1.HB NOKOLK. WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1909
I SOCIETY
Pleasures of the Week.
A farewell party was given at the
liomo of Mrs. Frank Douol Saturday
evening In honor of Mr. Douol'B sinter-
In-law , Mrs. Qcorgo Douol of Pitts-
burg , Kan. , who has been visiting here
for the past month. Mrs. Douol loft
for her homo this week.
Miss BcRsIo O'Brien celebrated her
thirteenth birthday Tuesday evening
nt the homo of her parents , 202 South
Second street. A largo number of lit
tle friends wore present and the host
tj'sH rocolved many pretty gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Q. 13. Sailor celebrated
their forty-seventh wedding annlvor
wary on Thursday. Dr. and Mrs. P. II ,
Salter gave n picnic supper party foi
the family at the Country club In
honor of the day ,
The ladles' society of the B. R. L
1 < \ and E. gave a surprise handkorchlel
Bhowor on Mrs. William Schwortfagoi
Tuesday night. A two-course luncli
Was served.
The Bridge club mot with Mrs. W
N. Huso on Monday to colohrato Mrs
C. II. Royn6lds' birthday. Mrs. G. C
Culver of Chicago was an out-of-towr
euest.
Personals.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hasklnson and
niece , Mlsa Helen Ollorman of Newcastle
castle , Nob. , wore guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Huso on Friday. Mr. and
Mrs. Hasklnson wore onrouto home
from a throe weeks' stay nt Hoi
Springs , S. D.
Mrs. C. C. McNlsh of Fremont , whc
lias been visiting Mrs. C. E. Burnham
loft for homo today. Mrs. McNlsli
was enrouto from Chadron.
Miss Luella Stuoffor and Miss VenIce
Ice ZaJIcok of West Point wore guostt
nt the C. P. Parish homo the lattoi
part of the week.
Mr. A. P. Dee returned to his home
In Davenport , la. , on Monday , after c
week's visit In the homo of his daughter
tor , Mrs. G. D. Buttorflold.
"Mrs. lAlllan Gerecke-Hopo of Hous
ton , Tox. , is a guest of Mrs. Mary
Mathowson.
Miss Helen Bridge spent a few days
in Omaha the first of the week.
Mrs. H. E. Warrlck Is homo from a
month's visit in Omaha.
FOOTBALL WILL BE GLOSEB
Walter Eckersall Says New Rules Will
Have That Effect.
Chicago , Aug. 28. Walter Eckersall
eays : With the approach of the foot
ball season few coaches and players
nro aware of a change In the rules
> yhlch will have a direct bearing or
the game this year. The modifications
appear In Spaldlng'a 1909 footbal
su'lde , , ' which was put In' clrculatlor
yesterday , and was not given genera
publicity at the meeting of the nation
al football committee last winter.
One alteration concerns the defend
Ing team when a touchback la scored
The usual method of again putting the
ball In play when n touchback wai
made was for the defending team t (
Idck out from its own 25-yard line
This gave the kicking team a pool
chance to work the ball out of Its ter
rltory , for when the ball was kickec
It generally was sent soaring througl
the air from the 20-yard mark , as the
opposing center Is allowed to block bj
standing on the 25-yard mark.
In case n strong wind was blowlnf
against the kicker he could not boo
the oval more than thirty yards am
na the kick had to bo low against th <
wind It gave the opposing player wh.
caught the ball an opportunity to rui
It back at least half of its distance
which placed the offensive team in i
scoring position once more by the al
line route. If the field goal scorlni
process failed a touchback resultei
an l the same process had to be gem
through again without giving the dc
fending team a chance to advance thi
ball.
Another bad feature of the old ruli
was the kicking over the goal line 01
the kick-off. A team which possosse :
a good kicker generally will choose t <
kick off If the toss la won Instead o
receiving the kick. This is done , <
that the ball may bo kicked over thi
line and the opponents forced to Jflcl
out from the 25-yard line. After al
this has been done the team whicl
originally kicked off will obtain possee
alon of the ball In Ha opponents' terrl
tory , while the other team has not hoc
a chance to show its ground galnlni
cbllttlea.
