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FARMERS HOLD
ID.. MEETING
STATE INSTITUTE AT . PADUCAH
COMES TO A CLOSE AFTER
SUCCESSFUL SESSION.
EJECT YEAR AT FRANKFORT
Commissioner Newman Urges Farmers
to Come to Capital One Thousand
Strong to Boost Helpful Laws
Through the Legislature.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.'
Paducah, Ky. The State Farmers
Institute came to an end after a most
successful session- Judge Henry S.
Barker, of State University, Lexington,
and Prof. T. R. Bryant, who is in
charge of agricultural extension work
at the university, made interesting ad
dresses. The 1914 meeting will be held in
Frankfort in January, when the legis
lature will be in session. Commission
er of Agriculture J. W. Newman urged
that 1,000 farmers with their wives at
tend the Frankfort meeting and help
flght for bills for the farmer in the
legislature. 4
No action was taken regarding the
establishment of a quarantine against
the tick-infested districts in Tennes
see, Alabama and Georgia, a condition
that the State Veterinarian of Tennes
see had brought to the attention of
the institute.
. Mrs. Helen Wolcott, of Shelbyville,
delivered an excellent address on "The
Home as a Cause and Cure of Rural
Unrest," who was followed by Judge
Henry . Barker, president of the Ken
tucky State University, whose subject
was "Scientific Education for. Farm
ers." Among other thing3 he said he
was married, but yet he was in favor
of woman's suffrage, and all men who
did not believe in it were against the
moral uplift of the country.
Other addresses were made by Dr.
Fred Mutchler, of Bowling Green, fed
eral representative of club work in
Kentucky; Prof. T. R. Bryant, of Lex
ington, federal representative of de
monstration work in Kentucky; Prof.
H. H. Cherry, of Bowling Green, su
perintendent of the Western Normal
School; Mrs. H. M. Dunlap, of Savey,
111., a prominent club woman.
HAZARD IS FIRE SWEPT.
Thirty Thousand Dollars is Lost in
Flames in Mountain Town.
Hazard, Ky. A fire broke out ?n the
storeroom occupied by Wooten &
Campbell, men's furnishing goods. The
fire spread rapidly and in less than
three hours $30,000 worth of property
was destroyed. The buildings burned
in addition to that of the store of
Wooten & Campbell were a frame of
fice building occupied by A. C. Rhine
hart; another small building occupied
by Begley & Dixon, lawyers, and the
Jones building a 'three story brick,
occupied on the lower floor by L. E.
Petrey with a $16,000 stock of goods.
The other two stories were.used as
offices. -
All the property belonged to S. A. D.
Jones, whose loss is $8,000, with only
$2,500 insurance. Wooten 8$ Campbell
lose $15,000. None of the others had
any insurance and they suffered a com
plete loss.
BOURBON LAND IN DEMAND.
Paris, Ky. The demand for Bour
bon county farm land3 is the heaviest
in a decade, and as a result of number
of sales have been made at prices far
above the average. F. M. Gillispie, a
prominent farmer of near Little Rock,
this county, bought from A. B. Thom
ason, a farm containing about forty
acres at $160 an acre, and also from
Thomas Hinkle his farm of twenty
acres at the reported price of $200
an acre. Fred Fister, of Fayette coun
ty, has closed a deal for the 215-acre
farm of George Wyatt, on the North
Middletown pike, ti few miles from
this city, at $200 an acre.
FINE RESIDENCE IS BURNED.
Middlesboro,' Ky. The $20,000 home
of W. C. Tucker at Benham, Harlan
county, was burned,' the fire , starting
from crossed electric wires. The house
was fully insured. , Mr. Tucker is su
perintendent of the coking plant "of the
Wisconsin Steel Co. . at Benham, the
largest In Kentucky.
LARGE INCREASE IN SHIPMENTS.
Whltesburg, ky. A large increase
in coal shipments from the Consolida
tion Coal Co.'8 plant at McRoberts will
be made March 15. Beginning that
date from 30 to S3 cars a day will be
shipped out over, the ' Lexington &
Eastern from McRoberts. Seven
mines are in operation. -
ORCHARD FOR HARDIN ASSURED.
Elizabethtown, Ky. School Superin
. tendent J. L. Pllkenton was at Upton
In the -Interest of the, 1,500 acre cc
. operative orchard and ha3 succeeded
In obtaining 125 acres south of Nolln
river. Fourteen hundred, acres' have
been 'pledged and Manager R. E. Set
tle, of the Hardin County Fruit Grow
; era Association ha3- communicated
with Agricultural Commissioner New
man at Frankfort, and is authority for
the statement that the orchard will
cow be --' "rhed.
