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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Below space is given to a few ut.
terances from President Elliot. of
Harvard University, which, to say the
least, are almost remarkable. For
President Elliot to all but tacitly ad.
NIT that education and its supposed
refining influences is an absolute fail.
ure so far as making humanity better
is an admission that this country is
on the verge of a revolution and a
general upheaval
For more than two generations we
have been struggling with the barbar-
GUS vice of drunkenness, but have not
yet discovered successful method
OF dealing with it. The legislation of
the States has been variable and in
moral significance uncertain. & Z
In some the the States of the Union
we have been depending on prohibitory
legislation, but the intelligence of the
people has been insufficient either to
enforce such legislation or to substi-
tute better.
The persistence of gambling in the
United States is another disappoint.
ing thing to the advocates of ponular
education, for gambling is an extraor-
dinarily unintelligent form of pleasur-
able excitement 1t is a prevalent
vice among all savage people, but one
which a moderate cultivation of the
intelligence, a very little foresight, and
the lease sense of responsibility should
be sufficient to eradicate.
1T must be confessed that the re-
suits of universal suffrage are not in all
respects what we should have expected
from people supposed to be prepared
at school for an intelligent exercise
OF suffrage. We have discovered from
actual observation that universal suf-
trage often produces bad government.
especially in large cities.
1T is a reproach to popular educa-
@AOAA NAA"C ShC S1dNOOL CIl1u6S Ol YlO-
lence are committed in great number
all over the United States. in the
older States as well as in the new,
by individuals and by mobs, and with
a large measure of impunity. The pop
ulation produces a considerable num-
Der OF burglars, robbers, rioters, lynch
ers and murderers, and is not intelli-
gent enough either to suppress or to
exterminate these criminals.
"The nature of the daily reading
matter supplied to the American pub
lie, too, affords much ground for dis
in regard to the results
thus far obtained by the common
schools. Since one invaluable result
of education is a taste for good read
lg, the purchase by the people of
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

thousands of tons of ephemeral read
ing matter which is not good in either
form or substance, shows that one
great end of popular education has not
been attained
"A similar unfavorable inference
concerning popular education may be
drawn from the quality OF the popular
theatres of today The popular taste
is for trivial spectacles, burlesque, vul-
gar vaudeville, extravaganza, and mel
odrama, and the stage often presents
to unmoved audiences scenes and sit
uations of an unwhOlesome sort.
Americans are curiously subject to
medical decisions; because they easily
fall victims to that commOnest Of fall
lacies post hoe, ergo propter hoe They
are the greatest consumers of patent
medicines in the known world, and
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

the most credulOus patrons of all sorts
Of medicine men and women, and of
novel healing arts.
THAT labor strikes should occur
more and more frequently and be
more and more widespread has been
another serious disappointment in re
gard to the outcome of popular educa-
ton. AS We have all seen lately, the
strike is often resorted to for reasons
net made public, or, at least, not
made public until after the strike has
taken place
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

We learn from the COlfax Gazette
that Rag Time Annie and Smooth Fin
gered Pete will do the cake walk from
that city after the first of January.
If some Of the larger cities that pros
per by the assistance of such wretches
would likewise administer a cake walk
case to them there would be fewer
murder trials and fewer persons occu-
plying cells in murderer's row than
are to be found in Seattle at present.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

President John Mitchell, according
to Democratic papers only, was more
than a match for Attorney Wayne Nc
Weigh. We do not doubt it and we do
not doubt it for the very reason that
at one time Wayne McVeigh left the
Republican party and advocated
Democracy, and any man that will do
that will find match in most any
old man he meets.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Foster too foxy is a Times head
line, which is followed by he will
neither affirm Or deny the Foster-Wil-
son agreement OF 1899 II the asser-
ton be true he is not too foxy, but
too foolish. MIR. Foster has rendered
himself ridiculous and is a laughing
stock all over the county. No wonder
the men most responsible for his cleo
ton refuse to even speak to him and
that, too, among his own townsman.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Socialism, from a political stand
point, is said to be growing. Like
all other kinds of politicalisms whose
chief aim and object for existence
are only to be against the govern
ment, it will grow and flourish for a
season and then will go the ways of
the world as has Populism and all
similar ismS.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

