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A correspondent of The Jour-
~n a 1 makes some timely and pertinent
remarks in a communication today in
-reply to an editorial in a local weekly,
the purpose of which was, apparently,
to convey the impression that, in re
quiring obedience to law on the part "of
the saloons, the mayor neglected his
other duties. This correspondent asks
some questions, the answers to which
I are in the minds of all voters who have
^,kept themselves informed as to mun-iei
pal affairs.
j It would be fortunate, indeed, for
1 Mr. Jones if the opposition to his re-
election could be induced to take the
position indicated by this rather un
i friendly editorial. It would focus at
tention where it will do him most good
^and emphasize the fact, as it ought to
be, that we have never had a mayor
who, while enforcing the laws more
strictly than heretofore with regard to
the saloons, and doing it effectually,
was at the same time more diligent or
efficient in the discharge of "his duties
*"in other directions." It will be a po
litical miatake for Mr. Jones' oppo
nents to attack him upon that side.
If they do, the record will do the rest.
Everybody has an appeal but the man
who pajs for the ice.
Judge Taft to the South.
Secretary Taft made a very adroit
appeal to the democrats of the south.
It was not an intensely partizan
speech as it could not be, since he was
addressing himself more to democrats
than republicans. The basis of his plea
$was that the industrial south gains
nothing from supporting a party which
indiscriminately denounces the tariff,
which has had a great part in building
up the new south, and loses a great deal
b^y handing over its local affairs always
to the same party, because of the spec
It ter of negro domination. He pointed
as out that there could be no quarrel with
g the application of a law which ex
fg eluded the ignorant from the polls, pro
vided it worked fairly. The ignorant
whites', however, are protected in their
fj suffrage in some southern states by the
"grandfather clause," while the uned
ucated negroes, having no grandfathers
'm to fall back upon, are excluded. No
law, he claimed, could be framed upon
2| the fifteenth amendment, which did not
work ultimately to exclude from the
w ballot both whites and negroes, who
lack educational qualifications. By
framing their law fairly, by giving up
j the "grandfather clause," he attempt
ed to show the men of the south they
'II could provide themselves with alterna
tive, parties in their local affairs, with
jjgj out the least danger of negro denomin
ation. The advantage of having two
s parties equally capable of taking hold
fg of the government was obvious. The
one could be used to punish the other
in case of an abuse of power.
The south, ought to be able to see
the point. It must be tired of sending
up United States senators who vote
$ji against a rate law on the ground that
it is contrary to a provision of the con
federate constitution adopted for Ala
bama during the war. Such legisla
ti ve back-numbers must be as weari
some to the south as they would be to
the north. The peace and prosperity of
the islands of the Caribbean sea are of
the utmost importance to the south.
The question of the application of the
Monroe doctrine is not a party question,
yet the south has supplied the sena
tors who endeavor merely for a possi
ble partizan advantage to call a party
caucus to bind the democrats to oppose
a particular treaty settlement.
These are but a few of the many' in
stances of the backwardness of the poli
2 tics of the south, to which it has con
raj demned itself by giving out in advance
that no matter what the vagaries Of
the democratic pjatform or pf demo
cratic statesmen, the votes of the south
must go to that party.
Judge Taft's statement of the disad
vantages of the south under the theory
of solidity is complete, /fPs remedy-is
ity to administer the government. It
ciflls -"merely for fairness, for a square'
deal between the white man and the
black man on the basis of their capac-
_._ many year's they have been in'the habit
PARISJournal on file at American Express.
211 Ru Scribe, and Eagle Bureau. 53 Rue of delegating this dtlty by giving
proxies -or of neglecting it entirely.
Less than one-fifth of 1 per cent qf
the members have voted. The admis
tration held proxies for most of these
votes and thus became self-perpetuat
ing. It abused its powers. It paid ex
orbitant salaries, wasted monev in ex
travagant commissions, sold its own
honor and the honor of the companies
in bribery and, gave away enormous ad
vantages which belonged to the mem
bers thru syndicate deals, in which fa
vorites of the officers drew down profits
on transactions in which they put up no
money of their own.
