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J THE ARGtJS. SATURDAY. MAY 29, 1909. THE 'ARGUS. Published Daily and Weekly at 1624 Bocond avenue, Rock Island, I1L En tered at the ppstofflce as aecond-class matter. been admitted to the -bar, two ' were without any real legal-vattainments, and the fourth, though a good lawyer, was a better politician. From . this starting point Judge O. A. Harker, dean TOO PARTICULAR of the law school at the niversity of Presbyteran Assembly Ousts BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS. Dally, 10 cents per week. (Weekly, $1 per year in advance. All communications of argumentative character, political or religious, must have real name attached tor publica tion. No such articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every township in Rock Island county. HAD OBJECTED TO TENNIS Decided to Hold Nest Meeting at At lantic City No "Charity" for Ministers. Ctwaoes M COUMClU Saturday, May 29, 1909. .. . . Mr. Cullom will be kept biftry ing his new colleague. watch Senator Lorimer is a republican with the aid of democrats. Illinois, traces the "efforts to divorce judicial elections from politics in Illi nois" during the course of an address delivered before the recent meeting of the State Historical society. Illinois made about as bad a start with its judiciary as it did with it& financial system, says the Chicago Ev ening Post. Under the first state con stitution the . supreme court which was incidentally the superior and the circuit court, too was elected by the general assembly. Thus places upon Denver. Mav 29. The general as it came to be about as coldly a' matter 'mbly of tne presbyterian church to of political patronage as game warden day practiCally dismissed from service jobs are now. and thus was possible Alexander and James Waite, both a bench like tnat wnicn uean tiarner missionaries in northern China, be- describes. . Irnnso thpv- rnmnl.iinpri when their This state of affairs was most dis-brother missionaries' Dlaved tennis and tasteful to the people, and the consti- indul d in WOrldly fathletic pastimes i. A I . O J f) A. 1 X tl 11TL ' muon oi loio pui an enu 10 u. wueu with (heir ciiarges. Atlantic City was we contemplate the awesome record selected for next year's assembly. of the present assembly and tne influ ences which have controlled it, we ought to rejoice at this reform, and Dean Harker does not hesitate to call . Lorlmer'8 election is a strong argu ment for the water way, take it as you please. If Speaker Shurtleff sees any thins he wants; Senator Lorimer should hand it to him. So Billy Lorimer's election to the United States senate is the result of a secret political agreement with his own party. How amazing! And then again it was not inap propriate to elect a strawberry blonde United States senator from Illinois at this particular season of the year. The New York woman who nearly sailed away carelessly leaving behind $100,000 worth of real jewels, had been married only a very few days before. Persons who are about to emigrate to some other, clime through fear that congress will pass an income tax may remove their wraps and linger a while longer. Hailstones weighing 10 pounds eacn are reported to have fallen in Texas recently. Of course' the ice companies managed to get possession of most of them. Queen Wilhelmina is buying Amer lean shoes for her baby. Are the Dutch standpatters going to submit silently to this outrage against the Holland wooden shoe makers? The crop reports from Kansas that count are the reports that you hear about the time that a raucous clamor goes up from all over the state for more freight cars to move the wheat to market. A wheat shortage in May has never been looked upon as very serious matter in the great Sun flower state. The time for the "bears to hunt their holes is when the Kan sas farmers begin to talk abou ".turning in the cattle on the south quarter" and plowing up the wheat on the 'upland 80" for corn. Peoria will have to get along with out the state fair and ra,ay arrange an exposition of its own if it pleases. But the Peorians had Springfield frighten ed for a while. In the wind-up the bill providing for the removal of the fai lacked only a dozen votes of having the constitutional majority. The fact that Springfield is the capital and near the geographical center, and the fur ther fact that the state has something like a million dollars already invested