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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-02-18
First published February Is. mo. 1851.
Notice For Publication

TINTED States Land Ohice, Colby, Kan, Feb.
u ~, 1855 Notice is hereby given that William
Healthier has fled notice Of intention to make
final proof before clerk district court at his ocs
in GOOdland. Kan, on Saturday, the ID day Of
April, ls96, on timber culture application 6963,
for the southeast quarter Of section No Is, IN
township No. south, range 40 west BE names
as witnesses. Phillip Book. Samuel ". Hodnsy,
Andrew J. ShoOp, Emery Mass. all Of GoOdland,
Kansas.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-02-18

The total milage, g, l95; total stock,
s1,695, 7S6, AS; total debt, q, I27, 943,5S3.
It viii be noticed that the debt nearly
equals the stock, practically all was
lost.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
STAMP TAX AMENDMENTS.

HEPORTS from Washington are to the effect H( that number of internal revenue officials have suggested to Congressman Dingley the ad- visibility of amending the stamp taxes in the enue bill to eradicate certain defects which ex perience has shown to exist in the law Whether Con- gress will amend the tax during the short session is doubtful but it is fairly certain effort will be made ill that direction for the law as it stands is in some respects unjust and in many particulars uncertain and confusing
 Among the amendments proposed for the purpose of making the law clearer two of indisputable merit One of these proposes to amend the para graph imposing I cent on telcgraphic dispatches as to make it definite and certain who to aix and pay for the samp-the telegraph company or the per son who sends the dispatch. The other provides for equal defniteness of statement in the law as to whether the shipper the company shall pay for the stamps required on freight and express receipts, or bills of ading
 These two questions have caused great deal of ir ritaon in the public mind by of the action of the companies in shifting the burden of taxation upon the public considerable litigation has resulted, and possibly 1t may be long before the courts decide the issue It is not easy to see how the language of the law in this respect can be made much clearer than it s but since the corporations have been able to raise question on the subject it would be just well for
 
 ing the law declare in set that the porations and not the already heavily taxed public shall be made to pay these taxes.
 Other suggested amendments propose to remove the stamp tax on mortgages on the ground that as there Is promissory notes, the mortgage tax Is double taxation and falls the debtor class; to strike out the provision taxing brokers notes or memorandum of sale of goods or property of any kind, the argument being that if brokers pay the special tax required that should be sufficient; re- peal of the tax on certificates of any description re- qured by law, because of the difficulty of determin- ing what certificates taxable; and amendment of the paragraph relating to the tax paror and sleeping tickets to provide penalty for failure to afx the stamps, 1t that under the law as 1t stands penalty IS provided by reason of the fact that the tax is not imposed under schedule A. where t properly belongs.
 At the time of its enactment the tax was supposed to be simply temporary measure for raising war revenue. It likely to remain the statute books for some years to come. It is therefore impor- tant that the defects naturally resulting from hasty
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was a. shocking and cruel farce, alike a
 disgrace to the jury, the Trosecution,
 the defense, the great State of Califor-
 mia and a reproach to the court. But the subject brings up question heretofore
 cursorily mentioned as to the proVlhce
 of an attorney. Every man accused or crime has right to fair, hearing al. though "the presumption Of 1nnocence is almost necessarily fraud. The very fact of arrest on mere suspicion 1mpalrs this presumption, and when the crlmln- al act has been observed utterly de- stroys it, leaving nothing to be decldeo but the degree of guilt. That Rosser killed Hilderbrand, and that the oeeo was reprehensible, there was no doubt. There is nothing in the statute nor m common sense which could make IL matter to be passed over. Yet 1t has gone without rebuke, ard Rosser IS free to take another drink and choose new victim. I believe that a lawyer who de- liberately devotes his talents to the baking of Justice. secures by the trick of tears and the device of oratory, or other equipment of his calling the de- feat of the law, is not a good citizen, and that he could with as little plane have passed to the prisoner a nie wherewith to saw to liberty. l believe a lawyer who would steal the skull or murdered child for the purpose or con- cealing evidence should forever be ols- barred. The fraternity has sunk to low estate when it dams the current or the law with technicality or bridges IL with a structure of deceit so that a criminal may cross to unmerited safety.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
JUDGE MaGUIRE'S PLANT.

