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weaewww- r ; lit Association off AaWtbera (New York Oty) bas warn aad ovtUnd to Um stmUtlsm attUs nUteOaa. Paly tt tUarss at s talaH la Its by ttia BACKING BEVERIDGE AND ITS EFFECT Those who are in the newspaper world have a great respect for the opinions of some of its men who are but names to the public. One of these men Is John Callan O'Laughlin of the Chicago Tribune. He is of the "newspaper newspaper" very much : as William Blake Is the poet's poet. War correspondent, member of the Third LegIon and diplomat (second secretary of state and offered an ambassadorship) be is still a newspaper man. His greatest achievements are too numerous to mention except that his accurate casting of public events which he displays at all times probably had as much as anything to do with the termination of the Russo-Japanese war as anyone even Col. Roosevelt. Hence when he says a thing it means the most expert judgment on current events. There has a disposition to slur over the work of Albert J. Bevertdge in some of the eastern centers and down in Washington where the general impression : obtained that the insurgent idea was not really backed up by the Indiana constituents.. The effect of the welcome of Beveridge in Indiana had more than local application. Here is what John Callan O'Laughlin says: ; "The reception which has been accorded Senator Beveridge in his home state has been an eye-opener to the men in Washington who believe it to be good politics to obtain a tariff bill which has the lowest rates of the Senate and House measures. Information' which has reached them however, showing that the course pursued, by the Indiana Senator has met with general approval, has caused considerable alarm. They have been that advised that the revolt of bankers, merchants, manufacturers and : working men against the revision that has been made is so intense that party lines have been obliterated. that Mt. Beveridge deserves a great deal of credit for the earnest fight he has made in behalf of downward revision. He was one of the real leaders In , this movement and lost no opportunity to secure rates which would be advantageous to the consumer. In view of the approval which has been given to the course of the Indiana Senator by his constituents, it is evident fhat he will not be willing to vote for any bill which does not accord most substantial reductions. The attitude of Senator Beveridge undoubtedly is that of other Insurgents who have heard from their home communities." . FORUM OFTHE PEOPLE Articles Contributed for This Column Must Not Be in Excess of 400 Words. The Identity of All Contributors Must Be Known to the Editor. Articles Will Be Printed in the Order Received. Editor Palladium : We are getting our supply of drinking water from wells four feet deep in a former swamp where stock run at large. Are we to endure this outrage indefinitely? We should have the water from Comer's Spring and now that a new franchise is being agitated Is the right time to have it done. Yours truly, . . ', . EUSHA F. HIRST. There was once a man who came from a far country unto a land that lay in the shadow of a great sin. Ho brought to the people of that land a message of mercy and divine love; for their hearts were hard, and they knew not these things. And during the three years of his sojourn in this land, before he returned again to his own country, he taught them many wise and beautiful lessons pf , compassion nil pity for those who were weak. . Upon a certain: day a woman was brought before him. She had lost the light that had guided her- through the day, and in the hour 'of darkness- she had stumbled and fallen, and she knew not where to look for a helping hand to lift her from the dust And among those who stood ready to trample upon her in her misery, there stood the one who bad brought her thus low. And
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The Silence Broken
' So Taft has won his spurs. There seems to be no doubt, now of his position on the tariff. There is no difference between Candidate Taft and President TafU And this Is more important than the tariff itself. For it must be evident, that while the tariff may or may not be settled for some time, (if Taft vetoes the bill) It is more Important that we have a president in whom the trust of the people of these United States can be reposed than it is that the tariff be settled In a few weeks. There is an answer ,in this announcement of Taft's policy which will set at rest the. carping criticism which he has been brave enough to hold out against until the psychological moment. It cannot be at once discerned, but it is probable that, when the smoke of battle clears away, it will be seen that the president has hit upon the precise moment for the greater effectiveness of his policy.
