THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL.
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NUKKULK N U13KASKA K1UDASKITKMHKK 10. 1U1U.
TAFT TAKES
A NEW VIEW
NO LINE BETWEEN PROGRES
SIVES AND REGULARS.
WILL ALL LOOK ALIKE TO HIM
In Letter from Secretary Norton to
Iowa Republican Leader , President's
Determination to Treat all Alike as
"Republicans" Is Disclosed.
Beverly , Sept. 15 , No difference
between so-called "progressives" and
"regulars" will bo recognized by Presi
dent Tuft hereafter mit all party
leaders will be treated alike as re
publicans In the matter of 'edoral sup
port.
port.The
Thepresident's \lows to this effect
nro given In a lottoIrom : Secretary
Norton to a republican lender of Iowa ,
whoso nanio Is not disclose * ! .
In the- letter Secretary Norton ututed
that while Important ropubllrV -'a- '
latlon pending In congress . &t-
posed by certain ropuhl'can loadu. .
the president felt that his duty required - ,
quired him to withhold federal patron
age from senators and representatives
who seemed to occupy u position hos-
tllo to efforts to fulfill the pledgesof
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the party platform.
Fall Elections Must Tell.
The attitude on the part of the pres
ident ended , however , with the more
recent primary elections and nominat
ing conventions In which the people
Lave declared themselves and the pres
ident now looks on "progressives" and
"regulars" alike as republicans and as
such entitled to his support and the
support of the party and the fall elec
tions , Secretary Norton's letter says ,
must settle the question whether the
differences of the last session of con
gress shall be perpetuated or forgot
ten. The letter o Secretary Norton ,
in full , follows :
The Letter in Full.
"Beverly , Mass. , Sept. 15. Your letters -
tors of 9th are at hand and I have de
layed the replying until after the pri
mary elections. The president directs
me to express to you and your friend
his deep appreciation of the work
which you have done and the powerful
assistance which you have extended
to the administration from the begin
ning an assistance that has contrib
uted much to the legislative and other
successes which have been secured.
The preiVtlcnt recognizes that your ef
forts have been wholly disinterested ;
that you have fought sturdily and gen
erously for what you believed to bo
his Interest and the welfare and suc
cess of the party. While republican
legislation pending in congress was
opposed by certain republicans the
president felt It to be his duty to the
party and to the country to withhold
federal patronage from senators and
congressman who seined to be in op
position to the administration's efforts
to cairy out the promises of the party
platfc rm. That attitude , however , end
ed w 1th the primary elections and
nomli ating conventions which have
now 1 ecu held and in which the voters
have ind opportunity to declare them
selvei.
"Tl D people have spoken and at tin
party i fall elections , the questioi
must be settled by republicans o
every shade of opinion , whether th <
differ 'nces ' of the last session shall b <
perpe uated or shall bo forgotten.
Inactions Must Get Together.
"Ho recognizes the danger that ii
certahi cases expressions of feellni
wore BO intense as to make It dlfflcul
In soi ic instances for factions to conn
togotl ier and work for the party but
as hu stated In his letter to the ropul
llcan congressional committee , he be
liovei it can be done and should b
done. The president is confident tha
you ill yourselves meet your loco '
and i tate situation in this spirit ani
that ; 'on will write to your friends iiui
ask t lem to do likewise ,
"Tie president feels that the valu
< f fei eral patronage has been greatl
xagf crated and the refusal to grati
it ha i probably been more useful t
the i aen affected than the appoin
uient would have been.
"In the preliminary skirmishes i
certa a states likewise , in Iowa an
elsew 'icre , ho was willing in the into
est o what the leaders believe woul
lead p party success'to make certai
dlscr minattons. but the president hr
-concl ided that it is his duty now t :
treat all republican congressmen an
senat irs alike without any distlnctloi
"H t will now follow the usual ru !
in c ( ngresslonnl districts and state
and I pllow the recommendations mat
.by republican congressmen and so
atora of whatever shade of politic ;
opint in , only requiring that tlio me
recoi imended shall bo good men , tl
most competent and the best fitted fi
the i articular office.