These facts induced ,the legislature to
call the attention of the policyholders
to their duty. In order that they
might be able to co-operate it abro
gated all existing proxies and provided
that the Jist of policyholders should be
made public three months before the
election. These lists will become
available on July 18. The committee
which met yesterday will make up a
ticket for directors in the two Com
panies and submit it to the policyhold
ers and uTge them to vote it by mail at
the election to be held in October.v
The committee admits that it has a
difficult task before it, that it will cost
$50,000 merely to send a circular to
each policyholder, but there is little
doubt the amount will be raised since
there are many members who will sub
scribe to a fund to oust the Wall
street crowd. Meanwhile the present
trustees will not be idle. They are al
ready busy sending out circulars, at the
policyholders' expense, showing what
marvelous things they are doing for
their constituents. They will present
a rival ticket and it will take organiza
tion and hard woik on the part of the
independents to beat the machine. The
plea will be made that the present offi
cers are not the men who abused their
trust, that they are reformers them
selves. But it should be borne in mind
that they are merely stop-gap officials,
that they were placed in power by the
same influences which ruled before and
that the only real safety for the polv
Tuesday Evening,
atfort nor does'it permit ignorant white
domination."- Undet* its^Voi^n$sJ the
white people would still dominate, but
not all in one party. They wou}d di
vide into two parties, the *n watching
^he-,Qth and their rivalry "tending al
ways^'ihtprqve the, ^haiacter of the
a Wipjstration. The working out of
tfhl^^pTobJem belong "to the south, but
it cannot be denied that a northern man
has suggested a plan.
Mi's. Thaw has denied the inter
viewer. What is her attitude to the
photographer!
The Policyholder's Committee.
The policyholders' committee o| the
New York I/ife and the Mutual "Life*
of Now "York held its first meeting in
New York yesterday, and issued an
address to the policyholders thruout the
world. The point of this address is
that the committee, co operating with
members of the companies everywhere,
will endeavor to give effect to the 'Arm
strong law, passed by the last New
York legislature. Lest any should
think the legislature had done a new
thing the committee takes pains to ex
plain that the legislatuce ^lid Nothing
but restore original conditions. Un
der their charters these companies are
mutual. They have no capital stock.
The duty of electing the trustees de
volves upon the members. But thru
defect in the la
its attention
/y-
holders lies in voting their own ticket
and putting their own men in charge.
As Mr. Bryan sees it, part of the
white man's burden is the presidency of
the United States.
Voters Accept Responsibility,
Not many returns have been received
to show the total vote turned out at
the recent North. 5?&kta primaries, but
if Pembina county is any guide, the re
publican voters turned out in pretty
good numbers, and the choice of dele
gates to the state convention was really
made by the people. There were 1,179
republican votes cast in the Pembina
county primaries, and 246 democratic
votes. In 1904 the county's vote on
president was },871 republican, and 744
democratic. In 1902, which as an off
year election is a fairer comparison, the
vote was 1,598 republican, and 924
democratic.
It is evident that some democrats
voted in the republican primaries this
year, as they generally do in Minne*
sota, where republicans are in oontrol
of local affairs. Even allowing that 200
of the 1,179 republican votes in Pem
bina county were democrats, the pri
maries brought out about,60 per cent of
the republican voters, a percent
age seldom attained under the caucus
system. There is no denying the fact
that voters appreciate the chance to vote
direct on nominations, and that they'
will turn out better at a primary than
at a caucus, where they usually realize
that they are only puppets with no real
power.
When Tolstoy confessed that the dourna
bored him did he hear a faint ,'iamen"
from the Peterhof?
iJ
Women and the Primary.
ity to administer the government, I as the attorneyf genera.l fujMfests, the
does not involve ignorant*nejfrrtt domin-' legislature' will' be ready i,v eure this
The attorney gei*ral "s opinion is that
women may no* vote at the primary
elections because that function is a
substitute for party conventions and
there has never been enacted a law
allowing them to participate in mak
ing nominations. But there has never
been any law made to the contrary, and
as a matter of fact women would have
been eligible under the old caucus law
of 1895, which was only partly super
seded by ^he primary election act. That
law provided that none, but qualified
voters should take part in' any priniary
election, but as women were" qualified
voters for school and library boards,
there could have been no legal objection
to their taking part in the primary for
those nominations, provided the parties
had made provision for separate' s^ts
i of delegates who ^ouldj Vote on these
offices alone. The practical defect in
the present primary law is that there
is no provision for separate ballots for
f-SfflAWV rttf
State Chemist Bernard of Indiana
says he has been surprised*.. -He had
found .every kind of adulterant
00( 8
i$ th^t state, but his latest discovery
^ts an adulterated adulterant. He had
found, a certain cheniicaji preservative
in various/products and finally obtained
a box of ife.,,-It was said'to be'borax.
The chemist analyzed the borax and
found that it contained 22 per cent
borax and 78 per cent ground
uartiS'-L
ordinary rock ground up. No wonder
Indiana authors are so gritty.
,,.1- i
A yeaT or two ago a student of Mrs.
Tingley's broke awav from the Point
Loma colony because, as he claimed,
those who had audience with the lady
were obliged to enter her presence on
their hands and knees. It would be
interesting to see Lyman J. Gage doing
this crawl.
Thomas Taggart arises to remark
that the report that he will resign the
chairmanship of the democratic national
committee "deserves, and will receive, no
attention Naturally. The way things
are going in Indiana the cemmtttee may
become his sole source of revenue.
