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The Commoner.
JTJLY 10, 1903.
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cussed among tjie Jewish people. The
central conference of American rabbis
'was in session at Detroit, Mich., on
July 1 and considered the question of
changing the Jewish Sabbath from
Saturday to Sunday. It was .advised
that the question bo referred to a na
tional conference that shall have pow
er to settle this and other disputed
points.
The corrected lists of dead at the
Hanna, Vyo., mine disaster shows
that one hundred and sixty men lost
their lives and though diligent search
has been made many of the bodies
liave not been recovered. It was re
ported on July 1 that fire had broken
out in the lower levels of the mine
and it is feared that many bodies will
be consumed.
On July 1 Postmaster General Payne
issued an order abolishing the posi
tion of physician in postofllces at the
close of business, Juno 30, 1903. This
order will affect a class of officials
whose employment was without spe
cific authority of law. Some of these
offices paid at least $1,700 a year and
were sinecures. It was also reported
that additional clerics and promotions
became effective on July 1 in prac
tically all the first and second class
postofllces in the country. The addi
tional clerks allowed approximate 2,
C00 and 890 new rural froo delivery
routes were put in operation, thus
bringing the total number of routes
to approximately 10,000.
A tornado in the vicinity of Heron
Lake, Minn., on Juno 30, caused the
death of ten people and tho property
losses will reach $100,000.
It was reported on July 1 that Bul
goria had sent a circular to its rep
resentatives abroad and minister at
Sofia calling attention to tho attitude
of Turkey which Is reported to be
.massing troops on the frontier. The
note appeals to the powers to exert
pressure at Constantinople to secure
the withdrawal of the Turkish forces.
All the miners who are members of
the united mine workers of America,
to the number of about 13,000 in tho
district of Birmingham, Ala., suspend
el work on July 1 because of a disa
greement over the new wage .scale.
It Is thought, however, that tho dis
agreement will soon bo settled.
How Tom Johnson Broiled a Lobster
A very peculiar man is Tom John
eon, mayor of Cleveland. He is pe
culiar because ho is candid and hon
est although In politics and because
lie is not in politics to make money;
because, also, when he makes a prom
ise he keeps it in so far as he can do
so. Since he first became mayor of
Cleveland he has kept every promise
he made except when tho courts have
stepped in, at the command of Mark
Hanna, and enjoined him from doing
what he promised to do.
The following dispatch tells what
Mayor Johnson did recently to a leg
islative lobster who calls himself a
democrat:
"Mansfield, May 26. Tom L. John
eon has again demonstrated his hold
upon the hearts of the people and has
n-ade good his promise.
"William Earhart, one of the 'black
sheep' of the special ression of the
legislature, who voted for the vicious
curative act, will not be returned to
tho general assembly.
"In the democratic primaries held
in Richland county yesterday. Ear
hart was defeated by C. K. Hershey,
ihe Johnson candidate, by 245 votes.
"The fight has been one of the most
bitter and at the same timo the most
unique in the history of state poli
tics. "Earhart had the backing of all the
politicians and the aid of all republi
cans who could bring persuasion, to
hear on their democratic friends.
"He had behind him an excellent
organization, backed by all the money
that was thought to be needed.
"But the unpurchasable democracy
of old Richland responded to the call
of clean men, and after a bitter fight
Hershey won out
"While Earharfs defeat is a vic
tory for the people and takes out of
public life a man who wantonly be
trayed his party and his constituents
by voting for tho Cincinnati franchise
steal, after Its vicious character had
been fully explained to him, It is
none the less a personal victory for
Mayor Johnson.
"He had promised to go into the
district of every democrat who Yoted
for that iniquitous measure and de
feat him for any office he should run
for, and Earhart was the first to have
the temerity to hazard his candidacy
for a second term.
"Mayor Johnson waited till a week
before the election and then boarded
his automobile, and with the 'Red
Devil' stocked with literature and
posters with letters seven feet high,
he invaded Richland county.
"He did not accuse Earhart of dis
honesty, but he did accuse him of
being a dupe of the franchise grabbers
and therefore unfit to sit in the leg
islative halls.
'He visited every voting precinct in
the county, accompanied by Benton
Childers of Columbus and other speak
ers, and made personal appeals to tho
voters to be true to their manhood
and to the party and refuse to renom
inate Earhart.
"Hershey, whom ho choso as the
candidate to defeat Earhart, accompa
nied Mayor Johnson and did valiant
work for the cause.
"The majority is decisive and the
factionists who opposed Mayor John
son and Candidate Hershey are much
chagrined."
Of course, Johnson's enemies say he
is posing for political effect Well;
that's a pretty good way for a man
to pose, whether for political or other
effect A man who goes gunning for
the rascals in his own party can't be
a very bad man. Ho will gain the
enmity of rascals, but will get the
confidence of the honest citizens, and
in the long run that is what gets
votes.
There is another peculiarity pos
sessed by Tom Johnson. While he is
always ready to speak to an audience,
he 'does not like to have an audience
go away without asking him ques
tions. He invites questions; he in
sists on having questions put to him.
For that reason the machine politic
ians are shy of him; for that reason
he can't get a republican candidate or
spell-binder in the same ten-acre lot
with him in a campaign.
It is the answering of questions
that tests the man, especially tho can
didate for public office. Almost any
man can stand before an audience and J
talk. Almost any man can stand on
a platform and chatter about his par
ty, how it has solved and will solve
social problems. Tom Carter can do
that; W. A. Clark can do it But just
Imagine Carter or Clark standing be
fore an audience inviting questions!
Can you? If you can, then you can
easily imagine a hen? strutting through
the woods and challenging the foxes
to como and havo It out
Imagine, for example, Tom Carter
making a campaign in this state and
having questions put to him about di
rect legislation, direct primary elec
tions or a railroad commission! Im
agine W. A. Clark campaigning in
Montana and being aslced about the
muzzling of his newspapers In regard
to the railroad merger, railroad as
sessments, a railroad commission, di
rect legislation or a direct primary
election law! Tho Press can't Im
agine that, but it can sec W. A. Clark
lighting out for dear old Franco to
get away from those questions.
In tho next campaign in this state
the men who havo principles should
take a hand in the lobster broiling
business. Thero aro plenty of lob
sters ready for the broiler. Got after
them and their supporter-; with ques
tions. Any audience can make a po
litical gridiron with a few pertinent
questions. The men whoso votes a
condldate seeks have a right to ask
questions, They have a right to know
where tho candidate stands on every
question before tho people; they havo
a right to know the candidate'? rea
sons for his position and opinions;
they havo a right to know how ho
will vote in tho legislature. Thf way
to gain that information Is to ask
questions in publicHelena (Mont)
Pi ess.
Troy (O.) Democrat: Between
Mark Hanna, the republican sham
champion of organized labor, and the
republican trusts, the actual and opon
enemy of organised labor thero ought
to be no trouble In persuading the la
boring man from keeping "hands off"
when the trusts shove him back from
tho industrial banquet and drive him
out into tho kitchen to take what
the captains of industry don't want.
Foxcy Uncle Mark! Ho gets away
with the goods, too. As long as la
boring men want the double cross the
republican party will seo that he gets
it.
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