Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, April 04, 1907, Image 4
THE EMGO I. M' Editor and Proprietor. J\AP.K ZARK Foreman. Entered at the postoflice at Valentine. Cherry county , Nebr. . as Second Class Matter. TERMS : Subscription $1.00 per year in advance : $1.50 when not paid in advance. Display Advertising 1 inch single column loc per issue or $6.00 a year. Local Notices , Obituaries , Lodge Resolutions and Socials for revenue oc per line per issue. Brands , li inches$4.00 per year in advance ; additional space-$3.00 per year ; engraved blocks extra $1.00 each. 10 per cent additional to above rates if over 6 months in arrears. Parties living outside Cherry county are requested to pay in advance. Notices of losses of stock free to brand advertisers. THURSDAY , APRIL 4 , 190T. RESULTS OF ELECTION , The Valentine village election resulted in the following vote : Citizens ticket. U. G. Dunn 117 Geo. Elliott 12C Chas. Sparks 102 Peoples ticket : Rowland Dailey 9S " L. N. La.vport . 121 W. A. Pettycrew Ill Valentine elected two citizens and one peoples ticket men. A change of three votes between Dunn and Pettycrew would have made a tie. A change of two votes between Sparks and Dailey would have made a tie vote. The citi zens ticket workers rushed every available vote they could muster to the polls and then lost one can didate. The close vote is a warn ing to the present town board that there is a strong current of the best citizenship against them. Their actions should be carefully guarded in future transactions. Next year there will be 3 members to elect and it may not be possible for the citizens ticket to muster as many votes as this year if con ditions are not improved locally , while the better element is in creasing and the peoples ticket glowing stronger. St. Louis went democratic. Kansas City , Kan. , elected a re publican mayor. Ainsworth went wet and is to have saloons this year. F. A. Busse was elected mayor of Chicago over Edward F. Dunne by 13,000. Oil Trust Exposed. T.he interstate commerce commission In its scathing report 10 congress on the investigation of the Standard Oil trust arraigns that great corporation for corruption of officials and employ ees of rival corporations and the press. It also declares that the course follow ed has been without decency or con science and says the pipe lines and rail roads have fixed rates to shut out Its Independent competitors. All this is but an official version of what the Democrats have long claimed as the ; way the trust was operating , but the Republican leaders denied It and refus ed so long to legislate to prevent its continuance. Will any one say after this exposure that the pious Rockefel ler and his partners should not be pro ceeded : igi'n ! t under the criminal law ngainst trusts as well as under the civil sections which only provide for fines ? No wonder Standard Oil has paid 40 per cent dividend" and over for many years , with huge profits wrung from a helpless people ! Hard on the Farmer , f nder the new German tariff but little of our meat and fruit will get past the tax collectors unless our pro ducers follow the trust plan of selling cheaper to foreigners than to cir ovrn people. Queer Ducks. The Republican members of the ren ate of Colorado have a strange concep tion of the fitness of things , for. while they unanimously voted for Guggen heim , the ttust magnate , to represent their state iifthe l'nite.1 States senate , they have expelled a member for yield ing to the influence of money In the gubernatorial contest o' two years ago. Guggenheim Ifsakl t" * ' "ire expended $ u7f > .0-n ( to be elected ; -t how much the grafting state sir 'tor was paid has not been made puMc. These Col orado Republicans are queer ducks. RAILROADS ARE STILL SHOWING mm SPLEEN Pick Out Nebraska for a Victim Ostensibly Be cause of the Two-Cent Fare Law. Washington , March 30. In ac cordance with their intention ex pressed some time ago the rail roads constituting the western trunk lines , the Central Traffic as sociation and the eastern trunk lines have filed with the inter state commerce commission tariffs increasing their rates on eastbound - bound grain products , to become effective about April 1. This action was taken , it is understood , because of the enactment by leg islatures of some of the western states of laws regarded as inimi cal to their interests. The particular law to which the railroads took exception was the 2-cent fare act of the legislature of Nebraska. Soon after the pas sage of that act , officials of the railroads interested held a meet ing in Chicago at which