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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-12
1e Southern people have been

The Southern people have been
nking a great bluff about spend
a millions of dollars to educate
"A Afro-Americans. There's
Ming in the stories they tell.
L week the Georgia legisla-
" with a great flourish .ot
trlpats, appropriated $4,000 for
tMeorgia State Industrial Col
!%ear Savannah. In the dis
c4An of the bill the fact came
o4kat the state of Georgia has
ndmade an appropriation for
thkkhool, although it is, known
as ate institution. The Unit
ed tes government gives Geor-
giA4, 900 annually for agri-
culM Ill education on condition
th&O00 go to the. education of
Afr 4nericans. For three years
the ke has withheld the ap-
proAion for the industrial
schdh buncoing it's Afro
Anne h citizens out of $24, 900.
ThlAr it was stated that un-
less appropriation for the
color 4hool was made that the
Unite ates would refuse to pay
the s. 10. The Georgia solons
saw 7 pint and the bill giving
the a u americans their share
was PM without a dissenting
vote. IA
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-12

There is nothing experimental
about the government we ask the
people to continue in power.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-12

SYSTEM.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-12
PANAMA CANAL MISSTATED.

Panama offers an instance IN point. Our op-
ponents criticise what we did IN Panama
only on condition OF msstating what done.
The administration behaved throughout not only
with good faith. but with extraordinary patience
and large generosity toward those with whom it
dealt II was also mindful OF American inter-
ests. II acted IN strict compliance with the law
passed by Congress Had not Panama been
promptly recognized and the transit across the
3sthnlus kept open. in accordance with our treaty
rights and obligations. there would have ensued
endless guerilla warfare and possibly foreign
complications, while all chance OF building the
canal would have been deferred, certainly for
years. perhaps for a generation or more. Crit
icism OF the action in this matter is simply crit
scisn OF the only possible action which could
have secured the building OF the canal well
as the peace and quiet which We were, by treaty.
bound preserve along the line Of tro nsit across
the isthmus. The service rendered this country
sn securing the perpetual right 10 construct.
Enaintain, operate and defend the canal was so
great that onr opponents do not venture to raise
the issue IN Straightforward fashion. for if so
raised there would be no issue. The decisive ac-
fion which brought about this benehcent result
was the exercise by the President Of the powers
vested in him, and in him alone by the Con-
Etitution-the power to recognize foreign gov
ernnerts by entering into diplomatic relations
with them. and the power to make treaties
which. when ratified by the Senate. become. un-
der the Constitution, part of the supreme law Of
the land. Neither in this nor in any other mat
Ter has there been the slightest failure TO live up
10 the Constitution in letter and IN spirit. But
the Constitution must be observed positively as
well as negatively. The Presidents duty is TO
serve the country in accordance with the Con-
stitution. and I should be derelict in my duty If
] used a false construction of the Constitution
as a shield for weakness and timidity an
excuse for governmental impotence.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-12
MUST HAVE PARTY CONVICTIONS.

When the contest OF 1896 was decided, the
question of the war with Spain was not an is
sue When the contest of 1900 was decided. the
shape which the Isthmian Canal question ulti-
rnately took could not have been foreseen- But
the same qualities which enabled those respon-
sible for making and administering the laws at
Washington 10 deal successfully with the tarin
ard the currency enabled them also TO deal with
the Spanish war; and the same qualities which
enabled them to act wisely In the Philippines
and n Cuba slso enabled them 20 90 their duty
as regards the problems connected with the
trusts and to secure the building OF the 18TH
milan Canal. We content to rest our case be-
fore the American people upon the fact that to
sdherence 20 q lofty ideal we have added proved
governmental efficiency. Therefore, our prom
3ses may surely be trusted regards any issue
that is now before the people: and we may equal
ly be trusted TO deal with any problem which
may hereafter arise.
SO well has the worksbeen done that our op-
ponsnts 90 not venture TO recite the facts about
our policies acts. and then oppose them They
attack them only when they have first misrep-
resented them; for a truthful recital would leave
no room for adverse comment
New-York tribune., 1904-09-12
THE GREAT TARIFF QUESTION

