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POLITIGS, : AGRICULTURE AND HOME LIFE
Vol.19. No. 954.
Lincoln, Nebraska; September 20, 1906
Subscription $1.00
THE MAINE ELECTION
Labor Leader Gompers Says Money
and Whisky Saved Congress- -man
Littlefield
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor declares that
money and whisky saved Representa
tive Littlefield of Maine from defeat.
"Everybody in Maine," said Mr.
Gompers, "understands that Littlefield
would have been beaten for the nom
ination but for the liberal use of mon
ey. His opponent was undoubtedly
the choice of the majority of republi
cans in the district, and would haye
,been nominated but for the use of
money against him. And in the elec
tionwith Speaker Cannon, Secretary
Taft, Senator. Lodge, Congressman
Hamilton, Senator Beyeridge. and the
rest of the big guns they used against
us, with the president declaring that
the defeat of Mr. Littlefield would be
a public calamity in the face of all
these things we. would still have de
feated him but for the fact that a . lot
cf fellows who had been . opposed to
Littlefield were hired to support him.
"Vested interests throughout the
east assisted Littlefield's campaign. I
have originals of letters and circulars
that were sent into' the district urg
ing people to support Littlefield as
against 'this man Gompers' which I
am not yet ready to make public, but
of which the public will learn more.
For instance, I have a copy of a let
ter that a big wholesale liquor house
in New York sent to grocers all over
Maine calling on them to, support Lit
tlefield on .the ground that his defeat
would be a calamity to business in
terests. You know the prohibitionists
were all for him, and yet his head
quarters and his workers . used im
mense amounts of whisky."
President Gompers says the Amer
ican Federation intends to go ahead
with its program in other congres
sional districts as originally planned.
Chairman Griggs of the democratic
congressional committee, in a state
ment relative to the Maine election,
says: v . "
The only explanation I have seen
offered by our republican friends for
the slump in Maine is the whisky ques
tion. My understanding is "that the
Maine people have had the liquor
question with them at every election
for a great many years, and, with the
same candidates for governor and con
gress, and with the same question-as
four years ago before the voters, it
seems strange that in this election
prohibition arose in its might and
smote them hip and thigh, and It is
more than strange that after the elec
tion they 'switched their bob' and de
clare the whisky question was the
main issue, when so many of the re
publican big guns who were imported
into Maine, declared to the contrary.
"The issues they discussed before
the voters of Maine were not prohibi
tion, nor were they the indorsement
of Republican policies as exemplified
by the present congress, but the stand
pat doctrine, and the indorsement of
the president.
"If the small majorities received by
the republican candidates, which afe
the smallest since 1864, are satisfac
tory to these gentlemen, they oight
to be to the democrats. In the last
election the republican candidate for
governor received a majority of over
27,000 and at this election only about
9,000. Our average gain in each con
gressional district is approximately
5,000. If the ratio of republican loss
in . Maine holds throughout the coun
try, the next house will be largely
democratic. Why should not Maine
be a weather vane this year as always
in the past?" ;
PLAYING FOR STRONGER NAVY
German Government Lets no Oppor
tunity Escape to Show Neces
sity for Ships
Berlin The disingenuous tactics of
the kaiser's' government in .suppres-
eign service the German flag will be
conspicuously missing from a spectacle
wherein it would be advantageous
from every standpoint for us to be rep
resented." - '
Americans will probably inquire why
it would not be possible to detach
for the purpose in question one of the
German cruisers which are constantly
in South American waters. ;
NEW NAVAL STATIONS
Understanding Has Been Reached
- Whereby Chinsaewan and Yeng
hung May Be Used
HongKong It is believed in Tokio
that an understanding has been ar
rived at between Japan and Korea to
convert Chinsaewan and Yenghung in
to regular naval stations. -
The former point is of the utmost
strategic importance, as it guards the
entrance to the Straits of Tsu-shima.