Apparently all of thla was takei
Into conalderatlon by the committee
for the rule haa been changed to reai
that when n touchback has been scorei
the defending team will have the prlv
liege of kicking out from the 25-yan
line or putting the ball In play on tin
same mark by a acrlmmaeo , the ovate
to bo in the possession of thn defend
Ing team. /
A most Vital change la that regard
Ing scoring. For several aeasona thi
advisability of reducing the value of i
field goal baa been discussed and par
tlcularly the advisability of reduclm
the value of a kicked goal from place
ment. This year tLa matter took 01
form and the value of a field goal wai
reduced from four points to three , re
Kardleaa of how the goal from the flelc
might bo scored.
Minor regulations wore made In tn <
use of the forward pasa. These wen
made principally to help the official !
In determining the legality of ploys li
which the forward posa waa a predom
Inant factor. The play catno In for
lengthy discussion at the committee
mooting , and It wna decided to lot the
rules governing It stand for'another
year to give It a thorough test. The
only modification In thla play affects
the ploying of the ends , who will ho
compelled to stand ejlthor on the line
of scrimmage or nt least' ono yard
back of It. When In the latter posi
tion the ends nro not * eligible to re
ceive the pass , but the shift makes the
tackles eligible to receive the throw.
This change was onaqted so that the
officials can readily determiner the
players who nro eligible to receive the
ball. ' '
In Bovornl games last year the ref
eree blew his whistle to Indicate a
foul , Bomctlnuyi Inadvertently , nnd as
the referee's whistle made the ball
dead It was Impossible for the offend
ed team to take advantage of whatever
run they made by refusing the penalty.
For this reason the rules this year
call particular attention to the fact ;
that the referee should never under
any circumstances blow his whistle to
thus indicate a fou.U However , If he
should Inadvertently do so the boll la
dead and the play must stop.
Because of the misunderstanding at
times lost year regarding the limita
tions of positions a rule has been made
to show that the limitations apply only
to the team on the offensive , but any
attempt nt evasion in order to get
around the rule will not bo permitted
by the officials. It also was decided
that the position of the referee should
bo bohln'd the offensive team.
HILL FIGHTING HARRIMAN.
Will Open Combined Water and Rail
Lines September 25.
Portland , Ore. , Aug. 28. James J.
Hill will bo rdady to deliver through
passenger business by combined rail
and water lines from eastern points to
San Francisco in competition with
Hnrrltnan on and after September 25.
Joint passenger tariffs , operative over
the North Bank road and the North
Pacific Steamship company's coasters ,
the Elder and Roanoke , Just have been
Issued , and when the Elder sails from
Portland on Tuesday , September 28 , It
will carry the first through passengers
for California.
This gives Hill access to territory
hitherto regarded as exclusively under
the control of Harrlman and reprisals
are likely.
The Oregon Trunk Line railway ,
which la said to have Hill's financial
support , won its conteat with the DCS-
chutea railway company , a Harrlman
subsidiary , In the United States dis
trict court recently.
The court Issued an order forbidding
the Harriman road going upon the six
ty miles of contested right of way up
the Deschutes canon in central Ore
gon. The application of the Harrlman
lawyers asking that the Hill road be
similarly enjoined pending adjudica
tion waa refused.
CARUSO'S ' LAURELS IN PERIL
The New Tenor , Carasa , Has Only 22
Years Against the Italian's 47.
New York , Aug. 28. Caraaa hasn't
heard that classic selection , "My Cous
in Caruso , " but he said today he would
not lot another night pass without
h'earlngsthe song hit on his illustrious
rival. Not that Senor Carasa looks
upon himself as a rival of Caruso not
at all , for , as he says , Caruso is 47 and
haa sung for years , while he is only 22
and is making his American debut.
