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The Commoner.
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iTornor of New Jersey. "I am
cod ho does not desire the
nation and will enter no contest
1L" writes Mr. Ahbott. however.
Sftokcs visited the Outlook office
Sreek, had an interview with Col.
ivolt and suggested that he
$ a letter or have one written
iing his position relative w uie
firtHdency. The letter from ad dole,
fl?n out by Mr. Stokes is preiacea
mftMa. statement that Mr. Abbott
Mas no authority to sneak for Col.
Roowsyelt, but that during the past
viairSfand the working of his mind.
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New Haven, Conn., dispatch
The democratic state central
ifftoa oolnntnrl TlHilirfinnrt flfl til ft
FataS and Mav 1 and 2 the date for
ItafSfconvention at which the delega-
ttlpqfto the democratic national con
ation will bo chosen. A resolu
ianVwas adonted nraising the ad-
KnilnlBtration of Governor Simeon E.
llfiflciwin and commending him to the
raamocracy of the nation, "a con
ritiSSration of the eminent qualities
oftfibvernor Baldwin for the presi
nUnay of the United States."
Jdward Hawley, president of the
Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad.
;2diScP at his apartment in New York
fcvv,y..
En Associated Press dispatch from
telerre. S. D.. dated January 31st,
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r'HHTg ueniucra.nu eauers ui ouuui
UDKicbta met in conference here this
afternoon and perfected a tempor
iary$ organization. Ben Wood of
Rapid City was made chairman and
Sanborn of Plankinton secre
tary No indorsement of a presiden-
rcandidate was made, The men-
fof Wilson's name by occasional
speakers created uproarious applause
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and in a private poll of the delegates
111 out of 137 voting expressed their
desire for the New Jersey man as
presidential nominee The rules
committee reported against tho in
dorsement of any candidates for the
state offices or delegates to tho con
vention at Baltimore, and it was
adopted. The 'convention, however,
went on record with one candidate,
by indorsing R. P. Pettlgrew of Sioux
Falls for United States senator. Tho
resolutions provide for tho initia
tive and referendum and recall of
judges; commend democrats and in
surgents who voted for the wool
bill and acknowledge Mr. Bryan's
distinguished service to tho party.
Like a
Pleasant
Thought
of an old friend
Post
Toasties
with cream
Sweet, crisp bits of white
Indian corn, toasted to an ap
petizing, golden brown.
A delightful food for break
fast, lunch or supper always
ready to serve instantly from
the package.
"The Memory Lingers"
For a pleasing variation
sprinkle some Grape-Nuts over
a saucer of Post Toasties, then
add cream. Tho combined
flavour is something to re
member, y
Postum Cereal Company, Limited,
Battle Creek, Mich.
A meeting of the "Roosevelt na
tional committee" will bo held at
Chicago February 10th.
The prdhibition national conven
tion has been called to meet at
Atlantic City July 10th.
Tho Taft man stole a march on
the Roosevelt men before the Cook
county, Illinois (Chicago) republi
can convention. The crowd cheered
for Roosevelt but heartily indorsed
and approved Taft's administration.
Judge Ben B. Lindsay of Denver,
after visiting Theodore Roosevelt,
gave out an interview, saying the for
mer president would bo a candidate
this year.
A Knoxvillo, Tenn., dispatch, car
ried by tho Associated Press, says:
Supporters of Theodore Roosevelt
won in a contest in the Knox county
republican executive committee by a
vote of 153 to 51 when President
Taft's friend proposed to have a mass
meeting to choose 'delegates to the
state convention that will select
delegates to the national republican
convention. Colonel Roosevelt's sup
porters favored a primary, and when
it was put to a vote the ex-president's
friends finally won.
A Chicago dispatch, carried by the
Associated Press says: Tipping was
branded as illegal and un-American
by Judge Theodore Brentano. Part
ners in a corporation, which bought
the "tip concession" from hotels and
cafes, were in circuit court for the
second time within a few months,
quarreling over a division of the
profitsc of the business. For tho
second time they heard themselves
called violators of the law. They
supplied cafes with attendants whose
uniforms contained no pockets and
all gratuities were turned in to the
promoters.
A NEBRASKA PLATFORM
Here is the platform of Richard L.
Metcalfe, democratic candidate for
governor of Nebraska.
To the people of Nebraska: It is
proper that a candidate for the office
of governor tell the people where he
stands with respect to important
questions of state government and
I bog to submit the following state
ment: One of these important questions
relates to taxation. I should recom
mend to the legislature the submis
sion of a constitutional amendment
enlarging the powers of that body in
relation to the state's taxation sys
tem. Then, the appointment of a
non-partisan commission to investi
gate the subject of taxation together
with such changes and reforms as
have been successfully tested in
other states and countries and to
report to a succeeding legislature
such a system as shall seem best
adapted to Nebraska conditions. A
well considered report of this kind
would provide a practical basis for
intelligent and comprehensive legis
lative action, and help to place this
stato In an 'advanced position with
relation to the whole subject of stato
taxation.
