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The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-10-30
NELSON'S SPEECH
The Ablest of the CampaienThe
Senior Senator Proves His Good
Sense and Mastery of Great
Subjects. .."-"

Senator Knute Nelson had an
enthusiastic and numerous audi
ence at his meeting in the Remid-
il city hall last Thursday night,
and was visibly pleased with his
reception. Bemidii always did
ike him, and never better than
now. He was introduced by
Frank Street, who feelin. ~ al
luded to him as wheelhorse over
whom the driver may crack all
the whip he wants, but whose
steadfastness under a long pull
in the face Of great odds in the
way of humors and theories III
the minds of the people, has never
been questioned. He recommend
ed him as man whom the people
could always trust.
The Senator was enthusiastically
received, and launched right out,
in his plain and matter-of-fact
way, into the subjects of the
campaign, spending but little
time on the railroad merger, and
covering for an hour and three
Quarters all the legitimate ques-
tlons that have been thrust into
the campaign. He was not
afraid of the protective tariff, and
said that as between an American
trust and and European trust, he
was always in favor of the Ameri-
can trust. He said that the
trouble with what we call trusts
lies in our laws concerning corpor-
ations, which are what we have
made them, and that the on y
remedy lies in what President
Roosevelt repeatedly urged in his
New England speeches, namely.
in an amendment to the national
constitution giving congress con
troll over all corporations in all
states. Nothing else, he said,
could possibly be effective. The
Pioneer would like to give a sy'
nopsis of the Senator's address,
which was listened to throughout
with close attention by an audi
ence of about 500 people, and
which made manifest impression
1t was plain common sense and
won out with every one present
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-10-30
MINNESOTA BOOMING.
What a Washington Attorney OBJ
served on a Recent Trip.

Mr.. Charles Fl. Babbitt, a prom
inent land attorney, has just re-
turned from an extended busi-
ness trip,in Minnesota. He says
that prosperity is evident on
every hand, though the corn crop
in that state was almost totally
destroyed by cary frosts. The
capacity of the transportation
lines are taxed to the utmost in
moving the crops in the agricul.
tural districts. All over the state
new buildings of stone and brick
are in course of erection. Be
midii-named after a famous In
dian chief-occupies site which
four years ago was a wilderness
of stumps, ''Jack pines," and
brush, and now has a population
of three thousand.
''The land where the town of
Cass Lake stands was formerly
a part of the Cass Lake Indian
reservation, and was sold at auc-
tionas timber land by the govern
.ment in November, 1899. The
town is well built, and very thriv-
ing, containing seven or eight
hundred people. Grand Rapids
is on the border Of the iron de-
post, for which the northeastern
part of the state is famous, and
also adjacent to the heavy pine
forests, in which a tremendous
amount of logging will be done
this winter, many camps are now
being established, in each OF
which from 300 to 500 men will
be employed. Blackduck is the
present terminus Of the Mime
sofa and international railway
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-10-30
Stricken with Paralysis.

Henderson Grimett, OF this place,
was stricken with partial paralysis
and completely lost the use OF one arm
and side. e. After being treated by, an
eminent physician for quito while
without relief, my wife recommended
Chamberlain $ Pain Balm, and after
using two bottles OF it he Is almost
entirely cured. Geo. r. Mcdonald,
Man, Logan county, W. Va. Several
other remarkable cures Of partial
PARALYSIS have been effected by this
iniment. It is most widely known,
however, rs IL cure for rheumatism,
sprains and bruises. Sold by e. a.
Mayo's Drug Store.
DR.. Arn0ld's Cough Killer for
asthma cannot be cqualied $. B..
Gillespie. Guthrie Center. 10.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-10-30

wardswil be asfollows First ward, at
Court House; second ward, at City
Hall. Given under my hand this l4th
day OF October, a, d. 1902.
p. J. OLEARH, Recorder.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-10-30
COUNTY DIVLz:lON
The Most Ridiculous Proposition Yet
Submitted to the Voters OF
Beltrami County.