it was decided not only that they should test the constitutionality of the measure , but that it would be nec essary for them to increase their freight rates on eastbound grain. When the new tariffs were filed with the commission it appeared chat the conditions warranted that body in making a suggestion to the carriers that the time for the increased rates becoming ef fective should be postponed tem porarily. To this suggestion the carriers cheerfully acquiesced. In accordance with the agreement reached the commission has issued an order granting the carriers permissionj to at at once post and file , effective April 1,1907 , amend ments postponing the date of the taking effect of the proposed ad vances in rates on grain and grain products to May 1 , leaving the present rates in effect until that day and on that date canceling the present rates and making the advanced rates effective. Although Nebraska seems to be the especial object of the wrath of the railroads , other states have passed 2-cent fare bills , including Iowa and Missouri. It will be re membered that the railroads in Nebraska made their hardest fight on terminal taxation. Secretary McVann of the Omaha Grain exchange , asked last night if the exchange would file any complaints against the railroads , said he did not think the grain rate would effect Omaha or the Missouri river points. Mr. McVann said : ' 'At a meeting a z > hort time ago bet-.veen ihe elevator men of Kanj j sa Cit.v. Lincoln , Nebraska City i and Omaha and railroad representatives - ' sentatives in Chicago the railroads , on the showing of the injustice of such a move , agreed not to put any increaM' in grain tariffs from the. Missouri river east at least not until July. I think the dis patches are incorrect in saying r hat/there will be an increase from , i * the Missouri river east. " World-j Herald. Greater Spssd ar.J . Havicr marnent Needed. PRESENT TYPES OBSOLETE. Millions Wasted on What May Ba Worse Than Useless In Battle Re publican Politicians Following In England's Wake Instead of Accept ing Approved Inventions. The question of building more battle ships is again under discussion in con gress , and President Roosevelt in his letter to the chairman of the house committee on naval affairs urges the construction "of battleships of large displacement , with their primary bat teries all of one type of big gun. " As the .battleships at present in commis sion will all be comparatively worth less in a few years , it is most impor tant that such new ships as congress may provida for shall be of modern type and able to more than cope with anything afloat. The size of the battle ship is not the only thing to be con- sideivd. for it is acknowledged that a battleship of the Dreadnought type would be at the mercy of a smaller ship with greater speed and armed with guns of greater size and power than the present twelve inch guns. | Four fourteen or sixteen inch guns 1 mounted < j a vessel of much less dis placement than the Dreadnought could stand off out of the range of her fire and destroy her , or even a ship with two such guns could batter the Dread nought on the ancient plan of the bow and stern chasers with which the pri vateers of the war of 1S12 were armed , which enabled them to stand off and make easy prey of a ship of greater power and a much greater broadside of lighter guns. It requires no argument to prove that a battleship of 10.000 tons carry ing four sixteen-inch guns and having superior speed would have the 20,000 ton Dreadnought at her mercy , al though the latter has ten twelve-Inch gnn > in her broadside. The faster ship will always be able to select the dis tance she will fight at and would nat urally choose to be where her antago nist could do her the least harm. The ship with twelve inch armor Is now comparatively safe outside of the range of torpedoes , whose radius Is frori . ° , .POO to 5,000 yarcK because the present twelve inch naval gun Isin - able 1o pierce twelve inch armor at i that distance , but a smaller battleship with larger guns and with the neces sary speed might inflict such damage as to lead to her sinking. It would wem to be waste of money for Fncle Sam to continue to build battleships of the same size and with the same armament as the battleships that other nations have already con-1" structed , for with the constant evolu tion in size and speed and greater ar mament such ships are comparatively worthless before they have a chance ever to go into action. It is demonstrated that guns of four teen or sixteen Inches will weigh but little more than the present twelve inch naval gun , and it i not necessary to use such enormous powder charges , yet the range of those larger guns is superior to the twelve inch type. The construction of these larger guns is urged by the chief of ordnance of the nrmy.and his recommendation is based upon a long series of experiments , so his conclusions must be accepted as correct. As it is now , we are follow ing in the wake of England and are throwing away millions of dollars ev ery year on ships and armament that have alreadv proved to be of an obso lete type , and yet our pottering Repub lican politicians seem determined to perpetuate a type of ships and guns which will soon be turned over to the junk heap. They persist in providing for shells that experience proves will not penetrate the armor of a battleship at the distance that the known range of torpedoes compel- ; the commander of a battleship to place his vessel at notwithstanding that experiments have proved that shells which explode on contact are available and the present shells in use are comparatively worth less. less.The The committees of the house and .senate on naval affairs must wake up and learn their lesson and not continue In a rut that will bring disaster If we shall be so unfortunate as to engage in a Avar with a first class naval power. T'ncle Sam must have the best and the most modern ships , guns and project iles that the Ingenuity of our Inveut- or.s are offering , and the expense of experimenting with the new ideas of fered is but a small matter compared to the millions we are annually ex pending that are wasted. A Stand Pat Boom. TIe vice president of the United Rtalo * has a boomlet for the presidcnr Hal nomination which the Xew York Post says is "really difficult to de scribe. We do not notice the Fair- rnnks sentiment for the same reason that we do nnt notice the circumam bient air. because it envelops us so completely. Wo breathe It In : it bears upon us from all sides with a uniform pressure of fifteen pounds to the square inch. "They reckon ill who leave me out. "When m they fly I am the v.-ings , I arn th doubter .intl the doubt. I am the hymn the Brahman sinjs. "We have had men fight their way Into the presidency , stray into it by ac cident , climb to it hand over hand , lump into it with sudden , tremendous sffort. Fairbanks will not attain it in any of the = ° ways. He will be lifted like a can a boat in a lock , sustained t\v an element which , however placid , ind inert , Is resistless in Its rise. " THE U. How and V/hen Shall That Instrument Be Amended ? Needed Reforms. Many good people seem impressed with the. idea ihnt tuo coiibuLulioii of the United States is virtually un- amenduble. ; tliut it may be distorted and t\visted by the changing majority of the supreme court , but must not be meddled with by the people or their representatives. But the power that makes can unmake. There is nothing sacred about the constitution. In fact , those who created fit provided how amendments could be made , and that instrument of government was but a few years old until twelve amend ments were added to round it out and make it competent to protect the rigats of the people and to cover the needs of the federal government. The amended instrument stood the test and remain ed the supreme law for sixty years , when the civil war changed conditions , and the radical reconstruction amend ments were added. The question now arises if needed reforms shall be postponed or not even considered because the constitutional provision for amending the organic a\v is difiicult of attainment unless 'there is almost unanimity between the states on the reforms which the major ity of the people evidently desire. There is no doubt that the election of senators by the people would receive a majority vote in most of the states. but practically it has been found that three-fourths of the states have not yet proposed such amendment , nor have two-thirds of the states called a convention , us the legislatures of enough states have been controlled by those who oppose the election of sen ators by the people , although it is evi dent that a majority of the voters fa vored such an amendment. This inability to obtain a needed re form. by reason of the trusts and cor porations controlling Ihe Republican politicians , has discouraged many worthy citizens , but they should re member that "faint heart never won fair lady" or won great political re forms. By opposing any candidate for congress or state legislature who re fuses to pledge himself to vote to inau gurate this reform and by forcing it as a distinct pledge in all platforms that and other righteous reforms will be forthcoming. It is perhaps just as easy and probably easier to demand even greater power in the people by urging that a constitutional convention be called , when nil necessary and proper amendments can be considered and A'otcd upon by the representatives of the people from aM the states Snob , a movement would compel discussion by the voter - ; of what reforms they deem necessary and are favorable to. NEGRO IN POLITICS. He Has Always Been the Decile Too ! of Republican Politicians. The nc'ijro has nJ'.vays boon the tool of rjeiwblicnii politicians on 'uccuiitof hi.