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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1907)
ITlie Valentine Democra VAIJSNTTNE , NEB. M. RICE , - . . . Publisliej ANOTHER JAP TAKE. THIS ONE HAD BLUE PRINT O FORT ROSECUANS. IPrisoner ITnd Xot Quite Complete Work of Making Blue Print Ma Gatchell Refuses to Affirm or Dcr Truth of the Story. It Is learned from a trustwortl source that in addition to the Japai ese detected In making sketches : Fort Rosecrans near San Diego , Cal a few days ago another was arreste in the fort Friday for having a blu print of the worses in his possessio : This latter .Japanese was employed i a servant at the fort. He is a man c Euperior attainments. In his rooi was found a standard work on eng neering. The blue print was we drawn and showed much technics skill , but was not quite completed. Maj. Gatchell still positively refuse either to adnjit or deny that Japanes have been detected in spying on th fort , but from others in JL position t know the facts the report is confirmee WATCHING BORDER CLOSELY. Officials Arc Trying to Keep Japancs Coolie Out. A Japanese farm house near Engle jWOoel. Cal.f which is alleged to be on of a chain of stations extending t the Mexican border through whic coolie laborers are being smuggled in to California , was raided by federc Immigration officers. Five Japanes ( whose appearance showed that the had made a long journey overlant were captured. Another Japanes who conducts an employment agenc ; there and who is suspected of bein the local representative of the smug gling clique , was also taken into cus | tody. The immigration inspectors be Tieve there Is a chain of such station extending through southern Californi ; and that the illegal immigrants wall from one to the other under cover o night. FLAYS RULERS OF CONGO. Dismissed Belgian Army Officer Make Sensational Charges. Maj. Lemair , who served eighteei years in the Congo , and who resignec when notified he would be prosecutet for cruelty toward native soldiers , re taliated Friday by publishing a sen sational exposure of the revolting con ditions in the native army. He de clares the soldiers are merely brigand : who raid the populaces , assault tin women and burn the villages. Th ( major says that when he attempted t < protect the natives by inflicting se vere punishments on the troops hi : disciplinary measures were overrulec by his superiors. He insists that the real object of the Congo administra tion in preferring the charges was t < j get rid of him. AX ATTACK ON FRANCE. Sensational Article Appears in St. Pe tersburg Paper. An open attack on the French gov ernment and Ambassador Bompard appeared Friday in the Xovoe Vrem- ya , a Russian paper , which a week ago began reviewing and tentatively con demning the Franco-Russian alliance. It is supposed the paper in this in stance is serving as a mouthpiece of the powerful court party , which is working in favor of closer relations with Germany. The editorial is couch ed in intemperate and offensive lan guage and seriously compromises the position of M. Bompard at St. Peters- burg. BROKE THE ANTI-TRUST LAW. Brickmeii Fined $1.000 and Lumber * men Sentenced to Six Months. Judge Morris at Toledo , O. , Fri day sentenced the brick and lumber men and bridge agents convicted of violation of the Valentine anti-trust law , who pleaded guilty to infrac tions of the law. The brick men must pay $1,000 and costs each. The lumbermen and the bridge agents were sentenced to serve six months in the workhouse and pay costs. The sentences to the workhouse , "however , were suspended for ten days , owing to the institution being quaran tined against smallpox. Sir William Broadbent Dead. Sir William Henry Broadbent , phy sician in ordinary to King Edward and the prince of Wales , died Wednesday. Sioux City Lire Stock Market. Friday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow : Top beeves , $7.00. Top hogs , $5.75. Bank Teller Sentenced. Philip Kempien , formerly paying teller of the Capital National bank , of St. Paul , was sentenced to four years in the state prison. He pleaded guilty to misappropriation of funds. Accused of BlacJonail Plot , An alleged scheme to blackmail the Salvation army of $80.000 culminated : in the arrest of Solomon Robinscheck and Bennett Silverblatt , of Lowell , JtMass. AS TOLD BY HAYWOOD. Defendant Takes Stand in Ills Ovt Behalf. William D. Haywood took oat Wednesday as a witness in his o\\ defense , and in a lengthy narrative i his life and his work as a leader < his fellow miners , that was interruptc by adjournment , denied the guilt < the murder of Frank Steuntmberg an the manifold crimes charged again him by Harry Orchard. Haywood wz pale and trembled with nervousne when he left the table of his couns and walked around to the elevate witness stand , where he faced the jui and raised his right hand to be swori