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ocrat about reducing the salaries of
over-paid state official.
If the Democrats were really sin
cere in deatanding a "cut in wages,
they will have an opportunity to make
good. .
If ike Democrats really desire a
good man for speaker of the house in
the next session of the legislature, why
not try John Weems?
The Democrats are entitled to the
offces under the Shallenberger admin
istration, and no self-respecting Re
publican should set up a whine, but
For the past few years there has
been a demand on the part of the
Democratic press for a reduction in
the salaries paid to state officials and
employes.
The old rebel idea of state's rights
was not entirely stamped out by fed
eral bullets and bayonets in Louisiana.
That state has adopted an amendment
to its constitution which prohibits the
transfer of suits of law from the state
court to the federal court.
Shallenberger intends to make a
clean sweep and put a Democrat in
the place of every Republican now
serving the state. And why not?
The Democrats are only carrying out
the policy always adopted by both
parties: "To the Victor Belongs the
The Democrats are pledged to re
peal or revise the present state revenue
law and pan what is known as the
Oklahoma law guaranteeing bank de
posits. Trouble has already com
memced. Opposition to the Oklahoma
law is cropping out in various parts of
the state, and no one has yet suggested
since election any radical change
in the revenue law.
At the last session of congress 35,000
bills were introduced. Without the
power to sidetrack thousands of these
measures, the speaker would be at the
mercy of an organized mob of states
men. It takes a man with an iron
hand and iron will to preside over the
house, and Joe Cannon is the man.
He will be his own successor, regard
less of the protest of some of the
little newspaper men in Nebraska
who have been abusing him for the
past year.
The question is asked, "What is the
Republican party going to do for
Governor Sheldon ?" And why should
the Republican party "take care of
Governor Sheldon?" The governor
has no special claim on the party. He
was elected to the highest office in the
state by his party and given a renom
inatioa, and he was honored by being
seat as a delegate to the national con
vention. There is no special reason
whj Republicans should continue to
honor the governor. He has a farm,
is fairly well-to-do, and there is no
danger of his being compelled to sub
sist on charity. Let the governor
take care of himself. He is not an
object of political charity.
AMERICAN SONS.
The announcement that Charles
Taft, brother of the President-elect,
will be a candidate for U. S. Senator
to succeed Foraker, has called forth
some criticism from those who are
opposed to Judge Taft personally and
politically. It is claimed by those
opposed to the candidacy of Charles
Tail's senatorial aspirations that he is
attempting to secure the seat now held
by the Fire Alarm Senator on the
and popularity of his
The fact that Judge Taft is really a
great mam and will soon be inaugu
rated President, should and will not
metre the ability of other members
tfthe Taft family.- The father of the
Taft bam was a man of prominence in
He was a member of
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inherited their father's ability. One
of the brothers is at the head of an
institution of learning in Rhode
Island. Charles Taft is a capitalist
and publisher and a. man of promi
nence in Ohio politics and business,
and his election to the senate to suc
ceed Foraker would displace a man
who has violated his trust, and give to
Ohio an able representative in the
upper branch of congress.
Sons of prominent men in national
affairs have become prominent in the
past, and the Taft boys are numbered
among those who .are making good at
the present day.
John Adams' eldest son, John
Quincy Adams, alluded to early in his
public career as a man who was court
ing public favor on his father's ability
and prominence. The elder Adams
had served as a member of the Colo
nial Congress, and was one of the
members of the committee appointed
to draft the Declaration of Independ
ence; he represented the Colonial Gov
ernment as Commissioner to France,
and succeeded Washington as Presi
dent and on his retirement from that
office represented the United States at
the Court of St. James. The son,
John Quincy, had even a more dis
tinguished career, and no man since
his time can approach him in the
number of responsible positions filled
at home and abroad. He served as
minister to the Hague, minister to
Berlin, minister to St. Petersburg,
negotiated the treaty of Ghent in 1814
by which peace with England was de
clared, represented his state in the
United States Senate, was Secretary of
War under Monroe, and in 1824,.was
elected President In 1831 he was
elected to congress and served continu
ously in that body until he dropped
dead on the floor of the house on the
23rd day of February, 1848.