Carasa says he heard Caruso sing
Just once two seasons ago in Paris
in "Rigoletto , " with Melba , and that b
recognized In Caruso's volco the sruiie
quality that he possessea. f. /
"It Is the same quality , but oiyrvolce
Is much stronger , " the new tunj # com
mented , without a quiver of in eye
lash.
lash.The
The Spanish tenor resembles Caruso
only a little In personal appearance.
He is slightly taller prA his mustache
la very small and sVort. Hla eyes are
brown , but not seA > lg and piercing as
(
Caruso'a.
"Tenors should never smoke and
never marry , " he said. "You see , the
smoke Is ba , ' for the voice. Caruso
smokes , they say , but he should not ,
and a wlfe.ta always Jealous If she la
married U/a tenor. I don't know why ,
but thatjfi so. "
"But aven't you aeon anyone who
haa raptured your heart ? " he waa
askej
' 'tf [ > , no ; I am too young to marry ,
fit * " . , and , second , I should not marry
be'ore I have made a career for my-
r.olf. It la a mistake for any man to
do so.
"But , " he added , "I think a man
might have agreeable flirtations in a
country such as America , where the
girls are so attractive. "
Caraaa is the youngest of a family
of twelve children oil boya. Ho was
educated for the law and It waa not
until a few years ago that he began
seriously considering singing as a ca
reer. The new tenor will be heard for
the first time next Tuesdoy In "Aldo. "
BILLY PRiNGlE NOW 104
At Least That's What He Claims.
Does Fair Day's Work at Fair.
Pierce Call : "Undo Billy" Prlngle ,
with his hand organ , la on deck for the
races. He Informs us that ho Is now
In hla 104th year , and if it was not for
his eyesight ho would bo as good as
ho waa fifty yeara ago. Physically he
says ho feels able to do a fair day's
work at his trade as tinner , but as he
la nearly blind he is unable to follow
hla trade. "Uncle Billy" Rays he will
always have a warm spot In his heart
for Pierce and Pierce citizens , as at
the time of his residence hero he was
presented with the hand organ that
has been the means of gaining hla live
lihood since. Ho soya he had been
keeping track of the fair date at Pierce
and had bought a small new organ
especially for the occasion , but on hla
first day hero some boya got to med
dling with it and broke It BO It will
have to ho sent away for repairs.
INDIAN HEALTH
GETTING BETTER
MAJOR M'LAUGHLIN SAYS THEY
ARE NOT DYING OFF.
WHITE BLOOD HELPS THE RACE
He Thinks the Half Breed Indian Is
Superior to His Parents nnd That
the Theory of Inferiority of Half
Breeds Is a Mistake.
St. Paul , Aug. 28. Major Jnmes Me-
Lnughlln of North Dakota , inspector
for the federal bureau of Indian af
fairs , doesn't agrco with the statisti
cians who believe the American In
dians are more numerous now than
when C. Columbus "crossed the ocean
blue. " Ho doesn't ' bollevo that half-
breeds the world over are Inferior to
pure-bred humanity and possess the
vices of both the mingled races. Inci
dentally , he doesn't think that the hu
man craving for salt is natural or nec
essary.
Numbers Not Increasing.
Talking about the rodmon today at
the Merchants hotel , Major McLaugh-
lln said :
"I feel sure there can't bo more In
dians now than over before since the
country was discovered. Why , when
I came to the northwest forty-six years
ago there were estimated to be 40,000
of the Sioux. Now there are only 22-
000. The number of the Crows , too ,
has diminished nearly one-half. Whole
tribes along the Now England coast
and out on the Pacific coast have dis
appeared entirely , as everybody knows.
Death Rate Lowered.
"But the Indian population , at least
in the northwest , is not falling off by
any means as rapidly as It did. In
fact , taking the region through from
the Great Lakes to the Rockies , I
should say that the Indian population
is now about stationary. On the Dev
ils Lake and the Slsseton reservations
on all the reservations east of the
Missouri the population Is increasing.
West of the Missouri on the new res
ervations , there is still some falling
off each year , but the rate of decrease
Is getting steadily smaller.
