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LZLEmm-L Jl .MM IHiHBBn E" ; t,sP5S'"''?i';i,!'"tv- " "" 6 Th Commoner. VOLUME 10, NUMBER Jg 1ECURRNT opicsljlf THE LATEST reports aro to the effect that Senators Cummins and Dollivor of Iowa, Brlstow of Kansas, together with Theodore Roosovolt and ChauncQy M. Dopow, will speak for Senator Bovoridgo in Indiana. An Indianap olis dispatch says: "The democratic managers aro equally active, and U. S. Jackson, stato chair man, said that among tho democratic speakers that havo accepted invitations to speak In behalf of tho candidacy of John W. Kern for tho United States senate, woro Champ Clark, of Missouri, Senator Bailey of Texas, former Gov ernor Polk of Missouri, and Mayor Gaynor, of Now York." SENATOR LAFOLLETTE will submit his chanceB for re-election to a republican pri mary to bo hold in Wisconsin noxt September. C. II. Crownhoart, Senator LaFollotte's campaign manager, has issued this statement: "Senator LaFollotto will accept tho judgment of tho peo plo at tho primary as final. 'If ho is not in dorsed ho will not bo a candidate before tho legislature If ho Is indorsed at tho primary ho will expect tho legislature to ratify tho choice of tho people" THEODORE ROOSEVELT has announced that ho will make two tours of tho country. Ho has chartered a private car and will speak from tho rear platform at most places. Mr. Roosevelt's itinerary is given as follows: Tho western trip is to begin on August 25, and will end on September 11. Tho southern trip will extend from October G to Octobor 13. Tho itin eraries follow: Western trip August 26, leave Now York; AugUBt 27, arrive Cheyenne; August 29, Denver; August 31, Osawatomio, Kas.; Sep tember 2, Omaha; September 3, Sioux Falls, S. D.; September 6, Fargo, N. D.; September G, St. Paul; Soptomber 7, Milwaukee; September 8, Freeport, 111., and Chicago; September 10, Pitts burg; September 11, arrive New York. Southern trip: October 6, leave New York; October 8, Atlanta, Ga.; October 10, Hot Springs, Ark.; Octobor 12, Peoria, 111.; October 13, speeches in Indiana for Senator Beveridge at a place not 7et chosen. A COMMONER reader at Bellevue, Idaho, writes: "The Commoner, issue of July 1, 1910, contains an article which caused me to ponder not a little, 'Political Parties of Tomor row.' Even that short article is good food for thought, but the author should, for the good of his country, write and publish an extended treatise on the science of government, and espe cially that of a democratic republic. I think It would be both interesting and edifying, and I am sure it would clip no honors from Mr. Bryan but, quite to tho contrary, I think it would add strength and vigor to the great truths and political gospel that Mr. Bryan has been so ably expounding for twenty years. Best wishes for Mr. Bryan and success to The Commoner." SPEAKING ABOUT remarkable women, tho Louisville Courier-Journal pays a fine tribute to Mrs. Ella'Flagg Young, superintendent of schools in Chicago. Tho Courier-Journal Bays: "Mrs. Young was elected president of tho National Educational Association in Boston tho other day. When Mrs. Young wants an honor of that kind all sho has to do is to say go and leave the rest to her enthusiastic friends. Tho nominating committee of the National Ed ucational Association did not favor tho election of a woman as president of that body. The committee was against Mrs. Young, and it recommended a man for tho place, but Mrs. Young's friends got busy Immediately, and when tho voting was over Mrs. Young's name 'led all ,tho rest.' It waB the same way a year ago when (Mrs. Young ran for superintendent of tho public 'schools of Chicago. Half a dozen men wanted tho ,Job, and strove for it with might and main. .These men had influence in a political way. She -had never attended a ward convention in her life. She knew nothing of party rules or usages. Sho had novor cast a voto or 'fixed' a precinct, but sho knew a lot about schools, for she had been teaching a long time. The board of edu cation took tho sensible view that school knowl edgo and experience were moro Important to educational progress than a political pull. Therefore Mrs. Young got elected and the poli ticians got left. Chicago has about 600 publio Bchoole and Mrs. Young is boss of every ono of thom. Chicago has 300,000 school pupils, and Mrs. Young is to a large extent the arbiter of their educational destiny. When she was first elected somo persons had their doubts as to whether sho would measuro up to tho require ments of tho situation. Nobody seems to have any such doubts at the present writing. It is generally conceded that she has made good in every particular. The schools wore never better conducted, and the system was never more har monious. Tho teachers like Mrs. Young, tho pupils adoro her, and the taxpaying public is well pleased. Mrs. Young is sixty-five years old, and does not hesitate to say so. In the light of her achievements the Osier theory isn't worth a cent. Tho National Educational Asso ciation has done Itself credit In selecting her as Its president." A TERRIBLE aviation accident happened at Leichlengen, Rhenish, Prussia, recently. A dirigible balloon Invented by Oscar Erbsloeh was destroyed in mid-air through tho explosion of a benzine tank. Erbsloeh and his crew of four men dropped to their death. The Omaha Bee says: "The death of Oscar Erbsloeh and four companions Increases tho list of deaths from aviation to seventeen. The death roll follows: September 17, 1908 Selfridge, Lieu tenant Thomas E., U. S. A., killed in fall with Orville Wright near Washington. September 7, 1909 Ena, Rossi, Italian, killed in Rome in machine of his wn invention, September 7, Lofebvre, F., killed in Wright machine at Juisi-Sur-Orge, France. September 22 Ferber, Cap tain Louis F., killed at Boulogne, France. De cember 6 Fernandez, Antonio, Spaniard killed at Nice, falling 1,000 feet after motor exploded. January 4, 1910 Delagrange, Leon, killed at Bordeaux, France. April 2 