in buildings and grounds for exposition purposes, comhined to make it unwise to remove the fair. But had it been an original measure Peoria would have won in a walk. Commission Bill Killed. The bill making it possible for cities to adopt the commission form of government was strangled ruth iessiy in me nouse committee on municipalities this week. The meas ure, which had the endorsement of almost every individual and body in terested in better city goverment i the state, received a summary treat ment and died a violent death before It left the hands of the committee. From reports of the proceeding! in the committee room it is evident that the determination was to kill the bill. Men of prominence from almost every city of the state ap peared before the committee, urged the fairness and justice of the bill and urged for a submission of its Missionaries on Strange Ground. FAMOUS PEOPLE tS BY FANNIE M LOTHRO? t Do Not Want Charity. -Denver, May 29. Presbyterian min isters do not want charity They made (this clear in the general assembly yes- If - -- fit? f n0 oil nffnrtc Tl- Thl ? r V. been made to divorce politics i . . . . . - . . I vuic 1 1JKT j in in looiuiiv i o in. ii iv u . a v olution prepared by Dr. J. Gray Bolton I of Philadelphia providing for a graded pension scheme for superannuated min isters. f i v -' Jt- W BLISS CABMAN have from judicial elections." He finds,! moreover, that Illinois has developed strnnclv nd rrnsistntlv a Rpntimpnt " I i i i-1 i i cVi im A fur ennarn nnn-jtan til i I v. . . . . . . . in favnr of KiCrh a RPnaration and rp- "-""" fOCt, LrltlC and llltor. 1 ' ! lr.tni.ti I mi . ... . . - . ... - m . cues me ionowing iacis as musuauuu ,. , . . . -- , " . , , '., I Thu trnnhlc nvpr inn npnsinnlnff nf remnnrnrv 1 Mfrotonre ni at-i In liVnilai- tnn M Tl In 18(11 -inH rn iia . oui of this healthful tendency: ,,. u ,. , , ' fathr-a cm i o-.,i.i t o Jv, t i.i,n mav esraiw for good The people have never taken kind-, t.aan ,i, ,JrA N. Y.. to New Brunswick, while his maternal ancestors foueht in the Ameri- 'any inure." i a i a i . . til. I '"h. v,uioiiih ii iv iivii w t i v v la inv i't va 1.. ' i ,, . i a"? i Tia V7i. Z ot ministerial relief and the board for, Vk tt 7 , ucateu ai. me coiieB kuwi ul iu uuv ujwu matters judicial. Evidence -f that may . . . . . . ... . n . . 1 and the University of New Brunswick, from which he graduated in 1881, .... .-.x j-.-i ... ministerial sustention. Dr. Bolton s . iot .,! , ,!..! ,, tt; -,-. vA-,n UC 1UUI1U III Hie lUCl Lliai tiurillg lilt?' . . , t iiu(, .r j jcoio jU3k-giauuaic. luui og at. Liiu uJiiicioiLj VI uu,u- To be sure. Emellne was an umpire on nil the arts of housekeeping; her cookery was town talk, while she had never become prohcient In the art. uui there were other ways of rearhing a man's heart. 'Serena knew, because she had proved it twice. In fact, neither lady had deceived the other. Each knew the other, from widely different motives, stood ready at a moment's notice to respond to Teter Judd's call for a housekeeper. Each knew that Clifton was wonder ing which of the two widows who lived on either tide cf Peter would be cailcd eventually to fill the departed Sarah's place; for the custom prevailed In Clifton when a man was. in the wis dom of Providence, bereaved to thunt out some widow, respected by the com munity, to undertake the duties of housekeeper, and generally, after a de cent period of mourning, the twain be came one. 'If Serena niakes up her mind to have Peter he'll have to give in." phi losophized Mrs. Piatt. "She's already married two that didn't in the least want, her. She's comfortably off. too, and don't need to leave her home. I wouldn't be so set against it If I didn't, know 'twas her that interfered between him and Floretta Young more'u twenty years ago. Peter up and married Sarah out of pure spite, apd Floretta took that good for noth ing Cy Blafcey. If ever two people were cut, out for one another. Teter and Floretta were. Well, as he's held again Serena for over a year he I'll not worry .Humor and -V Plulosophy 9r 9tACAJV M. SMITH IN SELF PROTECTION. , . . , . . . . m I rDUIIll It'll tailltU nilll II. 111V 1 I W 11 KJ entire period when the constitution of, , . . . . . x 1S48 was in force two of the three' , A. , , . , - I itr V no j- IiAn ! i i n r tioA I'll ifvtvt mit supreme court judges were democrats.! ' although for the most of that period the state was largely