"When the Indian ran wild , so to
speak , ho got plenty of fresh air out
in the woods and on the prairies , and
plenty of exercise chasing the dinner
he had to catch or lose. At the camper
or village the tepee had a 'window
open all night , ' if It didn't have open
plumbing. The squnw and the pa
pooses spent most of their time out of
doora , and the squaws were always
busy with their 'domestic duties. '
Everybody ate fresh , wholesome food
and led as sanitary a life as Medicine
Man Wiley. The Indians then were
robust enough. The Sioux were espe
cially vigorous the finest tribe phys
ically and mentally , I think , pf all the
Indians In our borders.
Adjustment to New Conditions.
"But when these wild huntsmen
started to live upon reservations , to
sleep In close , badly-ventilated cabins ,
to eat canned goods and the white
mtm's pork and bacon , together with
b-idly-cooked bread why , then the
Indians' health began to fall. The
first generation of the reservations
died fast. It has taken about thirty
years , as a rule , for the race to adapt
itself to civilization. But now , on the
older reservations , the change haa
been made , and the Indians are begin
ning to get healthy and fairly prolific
In their new surroundings.
Will Be "Absorbed. "
"Our Indians aren't going to be
swept away by the whites as the mel
ancholy poets used to sing. The red
men will disappear , it's true , but I be
lieve that they'll simply bo absorbed
Into the white race through intermar
riage.
"Won't that produce , temporarily , a
half-breed race Inferior to either
whites or Indians ? "
"O , not at all. That theory's all a
mistake. Certain half-breeds , of course ,
are worthless , like certain pure-bred
whites or Indians. But as a rule the
half-breed Indian Is a superior man ,
both physically and mentally , to either
of his parents.
Out of Touch With Own Race.
"It's been unreasonable to expect
any sudden civilization of the Indians.
You're not going to be converted your
self , in any hurry , into the belief that
your father and mother's waya and
Ideas were all wrong. Neither la the
Indian. But he's pow so far In sym
pathy with the whites and BO out of
sympathy with any general ideals of
his own race that all future outbreaks ,
massacres , etc. , are not to be thought
of. It would be Impossible to unite
even the warlike Sioux in any violent
opposition to the government The
Indian now la too much of a white
man.
His Taste Changing.
"Yes , ho even eats butter nowadays ,
and likes It in spite of the salt But
when I first got acquainted with the
Sioux ho wouldn't touch any salty
food , if he could possibly get food en
tirely fresh. In his 'wild state' he
never ate salt. I've heard of African
tribes selling slaves and ivory to get
a little salt as a life preserver , but the
Sioux Indians turned out first-class
Marathon runners and wild west rid
ers years ago without ono salt cellar
In the whole tribe. "
HILL AFTER G. T. ROAD
Rumor Says G. N. Chairman Plans a
Vital Blow at Harrlman.
New York , Aug. 28. The manifold
activities of J. J. Hill are beginning
to arouse serious attention.
He la marching through eastern Oregon
gen to California , stabbing the Harrl
man system in the heart. Ho Is formIng -
Ing an alliance with the Grand Trunk
for terminals nt Winnipeg and Van
couver , nnd a strange rumor Is afloat
that Hill Is buying control of the
Grand Trunk in the London market
This would bo emsy for Hill and
Morgan to do.
Had Hill and Morgan control of the
Grand Trunk , they would have a splen
did trunk line from Chicago to Port
land , Mo. , that would give the Hill-
Morgan system a transcontinental line
with n vengeance.
Mot cover , It would give the Hill and
Morgan forces control of the now
Grand Trunk Pacific line from Lake
Superior to the Pacific over grades
that the St. Paul , the Union Pacific ,
the Atehlson , the Missouri Pacific or
the Southern Pacific could never com
pete with.
A combine of the Hill system with
the Grand Trunk might ho the last
great achievement of Morgan In the
financial and railroad worlds , and
with the Hill railroad tentales reach
ing down through Oregon to the Sacra
mento valley , therir" to the great Koot-
onay coal fields , and from Puget sound
to Lake Superior through Yellow Head
pass , the Hill system would treble dis
count any combine of New York Cen
tral and Harriman systems.