Herbet, Le Blon, instantly killed, falling on rocks at San Sebas tian, Spain. May 13 Micheln, Chauvette, killed at Lyons, France. June 17 Speyer, Eugene, killed at San Francisco. June 18 Robl, killed at Stettin, Germany. July 3 Wachter, Charles, killed at Rhelms in Antoinette monoplane. July 12 Rolls, Captain C. H killed at Bourne mouth, England, while operating a Wright biplane. Baroness De La Roche was almost killed by a fall in her Voisia biplane at the Rheims meeting on July 8." IN ITS ISSUE of July 16 Collier's Weekly prints a letter written by W. H. Batting a subordinate of Secretary Ballinger in the in terior department, which letter was written to George R. Baker, a republican newspaper editor at Sandpoint, Idaho. The Batting letter follows "I have your letter of tho 16th, and have also received your previous letters, but have not had an opportunity to answer them. I will not take an opportunity to explain my position on the matter of the notices, sent out from this office to the newspapers as related to the situation at Sandpoint. It has long been the practice in tho department for the register of tho land office to designate the paper in which certain notices Bhall be published. Naturally, under a republi can administration such notices go to the repub lican papers. When I assumed my duties as register of the land office at Coeur d'Alene Idaho, there was but one controversy as between newspapers, and that was at Sandpoint between the North Idaho News and tho Pend d'Oriello Review. The editors of both these papers con sulted mo, as did their friends, and reasons were given pro and con as to patronage being extend ed to each paper. I decided at that time that I would divide such patronage equally between .?inv ! h?.? on diffQrent occasions consulted with both editors and given them to understand, or intended that they should understand, that this arrangement would continue only so long as they continued to conduct their papers proper ly in accordance with republican principles. Thereafter I had occasion to observe that your paper was not in sympathy with the republican party. In order that you may understand this fully, I will cite you to the specific instances in which your paper, in my opinion, has not shown Itself entitled to present consideration in this matter.: 1. At the time of the hearing of tho case against the Washington Water Power com pany, the Spokesman-Review published an edi torial in which the good faith of Secretary Bal linger, Senator H , and myself was questioned in connection with that case. This same edi torial was copied (verbatim, I believe) by your paper. 2. At the time of the contest in tho house of representatives against Speaker Can ntm, you published an editorial attacking Can non and also our Representative Hamer. 3. In a recent issue of your paper you published an editorial in which you made a' bitter personal attack on Senator Heyburn 4. You have also taken occasion to disparage the candidacy of announced candidates for stato offices, without making any specific charges against them, and who may or may not be the candidates of the republican party in the coming campaign, but who, if they aro, will expect the support of republican papers. The grounds stated consti tute, to my mind, sufficient evidence that tho republican party in this state Is not getting the support from your paper that it expects and la entitled to. Your record as a republican Beema never to have been questioned prior to the last state campaign, and I never questioned it until , the matter contained in the first 'statement' ap- ' peared, which was followed by the matters con tained in the second, third, and fourth 'state ments.' The above constitutes the. basis of my action in not having recognized aur paper as. a proper medium for the publication of notices. If, however, In the future conduct; of your paper these political acrobatics are eliminated, I will be glad to reconsider the matter and extend to you the full consideration to which you may bo entitled." THEODORE ROOSEVELT has written for Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott's magazine an ar ticle related to prize fighting. In this article Mr. Roosevelt says: "I have always been fond of boxing, and have always believed in it as a vigorous, manly pastime, one of those pastimes which have a distinct moral and physical value, because they encourage such essential virtues as courage, hardihood, endurance and self-control. Until within a few years I used to box a good deal myself, and when I was young several times .took part in contests of a public or semi-public nature generally, I am bound to say, with ill Buccess. I think boxing is a sport which should be encouraged among boys and young men gen erally. I have been glad to help 'it so far as I could in the army and navy, where, I believe, it has been an excellent thing for the enlisted men. When I was police commissioner I was much struck by a statement made to. me .by Jacob Riis to the effect that the establishment of boxing clubs in many of the poorer districts had resulted Ingood, in rather unexpected ways; that is, it had not only given the vigorous young fellows who otherwise would join 'gangs' a legit imate outlet for their activities, but had also markedly reduced the number of affrays in which the knife was used. The spirit produced by the boxing had told against knife-fighting, and distinctly discouraged unfair play." WHILE MR. Roosevelt says that prize fight ing 13 doomed, still he does not mind a bit of boxing. In his magazine article Mr. Roosevelt says: "Therefore, from every stand point, I believe in the encouragement of boxing as a sport. Moreover, boxing as a profession has its good side also. Among the men whose friendship and regard I havo really valued I could name a number of professional boxers, including several ring champions. The men to whom I refer I found square, decent men, who Bhowed themselves good citizens when their good citizenship was tested. I approved of th m