I JUDGE MAGUIRE'S letter to Father Yorke o confirms what has often been said concerning V Democratic politicians, namely that with sin guar fauity they seek for the cause of their defeat in fields and regions where the and well bal anced never think of looking Judge Mcguire be-
 eves according to his letter. that Father Yorke de- feated him, that gentleman having influenced, he says 10000 thoughtless and unreasoning Democrats to vote against him on election day He figures that 1t required 10000 votes to defeat him, and he places the reverend fathers following at just that number
 For the purpose of reaching this conclusion Judge Mcguire ignores all the facts of the late election and every scrap of phenomena by which its results may be explained. He thinks that voted against him account of his free silver tendencies because he is single taxer, because his political advance ment IS menace to property, because he the nominee of convention which had been packed by a San Francisco ring of bosses, nor because he is a sham reformer and office seeker. On the contrary every man of the 10000 required to defeat him was influenced by Father Yorke.
 The weakness, if not imbecility of these premises becomes apparent the moment attempt is made to anayze them. Father Yorke opposed Mayor Phelan as well as Judge Mcguire and Dr. Clinton. Yet Mr. Phelan carried San Francisco by as many votes as Mcguire lost it. Where were the 10000 thoughtess Democrats when the Mayors name appeared upon the ballot? Father Yorkes attack upon Mcguire was mild compared with that upon Phelan In fact, as we all know he singled the latter out as an especial mark for his shafts.
 Reduced to its constituent particles, Judge Ma guires letter the familiar yawp of the defeated po- tician-the gasp of "reformer who can conceive no motive for the opposition except a corrupt and un- worthy one, and possible for disaster except
 fraud No ofice-seeker of the Mcguire type was ever defeated by anything except fraud" It is i'm possible to imagine people who would deliberately shake Judge Mcguire clear of the public udder He believes there frantic determination on the part Of the to give him another office but that they were defrauded by the timely but corrupt interference of Father Yorke-a politician possessing priests n- f1uence
 Credtng Judge Mcguire with the common attri- bute of sincerity this is all quite singular It may be that Father Yorke influenced few people to vote against the Democratic ticket but 1t Is out of all req son to that the number was 10000 Ii that number followed him. how is Phelans triumph to be explained? The truth is, Judge Mcguire de- feated because the people are tired of him. because they weary of his incessant hunger for office because they have concluded that he Is sham re- former and destroyer rather than constructor of public measures; because he is a single-taxer faddst, socialist disturber and Democrat Ma guire could not have been elected had Yorke and all his friends been active in his fight
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
HELP THE SOLDIERS.

Editor Call-Dear Sir: Having read in Thursdays Call the letter of Nurse Shaefer describing the awful condition of our boys In Manila, 1t has given me a shock that should rebound from one end of this nation to the other, and I want to ask through the columns of your paper, Can nothing be done to relieve them, an Is there no way of insuring them, sick and dying as they are, nourishment enough to resist the ravages of those awful diseases? Must the mothers of this nation sit still and know, as hundreds of letters testify, how their boys are treated and not be able to lift helping hand? In humanity's name this nation called for volunteers, and in humanity's name our boys responded and nobly they did their duty, and now must lack Of nourishment and death be their recompense! Cannot some one pause in the mad rush of life to send succor to those sick boys, and those who by disease have become sad wrecks of their former selves? Since be- ing a subscriber to The Can have noticed that your paper was always foremost in any emergency that needed prompt ac- ton. Now, in the name of all that is good and humane, can you not find some way of relieving our boys? It has been known for three months that their condi- brings sadder state of affairs. Ships go out almost weekly. Could there not be sent plenty of condensed food, such as beef extract, malt milk, and so on, to nourish the boys in the hospitals, and some one to see that they received 1t? In sending a Christmas box to my son in Ma nila, instead of sending him goodies, sent him beef extract and a small medicine chest which no doubt will be needed by him and his comrades; but, of course, that Is only a drop in the bucket. Hoping you may arouse some action in this matter. I remain yours respectfully,
 MRS B. MADDOCK,
 Box 56, Santa Cruz
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
AN INSTANCE OF DEGENERACY.