A Tacoma paper has been reading
the riot act to the Tacoma people
who came to the Bon Marches grand
opening. Just as if those people did
not want to see something nice occa-
sionally. Certainly Seattleites would
not have gone to an opening in Ia
coma because an opening there would
have been so small that there would
have been nothing to it.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Because Senator Harris of Kansas
bought pair of shoes in Europe for
less money than he could have bought
the same shoes in Massachusetts,.
where they were made, he is heart and
soul against a protective tariff. Per
haps the senator got his shoes at a
second hand store and the protective
idea never took the three ball" pro-
position into consideration.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Speaker Henderson is of the opinion
that the Constitution must be amend
ed before trusts can be suppressed
1t is too bad that four or five men can
so terrorize the entire country that it
requires a Constitutional amendment
in order to check them. The much
boasted independence of the citizen:
of this country seems 20 have forgot
ten it's cunning.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Like David B. Hill, after the last
election Senator Turner fastened to
inform an eXpectant public, Il am a
Democrat still" There is no doubt
Of that and for the next five years he
is going to be very still Democrat be-
cause there will be nothing doing in
Democratic circles.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Mascagni is mistaken, when he
thinks Americans do not appreciate
genius, for have not the Americans
for 10 these many years, appreciated
beyond degree the Italian organ grind
er and his monkey? Despite the fact
that Mascagni will cancel all of his
engagements in this country, Italian
music will still be with us.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Democrats tell us of a surprise in
store for the Republican party at the
next general election. If the surprise is
going to be similar to the surprise of
1896, 1900 and that which just a few
days ago was administered, then the
Republicans have no objection to be-
ing again surprised.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

And now that there will be a Hearst
and likewist a Coffin in the 58th Con-
gress, if the same kind of practices
are INDUCED in that Congress as were
in the 57th, the members thereof will
be fully prepared to take care of their
own dead.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

of the Northwest either handle our
Political POt-pie representations di-
rectly or rehash them If you are fair
you will admit that the Seattle Re-
publicans political predictions are Sec
ond to none other in the State.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

What's the use of Pinkwhiskered Jim
Ham wasting wind denying that he
has given up Seattle as a residence.
Whether he has or not is of no con-
attic has not lost very much if he has.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

So accustomed have the Mississippi
Caucasians become of tying up
'cOons" to trees for their sportsmen
to shoot to death, that they believed
the president would enjoy shooting a
bear that they had tied up for that
purpose and thereby prove his prowess
as a Mississippi jungle hunter, but
not so, as the president is made OF
Sterner stuff
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

President Elliot, of Harvard Univer-
sity, is rushing into print on a good
many subjects here of late Is it pos
sible that that famous institution of
learning is bidding for a lot of cheap
newspaper advertising through its
talkative president?
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Considering that there are but 20O,-
600 Quaker wOrshippers in the United
States, no religious sect in the whole
country can boast of a more wide
spread and wholesome influence
among our best citizens, than that ex-
erted by the Quakers.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Senator Turner declared before the
election that Gov Mcbride was head
ed for the Democratic party" We do
not believe that for Gov Mcbride goes
after bigger game than can be found
in the Democratic woods of this
State.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Holiday numbers seem to be quite
the order of the day among the jour-
nalists Of the Northwest and The Sc
attic Republican sees no reason why it
should not be in the swim, and it
will be
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

If our Indian system is not a curse
it certainly is not blessing. And to
a man up tree it seems to be only a
system for money making on the part
OF those who are connected with it.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28
Bona Eide Circulation. 2, 500