When he began to respond to Clarenc Darrow's questions his voice was lo and somewhat uncertain , but within few minutes he had regained his coir posure and for the rest of the aftei noon .he was master of his feelings. J he told of his boyhood that began wit toil at the age of 9 years , and ga\ the history of his family , his invali wife , who sat just to the left of tli witness stand , began sobbing softl ; His mother-in-law and her - - nurse see comfo' ed her , however , and durin the remainder of the afternoon sli and the rest of Hay wood's kinsfol remained quiet but deeply concerne auditors. Haywood's testimony was chief ! characterized by positive denials c the allegations made against him b the prosecution. ENJOINS LEATHER MERGER. New Jersey Court Issues Order Again * Proposed Deal. A proposed consolidation of tb Dnited States Leather company wit the Central Leather company was en joined by Vice Chancellor Emer Thursday on application of James C Colgate and other holders of preferre stock of the United States Leathe company. The Central Leather com pany was organized in 1905 in pursu ance of a plan formulated by a com mittee of. stockholders of the Unite States Leather company , and it se cured control of the latter compan and its subsidiary corporations. Mi Colgate and others opposed the con solidation on the ground that the were entitled to be paid accumulate dividends of 45 per cent from the sur plus of the United States Leathe company. CORTELYOU ON 31'KINLF.Y. Life of Late-President Being Prepare * by the Secretary. Secretary Cortelyou has undertake ! he work of prepai-ing the authorize * life of William McKinley. His tasl will require much tne : and will no be completed for several years. Th facts for the official life of the lat president have been collected , and th secretary now is looking up earlie data. A brief life of McKinley , t ( form a part of a series of biographic of noted Americans , is in preparatioi by Chai-les G. Dawes , of Chicago , for merly comptroller of the currency , on < of the most trusted friends of thi late president. DUAIj TRAGEDY IN BUFFALO. Saloonkeeper and Waitress Arc Mur 3Iurdcred. Peter Forestel , of Buffalo , N. T. a , well known saloonkeeper and sport ing man , and Marie Smith , aged 32 a , waitress , in his saloon-restaurant were murdered early Thursday George Hodson , a painter , is accusec af the crime. The woman formerly lived with Hodson and her refusal tc leave Forestel's place and resume re lations with Hodson is the alleged : ause of the double murder. Hodson .vas arrested a few minutes after the ; rime was committed. He was cov- jred with blood. The victims were tilled with a butcher knife. Boy Tries to Die but Fails. Because his guardian refused to jive him more spending money , Au- fust Baum , of St. Joseph , Mich. , aged .7 , attempted to commit suicide by Irinking chloroform. He grew nervous vhen he began to swallow the poison , ind enough was spilled so that prompt nedical attention saved his life. Incendiary Fires Arouse Village. An incendiary is believed to be at vorkin Posey , 111. , and hereafter he village will be watched at night y armed guards. Sunday night a res- lence was burned , Monday morning n ice house , and Wednesday night a irge barn near the saloon building wned by the Reisch Brewing coin- any , of Springfield , was fired. Charged with Murder of Two. A warrant was issued Thursday , barging Joseph Gonetti , of Belleville , il. , with the murder of August Go- etti , his cousin , and Louis Cologna , vo miners killed several days ago by ie explosion of an infernal machine i a mine near Collinsvllle. Wan-ants Out for Bankers. Warrants were issued at Kenosha , Us. , for the arrest of John Abseller id Ivan Ivankoff , who are charged ith conspiracy to defraud. Their ives were arrested as accomplices , jt the men have fled , and are sup- ) sed to be in hiding in Chicago. Miners Overcome by Gas. Eight Italian mine workers were .ught In deadly whitedamp in an > andoned slope of the Lehigh and Ilkesbarre Coal company , at Stony rook , Pa , Thursday. One man was ken out alive. Wisconsin Finally in Line. The 2-cent fare bill , as amended by e assembly , passed the Wisconsin oate Thursday afternoon. It goes to effect Aug. 15. MOYER DENLAL HERD. Labor Leader Tells of Relations wit Orchard. Charles H. Meyer went to the stan at Boise , Idaho , Wednesday , a witne : for his fellow defendant , William i Haywood , and besides making po'sith denial of all the crimes attributed t him anil the other federation leaclei by Harry Orchard offered an explane tion of the unsolicited appearance < the Western Federation of Miners n the defender of Harry Orchard imrm diately after his arrest at Caldwell fc the murder of St&unenberg. Meyer swore that it was Jack Simi kins who engaged Attorney Fred Mil ler at Spokane to go to Caldwell t represent Orchard , then known a Thomas