
reason then have we to believe their
promises are worth any more now than
they have been in the past 20 years? Sure
the people will not trust tariff reform to
those who have stubbornly refused to re
duce tariff rates when they had full power
to do so, and then ask to returned to
power that they may do what they have
failed to do.
The republicans now admit railroad reg
ulation has been needed and yet for ten
years the republican party allowed itself
to be overawed by the railroad lobby at
i Washington and having, with the aid of
the democrats, secured a little relief, the
republican leaders now rely upon what
has been done and outline no program for
further legislation. The repubiean lead
ers have watched a few’ railroad magnates
strangle competition and combine great
systems into greater ones, without rais
ing a hand for the protection of the pub
lic and now they ask for another lease
of power as a reward for their Inaction.
RAILROAD ORDERED
TO RESTORE TRAINS
ON BRANCH LINES
lilncoln. Neb, March 7.—The state
railway commission has ordered the
Union Pacific railroad to restore the
trains recently annulled on the branch
lines in Nebraska. Unless this is done
by Monday an emergency order will
be issued.
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Under republican rule the relations be
tween capital and labor have become more
and more strained and yet the republican
leaders resist each attempt to bring em
ployers and employes into more harmoni
ous relations.
The Philippine question presents another
instance of gross mismanagement. In
stead of applying American ideas to the
Philippine question the republican leaders
imitate the empires of the old world and
entered upon a colonial policy which has*
lnvolved us in enormous expense, brought
us weakness instead of strength and humi
liation instead of glory.
Republican Incompetency.
The present financial stringency is an
other illustration of republican inc.ompet
ency. In the full possession of power, it
has allowed the country to be run by Wall
street financiers and in the crisis is Im
potent to do more than furnish money out
of the public treasury to support the mar
ket. It has mode no effort to stop gamb
ling—the fruitful cause of panics—it ban
made no effort to furnish government
notes for an emergency and it has made
no effort to protect depositors. While it
demands security for government funds
when deposited with bank*s, it has left the
individual depositor to risk his scanty
savings without protection against man
agement by bank officials.
The republicans admit that something
must be done and they know not howr to
proceed. They are so convinced that the
present conditions are deplorable that they
applaud the president’s last message,
which was an indictment of republican
misrule, for all abuses of which he com
plained are traceable to republican legis
lation or lack of legislation.
The democrats face the future with hope
and their hope rests on a firm foundation.
Democratic policies have grown in popu
larity as the voters have become better
acquainted with the evils to be remedied.
The democrats have been looking at pub
lic questions from the standpoint of all
the people, while republican leaders have ^
been looking at them from a standpoint of
a few. As the strength of a party must in
the long run be measured by the strength
of its principles, democrats have reason to
believe that their prospects of success have
been greatly increased by the widespread
acceptance of democratic remedies.
Another reason for hope is to be found
in the fact that the democratic party is
united wrhile the republican party is di
vided and the reunion of the democratic
party is due to the same causes that have
brought division into the republican ranks.
The country has moved forward toward
positive and aggressive re9istence to the
encroachments of predatory wealth and
this growth has brought the rear ranks
of the democratic party up to the firing
: line, while it has separated the republi
can reformers from the standpatters.
The light for supremacy in the repub
lican party is a bitter one, and whichever
side wins the other side will be dis
gruntled. As the republicans used one
faction of the democratic party to defeat
us in 1896, we shall return the compliment
this year and use one part of the republi
can party to defeat the other, for it is so
hopelessly divided that it cannot be trust
ed to do anything at present.
The third cause for hope is to be found
in the moral awrakening. Never within a
generation has there been such a .stirring
of conscience, and the sense of justice in
herent in the people has been made sen
sitive to the democratic appeal which Is
essentially an appeal for justice. The
democratic party has been doing pioneer
work and now it will enjoy the gratitude
and the appreciation showered upon the
pioneer when the character of his work is
fully understood.
TIRED OF PUBLICITY
SOCIETY WOMAN SEEKS
A “REPRESS” AGENT
New York, March 7.—Mrs. Geo. Law,
a young and wealthy widow, a mem
, ber of the "400,’’ who enjoys the distinc
tion of being accounted a beauty ac
cording to the standards of London,
Paris and New York, is the first society
woman to start a crusade against pub
licity. The central figure in stories,
ranging from the latest fad to the new
est suitor, Mrs. Law has revolted. She
sought and found not the usual social
secretary to notify society editors of
the movements of her much admired
mistress, but some one who diplomatic
ally and surely will eliminate her name
from the public prints. Mrs. Law in
other words desired a "repress” agent
and to a young woman, whom she be
lieves is equipped to carry out iter re
quirements, she offered $2,500 a year.
DEEP MYSTERY
IN A SHOOTING
Li.'io.i, Mont., March 7.—A sensation
was caused here today when it was dis
closed that Emery Pulver, a well known
society man of this city, had been shot
and laluiiy wounded early this morn
ing.
Dr. Bond, who was awakened, found
Pulver prostrate at the door, where he
had bedi carried by friends.
The police are investigating what
connections, if any, Pulver’s condition
has with holding up Henry Cahill, a
saloon man, early today.
Cahill was going home when he was
accosted by tw'o men and dragged into
art alley. Cahill shot one of the men
through the stomach. The other robber
felled Cahill and robbed him after beat*
ing him into insensibility.
DUCHESS INCLINES
TOWARD SOCIALISM
London, March 7.—That the Duchess
of Marlborough has become deeply In
terested in the theories of socialism
and the leaders of the social democratic
federation hope to add her name to
their organization soon, is a rumor
about the young duchess, who was Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt, of New York.
The report adds that since the duch
ess has been studying the terri' }e con
ditions of the poor in the east end of
London she has been studying, too, va
rious proposals and theories for the
arnelioration of these conditions. While
discussing the problems of poverty with
her friends recently, the duchess start
led them by advocating advanced so
cialistic doctrines. She praised the the
ories whose practical apolication would
subvert society—in the broadest sense
of the word—as now constituted, which
would destroy the great accunr ted
wealth and would overturn the nigh
caste into which the duchess entered by
her marriage.
KING EDWARD TAKES
A MONTH’S VACATION
London, March 7.—King Edward left
London today for Biarritz for a months’
holiday.
BRAZILIAN BANK
CLOSES ITS DOORS
Rio Janeiro, March 7.—The XTnion
Bank of < 'ommerce of this city, closed
its doors today. Other banking institu
tions will be seriously affected.
NEW YORK SWIMMERS
DEFEAT CHICAGO MEN
New York, March 7.—Charles M.
Dank Is, of the New York Athletic
club, holder sf many world’s records,
with Iiud Goodwin as teammate, de
feated H. J. Handy, of the Illinois
Athletic club. Chicago, and C D.
Trudenbach, N. Y. A. C„ in a 200-yard
swimming relay race at the sports
man’s show in Madison Square garden
last night, by about 15 yards. Tune...
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