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I/IRS. / FRANK STROEBE
A Remarkable Recovery.
Mrs. Prank Strocbe , R. P. D. 1 , Appleton -
ton , Wis. , writes : "I bepan ; using Peru-
na a few months ago , when my health
' and strength were all gone , and I was
nothing but a nervous wreck , could
not , sleep , cat or rest properly , and felt
no desire to live. Peruna niado mo look
jifelifo in a different light , as I began to
regain my lost strength.
"I certainly think Peruna is without
a rival as a tonic and strength builder. ' *
nml Dome.stic.
His Wife ( reading ) I see they had
.a bread riot in Spain recently.
Her Husband Yes ; and we'll have
one at home soon If there isn't an im
provement in your biscuits.
Mrs.VInslovs Sootlnag Syrup for Child
ren teething , eofteus the fjuuis. reduces In-
-flaminatlon , allays pain , cures witid colic.
K. bottle.
Pulling it Concretely- .
Although Mr. Lawton was yont to
indulge in a sort of languajp which
left lite hearers in some doubt as to
ills exact meaning , yet when he was
" "put to it" he never failed to nLake
iimself understood.
"No , I shouldn't want to lje in a
fcouse like Philander's , " he announced
to Mrs. Lawton on the evening of his
return from a visit to a nephevr. "His
cellar , now it's most desperate'/ overflowed -
flowed whenever the weather Is auy-
rays damp. "
"Just what do you mean 5y des
perately overflowed ? " asked Mr ? . Law-
ton.
ton."I
"I mean , " said her husband , spildly ,
" "that all they had to do was ts open
the door that led from the Litchen
down cellar , and the apples come
floating right in on to the kitchen floor.
.Is that plain to ye ? "
O lit I.s.si tins of ill.itorj- .
CTen. Francis Marion was feasting the
British officers on sweet potatoes , baked
' 5n hot ashes.
"Bur. surely , general , " they said , "this
isn't the kind of grub you have to live
on nl ! ih" time , is it ? ' '
4'No. " answered the general ; "we don't
iave to live on it. but it's about the only
thing we're sure of. The meat is em
balmed beef , the coffee is made of chic-
, > rr and burnt pens , the tomato catsup
fe colored arjificiallv. and the health de
partment has just found that nearly all
yhe milk is unwholesome. "
Urging his visitors to help themselves
liberally to the oleomargarine , which , un-
2rr the new food law , was just what it
purported to be. the general split one of
: he sweet potaior-s lengthwise and turned
himself lonqp t n it. Chicago Tribune.
iis on Him.
3. first grade boy brought perfect
spelling papers home for several weeks
i-and then suddenly began to miss five
i .and ? ix out of ten.
"How's this , son ? " asked his father.
"Teacher's fault , " replied the boy.
"How is it the teacher's fault ? "
"She moved the little boy that sal
jnext to me. " Lippincott's.
"
* WIFE WON. t
, lln.slmnd Finally Convinced.
Some men are wise enough to try new
foods and beverages and then generous
-enough to give others the benefit of
-their experience.
A very "conservative" Ills , man , how-
'Cver , let his good wife find out for her
self what a blessing Postum is to those
who are distressed in many ways , by
-drinking coffee. The wife writes :
"No slave in chains , it seemed to me ,
rvas more helpless than I , a coffee cap
tive. Yet there were innumerable warn
ings waking from a troubled sleep
uvith a feeling of suffocation , at times
-clizzy and out of breath , attacks of pal
pitation of the heart that frightened
inc.
"Common sense , reason , and my bet
ter judgment told me that coffee drink
ing was the trouble. At last my ner
vous system was so disarranged that
.my physician ordered 'no more coffee. '
"He knew he was right and he knew
1 knew it , too. I capitulated. Prior
: to this our family had tried Postum but
.disliked it , because , as we learned later ,
-It was not made right.
"Determined this time to give Postum
.a fair trial , I prepared it according to
directions on the pkg. that Is , boiled it
lo minutes after boiling commenced ,
obtaining a dark brown liquid with a
rrich snappy flavor similar to coffee.
( When cream and sugar were added , It
( Was not only good but delicious.
"Noting its beneficial effects in me
the rest of the family adopted it all
except my husband , who would not ad
mit that coffee hurt him. Several weeks
elapsed during which I drank Postum
two or three times a day , when , to my
tsurpriso , my husband said : 'I have
decided to drink Postum. Your im
provement is so apparent you have
, such line color that I propose to give
. -credit where credit is due. ' And now
we are coffee-slaves no longer. "
Name given by Postum Co. , Battle
Creek , Mich. Read "The Road to Wcll-
ville , " in pkgs. "There's a Reason. "
Ever read the above letter ? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine , true , and full of
Jiuman interest.
