The Commoner.
SfcPRIL 7, 1811
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Bays some tilings which will not be
at all pleasant to the Guffey crowd.
Mr. Guthrie Indulges in virtually no
recommendations at this time, but
devotes considerable of his space to
dealing with the situation as it exists
Seven Million Acres
of Public Lana were entered in Mon
tana laat year, nearly twice as much
as in any other state. Where homo
seekers aro sottllng- theso figures
prove. Why they chooso Montana over
all competitors Is because thoy find
there an abundance of land of un
equalled fertility, virgin soil which
will yield unsurpassed crops when cul
tivated, a homo market, good transpor
tation facilities, a healthy climato,
schools and churches. Millions of for
tilo acres, to bo acquired as froe home
steads or bought at a low price, aro
waiting for the plow. For further in
formation, write to J. H. HAUL, Com
mlsnloncr State Bureau of Agriculture,
Helena Montana.
and makes a forceful statement as
to the .legality of the positions of the
new officers of the committee, and
further intimates that should the
matter bo taken into court the plain
tiff would probably lose."
Judge W. S. Kenyon, at Fort
Dodge, was nominated by the Iowa
republicans to succeed the late Sena
tor Dolliver. The deadlock con
tinues, however.
The Nebraska legislature has
passed a bill permitting Sunday
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A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch, car
ried by the Associated Press says:
"The house passed, by a vote of 89
to 13, the WInman bill providing for
the election of United States senators
by popular vote on the Oregon plan.
The Winaaan bill is a duplicate of the
Stockwell bill, which the senate has
smothered for several weeks. The
only democrats who voted against
the bill wero three of the Mont
gomery county delegation, Johnson,
Qebhart and Roth.
An Augusta, Maine, dispatch to
the Associated Press, says: "Fol
lowing a conference between Gover
nor Plaisted and the democratic
leaders of the senate and house, the
legislature voted to ratify the pro
posed amendment to the federal con
stitution providing for an income tax.
This action squarely reversed that
taken by the senate and by the house
previously in voting against the
federal tax and adopting a state tax
measure. During a recesB Governor
Plaisted called in the democratic
leaders and reminded them of their
platform pledges with the result that
the amendment was reconsidered and
ratified. A state income.tax measure
previously passed was then killed.
Later the house concurred in the
senate's action."
The lower house of the Austrian
recihsrath was dissolved and a new
election ordered.
A band of 160 bandits is levying
tribute on the merchants in northern
Peru. Troops have been sent against
them. The government is criticised
for not having maintained sufficiently
equipped garrisons in that district.
In the New York factory fire 141
lives wero lost.
At a mass-meeting of New York
negro Methodists resolutions of con
fidence in Booker T. Washington
were unanimously adopted and Presi
dent Taf t was warmly praised for his
letter of sympathy to the noted
colored educator.
In Floyd couty, Kentucky, 210 In
dictments charging vote selling have
been returned.
The' currency committee of the
American Bankers' Association, rep
resenting 12,000 banks indorsed the
currency scheme submitted by ex
Senator Aldrich, and urged Its adop
tion by the national monetary commission.
The government of Brazil has
agreed to co-operate with New Or
leans and other Mississippi valley
cities in establishing a steamship
line between New Orleans and Brazil.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Jefferson City, Mo., says: "A law
of four years' standing, barring from
Missouri insurance companies paying
officials salaries of more than $50,
000, was wiped oft the statute books,
when Governor Hadley signed the
repeal measure enacted by the re
cent general assembly. The su
preme court of Missouri sustained
the law in the cases of tho Metropoli
tan, Prudential and Equitablo com
panies, and an appeal is now pending
In tho supremo court of tho United
States. An agreement between tho
state and insurance companies whore
by the costs aro to bo paid by tho
defendants whether or not tho higher
court sustains tho law."
Col. Thomas Kilshaw Irwin, presi
dent of tho Mobile Cotton Exchange,
died in Mobile. Ho was a guard of
President Jefferson Davis when ho
was captured.
Charles D. Sheldon, wanted in
Montreal, Canada, on the chargo of
embezzlement said to Involve ?2,
000,000, was arrested at Pittsburg,
and admitted his identity.
Twenty-two plow manufacturing
companies have been Incorporated at
Molino, 111., with a capitalization of
$50,000,000.
Fire damaged the New York state
capitol building at Albany to the ex
tent of $5,000,000. The walls were
Intact and the structure will be rebuilt.
The effort to amend tho county
option law in Ohio was defeated in
the Ohio house of representatives.
General Thomas L. James, post
master general in the Garfield cabi
net, celebrated his eightieth birth
day in New York City.
Miss Phoebe Cousins, who forty
years ago was the most famous suf
fragette in America has changed her
opinion and delivered an address at
Springfield, 111., on the other side
of the question.
United States circuit court of ap
peals at St. Louis, has declared that
Oklahoma's two-cent fare law is con
fiscatory and restrains tho state from
enforcing the two-cent law.
Joseph P. Reichman, former presi
dent of the defunct Carnegie Trust
Company of Now York, has been In
dicted on the charge of having made
a false statement as to tho company's
condition.
At Seattle, Wash., Clarence D.
Hlllman, a millionaire land dealer,
was found guilty in the federal court
of using tho mails to defraud. The
Jury, acquitted him on the first five
Indictments, charging a misde
meanor, but convicted him on thir
teen counts of tho sixth indictment,
charging a felony. The maximum
penalty for each of the thirteen
counts on which Hillman was found
guilty is five years' imprisonment
and five thousand dollars' fine,
The German dirigible balloon Per
cival VI was very badly damaged in
a collision with tho balloon shed at
Johahnisthal. The big airship was
descending or its nightly trip, when
the accident occurred. Sixteen pas
sengers were aboard but no ono was
injured.
An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch to tho
Omaha Daily News says: "Benja
min D. Greene, sentenced for com
plicity in the famous Savannah har
bor contract frauds, was released
from the federal prison here. Ho
took the pauper's oath to escape
further liabilities for the $575,000
fine Imposed on him, saying he spent
$700,000 in his fight for freedom.
He left for Now York and will sail
to join Mrs. Greene in Paris, where
they will make their home. Gaynor
has completed his sentence and has
made application to take the pauper's
oath. Greene and Gaynor had a
$1,000,000 government contract for
improvements in Savannah harbor,
under tho supervision of Captain
Obcrlln P. Carter of the army. When
Carter was given an appointment at
tho court of St. James, his successor
at Savannah discovered frauds.
Greono and Gaynor were sentenced to
four years each after a legal battlo
of ton years."
A Springfield, 111., dispatch to tho
Chicago Record-Herald, says: "Stato
bounties for babies and premiums
for largo families to be paid by a tax
levied upon chronic bachelors is tho
latest schome of Senator Edmound
Bcall to encourage an increase of
population in Illinois. Tho senator,
who as 'stork mayor' of Alton, ran
on a platform which had a plank
reading, 'A child in ovory front yard,
a nursery in ovory home,' will intro
duce a bill creating 'the increase
population fund, established to en
courage mothorhood.' "
An Associate Press dispatch from
Augusta, Mo., says: "Forced by
Governor Plaisted, a democrat, to
make one of tho quickest legislative
flops on record, Maine stands square
ly in favor of tho constitutional
amendment for tho federal Incomo
tax and the measure again has a
chance for enactment. Tho action
of the senate in its early session,
concurring with tho house In Its
vote against tho amendment, made
twelve states against it, thereby pro
venting Its ultimate success unless
some states should change their
vote. Tho change In Maine's posi
tion leaves only eleven states op
posed, with several expecting to re
verse their stands. In a conferenco
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