F. Pettlgrew Is going to ask South
Dakota to send him to the senate as a
socialist. South Dakota has tried the
experiment of sending Pettlgrew to the
senate,as several things, but it did not
make any difference. He turned up the
same old Pettlgrew.
Vincennes, Ind., is enjoying the sum
mer. The icemen, instead of socializing
the trade and getting together, are com
peting fiercely under the old system
and cutting prices to a point where ice
is almost given away. Very wasteful
system!
The opinion is gaining ground even in
New York that the execution of the "un-
written law" does not belong to the un
regenerate individual
The island of Guam is not very large
but it was big enough to get in the
way of an expensive United States
transport.
Colonel Harris of Chicago Is making a
whirlwind campaign for governor of
Kansas. He has the non-resident vote
solid.
This country has revolted against the
railroad president and the iceman. The
next great national issue Is the plumber.
As between Bryan and La Follette,
it would be interesting to see Nelse
Aldrich of Rhode Island go to the polls.
St. Paul has selected for.superintend
ent of schools a man whom we are,sorry
to lose from our Minneapolis schools.
Emperor William beat a train with
his automobile. It is safer to do it
with a borrowed pass.
W1AT 0THE1 PEOPLE THINK
Some Pertinent Questions,
To the Editor of The Journal.
The Irish Standard of this city, in a
recent, apparently inspired, editorial i
behalf of the candidacy of Mr. Hayne
for mayor, commits itself to this opin
ion:
Votera, we believe, are tired of the saloon
issue. They are just a bit tired with the pres
ent administration because it has staked its all
upon the manner ln which the saloons have
been kept closed on Sundav There is a feel
ing that so much self satisfaction has been
taken by the present mayor out of his success
in keeping the 'yaloons closed that he has
neglected to fulfill his duties in other direc
tions.
It is entirely too early to begin the
municipal cam^Xgn, but as one who
was skeptical at the beginning of the
present administration of its ability to
make good, I beg leave to ask wherein
*has Mayor Jones neglected to fulfill Ms
manifold duties?
Has it been in his efforts to lift the
police department out of politics and
abolish grafting?
Has it been in his determination- to
clean up and improve the business dis
tricts by driving the houses of ill re
pute from Hennepin and Nicollet, and
from First and Second avenue to the
river?
Has it been in his hearty co-opera^
tion with the park board to render Min-"
nehaha, as well as the smaller parks,
fit for the enjoyment of our wives apd
children instead of leaving them as he
found themthe rendezvous of the vi
cious and dissolute?
Has it been in protecting the youth
of the city of both sexes "py strict en
forcement ot the laws against wine
rooms and selling to minors?
Has it been by abolishing public
gambling for the first time in the his
tory of the city?
Has it been in sparing no effort to
abate the nuisance or automobile
scorching by bringing offenders, re
gardless of their wealth and social po
sition, within reach of the stiff sen
tences of the municipal court?
Has "it been by restraining the influ
ence of certain powerful interests when
he established In the supreme court of
the state the right of the mayor to
share with the city council the responsi
bility of spending the money or the
taxpayersin tne matter of street
lighting contracts?
Has it been as the head of the board
of charities and corrections in raising
the standard of efficiency and business
conduct in the several departments un
der that board?
These are a few of the mayor's duties
'in other directions/' which the Irish
Standard wtould have us believe he has
neglected, because of his efforts to keep
the liquor sellers Bomewhat witnin their
legal rights and privileges.
In the- campaign which is near at
hand, some regard will have to be paid
by the opposition to the present ad
ministration to the record of its
achievements as a whole.
Common decency and ordinary fair
play demand this.'
Impartial Observer.
July 7, 1906.
TIME
~4i i_^ ~A -TT~A~, vi.ji One of the councllmen introduced a reso-
special-
classes voters Undoubtedly,^,
Life.
The chronological divisions of a human
life* with Cupid as a factor, may be set
down aa follows:
From birth to marriageable age..20 years
Courtship 1 monlfh
Proposal z.,*...,.:.*...*% minute
Preparation- of trousseau 6 months
Wedding. 6 minutes
Time, to think it .over,, rest of your
natural life
Total, three score and ten years.
JQKE ON THE .COUNCIL
,E^
I Kansas City Journal.
A franchise dealer made, affidavit that
the councllmen of Topeka were boodlers.
utk
enoclm
a affidavit as
a liar,d 4tiudn movdtd that it bmaker adopted,'the
The^ council voted the motion down.
Minnesota politics
Republican* 'Win Open Stat* Heidqiiar*
terajp About.* Wjeek^Probatoly jp Ad
vance* of* a** Cqm#l^ ,^eettiig-
Ap6cryph^: itttry of Cjwm4*h -0oJe's
Eirjy
*^l(jfleary^(.