And this should be an answer to those who have seen In his policy what they enjoyed calling "the fatty degeneration of the Roosevelt policies." The voice of the president. Insistent in its appeal, like the call of the prophet to the people in the wilderness, ought to have a multiplied power. If the moral fiber of the Congress of the United States is not' possessed of enough health to react from the poison of Aldrichism now that is not the fault of Taft who keeps his promises. What Collier's called the "moral issue" is the one in which the citizens who have been awaiting the breaking of silence from the White House should be and are the most concerned in. We know now, that Theodore Roosevelt was not idly talking, (led away by his personal friendship) when he urged the election of Taft in the letter circulated in the last cam aign in which the phrase "a clinching administration" occurred. It is his vindication it is the vindication of the people who voted for Taft because they believed in this same "moral issue." It is the vindication of, the insurgents, no matter what the action of the conference committee may be in its final action on the tariff bill. It is the triumph of honesty and downright backbone. I Here in America it has come to such a pass that we can afford to disregard theories disregard all else save the sheer naked truth, honesty and character of our public men.
And hence it is that the first formal pronouncement of Taft shows the Aldrich division of the senate to have misjudged their man. They have been banking on a far different person in the chair of the chief executive than has been brought to light by the words of Taft In his attitude in showing that he can disregard powerful interests and be the president of the whole country, Taft has reassured us as a wholepeople and cleared away a mountain of bogies formed by his too willing enemies and friends of little faith.
The moral Issue won when the silence was broken.
none knew it save the man who had come from the far country. And when he looked upon her, he saw, beneath the flesh that had sinned, the spirit that had known no wrong, and he said to her, "I condemn thee not; go, and sin no more." But to him who had sinned against her he' gave no message. And the woman went away and remembered. Many years after a certain man declared that he would follow in the foot steps of this stranger who had shown mercy. He read the book which told of the stranger, and of the message of his life, and he joined with others in praising his wisdom and preaching his example. And upon a certain day a child was brought to him who had made a mistake. And she stood before him awaiting his judgment. And he commanded her to be led away to a place set apart for the lowest criminals, so that the stain of her one weakness would be indelibly marked upon her, and would follow her all the days of her life. The stranger of long ago had said: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." But this man had not understood. M. Hems Gathered in From Far and Near A Plea for the Vernacular. From the Indianapolis News. The relative value of mathematics and; languages in a course of school study is an old topic of discussion among educators. It is a legitimate one and something can be said on both sides of it, but there is another phase of the question on which we think all must agree, viz., that in the' study of languages one's own language should take precedence of all others. This means, of course, that in. all English speaking countries, and especially in the United States, the study of English should be given the precedence over any and all other languages, either ancient or modern. American youth should be not only thoroughly well grounded in the ' English language, knowing and appreciating the "pure wells of English undefiled," but they should be taught to regard it as the noblest and best of all languages. There should be patriotic reverence for the language as well as patriotic reverence for the flag. Smoke Waste. From the New York Tribune. A competent authority calculates the direct physical loss to this country through the emission of smut smoke from chimneys at ' $600,000,000 a year. It so, we must regard that as one of the greatest wastes of all our resources. Of course, there is, in addition, an incalculable but appallingly great indirect loss of a still more serious kind, in the "uncleanliness, poverty, wretchedness, disease and death" which are caused by the lazy, slovenly and wasteful practice. Where the Money Goes. From Collier's. In 1S99, the number of riders on Pullman cars in this country was 6,000,000; and they paid $10,000,000 as the price. In 1908, a year of hard times, there were 18,000,000 riders, at a cost of $30,000.00. A good deal of what is called increased cost of living in this country is really increased demand for luxuries. Luck Is Treacherous. From the St. Joseph Gazette. Luck may be all right as a thing to talk about, but when it comes to a matter of success in business it is a pretty poor thing to bank on. ' Customs Change. From the Baltimore American. " In former times debtors were put in prison. That sentiment on the subject has gone from one extreme to an-
other is illustrated by the case of a man in Pittsburg sent to jail for dunning another for a debt. It was the man who borrowed money who used to be punished. Now it is the man who lends it, and maybe it serves the latter right.