"Sincerely yours ,
"Charles D , Norton ,
"Secretary to the President
I o Concession to Insurgency ,
Did fussing the views of Preside
Taft is disclosed by the letter of Se
rotar Norton , persons conversant wi
natto ml politics said they should n
be ti ken as n concession to "insi
gene/ . "
As the party leaders view the situ
tlon Iowa is not violently "Insurgent
The Iowa republican platform , it
pointed out , subscribed to "such i
forts as President Taft and his ndv
ore have made to fulfill the promts
of the national platform" and approv
"the efforts of the president to secu
the desired Information for a tariff ra-
vision through a board of experts. "
Those Who Are Forgiven.
Atiiong tliosu from whom It Is said
the president temporarily withheld
federal patronage were Senators La-
Follotto of Wisconsin , Brlstow of Kan
sas , Dolllver and Cummins of Iowa and
Representative Hubbard of Iowa. '
CLEVELAND HAS HALF MILLION
Ohio City Shows an Increase of 46.9
Percent In Ten Years. I
Washington , Sept. 15. The popula
tion of Cleveland , Ohio , Is 560,663 , an
Increase of 178,895 or 46.9 percent as
compared with 381.7C8 In 1900.
The returns for Cleveland estab
lished that city as one of the large cen
ters of population of the country.
GRAY TO RUN IN MINNESOTA
Vacancy on Democratic State Ticket
is Filled by Committee.
St Paul , Sept. 15. The nomination
of James Gray to fill the vacancy at
the head of the state democratic tick
et was made unanimous this afternoon.
Fitzgerald Gives $50,000 , Bond. '
\t \ Chicago , Sept. 15. George W. Fitz-
(
° ' ' /i' . , , who was arrested yesterday
"i. , , ' ' ' ' .Tj'tii ' the embezzlement of
$17U ! ! - .u''Vi'e Chicago sub-treas
ury , today . . ished a $50,000 bond
signed by William Joyce and James
Ralph.
SOME FANCY AERDPLANING
Johnstone and Curtlss Cut Such Ca
pers Wright Fears for Them. i
Boston , Sept. 15. Fancy aeroplan- '
Ing was on the program and Walter i ' |
Urooklns as the star performers. They
demonstrated their skill with the bi
planes until Wilber Wright feared for
! their safety and ordered them to de-
I sist. Johnstone's favorite act was to
indulge in steep glides , shutting his
engine almost completely off , then sud
denly shooting down until he almost
touched the ground. Then would fol
low a series of ditch rolls.
Brookins performed the most daring
feat of the afternoon in making a fa
mous short turn , standing his biplane
almost on end as he made a complete
circle In scarcely more than six sec
onds. His machine reached an angle
of more than 85 degrees at times.
Glenn II. Curtiss , with a high power
motor In his Albany filer , and Charles
P. Wlllard in a Curtlss machine com
pleted several circuits of the course in
a speed race and Curtiss won , made
the best time he has shown at this
meeting , covering five and a quarter
miles In 6 minutes 19 % seconds.
Grahame-White , the Englishman ,
was out in the Bleriot monoplane and
sailed out well over the city and har
bor.
bor.The meet will close today with a
number of contests. Glenn II. Curtlss
will race White five and a quarter
miles for a $3,000 cup offered by the
Harvard Aeronautic society.
A POLAR BEAR WHIPPED 20 MEN
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After Ten Hours of Fighting the New
York Zoo Keepers Used Chloroform.
New York , Sept. 15. Silver King ,
the giant polar bear that Paul J. Ral-
1 ney and Harry Whitney lassoed in
5 the Arctic and presented to the city ,
' is in his new home in the Bronx zoo.
But it took ten hours of fighting , the
* work of twenty men and four pounds
3 of chloroform to get him there.
| Take it from William T. Hornaday ,
director , the white tiger put up a harder - '
* er fight than a mad elephant , and the [
' executive staff of the zoo , not to speak
of the laborers who had been uncouv
8 fortably close to Silver King's great
" purple mouth and his wicked fangs , '
I' felt much better when they had him
s ° safely a prisoner behind Iron bars and
0 two-Inch planks.