Reptfbllcafc^'ta^htediiuarlfers will prob
C. H. Warnqr, secretary of the commit
tee Is looking the ground over for suit-
^^jw-^era rooms, an4 is going
up to Walker tomoprq^ to.,confer with
A. L,. cole. He will return the last of
the week, and Chairman A. B. Cole will
also come down to St. Paul Saturday or
Monday. A meeting of the committee
will probably be called a little later, on a
weeks noticec.o Theree igetting no particular
t*u,
they want to."
from,'theed
r?tv -r.t f'
mi V,lf
John McGrath of Barnesville will be
one to contest for the seat in the house
made vacant by the retirement of George
Perley of Moorhead. He has filed as a
republican. Charles B. Cheney.
AMUSEMENTS
Lyceum"Winchester.
Naught but praise should be given the
bill at the Lyceum this week, the last
week of the summer run. "Winchester,"
a stirring drama of the civil war, a play
full of interest, romance and stirring
action, is an ideal closing offering for the
Stuart company. All the beauties of the
piece, all Its strong features, all its
shades and colorings are brought out by
the able company.
Being a war drama, "Winchester" can
not and does not depart from some of the
set lines of the standard war drama. A
beautiful Southern girl, Virginia Ran
dolph, falls in love with Major Kearney,
a northern officer, who has been wounded
and is later nursed back to life under her
care. Virginia obtains information which
she gives to the confederates. To pro
tect her Kearney, who has enemies plot
ting his rum, refuses to *ell where the
Information comes" from, and Is con
demned and sentenced to be shot for
treason Virginia makes an Appeal to
the higher authorities, tells all, secures
a reprieve for the man, m\i$'loves, and
arrives with it r+ust
THBj MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. July: Jty, 1906.
mitte together
at this stage of the proceedings, except
to get acquainted and in touch with each
other, so there is no hurry about calling
tha meeting The first work will be to
get lists of the country committees and
make plans for the press bureau and the
grand strategy of the campaign.
Congressman J. T. McCleary of Man
kato .filed his affidavit yesterday as a
candidate for renominatfoit, while calling
at the capitol. He seemed cheerful over
the prospect, and declared he was not
going to solicit votes. His constituents
can take him or leave him. "I tell them
where I stand," said the non-stuttering
standpatter, "and let them vote
folocalitif
me
th nov-
same tls
AXTLI'
rIe,
haIl wa
tha
,i
NJW
elist. Bacheller, as a setting for "Eben
Holden, and he put on no frills when a
boy, according to the story of an old
comrade, as told by the
Austinfole-
tJtn to SK' Pnblllca
Herald.
candidat^e
governor,
1 Pta of this
youn*
C
an
prpjnlnent
Yo
ala thatShS To1
ts tand
roan
wh
politics Just now ton wear Mg boots, but
lune4l
paTl baseball he would
aad,
bat the ball and then kick off his boots and
run the bases, HI 8
home run in politicsa.y
to timer.
Th ^hoijfcgjstof tfje"lapsing production
are evenly, distributed, among the major
characters, Kklplv Stuaft is eminently
fitted for the dashing, popular Major
Kearney, a brave man of' honor. As
Virginia, Miss Douglass is sweet, charm
ing a*nd convincing. A strong piece of
character work is cleverly donei by Sam
uel Meharry as Bennle Clancey, btetter
known as "Spiel," orderly to Major
Kearney. Charles Lindholm Is entitled to
credit for the manner in which he han
dles a most difficult and exacting heavy
part as Philip Allen, a plotter against
Kearney. In view of his youth, Ralph
Ramsey is entitled to considerable credtt,v
for his handling of the pait of the ne^
gro Txy Julius. As Rasmus, the typical
ante-bellum house darkey, Harry Derner
leaves little to be desired. Miss Lang is
a pleasing ingenue^. The other members
of -the cast, Miss' Farhum, %frt\ Gunther,
Mr. Rowan, Mr. Beattle, Mr. Fisher, Mr.
Conaughy and Mr, Gunnean are most sat
isfying.
"Winchester" will run the week with
the usual matinees, and is the closing of
fering of the Stuart company.
Unique'-Polite Vaudeville.
A short program, much of it old to the
patrons, is presented at the Unique the
ater this week, but most of the numbers
are strong and will bear repeating There
Is nothing that requires close attention
and the. numbers are well chosen for the
Hot season.
''A Hunter's a playlet,
probe
ably the1
leadinGame," attraction. AlthIs ther
Is little interest ln the lines of the piece,
it serves as a good vehicle for Stafford
and Stone, the whistlers and imitators.
As a bird imltatoi Stafford Is in the front
rank, and his othr imitations are fully
as clever, tho not as musical.
The Gladstone children, two little girls,
have a clever singing and -dancing num
ber. Their act is not composed of the
ordinary children's stunts that become
tiresome, but they do the same things
that the older an$**nore experienced en
tertainers do.