- ; docility as a voter. The old sub terfuge of forty aeros and a' mule last ed for yeai's and kept the credulous colored brother constantly awaiting prosperity from his supposed Repub lican benefactors which never came. As he became more worldly wise the unfulfilled promfco- * were fori ; > U * > u. and the more feasible advantage of olfireholding and the profitable exTie' riouce of attending national conven tions was brorgbt to his attention. Rut back of it all was the feeling im pressed by amendments to th : > consti tution that the Republican party had "freed the nig ei' " and tjhcn him a Aote. In the close and doubtful north ern states this fealty of tbe ue ro has required an honorarium on election day to make it bindi' g enough for him to cast his vote for the Republicans. The same old tricks are being playeJ on the colored brethren in the i'rowu - ville afir.ir , which exhibits fre-vh proof of the hck/ > f sincerity of the Repub lican leader" . The president with one hand fiouris-ie ? the bS'4 stick over the negro soldiers and \\iih the other i ? pretending to placate the race by tbe appointment to office in f-Tiio of the right n > an if he can find him. Son-in- law Longworth and the other Ilep'ib- lican leaders are ng'iast at fiis and put their veto on it. at all oven. . * if the appointment Is to be made in their lo cality. Even ForaUor , who has jump ed Into the ring as the defender of the negro soldiers , is also to be distrusted , for it is very evident that he i- ; oppos ing the president for political ends , and that is why Mr. Roosevelt Vvants to appoint a negro to an important of- iiie in Ohio to put Foraker in a hole. In nearly all the northern states the negro voter hold.s the balance of power , and If he should cut loose from his Republican leading strings what a po litical revolution he would bring aboxit ! lie could defeat the Republican mm- inee for president an.l change the ma jority in congress of that party to a minority with vote * to spare. That the Democrats would reward hin for such a political somersault is Vv'ry doubtful , but how docile and su : > < ervi ent it would make the \rblcan pol iticians at the next election ! They would be fjreed to give the negro voters ers wint they wanted and woul 1 hard ly dare to deceive then auy more. There are givat [ aitcU : possll iliti ? " for the negro if he only knew enough to take advantage of them anl could organize to carry out such a plan. Horse of Another Color. The president's plan to get even with Senator Foraker by appointing a negro snrve.vor of customs at Cincin nati has met with such protests from the Republican leaders that he is said to have abandoned the idea. How the Republican politicians do love the ne gro when he is voting "early and often ! " But when it comes to rewardIng - Ing him for his partisan support of the G. O. P. it Is a horse of another color , and R white 055 at that. I Jbav.G a fresh supply. Garden Tools Rubber JETose. Lawn Mowers ' Builders Hardware. FISCHER , Hardware , Furniture and Coal. FRED WHITTEMORE , Pres CHARLES SPARKS , C J. W STETTER , Vice Pres. ORAH L. BRITTON , Ass't. Cashier. Valentine State Bank 1-33 * ? PC Valentine , Nebraska O fi Capital Surplus fie $25,000. co O 3 Persons seeking a place of safety for their money , will profitby investiiratin r the methods employed in our business. : : : : : : : : : : LUMBER ' . . . & JL QUALITY r. 4- M jj * : ' * ' f.'s'.y - ' ' " RIGHT PRICES fca a essMsaswciBtt * > r. In all acres of the World and in all Countries men have indulged in "social drinks and have used Whiskey for medical purposes. " They have always possessed themselves of some popular beverage apart from water and those of the breakfast and tea tab'le. Whether it is Judicious that Mankind should continue to indulge in such things , or whether it would be wise to abstain from all en joyments of that character , it is not our province to decide. We leave that question to the Moral Philosopher. 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