Editor Clayson occasionally hits the
nail on the head in his Patriarch, and
when he does do so he hits it alfiredly
hard.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Since Miss Pearl Conway was run
over by a reckless driver, forty-one
teamsters have been arrested and fined
for fast driving. Good thing; push it
along
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

From political standpoint Tom l..
Johnson, Ohio's presidential aspirant,
a few weeks ago, can now sOliloquize
with himself and dolefully repeat. Il
have seen better days"
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Letter Carrier Kellar, who got Loud
in California, stands a good show to
get good, as he has wilfully broken the
Civil Service rules and may be let
out
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

democratic nomination for president.
Every day here of late some forgotten
fossil is being resurrected.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Some Of our leading men are the
possessers Of untold wealth." but
they are because they managed to
dodge the tax assessor last year
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

The fascinating game of ping pong
is now giving way to that of puff puff.
The latter should have a good run
in Washington City this winter.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28

Without any intention of throwing
boquets at ourself, we note the fact
that both the daily and weekly papers
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-11-28
DON'T GUESS AT IT

but if you are going east write
us tor our rates and let us tell
you about the service and accom-
modations offered by the Illinois
Central Railroad. Through tour
ist cars via the Illinois Central
from Pacific Coast to Chicago and
Cincinnati. Don't fail to write us
about your trip as we are in a
position TO give you some valu-
able information and assistance
1919 miles of track over which is
operated some Of the finest trains
in the world.
For particulars regarding
freight or passenger rates call on
or address:
]. c. LINDSEY,
T. F. & P. A.,
I42 Third Street,
Portland, Ore.
B. H. TRUMBULL,
Com'l Agt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
CITY ARGUES ITS POSITION
IN BEARDsLEY MANDAMUs

City Attorney j. X. Scott and Col.
c. L. Walker this morning presented
before Judge Gest. in the circuit
court, the answer of the city to the
mandamus proceedings brought b.
Capt. j. Beardsley to compel the
municipality TO order removed the
depot and certain tracks of the Dav-
export, Rock Island d Northwestern,
which, the plaintiff alleges, are il
legally occupying East Seventeenth
street.
The attorneys for the city replied
that the railroad was privileged in
the enjoyment of the rights to which
plaintiff objected through ordinance
passed by the city council.
The ordinance was adopted by the
council after due consideration of its
import and the company would he
protected in the grant so voted.
The attorneys for the plaintiff will
make the closing argument next Sat
urday morning.
Judge Gest, in the circuit court
this morning, granted a divorce to
Charles Hayes from Cornelia Hayes
on the grounds of desertion. Hayes
has been married twice and resides
at Andalusia. He has six children by
his first marriage. His second mar
riage occurred at Avoca, Iowa. The
bride, after she learned that her hus-
band desired to move to Andalusia
from Avoca, her home, refused to ac-
company him. She remained at Ayo-
ca. Hence the divorce.
Last evening a recess until Monday
afternoon at o'clock was announc-
ed in the Sensibaugh case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
NAMES ITS OFFICERS
Rock Island Choral Society Holds
Its Annual Elec-
ton.
EDWARDS AGAIN PRESIDENT
@. r. TOenniges to Continue as Di-
rector of Organiza-
ton.

At the annual meeting of the Rock
Island Choral society, held at the Y.
NJ. c. \. auditorium, the following Of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Presidents. Edwards.
First Vice President-George Fl.
Sheldon.
Second Vice President-Mrs. G. W.
Cash.
Secretary. \. Schillinger.
RECONSIDERATION Gest.
Director-C. +. Toenniges.
Accompanist-AIiss Mae Culton.
Organist-Mrs. Agnes Bixby Cook.
Librarian-WaIter Karr.
Until further notice the society will
meet Tuesday evenings, in place of
Monday evening, as heretofore.
Chorus Reorganized.
The Wennerberg chorus of Angus
tana college has been reorganized
with c. \. Hallbcrg president, c. y.
Lund vice president and f. \. Eek
strom secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

