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& I.W *THE LEON REPOBTEK O. C- HULL, Editor. -CON, $13 S-V..V .»••-: A*'. 922,71 J.65, IOWA SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $1.50 Six months 76 Three months 40 Canadian and foreign countries, 12.00 per year. Eutered as second-class matter at the Leon, Iowa, Postoffice. WOODROW WILSON KINGS TRUE. Woodrow Wilson, some clever iA'' comnientator recently observed, has been under the limelight for some ttime, but he has yet to go under the ray. In other words we have seen Jtt *what he looks like but we have not »yet discovered what is in him. But we are beginning to. His decision that he would call a special session of congress to fulfill plat form pledges gave us an inkling of the stuff he is made of. On his re turn from Bermuda he talked very frankly and plainly about the game sters who are hoping to step back into power in New Jersey when he steps out—and what he said rang true. It showed courage, fidelity and resolution. It showed that the same genuine—not sham—progres siveness that distinguished him dur ing the campaign is still his after he is elected. And his speech before the South ern Society in New York was such as to make democrats feel like jump ing up and knocking their heels to gether three times before alighting. It showed the qualities of an Andrew Jackson democrat it flavored strongly of the memory of the way "Old Hickory" talked when he talk ed to Nick Biddle. In his history of the United States Woodrow Wilson has shown that he thinks especially highly of two great democrats Jackson, and Grover Cleveland. His Southern Society speech smacks quite as much of Cleveland's sturdy resolution as it does of Jackson's directness and democratic simplic ity. That the machinery for the crea tion of artificial panics exists Mr. Wilson admitted. It is conceivable that it may be used to intimidate the government ana punish the peo ple for moving against special priv ilege What he has to say about it? Listen: "Frankly, I don't think there is any man living who dares use the machinery for that purpose. If he does, I promise him, not for myself but for my feltow countrymen, a gibbet as high as Haman's." Mr. Wilson explained that he meant, not a literal gibbet, but a gibbet of pub lic disgrace, "which will live as long as the members of that man's family survive." v. A democratic congressional com mittee has been eliciting the infor mation to justify the assumption on which Mr. Wilson flung down his defiance. The experience the repub lic was compelled to undergo during the Roosevelt administration has proved there are men ready to pre cipitate a panic to further their own ends. At that time they were not gibbeted. They were honored in stead as public saviors, and given permission to violate the law and gratify their rapacity if only they would restore peace and confidence. The progressiveness of Woodrow Wilson, we are emboldened to be lieve, will be of a different quality from that of Theodore Roosevelt. His courage will be of a finer tex ture. His Americanism will be more like that of Andrew Jackson. It is a long time until March 4, 1917, we know, and between now and then much water will flow under the bridge. But thus far, at least, Woodrow Wilson rings true.—St. Joe Observer. BILLIONS FOR PENSIONS. Since June 30, 1902, were 999,446 when there pensioners, the larg est number ever on the government rolls, there has been a steady de cline. At the end of the last fiscal year, according to Secretary Fisher's report, there were 860,294, the smallest number in twenty-one But while the pension figures have reached the lowest mark in two de cades, the amount expended for pensions this year, owing to the gen eral-service bill passed last spring, will be the largest in the history of this country. Last year the govern ment paid out about $155,000,000 for this year the appropriation is 5164,500,000, and Secretary Fisher asks $20,500,000 more for 1914. It is more than forty-seven years since the close of the civil war. Probably no soldier or sailor who served ninety days is now less than sixty-two or is barred by reason of age from receiving the minimum pension of a month. In those forty seven years the government has disbursed for pensions $4,286,- and of the 860,294 pen sioners on the rolls last June, nearly 40 per cent were widows and de pendents, the best possible answer to politicians who for campaign pur poses pretend that the government has treated the veterans in a nig gardly manner. President Taft declares his order !3'"''extending the civil service to fourth mm class postmasterships is not a polit ical move. If that order stands 36,000 active republicans will have life jobs. It may not be a political more, but it assuredly is not a political remove. The wife of the newly elected democratic governor of New York announced that there will be corned beet and cabbage on the table of the executive mansion at Albany, just as there has been at home. Thus are governments handed back to the ,.ieo.a)ie. £:'v|p There is a difference of opinion ft as whether the republican party needs rejuvenation, reorganization 'v or rehabiilation, but all are agreed that whatever it needs it needs it desperately.