The latter, which is north of Gensan,
would be of considerable value as a
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sing the fact that King Edward wished
to visit Berlin in 1904 the supposed
refusal of the king being used as a
means of popularizing the increase of
the fleet have been further manifest-i
ed by Germany's refusal to partici
pate in the international naval review
to be held at Jamestown, Va.f next
spring. ; The occasion is the opening
of the Jamestown exposition, and an
invitation to participate has been re
ceived from the United States govern
ment. It is learned that the German gov
ernment declined the invitation on the
ground that it has no ships which can
be spared. There is excellent reason
to believe that the true inwardness
of the refusal is a desire to empha
size afresh the "poverty" of the Ger
man fleet.
The government wishes to be able
to say to the German people, practi
cally: -'Now you see the shame which
the reichstag's refusal to authorize
new ships brings . upon us. Through
our lack of sufficient cruisers for for-
stronghold against attacks from the
north. ,
The expenditure on the two new sta
tions will, it is understood, be borne
by Japan. The acquisition ' of these
important naval bases is received here
with great satisfaction.
MICROBE OF WHOOPING COUGH
Belgian Savant Discovers Germ Once
Thought to Have Been Found
By Others
Dr. Congou, of the Belgium Royal
Medical academy, after careful re
search, reports the discovery of the
whooping cough microbe. It is said
to resemble Pfeiffer's influenza mi
crobe, which at one time was consid
ered by Doctors Jochmann and Krauss
to be the real microbe of "whooping
cough. The academy awaits the re
sults of vaccination experiments with
the new microbe. - The medical world
is greatly interested in the discovery.
RUSSIAN TYRANT DEAD
The Man Most Hated by Russians is
Dead From Poison Ruled
With Iron Hand .
Dispatches from St. Petersburg
says the death of General Trepoff, the
"iron-fisted" ruler of St. Petersburg
in the days of the outbreaks, causes
little surprise. Trepoff had been pur
sued so relentlessly by terrorists that
his death at any moment would have
been taken as the thing to be expect
ed. The public generally, in discuss
ing the matter commented on the co
incidence of Trepoff 's death, and the
attempt " made to assassinate Count
Witte, former premier, at Wiesbaden,
Prussia.- With almost unanimous ac
cord the belief is expressed that ter
rorists' had a hand in Trepoff 's tak
ing off.. The recent attempt to poison
Trepoff is well remembered.
General Trepoff was without doubt,
the best hated man in all Russia and
was .made the victim of more attempts
at assassination than any other man
in the empire. His vigilance, however,
prevented such attempts from meeting
with success.
Trepoff rose to a position where he
had more power than any other man
in the kingdom. To him had been en
trusted the emperor's personal safety.
He was practically above ministers
and the law, pursuing any course he
determined upon unmindful whether
it conflicted or not with established
laws or decrees, of the cabinet 'mem
bers. He ruled Russia and he ruled
with a fist of iron.
He first attracted attention as head
of the police of Moscow in the early
days of the revolution. He had ever
since been effective in putting down
uprisings, although he resorted to
cruel practices,, drew the attention of
Czar Nicholas, 'who brought him -to
St. Petersburg and established him
eventually as governor general of the
capital.
Following the awful slaughter of
"Bloody Sunday," January 22, 1905,
Trepoff was called to take command In
St. Petersburg and in the following
outbreaks in the city he dealt merci
lessly with revolutionists.
Any demonstration in the streets
was dispersed by firing volley after
volley into the helpless crowds. .:
This won him the hatred of the
people generally, to whom his name
was a terror, and a death sentence
from the terrorists. Time after time
efforts were made to execute the death
sentence, but in vain.
Under the regime of former Minis
ter of the Interior Durnovo and him
self one of the hardest men in deal
ing with the people who ever occu
pied that position, Trepoff was made
assistant minister.
Trepoff used his power ruthlessly.
The slightest outbreak on the part of
the people was the cause for awful
reprisals.
Trepoff was accused of inciting the
Bailystok massacres. The uproar