a basis of only 600 votes for
Roosevelt county, cannot possi-
bly, cast more than 400 votes.
Blackduck county, even if it
casts as many as 600 votes in
favor of it's project, will find it.
self paralized by a like number
of votes against the scheme with
in it's own territory. The terri
tory which would naturally under
all circumstances be opposed to
any kind of division, will not cast
less that 1000 votes, reasonably
divided, will kill off all three of
the other candidates for county,
hood.
Goodbye, County Division!
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-10-30

A 5 acre tract inside the city
limits only $3.50. Just the place
for gardening, chickens or dairy
ing. -.
If F. N. Lang,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29
IL TIE PUBLIC ONLY KNEK.

If the public only knew that the re-
form fire and police board issued an
order to the police to suppress the slot
machines and within sixty hours after
the mandate had been issued word was
passed along the line to the slot
machine owners that they would not be
molested, the sham reform police board
would be better understood.
If the public only knew that only three
days before the edict to stop the Tom
Dennison policy wheel was promulgated
a party who represented that he was
authorized to speak for the sham re-
form police board made proposals to the
policy king to guarantee him police
protection, If he would only agree to
throw his influence to Dave Mercer, the
grandstand play of the sham police re-
formers would be exhibited in it's true
light.
If the people who expected the new
police commission to take the police and
fire departments out of politics only
knew that William j. Broatch, the act
ing chairman Of the board, tried to club
the Omaha brewers to line up members
of the republican county committee for
Mercer they would realize what an i'm
posture has been practiced upon credu-
lous business men by the Baldwin-Mer-
Ger police board.
II the people of Omaha only knew
what pressure is being brought by the
railroad corporations to foist the non
resident congressman on the people of
this district they would rise in their
might to resent the outrage.
II the people only knew that Mercer
has never repaid the money put up by
Scip Dundy for his first term campaign
they would pass the hat around and
make a collection for the benefit of the
nonresident congressman. who has
made political dividends on a smaller
amount of capital than any political blk
who has occupied a public position at
the hands of the people.
If Dave Mercer would only take the
people into his confidence for one short
day and tell them what became of the
proceeds of the 5000 draft contributed
by the Greater America exposition,
which was cashed by his middleman,
Sabine, he might re-establish himself In
their confidence just a little bit.
If the people only knew when Mercer
will complete that p~alatial residence
which he built years ago on paper their
natural curiosity would be satisfied.
If the public only knew how an
Omaha paper, which prints less than
1900 copies of a Sunday edition, man
ages to circulate more han 10000 copies,
they would be able to unravel the most
difficult of puzzles.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29
NOTES.

There has been q, reunion Of the Collins
family in Massachusetts,, but we miss Toms
familiar countenance in the Photographic
group.
Minister WI Tingrang mas accepted an
invitation to speak in B~inghamton, N. Y, on
Labor day before a labor mass meeting. This
will be the first address ever made by a
Chinaman to laboring men.
Ella wheeler Wilcox has challenged John
A. Joyce OF Washington to prove that she
did not write the poem Solitude" and will
give him 5000 IL he succeeds. Colonel"
Joyce claims the authorship.
Rear Admiral Thomas o. seIfridge, re-
tired, is the oldest living ohicer of the
American navy. He was appointed from
Massachusetts, In 1918, many years before
the establishment Of the Naval academy.
Bradley-M Martin. jr., who is at present in
Paris. has sold his three automobiles. He
says the numerous recent fatalities, added
to his own phenomenal bad luck, have.
cooled his enthusiasm for the horseless
vehicle.
Frederick w. Lehman Of st. Louis has
Just acquired three sketches by Charles
Dickens. They are the only drawings by
the famous author Of "Pickwick Papers"
and "old Curiosity. Shop" that as yet have
been discovered.
NJ. Coquelin, the French actor, had his
pocket picked in Paris the other day, his
vacation money, some $500, being taken. He
was almost distracted by the loss, as the
sum almost equaled the amount he receives
for a single performance.
A handsome sword which was the property
of Lieutenant John Adams Webster, who
CALAMITY defended the city Of Baltimore dur
ing the war Of 1912. IL about to be pre-
sented to the Maryland Historical society
by Frank Bond Msupin, a relative.
M. Girault, a member Of the French ma
tional legislature, has drafted a bill pro-
hibiting duels In 1.-The republic and its
colonies. He proposes that the principals in
such encounters shall be deprived Of civic
rights for eight years and seconds i've years.
DR.. Yung Wing. who was instrumental in
sending the new Chinese minister to this
country for his education, was one Of the
three Chinese lads brought to this country
in 1s4S by Rev. Samuel Rollins Brown, who
established the first Protestant Christian
school in China.
The late General Franz SigeI had the
singular felicity Of writing resolutions on
the death Of General Joe Hooker. twenty
three years ago, which were so eminently
association Of the Eighth New Jersey vol
unteers, 'Hooker's old guard" for which
they were written, adopted them again,
with only the change OF name. In honor Of
General sigel himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29
THAT GAME OF WAR