Own the Embassies! From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The United States should own its embassies outright, and it ought not to require the' formation of societies abroad and the organization of citizens at home to get Congress into the right way of thinking. TWINKLES The Modern Indian. "Did you succeed in getting that Indian to smoke the pipe of peace with you?" "No," answered the agent. "We were just getting to a friendly understanding when I made the pipe of peace proposition. He got angry and wanted to go on the warpath because I didn't offer him a cigarette." "Ingratitude," said Uncle Eben, "is a word mos' frequently used by folks dat has had mo' dan deir share of favors an had deir expectations onreasonably stimulated." Revision. The long tariff creed You reluctantly read, And you vow as the climate grows hot That this temperature, So hard to endure, Needs downward revision a lot. A Myth Chaser. . "What makes your youngest son so eager for athletics?" "Filial admiration," answered the worried-looking mother. "He believes all the stories his father tells about the wonderful things he did. when he was a boy and is trying to equal the record." , Village Gossip. "Is Squire Whetstone considerate of dumb animals?" "I don't know- how he treats 'em," answered Si Smiling. "But he cer tainly speaks mighty kind of 'em when he's engineerin' a hoss trade." Teacher Yes, Willie, every little boy in this country has a chance to become president. Willie My brother hasn't. Teacher Why? Willie 'Cause he sold me his chance yesterday for 3 cents. Kansas City Journal. MASONIC CALENDAR. Saturday, July 17. Loyal Chapter No. 49 O. E. S., stated meeting. To The Creditor A Toast. By Oliver Herford Here's to the Creditor! Long may he reign. May his faith never waver, his trust never wane: May the Lord make him gentle, and gracious and gay, Yet quick to resent the least offer of pay May he soften his heart, as he softened, we're told, JTo the Israelites "touch" the Egyptian of old And when 'on his last account he shall look. The angel will say as he closes the book: "The Lord gives you Credit for : Credit you gavel" So here's to the Creditor long may he waive! Collier's Weekly.
SEEKERS OF LAUD SLEEPJN STREET Thieves Numerous and Hotels At Western Reservation Are Jammed. SIGNING BY THOUSANDS
CARELESSNESS THREATENS TO INVALIDATE THE CHANCES OF MANY PEOPLE, WHO ARE SEEKING THE PRIZE. Spokane, Wash., July 17. The population centers of the northwest, flooded with anxious humanity, coaxing luck to count them among the 3,000 winners in the lottery for lands on the Spokane, Flathead, and Coeur d'Alene reservations, yet fearing they will be among the 297,000 disappointed ones, are facing a serious problem in accommodating the visitors. Tottering veterans dot the motley crowds. Widows seeking a resting place, bachelors from the east, West Virginia, and New York striplings stalking fortune for the first time are forced to roam the streets or rest their heads on a stony pillow by the congested condition of the hotels and rooming houses. Hotel rates and prices of meals have not been advanced, but pickpockets and petty thieves are numerous. At least fifty landseekers reported that their pockets were picked at Coeur . d'Alene today. Carelessness Menace to Thousands. Five seconds of carelessness threat ens to cost thousands of home seek ers every chance to win land. Some failed to put postage stamps on the envelopes, some filled the blanks, but failed to take the oaths; in other cases notaries have neglected to apply their seals to the affidavits, and some overprudent applicants are writing their return addresses on en velopes before mailing to the superin tendent. . Even an initial marked on the en velope in the printed address is suffi cient cause for throwing out the let ter. So careful is the government to avoid distinguishing marks on the en velopes that the Spokane postoffice removed the date and hour from the machine where the stamps are can celed. 