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The Commoner.
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VOLUBOT'll, NUMBER '5
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Tardaman, nomlnate'd by" tho Missis
sippi democratic primary to succeed
Percy. The senator said he would
not ask for an investigation of his.
election, but challenged his -prospective
successor to make sQch a demand.
A dispatch to tire New York
World says: CharleB J. Bonaparte,
President Roosevelt's attorney-general,
and other prominent , men havo
petitioned congress to forbid the use
of the phrase "So help mo God" In
the administration of oaths in the
federal courts. Senator Burton pro-'
sented the momorial to the senate
and introduced a bill to put it into
effect,
rriie"I)iirprovTdesT;hat the rorm of
oath hereafter takon in the courts
or elsewhere under the laws of the
United States shall bo "In the
presence of Almighty God, I do
solomnly promise" or declare, etc.
The bill proposes to make it unlawful
to add to any oath the words "So
help me God" or any imprecatory
words whatsoever; It stipulates that
tho manner of administering oaths
shall bo "by requiring the person
.making tho .same to hold up his hand
in token "of his recognition of the
solemnity of tho act, except in those
cases wherovor it shall appear that
some other mode is more in accor
dance with tho religious faith of the
swearor."
Tho bill fails to state whether the
right or loft hand shall be raised.
In, addition to Mr. Bonaparte, the
memorialists are Br. Ira Romson,
president of Johns Hopkins univer
sity and chairman of the pure food
board of review; Dr. Charles F.
Thwlng of Cleveland,, president of
Western Reserve university; "Thomas
J. Morris, judge of the federal court
for the district of Maryland since
1879; Col. William F. Stope, collec
tor of customs at Baltimore and ser-geant-at-arms
of tho republican na
tional committee; J. Barry Mahool,
former mayor of Baltimore; Edgar
Allan Poo, just elected attorney
general of Maryland, and George
PROSPERITY AWAITS YOU!
- WHERE?'
SEE REMARKS OF MEN OF NATIONAL REPUTATION:
Speaker Olnunp Clark says: "Go South Young Man!. Go South
and Grow up with the Country." He should have added, "The
Opportunity of your Fathers was in tho West, but Your Opportunity
is in the Gulf Coast Country of Texas."
Commissioner of Agriculture oj! Texas, Hon. E. R. Kone, says of it:
"There is no other areof similar sizo cm Earth where conditions
are so favorable for general farming and stock raising. A Proven
Field that Needs Only to be Worked to Yield Those Who May labor :
in it the Highest and Richest Rewards of Effort."
FOR LESS THAN HALF VALTTO ' ' '
Choice Lands are being offeree! bjTouf C"dmpanyfbr JesT"llian Half
their productive value less than half the nrico of lands in the
Middle West less than half the price they should command today!
For the larger farmer, or those haying money to invest for operat
ing in a larger way, our general farming lands near SUBURBAN
GARDENS, within easy driving distance of The Great Market City
of Houston, or our Famous Black Land medium sized farms in the
ROSBOROUGH and DeLEON RANCHES, afford your best oppor
tunity for securing rich farm land which will make you a splendid
home, the production of which should soon swell your bank account,
and tho rise in value should make ydu rich. If you have only a
Httle cash, buy on our monthly savings plan BUY SUBURBAN
GARDE.NS near Houston, the "Chicago of the South." N
LOCATION AND CLIMATE
The geographical location' and delightful climate excels California;
near railroads, splendid schools and churches, rapidly growing
. towns, with rural telephones and mail delivery. "
SOIL PRODUCTION
The soil production is wonderful two or three crop combinations
" per year being possible. Our soil produces all Northern crops in addi
tion to many more valuable crops native to the South. Our lands raise:
CORN and OATS equal to Iowa or Illinois. r .
ALFALFA more cuttings per year than Kansas or Nebraska.
TWO CROPS OF POTATOES and all kinds of -Vegetables at all
times of the yea.
COTTON, SUGAR CANE, RICE, ORANGES, FIGS and other wealth
" ' producers impossible to tho North.
"SEEING IS BELBEVING"
We Invite Closet Inspection SraranrrooiSE
DENOE, the INVESTMENT OF YOUR SAVINGS, and a VALUE OF
DOUBLE THE PRESENT PRICE,
Write immediately for full information. BETTER STILL:
Join our HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSION from tho North,
leaving Kansas City and St, Louis the first and third Tuesdays
of each month.
Allison-Richey
Land Company
CARTER BLDG.,
Houston, Texas
WAINWRIGHT BLDG1.,
St,. Louis, Mo. , "
UNION DEPOT,"
Kansas.CJty, Mxj. .
ALlison-Ricjhoy Land Co.
Houston, Texas, . . s .
.-... 1911
Please send me, without obliga
tion on my part, your Gulf Coast
Farm Land Booklet advertised in
.The Commoner. Signed:
Name ,
state . . .. . VT , ....... ,', .,..
Whitelock, a Baltimore lawyer,
chairman of tho United States -commission
on uniform state laws.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
Sydenham E. Ancona, eighty-seven
years old, dne of the few living mem
bers of tho special session of con
gress of 1861, which met July 4 to
declare a state of war against tho
confederacy, was- paid an unusual
honor in tho house. Amidst cheers
from both sides, the house took a
recess of ten minutes to permit, a
reception for Mr. Ancona in front of
the speaker's desk. Every represen
tative in the house filed past -the
white-haired veteran and shook his
hand. Mr. Ancona was introduced
to the house by John H. Rothermel,
now the occupant of the seat for
merly held by Mr. Ancona as a rep
resentative of the Thirteenth Penn
sylvania district..