Another family of boys whose name
was once a household word through
out the country were the Washburns.
One of this celebrated family of four
brothers was minister to France when
that nation and Germany were at
war, and for the part he took in pro
tecting Germans in Paris at the time
of the siege will ever be remembered
with kindness by Germans throughout
the world. Another one of the Wash
burn brothers served in congress from
Wisconsin, was a general in the army
during the War of the Rebellion, was
elected Governor of his state. A third
brother represented Minnesota in the
senate and was prominently identified
with the milling interests of the
northwest
Sons of prominent men are frequent
ly alluded to with a sneer, yet the past
has produced men of prominence
whose sons achieved distinction. Al
though it is well known that Wash
ington's wife bore him no children, yet
it was understood and accepted as a
fact that he had a son living at the
time of his marriage to the widow
Custis. It is said that Washington
educated the child. When the Revo
lution commenced the child had grown
to manhood and received a commission
in the army. He fought through the
war and saw the British commander
surrender to his father at Yorktown.
Later he saw military service in the
west under General Wayne. The son
was known as Thomas Posy. There
is a county in Indiana of the same
name. Posy settled in Louisiana, and
was one of the first senators from that
state when it was admitted into the
Union. It is said that he bore a
striking resemblance to the Father of
His Country.
The Sailor's Prayer Book.
"This is what you call the sailor's
prayer book," a seaman said Utterly,
as he kicked a holystone oat of the
way. "Why 1 It tailed that? Wall, in
the first place it Is called that seeanee
in using it, la holystoning; the deck,
the sailor has to kneel down, and in
the second place, because all holy
stoning; is done on Sunday. Don't
yon know the chantey?
Six days shalt thou wark and do all that
thou art able.
And on the aevaath holystone the decks
and scrape the cable.
"The stone is called holystone be
cause the first holystones were bits
of tombs stolen from cemeteries. jfs
got a pious, religious sound holy, and
prayer book, and Sunday and all that
but it is when he is using this stone
that the seaman is most profane."
Belittling.
There is an amusing story amus
ing, that is, to the reader of a guest
at some Highland lodge, who over
heard this dialogue between his ducal
host and the head keeper:
The Duke Donald, young Lord
will go on the hill to-day.
Donald Well, your grace, is he to
kill a stag, or have a shot, or only see
deer, or just go for a walk?
Long and terrible was the pause,
and painfully excited the interest of
the listener, before, in grays, meas
ured tones, the evidently well-weighed
and thought-out decision hailed als
ear:
"Well, Donald, yoa may just take
him for a walk!"
Getting Bald by Degrees.
"Is the minister Terr bald, papa?"
"No, my son, not very."
The why daea it aay after his
B. A. L. L. P.?" Beaton Traa
DUEL BETWEEH BOER AID HAULTf
FROM MERWINS
As the end of Burr's term in the
Vice President's chair approached it
became apparent that he could not
secure, a renomination, so completely
had his reputation been undermined
by his enemies. He applied to Mr.
Jefferson for. an appointment as for
eign minister, and was refused. In
this situation. Burr and bis- friends
determined, upon an appeal to the
people of New York. In 1804 the
"regular" Republican .nominee' for
governor in the state was Morgan
Lewis, a connection of the Clintons.