"Jonathan's Courtship," a short sketch
played by Miss Dorothy jAlden and
Charles O. Cowles* is above the average
of such numbers. The sketch Is well
suited to the two principals, who handle
the Hnas well. Bobby Carroll makes good
ln/his comedy numbir and Walter Bee
mer has an ordinary^ clubswlriglng act.
The illustrated songs sung by Herman
La Fleur and the moving pictures
strengthen the show.
Wonderland's New Attraction.
Howard's dogs and tbn show that was
omitted from a program of free attrac
tions at Wonderland Sunday because Of
their delay ln arriving, proves to be a
stellar attraction. *The ponies are beau
tiful little animals, and are trained to do
novel tricks with th
stunt TheaErnest
brothers
:n acrobatie of com
edy nature, Sentell'.s really sensational
slide for life, and a concert by the
Helntzeman Military band, with Jospeh
McCauley singing "Wonderland," makes
up a very enjoyable program. Wonder
land is at its best now, and a visit in
the cool of the evening is delightful.
Foyer Chat.
Ralph Stuart, the popular actor-mana
ger of the Lyceum, ls4besleged from morn
lg till ,plght by lpyaB friends asking him
pot to discontinue ^h&iwork at,the the
ater. TQ ell
of.ttthslM!
|$r.
one answer:
Situdrtyo A
?*fof*'V,
has but
you love me, wilt
not ask me to work rn,yse^
to death. I
have earned a good' rest, and I am going
to have it." But this doesn't seem to
m, Pfcaonal ,frlends
made here, who
satisfy the $mt pt,,
which Mr. Staft'
insist Jhat,b^^ho|j^k^^ ulaylng.
Jane JElton, whlikiys.th^ maid In "Dr.
Bill" at the J&tftt^polltah' theater this
week, made a decided hit last night with
her new Bowery song and dance spe
cialty. The act fits ln very^cleverly with
seeojad act of, tha.ahpw", *m* is on*
more of the rnatfr .good'comedy features
Greensboro, N. C, July 10.Secreta-
ry of War William H. Taft tonight, be
fore a"meeting of North Carolina,re*,
publicans, on the eve of their .state con
vention, delivered a speech that was
generally anticipated as the opening gun
of the congressional campaign of 1906.
The speech dealt with current polit
ical questions and opening with advice
to the rank and file of the party in
North Carolina and the south, particu
larly referred to the achievements of
the party in the session of congress
just closed.
The operahouse was packed to over
flowing by a throng eager to bear the
secretary of war and hundreds of per
sons were turned away because of .the
limited size of the hall.
Secretary Taft, in opening, said that
when he was invited to address this
meeting, a committee informed him
that the political situation was such
that if a proper effort was made at t}he
coming election, it was possibleito carry
the state for the republican party. The
secretary added:
I believe that nothing that could
happen in the politics of this country
that would be of greater advantage to
the country, .the south in paticular,
than the breaking up of what has been
properly known as the solid south.' I
say this in no partizan spirit, for I am
not one of thoso who think that this
reason necessarily would increase the
probability of the continuance in power
of the republican party.
"The solidity of the south has, in a
measure, furnished its own antidote in,
restraining many voters in the north
who might have left the republican
fhe
that Cole will make a
The Roseau Times declares that Gov
ernor Johnson will lose thousands of
votes because he has retained Sam Ful
lerton as state game warden. That
Summit avenue meeting of the commis
sion had every appearance of Sam re
taining himself.
iarty but for what they regarded as
injustice and danger of southern
political conditions.
Blames Eace Prejudice.
"The south has been kept solid iby
the spectre of negro domination, and
by the stirring up of racial prejudices
and the arousing of unfounded alarm
over an impossible return to reconstruc
tion days.
"During the long struggle the ne
groes vote was made to count for noth
ing, and then the leaders of the dom
inant party came to realize that dread
ful demoralization of all society that
follows in a government if the law
is flouted and fraud constitutes its ba
sis. They cast about to make the law
square with existing conditions by
property and educational qualifications
which should exclude the negro. They
adopted amendments to the state con
stitution with the so-called 'grand
father clauses,' intended to apply the
new qualifications to the negro^and not
to tHe wMtfeB."
The secretary said that it is impoer
Stble tq frame a law establishing an
educational qualification for "suffrage
Which will stand the test of the fif
teenth amendment and yet not operate
ultimately to exclude impartially the
negroes and whites who lack" educa
tional acquirement from the ballot.
Exclude Ignorant Whites, Too.
A policy which excludes black and
white, when ignorant and irresponsible,
cannot be criticized," he declared.
During the past decade, Mr. Taft
pointed out. a period of unprecedented
prosperity has come for the southern
states.