I It was the toughest day's work Mr
! Hornaday and his men have tackled
In many a year of handling wild anl
j mals. There were moments In the ter
hours when they fancied they wouki ,
® have to take the great bear dead , noi
y alive. Until Ray Dlttmars , the cur
ator , came back in the city Islam
0 wharf after burning the roads In his
hunt for chloroform , the bear hatllet
every trick of strength and stratagem
'J Dlttmnrs came tearing back In his
motor car Just In time to prevent i
r' City Island policeman from turning i
magazine rifle on the captive.
18 I THAT WASHINGTON PRIMARY.
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May Take Several Days to Figure Ou
n. Who Has Won Nominations.
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IcS Seattle , Sept. 15. Several days ma ;
! S pass before It Is known who Is noin
len inated for congress on the republlcai
nal ticket in the First Washington district
al There were five candidates and th
in primary law provides that in sue'
10 cases the voter shall mark on the ba
ar lot his first and the second choice. 1
no candidate receives 40 percent c ,
the vote cast the first and the secon
choice votes shall bo added , the cat
didates receiving the highest numbc ,
of votes In totals so obtained shall b
ut the nominees.
In King county Representative Wl
th Ham E. Humphreys , standpatter , ra
ot 700 votes behind Thomas P. Rovell
ir- Insurgent , and received only 30 pe
cent of the total vote of the count ;
IIV Humphreys carried all the other cou !
t. " ties In the district , but It Is believe
is ho fell below 40 percent of the fin
af. votes and the second choice votes wl
Is.OS therefore bo counted.
OS Humphreys got few second cholc
ed votes , but Revelle was a general se
re end choice favorite.
BRADLEY
IS AT ETAH
DR. COOK'S FINANCIAL BACKER
HUNTING FOR RECORDS.
COOK IS SAID TO BE WITH HIM
The Hans Egede , the Steamer That
Brought Cook Back to Civilization ,
Brings News of Bradley's Trip to
Greenland Eskimo Loyal to Cook.
Copenhagen , Sept. 15. The Danish
steamer Hans Egede arrived hero to
day with the news that John R. Brad
ley , the financial backer of Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook's north pole expedit'on ' ,
was on his way to Etah to secure the
much talked of records and Instru
ments which Cook has said he left at
that esklmo settlement northeast of
Greenland. The captain of the steam
er thinks that Cook Is with Bradley ,
but gives no particular reason for his
belief.
The Hans Egedu , which is the vessel
on which the explorer traveled to civ
ilization , fell in with a yacht at God
haven , a Danish settlement on the
south coast of Disco Island , Greenland ,
and In the conversations between t. ie
masters learned that Bradley was
aboard the craft.
Eskimos Say Cook Got There.
The polar hunt promoter admitted
his identity and explained that he was
bound for Etah to recover whatever
had been left there by Dr. Cook. lie
refused' ' , however , either to deny or
confirm the report that he was accom
panied by the explorer.
The government vessel also brings
the information that two missionaries
who were working among the esklmos
who accompanied Cook on his expedi
tion say that the eskimos insist that
the doctor reached the north pole , as
be claims , prior to its discovery by
Commander Peary.
COLORADO DEMOCRAT PcANKS
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Reaffirm Pledges for Radical Legisla-
i ture , Now Pending.
I Denver , Colo. , Sept. 35. As a result
of the nariow margin of only thirteen
votes by n'riich John F. Sliaft'roth was
renominated for governor over Dr.
B. L Jeffeuon by the democratic
state convention last night it is ex
pected that tlieie will bo some trading
between the Shaffroth and Jefferson
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factions todpy G.I the nominations
still pending. These include lieuten-
iant governor , secretary of state , attir-
ney geiiprnl , treasurer , auditor , superIntendent -
, Intendent of educrtion and one mem-
jber of the state lallwny commission.
I Pledges of radical legislation con
tained in the state platform of 1908 ,
for the redemption of which the legis
lature was Dummoned into extraordi
nary session by Governor Shaffroth
i last month and the greater part of
'which ' the legislature Is still consider
ing are reaffirmed in the platform to
bo voted upon by the democratic state
convention here today.
I The platform approves the action ol
Governor Shaffroth in calling the extr.i
session of the legislature , commends
that body for having aubtn'ttcd ' to the
people a constitutional amendment foi
initiative and referendum and calif
upon the legislators to enact at this
session the remaining "platforir
pledges , " namely the direct primary
the headless ballot , the bank , guarantj
and a railroad commission laws.