Burr ran as an independent candi
date. The Federal party was now eo
shattered that it had no candidate of
its own and the question was whether
the Federalists should vote for Mor
gan or Burr. Burr, as being much
less a partisan, would have been their
natural choice, but Hamilton once
again threw the weight of his great
influence against him. "Hamilton,"
wrote Burr, February 16, 1804, "is
intriguing for any candidate who can
have a chance against A.B. He
would doubtless become the advocate
even of De Witt Clinton if he should
be the opponent"
For nearly twenty years Burr and
Hamilton had been engaged in a polit
ical duel, and during all that time
Hamilton had been unsparing in his
condemnation of Burr's character and
motives. It is surprising and it
shows how far gentlemanly courtesy
and self-restraint will go that the
two men had always remained on good
terms. In the last year of his life
Hamilton wrote to a friend, "If there
is a man in the world I ought to hate
it is Jefferson; with Burr I have
always been personally well." In the
year 1800, in one of those very denun
ciatory letters to his friend Bayard,
Hamilton remarked that he had "din
ed with Burr lately," meaning, appar
ently, that he had dined at Burr's own
table. Already there had been sev
eral duels between Burr's, adherents
and his enemies one in particular
between DeWitt Clinton and John
Swartwout, in which Swartwout, after
being twice wounded, demanded that
the duel should still go on; and it
would have done so had not the sur
geons interfered. Burr had been
taunted with his tame submission to
Hamilton V invectives. It was an age
of dueling, and both Burr and Hamil
ton were military men.
There is a story that Burr and his
henchmen decided, in cold blood, that
Hamilton must be killed for political
reasons; but there is no proof of it,
and it is not in accordance with Burr's
character. No man was more care
less or forgiving of injuries, none, per
haps, so unforgiving of insults. Pride
was the predominant trait of his char
acter. It is certain that Burr had
already once, if not twice, required an
explanation of Hamilton. Burr so
stated after the duel, and Hamilton
himself wrote at this time that he "was
not conscious that any charges which
are in circulation, to the prejudice of
Colonel Burr, have originated with
him, except one, which may have been
so considered, and which has long
since been fully explained between
Colonel Burr and himself."
During the recent campaign there
had been published a letter written by
Dr. C. D. Cooper, containing the fol
lowing paragraphs: -"General Hamil
ton and Judge Kent have declared, in
substance, that they looked upon Mr.
Burr to be a dangerous man, and one
who ought not to be trusted with the
reins of government. I
could detail to you a still more des
picable opinion which General Hamil
ton has expressed of Mr. Burr." This
letter was no cause for a duel, but it
furnished a sufficient occasion for the
cause which had preceded it, and on
June 18, 1804, Burr sent to Hamilton
the following note:
"Sir, I send for your perusal a letter
signed Charles D. Cooper, which,
though apparently published some
time ago, has but very recently come
to my knowledge. Mr. Van Ness, who
does me the favor to deliver this, will
point out to you that clause of the
letter to which I particularly request
your attention. You must perceive,
sir, the necessity of a prompt and un
qualified acknowledgment or denial of
the use of any expression which would
warrant the assertion of Mr. Cooper.
I have the honor to be your obedient
servant. A. Burr. '
This note was carried by William P.
He Get the Booty.
A laborernamed Christiansen, who
lives at Copenhagen, bought an old
overcoat for a few cents two years
ago. He recently noticed something
hard in the lining at the back, and, on
regretfully cutting it open, discovered
a savings bank book with $2,230 cred
ited. Hereported the treasure to the
police, but they have not been able to
lad the original owner, and the money
awarded ta the laborer.
LIFE OF BURR.
Van Ness, an acute lawyer, an instru
ment of Burr, who is described as
"adding to the sleek glossiness and
still tread, the deadly ferocity and
power of the tiger."
Hamilton in his answer, a long,
argumentative document, declined to
give such a reply as Burr required.
"Tis evident," he wrote, "that the
i phrase 'still more despicable' admits of
infinite shades, from very light to very
dark. How am I to judge of the
degree intended?" He also stated that
if any specific remark were attributed
to him, he would acknowledge or deny
it; and he concluded: "I trust, on
more reflection, you will see the mat
ter in the same light with me. If not,
I can only regret the circumstance,
and must abide the consequences."
This last remark might perhaps
have been omitted, but in all other
respects Hamilton's attitude through
out the whole correspondence was as
conciliatory as his self-respect would
permit i
Burr, conscious of the long provoca
tion which he had received, treated
this letter as an attempt at evasion. "I
regret to find in it," he wrote, "nothing
of that sincerity and delicacy which
you profess to value. Your letter has
furnished me with new reasons for
requiring a definite reply."