The one problem la whether Hill and
Morgan can buy control of the Grand
Trunk. The stock is held almost en
tirely by speculators in the brokers' '
offices in London. It Is easy to con
trol it , and control of that carries con
trol of the Grand Trunk Pacific , built
with Canadian government money.
Why Not a Baseball League ?
How would Norfolk like to belong tea
a state baseball league ? Or , better
still , to belong to a north Nebraska
and southern South Dakota league for
next year ? This la a suggestion.
Down In the southern part of the
state , according to the Hastings Trib
une , state league gossip Is rife in a
number of good Nebraska towns.
Three years ago a circuit could have
been formed had Hastings been able
to secure satisfactory grounds. This
difficulty is now overcome and it re
mains for the fans to prove that they
are willing to support a league team
In the coming year. Enough other
towns to make up a six-club circuit ,
with a sufficient guaranty at the out
set to insure the teams finishing the
season can probably bo lined up.
South Omaha , Grand Island and Fre
mont are regarded as essential In the
organization of a state league for the
reason that all three of these towns
will .permit Sunday playing. South
Omaha Is In the territory controlled
by .Manager Rourke of the Omaha
Western league team , but Rourke is
willing to have the packing town enter
a state league , provided its schedule
of home games will not conflict with
home games In Omaha. This condi
tion Is one that can easily be met
There are numerous arguments in
favor of league organization In prefer
ence to operating on an Independent
basis. In economy alone It is believed
there would be a decided advantage in
having the team under league forma
tion. Under the present system con
tracts with players , although enforc
eable by legal process , are practically
worthless , as no manager would care
to go Into the courts to compel a play
er to continue against his will , and
Independent contracta , of course , ar.o
not recognized by league organizations.
An Independent player la a free lance ,
subject to no control whatever , and as
a result salaries are often raised to
keep men from accepting offers of
higher pay elsewhere. This would be
unnecessary under league rule , for no
ambitious player would care to break
a contract , knowing that in doing BO
ho would bar himself from further
league service.
Moreover , the league organization is
more satisfactory to the players for
the reason that all records are kept or
derly nnd accurately and scouts for the
higher spheres of baseball are able to
secure Information of a player's ability
that they cannot get under the present
Bystem. It is believed the attendance
would also materially Increase where
all teams are marked on a percentage
basis. Under the league system there
would be order In the business side of
the game instead of confusion and un
certainty.
A league team can bo maintained
here with a salary Hat no larger than
that of the present team and there are
many who believe the attendance will
be sufficient to pay expenses without
the aid of subscriptions. A fund of
reasonable size to atari with la an ea-
sentlal , however , and that la why the
management la in hope of a strong
attendance from now until the end of
the season. Aside from the sum ex
pended for Improvements on the ball
grounda the balance In the treaaury a
short time ago was almost as large as
the fund raised at the beginning of
the season.
Goble Sells Back Paper.
Butte , Neb. , Aug. 27. Special to
The Newa : W. A. Goble'a editorial
career waa of short duration , as ho did
not get far enough in the ranks to
have hla name appear as editor of the
Boyd County Register. The paper
again changed handa , O. R. Robinson
being the purchaser. The paper will
bo democratic.
South Nebraska Corn Damage.
Omabc. Aug. 28. Corn valued at
more than thirteen million dollars haa
been burned up by the heat wave
which haa been sweeping Nebraska
for several weeks , according to conservative
vative estimates today.
The Burlington's crop report , which
Is considered reliable , says that the
corn crop will be but 85 per cent of
the average , which is valued at | 89-
000,000.
Corn north ot tno 1'intto river la In
excellent condition , but that in the
Lincoln , Wymore and Cook divisions
has been heavily damaged.
Cummins and His Bold Challenge
low * Senator , Leader of the In- Main Queilion on Which ( he Bat-
urgent. In Their War Arfainil tleWill De Warfed-SideLiuhUon
( he Payne Tariff Bill.Ii a Fitfhler Senate Insurrectoi , Strong Fae-
Who Never Sounds Ketreat. 1 tor * In the I'roi/reiilve / Movement.