United States Senator Simon Gug
genhelm is denounced. After com
' mending the Colorado democratic dele
' gallon in both branches of congress
the platform calls attention to "th <
J marked contrast between their rec
ords and that of the senior senator '
' Simon Guggenheim , who voted to rol
i the people to enrich the corporation !
and trusts with which ho is allied. "
| ' The Payne-Aldrlch tariff law Is
. denounced as a revision upward in tin
interest of the trust In violation "o
the official repeated promises of tin
I republican presidential candidate" am
a prompt and thorough revision of th <
, tariff as demanded by the last dome
cratic national convention , is urged
Conservation of natural resources
state and national , in a manner whic ]
will protect the rights of future gene
rations Is commended , but the plal
form declares "Wo are unalterabl
J opposed to the bureaucracy and arb
trary regulations which work hart
t , ship upon the homesteader and th
i miner and retard the development c
y- the state. "
[ . | A law abolishing the smelter triu
a anil regulating smelter charges Is di
i. , manded in the interests of both mln
o ' operators and minors.
h
1 To Fight Freight Rate Raise.
Topcka , Kan. , Sept. 15 , Governc
f W. R. Stubbs sent by telegraph a ca
( j to governors of twelve states and I
, . ' mayors and boards of trades of two :
r ty-slx Kansas and two Missouri cltle
0 Kansas City and St. Joseph for a co
' feronco at Topeka on the propose
1. ' advance of freight rates. The co
n feronco is to bo held on September ?
: ; JSHALLENBERGER DISAPPOINTS
u- j -
> d The Governor Not Gaining Fa
st I Enough In Recount to Win Out.
U ! Omaha , Sept. 15. Governor Slu
I lenbergor last evening expressed hli
: o self as disappointed that the rccou
chad not netted him bigger gains
far than it has. "They are not co
ing quite fast enough , " said the gov
ernor , who seemed to have abandon
ed hope of getting the nomination
away from Mayor Dahlman.
"Tho recount will go on through the
'
rest of Douglas county , " added the
governor. i
Mr. Shallcnborger denied that , as-
'
rumor had It last evening , ho had been
In conference during the afternoon |
with Congressman Hitchcock and the ,
mayor.
"I have not seen Mr. Dahlman , " said '
ho , "and I understand that Mr. Hitch
cock is out of the city. "
The governor was asked If ho In
tended to bring legal proceedings to
throw out the sixty votes against him
In the fifth precinct of the first ward ,
where only one judge signed the bal
lots.
"So far , " he replied , "It would not
change the result to throw out those
votes , and unless the further progress '
of the recount proves me greater' '
gains , legal proceedings on the vote
In this precinct would bo quite use- !
less. "
The governor returned to Lincoln on
an evening train. Governor Shallen- j
horgor has gained three votes In the j
recount In South Omaha and Increas
ed his total gain In Douglas county
so far to seventy-five. Only sixteen
precincts remain to bo counted , two !
in South Omaha and fourteen in the' '
county. j
The governor's recount to date In
the entire state , Douglas county In- J '
eluded , has given him a net gain of'
10 votes.At . the close of the official
canvass in the state Mayor Dahlman's
majority was 1598.
Deducting the governor's gain In
the recount , Dahlman still retains a '
lead of 192. If the governor succeeds
in having the fifth precinct of the first
ward thrown out , on the ground that I
only one judge signed the ballots , he
will get in an additional sixty votes.
ILLINOIS PRIMARY IS ON
Lorimer , Cannonism and "Insurgency"
Are Issues at Stake.
Chicago , Sept. 15. Alleged corrup
tion in the Illinois legislature revealed
in the trial of Leo O'Noil Browne ,
charged with bribery in the election
of William Lorimer to the United
States senate ; "jackpot" politics , and
a plea for "vindication" on the part
of men whose names were brought In
to the trial are the chief interests in
the primary election hero today. In
most of the congressional districts In
surgency is an issue. The primary is
the first under Illinois' third primary
law.
Congressman Mann , chairman of the
committee on interstate , and foreign
commerce , a staunch supporter of
Speaker Cannon , has two adversaries ,
both running on insurgent platforms.