Hogan , and that it was at th request of Simpkins that the witnes and Haywood subsequently advance $1,500 from the funds of the federn tion to meet the expense of defendin Orchard. At various stages of the recital th defense offered a number of docu ments , including a heretofore undis closed cipher telegram which Simp kins sent to federation headquarter and the union at Silver City , Idahc covering the moves to protect the fed eration which was charged with th crime within a few days after it oc curred. Meyer remained on the stand un der direct examination from shortl after 10 o'clock in tbe morning am made a self-possessed witness , and a the end of the long clay the defens expressed satisfaction over both hi testimony and the probable impressioi he made on the jurors. MAY BE FINED A MILLION. Santa Fc Railroad Indicted by Feder al Jury. The federal grand jury In Chicagi Wednesday returned an indictmen against the Atcbison , Topeka and San ta Fe railroad on sixty-five counts 01 the charge of rebating. The Indictment charges the Sant ; Fe with granting rebates amounting to $12.000 to the United States Su gar and Land company , of Gardei City. Kan. Tbe indictment contain : sixty-five counts , each relating to al leged infringement of the law , and th < company , if convicted , will be subjec to a maximum fine of $1,300,000 aiu a minimum fine of $05,000. The rebate is said to > have beei granted while the sugar refinery wa ; being erected at Garden City , in 1905 011 shipments of building material , th freight on which amounted to $100- 000. It is alleged the railroad hai agreed to return $35.000 of the $100- 000 , but only $12,000 had been paid When complaints were heard from tb oth.er shippers , the government com menced an investigation. GREAT COMBINE IS ATTACKED. Government Turns Guns on the To bacco Trust. The government Wednesday filed in the United States circuit court in New York a petition against the American Tobacco company , British-American Tobacco company , American Snufi company , American Cigar company , United Cigar Stores company , American - \ can Etogie company , McAndrews & Forbes company , Conley Foil com pany , and fifty-six other corporations ind twenty-nine individuals connected with the named companies. The corporations and individuals constitute what is generally known as : he "tobacco trust , " and the petition lirected against them sets forth the purpose of the government to dissolve ; his trust by breaking up the agree- nents under which the consolidated : oncerns are working. In showing the growth of the "trust" since its organization in 1S90 , he conclusion is reached that at an ; arly day , unless prevented , it would : ompletely monopolize the entire to- > acco industry. Robs Corpse of Shroud. For the alleged theft of a shroud rom a dead man and burying him in he scanty white undershirt furnished y the county hospital , despite the act that the relatives had paid for he shroud , W. B. Jackson , an under- aker in Little Rock , Ark. , was fined 150 and sentenced to six months in ail. Michigan A. O. U. W. Quits. After a long and stubborn battle gainst heavy odds to place the order i Michigan on a stable footing , the rand lodge of Michigan , Ancient Or- er of United Workmen , voted to sur- snder its charter. His Head Shot Off. Herbert W. Tyler , secretary of the heridan. Wyo. , chamber "of com- icrce , committed suicide Wednesday y blowing the top of his head off with shotgun. Finanicial difficulties are iven as the cause. EVESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL , : hedule of Gamen to Be Played at 1 Sioux City. la. Followim- a schedule of the West- n League games to be played at ous City in the Immediate future : es Moines July 15 , 16 , 17 Incoln July 23 , 24 , 25 Sentenced for Land Frauds. Marion R. Biggs , of Portland , Ore. , invicted of conspiracy in the famous lue Mountain land fraud case , was ntenced to ten months in the Mult- ' mah county jail. > lanter Kills Negro ; Will Die , Too , In a fight with pistols between Riy- s Foster , a planter of Ridgely , Lake unty , Tenn : , and a negro , the lat- r was killed and Foster was fatally mnded. : < < s * : * < 5 * < s > s DOUBLE TRACK IS GROWING. Union Pacific is Making Headway Needed Improvement. Day by day , at the rate of half mile a day , the Union Pacific Is I stalling its new double track fro Omaha to the west. This is a mo needful adjunct of the road. " for tl wonderful increase of business w simply-getting away from the abili of the operating department to hand on a single track road. As section a ter section is installed the only ma vel is that the road got along withoi the double track as long as it did. is quite a sight to stand at some smal er town along the line of the road ar watch the trains pass in an endle : procession , some of them nearly ha a mile long. The Union Pacific now has comple and in