KY. WOMAN IN MEXICO
Missionary From Durango Returns to
Her Home at Paris Tells of -Trouble.
.. '
Paris, Ky. Miss Sue Fordj a Mex
ican missionary, who ha3 been sta
tioned at Durango, Mexico, has return
ed to her home In this city. Miss Ford
quit her post after having been noti
fied by the American consul that the
safety of Americans in Mexico could
riot be guaranteed. She gives a graphic
account of the situation in Mexico and
the chaotic conditions following the
overthrow of the. Madero administra
tion and the ascendancy of Huerta and
Diaz to the head of the provisional
government.
"The prospects for peace, from my
observation," says Miss Ford, "are any
thing but promising. The lives of
Americans are held very cheaply, and
those who can do so are fleeing from
the country."
According to Miss Ford, the troops
from the town, where she was sta
tioned, were removed to Mexico City
at the outbreak of hostilities in the
Mexican capital, and the populace of
Durango was afforded no protection
from the bands of brigands permitted
to go over the country pillaging and
murdering. No effort is made to check
them. Murdering bands of Mexicans
infest the country surrounding the
town where she was located, and, vis
iting every city not afforded military
protection, exact tribute from foreign
residents, as well as the natives. Not
only has the Mexican government fail
ed to protect the lives and property of
Americans, but in most instances they
have been denied the privilege of pro
tecting themselves, and all American
men have been relieved of their arms.
As a consequence, they are leaving
the country as rapidly as possible.
ROAD PLANS IMPROVEMENTS.
L. & N. Will Do Extensive Work in
Eastern Coal Fields of Kentucky.
Barbourville, Ky. The Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Co. is planning ex
tensive Improvements in its service in
the Eastern Kentucky coal fields, in
order to handle properly the big traffic
which is resulting from new exten
sions into the coal fields. Plans are
under way for double tracking tha
Cumberland Valley division from Pino
ville to Corbin, a distance of thirty
miles. The Wasioto & Black Moun
tain railroad, the new line, which givei
entrance to the Harlan county district,
leaves the Cumberland Valley division
at PIneville. Some of the largest coal
and coking plants in the state are In
operation along that' branch, and with
other feeding lines bringing down an
immense tonnage to the main line, the
single track system is not sufficient
for the traffic. It is stated that the
double tracking of the division will
begin early in the spring. During the
past year the nucleus of a double track
system has been, provided by an ex
tensive sidings at frequent intervals
between Corbin and Pineville, and old
bridges have been replaced by heavier
structures.
PLANNING TO INSTAL LIGHTS.
Williamstown, Ky. The Q. & C.
railway is planning to equip its elec
tric block and switch signals with
electric JIghts from Williamstown to
Ludlow a distance, of thirty-five miles.
A heavily, charged wire will carry the
current here. The same current will
furnish electric lights for. all of the
railway stations along the line. The
part of the road .mentioned is being
double tracked. It is figured that the
new arrangement will greatly curtail
the work of keeping the signal lights
burning. .
CHANGES AT EDDYVILLE PRISON
Frankfort, Ky. The state board of
prison commissioners announced t.e
following changes at the Eddyville
penitentiary: Representative R. H.
Akin, of Princeton to become prison
clerk, succeeding W. N. Winn, of Gal
latin county; Dr. F. M. Travis, of Gil
bertsville, to succeed Dr. R. H. Moss,
of Hodgenville, as physician. Gus
Rogers, of Paducah, Bertillon clerk,
has resigned. '
RETURNS TO SERVE SENTENCE.
Campton, Ky. John Hollon, who
made his escape from the jail at this
place at the same time that Elijah Mc-
Pherson and B. Crain made their es
cape by sawing through the bars of a
window, returned and surrendered to
Jailer Little. - He said that he wanted
to Berve out the time of his impris
onment, and that the only reason why
he left was that he wanted to zo home
to see a sick member of hi3 family.
LIGHT PLANT FOR HAZARD.
Hazard, Ky. W. E. and N. G. Hemp
hill, of Clinton, Tenn., are here to be
gin the erection of an electric light
and power plant: It will include
a
ihe plans will be in operation by' May
15..
DEATH RATE IS REDUCED.