So has Henry S. Boutello in the Ninth
district. Congressman Foss , also
aligned witii the regulars , has a con
test on again an insurgent candidate.
Leaders of all parties predict that
the vote will bo less than 60 percent
of that cast at the primaries two
years ago.
Connecticut Republicans Nominate.
| Hartford , Conn. , Sept. 15. The republican -
, publican convention named the follow
ing state ticket : Governor , Charles
, A.Goodwin . of Hartford ; lieutenant
' governor , Dennis A. Olakeslee of New
, Haven ; secretary of state , Matthew
| H. Rogers of Bridgeport ; state treasurer -
, ' urer , C. Little of Norwich ; state comptroller -
troller , Thomas D. Bradstreet of
} Thomaston ; attorney general , John
j H. Light of Norwalk ; representative
l at large In congress , John Q. Tilson of
'r New Haven. The platform endorsed
the national administration. A plank
for direct primaries was tabled.
\ SHUN THE MINISTRY , HE SAYS
, The Rev. Oliver Huckel Advises Young i
3 Men Against It as a Profession.
Baltimore , Sept. 15. Declaring that
. life In the ministry is not a bed of
> roses and that there are enough
3 thorns , cares , rebuffs , Impossible tasks
and enough drain on nerves and synv
' pathy in a faithful minister's life t :
B wear him out were It not for the SUH-
f taining grace of God and the love ol
Q helping others , the Rev. Oliver Hucke !
3 today at the Associate Congregational
e church , strongly advised young mer
> not to take up the ministry as a pro
I. fesslon or a career ,
s , "I would advise no young man t <
li enter the ministry unless he feels thai
! he must , " continued Doctor Huckel
t"Even then , let his conviction be con
X firmed by his friends and the church
! Let no man take up this work as !
1- mere career or profession. He will b <
o sadly disappointed. Let him dare no
> f take up the work unless his motive ;
' be the purest and his spirit ready fo
it the sacrifice. It Is not an easy life. "
BDoctor Ilnckel today observed thj
o twentieth anniversary of his ordlnn
tlon to the ministry. His sermon topi
this morning was , "Twenty Years li
the Ministry. "
) r Ho Is one of the best known mlnli
N tors In the east. During his thlrtee
° years' pastorate In Baltimore ho ha
" j preached more than 1100 sermons an
a > , delivered more than 400 lectures anD
addresses.
Packers to Plead October 1.
Chicago , Sept. 15. Representative
of the federal district nttorney's o
flee and counsql fcr the in.I'cted pacl
D
ers hold a conference at which It wn
agreed that the packers would not t
st required to plead before October
Attorney General George W. Wlcke
sham departed for Washington follo\
in- Ing a conference with United Stati
innt District Attorney E. W. Sims , regar
so Ing the prosecution of the beef of )
mclals. .
6URKETT IS
AT SGRIBNER
TALKS TO FARMERS ATTENDING
STOCK SHOW THERE.
SPEAKS OF SCIENTIFIC FARMING
Government Recognizes Importance
of Economic and Scientific Farm
ing , He Says , and Is Taking Steps ,
to Help the Farmer. I
Scrlbner , Neb. , Sept 15. Special to
The News : For several years the
people of Scrlbner have been holding
annually a stock and agricultural ,
show , and this is the second time that ,
they have asked Senator Burkett to |
address them. The people hero llko
Burkett and Burkett evidently llkps .
the people , for he seemed very much (
at home. This section of the state
claims to have given the senator his
first start in Nebraska , for it was
only a few miles from here where the
senator came fresh from college as
a young school teacher twenty years
ago. As the senator recalls It , his
first meal in Nebraska was taken at
this place. Anyway lie knows the
people and marched Into the hotel
with all the familiarity of an old set
tler. "I always did like you north
Platte people , " said the senator , as I
he grabbed J. M. Beaver by the hand ,
"and never shall forget how kind you
were to me up here when I did not
have an acquaintance in the state nor
a dollar iu money. Financially I have
held my own and have improved my
condition so far as friends go , but I
never will find better friends than I
found as a boy up in this , country. "
The senator made a speech to the
fanners entirely devoid of partisan
politics , lie told them that good farm
ers sometimes developed into first
class politicians , but that he never
1 knew of a politician who was worth
; his salt as a farmer. He said that
farmer-politicians were usually farmers -
, ers of the second degree ; that they
i were in the business not so much for
j cultivating the soil as cultivating the
cultivator of the soil that they fann
ed the farmers while the farmer farmed -
ed the farm.