republican. Un der the constitution of 1870, from that date to 1SS8, although the state was tee. Word "Charity" Not l.lkril. Dr. Bolton made frequent use of the words "charity" and "humiliation." and burgh, and afterwards spending two y iars at Harvard There seemed to be a restless. Bohemian strain in his nature that chafed under restraint and convention; for he tried many lines apart from litera ture, but it had somehow a compelling homing; instinct that always brought him back to a bottle of ink and a pen. For a few years he ready law, then I. was But she did. The chance ana appar .v., 4 1 .. toil fOll I 't VIZ a T hnt Spreua let i Cllliv laiviiro-J . fall, as if an understanding existed be tween herself and Peter Judd, fretted Emetine's spirit. In the depths of her houest sout she believed that Feter i regular caller at the uibd Some men there ara Who shed delight When from afar They heave In sight. Their laugh is clear And ringing out . And quite sincere. lou cannot doubt. ' They lend a hand. f. A smile or pelf In fact, expand 'With cash itself. They do their part . At every turn . With gracious art And unconcern. ' Twould really seem That such as these . -Would win esteem t And ever please. But I have found It more than hard To travel round With one for pard. The trouble's in Their talking plant. Through thick and thin They rant and rant. Their tongue runs clear Without a balk. They never hear When you would talk. Complimentary. Thfo picture is priceless. saW the maiden vjady. exhibiting a time worn painting. "It is by one of the old masters." 'MagnifJcent!,' exclaimed the Tlsitoj, who didn't know art from shoe shin ing, but wanted to say something nice. "Were you acquainted with the art- ventured Into the field of civil engineering, then taught 6chool but it all proved empty and unsatisfying; he had not found his place. It was not until his post graduate days that his poetic sense necame larcely renublicin five of the seven to tnese ,erms tne commissioners as aj manifest and under the stimulus of the inspiring apprecation of the editors judges were democrats. I whole look exception. He was of the I rl n inn t Tr r t tniniL'tArn j 1 - imf mcn4 For a period of 27 years Judge Al . " .u.. fred M. Craig, democrat, was the judge'"'""1- ,,,CJ U.'L" '"" , from the Fifth district, although that " V"" .. . . . . ... .thev Kiinnlii no iriven nensinns 1insil district was largely republican, in . " , 1 1SS3 David J. Baker, a republican, was elected from the First district in the face of an aggregate democratic ma jority of the counties of the district in on the term of service. Dr. Howard Agnew Johnston of Col orado Springs rebuked those using the term "charity" and said the minister the presidential election immediately ;" receives aid when he has given preceding of over 5.000. His election lu,a Z r T , . followed a heated democratic conven-,3" object ' ciharit'- but ra,her rlch,y tion in which five or six prominent ld,eserv'ng uof the s"Pport of the church, democrats ot southern Iilinois sought j"e said thp,an "t suggested that the nomination. The nomination was he sustention board look to wealthy sought and made on strictly political 'aynien ufor fontnbutions to the fund jines ., j for such relief was the most unbusi- The efforts of the people to keeP;ness',Kf Prloslt,on . "nl ex'- politics out of the courts have been ' " 't ui ousuiess lpartershin hv",KU- was unanimously supponea given expression and leadership by tTrij-k Til t -5 TKs 14- fminil nnmV i--1 - In iiiiiiuio uai, ii luuiiu ; injiiiaoio 111 I rk i, the election of the late Justice Guy C. " J. ....... . luo l"urc" Scott six years ago, and the indications in a resolution that recommended the (objects of sustention to the church 'land urged individual gifts. Here the are that it would have found added em phasis three years from now by his reelection had he been spared. The Consumer's llurtlen. The New York World says that "in the whole tariff system there Is no cne duty that more forcibly proves the iniquity of the present protection ist policy of taxation than that on sugar. To the American consumer it almost doubles the price of one of the prime necessities of life. It is an 'in famous tax,' as Wayne MacVeagh said, 'because it extorts from the laboring man an actual sum often in excess of the" sum the same tax ex torts from the richest multi-million aire.' It taxes poverty in nronorti'vi to its needs, and the