operation over 285 miles < double track in Nebraska , Wyomir and Kansas. The track in operatic in Wyoming is from Rock Springs 1 Point of Rock , 25 miles ; from Hanr to Lookout , 30 miles ; Laramle to Hei mesa , 18 miles , and from Buford 1 Archer , 35 miles. In Nebraska th double track is complete from Wa son's Ranch to Clarks , 81 miles ; C < lumbus to Benson , 12 miles ; Bailey t Lane , 11 miles ; Gilmore to Omaha , miles , making a total of 110 miles i Nebraska. In Kansas the only doub ] tracks is from Topeka to Kansas Cit ; a distance of 07 miles. The double track mileage In Wye ming and Nebraska is likely to b doubled before fall , as large forces c men are at work in several districts. GLAD TO BE BACK IN JAIL. tligglns Admits He Was Scared o Pendcr Trip. Loris R. Higgins , the self-oonfesse murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Copple , J glad to be back in jail. He talked o his trip to Pender , and considered i quite a lark. "If they had caught and lynche me , " said Higgins , "I was ready fo it Of course I was a little scare < after all the talk about lynching me but I felt that I was in good hands Sheriff Young played some prett ; clever tricks on the fellows at Pende and they never really knew what wa going on until it was all over. " . There Is no doubt of Higgins beinj glad to have the whole thing eve with. He has been nervous allalonj and has felt considerable apprehen sion about going to Pender , even fo a short time. He was gleeful eve some of the incidents of the trip , on. or two of which were quite amusing Several persons of an inquisitive na ture were anxious to see him , and on < man went through the train Inquiring for Higgins and the sheriff. Younf and his prisoner were in the baggag * car , and the fellow stepped up to Hig gins and asked him where the mur derer was. Higgins told the fellov that he had not seen him. which ap parently satisfied the man , who lef the train. This piece of clever decep tion amused the prisoner greatly ant he told of the incident with evidem satisfaction. The prisoner will have about thre months more to spend in the Omaha jail , as his trial will probably be sel for early in October. He has fleshed up some since coming to Douglas county , but close confinement has tak en away most of his color. INSANITY PLEA FOR BOCIIE. Ex-Senator Allen Files Petition in Case of Norfolk Man. Is Herman Boche , of Norfolk , slay er of Frank Jarmer , suffering from insanity ? Papers claiming that Boche is in sane have been filed by his attorney , former United States Senator William V. Allen , with the Madison county board of Insantiy. The board may not take action for some little time. Senator Allen filed his charges of insanity in the Boche case after Boche had five times this week attempted lo commit suicide in the jail at Madison. On Sunday after attempting to run a pitchfork through Sheriff J. J. Clements , he tried three hangings and then battered his head against the ce ment floor in an effort to end his life. Tuesday night he again tried the trick with a noose made from a handker chief. Boche shot and killed Frank Jar mer at Norfolk May 1. He then hid in the woods for several days , being shot at once by the sheriff in the night. Eighteen years ago he killed George lyes and was acquitted on a plea of self-defense. EXPRESS COMPANIES APPEAL. Fight Against Nebraska Law is Taken Into Federal Court. The express companies Wednesday ippealed to the federal court , while he Nebraska supreme court was de- iberating on a restraining order to : ompel them to quit violating the Sib- ey law. The express cases are now on the ; ame basis as the railway cases and vill be taken up for argument in a ew days , the attorneys for the cor- > orations alleging that state courts lave no jurisdiction. Child Drinks Lye. Saturday evening Elva , the little 2- ear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Henderson , of Callaway , &ot lold of some concentrated Jye. It is bought she will recover without any ad results. Body Found ut Plattsmouth. The body of a middle-aged man r&s taken from the Missouri river at lattsmouth Tuesday noon. A body fioat was seen from South Omaha bout 10:30 Tuesday morning , but it ; not believed that it was the same. New School at Harvard. Bonds for the new school building t Harvard carried by a good majority nd the board of education is making ecessary arrangements to start the uilding as soon as possible. SLOT MACHINES ARE OUSTED , Banished from Gmului by the Polk Board. Two thousand' slot machines i Omaha , valued at $25.000 , are no in hiding and their owners aelmit ths they are off duty for all time. The have been under the ban of the boar of fire and police for three weoks. bv were permitted to remain until al torneys representing the Cigar Deal ers' association had an opportunity t be heard , and the opportunity wa given to them Monday night. Imme