10,000 Apply at Coeur d'Alene. At Coeur dAlene, Supt. Wltten of the land opening had received 4,627 applications for land in the Coeur T Alene reservation. It is estimated that the applications filed today will reach nearly 5,000. . At noon yesterday applicants for homesteads on the Flathead reservation had registered In Missoula and registration is continuing unabated. It is estimated that before the registration . offices close at midnight tonight, 9,000 will have registered. Busy at Spokane Reservation. Ninety-one of the 200 authorized notaries who received registrations for Spokane Indian reservation lands yesterday report 5,002 for the opening day. When the reports of the other 110 notaries are placed on the official register at the land office it is estimated that the first day's registration will reach 10,000. A wife and husband cannot both register for chances. The husband only can register unless incapacitated. The woman who Is the head of a family has as much right as any other citizen. Western people have not yet been in to register, realizing that the tail ender stands an equal chance with the first man on the list. WILL LAY CORNERSTONE. It is probable that the government building will be built some time during Mr. Taft's administration and they have selected a very , unique cornerstone for same is a huge block of rub-a-lac, as a tribute to the women. It makes holidays Instead of blue Mondays. Your grocer sells it. TRAFFIC IS HEAVY Many Richmond People Are Leaving For Northern Michigan Resorts. AN EXTRA TRAIN IS PUT ON It was stated by ticket agent George Houser at the Pennsylvania depot this morning that more Richmond people are going north for their vacations this summer than in any previous year of his experience. Traffic is unusually heavy to the Northern resorts, and it has even become necessary for the company to put on an extra train to take care of passengers. Northern Michigan has always been popular among local people as a sum mer resort and hay fever and asthma victims find great relief from their suffering in the cool lake breezes of that region. - K. OF P. NOTICE. To the officers and members - of Coeur de Lion lodge No. 8. Special business Tuesday, July 20. Members are urged to attend. 17&18 C. L. WETTIG. K. of R. & S. NOTICE. Any body selling to Mrs. Martha Stanley will look to her for the money. 17-lt
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ES OF IIATIOII AMPLE Panama Canal Issues Will Be Made Only When Occasion Demands. MACVEAGH ON THE PLAN HE STATES THE TREASURY VIEW WAS ASKED WHEN THE TARIFF CONFEREES TOOK UP THE QUESTION. Washington," July 17. The bond ro sources of the treasury department are ample, declares Secretary MacYeagh in a statement issued at the treasury yesterday, and even if congress authorizes 3 per cent bonds to cover the entire cost of the Panama canal, less the amount already issued, the bonds "will only be issued as required." The statement follows: "The conference yesterday over the matter of bond legislation in the new tariff bill was not held at the suggestion of the secretary of the treasury. The bond resources of the treasury department are at present ample, including 145,000,000 of -unissued Panama bonds, and $100,000,000 of unissued 3 per cent certificates. Treasury View Was Asked. It was, however, contemplated that the tariff bill should contain a new authorization of bonds. The house bill contained two authorizations, one for $40,000,000 of new Panama bonds and one of an additional $150,000,000 of 3 per cent certificates. The finance committee of the senate at first Intended to include bond legislation, but finally decided to omit it and let that matter go over until the next session of congress, when it was supposed that the banking and currency question might be considered and when the govern ment bond question might have to be altogether reconsidered. "This decision of the finance com mittee was acquiesced in by the treas ury department, because it was a mat ter of comparative indifference to it. as it cculd do without a new authorization'. The consultation yesterday was due to the fact that the question had come to be considered by the con ference committees, and the treasury department was asked for its views. Proposition Entirely Acceptable. "The preference manifested for an authorization of 3 per cent bonds to cover the entire cost of the Panama canal, less the amount of Panama bonds already issued, was entirely acceptable, as it would confirm the policy of payinf ultimately the entire cost of the Panama canal out of bonds. It goes without saying that even if such authorisation is made the bonds will only be issued. as required.. "This explanation is made because of some misunderstanding of the attitude of the treasury department." Three Per Cent Maximum. The 3 per cent interest is a maximum proposition, the purpose being to authorize interest of "not to exceed" 3 per cent. This is regarded by those concerned in the