est charges are to be met with call
money dancing between s and 20 per
cent. If genearl conditions are suf-
ficiently improved the new Rock ISL
and shares will be listed on the stock
exchange sometime within n fort
night. The earnings of the Rock ISL
and system are increasing more
rapidly than those of any other rail
road in the world. The gross earn
ings for July increased more than
81 ,OOO. 900. those for August more
than 81 100000 and the Increase of
September appears from the prelimi-
nary estimates to be even greater.
All this is in advance of the crop
movement. What the earnings will
be after the crops have begun fairly
to move one can hardly dare imagine.
The Brothers Moore and Messrs.
Reed and Leeds did well To abandon
the Industrial field for railroads if
the apparent fruits of their efforts
mean anything The Rock Island
system in their hands has more than
doubled its mileage within two years.
boasting now more than 5000 miles
as against $500 when the Moore party
took hold of it
Rock Island Notes
w. III. Stocks, general master me-
chanic. General Superintendent Slip
per and c. l.. Nichols. superint andent
of Illinois lines. visited the city YES
terday afternoon on their way east.
1t was Mr.. Slippers first trip over
the system as the successor of
w. NJ. Hobbs, and his visit to the city
was one of interest to the attaches
of the road i'm Rock Island.
Harry Wright is firing engine GAL.
J. ID. Norris, fireman, is on engine
'iO7.
Fireman NJ. Wynes is sick.
Fireman c. Saffort. of West Liber-
ty. is running on engine - IN Dav-
export.
Two new 1900 engines passed
through the city yesterday enroutc
to western divisions.
Fireman j. Burris is on engine 10Y
temporarily.
Engine o15 is in the Davenport
shops.
Engineer F. Hodgdon is sick.
Engineer Guy Taylor is back at
work. after layoff.
Fireman Carl Odden is again on en-
CINE 2OO3.
Engineer James Sheehan, who has
been sick. is again on duty.
Fireman b. Beardsley is running
on engine 916.
Engineer Joe McQuade is i'm charge
of yard engine IS in the absence of
{. Norton.
Ollie Dillon has been regularly as
signed To yard engine 43.
Guy Taylor is running engine SIS
in the Davenport yards.
Fireman Rain is riding engine p.
Firemen Wright, Rain, Pearce, Cal
houn and Reed have been notified to
prepare themselves for examination
for engineers.
The fall season of good business on
the railroads has been inaugurated
and the hardness in arrival of pas
.senger trains on the various roads i,
ascribed to this fact. With the
freight trains all crews are kept busy.
1t is a little early for the fall farm
product shipment to be extensive, al
though the implements and miscella
neous consignments are large and the
local freight offices have plenty to
attend to.
Briefs of the Burlington.
Charles Johnson and Joseph Wiviil
have resigned their positions at the
roundhouse.
Switchman Riley is taking rest
and William Gear is acting in his
place.
Brakeman A. l.. Homer has resign
ed
Baggageman Ehman is visiting in
st. Louis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
The Anthracite
Coal Situation

Is becoming more serious every day and prospects
early settlement With coal at a
high figure, the economical housewife in
direction. great saving be made
and provisions, provided you find the right
trade Read these prices place order and
you will find that have been paying much more for
goods. A trial sufficient you:
Read this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