diately the oratorical fireworks wer concluded , Commissioner Cowell in troduced and secured the unanimou adoption of a resolution ( ] eclarln that , in the opinion of the board , th machines constituted gambling de vices , and made an order forthwiti that they be removed from all ciga stores , drug stores , pool rooms am confectionery establishments at once For the firpt time in ten years th smoker is required to walk up to th show case and buy what he wants an < is forbidden the pleasure of droppini his coin into a machine and "seelni the wheels go round. " Commissioner Cowell has been th' ' leader in the fight on slot machine anel other reforms. He says the re moval of this ten years' accumulation of slot machines of every conceivnbli description may work temporary hardships on some small dealers , bu he believes they will soon adjus themselves to the new condition Even though it may result in closin ; some small stores , he thinks the citj is better off for their elimination. HEARING ON PURE FOOD LAW. Merchants and Wholesalers Meet \vitl Commissioner. Deputy Food Commissioner Johnsor met the Omaha jobbers and wholesale merchants at his office at Lincoln Fri day for a discussion of the pure food law enacted by the recent legislature The Omaha merchants requested the food commissioner to set aside a day for this meeting , saying they were anxious to conform to the law and therefore wanted to thoroughly under stands the construction put upon it by : he food commissioner. The food commissioner is receiving numerous letters , asking for his con struction of the various sections of the aw and also calling attention to what n the opinion of the writers are vio- ations of the act. Mr. Johnson is go ng to look into the butter business right away and see whether the creameries are really selling a pound of butter in a pound package. Lately It has been called to his attention that there is too much water being sold in the packages of butter for the pur chaser to get his money's worth. Housewives have said when they open some of the packages they always find the butter covered with drops of salted water or sweat , which IB caused by the butter being made in a high temeparture , thus allowing the manu facturer to sell 10 to 15 per cent of water and salt in place of 100 per cent of butter. FOR , UNOBSTRUCTED STREETS Real Estate Excliauge Joins in War on Curb Stands and Signs. The Omaha Real Estate exchange de cided to open war on curb signs , tem porary stands and lunch wagons , and a committee was appointed to offer the exchange's co-operation to the Commercial club in the agitation it has begun against these things. By ron Hastings told the exchange how he stood one day at a certain place on Sixteen street and counted in va rious directions sixteen stands and wagons of various sorts doing business along the curb. Others commented an the unsightliness of some of the curb signs. TO SAVE LIFE OF BARKER. Dramatic Plea by Attorney for Mur derer of Brother and Sister. Dramatic and spectacular was the aattle waged by Judge Hamer at Lin- : oln in the district court to save the ife of Frank Barker , condemned mur- lerer , on an insanity plea. A half lozen insanity experts , including Su perintendent Hay , of the Lincoln asy- um , testified. Barker killed his brother and his mother's wife in Webster county two I > -ears ago. To Celebrate Anniversary. At a largely-attended meeting 01 he citizens of Beatrice it was decided o observe the fiftieth anniversary of he founding of Beatrice with a three lays' celebration. A committee of msiness men. to be appointed by. resident Miller , of the Commercial | lub , will have Charge of the affair ncl will soon make a canvass of the own for financial aid. May End Impress Row. The Nebraska railway commisioi ias decided to fix a schedule of ex- iress rates July 23. All the companies : ere notified to be present and Inter- ese objections should they have any. 'he commission decided to act Inde- endently of the Sibley act , which the xpress companies disregarded. Takes Poison in His Cell. William Sloan , confessed murderer f Frank Hermann , attempted to com- lit suicide in the Grand Island jail rednesday. He took poison. He robably will survive. Democrats to Meet- Chairman Allen , of the Democratic : ate central committee , called a state leetlng of the committee at Lincoln uly 16. The primarylav / , state cam- aign and perhaps national Issues will B discussed. Planning Big Celebration. At a meeting of the city council of eatrlce the request of the executive mimlttee of the semi-centennial cele- ration for the privilege of the streets i as granted. ( REPORT 0 $ THE CBOPS \ & AMERICANS GRAIN VALUED AT V-2,458,004,803. - , , , Government > stimate Slio-wi * tliatt Uncle Sain'k Pronperlty Sprinffw * from tlie SoIB3Iany a Dvrlndllnii \Vil\ Be Paid Off. That the prosperity of America . Bprings from tbe