"Under the circumstances," he said,
"it is not to be expected that the sen
sible, clear-headed business mtfn of the
south do not perceive the tremendous
disadvantage under which the* south
ern states labor in having only one
party with any Voice in their state
government and in being herded to
gether always as 'the hide-bound sup
port of the democratic party of the
country, no matter what wild fallacies
it may adopt in its platform nor what
candidate it may put before the coun
try.
"The effect of the change of indus
trial conditions in eliminating the cry
of negro domination from the .politics
of the former slave-owning states has
manifested itself first in the border
spates. West Virginia has become per
manently republican and Maryland and
Missouri put them in the republican
column in the last presidential election,
while Kentucky nearly brought forth
works meet for repentance in the first
MeKihley^' campaign.
"The question which should address
itself to the great business interests of
the south,*' the secretary slated, "is
how much longer the specter of things
fegianceto
iast is hpld them to a political al
that does them no good in na
tional politics, and deprives their com
munities of the inestimable benefit of
the presence in local politics of two
Earties,realh
eac of which, if it does wrong,
as a chance of being punished
for its misconduct."
Eight on the Tariff.
He said that altho much of, the
wealth of 'the,
sout,h iss
a protective
BREAK?miE "SOLID:'SOUTH"^M^:
Eurtherncalled
dependent upo
tariff it representativen
in a national convention vote unhesi
tatingly for the proposition that a pro
tective tariff is a robbery of the many
for the benefit of a few that altho a
great majority of the southern pgeple
are strongly in favor of maintaining'
the flag in the Philippines until.\,the
sacred trust imposed, by oircumstajacea
shall have been highly and fully dis
charged, they nevertheless' permit the
democratic party in the chase after
northern, .vofefe, to formulate the false
cry of anti-imperialism' for which
they' have* no sympathy whatever and
on which they were twice led to humil
iating, national defeat.".
"Again," continued the secretary,
"no part of this country is vitally in
terested in the construction of a great
of "Dr. Bill" as played by^ Dick Ferris,
Florence Stone and the Ferris stock
company.
During the summer season at, the
Unique all of the best novelty acts which
have been playing the circuit of the" Pa
cific coast, will be' featured. Many Sigh
class European acrobatic acts, sensational
wire and "circus" aots are included in
these bookings.
&-
In etgbt years tbe population of Osaka, Japan,
has Increased from .811,800 to over 1,020,000-
Th number of factories has increased by 991.
Oiled Roads.
The oiling of the Vanderbilt course
in Nassau county, Long Island, last
year and year.before, was an object
lesson to the natives, says Leslie's
Weekly. Now they are petitioning the
board of supervisors to oil every road
in the country, to abate the dust nuis
ance- Even the slow-nipving, l^orse
drawn vehicles raise eonslgferable dust,
but'it is nothing comparedgfco the jgloud
raise'd by the fleet automolppes. When
the throat is hot arid parchetr try g$(dezr
grain belt beer as a dust-rempveri It
is refreshing, nourishing and' is the
ideal home beverage.
Sightseers' "Excursion Bates,
$13,80jfdr.. the Bound Trip.
Tickets oVsale daily, July 9-14, 1906,
St. Paul *& Mipneapoiis'^'.^Northern
.Pacific points' $est and noWrrof Bfteek*
earidge.^and .Winnipeg .Tunption. Mjnn.
and east or and incluflnigs'Mah"dari*
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G. K'*mKfefll, Oity Pass. Agt, 10
I Nicollet" block. 'Minneapolis. Minn'
IS THE MESSAGE OF TAFT
North Carolina Republicans Advised to Shake Yoke of
Democracy.
waterway to connect the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans across the isthmus of
Panama as the south. It was indis-
freaty
ensable to this enterprise that the
made with Panama by Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Hay
should be promptly confirmed, and yet
the majority ox the representatives of
the south in the senate attempted to
defeat the treaty."
He added that there was "enough
independence, even among those repre
sentatives, to give the vote which made
the canal possible, but the very fact
that merely to accomplish some sup
posed advantage to the democratic par
ty, a majority of the senators from the
south were willing to sacrifice her ma
terial interests and delay the great
project of such capital importance 'to
her, indicates the disadvantage that she
labors under in having it thought that
she is tied irretrievably to the demo
cratic party."
Pin Them Down, He Urges.
The secretary said the peace and
prosperity of the islands of the Car
ibbean sea and the country of South
and Central America are of the utmost
importance to the south, "yet merely
for the purpose of making a partizan
barrassing the administration," a par
ty caucus of senators was called to
bind every member of the party to vote
against the ratification of the Domini
can treaty.
Mr. Taft advised the North Carolina
republicans that they must show by
their nominees that they fully recog
nize the obligation they are under to
give the people of the state an oppor
tunity to choose able, honest and wor
thy men for public offices, and they
must convince the voters that they are
not merely an office-seeking party, but
are laboring to furnish a safe refuge
for the democratic voter "who has be
come tired of the incompetency and
the abuse arising from the permanent
control for many deoades of one po
litical party."
