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vw&f'm?K wmifrv 4rmj0iwtmmm-'' mw tttmmim i tmwuiwwJtrvw ,v- The Commoner. VOLUME 12, NUMBER 2r nbsolutoly from tho president tlio temptation to ongago in personal politics." This is tho proposed amendment: "Tho executive power shall bo vested in a president of tho United States of Amorica. Tho term of oiilco of president shall he six years; Bills Plan Now to Reduce the Winter Feed Tills is a timely subject for every stock raiser and dairyman. Evorywhero farmors aro buying expensive feed and roughago and complaining becauso thoy aro obliged to do so and that the prices are so high, duo, principally, to the drouth of last summer that made the hay crop short. But, blaming it on tho weather doesn't help out tho situation. A wise man doesn't got caught In tho samo predicament twioe. If the sovoro dry season last summer teaches us how to avoid such a short ago of roughago as wo aro now experiencing in some states it will havo boon almost worth while. Tho very best time to learn tho lesson well is now, boforo wo forget about it. Why not begin now to fortify our selves against another such season? Wo know of no better way than to buy a silo and fill it with corn or some supplementary crops. Our advico to all owners of stock, and especially to dairymen, is to buy silos this summer. Those who havo none can not afford to bo without ono, and thoso who havo one may well consider whether it will not pay to build another or a better one. Think it over and take soino action to reduco next winter's feed bill. The HINGE-DOOR SILO S Practical Ladder; Ono-pioco Staves; Billot Steel Hoops, Perfect Hinge-Doors; Best Grade Fir Silo Stock; complote Anchoring System. Our hundreds of users aro satisfied. Ask tho man who owns ono. Fill out tho coupon and get our Free Books on Silos and Silago. THE NEBRASKA SILO CO., Lincoln, Nebraska. 1 Send Coupon Now for Free Silo Book NEBRASKA SILO COMPANY, Lincoln, Neb. 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Should both president and vice president be removed by death, resignation or otherwise, and the congress choose tho secretary of state to act as presi dent, that official can not seek elec tion to the office, but might later roach that office through the vice presidency. An Associated Press report says: After a bitter fight the house passed a bill placing the so-called Philip pine friar lands under the jurisdic tion of the Philippine government and subject to the land laws as framed in the archipelago. Unlike tho land taken from Spain as a re sult of the war of 1898, the friar lands, comprising tho richest agri cultural land in the islands, were bought from the religious orders. It was held that they were not subject to the -restriction of the land laws which limited individuals to forty acres and corporations to not more than 2,500 acres each. As a result large parcels of the land were sold to speculators, 56,000 acres to one individual. President Taft sent a message to the senate declining to make public the correspondence between this gov ernment and Colombia relating to Panama. The president said it would be incompatible with the public in terest to make it public. Secretary Knox in a letter to the president said that publication of the correspondence "would tend to excite feeling and vitiate the atmos phere of calm now prevailing among tne people ot Colombia." The senate's request for the papers was at the instance of Senator Hitch cock, of Nebraska, democrat. Senator "William Lorimer an nounces through his son, that he will not resign. 1.00 1.50 2.00 .25 1.35 1.25 3.25 3.25 1.85 1.75 1.00 1.55 1.00 1.25 1.00 1.25 3.00 1.00 3.00 3.25 2.25 3.75 1.00 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.85 2.25 1.00 1.10 1.00 1.75 1.25 1.45 4.00 3.25 3.00 Disorder in Cuba has become so groat that the administration is con templating intervention. At tho in stigation of the administration Sena tor Bacon of Georgia declared to the senate that the nresidoni- wrmiri have no authority of law for sending an armed force into Cuba, introduced a resolution, which was passed, in structing the committee on Cuban relations to suggest legislation authorizing intervention there. Minister Beauprer a noto informing him that tho Washington govern ment had ordered a gunboat to Nipo bay and a strong naval concentra tion at Key West in anticipation of possible eventualities; -and also in event that the Cuban government was unable to protect American property, it was the intention to land forces for that purpose. President Gomez says tho govern ment is doing its utmost, having within four days sent 3,000 troops by land and sea to crush the rebel lion in Oriente and in that short time having restored order in all parts of the island with that excep tion. He also says that nine thous and rifles with ammunition have been distributed to loyal citizens and that tho government is prepared to flood the comparatively small dis turbed section with regulars and volunteers. "I appeal to you," he continues, "as a loyal friend of Cuba, respect ing her rights, that you will be con vinced that this government is cap able and sufficiently supported by tho valor and patriotism of the Cuban people to deal promptly with a few unfortunate and" misguided persons without reason or flag. . "If you understand these condi tions, you will perceive that it is not the part of a friendly government to contribute, under any circumstances, to the embarrassment of a govern ment and people such as those of Cuba, placed it is true, in an un fortunate position, but not lacking in its methods, patriotism and cour age." New York, May 26. President Taft had retired tonight before re ceipt of the news dispatch embodying President Gobez's message of pro test against intervention by the United States in Cuba. It was not believed, however, that the Gomez message, if received in Washington, had yet been forwarded to the presi dent here. Jersey City, N. J., May 27. Presi dent Taft today sent a message to President Gomez of Cuba saying he would not intervene in Cuba. Address All Orders to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. A number of American warships were ordered to Cuban waters as there was general feeling that inter vention was onlv a mnttRr f n . days. The following Associated r-ress aispatcnes tell of the protest on the part of the Cuban government against American intervention: Havanna, May 2 6. President Gomez sent a cablegram today to President Taft in which he protests in friendly, but firm terms, against Intervention by the United States. "It is my duty to say that so seri ous a resolution alarms and hurts the feeling of the people who love and are jealous of their indepen dence," he says, after reciting that ho had received from United States A special dispatch to the Lincoln, Neb., Journal said: An agreement has been reached by the conferees on the Borah three-year homestead bill and the conference committee will make its report to the house and senate within a day or two. The senate conferees were forced to yield to the demands of the house con ferees as to water and mineral reser vations. Otherwise no agreement could have been reached, as the house members were determined to stand by the fight that they had made for a title to the homesteader without any limitation. The bill as ufc'ieeu upon provides for a three year homestead and gives to all homesteaders the right to a con tinuous leave of absence of not to exceed five months in each year. It requires tho entryman to notify the local land officer of the beginning and expiration of such absence. This leave is of course in addition to the comparatively brlof nnrwio i4ii a homestead entryman may now avail himself in -the ordinary way. In addition to these provisions the conferees agreed upon an amendment under which all homesteader entry men must, beginning with the second year of their entry, cultivate at least one-sixteenth of their land, which must bo increased to one-eighth tho third year. As this also applies to enlarged homestead entires, itB effect is to reduce the. amount of cultiva- (Contlnued on Page 15.) eVaS-v o ?v?Hy Alfn Cnr spell ca.8ioy2-7c;asts;,i:ouit(1S0. Flsher Mf-