I However , he said that the farmer
who would not take time to listen to
the politicians a reasonable length of
I
' time once in a while would find him
self voting for the wrong man and In
tlie end would become a very useless
sort of a citizen. Every man in this
country owes it as a duty to the gov
ernment to spend a little time in
studying politics. He said that tha
farmers were the safest men on pub
lic questions for they were likely to
be the least prejudiced and on ac
count of their surroundings and op
portunities for information the best
informed men upon public questions ,
i He congratulated the fanners upon
] all the improved instrumentalities of
intercourse between them and tha
world , such as the rural free delivery ,
cheap postage , automobiles , and the
telephone. The telephone he charac
terized as "the most far-reaching In
vention of good and gossip that the
world had ever seen , for by It men
could transact business with Lincoln
in five minutes , while the women
could visit the entire neighborhood
twice In every twenty-four hours. "
I The senator spoke of farming as
always having been eminently respect
able , but not always scientific and
profitable. He spoke of the man who
stayed on the farm because he did
I not know what else to do as not like
ly to make much of a success in farm-
! ing and probably nowhere else. "Farm-
j ing Is becoming more and more scien
tific , " said the senator. "It is becoming -
; coming more and more necessary to
, make a study of It. The government ,
both state and national , has recog
nized the importance of economic and
scientific farming. The agricultural
department sent men clear around the
world to get seed of plants that grew
luxuriantly in the arid lands of Asia ,
and within a dozen years I sent out
the first alfalfa seed Into parts of
Nebraska , that has now multiplied by
the million and has pushed eomfort-
'
, able and successful habitation 200
t miles further west. Within that dozen
years the department has introduced
! ; the Macaroni wheat and made farm-
. I ing profitable and certain a hundred
j' ' miles further west than it was be-
3 fore. " He said that the great govern-
t j ment was now studying upon a reme-
8 i dy for the greatest of all horrors to
r | the farmer hog cholera , and that
upou his request an expert from the
department had but recently been
making experiments at Omaha.
The Need of Parties.
Blair , Neb. , Sept. 15. Special tc
The News : Senator Burkott , In his
address here last night at the ban
quet given in his honor by the repub
lican organization of Washington
county , laid particular stress upor
the value of organization and the necessity
cessity of political parties In this
country. Ho also paid his respects t (
those persons who were Inclined t <
criticise progressive legislation am
the Roosevelt policies. He dwelt a
considerable length upon the vas
amount of progressive legislation tha
had been enacted In the last ten yoare
and characterized It as the greates
decade of reform that the world ha
over seen.
Ho characterized Roosevelt as th
greatest reformer of this century , an
as one who could not only see th
evils of the hour as they exist , bt
CONOI1ION OF THE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hours.
Forecast for Nebraska.
Maximum 66
Minimum 52
Average G'J
llarometor 30.00
Italnfall r.'J .
Chicago , Sept. 15. The bulletin Issued -
sued by the Chicago station of the
United States weather bureau gives
the forecast for Nebraska as follows :
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
who also has the. ability to define
those evils and point them out so that
Dther men can see them. Ho declared
that the ten years of the administra
tions of Roosevelt and Taft would for-
uvor stand out in the history of the
republic as the era of the great moral
L'rusade In business methods. "It
will be known , " said the senator , "as
the ten years war for honesty In the
lives and practices of men. "
He said that parties are essential
In our political system , but they are
only the instrumentalities of national
life and the peoples' welfare. "Parties
can only live In action when their
policies arc right , because wrong poli
cies will not produce good results , and
the American people judge parties by
lesults. There have always been those
who treat party lines lightly and some
who treat them contemptuously , but
the number is not largo and never
will be largo because there has never
been any other practical way of fur
nishlng the people an opportunity to
express their opinions as to how they
want public affairs conducted. Wo
sometimes hear It said that party lines
are breaking down. But let mo tell
you that party lines will never break
down so long as the aggressive , pro
gressive spirit of Americanism con
trols the minds and hearts of the
American people. So long as the
states rights doctrines and strict con
struction theories rule the councils of
democracy and lead them to oppose
the postal savings bank legislation ,
meat Inspection laws , regulation of
the issuance of stocks and bonds of
railroads , tliero will bo a repuUlicnn
party to stand for the progressive
spirit of this day that believes in suuh
legislation.