Elizabethtown, Ky. The report or
Dr. W. S. Helzer, of Bowling Green,
State Registrar of Vital Statistics for
Hardin county, shows that the death
rate from preventable diseases In 1912
was nearly one-half of "the . rate for
1911. There was a reduction of nearly
one-fourh in . tuberculosis and more
than one-half in typhoid fever. The
total deaths in 1911 were 328, and In
1912, 271. The births in 1911 wera
63b and in 1912, 627. .
VALIDiTY OF ACT
IS QUESTIONED
AUDITOR RAISES QUESTION AS TO
LEGALITY OF PAYING CON
FEDERATE PENSIONS. -
ARE TO PROTECT BONOSMEH
Attorney General Has Nothing To Say
for the Present Point Will Prob-.
ably Be Finally Decided by
Court of Appeals.
Western Newspaper Union News Sertice.
Frankfort. While the court of ap
peals is wrestlfng with the question of
the auditor's and treasurer's right to
exercise discretion in issuing and
stamping as interest-bearing warrants
fr appropriations : made by the gen-
Aral assembly in the face of a deficit
it more than $500,000, State Auditor
11. M. Bosworth has raised another
question, involving the constitutional
ity of the. confederate pension act of
1912, which seems destined also to be
carried before that tribunal for settle
ment ' "... " :
In a communication addressed 'to
the attorney k general, Auditor Bos
worth' Inquires as to the validity of
the act, explaining that his bondsmen
have raised the question with him,
and to protect himself and them from
the consequences of issuing warrants
on the-treasury for claims, the legality
of which might be questioned in future
by some taxpayer, he desires to be as
sured of his ground before he acts.
Atty. Gen. Garnett said this is the
first time the question has been sub
mitted to him, and he has nothing to
say at present regarding it.
The act has been questioned under
the provision of the bill of rights that
"no grant of exclusive separate public
emoluments or privileges shall be
made to any man or set of men except
In consideration of public service.
No such question has ever before
been raised in Kentucky, the lssu
bearing directly on the ' proposltiox.
whether under the constitution of Ken
tucky service In the confederate army
may be considered such "public serv
ice" as to take this act out of the con
stitutional prohibition. While no in
timation is given out as to the atti
tude the attorney general will assume
toward the question it is the consensus
that the situation will terminate in a
test case in a circuit court and be car
ried to the court of appeals for final
determination. . ' .
Champions the New County.
McCreary county has a doughty
champion in the person of Judge W.
R. Cress, of Monticello, author of the
first , bill to create a new county out
o? Whitley, Wayne and Pulaski, which
it was proposed to call Thorne county.
Judge Cress is here with County Judge
Harry Jones, of McCreary county, tc
consult with Gov. McCreary and to
begin briefing the case involving the
tenure of county offices, which will be
heard by the court of appeals. "Mc
Creary is by no means a poor county,
Judge Cress declared. "Its assessment
is $4,000,000, and it has $4,000 in the
treasury. Time will justify Its exist
ence.. Already one beneficial effect has
been accomplished by holding a term
of the circuit court in Pine Knot, as it
has given the better class. the upper
hand by bringing the law right to the
doors of evil-doers. Time was .when
a sojourner in Pine Knot was sure "to
hear pistol shots at night. The rea
son was plain. It was rore than 2
miles to Williamsburg and across twe
mountains; it was 35 miles over moun
tains and across - two rivers to Monti
cello. Officers didn't like the bothet
of taking evil-doers from Pine Knot
to court and summoning witnesses."
Public Work by Contract Upheld.
Ordinances-and resolutions of cities
of the second class, providing for the
improvement of streets by general
contract, can not be interfered with
by individual property owners along
the street, who seek to have the work
done around their premises by-private
contract, was the opinion of the court
of appeals in the case of A.' W. Blake
more against F. T. Justice & Co., af
firming the Fayette circuit courL The
city of Lexington ordered Columbia
avenue improved by macadamizing the
roadway, and '. constructing curb and
gutters. A. W. Blakemore let a con
tract for the curbing and guttering
around his property and was enjoined
by Justice & Co., general contractors
under ; the 'city. Blakemore set up a
custom In the city of permitting prop
erty owners to have their own work
done, but the court held that the cus
tom la not sufficient to , override the
r 'aln langauge of the general law, per
mitting the Improvement to be done
under contract by the city. : '
Confer on Telephone Merger. . .
Chairman Lawrence : Finn, of thr
state railroad commission, and Com
missioner W. F. Klalr were in consul
tation in regard to the ; telephone liti
gation ! over the merger of the Hom
and Cumberland companies in Fayetts
and. Woodford counties, , which In
volves the constitutionality of the act
giving .; the. commission "'authority', ti
grant permission for such consolida
tions. The commission has beca ma1
a party to the eaiL
WW SAVE FtlUCH
CONGRESS IS NOT LIKELY TO
KEEP EXPENDITURES BELOW
BILLION MARK.