—Bethany Democrat. WHITELAY IIEID. The death of Ambassador White law Reid removes one who in recent years was thought of as a man for the drawing-room and parlor, whose gracious manners and gift for after dinner speaking gave him a value as the maintainor of friendly under standing with Great Britain. He was far more than that. Just out of school in 1856, ho began his public career by making political speeches in favor of the election of John C. Fremont He had intended to be a school-teacher, but feeling that his sphere lay in another quarter he took the step that made him a jour nalist by editing a paper in Xenia, Ohio. The civil war gave him his chance for national fame as a writ er. His reports from the field were distinguished for the accuracy with which he told the stories of battles and sieges. He is declared by a bi ographer to have been the first man to perceive the ability of Gen. Grant, and his exploits in writing a correct and comprehensive account of the battle of Shiloh while under fire is famed in the annals of war corre spondence. The blood of the Scotch Covenanters which he inherited from his father and of a long line of Highland chiefs upon his mother's side may account for the courage he displayed upon that occasion. He "acquired an interest in the Cincinnati Gazette, but upon repeat ed solicitations from Horace Greeley he allied himself with The New York Tribune. Greeley had selected Reid to succeed him as editor in chief and the change was made when Greeley became a candidate for the presi dency. Reid inherited a great news paper which was losing money, but soon had a great newspaper which was also profitable. His rise to fame and fortune was due to his great native ability and not to any place or inheritance his family could give him. His career in England has been one of almost uninterrupted good will, and where there has been friction it has not been his fault. His position was one of the most trying in all the list of presidential appointments, for the standard set by his predecessors represented the best America had to offer in grace of manner and power of mind. To maintain that standard as he did was a distinct achievement. WARNING THE PANIC MAKER. President-elect Wilson's warning to makers of panics came at the right time and was delivered in the right tone—the tone of a man who has given thoughtful consideration to what he says, and means every word of it. Mr. Wilson spoke of the frequent predictions of panic when the demo cratic administration attacks tariff graft and trust lawlessness. He stated—what everyone knows—that a few financial kings have the ma chinery ready to start a panic at any moment. Then following his warn ing "I don't think there is any man living who dares use the machinery for that purpose. If he does, I pro mise him—not for myself, but for my fellow-countrymen—a gibbet as high as Haman's. Not a literal gib bet, for that is not painful but a gibbet of public disgrace which would last as long as the members of that man's family survive." It will be a bold man who tries to start a panic with that warning be-j fore him. I The days when Wall street can. bully presidents and override the people are nearly done.—Chicago Journal. BRYAN'S POSITION. Mr. Bryan in The Commoner ex presses his opinion on four import ant issues as follows: "First—Mr. Bryan does not ad vocate the retirement of outstand ing national bank currency, but he' opposes an enlargement of the privi leges now enjoyed by national banks, and he believes that such emergency! a a a is sued by the government, and not by the banks. "Second—The conferring upon ex presidents of the right to participate in debate in the senate and house need not be accompanied by com-: pensation in other words, the privi-' lege may be conferred as an honor rather than as an office. "Third—The democrats in the senate are right in insisting that im portant appointments should be re served for the president-elect. This is especially true when the ap-, pointees are to hold office for life. I "Fourth—The democrats at Wash ington are justified in condemning the partisanship which leads the president to extend the civil service when the extension had no higher purpose than the retention of repub lican appointees." "Oh, the joy of being a democrat -just a common democrat not hav in do a chine! Oh, common democrat,! where is thy political pie where is thy victory!" exclaims the Grundy Republican. Perhaps it's fun to see the demo crats scrambling for offices, but I there isn't much except a chance for laughter in it for republicans and the new man who gets the postofflce at last always laughs best. There is more of the fear of God and the love of man in present day. politics than in the politics of any. previous hour in the history of the republic. We are eating eighty-seven pounds of sugar per capita a year, and the kids are crying for more. ,-.s Arte You Afflicted with Piles? This disease, whether acute or chronic, is easily and rapidly over come by using Merited Pile Remedy. Gives positive and permanent relief when others fail, and we heartily recommend it to any sufferer. .Stem pel ft Cherrington. "fPSIP^W I I 1 HOWAMATCH WASJV1ADE By EMMA R. SHORT ALL Copyright, 1910. by American Press Association. Mine. Benardier wus worried about her sou. Gaston. He was thirty-five years old aud not married. But one thing would comfort ills mother, and that vas to spend her last days lavish ing upon graudson the care she had