Hamilton, having read this note,
stated to Van Ness that it was not
such as he had hoped to receive; that,
if it were not withdrawn he could
make no reply; and that Mr. Burr
must pursue such course as he deemed
proper. Upon the Saturday after
noon following, Hamilton, having
gone to his country seat near the city,
received a note from Van Ness, in
quiring when and where he would re
ceive a further communication from
Burr. At Hamilton's request his
town house was appointed as the place
and the succeeding Monday as the
time. On the Monday Van Ness de
livered orally a message based upon
certain notes written out by Burr.
"Burr," they ran, "refused to par
ticularize as it would only tend to
produce new irritation; but, having
made great sacrifices for the sake of
harmony,having exercised forbearance
until it approached to humiliation, he
has seen no effect produced by such
conduct but a repetition of injury.
These things must end."
Hamilton now called in the services
of his friend, Mr. Pendleton, and some
further communications passed be
tween the parties. Burr required a
general disavowal of any intention by
Hamilton, in any conversation, "to
convey expressions derogatory to the
honor of Mr. Burr."
This general statement Hamilton, of
course,, was unable to make, and on
June 27, Van Ness delivered to Pen
dleton the challenge. Under the
heights of Weehawken, and accessible
only at low tide, there was a grassy
ledge or shelf which had been the
scene of many encounters. Here, on
July 11, 1804, in all the peaceful
beauty and freshness of early morning
in midsummer, Burr and Hamilton
met The preliminaries were soon
arranged. As Pendleton, Hamilton's
second, gave him his pistol, he asked,
"Will you have the hairspring set?"
"Not this time," was the reply.
When the word was given Burr
fired. Hamilton started forward with
a convulsive movement, reeled, invol
untarily discharging his pistol, and fell
headlong upon the ground.
Burr sprang toward him with an ex
pression of pain upon his face, but
Van .Ness seized him Dy tne arm ana
hurried him down the bank to the
boat Hamilton, being lifted up, re
vived for a moment, and gasped, "This
is a mortal wound, doctor." Then he
relapsed into unconsciousness, but was
revived again by the fresh air of the
river as they brought him home.
"Pendleton knows," he said, endeavor
ing to turn toward his friend, "that I
did not intend to fire at him."
He lingered in great suffering until
2 o'clock in the afternoon of the fol
lowing day.
The excitement in the city was tre
mendous and the sorrow over Hamil
ton's death was almost exceeded by
the indignation against Burr. The
whole town took part in the funeral,
amidst the booming of cannon and the
tolling of bells, and listened to the
eulogy pronounced by Gov. Morris.
Indian Bridal Customs.
Among the Hopi, a tribe of Pueblo
Indians, the bride goes to the home
of the bridegroom and grinds cm for
his parents for 'three weeks. He
makes a sash for her, and then they
pour water on their heads and the
ceremony is complete. When a Nav
ajo girl marries, the bridegroom givee
12 horses to his mother-in-law. la
one tribes the man aever meets his
other la-law after the marriage.
Tripp OpMtiav About March 25.
Dallas. 8. Dn Dee. 7 -Judge Wittea,
who returned this week to conclude the
selection of the government tnwnsitesin
Tripp county, says that the date of open
ing of Tripp county will be about March
25,1909, and not the first of March as
originally reported. The reason for the
delay is that the roughest weather of the
season often oooaes about the first of the
month, and the later date, while early
enough to permit of spring farming
operations, it a safer time for the settlers
to get out on their land.
A petition has recently been circulat
ed for the organization of Tripp county,
but Judge Witten is of the opinion that
nothing can be done along that line un
til after tha date. of the formal opening
of the county to settlement. "It yet re
mains an Indian domain," says he, "and'
those who are frequenting Tripp county
without a permit are liable to arrest for
trespass. Literally speaking, no white
man without a permit has any right on
reservation, and those who are living
there could be ordered off by the govern
ment authorities."