plan for bond author ization as better than a fiat limitation permitting as it does the fixing of less than 3 per cent if found feasible while meeting the objection raised as to the present nonmarketability of such bonds at so low a figure as 2 per cent. It is left to the secretary's discretion within that maximum limit and, in case the issue of any part of the amount is determined upon at any time, or from time to time, the marketable conditions of course will gov ern. The provision iathe proposed legis lation that will govern the tax on cir culation will follow the existing law. V GOT THE rlrtJST PLATE. Isbssr Had It Clatehed, Oat lie Dad Lat Ga. President Roosevelt, on one of his bunting tours in the Adirondack, spent a very long day in restless pur suit of big game. At his urgent re quest the guide conducted the party to the nearest inn the wilderness afforded; Amusement was created in the presidential party when the chief executive. whose Identity bad been kept a secret, was given a seat at the familyboard. It was Increased when huge portions of corned beef and cabbage were passed from the bead of the table, where sat the host. The first plate to . make Its appearance was heaped very high. It reached a small boy and got no further. The president sighed to express his envy and disap pointment. "Johnny," exclaimed the host sharp ly, "that ben't fer you; thet be fer thr stranger." Much to the amusement of all, tlHpresident seized the rim of the piste on one side, while Johnny held the other. There was a moment of doubt. Then the president, softly and with a twinkle in his eye, but with inexo rable decision, leaned over and spoke into the red. resentful face of the bus gry boy; -Johnny." be said, 'let go." Johnny let go. Success. THE MILKY WAY. One sf .h Great Prsl sa tha Some of the streams of fainter stars In the Milky Way are very striking and must convince the most skeptical of their reality, says a scientist. It is possible to draw an arc of a circle through any three stars and a conic section through any five, but where we find ten or twenty stars falling . Into line not once, but In many cases, and that there Is a curious similarity between'tbe strange corves and branching streams which these phalanges of stars mark out on tbe heavens, -there is no room left for doubt tttat th mlod ia not. balsuc led. ajrajhr
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Louisville. Ky., July 17. After journeying all the way from her home in Oklahoma to marry a "handsome drummer, 32 years old," with whom she bad . corresponded. Miss Hattle Clark, 19 years old. arrived in New Albany, took one look at her prospective husband, M. C. Brock, a widower, 65 years old, with two children, and then called on the police department for aid. In her appeal for help she said she had (been deceived, that Brock was minus a tooth, looked cross-eyed at her and is neither a drummer nor handsome. She said she is the daughter of Dr. Riley Clark, a prominent physician of Renfro, Okla and .that she is one of a tendency 'of lie Imagination similar to that which finds faces In the Are or sees a man carrying sticks on the face of the moon. ' If It Is proved that a group of stars is arranged In line or marshaled In any order It would follow that the individuals of the group must be actually as well as apparently close to one another and that they form same kind of system, having all of them bad a common origin or been subject to some common Influence. What these streams and curves of stars mean and what forces have marshaled them In lines form one of the grandest problems of the future, one that I trust I may live to see unraveled. T WILL INVESTIGATE IT Authorities Will Take Up the Sutton Case Probably Next Monday. ARE NO WOMEN WITNESSES MOTHER AND SISTER OF THE DEAD MARINE : LIEUTENANT . WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING AT ANNAPOLIS, MD. Annapolis, ML, July 17. It was stated authoritatively here today that with the exception of Mrs. Sutton, the mysterious death of whose son Lieut. James R. Sutton the government will begin reinvestigating here Monday. No women witnesses will be called before the probing board. Mrs. Sutton and her daughter, Mrs. Rose Sutton Parker will arrive tonight and will stop at Carvel Hall, the same hotel in which Lieut. Sutton . spent his last moments in sompany with Miss Mary Elizabeth Stewart of Pittsburg. Two members of the court of Inquiry
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