When we take up the great question of the
tariff We are at once confronted by the doubt
as to whether our opponents do or do not mean
what they say. They say that protection Is
robbery" and promise to carry themselves ao-
cordingly If they are given power. Yet prom
tnent persons among them assert that they do
not really mean this. and that II they come
into power they will adopt our policy as re-
CARDS the tariff; while others seem anxious to
prove that it is safe to give them partial power
because the power would be only partial. and
therefore they would not be able to do mischief
The last is certainly a curious plea to advance
On behalf Of party seeking to obtain control
of the government
AT the outset 1t is worth while to say a word
as to the attempt to identify the question OF
tariff revision or tariff reduction. with solu-
ton of the trust question This is always a
sign of desire to avoid any real effort to deal
adequately with the trust question. In speaking
on this point at Minneapolis on April 4. 1908,
I said
The question of tariff revision, speaking
broadly, stands wholly apart from the question
of dealing with the trusts No change In tariff
duties can nave any substantial effect In solv
Ing the so-cailed trust pro blem. Certain great
trusts or great corporations are wholly unaf-
reeted oy the tarin Almost all the others that
are or any Importance have, as matter OF
fact numbers of smaller American competitors;
and, or course, a change In the tariff which
would work INJURY to the large corporation
would work not merely injury. but destruction
10 It's snalier competitors; and equally of
TO all the wage workers connected with either
the large or the small corporations. From the
New-York tribune., 1904-09-12

convictions before election cannot be trusted to
adhere with tenacity TO any principle after cleo
ton. A party At 20 govern must have ccnvic-
tions. In 1896 the Republican party came INTO
power, and in 1900 Il retained power on certain
definite pledges. each Of which was scrupulously
fulfilled But in addition TO meeting and solving
the problems which were issues In these cam
paigns. 1t also became necessary 10 meet other
problems which arose after election; and 1t Is
no small part Of cur claim TO public confidence
that these were solved with the same success
thst had attended the solution OF those concern
ing which the battles at the polls were fought
In other words, our governmental efficiency
proved equal not only to the tasks that were an
tic:pated, but 20 doing each unanticpated task
as it arcSe.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-12
COAL STRIKE AND MERGER SUIT.

for the overthrow of the party. In certain great
centres and with certain great interests our op-
ponents make every effort to show that the set
tlenent of the anthracite coal strike by the in
dividual act of the President and the successful
suit against the Northern Securities Company
the merger Standardization by the Department
of Justice, were acts because of which the pres
ent administration should be thrown from power
Yet they dare not openly condemn either act
They dare not in any authoritative or formal
manner say that in either wrong done
or error committed in the method of action. or
in the choice OF instruments for putting that &C
tion into effect. But what they dare not manful-
ly assert IN open day, they seek TO use furtively
and through special agents. It is perhaps nat
ural that attack SO conducted should be made
sometimes the ground that too much. some
times on the ground that too little, has been
done. Some of our opponents complain because
under the Antitrust and Interstate Commerce
laws suits were undertaken which have been
successful; others because suits were not under
taken which would have been unsuccessful The
Democratic State Convention in New-York dealt
with the anthra cite coal strike by demanding in
deliberate and formal fashion that the national
government should take possession of the coal
fields; yet champions Of that conventions cause
now condemn the fact that there any action
by the President at although they must know
that 1t was only this action by the President
which prevented the movement for national
ownership Of the coal fields from gaining what
might well have been an irresistible impetus.
Such mutually destructive criticisms furnish an
adequate measure Of the chance for coherent ac-
tion or constructive legislation If our opponents
should be given power.
MONETARY STANDARD SILENCE.
So much for what our opponents openly or
coverty advance in the way OF an attack on
the acts OF the administration. When we come
10 consider the policies for which they profess
to stand, met with the difficulty always
arising when statements OF policy so made
that they can be interpreted in different ways.
On some OF the vital questions that have con-
fronted the American people in the last decade
our opponents take the position that silence is
the best possible way TO convey their views.
They contend that their lukewarm attitude Of
partial ecquiescence in what others have &C.
complished entities them TO be made the custo-
dams OF the financial honor and commercial In
terests which they have but recently sought to
ruin Being unable TO agree among themselves
as 70 whether the gold standard is curse or a
blessing and 10 whether we ought or ought
not to have free and unlimited coinage of silver.
they have apparently thought 1t expedient TO
avoid any comniittai on these subjects, ard In
dividuaiiy each to follow his particular bent.
Their searest approach TO majority Judgment
seems &c be that 1t is now inexpedient to assert
their convictions one way or the other, and that
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
FINAL ATTACK
ON PORT ARTHUR
st. Petersburg Expects TO Hear
Terrible Reports
GENERAL KUROKI DEAD
MUkpEN CORRESPONDENT SAYS
HIS CORPSE HAS ARRIVED
AT YiNkOW--HUN AND
TAITSE RIVERS
FROZEN OVER.
BY the Associated Press.