more poverty pays, the more wealth gains unjust exemption. "In the last 12 years as Senator Cliy showed, for every dollar that the gov ernmnt has collected in sugar duties the sugar trust has exacted more than a dollar in profits from the consumers. The tariff on refined sugar, which thi consumer uses, is so high as to be pro hibitory. In 1307 only 219 tons were imported, in 190S only 430 tons. Bare'n one fourth of the sugar consumed in the United States is produced by the cane and sugar beet growers, and the sugar trust in recent years has ac quired control of, a number of the beet sugar refineries. The tariff not only tfnsures it absolutely against the pos sibility of foreign competition, but by virtual monopoly of the refining In dustry and by trade agreement it has extinguished domestic competition. "Yet the sugar trust has been con tent, with the exclusive benefits con ferred upon it by the government at the expense of the millions of consum ers. For years it has enjoyed the secret benefits derived at the expense of the government from weighing frauds committed on the docks of its own refinery. The $2,00!,- 00 refunded to the government repre- matter ended. Removal Rule Adopted. Dr. Joseph A. Vance of Chicago moved a substitute for a suggestion of the committee on policy. It provided that members . removing from one charge to another and failing to sig nify within 12 months the church with which they wish to be affiliated shall be taken into the jurisdiction of the church designated by the pastor of the church they ha.ve left. This resolution was sturdily fought by members of the polity committee on the ground that they had not been able to make a report. However. aoDroval of the resolution was practically unanimous. of the college literary magazine he began to write verses in a timid, furtive sort of a way at first, then he grew bolder and more irrepressible, until the editor's drawer was stacked with enough Carman verses to last for years. When he began to send his poems out to the real magazines where the editors paid for contributions, acceptance was not so sure. " He sent out poem after poem, but they "almost invariably returned, nith no leaf of promise; but he had supreme confidence that his doves of verse would find resting place in some ark of editorial appreciation. The best ones, which always made the greatest number of trips before acceptance, especially interested him, and he gave them pet names to commemorate their travels, such as "The Flying Dutchman," "Ulysses", and "The Wandering Jew." One manuscript he sent to Australia by way of San Francisco and it came back via the Suez Canal and London, visiting many editors, and this poem he christened "Captain Cook," because it circumnavigated the globe. Mr. Carman has been on the editorial staff of half a dozen magazines or more and recently retired from the editorship of the "Literary World"; he has written about a dozen books, three Jointly with the late Richard Hovey. He has a well-shaped head, a shock of wavy hair and a general premeditated eccentricity of attire that would make him conspicuous in any company. - . ' Copyright tyo, by Wm. C. Mack. " easily supplied by an income tax. The cost of living is oppressively high for the poor. The people of this country are entitled to relief not only from an unreasonable tax, but from the exact ions of a criminal trust. Merely as a revenue measure there is no better substitute for prohibitory sugar duties than an income tax. Sen ator uepewa objections that New York will pay 33 1-3 per cent of the income tax is a trivial argument. If 1 should, that shows that 33 1-3 per cent of the big incomes are in New York They were no" made there exclusively, but are drawn from all parts of the country. ine fayne-Aldrich bill will be judged by the results achieved by equalizing the burdens of taxation They will not be equalized if congress persists in retaining duties framed in iavor ot the sugar trust and defers the adoption of an income tax thnt would compel wealth to bear a fairer share of the load now borne by pov erty." How's This? We offer $ 100 reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by wholesale Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known F J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and 1 The Argus Daily Short Story Widower' Judd's Housekeeper By Anne Heilman.' s',re,vryrlKhted. 