COMMONER
MR. BRYAN'S RARER
Itejiulilieaii.s Dec-el vinty L.ibor.
The u nii-injimction plank of the Re
publican platform , as finally adopted , i.s
i transparent fraud. It is possible that
the members o the committee were bun
coed by some trust lawyer that is the
only charitable view that can be taken
of it. Tlio.se who advocated the plank
claimed to bo doing it as a concession to
the wage earners , and yet if one will read
the plank he will see that it is in fact
an announcement that the Republican
party is unalterably opposed to the labor
ing man's position. The plank reads as
follows : "The Republican inrty will up
hold at all times the authority and in
tegrity of the courts , State and federal ,
and will ever insist that their powers to
enforce their processes and to protect
life , liberty and property shall be pre
served inviolate. We believe , however ,
that Hie rules of procedure- federal
court , with respect to the issuance of a
writ of injunction , should be more accu
rately defined by the statute : that no in
junction or temporary restraining order
should be issued without notice , except
where irreparable injury would result
from delay , in which case a speedy hear
ing thereafter should be granted. "
It will be seen that Llie plank begins
with an unnecessary eulogy o the courts.
Nobody is opposed to upholding at all
times the authority and integrity of the
courts. Nobody is objecting to the en
forcement of their processes or to their
exercise of their powers to protect life ,
liberty and property. The plank assumes
that somebody is attacking' the courts and
that the courts are in danger of losing
support or of having their powers weak
ened. There is no attack upon the courts
and there is no thought anywhere of in
terfering with any legitimate function of
the court. The Republican convention
The plank as prepared in advance of
the convention by Mr. Taft's friends and
given out on Tuesday reads as follows :
"We declare for such amendments of the
statutes of procedure in the federal courts
with resp ° ct to the use of the writ of in
junction ns will , on tiie one hand , prevent
the summary use of such orders without
proper consideration , and on the other ,
will pre.-erve undiminished the power of
the courts to enforce their process , to the
end that justice may be done at all times
and to all parties. "
It will be noticed that in this plank the
declaration in favor of amendments comes
first and the declaration in favor of pre
serving undiminished the power of the
courts to enforce their processes'comes af
terwards. In the phink , as adopted by
the convention , the declaration in favor
of the courts comes first and the discus
sion of a change in the law comes after
wards. It will also be noticed that in
the first draft of the platform the pledge
is that the power of the courts "to en
force their process" shall be preserved.
In the plank adopted by the convention
this promise is enlarged and elaborated.
In the original platform amendments are
favored. In the platform adopted by the
convention ( here is no suggo-tion : of an
amendment , they only ask for a more ac
curate definition of the rules of procedure.
In the original plank the aim of the party
was to "prevent the summary issue of
such orders without proper considera
tion , " whereas in the plank adopted in
the convention an exception is inserted
that nullifies the promise because the ex
ception leaves the subject just as it
found it. ,
If the demand of the laboring man is
unreasonable , why did not the convention
say so ? Why did it resort to deceptionV
The Republican party will find that an
ceed to plan for a reduction of tfca emer
gency rate of interest with a view to mak
ing the emergency currency a permanent
currency.
An abstract of the law was published in
the last issue of The Commoner and the-
reader by examining it will see that the
provision in regard to security is so lib
eral that almost anything can be put up
as a basis for bank notes. It is charged
by some of the more independent papers
of the enst that there is behind the meas
ure a plan to boom certain bonds that
need to have their reputation more perma
nently established.
Senator La Follette deserves credit for
leading the fight against it. He was ably
assisted by Senator Stone and Scmtor
Gore , but it was impossible for so few
to Ionic delay the vote when the Republi
cans were ready to vote for it and when
most of the Democrats felt that they were
justified in simply voting against the bill
and throwing the responsibility upon the
majority.
J-Hfollette niul Fornker for Taft.
This telegram was received by Mr
Taft : " .Madison. Wis. , June IS. Wil
liam II. Taft. Washington. D. C. : While
the platform is disappointing in some fun
damental provisions and omissions , and I
shall claim the right to say s- > , I con
gratulate you most sincerely , and in the
faith that you are more nearly in accord
with the great body of Republican voters
than the idntform , I shall do all in my
power to insure your election.
"ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE. "
On the day following the nomination
these notes passed between Senator For-
aker and Mr. Taft :
"Dear Mr. Secretary : Although I fear
it may be unwise and probably misunder
stood , it is nevertheless my pleasure to
avail myself of my privilege to send 'you
heartiest congratulations and best wishes
for success in November. Very truly.