Turning to the issues involved in the
coming congressional campaign, the
secretary pointed out that in Novem
ber, 1904, the republican party was
continued in power. Therefore Roose
velt, he said, had for more than three
years and a half discharged the duties
of president.
Lauds His Chief.
During that period Mr. Roosevelt.''
be added, "has again and again, by
word and by act, manifested to the
people his determination to pursue tho
middle, just arid impartial course by
which the rich and poor man enioy the
equal protection and suffer the equal
and .lust enforcement of the laws. He
recognizes this as the platform of the
republican party. He incurred the hos
tility of important financial interests
by his action in prosecuting to a suc
cessful issue the so-called Northern Se
curities suit, which prevented a merger
for the purpose of suppressing competi
tion of two great lines of railway in
violation of the so-called anti-trust
law."
The secretary then said that the re-
point, mereCv for the purpose.of em- gS&" ^TSSS 2S*C
fore the election are being enforced
and being put into practice.
The secretary said the democratic
leaders are now indignant that the re
publican party in carrying out ths
promises of its platform is putting into
practice the principles which they
"with superb complacency claim are
really covered by a democratic plat
form.
ubhca platform and Mr. Roosevelt
for the full working of
the anti-trust law and to prevent op
pressive combination and monopoly.
Continuing, he said that only a year
and four months have elapsed since. Mr.
Roosevelt took the oath of office after
his election in 1904, "and yet in that
short time the republican party in con
gress, inspired by Mr. Roosevelt'a rec
ommendations, has adopted a railw^f
rate bill which greatly increases the
power of the interstate commerce com
mission, and taken with the previous
legislation before his election, will cer
tainly have much to do in the aboli
tion of violations of unjust discrimina
tions and abuses."
No Panic in Trust War.
"The investigations by the depart
ment of commerce and labor,'' said Mr.
Taft, "have shown the method by
which the Standard Oil company has
maintained its monopoly of the oil busi
ness and prosecutions have been or
dered in many of the federal courts in
order not only to vindicate the law for
past violations, but to bring about a
condition of things in which the man
agers of prosperous and successful cor
porations shall pay heed to injunctions
of the statutes and not allow tempta
tions of immense profits to blind them
to the necessity for obedience to law."
The secretary said that the organiza
tion of capital has reduced the cost of
production and has, therefore, contrib
uted to the material prosperity of the
world, and that the organization of
labor has undoubtedly bettered the con
dition and raised the wages of labor
but he said it would be unreasonable
to suppose that in the power which or
ganization has placed in the hands of
individuals there would be no tempta
tion to oppression and abuse. But when
these are yielded to by the few as com
pared with the many, it is no reason
for hysteria or the- destruction of the
whole social order."
It is no reason for giving up the"
-system of private property, or forbid
ding' the formation or corporations of
preventing the organization of trades
unions. It is no ground for the advo
cacy of socialism," said the secretary.
Owatonna, Minn., July 10.A shoot
ing affray occurred here yesterday, and
as a result Edward Shepard is in the
county jail awaiting the action of the
S
rand jury. Shepard *s wife is confined
Iter bed 'with* a serious gunshot
wound.
It is said that Shepard has been
drinking, and upon going home became
involved in an argument with her. It
is alleged that Shepard pulled a revolv
er and fired at his wife. The bullet
fortunately did not enter a vital point,
Mrs. Shepard dodging as he fired. The
bullet entered her hip and inflicted a
serious wound.
Shepard's neighbors heard the shots
and immediately notified the police,
who at once took him into custody.
Believes Nervous Disorders
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Headache, Insomnia, Exhaustion and Beatles*
ness. Rebuilds the nervous system.'
$12.26 to Omaha and Return.
Aeeount Annual Meeting Baptist.
Young'People's Union of 'America^,
July 12-15,' ihe Minneapolis $ St.
Louis R. B. will sell round trip tickets'
July 10 to 13. Return limi* leaving'
Omaha July 18, or August 15 to pay|
meat of 50 cents. a.
Call on J. Gh Rickel, City Ticket
Agent,, 424 Nicollet avenue, for1'/
ta
ageous and energetic enough to prow*
cute the offenders to conviction."
The people, he said, are in favor of
protecting the rights of the corpora
tions or labor organizations exactly as
they would protect the rights of an in
dividual, and are in favor of protect
ing the individual against organiz
tion.
"The republican party and Theo
dore Roosevelt," declared Mr. Taft.
"are in favor of the just and equal
operation of the law whether it be by
civil suit, by injunction in equity of
by indictment at the bar of the crim
inal court against the man who vio
lates another's rights, whether he be
rich or poor, a corporation president o
a wage earner. They are against im
munity from prosecution for violation
of law either on the ground that a man
has money or industrial or political
power, or on the ground that he has
not either."