1909, by Associated Literary Press. . Mra. riatt sat on her front iorch, busy In brciding a mat. She was one of thc wuuiun . one likes to have about. There was- a certain comfort ing presence in- her large-figure and comely face. Although the face when at rest was somewhat sad, y,et it was one of those' beaming faces that seem full of love for the whole world that Is, for all whom she admitted into her world. For those outside of its bounds she had no use. Just now her thoughts were busy with her neighbor, in whose direction she sent her glances. "Peter's getting his supper early," she mused. "It's pretty lonely for him, but I hope he won't be Inveigled Into taking Serena Lamb for a housekeeper. I never was one to promote gossip, but all Clifton knows that her reputation for dressing far outdoes her skill In housekeeping. If I thought" Just then she turned her bead and caught sight of Mrs. Lamb walking up the path. "Too bad to see that nice home goinjr to rack and ruin." Mrs. Lamb beg:ir: after settling herself in the rocker. "I hear it's fairly swarming with mice. Teter only uses two rooms. Isn't it a wonder be ain't picked out a house-1 keeper afore thisV" "I've an hlcu." said Mrs. Piatt. en deflvorinar to sneak unconcernedly. "that he'll probably ask you" "Me!" Interrupted Mrs. Lamb In an astonished tone. "Me! And with such a famous cook as you .next door! Trust a man to get a cook. when he's free to pick and choose. Sarah wasn't much on the cooking, and I guess he'll want a change." "David and I spent twenty-five hap py years In this house." sighed Mrs. Piatt. "It'd come hard for me to leave it. "And I couldn't possibly leave my place," protested Mrs. Lamb. "And the garden doing so nicely too. You'd oughter'see my strawberries, Emeline. Teter says they are the finest he ever saw. I'd bring you over a saucer ful, but as Peter was going on so about your getting so stout I thought 1 wouldn't encourage your appetite any. Well," looking keenly at her friend to assure herself that the blow bad struck home. "I must be getting on." Serena fared forth slowly along the grassy lane. "Emeline don't care shucks for Peter Judd," she shrewdly conjectured. "David Piatt's money Is more to tier than flny' living man. But she'd take the place for no other reason than to keep me out of it. As If any one would look at her twice when I'm around." and she glowed with a fine satisfaction as she compared herself t.Y Mrs Phitt i.nmp. Shs wal ed tor me unuounce- j ment of Serena's engagement as for a blow that was sure to fall. Still, wheu It came she was not rre ' ) arvd for it. One afternoon she had i just taken her accustomed seat on the porch when the gate opened, and Mrs. Lamb swept up the path witn an un usual air of importance. "Lund, ain't it hot!" she exclaimed. "Such a muss as I've got Into." care 'ullv nrrangiTi-r the folds of her new organdie skirt before sitting down. H.cv tone rang with triumph. Mrs. P'r.t.t felt the change in the atmos phere, and all her world darkened. "There's all that house of Peter's to be gone over this hot weather. Not a mite of cleaning since Sarah died. Such a looking pl.ice! And it must be all rid Up by the middle of September. 1 just r.rj in to nsk if your paint and white wash brushes were in good order. Peter said sis how you mentioned hav ing a supply of 'em when you offered, to keep house for him months ago. My. how red your face Is. Emeline! You hadn't ought to wear pink. Now, if I do say It. I've a complexion that'll stand any color. I "1 didn't exactly offer" stammered Mrs. Piatt, tears of mortification smart ing her eyes. "Oh. well, it is all past and done with." interrupted Serena airily. "I just had to give In. He wouldn't take a 'no.' Well, if you'll lend the brushes I'll be goln." Armed with the brushes, Serena de parted, every movement of the organ die proclaiming victory. ' In the days that followed Mrs. Piatt gave much time to sitting on the front porch watching her friend's progress in the housec'eajiing line. Serena called seldom now, and the time passed slow ly. . "I just ran In to ask your opinion of these samples." began Serena one day "in September. "We're going to have new carpets fcr the double par lors. Don't you prefer the green?" Serena wore her best dress. "I shall need a new one soon. she said com placently, smoothing down its silken folds. "I suppose the affair 'II come off soon." ventured Mrs Tlatt after the merits of greens and reds In carpets had been duly canvassed, but Serena only smiled consciously as she gath ered up the samples and departed. "I suppose it'll come off after har vest," mused Mrs. Piatt despondently, meaning Peter's wedding. , One afternoon as Mrs. Piatt was set- Spiey. ;' "My. wftat flow of laD- guager , , "What Is matter with eailorman? . -It's Just .antics of an salt-- - "Sounds to me more like an old pepper. the the the old Practice on Tharv . "I hear you have bought-a flying ma- ( chine." "Yes; I have ordered one ent . around." . , "I suppose you are going) to let your friends ride in it." "No; my enemies. I . 