"I recall in the last session of con
gress the struggle that we had In pass 1
ing a postal savings bank bill , it
has been the dream of the American
people for forty years ; one postmaster
general after another had recommend-
% d it , commercial organizations by tbc
hundred had endorsed it , farmers' al
liances had petitioned for it , and la
bor organizations had demanded it ,
Both party platforms had declared fct
it in their last national conventions
but the great leaders of the democracy
opposed it in congress because there
was no specific authority for it , as
they contended , in the constitution ol
the United States , and every demucial
in the senate , but one , voted agiinsl
the postal savings bank bill. s3o Ionic
as that sort of strict construction cou
trols the councils of democracy then
will be republican party to represon' '
the progressive ideals of the grea' '
majority of the American people Congress
gross passed a new railroad regula
tion bill at the last session. It Is tin
most complete law that has ever beei
enacted. In fact , It is ten great billi
combined into one. And yet one o
the most important parts of that bil
as it was sent to congress by Presl
dent Taft was stricken out as a trib ;
ute to the states rights theory of tin
democratic party. There was a pro
vision that gave to the federal gov
eminent the right of investigation Inti
and the control of the issuance o
stocks and bonds. If that section hai
passed there would have been m
more Chicago & Alton Inflations
where thirty million dollars worth o
watered stock was Issued at one Urn
without a single dollar of cash o
benefit coming to the road for it. Th
great leaders of democracy in the set
ate Informed us very courteously , bu
firmly , that the democracy would nc
stand for federal regulation of stock
and bonds of railroads organized i
the states , as It was an invasion c
states rights , and If we wished to pas
the bill we must eliminate this partii
ular section. That was equivalent t
j a threat to filibuster , and according !
I the section went out as a sacrifice t
the old time-honored states righl
, heresy of the democratic party. S
long as democracy adheres to the prli
clples of states rights of Calhoun an
Jeff Davis , of Valandlngham and Seni
I tor Bailey , there must he a republica
. party to represent that virile , one
getic , progressive , up to date mass <
American citizenship that believe tin
. the whole of America is bigger the
; any part of It , and that the gover
ment at Washington is big enough i
do anything It ought to do and too b
to fall short of absolute and comple
duty to the people.
! "I call attention to these to she
i that It is Impossible for the democrat
party to enact the progressive leglsl
tion that wo people of Nebraska 1 :
i Hove in. Wo admire the genius ai
> the courage of Theodore Roosevel
we are loyal to him and to the policl
J that ho so manfully stands for. B
5 we should remember that not one
i the laws had democratic support n
1 any which ho would enact to car
t out these progressive policies could
t. enacted by the democratic party , cc
t strulng governmental authority strl
'
i. ly as it does and still revering
t ! time-honored traditions of stal
s rights. "
o | North Nebraska Deaths.
d . Ruth Van Ackerman died at Hu
e' ' phroy.
it C. C. Benner died at Nlobrara.
EVANS' ' MAN
IS ALL IN
HERRESHOFF GOES TO PIECES IN
GOLF TOURNEY.
CHICAGO YOUNGSTER STILL IN
After Three Days of Brilliant Golfing ,
New Yorker Goes to Pieces and
Evans is 6 Up at End of the Morn
ing's Play of Eighteen Holes.
Brookllne , Mass. , Sept. 15. After
three days of brilliant playing , Fred
erick HerrcHhoff , of the EkwanokGolf
club and New York , went to pieces to
day In the first eighteen holes of the
third round of play In the national am
ateur golf championship tourney at
the country dub. lie was up 15 on
Charles Evans , jr. , of llu Kdgowater
club , Chicago , at the third hole , hut
after that his game dropped steadily.