Indianapolis News; The great naval game
Is over. II would be interesting to know
what II cost and what good Il accomplished.
Baltimore American: Tho country is safe.
for the enemy has been captured. and the
mimic war now proceeds TO the second chap
ter.
Philadelphia Inquirer: The result Of the
mimic naval battle is a victory for the de-
tense, more proof that Il IL easier to defend
than to attack.
Minneapolis Journal: This mimic naval
warfare is made so realistic that there is a
uuaver in the voice OF Admiral Hlgglnson
as he chivalarously refuses to accept Com
mander Pillsbury's sword.
New York Post: The navy game Of 1909
Is most likely TO be remembered for Rear
Admiral Higginson's excellent parody Of a
historic surrender. Keep your sword, sir
he said to Commander Pillsbury, who had
sailed plump into the defending feet; keep
your sword. 1 could not take the sword Of
so gallant and noble a foe" II Is doubtful
II the event deserved any more serious
treatment.
Philadelphia Record: n result Of the
naval maneuvers should be a largely in
creased activity in the long delayed work
Of installing q system OF wireless teleg-
raphy on board ship in the new navy. The
curious inertia Of the department in this
regard Is all the more surprising in view Of
repeated demonstrations By foreign adj
miralities of the supreme utility Of a means
of communication so complete and effective.
New York Commercial Advertiser: Per-
haps officers Of the navy can determine
from what occurred whether that part OF
our coast is reasonably safe from attack
when under protection Of a v~igilant admiral
like Higginson, but 1t Is open to question
whether the sensitive souls in Boston who
took alarm when word came that Admiral
Cervera was roaming about with SPANS
four crack ships Of war will be greatly re-
assured by the failure OF Commander Pills
bury to establish himself In port.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29

the building association nourishes IN
BROOKLYN like a green bay tree. and
Brooklyn's proportionate contribution to
the census is annually greater than that
Of any other great American city. accord
ing to the statistical sharps. However
it may be. along toward the hour when
the hundreds of thousands of Brooklyn men
are h%ustling toward their New York Jobs
on the other side Of the water in the morn
ing yourl see as great a cohiagration Of
tobacco in the bowls Of pipes of every
type and degree as the world affords. Nine
out of ten Of the Brooklynites then have
their cutties or the equivalents thereof
aglow, and there lea mixed fragrance OF
nicotia on the streets of Brooklyn that
ought to be of tremendous dlsinfecting
effect
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29