'a ? Lucky. Throagh mountains and forest and; mead- ' ows that smile The river runs down to the aea, Flows down to the ocean With little commotion As far as a person can see. But who is complaining about It, I pray. Or saying that this is a fault? Because if it ran from the ocean away The stream would be flavored with salt. (Continued on Page Nine.) merits to the members of the legis-sents probably only a small part of the' believe him perfectly honorable In all lature. But the, committee was un der Instruction. The bill was to be throttled and the command from the powers was obeyed implicitly. Representative King's motion that the committee report favorably on the bill was promptly tabled while Rep resentative Lantz's motion to post pone further action on the bill was adopted with readiness. The bill was dead. The commission plan of govern ment for cities has been distinctly successful In the various municipali ties in which it has been tried. The Illinois bill simply provided a meth od whereby the cities of the state might, if they desired, adopt the plan which lifts the municipal government out of party politics. : , V The Courts and Politics. Of the first four justices of the su-j preme court of Illinois, one had never profits of crime business transactions and finnnelniiv! "Senator Clay did welt to insist that able to carry out any obligations made it is wrong for the government to hv hia Arm . i double the cost of a daily necessary ot life like sugar- to the consumer when the same amount of revenue could be The aches and ills of coffee slugged nerves, head and stom ach disappear when one chan ges to well-boiled POSTUM The liquid food beverage that, makes the rich, red blood of good health. 'There's a Reason" WALDING, KINNING & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter-, nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. ' Testimonials sent free. Price, 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. -I Take Hall's Family Pills for consti-' pation. X A -A Whooping Cough. "In February our daughter had the whooping cough. Mr. Lane of Hart land, recommended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and said it gave his customers the best of satlsfa?tion. We found it as hesaid, and can recom mend it to anyone having children troubled with whooping cough," says Mrs . "A. Goss of Durand, Mich. For sale by all druggists. rood is more tasteful, healthful and nutri tious when raised with i PURE- M The only baking powder m?de " from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Made from Crapes , : Uninteresting. "There goes the professor. "Professor of what?" "Live and dead languages.' "Iluh: I thought he might be a prize fighter." PERT PARAGRAPHS. There are people who can get eTery angle of a subject except the right side up view of it. Sometimes It is easier than It Is profitable to be good. ' It is easy to drive a man to drink. The only danger is be may run himself to death In his baste to get there. The man who keeps things from his wife Is due to answer present when trouble calls the roll. It Is difficult for a man to under stand why, in regard to woman's dress, the less there is to It the mors It costs. When a woman .Is always saying "Never mind" to ber children she should feel no surprise when they don't. When yon can't remember what yon want it Is better to forget that yon want it. - The reason some married men al ways look dazed la because tbey ars of an Inquiring turn of mind and ars1 trying to figure out how It happened. Most people are willing to work; ths trouble arises only with those who ars arrogant enough to want to dlctats terms. " - v ; There Is only one man that a wmaa doesn't know how to reform, and shs married him. S ' . It Is said that it costs nothing to b polite, but - in some Instances It M I been known to cost a violent effort.