Ho topped his drives , missed his second
end shots and slipped up on several
short putts. At the end of the fore
noon round Evans was 6 up. Fawnea
of the Onkinont club , Plttsburg , fin
ished the first eighteen holes 1 up on
II. II. Wilder of the Vesper club , Low
ell ; Warren K. Wood of the Homo-
wood club , Chicago , - ' up on J. G. An
derson of the Woodland club , Newton ;
and W. II. Tuckcrman of Stockbrldgo
and Washington 1 up on II. Weber oC
the Iverness club , Toledo.
, Brookline , Mass. , Sept. 15. It was
an unusually high class field that stait-
' ed today on a double journey ever the
, hills and dales of the country club
course In the third round of the na
tional amateur golf championship.
Nearly all of the eight players had lo
cal , state or district championships
tucked away In their golf bags , but
none had ever gathered in a national
competition. II. 11. Wilder of HIP Ves
per country club of Lowell Is a former
inter-collegiate champion ; W. C.
Fowncs , Oakmont country club , Pifls-
burg , lias won the western Pennsylva
nia championship ; Frederick Jlerres-
hol'f , Ekwanok Golf , Manchester , Vt. ,
but who halls from Now York , has the
metropolitan championship ; while
Charles Evans , jr. , the Edgewater elf
club of Chicago , is the present western -
' ern open champion and has won bot'.i
I the junior and western amateur chain-
' pionships.
In the lower half of the draw was
\ Warren K. Wood of the Homo wood
club of Chicago , who has several times
) been runner up In the western events ;
[ ! S. J. Anderson of the Woodland golf
club of Newton , a former Massachusetts -
! setts champion ; II. Weber of the Ivor-
t ness golf club of Toledo , a former
" Ohio champion ; and W. R. Tuckcrman ,
* who plays from the Stockbrldgo ,
' Mass. , golf club but who is a resident
"
of Washington , won the Atlantic states
' . championship in 1906.
t The playing today brought together
. Wilder and Fownes ; Herreshoff and
. Evans ; Wood and Anderson , and Weber -
, er and Tnckerman. The Herreshoff-
j Evans match was held back until the
3 last , for the interest of the day centered -
tered in it.
: A FRENZIEO FINANCIER
3i
iHop Dealer Juggled Loans and Kept
Bank's Coin In the Air.
0 New York , Sept. 15. Adolph Roth-
f barth , of the firm of Martin Rothbarth
II and company , hop dealers , with offices
3 in London , Frankfort and St. Petersburg -
' burg , pleaded guilty to the larceny of
f $10,000 from the Mercantile National
e bank and was held for trial In an equal
r amount of bail.
e
Although the specific sum named in
' "
this complaint is only $10,000 , the ac-
tnal amount this bank alone has lost
11
will come to more than $100,000 , ac-
8 cording to the district attorney. The
n
small bail was asked because the prls-
oner admitted his guilt. The money
8
went Into speculation , according to
c'
Rothbarth.
y "I was squeezed In the panic of
0 1907 , " he said , "and began to get loans
.3 from the banks. It was so easy that I
Jo kept on. "
„ . F. S. Chonk , president of the Lib-
ij erty National bank , bald : "We have
| j. not thought It necessary to prosecute
n In view of the action talen : by the
r. Mercantile National bank , but none
3j the less we also are out $75,000. Welt
lt shall take action to get back as much
of It aii we can from the firm. "
in
n. Three other banks are said to be into -
to volved. It is sa4d by juggling loans
JK among them Rothbarth was able to
te keep as much as $300,000 In the air at
: once. Ho could not give the ball de-
IW manded and had to spend the night in
jc the Tombs.
la'
RENEW WAR ON PREMIER.
_ _ _
Spanish Court Ladles Remain In Rees -
tirement Till Canalajas is Out.
es
ut Madrid. Sept. 15. Manager Vlco , the
of papal nuncio at Madrid , has returned
or i from Sarius after a month's stav at
ry the summer resort , and with his reap
be pearance in the capital , the organization
bem
m- tion of the clerical campaign against
ct- Premier Canalajas Is proceeding with
Its renewed activity.
; es Great preparations under the direc
tion of the priests are being made for
the Inauguration of a series of man
ifestations and meetings of protest to
m- bo held throughout the country on Oc
tober 2 , the day before the cortos reas
sembles.