By a vote of 300 to 1 the house, of
representatives passed the Sulzer
resolution for the abrogation of the
treaty with Russia made in 1832.
This move was taken because of djs,
criminations against American Jews.
Attorney General. Wickersham, in
his report as to the year's work in
the department of justice, approved
the dissolution plans of the Tobacco
trust and pointed out the numerous
prosecutions of the department. Ho
also xecommended that an executive,
bureau be created to supervise cor
porations chartered under a federal
corporation act
The, national- anti-saloon league
convention demanded the dismissal
of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
from President Taftfg cabinet - be
cause Jie participated in the brewers'
congress at Chicago. " "
to serve his country and to strength
en the foundations of righteousness.
He has never been charged with, nor
under suspicion of unholy alliance
with political corruption or design
ing self-interest, in character; capa
city and conduct William J. Bryan
is high above the pack that snaps and
snarls at his. heels. Then why? It
is this question that, frankly, We can
not answer. We hear the howling
but, rushing to the window, we can
find nothing but the moon. " .
We can easily understand that cer
tain politicians of the "loaf and fish"
variety might dislike him, because he
fears not to brand them when occas
ion Tequires. We can understand
that papers afflicted with, or under
control of, plutocratic interests might
criticise him, for they fear him- and
his influence with 'the people. But
we cannot understand, and we have
no patience with, the incessant. and
gratuitous flings of men who have
no occasion but to admire the man.
Wo do not take" our queue from
hostile politicians or press. Our esti
mate o Mr. Bryan is that he is a
good and a great man; mistaken
sometimes, as all fallible men, are",
but trying in all seriousness and all
sincerity to serve the people. We
think, therefore, that honest demo
crats, whose party principles. he has
never, deserted and we say this, in
full knowledge that he - once
scratched a candidate for governor
of Nebraska may well accord him
continued admiration and respect,
meanwhile bearing as patiently as
possible the baying in the -backyard.
Richmond Virginian. - .
BAYING AT THE MOON
The most mournful sound, and the
most irritating to the nerves, in the
whole category of noises, is that
howling of a. pack of hounds in. the
stillness of the night, when there
is no discoverable -reason- for their
canine wails. It is then that sleep
'slips away in the dark and patience
rushes after in hot pursuit. It is
tbTen that tongue can scarce utter
so poor is language in- a crisis
what the heart would fain express.
Somewhat familiar is the effect
upon our nerves produced by' the
incessant barking of petty politicians,
and provincial papers at William J.
Bryan. What is the occasion for it?
Is it the fact that Mr. Bryan has had
the courage to propose policies, and
defend them, that have not met the
approval of these parties? It might
be well to remember that the best
thought -o today is rapidly moving
in. the direction of principles, for the
declaration of which Mr. Bryan was
once hooted and ridiculed. Is il
that he has led his party to defeat
so often? If so, it was in the flerht
against monopolistic interests and
predatory wealth. And a survey of
the past, since "Mr, Bryan became a
national figure, suggests the question
whether the common people would
not have found under his administra
tion escape from the abominable con
ditions that have been foisted upon
them by the party that defeated him.
Surely it 'is jnot the fear that he may
again do tne nominee of the demo
cratic party for the presidency. We
do not, under the circumstances, con
sider this contingency in theealm of
probability.
Then why? He is a man of un
questioned character and of unusual
abilities. His voice and his pen Have
constantly found. employment in the
defense of the people against the en
croachments of political intrigue and
.capitalistic greed He has spent a
I life-time of sincere, though some
J might think" mistaken, endeavors
SPEAKlttG OF JUDGES
United' States Attorney Henry A.
Wise of New York recently remarked
in a public" address; -'But it', has
been difficult to sen'd the rich to jail.
The judges evidently think that they
should haVe plenty of warning, and
in case after case of this kind I have
pleaded in vain for jail, sentences."-
Last week Judge Kohliaat released
the heads of the Beef trust upon
.'writs of habeas corpus, and in 'so
doing gave these indicted million
aires another long reprieve. It.-was
in May, 1902, that the government
commenced proceedings against the
packers. And not one of the- men
has yet been tried.
The New York World ifTbitter in
its opposition to the Tecalland yet,
in a recent editorial, it delivered
these scathing '-comments upon the
Chicago travesty on justice:..
Yet this most odious of ' tr.usts,
whfch draws its enormous profits
from the monopoly and engrossment
of one of the" prime necessities of
life,- which extorts its tribute from,
rich and poor alike in every part'of
the- United States, has been, able for
more than nine years to use'the law's
delay to Ward off prosecution, - and
today not even the beginning of the
criminal trial. of its chief benefici
aries" are in sight. What a reproach
to Anierican 'government and Ameri
can jurisprudence! What -a, blot
upon, the administration of justice!"
. Denver, News. -":'
WORSE ' - ;
Surgeon'at a New York Hospital
"What brought you to' thib '.dreadful,
condition? Were you run", over ' by
a street-car-?" :. - "
Patient "No, sir; I f ainted- and ;.
was brought to by a 'member of tho
Society of First Aid- to theInjuredH
Life. ' '-. '
GOOD THINGS " " """
" "Why, I always supposed old
Tyte-Phist had more than his share
of the good things of th'is -world."'
"The gobd things.? Mister, M
hain't got.fi bjamed thin g, .-but ;&'". '
barrel of money and an. ajjpetfte.. for. '
another barrel' of it ."-Chicab
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