long bei*n denied the pleasure of ex pending upon her son. But Gaston had an uncle, a crusty old bachelor, who had been jilted iu his youth and who hated all women for what he had suffered from one. This uncle had poisoned his nephew's mind against the sex. Besides this. Gaston enjoyed his bachelorhood so well that he refused to marry One day the young man came liume from Paris aud went to bed with a BP- I rious illness. A doctor examined ilit patient and informed his mother thai her sou must have a trained nurse. "But he won't let a woman, except me. come near hiiu." "He must." The doctor and Mme. Benardier con ferred for an hour, at the end of which time the doctor informed Gaston that he must have a nurse. The young man said no woman should enter his room. Whereupon the doctor told him that he would seud a man nurse. "Well upon my word!" exclaimed Gaston when he first saw his uurse. "You're nothing but a boy. What the dickens are you going to do for me?" "Take your temperature and your pulse, give you your medicine and when you ueed amusement amuse you." "Well. I don't see any objection to that. This is dull music lying here alone. Go and get a book. I wish yon to read to me. What's your name?" "Antoine. monsieur." "Judging from your appearance, you had better have been christened An toinette. Go to the library and bring •The Count of Monte C«isto.- I've read it half a dozen times, but that doesn't matter." Antoine got the book, placed a chair by a window, sat down and began to read. "Bring your chair closer," said Gas ton "I can't hear you so far away. Where did you get that soft voice of yours? You'll never do to shout or ders to soldiers." The boy brought his chair nearer and commenced again. Gaston lis tened rather to the musical tones his voice than to the story. It seemed to him that lie was lulled by some one playing on a zither. The nurse read a couple of hours, when, looking up. he saw that the patient slept. Closing the book, he stole away and left the in valid to his repose. When Gaston awakened he felt much refreshed. He called for his nurse and told him that he had heard all ho had read for nearly two hours, then had fallen asleep, dreaming that there was a harp in the room upon which Antoir.e was playing, only An toine was not a, boy. but a charming girl. "What are you blushing for?" Gas ton asked. "Why. monsieur. I have always suf fered from B^ing called effeminate. I'm very sensitive about it. 1 beg of you not to speak of it again." "Well. then, you little Tool. 1 won't do it again. I don't blatne you for not wishing to be considered like a wo man. I have no use for them myself." "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a long book and a very entertaining one. Before Antoine had half finished read ing it the doctor called one morning, told Gaston that he would not need a nurse any longer and that Antoine was to go to another patient. "Not on your life." said Gaston, "till he has finished reading 'The Count of Monte Cristo' to me." "This will put me to a serious in convenience." protested the doctor. "Can't help it. You must get some one else." "Well. then. I will tell you some thing that will induce you to part with Antoine. You would not have a wo man nurse, and 1 could not get you a man. so I got a girl and dressed her in man's clothes." "Phew!" "Now 1 suppose you give up." "I don't care if she is a ghoul she shall finish the book." The doctor gave in and reported the matter to Mme. Benardier. who seem ed delighted with what bad taken place. "I leave you, madame, to tell him the rest at the proper time." When the nurse appeared again to her patient she was in the apparel of her sex. Gaston was enraptured. He told her to go on with "The Count of Monte Cristo." but to read only a chapter a day. What puzzled him was that she had the breeding of a lady and when not in nurse's uniform ber costumes were of a fine texture. "Mother." said Gaston one day. "1 am in trouble. You know that our family has never made a misalliance. Well, you have done very wrong in in troducing this girl as my nurse. 1 have fallen in love with her, and life would be a burden to me without her." "Be comforted, my son. The doctor and I have conspired to win you from your contempt for women. The girl Is Antoinette da Pierris. the daughter of our neighbor Count du Pierris. Wishing as -well as I to make a match between you two, the count consented to our scheme Antoinette is a love ly girl. I congratulate you if you bar* won her." "I bare, naptber." THE LEON REPORTER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26,^1912/ 1 J" '"••"llli1llll,|ll|fJP '•:wi'T^:f-* ".'??' siiiJ ,• w-ir" DR. TRIMMER The Chicago Specialist Will be at Leon Thursday, Jan. 9 (One day only, returning every 2* days.) AT HOTEL LEON. Office hours: 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. The Regular and Reliable Specialist Cy: i* pcwiivxently th cases ha undertakes and senda tH? incurable home without taking a fee from theirs This wUy ti« continue# his visits sur aft*.* year v/oi'.j other utrecialists have made a few visits and ceased to return. DR. TRIMMER OF CHICAGO An eminently tmrressml Specialist in all chronic diseases, proven hy the ninny cures effected in chronic cases, which liail baffled the skill of all other physicians. 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