"J. 15. FORAKER. "
Secretary Taft's response follows :
"My Dear Senator : I assure you that
your kindly noteof congratulation gave
me the greatest pleasure and I thank you
for it from the bottom of mv heart. I
FORWARD , MARCH !
puts up a man of straw and then pro
ceeds to demolish it ; it suspects an unholy
assault upon the judiciary and its righte
ous indignation at once finds expression
in a boastful assertion of its innocence
of participation in any such suspected as
sault. Tthis part of the plank was writ
ten to give assurance to the people who
are opposed to the laboring man's plea.
And now let us proceed to that part of
the plank which was intended as a sop to
the laboring man. It says : "We believe ,
however , that the rules of procedure in
the federal court with respect to the issu
ance of a writ of injunction should be
more accurately defined by the statute. ' '
( Just what that definition shall be is not
stated. ) "That no injunction or tempo
rary restraining order should be issued
without notice"EXCEPT WHERE IR
REPARABLE IN.ITRY WOULD RE
SULT FROM DELAY , in which case a
speedy hearing thereafter should be grant
ed. " Note the words in capitals ( EX
CEPT AVITERE IRREPARABLE IN
JURY WOULD RESULT FROM DE
LAY ) , and compare this exception with
the federal statute on th- subject and
you will find t'hat ' under the law AS IT
NOW EXISTS the court is not empow
ered to grant a temporary restraining or
der EXCEPT"THERE APPEARS TO
BE DANGER OK IRREPARABLE IN
JURY FROM DELAY. " It will be seen
that the man who wrote the injunction
plank copied the statute almost word for
word and made the exception as broad as
ihe statute. If the convention had been
fr.jnk in the statement of its position it
would have quoted the present statute and
said that it was in favor of enforcing the
lav/ JUST AS IT IS. It would have said ,
"whereas , at present , a court or judge
may grant a temporary restraining order
'if there appears to be danger of irrepara
ble injury from delay , ' therefore bo it re
solved that we are opposed to changing
it. "
The men who are responsible for the
language of ( he injunction plauk may have
fooled the rest of the committee and the\
may have fooled the convention , but th.\v
cii not fool the laboring men or the vor-
07-s in general. The injunction plank has
not even the value of a gold-plated brick
for ihe plating is brass , as well as the
interior of the brick.
honest course would have been safer than
the dishonest course pursued.
The fraud which the convention at
tempted will not mislead anyone because
there is time enough between now and
election for everyone to find out the facts.
Secretary Taft is known as the father
of government by injunction and his
speeches in Oklahoma last year gave con
clusive proof of his adherence to the po
sition taken by him on the beich. He is
still in favor of the use of the writ of
injunction in labor cases and he is op
posed to trial by jury.
In a speech delivered in New York last
winter he said , in response to questions ,
that the law ought to be so amended as
to give a hearing before the injunction
was granted and even consented that the
hearing for contempt should be before a
different judge from the one who granted
the injunction , but when he came to pre
pare a plank for the convention he did
not go as far as he went in his speech.
The plank that went before the convention
as his plank was so weak that it amount
ed to nothing , but it was even then too
strong for the convention and the conven
tion adopted a plank which not only does
not grant any concessions to the laboring
man but really emphasizes the position
taken by large corporate employers by
hurling anathema at those who are sus
pected of a desire to modify the law re
lating to injunctions. This is the treat
ment received by the wage earners from
the national convention of the Republican
party. If this is the position of the party
before the election , what reason has the
laboring man to hope that the party will
do belter after election ?
Tin ? Kiiierjveiiey Currency
Spurred on by the masters of high
finance. Congress used the expiring hours
of the session to force through a so-called
emergency currency bill , bat it is merely
a consummation of a plan which they
have had on foot for years. They simply
UM I the emergency to coerce the public.
Their object is to escape from the present
Lank note basis and this measure is but
an entering wedge. It establishes a prece
dent : it inaugurates a change ; it substi
tutes the assets of a bank for government
bonds. Those financiers , having won this
victory by false pretenses , will now pro-
have never ceased to remember that !
owe to you my first substantial start iij >
public life , and that it came without so- j
licitation. With very best wishes , believf
me , mv dear Senator , sincerely yours.
"WILLIAM II. TAFT. "
I\rn.Ice the Consumer Pay.
The New York Herald is a Ropublicai
paper , likewise the Chicago Tribune
Neither t'he editor of the Tribune noi
tiie editor of the Herald loses any sVeij
because of the exorbitant tariff. Rathei
than revision they have a method where
by newspaper publishers will not feel tha
exactions of the paper trust. Following i
is an editorial from the New York Her
ald :
"There is a deal of common sense in j
the advice t'hat is given to the unhappy
publishers of one-cent newspapers by Mr.