PLENTY OF ADVICE AT HAND
Work of . the Economy and Efficiency
Commission Has Sympathy of
Democratic Leaders But Its Sug
gestion)! Are Net Followed. ;
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington Cutting here and
cutting there, and In between here
and there, probably will not avail to
prevent the session of congress now
drawing to a close from joining the
billion-dollar class of its predecessors.
The Democrats preached economy,
and it Is only due them to say that
If they keep the expenditures down
to the figures of the last two or three
sessions, they will have done some
thing In the way of saving, but noth
lng like so much as was hoped by the
leaders who expected to set an ex
ample for sessions of the future.
The expenses of the government
grow year by year because the num
bers and the needs of the governed
gTow, and so long as the old system
of making appropriations continues to
exist, the certainty seems "to be, con
gressmen say, that the expenses must
continue to pile up. The Democrats
have shown some sympathy with the
work of the economy and efficiency
commission and granted money so
that the commissioners could con
tinue their labor.
Congress has been given informa
tion about how to save money. It has
been transmitted direct from the
computation tables of the economy
commissioners. It is true that if the
plans of the commission are followed
there will be no more billion-douar
sessions for a long time to come
Whether governmental activities will
be crippled remains for the future to
pove.
Fear They Will Lose Jobs.
Already congress has enough, ad
vice in its possession to make the sav
ing attempt, but thus far It has not
acted upon it. Possibly it is waiting
until all the advice comes in. Not
long ago the law makers were told
how much money could be saved in
the office of the adjutant general of
the war department. Instantly the
officers who would be directly or in
directly effected protested and said
that the commission had- made a
mistake. It was agreed that the sys
tem in the adjutant general's office
might be changed to advantage, but
there was opposition, with arguments
to back; it. that it would be unwise to
cut !w3 the clerical force.
The great fear of the employes of
the government is that if the economy
program of the administration's com
mission be - adopted, thousand of
workers will lose their Jobs. It does
net seem to have been the intention
of the commission to recommend that
the unnecessary employes in the ad
jutant general's office should be dis
missed from 'the service. The pian
was to keep them all at work and to
have the decrease in the force come
naturally, that is. through resigna
tions or deaths, places,, thus made va
cant to remain vacant.
Can't Resist Temptation.- :
Speaker Clark, Majority Leader Un
derwood and Representative Fitzger
ald, chairman of, the appropriation
committee, hare urged that economy
be served, but their following has run
away from them. There are river and
harbor improvements and other
things of advantage locally which
appealed to the Democratic members,
who have found themselves In the
majority for the first time in years,
and the temptation not only to ask
but to take, has been too great to be
resisted. If the Democratic leaders,
after the full reports have been re
ceived from the economy and effi
ciency commission, intend to force a
record for saving, they must induce
their followers to adopt the commis
sion's recommendations, and at least
to. try them out. -
From the beginning of the work ot
the . economy commissioners it has
been urged that while billion-dollar
sessions may continue to be the rule
the government can get a much great
er return for it3 money If the plans
suggested are adopted. It Js said
that two or three hundred million
dollars can be. saved yearly by Judi
cious re-adjustment of the machinery
of the government. The plan which
has been suggested . is to take the
money which Is saved and to put it
to other uses for the benefit of the
people, such' as the extending of the
work of the good roads office, the es
tablishment of a department of health
and the founding of a "bureau which
will care for certain thirgs which will
benefit the business interests of the
country.
Taft .Goods Go March 3.
On the " afternoon of March -3
an ordinary May-day 'moving van
will appear '. under the portico of
the White House where ordinarily no
vehicle is seen excepting the limousine
or the. carriage drawn ! by blooded
horses. " President Taft - and his fam
ily are packing up their things, and
bo are President-elect Wilson and his
family, the ones to go and the others
to come. President Taft's ' White
House belongings will be. sent away
March 3 and the family trill, follow on
the next morning. l
. There will be severar moving days
In Washington . early next month. - The
cabinet officers and ; their, familien, or
most of them at any rate, will pack up
and clear out. some of th m to return
to the ht arth atocos in other places
which have been cold for Borne years.