By JAMES A. EDGEU.TON.
statement of Senator A. B.
THE of town that the In-
surgcnt light against the Payne
bill Is not ended , but that It will
Im carried Into every Iloiiuhllcan roil-
volition and will be fought out on the
tloor of the national convention In
1012 , Introduces a now clement Into
American politics.
In my own view , no more Important
step nor one fraught with possibilities
of more farrenchlng consequences has
been made lu recent years. Of course
the present purpose of this fight Is
to unhorse the stand pat leadership In
congress , and especially In the senate ,
and to control the Republican party.
That 18 the Intention of the Insurgent
leaders , but It la ono thing to start
a political pralrlo lire and quite an
other thing to control It when It Is
once under way. No one can tell Just
what proportions the blaze will as
sume nor where It will end. The en
thusiastic reception given to Cummins
when he returned to Iowa would In
dicate that the people of that state arc
with him. Signs are not wanting that
there Is a deep undercurrent of senti
ment In that direction throughout the
land , being most Intense perhaps In the
states of the central west.
The Cummins program does not con
template any further general revision
of the tariff In the Immediate future
or , In fact , for the next ten years. Its
main plank Is one demanding the rigid
carrying out of platform pledges. This
BtgnlUeantly Mr. Gumming Intimates
that he would not himself be a\erua to
becoming the standard bearer In 1012.
Tills makes the Issue explicit , fur
nishes a Imttleery and a candidate
around whom to rally , throws down
the gnuntlfl defiantly and nmkcH com
promise Impossible-burns all political
bridges. In a word , and Insures that
the contest will have to be fought out
to a conclusion. There Is to be no
quarter asked or .given. In good old
phraseology , It Is 'to bo war to the
knife and knife to the hilt.
It Is about the most definite and
fighting challenge that has been Jq-
filled In American politics In the last
dozen years.
What of the man who makes It ? Is
his character such as to Insure that ho
means what ho says and that ho has
the purpose and the ability to make a
llnlsh light ? And , If he measures up
to the task he ha < * set himself , what of
the forces behind him ? A general
must have an army. Has Cummins
llcutonantt who will stay by him ? Can
he rally the m es ? The answers to
these questions will determine wheth
er this Is to be a fight or a fiasco , n
battle or a blunder , a victory or a Joke.
Father of the "Iowa Idea. "
First as to Cummins. Fortunately
lie Is not unknown. Ills record Is an
open book and determines the cuarac
tcr of the man. In the light of this
record certain facts stand out In clear
relief. Albert Italrd Cummins Is n
fighter , lie means what he says. Ila
never sounds retreat. Ho fought the
| & r0rMy
SENATOH CUMMINS OP IOWA. WHO LEADS THE INSURGENT
PIGI1T ON THE TARIFF , AND TWO OF HIS L1EUTENANT&
UUWB Its wise political generalship ,
catches the enemy at his weakest
point and raises an Issue against which
It will bo Impossible to make a suc
cessful fight In theory all men agree
that party promises should be kept.
Any other policy Is Insincere and dis
honest , and woo to that politician or
group of politicians whoso sincerity
and honesty the public conies to doubt
Nothing means such speedy and cer
tain political death. The Iowa senator
thus assails Aldrlchism at the one fa
tal broach In the wall. It Is Impoa-
olble to nrguo against the principle. A
political platform la not , like a car
platform , meant to get in on , but not
to stand on. It must bo made In good
faith and considered as sacred as the
promissory note of a private Individ *
ual Indeed , more so , for with the plat
form pledge tens of millions of private
Individuals are involved , and the duty
to fulfill the obligation is raised to
the nth power. This principle la pri
mary and fundamental. There is no
gainsaying It. The Issue then becomes
ono of fact as to whether platform
pledges have been carried out or not ,
nnd on this question the coming bat
tle will bo waged.
To Fight In the Party.