n BOUT the man Cunning, who appears as a / \ witness with intent to place rope about the neck of Mrs. Botkin, there hovers a shadow of odum through which he may be discerned, pitiful and repellent embodiment of moral degeneracy.
 That he should be here as witness is not in itself reprehensbe for the duty of throwing every possible light upon the tragedy Is from which he could not well escape But, if governed by normal impulses, there must be ever before him series of pictures i'll which the prisoner and himself central figures, portrayed as rioting in environment of shame
 II the woman IS guilty she is not alone in her guilt If she planned and carried out dabolcal murder, she drew inspiration from the companion ship of one who was in honor bound to be the com panion and support of another. Dunning may swear to belief in her guilt; he cannot swear to an easy conscience assuring him of his own innocence When the two came the parting of the ways the evil had been done, and the germ Of crime had showed pri- mary signs of growth. It was nurtured by affection ate letters from him. He manifested inclination break away from evil association formed here, al though thousands of miles lay between him and the wretched woman whose love he had won.
 All the unhappy episodes which make up the som Der story may be traced the racetrack that potent promoter of crime Its ascinations first led Cunning to be recreant in his trust employe, and broke up home where had been affection and content Left without domestic restraints, he easily formed an alliance with this shallow Botkin creature, and to- gether they sought the races In their relations all of propriety was cast aside and their gross of lending open to the eyes of the little under world in which they moved It seems that when separ- aed they would not give each other up. While writ ing to his wife, he also writing to his mistress In the heart of the latter according present under standing, devotion to the became colored by hatred for the wife of the man. She tried to bring about divorce and failing projected murder into the situation-a murder foul and reckessly planned for the probable staying of many innocent.
 Doubtless Cunning shocked, but he gave no indication. Perhaps he realized that, if guilt there was, part of belonged to him, yet he does not act one burdened of soul Were he an ordinary man he would be cast down that he would give his teS- timony knowing 1t to be not accusation than a confession
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS

M H. Foley of St Paul is at the Palace. James Simpson of Eureka Is at the Lick. R. Fatham of London is at the Occi- dental.
 J. D. Riddle of Hanford Is a guest at the Grand.
 F. E. Curtis of Louisiana Is at the Grand.
 James F. Lord of Chicago is at the Palace.
 William J. Baxter, U. s. N, Is at the Oc- cidental.
 C. Ruster of New York is guest at the California. Lee Chun of Honolulu is registered at the Grand.
 J. H. Brown of Denver Is a guest at the Occidental.
 J. M Wills of St. Louis is staying at the Palace.
 John J. Seymour of Fresno Is a guest at the Lick.
 Charles Clark of Portland Is staying at the Occidental.
 Attorney F. NJ Chittenden of Fresno is staying at the Grand.
 L. w. Fulkerth, District Attorney of Modesto, Is at the Grand.
 Judge Andrew Hamilton of Albany, N. T., is registered at the Palace.
 John c. Brown and D. E. Spenser of Stanford are at the California.
 Charles T. Henshan of New York is among the guests at the Palace.
 W. Heathcote of Peterborough, On- tario. is staying at the California
 A. J. Hull of Napa and ". H. Hutton and W. A. Downer of Modesto are at the Lick.
 C. B. Nicolson, E. R. Cowles and Charles J. Quinn of New York are at the Palace.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
PRIMARY ELECTION LAWS.