The nomination Of G. M. Hitchcock for
congressman in the Second district seems
to have been brought about by the con-
nivance Of so-called republicans who have
reason to fear the opposition Of The
Omaha Bee and its editor. Mercer. who
has represented the district for ten years
past, holds to the opinion that he is en-
titled to a sixth term or a life lease OF
his Job, and Mr.. Rosewater thinks other
wise. Hence Mercer counts upon the
active antagonism Of The Bee and, to in
sure that the fusion nominee shall receive
no benent from the great influence Of that
paper, the present Congressman has appar-
emily been a party to naming as his demo
cratic opponent a man whom The Bee has
consistently opposed from the time he first
appeared before the public. OF course, Mer-
Ger is expected to reciprocate. and the price
of his attempt to place Mr.. Rosewater in the
embarrassing position Of being unable to
support either Of the regularly nominated
candidates is said to be his promise Of the
mayoralty Of Omaha to one of Hitchcock's
democratic %cronles.
Although this deal occurred outside Of our
" congressional territory the matter is
one that concerns every republican in the
Third district, as it also does the whole
party Of the state. MERGERS treaty with the
enemy will lead to the selection Of an in
dependent candidate and places the Second
district. ordinarily a safely republican con-
stituency, In the democratic column, and
for this act he should consider himself an
swerable to every republican in Nebraska.
The party's standing in the state is such
that 1t is in need Of straightforward, con-
work to upbuild 1t. II is alto
gether too precarlously situated to with
stand such perfdious politics as MERGERS
alignment with the open adversaries. Lack
Of confidence in the republican leaders Of the
state rather than in republican prin-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29

Those who urge wiping of the tarin
duties on all goods made by trusts and
combinations appear to lose sight Of In
divldual manufacturers and to assume
that the combinations would alone be
affected. What they seem not to under
stand is that removal Of the tariff on
trust made goods, when a combination
has so far developed its industry as to
be able to compete in the worlds
markets and when it's domestic com
p%etitors have not so far developed their
business as to be able to so compete,
would destroy not the trust, but the
competitors Of the trust, thus making
the monopoly complete. This is so
obvious that no extended argument can
be needed to enforce IT,.
AS the Boston Transcript say those
who urge this policy cannot or will not
realize the facts of the industrial situa-
tlon, not alone in the United States, but
in the world. wherever there is a
country with capital and industry" says
that paper, there is found the combina-
ton of corporations shifting ever from
competition to union. Such combina-
tons exist in free-trade England and in
protective France and Germany. II the
United States should remove all the
duties on goods made in this country by
trusts or combinations 1t would simply
throw open its home market to the
combinations Of Europe" German iron
and steel makers, reports the American
consul general Of Berlin. have a com.
blnation for the purpose of making a
fight in the markets of Europe, South
America and Central America, Africa
and the east. What they propose to
do is to return to the system of export
bounties. which will enable them to sell
their goods in the foreign markets at
lower prices than they charge for them in
the home market. Take off our tariff
duties and can there be any doubt that
the American market would be flooded
by German goods? Perhaps the combi-
nations here would experience some
injury from this, but they would not
necessarily be destroyed, while undout-
eddy many Of the individual indus
trial enterprises would be. These could
not long Withstand the foreign CON-
petition and we should suffer an in
dustrial check disastrous to both capital
and labor.
1t is not practicable to arrange a tar
in which shall take the protection off
goods made by a combination and keep
1t on the same goods made by an indi-
vidual. The tariff must be uniform in
its operation. AS we have heretofore
said regarding the proposed tariff rem
edy, striking down protection in order
to destroy the trusts would be very
much harder on individual enterprises,
OF which there are many, than upon the
combinations. The latter, with their
great capital and their economical meth
DDS, would survive. but the former could
not. The republican policy is not one
OF destruction, but of supervision n
regulation. 1t does not propose to tear
down any industry, but to place those
which are largely in, the hands Of great
combinations under such governmental
control as will correct abuses without
interfering with industrial growth or
checking national prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29
CITY DEBT LIMITATION.
Important Ruling in the Case of the
City OF Beatrice.
Minneapolls Tribune.