soii\is demonstrated , once more in the goveVinnent estimates' of the gralu crops of 190fcv Those fig ures , based on the market prtees to-day , , place the value of the grand r tal yielSt of wheat , corn , oats , rye and bayiey for- the year at . ' ,458,004,803. Comparisons of the government esti mate of this year with the simlla | * pre diction made a year ngo shows a off of 38,000,000 bushels out of a Kotal of more than 4,000,000,000 bushels , Unit : it is believed the difference will f be * more tlum wiped out by the higher n.yr- ket value of grains , leaving a clean * margin of gain for the farmer in spiifcp * of the tardy spring. The government estimators have placed the probable yield of winter wheat for the current year at 374,155- 000 bushels , valued at the present pric 3 of 92 % cents at $345,157,987. The pre diction for the yield of spring wheat h- 243,607,000 bushels with a value oi * $224,772,807. Wheat Crop Worth ? 5 J,9.JOT95. This places the total wheat crop at * 317,822,000 bushels , worth $509,930,795 The actual yield of wheat for the shn [ lar period last year was 735,261 , OOQ jushels which , figured at the market * price one year ago of 78 % cents , wat- ivorth , $574,422,050. Since the actual field , however , exceeded the govern- nent estimate by 27,000,000 bushels itc s not unlikely that the present year may lurnish a surprise fully as welcome Dhls Is a possibility that Is bringing > road smiles to the tanned faces of the armors of the Northwest. Corn , the banner crop of the country , . B equally replete with happy probabil- ties , and in spite of soggy grounds andB vercast skies that kept the planting ; > ack this spring , the outlook is that the * ew slim remnants of mortgages on ths- lomesteads throughout the great corn. * > elt that have dwindled rapidly In the ecent years of prosperity , will see their Inlsh. While the estimate falls below the.- iredlction made a year ago by 70,000- 00 bushels out of a total of 2,500,000- 00 , the market price is 1 % cents per- 'UShel ' higher than last year at thi& . ime. The estimate on corn is a yield- f 2,517,222,000 bushels , with a value , . t the market price to-day , of 34 ants , of $1,302,4-16,407. The actuak ield of last year was 2,927,000,000- ushels.valued at $1,543,500. Oats , rye and barley have suffered settle - ttle because of an inclement sprlng- lat the government prediction , while- > ss than the actual yield of last year , _ sceeds In each instance similar esti- lates made a year ago , showing thatr 10 present conditions Indicate a larger- Top than they did then. A yield of 910,537,000 bushels of oats * . ; predicted by the government experts- > r this year , which will be worth , at. le present price , 43 % cents , $401,148- L6 , Last year's prediction was for- L4,733,000 bushels , while the actual1 , ield was 904,905,000 , with a valuation ! $302,094,556 , the current price a year- ; o being but 38 % cents a bushel. Altogether the report is considered * , ic likely to turn the whole country to\ ) timJstie reflections. Senator Allison of Iowa has mada- lown his purpose to ask for another- rm , and his friends are busy denying : e rumors that he is incapacitated by ; e and failing health. In a rorcnt interview Mr. Bryan was-- ; ked what is the most important princi-- e to be applied at present in American * litics. His reply was a quotation o e Jefferson maxim : "Equal rights to alE id special privileges to none. " Pennsylvania's "favorite son , " Senator- nox , took his stand on the question of" feral and Stale powersin delivering e annual address to the graduating : iss of the Yale La\v School , his speeia ? erne bein "The Development of the- Hieral Pov.-er to I > gulat > Commerce. " " j replied particularly to the proposi- m advanced by Senator Bevorid e. ic- pport of the child labor bill , flointinsr t that production is in no sense com : rce , and ho-dir.s that Congress may jislate only within the scope of its- astitutional powers. He says that igislative discretion extends to the- sans and not to the ends. " Insupport this position. Senator Knox citd a ig line of judicial opinions , inchulingr j recent-decision of the Supreme Court , , llvered by Justice Brewer in thf Colo- io-Ka-nsas case. In this view it was- Jntained that the desirability or popu- ity of a measure was beside the ques- n so long as Congress had no power- enact it. SV. J. Bryan told the Oklahoma I > em- atic convention at Oklahoma City , it the new State constitution , in his inion , was the best of any StatA in the ion , "and better than the constitution the United States. " He went on tc annHment the cornfield lawyers of lahdma upon having puttied up all the- es shot into the constitutions of other- Ltes by trust ami constitution lawyers. " " eusgested as their campaign mottor it the peopie rule , " and added that it mid also be the keynote of the national