given equal honors to the Zetagathian so
ciety and to Irving institute. This year the
Zetagathian society won two of the three
judges votes in the Minnesota preliminary
and Irving institute secured the same de-
cision in the Wisconsin preliminary. Last
year the societies were reversed, the Zeta-
gathians winning the Wisconsin preliminary
and the Iryings the Minnesota debate. The
Zetagathian society formerly won all the
preliminary debates and in the fall of the
year the newly elected president is always
installed with copious references and ex-
tracts from the history of the society for
the benefit of the admiring freshmen who
have not decided which society they will
care to join. The worship of the old de-
baters who won glory for their society Is
still active with the present Zetagathians
and the views of a celebrated debater,
though he has been out OF the university
for a decade, are still accepted as guiding
by the society. Four or five years ago Irv-
ing institute stopped the procession of VIC
tories by winning one of the preliminaries
and the next year the Irvings took both de-
bates. This made both societies work the
harder and the more careful in their cleo
lions of debaters, and the closeness Of the
debates is regarded by the debating coach
anu prOlSSSOTS interested IN QeDatlng as one
Of the best guarantees of the preservation
of the excellence of the undergraduate de-
batting standard.
Where the Interest Centers.
The debating interests of the University
of Iowa center around the Zetagathian and
Irving societies. OF these the Zetagathians
are the oldest, being founded before the
civil war. Among the early records of the
Zetagathian society is a note made of a
challenge for debate received from the Irv-
ing society. The Zetagathians refused this,
but resolved that they were ready to de-
bate at any time with the Women's Debat-
ing society. In the early '70s, however, the
Zetagathians consented to debate with men
and the university debating system was
commenced. The radical difference between
the two societies in the debating is found
in a clause in the Zetagathian constitution
prohibiting any of its members from joining
fraternities or Greek letter societies and
prohibiting the election of fraternity men to
membership in the society. The constitu-
ton of Irving institute contains a clause
welcoming to membership all students who
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
Pointed Paragraphs

Chicago News: Love s one kind of praise
and envy is another.
Your life isn't worth living unless you
think it is.
Self inspection is said to be a sure cure
for self-esteem.
Men with narrow views are apt to be
broad in their conversation.
The average man deceives himself oftener
than he does others.
A woman never feels comfortable unless
her shoes are uncomfortable
If a man says only what he thinks he is
not likely to be a great talker.
Many a man grows wealthy by acting con,
trary to the advice of the majority.
A woman would rather other women
would talk disrespectfully about her than
ignore her.
After a girl who married for money be-
comes a widow she is very likely to be
married for her money.
The student who fingers around the foot
of his class may eventually become a first
class chiropodist.
1t is not wisdom to tell everything you
know, but some people can't avoid it II
they tell anything at all.
An egotist is a man who insists on tell
ing you the things about himself that you
want to tell him about yourself.
That candidate who places himself in the
hands of his friends at the convention is
likely to be left on their hands after tn.
votes have been counted
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
A South African Episode

There are men" says Julian Ralph,
who wax enthusiastic. and even poetic,
when they speak of war. Fer iTs ance, tn re
was Surgeon Major Lindley, well known
as a physician in New York. He once said
to me: What a delicious affair the battle
OF Graspan was; IL was so lively and so
hot in spots. 1t was as complete and
pretty as a well-cut little gem And yet,
in that fight Major Lindley was caught in
a depression of the veldt, with Beers
peppering at him from three sides, and
with only one little break in their lines,
through which he had to ride in the full
blaze Of all their fire.
What did you think when you saw the
fix you were in :? / asked him.
"I thought / had better dash ahead and
attract the fire, so that my colonel would
get out safely was the reply .
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
Raillery

Boston Record: l overheard a live y
argumen between three college girls while
waiting for a car in front of the public
library last night.
Which is correct" asked the first, ''to
say here she comes or here 1t comes? -"
as the attention Of the trio was directed
toward a car approaching in the distance.
Here it comes of course" emphatic
ally declared one of the group.
"NO, l think here she comes is %prefera-
ble," quickly retorted the first speaker,
still watching the car.
"YOu are both wrong, you are poth
wrong" spoke up the third, jumping up and
down excitedly; you should say here he
comes.'"
This remark so amused the other two
that their attention was suddenly diverted
from the rapidly nearing car, as they
laughed in feigned deTision q their com
panion's sense of grammar
But the girl who had spoken last kept
her eyes On the car, watching it closely as
1t came more clearly into view.
Girls, | am right" she shouted at them
so Unexpectedly that the two turned to-
ward the street at once.
See, it is a mail car she pointed out
triumphantly to the surpri ed couple who
saw one of the white trolleys com ng down
the track; here he comes"