n MORNING contemporary, speaking of the ef- / \ fort that is now being made to frame a pri- mary election law which will be constitutional remarks that it IS always easy matter in framing bill of this sort to insert provisions which on the surface appear of good intentioR-provsions that when the law to the test may defeat its whole purpose either by running counter the organic law or by providing masked loophole for it's evasion" The idea, this commentator puts it, IS that the framers of primary legislation fail to score either through design ignorance, or inability to under stand the mind of the Supreme Court.
 This is exactly the situation, expressed in ex- tremely courteous language. The fact more roughly stated is that the framers of primary election laws are mostly politicians who do understand the subject at all. Instead of making thorough examination of the statutes, the decisions of the courts and similar laws in other States, they sit down and draw up bills which they think will best conserve their own inter ests. They insert in these everything that occurs to them without reference to system or legal theory. Alter the bill is passed and somebody con tests its consttutonaity they appear be astonshed because the Supreme Court holds it to be unconsttu tional.
 This was exactly what happened with the primary law enacted by the Legislature in 1897. That meas are was declared unconstitutional upon grounds which any law student could easily have evaded had he given the subject days study.
 What the committee having in charge the con coction of a primary law should do IS to put all its work together and then employ a competent lawyer for reasonable fee to thoroughly examine and an- noate it. This lawyer should be practical poll tician, but who stands high in his profession and whose and character will be guarantees that he will conscienousy discharge the duty of inform ing the committee what the law actually is
 This process might cost something but it would produce bill which would probably stand the test of the Supreme Court; 1t would demonstrate that no practicable statute be framed under the constitr- ton--whch is a point worth ascertaining.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
Ready for a Repetition.

The rush for German steins was so great last year that 1t seemed almost impossible to meet the demand. This year Nathan, Dohrmann & Co. have aI- most doubled the quantity they import ed for last years holiday trade, and holiday buyers will this year find no difficulty in finding something that will appease the longing of those who drink, or who would appreciate one of these beer mugs as bit of decoration. Prices on them are from 50 cents up.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
cAL1FoRNIANs IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Dec. H.-Miss Flora Grace Dean of San Francisco is at the Neither land: Edgar Wallace of Yreka is at the Hoffman; A. w. Ransom, M. J. L. Con nell, N. F. Thomas and wife, of San Francisco, are at the Imperial; Orestes Pierce and wife of Oakland are at the Manhattan; B. F. Brooks of Riverside and F. NJ. Bradshaw of Los Angeles are at the Marlborough.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
TELEPHONE PROFITS.