I am in favor of a law that will
protect tho public from fraudulent
promotion schemes. This law should
be modeled after tho Kansas law,
commonly known as tho "Blue Sky
law" and prohibiting any company
or its agent not chartered by the
stato from selling stock, land or
other forms of Investment within
tho state. License issued by state
authority, after thorough investiga
tion, should be necessary for tho
conduct of such business in Ne
braska. t am in favor of the adoption of
tho proposed initiative and referen
dum amendment to the state con
stitution. The adoption of this direct
legislative plan provides a solution
for all questions that have hereto
fore divided men of all parties, in
such a way as to enable men to co
operate, without embarrassment,
with their party associates upon
economic questions on which they
agree.
I should recommend tho adoption
of the recall as applied to public
officials. While personally believing
that it should be applied to the judge
as well as to other public officials,
it. may prove expedient that Ne
braska shall first test this reform
with tho judiciary exempted from its
provisions.
I am in favor of the adoption of
tho proposed constitutional amend
ment giving to cities of more than
5,000 population the privilege of
framing their own charters consis
tent with the constitution and the
laws of the state.
I am in favor of tho adoption of
the proposed constitutional amend
ment providing for a board of con
trol for the government of stato in
stitutions. TheBo institutions should
bo removed from the domain of
partisan politics, merit should be the
controlling test of their officials and
they should be conducted with an eye
single to the general welfare. In
the event that amendment failed to
carry at tho November election my
efforts- would be directed toward
carrying into the existing system the
spirit of that "reform.
The dependent wives and children
of the inmates of tho state prison
should not be .deprived entirely of
a husband's and father's earning
power; but a certain portion of the
regular hire, as well as overtime
earnings, of the prisoner having a
mother, wife or child dependent upon
his labor, should be devoted to the
support of those Innocent people.
Tho number of inmates of state
asylums for insane is increasing at a
rapid rate. While waiting for a
check in this growth through a
change among individuals in the
method of living something should
be done in the way of a systematic
effort to restore these unfortunates
to sanity and to improve their con
dition while undergoing treatment.
T would recommend tho introduction
into these asylums of a system some
what in the nature of the kindergar
ten system in the schools. Instead
of consigning a patient to imprison
ment within barren walls and with
out any effort to direct and systema
tize his thoughts he should be dealt
Kwith as a child. Those patients who
are not imbecile or violent should be
divided into classes for training.
Rome should be taught to play,
others to work, and, by way of na
ture studies and games and song and
music, organized effort should be
made to hold the thought of these
wards of the state on orderly lines.
Tn this way some would be restored
so they could he cared for by their
family and without expense to the
state, and the environment in all
cases would be vastly improved. This
arrangement could be provided for
by the employment at each asylum
of a progressive student of the kin-
dorgarten systom who would work
undor tho asylum superintendent
Solitude and undisciplined thinking
among tho Inmates of theso institu
tions have made asylums for tho in
sane living tombs for men and wo
men. Our duty to our helpless fol
lows, as well as our duty to tho tax
payers of tho state, require roform
work along theso lines. Should I
bo elected to tho office of governor
of Nebraska I would try to do some
thing that would distinguish this
stato for Its efforts toward perma
nent reform in tho affairs of its pub
lic Institutions.
Tardiness in tho administration of
justice is a crying evil; Its Incon
venience and burdens press most
heavily upon those, who, as a rulo,
are least able to sustain thorn. I
should favor whatever legislative ac
tion would seom to promiso a remedy
for this condition.
I should favor an insistent and
zealous guardianship of the right of
the stato to regulate common car
riers with relation to intra-stato
commerce.
I should recommend and favor
such reforms In tho methods of our
state legislature as will secure care
ful and intelligent scrutiny of tho
provisions of ponding bills and effec
tually prevent tho passage of laws
whoso accidental or premeditated In
consistencies vitiate and destroy
them. I should recommencl and urge
such change in legislative methods
as will prevent tho delay of con
sideration and final action of that
body until it finds itself In tho
midst of the confusion and hurry in
cident to the closing hours of tho
session. I should recommend tho
passage of a law having for Its pur
pose tho abolition of vote trading
among legislators. This law should
provide that any member who agrees
to support tho bill of' another mem
ber on condition of receiving help
for his own measure will be guilty
of a felony and subject to imprison
ment or fine. It should also pro
hibit an agreemont to support or
oppose a bill on condition that tho
governor approve or veto any par
ticular measure, or an agreement to
support or oppose any measure on
condition that tho governor shall
appoint or remove any person from
public office. While it is true that
such a measure might be directly
applied only to the most notorious
forms of abuse Its enactment Into
law would have, far-reaching moral
influence. "Logrolling," as it is
commonly called, has come to be the
shame of legislatures and as a result
many measures are passed in barter
and trade rather than in serious con
sideration by thoughtful lawmakers.
Nebraska, famous for tho small
number of illiterates among its
population, has the right to bo kept
in the forefront where tho progres
sive states of our great union are
striving for better things in the way
of popular government.
RICHARD L. METCALFE.
THE PASTOR'S MISTAltE
In a small country church in Iowa
not long since a child was brought
forward for baptism.
The young minister, who had an
uncontrollable desire to wax elo
quent on every occasion, taking tho
little one in his arms, spoke as fol
lows: "Beloved hearers, no one can fore
tell the future of this little child. He
may grow up to be like Sir Isaac
Newton or a great orator like Patrick
Henry, and it is possible that some
day he may become president of tho
United States."
Turning to the mother, the loqua
cious young minister inquired:
"What is the name of the child,
my dear woman?"
"Mary Ann," was tho reply
Drover's Journal.