Robert W. Patterson , the editor of the I
Chicago Tribune. Here it is. as conveyed - j
ed in the Herald's special cables to-day I
florn London , where the editor of our esteemed - J
teemed contemporary is sojourning at
present , but is ready to give this kindly
and helping hand to his 'one-cent' jour
nalistic brothers in their > hour of trou
ble : There is one remedy for publishers
of one-cent newspapers who are demand
ing that Congress slionld remove the duty
from wood pulp and white imper. That
is to raise the price of their newspapers.
What could more resemble that admirable
mental commodity , 'horse sense , ' than
t'his sound advice of Mr. Patterson ? It
indicates a direct cut across lots out of
financial difficulty. "
The Buffalo man who claims lie can
raise the dead should be seni to Washing
ton and allowed to try his hand on "tariff
revision by its friends. " Also on "repre
sentative government" as illustrated by
the Republican majority under Speaker
Cannon.
"No reduction in the price of steel" is
the announcement following the meeting
of the directors of the steel trust. "No
restriction of the opportunities to steal"
is the announcement from the Republican
majority in Congress , anent the matter
of tariff revision.
If science demonstrates that It is pos
sible for United States Senator Gore ,
of Oklahoma , to recover his eyesight
Ilempstead , L. I.
Mr. Bclmont was
the son of tin ? late
August Bclmont , a
noted financier and
the American repre
sentative of the
Rothschilds. II i s
mother was a
daughter of Com
modore Oliver Haz
ard Perry , who won
of the Mohmand
punitive expedition.
His brilliantly suc
cessful "week end"
war against the
Zakka Khel on the
Afghan frontier has
won him the praise
of all Englishmen.
Willcocks is an
ideal man for fron
tier campaigning ,
as he knows the
the entire country
will unite to re
joice w i t h the
blind statesman.
Few men , ham
pered as has been
Senator Gore from
childhood , have
risen to such high
heights of useful
ness and honor.
Losing the eyesight
° f b ° th OJ'CS L'tlCll
.
at a separate time
and each from accident due to school
boy play Mr. Gore pursued his studies
in school and academy , depending alone
on his memory of what was read to
him. Later he taught school success
fully. Then he entered politics , and
the confidence of the people in his
ability was expressed when they voted
to make him Senator. During his stay
in Washington Mr. Gore has been a
regular attendant at the sessions of
the Senate and has listened carefully
to all the speeches. His wife has spent
hours every night reading aloud to him
the Congressional Record and the news
papers. He keeps closely in touch with
public affairs , and from his marvelous
memory can call up facts and statistics
as readily as another can turn to them
on the printed page. Some time ago
leading medical men expressed the be
lief that there is a possibility that Mr.
Gore's sight might be restored by an
operation. If it is decided tliat there
Is a chance for the restoration of his
sight an operation will be performed.
A noted society man and capitalist
of New York passqd awajin the death
of Oliver II. P. Belmont at his home at
the famous naval o. H. p.
battle on Lake Erie in the war of 1S12.
Mr. Belmout was born in New York in
ISoS. lie was ten times a millionaire
and had a magnificent home. Brook-
halt Villa , near Ilempstead. His villa
at Newport was one of the show places
of that fashionable watering place.
Preparations were under way when he
died for the erection of a house in
New York.
MI _
The man who will be chiefly respon
sible for the accommodation and en
tertainment of the delegates and oth
ers who will attend
the Democratic na
tional convention
at Denver is- John
E. Osbornc. lie is
chairman of the
committee on en
tertainment. Mr.
Osborne is a na
tive of Westport ,
N. Y. , and is 44
years of age. He
, " " , VT graduated in med
icine and practiced
his profession until he entered ou com
mercial pursuits. He served as vice
chairman of the Democratic national
committee in 1S9S , has been a member
of Congress , and was Governor of Wy
oming. He is a man of large means
and is the owner of the largest sheep
ranch in Wyoming. Mr. Osborne is one
of the many Empire State boys who
helped to make the great West what
it is.
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V
The man of the hour in England , or
rather , the man of the moment , is Maj.
Gen. Sir James Willcocks. the leader
leading tribesmen GEX. WILLCOCKS.
of that restless region well , having
served In the Afghan war of 1S79-SO
lii 3900 he commanded the Ashunti
field force which relieved KumasL
* - . .
Information comes from Washington
that Francis B. Loomis , formerly As
sistant Secretary of State , is to be
made commission
er to the Japanese
Exposition of 1912.