some means of compelling the telephone monopoly to abate its extortions n that State. The agitation has become considerable that the whole East is affected by it, and the press of the neighboring States IS discussing the subject almost earnestly that of New York itself.
 For the purpose of showing the enormous profits of the monopoly the New York Herald recently pub lished elaborate table giving in detail the balance sheets of the company for the last eighteen years By this table 1t shown that upon investment of but little more than 5000 900 the Bell Telephone Com pany has in eighteen years made profit of than S43,ooo,ooo The Philadelphia Ledger, in reviewing the subject reduces the detailed statement of the Her aid to this summary:
 Actual cash capital National Bell Tele-
 phone Company In 187S.. !.............. $f10 LOO Actual cash capital American Bell Tele- .
 phone Company in 1S80.. 543, ,100. % Present capital stock American Bell Tel
 ephone Company, estimated about 3OOoo OoO co Price per share, last quotations 2S0.00 Earnings of the Bell Company for eight .. o. .. Average dividends (about). IS per cent Can pay dividends of per cent on. 90000 O0O0 Actual cost of a long distance telephone
 in open market, lots of one dozen..... 750 Royalty exacted by Bell monopoly for
 each instrument used in its exchanges, Cost of unlimited use of telephone to
 business men in Detroit, where there is
 competition .....s........................ $500 Cost of unlimited use of telephone to
 is no competition .......,.............. 24Ooo Expense account yearly of Bell Company o.oa. ..
 TOT prOt2cton.. Contributions to two political committees
 III New fork, 1858. S.................. lVo,oVo.oV
 In this statement 1t will be noted that the expense account includes $Iooooo contributions to two po- 1itical committees in New York, I8o8,' and further item of $2,ooo,ooo as yearly expenses for protec- tion.' In the absence of any definite information as to where and how the Herald obtained these figures, the subject is that invites legislative investigation and it is hardly likely the investigation will be fined to New York If there is monopoly in the country paying out $2oooooo anually for protection there are solons in more States than who would
 like to know where the money goes.
 It is further to be noted that the monopoly that has made such profits upon its invested capital of the corporations that has refused to pay the taxes imposed upon 1t for purposes and has shifted them upon the public Its avarce has degen- erated to petty greed of the meanest kind, and it has practced petty larceny upon the pockets o its patrons in every city in the Union. Under the cir cumstances there will be widespread interest in the struggle in New ork and if the Legislature of that State devise of compelling the monopoly to be honest with the public, the whole country will rejoice and every State will profit by the lesson.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
ANUS EMENTS

L-IN Columbia-'A Paror Match" California 70 Brien. the Contractor Alcazar-' Alabama" Tivoli-"The Mascot Morosco's Temptation of Money" Orpheum-V Vaudevlle Comedy-"The South Before the War The Chutes-Goria Man, Vaudeville and the Zoo. Olympia Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Speciates. Ingleside Coursing Park-Coursing To-day. Glen Park-Misson Zoo. Recreation Park-Baseball. Mechanics Pavilion-Charity Bazaar. Ingleside Race .Track-Races Tomorrow Rosenthal--Coming in December.
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legislation should be eradicated as possible, and there would be good deal of qualification if Congress would undertake the work of amendment it the present session.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

The author known as "Old Sleuth'' has passed away, leaving half million and the record of I35 books, of which worth reading and every one of which made money for him. Literature is a great calling.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

The best Xmas present: Townsend's Cal ifornia Glace Fruits, soc, in fire etched boxes or Japanese baskets. 627 Market St.. Palace Hotel building
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

Ii Uncle Sam is to auction off the Philippines, per haps he IS ready to listen to bid from Aguinaldo.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

Celluloid albums. collar and cuff boxes, handkerchief and glove boxes, shaving sets and toilet cases make especially good Christmas presents. Sanborn, Vail & Co
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

In Rossers store of good luck is the fact that he had been discharged from the army. According tc military etiquette wanton slaying is an offense
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

Thousands of packages in 1a, 1, 2, &. and 10 pounds of Townsend's California glace fruits, 50 cents pound; all ready for shipping. Send your orders and wa can ship for you at reduced rates ss7 Market street, Palace Hotel. e.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

"Yes," said Adam to his grandson, ''I know I brought on all this trouble by eating an apple, but what would you do now. If woman dared you?'-Cincinnati EnQuirer.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

An anti-scalping bill is good thing. Any railroad official will say so freely.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Ailen's). 5l0 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 104l
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Postage on the Holiday Edition of The Call will be. Domestic, 3 cents; Foreign, cents.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

Look out for S1 4th Chr. grocery), best eye glasses. specs, l0c to 40c. Note No. S1. .
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No session of the Board of Education will ever be complete without the appointment of a referee.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

Closed Sundays, Townsend's, Palace. |.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

As to the acquittal of Rosser, this pa- per has given editorial expression, to which have no inclination to take ex- ception. There was no feeling that the young man deserved the gal1ows, for there was no reconciliation in his act, but there was a feeling that he should be punished. Hou~ser, the trial was turned into a travesty and the verdict