He said the record of the republi
can party shows the only substantial
steps which have really been taken
to stop the abuses and oppression at
tempted by the irresponsible holders
"of great wealth and corporate power
have been by the republican party, ami
therp is no more brilliant or successful
Dems Talk, but Do Not Act.
He declared that the democratia
leaders have been for years, declaring
against corporations, but have insti
tuted no legislative steps in all this
time to restrain the abuses. He said:
I ask you to compare democratia
promises with republican performances.
Incidentally, ponder how much would
have been done if Mr. Parker had been
elected and acted on his theory that the
common law supplied all that was neces
sary for the suppression of trusts and
the abolition of rebates. It may be
noted also that while Mr. Bryan has
been most emphatic and eloquent
in his declaration and denuncia
tion of trusts and abuse of cor
porate wealth, his suggested reme
dies for their prompt suppression have
been very vague, unless indeed his pro
posal that the government buy or con
demn all interstate railways with their
immense mileage and maintain and
operate them is to be regarded as an
immediate, ready, practical and feasible
remedy. In view of this it is not a
matter for any surprise that the great
combinations and organizations that
have increased their profits and power
by evil and oppressive methods should
fear and dislike President Roosevelt
and his acts in the present more than
they do Mr. Bryan and the indefinite
dangers with which he threatens them
in the future. Evils are to be sup
pi essed by definite and practical meas
uiesnot by oratory or denunciation."
Mr. Taft "urged that the record of th
present congress, enumerating its im
portant enactments, "confirms in the
most convincing wav the claim always
made for the republican partv that "it
is an efficient party ior the accomplish
ment of good, that it does things and
Ahat it carries out iU promises."
He expressed the hope that the Philip
pine tariff bill, now pending in the sen
ate, will be passed at the next session.
Mr. Taft. after explaining tbr in
creases in appropriations, declared that
in spite of the increase there should be
a surplus of $40,000,000 in the treasury
after all the expenditures have been
mode.
Within Constitutional Bounds.
"Another criticism that has been
made," said Mr. Taft, "is that the
laws passed have greatly extended the
national power and have promoted the
centralization of government at Wash
ington. In a sense this is true. It is
not true that the expansion of power is
unconstitutional, but it is onl true that
tho national government has taken
upon itself the exercise of greater
powers, heretofore unused, but all with
in the constitutional grant, in order to
curb certain evils which were so widely
extended across state lines as to make
it impossible for the states to suppress
them."
He characterired the democratic par
ty as a party of negation and inefficien
cy. Mr. Taft argued against returning
a democratic majority in the next
house, saying in conclusion that no par
ty has ever taken more decisive steps
to restrain the abuses of irresponsible
oorporate wealth and power than the re
publican party, and that while the ad
ministration is straining every nerve to
'secure compliance with the laws, it is
prophesied that "the champion of this
reform, the man who not by word, but
by deed is president of the United
States, has shown his adherence to the
fo
Asks Confidence in Officials.
"We must take up the abuses in the
good old Anglo-Saxon way, adjust
every statutory remedy to the fitness
of the thing, piece our confidence in
the public servants who show them
selves alive to public needs and cour-' prophecy be justified
DRUNKEN OWATONNA
MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE
par
irinciples of equal privileges and laws
all and his courage in resisting all
claims of special immunity, whether for
organized labor or capital, is to be re
buked and thwarted by the return to
congress of a majority of the opposi
tion. Not while the American people
admire courage, consistency, high ideals
and practical common sense, not while
they believe in energy, honesty and
Americanism, not while thev take a
man for what he is and what he does
rather than for what he says, will this
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
JULY 10
1414Henry V. claimed restora
tion of English possessions in
France. 1
1809John Calvin, religious re*
former, born. Died 1564.
1884William, Prince of Orange,
assassinated.
1723Sir William Blackstone, fa
mous legal writer, bom. Died Feb.
14, 1780.
1777Capture of British General
Preeeott, Bristol, ft. I
1832President Jackson veto** bill
to recharter United States bank.
1*47Chicago d}lly Tribune first
Issued.
I860-Millard Fillmore sworn in as
president of the United States.
18*3-Mexican empire proclaimed i
Maximilian as emperor.
1888Arrival In Chloago of first
carload of fruit shipped from Oregon.
1888Brakemen on Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy railroad wsn| on
strike. r.
1890President approved act for
admission of Wyoming to statehood.
1893Score of Jlvee lost In cold
storage fire at Chicago world's fair.
1888Qeaeral Torsi. Spanish com
mander'of-Santiago, declined to sur
render.
1904General Jose Toral.-who sur
rendered Santiago to the Amertoans,
1 died In Madrid.
1905 Franco-German agreement
over Morocco was announced.
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