Aa to the tariff Itself , Senator Cum
mins' program la exceedingly mod-
irate a commission of tariff experts ,
which In a somewhat crippled and hi
effective fashion is provided for la
the Payne bill Itself , and revision on
Individual schedules as public policy
Booms to demand. Emphasis la placed
on the underlying principle of protec
tion , the basis for making rates being
that laid down in the last Republican
national platform and made promi
nent in the campaign of President
Taft which is that the tariff on any
given article should equal the differ
ence between the coat of domestic and
foralgn production , with the addition
of a reasonable profit The Iowa sena
tor makes It plain that ho supports the
president , whom he regards as a pro
gressive , and he adds significantly
that he will continue in tula policy
until or unless the president proves
that Liu Id not u jirv.i coslve. Still more
old leadership of Iowa Republicanism
to a standstill , was elected governor
three times In spite of their opposition ,
hammered the railroad politician ) ! till
he got a yell out of Senator Elkins ,
their high priest ; stirred up the whole
his "Iowa Idea" of
country by pro
tecting American Industries without
sheltering Illegal combinations , dared
to veto a bill permitting a railroad
combination which all the corporation
attorneys and old line politicians want
ed him to sign , showed his Independ
ence of party lines , although political
irregularity lu Iowa was then consid
ered almost a capital crime , and finally
was elected to the senate despite the
frantic opposition of almost everybody
In the Htato except the people. But
did he stop fighting when he had real
ized his supreme ambition of Bitting In
the United States senate ? Did he ?
Ask Aldrlch. Ask Smoot the Mormon
elder , who became Aldrlch's right
hand man. They know how hard
Cummins can fight. And did he stop
fighting when the tariff bill was
passed ? Ills pronunclamcnto Issued
on his way home from the extra ses
sion Is the answer. And will he stop
fighting till he wins ? If you have any
doubts on this score read his history.
To start a new battle the next day
after the finish of an old one is his
habit. Twenty years ago or more ,
when he was practically unknown In
politics , he entered a fight for the
United States senate and came within
three votes of boating ex-Governor
Gear , who had the state machine and
the Burlington railroad behind him.
The next morning after Gear's elec
tion Cummins announced himself as a
candidate for governor and won out by
R narrow .margin of eighteen votes aft
er ono of the bitterest end ugliest
flghta lu the history of Iowa politics.
And this Is the uiuu that baa now
thrown down hla glove lu front of the
tariff barons and trusts of America.
Behind him are Lu Follette , who has
hewn equal pugnacity and determina
tion ; Dolllver and Boverldge , the orators
tors ; Brlstow , the man who exposed
th ? postal frauds , and many others ot
like fiber , with a great army of the
farmers of the middle west falling
Into step In the now crusade. It cer
tainly looks like political war of the
real variety.
"Handsome Albert. "
Senator Cummins la ilftj'-ulno yearn
old , of distinguished appearance , iron
gray lialr and mustache , graceful and
Chi'Sterlloltllnn In manner , always
wins the support of the women-so
much BO , lu fact , that If woman suf
frage were In force he would be elect
ed almost unanimously a man who
dresses well and knows how to wear
bin clothes , called by his enemies
"handsome Albert" and "this man
Cummins , " nil orator who Is equally
at homo with a column of figures and
a spiead eagle peroration In fact , an
nil around leader that If be catches
the title on this present proposition Is
liable to go to almost any heights. IIo
Is of the sort who will either be presi
dent or die In the last ditch. Glue
your optic to Cummins , for , without
tr > lng to pun , he Is a coming man.
Then there Is La Follette , small and
bcrappy , who has fought even harder
than Cummins and has been abused
more , who also was three times gov
ernor of his Htato and fought against
the railroads and the old political
bosses , a man who would not accept
his election to the senate until sure
that bis state reforms would bo car
ried out ! La Follette Is five years
younger than Cummins and has been
In the senate four years longer. When
he went to that body the Aldrlches
and Hales tried to haze him , but ho
hit them so hard that they soon gave
up that policy. Well hated by the In
terests and better loved every year by
the plain people of the United States ,
It Is a tossup whether Cummins or
La Follette Is the real leader of the In
surgent forces , and It does not much
matter since they tire HO nearly nllkn
In principle that the name cause will
triumph whichever carries the banner.