Minneapolis Tribune
That is an interesting decision handed
down by Judge Sanborn Of the United
States circuit court OF appeals, II The case
of John w. Edminson against the City Of
Beatrice, Neb. II appears that Beatrice
had issued bonds to the amount OF $115, 900
in excess of its statutory limit of bonded
indebtedness, and sought to evade pay
ment of this debt on that ground. But the
plaintiff showed that he had bought the
bonds In good faith. on the representation
Of city officials that they were issued In
full compliance with the law; also that a
specific recital to this effect was contained
in the bonds themselves. Judge Sanborn
held that this recital and the representation
Of the officials estopped the municipality
from defeating recovery on the bonds in the
hands of an innocent purchaser.
This decision would seem to do violence
to the legal doctrine Of "caveat emptor"-
let the buyer beware-that is supposed to
govern in cases where the purchaser OBJ
tains illegal title. 1t might be said that It
was Mr.. Edminson's business to take legal
advice and assure himself that the bonds
were properly issued. This is usually the
course pursued by TIE purchasers Of Mime
apolis municipal bonds, and 1t is noticeable
that they shy" at the least suggestion
Of illegality.
But the decision is wholesome, and it is
to be hoped that 1t will stand in the SUI
preme court, IL the case goes there. Mu-
inequalities should be given to understand
that they cannot play a big mitt" game,
with all the cards stacked in their own
favor. When they get value received, they
should be willing to repay 1t with interest,
limitation or no limitation. But more i'm
portant than this is the added security
that such a decision gives to all municipal
obligations. in holding that payment cannot
be evaded on mere technicalities. The eff
feet ought to be to make such securities
more eagerly sought as investments and to
make 1t easier to negotiate them at low
rates of interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29

deductions for transportation that the
northwestern farmers would have to
submit to. These considerations show
that the deepened Erie canal would be
a national benefit, primarily to the grain
producers Of six or eight northwestern
states, and its cost might most properly
be borne by the national government"
There is no question that the producers
Of the northwest would be benefited by
the proposed improvement in the New
York canal, but it would also be of ma
terial advantage to the state and there,
fore should be made by the state. At all
events it is not probable that it will ever
be undertaken by the national govern
ment. At present the prospect is not
favorable to the project.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29
AsrArE CIVIL ouEsrloN.

The question Of deepening the Erie
canal continues to command a great deal
Of interest in New York. There is a
strong sentiment In favor of this i'm
provement, but there is also a very con-
siderable opposition. probably due
largely to the railroads. which Of course
do not want the canal competition in
creased with the result Of lowering
transportation rates on produce to the
Atlantic seabOard. Some Of the advo-
Gates of deepening the canal urge that
1t is a matter Of national concern and
therefore might properly be done by
the general government
Thus the New York Journal of Com
merce says that the greatest service the
Erie canal can render to the American
people is to cheaper the cost OF trans
p~ortation from the northwestern grain
fields to the European markets, a service
of greater importance to the grain pro-
Gaeers than 20 any ether persons In the
world. The influence OF a ~deepened
Erie canal argues that paper, would
not be limited to export grain. 1t would
in varying degrees reach the cost Of
transporting all exports. But its main
influence would be felt in the smaller
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29
HOME AND
James Montgomery.

James montgomery.
There Is a land, of every land the pride,
Beloved by heaven Ger all the world be-
Where brighter suns dispense ssreher
And milder moons emparadise the night;
There is a spot OF earth supremely blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest,
There man, creations tryant, casts aside
His sword and scepter. pageantry and
While in his softened looks b~enignly blend
The sire, the son. the husband, father.
friend.
Here woman reigns; the mother. daughter.
strews with fresh flowers the narrow way
of life;
In the clear heaven Of her delightful eye
Around her knees domestic duties meet.
And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet,
Where shall that land, that spot Of earth,
Art thou a mama patriot -Iook aroundi
Oh. thou shalt ind. howe'er thy footsteps
That land thy country. and that spot thy
homel
On Greenland's rocks, DER rude Kan
schatka's plains.
In. pale Siberia's desolate domains.
Tracks through tempestuous SHOWS h
Or. wrestling with the might of raging
Where round the Pole the eternal pillows
Plucks from their Jaws the stricken whale.
in vain
Piunging down headlong through the
whiriing main.
His wastes of ice are lovelier in his eye
Than all the howery wales beneath the
And dearer far thar Caesars palace-dome,
His cavern shelter and his cottage home.