It would be diffi
cult to find anoth
er person more em
inently fitted for
the post. Mr.
Loomis was at one
time a newspaper
correspondent a t
Washington
n. LOOMIS. served in a similar
capacity in China. He served as min
ister to Venezuela apd has for years
been making a special study of com
mercial opportunities and trade
J M * - author-
' - *
The new currency act is novr In ef
fect. Secretary Cortolyou in a depart
ment circular calls attention to tha
fact that there are two methods of ap
plying for additional national bant
currency under its provisions. Banks
occupying contiguous territory may or
ganize currency associations , providing
there arc at least ten banks in each
association with minimum aggregate
capital and surplus of $ . " .OCiOMiO.wliIlo (
individual banks must have unimpair
ed capital and surplus of not le > s thuA
120 per cent. Any member of such an
association with outstanding circulat
ing notes of not less than -10 per cent
of its capital may obtain additional
circulating notes under.section 1 of tha
act. National banks of the same stand
ing as to capital and surplus , but not
members of an association , may obtain
additional circulation under section 3
of the act. The Treasury Department
will furnish blanks to bank officers
upon which they may file application ,
for joining an association and other
wise take 'the necessary steps to com
ply with the law , and prompt approval
or disapproval is promised. The indi
vidual banks of the association , how
ever , desiring to obtain additional cir
culation , must submit their applica
tions to the officers of the association ,
and not to the Secretary ofthe Treas
ury , and those officers will apply to
the department. Applications for ad
ditional circulation under section 0 by
individual banks not members of asso
ciations may be addressed to the
Comptroller of the Currency , who will
advise them as to the procedure. One
per cent per annum upon the average
monthly amount of public deposits held
will be paid by depositary banks , to ba
computed from June lo , 190 # , and to
be payable July 1.
One reason why the West has greater
difficulty than usual this year in ob
taining farm hands to help in gather
ing the harvest may be found in a bul
letin issued by the bureau of immigra
tion at Washington. The bureau re
ports that nearly oOO.COO laborers hava
left the United States since last Octcx
her. returning to their homes in Europe ?
During t ! e first four months of this
year 239,010 laborers wont bade to Eu-
rdpc , compared to 00,731 for the same
period of 1007. In addition to this
drain on the labor supply , the bureau
says , the number of immigrants who
arrived in this country In the first four
months of this year was only 12i. . " > 92-
as compared Avith 404,3.32 who landed
between January and June of last
year. The net loss to tlie labor supply
for the four months was 114,018 , while
the loss since last October will be in
excess of 2.JO.CCO. Nevertheless , the
number of men out of employment in
the large cities should be great enough
to guarantee farmers abundance of
help.
"
Secretary Taft has conferred with
the President in relation to the pro
posed purchase of 100,000 acres of land ,
some houses and other property in the
Mantiago and Orienta provinces of
Cuba. This purchase is largely for the
purpose of pacification , as the land has
been settled upon by Cuban soldiers ,
the veterans of the Cuban revolution.
If the land is not purchased these set
tlers , who are merely squatters , would
be dispossessed in the process of the
church taking control of its property.
Such an event would tend to create dis
order.
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B
Steamboat men on the Mississippi
and on the great lakes have been in
vited to send their views as to advis
able changes in the navigation laws
to the commission appointed by the
President to examine and make report
as to the statutes at present in force.
The commission will devise navigation
regulations to cover sailing vessels
and motor boats as well as steam ves
sels , and will give particular attention
to the proposed reorganization of the
navigation inspection service.
V * .
The government plans to construct
i fleet of swift cutters for a campaign
igainst smuggling in the southern Phil-
ppine islands , where an extensive il-
icit traffic in opium. Chinamen and
, -arious dutiable goods is carried on
Between Borneo and other foreign
wints and the island of Mindanao , of
; he Jolo group. Hundreds of vintas
ind other craft are engaged in tha
: rade. which has been carried on for
iges practically unchecked , the Moroa
teing the principal offenders.
*
The Interstate Commerce Coinmis-
; ion has ruled that an agreement , un-
ler which a shipper agrees to assume
ill the risk of loss is void , but that an
igreement stipulating that the rail-
oad's liability shall not exceed a cer-
aiu amount is valid.
A Treasury Department circular baa
oen issued carrying into tffoct the
; cw currency act. The main points are
h.it in organirfni : the
currency as-so-
iati'jns thfre must be at least ton
ankf. in cmitinsr.oiis territory for each
? > ociatiin and named for the locality
i which they are formed , that State
lies be observed as much as possible
nd that 1 per emit upon the average
mount of public deposits held will b
aid by the depository banks.