Perhaps the third In Importance
among the senate Insurrectos Is Al
bert J. Beverldgo of Indiana , who Is
younger than either Cummins or La
Follette and bus been in the senate
much longer. Uevcrldgc Is outgrowing
his reputation as a boy orator and
through his light against child labor
and for other reforms Is more and
more endearing himself to the hearts
of the progressives. IIo was born In
Ohio In 1802 , beat Bryan In a college
oratorical contest and has long been
a Chautauqna Idol and a spellbinder
that could do anything with the Eng
lish language except shut It off. The
old chaps In the senate never would
give the Indiana Demosthenes a
chance , and now that this Insurgent
movement has happened along ho Is
In his element
How Cummins Corralled Dolliver.
Nor Is Beverldge the only orator In
the bunch. Jonathan P. Dolllver , Cum
mins' colleague from Iowa , has the
American caglo trained so that it will
not only spread and soar for him , but
turn fllpflaps In midair and scream in
sheer rhetorical delight. Dolllver Is
also an Insurgent , though there are
those who say that Cummins had to
kidnap him and drag him into the
game , or , rather , Cummins grabbed off
the whole state of Iowa and Dolllver
had to come along If be wanted to play
at all. At any rate , ho la committed
and. now makes a noise like a pro
gressive. Likewise ho gave Brothers
Aldrlch , Hale and Lodge several un
comfortable half hours during the late
lamented extra session. Dolllver was
born In what la now West Virginia
fifty-one ycara ago and has been In
congress nineteen years , seven of
which have been spent In the senate.
Joseph L. Brlstow of Kansas Is an
editor and a reformer of the Roosevelt
velt type. When he was not running
a paper In the Sunflower country he
was secretary of the Republican state
committee and private secretary to
Governor Morrlll. McKlnley made him
one of the assistant postmaster gen
erals , third , fourth or seventeenth ,
and he unearthed the Cuban postal
frauds. Thla mado. him right with
Roosevelt who set him to work cleanIng -
Ing out the whole postofflce depart
ment , which needed It enough , as the
sequel showed. Brlstow was born In
1801 and Is a new member of the sen
ate. The only pity Is that ho cannot
Investigate that body and clean It up
as he did the postofflce bunch.
Personally speaking , It Is a grief to
me that Burkett and Brown of Ne
braska , who Insurged up to the very
last hour , had not the stamina to stick
It out and vote against Brother Al
drlch In the last ditch and beyond.
I used to know both of them In my
naiad days , when I was trying to do
a little reforming on my own hook.
But there is hope that In spite of that
ono vote for the conference report they
will return to the insurgent camp and
make things interesting along the
riatte.
Nor should Knute Nelson , tbo grand
old Norwegian from Minnesota , be for
gotten , nor Clapp , both of whom stuck
to1 the end ; nor Coe I. Crawford of
South Dakota , who Insurged In spots
and at intervals , although lacking at
the last roll call ; nor Victor Munlock
and a host of others In the house ; nor
old Uncle Josh and Bill Jones , back on
the farm nnd In the shops , who had no
chance to spout In the halls of legis
lation , but who arc looking grim and
waiting till they get a chance to go
to the polls. These are the boys that
have the lost soy In the matter , and
their verdl-t \ yet to be heard.
Northweit Weddings.
Victor Weinberger and Miss Nelllo
3oodwater of Madison were married
it Omaha.
Fred Larson and Miss Ona Sogoaer ,
joth of McCully , were married at
Butto.
Nellgh : The following marriage II-
: enses wore issued by County Judge
Wilson , August 24 : Henry Sheets and
Mrs. Jennie Forbes of Plalnvlew , Ed
ward Schwab and Miss Bertha Har-
bottle of Elgin , Alva D. Nicholas of
Genoa and Mlsa Ethel B. Admire of
Oakdalo.