Speaking of the plan pursued at Dal
las and other points in the registration
and drawing of lands, Judge Witten
said:
"There is only one thing that might
make it more equitable and avoid
speculation to an absolute certainty;
the right for the people ail over the
United States Jto make their applications
at their homes before an authorized oath
officer and forward their application to a
central office and file the same as was the
case in those filed here and sent from
Presho, Chamberlain, O'Neill and Valen
tine. When these applications are made
and filed it should be compulsory that
each application accompanied with a
draft for $100 as evidence that he regis
ters in good faith and that if he draws a
number that he will file. If he fails to
make his filing he forfeits his money.
Dnring this drawing the people who
participated in it expended more than
$2300,000, most of the amount being
spent with the railroads of the country.
Under this system this would be elimi
nated and only those who really wanted
to enter government lands would take
part. Those who fail in, the drawing
would have their money returned to
them."
NOT CONFINED TO STERN SEX.
Women Also Are Capable of "Pla
tonic" Friendship.
There are instances when men of
genius have been sustained and in
spired in their work and life by the
friendship of women. For 35 years the
poet Cowper a victim of fits of mel
ancholia was cheered and supported
by the ministering friendship of Mrs.
Unwin, in whose home he lived after
as before the death of her husband,
until the end of bis own life. For 16
years Dr. Johnson was soothed, up
held and inspired by the friendship of
Mrs. Thrale, who, says his biograph
er, ministered to him in body and
mind, and was the most tender of
nurses no comfort that wealth could
purchase or womanly ingenuity, set
to work by womanly compassion, could
devise being wanting to, his sick-room.
Through her influence her husband
had persuaded the great man to leave
his comfortless den and take lodg
ings in the elegant Thrale villa, where
he enjoyed as much personal Inde
pendence as if living in a home of his
own. He repaid Mrs. Thrale's friend
ship "by an affection as pure as the
affection of a father, tinged with a
gallantry which, though awkward, was
more prized by her than the flatteries
of society." Montaigne asserted that
women were Incapable of great and
enduring attachments like those which
history records as having existed be
tween men; but later on In his life
he was forced to lean upon the un
selfish devotion of a woman his
adopted daughter, whose soul he ac
knowledged would "one day be capable
of that perfect and sacred friendship
to which we do not read any of her
sex has yet attained." Mary E. Bry
an, in Uncle Remus' Magazine.
PIGEONS CARRY THE ORDERS.
Messengers Used by English Butchers
for Country Trade.
"Orders executed by post." Is a com
mon enough phrase nowadays, but
"orders by pigeon post" is something
new.
The "pigeon post" has been recent
ly instituted by Don Harris, son of a
butcher at Heme Bay, who regularly
employs homer pigeons to carry or
ders from outlying districts to his fa
ther's shop.
Mr. Harris, Jr., when he goes to col
lect orders takes six of his fastest
birds in the trap with him. After he
has gone a couple of miles and col
lected a dozen orders he liberates a
pigeon with the orders inclosed in- a
little metal case attached to the bird's
foot Before five minutes have' elapsed
these orders are in the delivery trap
on the way to the customers.
At various stages of his round
(which usually takes three hours), Mr.
Harris liberates the other birds with
more orders, and by the time he re
turns to the shop all the orders re
ceived by pigeon post have been dis
patched. "Sometimes my rounds take me
more than three hours," said Mr. Har
ris, "and formerly customers who lived
any distance out did not get their
Joints until too late for the midday
meat Now my pigeons have solved
the difficulty. The birds will often
travel at a speed of more than a mile
a minute, so you can guess the time
they save. I have never known a
bird to go astray." London Daily
Mall.
Fast-Growing City.
One of the fastest-growing cities in
the world Is Kobe, Japan; Its popula
tion increased from 190,000 Co 360,
000 In ten years.
Yearly Ceal Output.
The 350,000,000-odd tons of coal
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