Other cabinet officers and their fami
lies will take only temporary leave of
absence, for the lure of Washington
is strong upon them, and particularly
strong upon the women folk of their
families. , -1 . :
When Mr. Taft moves out he will
take witli him, or rather will send be
fore him,' all kinds of things, the usual
paraphernalia of an American house
keeping lamlly of course, but added to
it will -be all sorts cf queer things
from the Philippines. The president
has a choice collection of Filipino
duds" and they have become, in a
way, closer to his affection than the
furniture of Grand, Rapids manufac
ture and the ornaments made any
where from East Cape to Mendocino.
Libraries of Presidents.
It ought to be grateful to Americans
to know that when visitors are admit
ted on occasion to the remoter parts
of the White House their usual in
quiry is about the library. The aver
age American pilgrim wants to know
what the president reads. Mr. Taft
will send to New Haven, as the last of
the executive! office consignments, his
library of law books. .He will need
them when engaged in his new duties
and "he himself has said It," for re
cently he declared his intention ot
keeping at least a few lessons ahead
of his law student classes.
The law library of the White House
is in the office annex. Mr.1 Taft has
his "reading books" in the study of
the main structure There are all sorts
and conditions of books here, written
by all sorts and conditions of men and
women.
When Mr. Roosevelt moved out of
the White House four years ago, be
took with him about twice as many
books as Mr. Taft possesses, but then
Mr. Roosevelt had a habit of buying
everything which touched on mam
mals, birds, bugs, flowers, trees, fish
and everything else recognizable zoo
logically. In addition to these books
the colonel had the histories of all the
campaigns fought 'since the -day that
Cain started on the war path after
Abel, and beyond this he had civic his
tory, poetry, sociology and whatnot.
. President-elect Wilson will bring
over from Princeton witli him many
and various books, histories, it is said,
predominating. There Is room in the
White House study for all of Mr. Wil
son's reading matter. The study is a
big room and book shelves take up all
of the four sides except the space left
for the door and the spaces left for
two windows.
, Naval Militia Bill Favored.
Both the Democrats and the
Republicans in congress seem to be
wining thcit early action' should be
taken to pit the naval militia of the
different states upon the federal foot
ing that is now maintained by the na
tional guard. The house committee on
naval affairs, dominated by a Demo
cratic . majority, has sanctioned a re
port drawn by one of its Republican
members, which sets forth the reasons
why there should pass a bill giving
federal supiport to the naval militia of
the states and pledging Uncle Sam to
strong pecuniary support of the state's
sailor service. If this bill does not be
come a law before March 4 it Is likely
to be taken up early n the extra ses
sion.
At present, in a federal sense, there
is no organized naval militia, but
many of the states inland, as well as
lakeside and seaside, have organiza
tions ' "which are independent and
which are not subject to federal con
trol except wherein they receive the
benefit of an annual appropriation of
$125,000 distributed among the various
stata organizations proportionate to
tlielr strength at the rate of $10 per
man."
It is the intention of the bill now be
fore congresH to promote the efficiency
of the various state naval bodies and
to create an organized naval militia
which, in time of war. under certain
conditions, will be subject to federal
control. Tho plan Is that In time of
peace the navy department shall have
such control as to prescribe the physl
cal, moral and military qualifications
of theofficerH and enlisted men. .
. Right Age for Marriage.
A lively little controversy is going
Its rounds of newspaper discussion rel
ative to the right age at which a man
should take the matrimonial plunge. A
professor In , the Boston university
precipitated J.he controversy by scof
fing at the asuertion that a young man
at twenty was prepared for the re
sponslbilities - of marriage, declaring
with much truth that matrimony at
that tender age was generally a ghast
ly and expensive joke on the father-in-law.
Marriage at the best, is an ex
periment that should -never be rashly
undertaken.' 'Love at first 6ight" is
the surest road to the divorce court.
Its victims need the immediate service
of a physician much more than that
of a parson. The right time to marry
is when the right young man meets
the right youiag girl, but up to date
the wisdom ot humanity has devised
no accurate test for that hf.ppy con
junction. : ' . -
Sage Inquiry."
Mrs Kate Epuglas Wiggin, address
ing the students of JSmith college,
told a story. :
"A young man,' she said. "f6ll up
on his left knee, clasped his hands
and cried: J
'"Miss McClintock Mabe If you
refuse me, I shall never lov another
woman " . . '
" 'And' does that promise held good,
said the young girl, 'If I accept you?"
' The devil is satisfied to have the
nickels and dimes go into ' tit collec
tion plate, because he's jretty sure of
getting the dolliirs. .;
MARSHALL ON THE
SPATE'S DUTIES
Brief Inaugural Speech by the
New Vice-President On -Inauguration.
HiS Ungdme is vigorous
Declares Upper House, as Guardn of
People's Honor, Must Investigate
Alleged Injustice to Weaker Na
, tion and Make Reparation.
Washington, March 4. Following is
the Inaugural address delivered by
Vice-President Marshall:
Senators: The proprieties of this oc
casion probably require a few words
from one who is grateful to the Amer
ican people for the honor heretofore
done him and this day consummated.
No senator has, I trust, a keener
appreciation of the necessities in thf
way of tact and courtesy now devolv
ing upon me than I myself. I Cucr im
surety as to my discharge of duties
other than. a personal pledge that I
will seek to familiarize myself with
them and will endeavor always to ex
ercise that complaisance and forebeai
ance which are essential to hra who
ably presides over great .debated upon
great public questions by great Vieii.
Divergent views relative tol this
body would be less divergent it lb
American people would come to real
ize tHat on all sides of real question
much may truthfully be said. SuchLau
attitude of the public mind wouJd
eliminate the- view that this body Is
distinctively ' deliberative and not
thoroughly patriotic.
No Substitute for the Senate.
Charges of bad faith based upon an
attitude of mind or upen comUft
should never be made until it is c! al ly
established that the resultant ac
tion is the outcome of personal inter
est or Improper and dishonorable bus
iness or social relations.
Your action ha3 not alw?.ys met
with universal approval, but up to
this good hour no workable substituu
for the exercise of the functions of
this body has been proposed. It is
not needful for me here an.l now to
accept a brief in your defense. Thi
body, will continue to stand not be
cause of its presiding officer, but be
cause of the patriotism and intelli
gence of its constituent members ami
their devotion to cur system c' so
ernmenL Guards the People's Honcr.
With neither right nor desire to in
fringe upon the prerogatives cf the
president eoon to be, 1 beg the re
pression of the opinion that what
ever diverse views may be held rela
tive to the work of this body ali per
sons are agreed that under the Con
stitution the senate of the United
States is singularly the guardian of
the people's honor; that morn and
more, as righteousness Is exalted
among this people, the idea Is becom
ing more firmly fixed that it Is no
vast territory, 'great wealth nor largp
learning which mark the real statu?
of America; that America i3 to be
measured by the golden mete wand
of honor; and, as the idea in har for
mation was the inherent right of men
to rule themselves, that now she can
111 afford to announce this doctrine
in her own land and renounce it for
an instrument of oppression in other
lands.
Unfortunately there Is no fixed
standara 'f honor outside tho dic
tionary. The gambler may hold it to
consist in paying his gaming debts;
the member of the smart set. in di
vorcing his neighbor's wife beforp
taking her unto hlm3elf; the senator,
in eliminating personalities.
Must Observe Treaties.
But when we enter the chancelleries
of the world and submit to their
judgments not only our right to be
but our right to be respected, wo can
hope to be measured in but one way:
and we must be able to show that the
solemn treaty obligations of this re
public will he kept with the same
scrupulous honesty, both of spirit and
letter, whether made with the hum
blest people of this continent strug
gling for self-government or with the
mightiest monaroh of the old world.
This high sense of honor cbnstitutes
the panoply of the American people.
Armies and battleships furnish no sub
stitute for it. These are valuable, but
the people never intended that author
ity should use them as accessories to
a burglar's kit ',
Duty t Rectify. Wrong.
If any one In the name of the
American people, , either in violation
of treaty obligations or the manifest
purpose Of the Monroe doctrine, has
taken aught while this body was de
liberating, it s yourduty to ascertain
all the facts hereto. And if wrong or
Injustice ha been done, even .to the
humblest republic, let this people be
brave enough and sufficiently honest
to make r reparation. . The real great-
. "t 1.11 A
ness oi mis repuDuc resis upon iw un
sullied honor, and it Is the duty of thif
body to-search down rumors of ha'
faith an.l dishonesty and to rectify
wrong wherever" wrong is discorf
Here in this most sacred sp0 wneTt
war ha?i been made and peaco fa,
dared, here in the presence of tlf
distinguished representatives of the
governments of the civilized world,
hero within the hearing of the beauty,
culture and ripened statecraft of h1.
Own land, may one humble Amcric80
express .the hope tefore he ferS
upon a four. years sileace that an u
rtMnlnmflff mav SDell ' Deace Wll
J peoples. 'Justice for aU governoes!
I An(j righiieousnesa th world arouu-