st. Petersburg, Nov 25,-There Is
an eutire lack of news from the front
today. The report that the Japanese
are concentrating their energies for
a desperate assault on Port Arthur in
view Of the approach of the Baltic
squadron is quite generally credit
ed inf official quarters, Such a move
has been expected TO traaspire as
soon as the Japanese learned that the
squadron's trip was an actually ana
no mere demonstration The authori.
ties are prepared to hear terrible re
ports of the projected assaults. While
not hazarding guess whether the
fortress can he carried if beseigers
are utterly regardless Of human life,
they are confident that General Stoes-
eel viii be able to make such an at
tack one of The costliest operations in
history
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
FRESHMEN BARRED
FROM ATHLETICS
DURING THE FtFsT HALF or
THEIR YEAR, is NEW RULE
ADOPTED By tNTERcoLLEeI.
ATE coNFEEENce.
BY the Asgeeiated Press.


Chicago, kNpw 25.--The intercolleg
iate confeFs2ee, composed Of repro
santatlyes ofFweatern colleges known
MS The Big Kline in annual session
acre today adopted D rule barrlae
freshmen from PARTICIPATING IN yai4
sity athletics during the first half oi
their year
Other rules adopted preventing mi
grating students from entering ah.
letic competitions during the first
year after a charge from one school
To another Sand permit football play
ers to compata IN three preliminary
games Of sbe xseason without using
up the entire year of their football.
career.
Professor Jones Off the University
Of Minnesota asked fag an interpreta-
ton Of the rule which limits a player
to -four years Of intercollegiate ath-
letics desiring 70 know what con
stituted an 'intercolegiate game Z
The question was asKed because Cap.
tain Strathern of the Minnesota team
was disqualified last Saturday in Chi.
cago on account OF protest of North.
western University. which charged
that he had in 1900 participated in
games against Ames ald North Da.
kota 1t was decided that when a
question Of this kind should arise In
the future the colleges concerned
shall appeal to United States Com
missioner Of Education Harris TO as.
certain hoy the school question IL
classified, II II II ranked by him as
normal school tho game viii not be
termed intercollegiate" and win
not be counted against the players
participating
Prof. A. G. Smith Of Iowa was elect
ed chairman of the conference. Prof
II. j Bartcn of Illinois secretary.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
PALMA DENIES
YELLOW FEVER
SAYS HIS GOVERNMENT HAS
STAMPED OUT ALL INFEc.
TloNs AND THE SENSATION.
Al REPORTS ARE FALSE.

Havana. Nov. 25.-Therc was q
conference today between Dr. Cult
eras. yellow fever expert, and Presi-
dent Palma. at 'he conclus cn OF
which the following was given out:
1T is impossible that alarm has
been caused in Washington over the
sanitary conditions in Cuba. because
the United States sanitary authori
lies know that conditions IN Cuba
are not such as 10 cause any d,3quiet
ude. and that the sanitary authori
Tics of Cuba would promptly give nc
tice Of any quarantine disca -es IL
such existed. The government dous
not believe the United States author
tiles have spread such rum0rs. wher
the triumph of the Cuban department
In stamping out imported Infections
have been SO signally demon 5trsted "
Minister Squires informally discuss
ed the sanitation of Cuban cities with
President Palma today Tho latter
hopes congress early in The session
viii make appropriation enabling
him 20 take mp the work OF santa
ton
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
TO PROHIBIT
FOOTBALL GAME
BILL WILL BE- INTRODUCED IN
NEXT LEGISLATURE or ILL
NoiS--cHlcAGO MAN WHO
LOST A SON STARTS AGlTA.
TlON WHICH is SPREADING.


Chicago Nov 25 State legisla-
tion forbidding playing of football in
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wis,
consin is being urged by James +.
Rowley of Chicago. whose son, James
+. Rowley Jr., died from injuries re-
ceived in a game November 5.
Parents of the sons who nave been
killed in The season just closed have
been asked 10 cooperate with him.
Through the enactment Of similar
eases in the four named states at
some time Rowey hopes 10 secure
he aid of all educational institutions,
neither state profting from the aboN-
,ion of the sport in neighboring in
stitutions
Rowley has consulted members Of
the state legislature and has been
promised that a bill prohibiting tle
playing Of football will be one of the
Grst introduced at the next session Of
the legislature, which meets at
Springfield January 4.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
WE'LL CLEARS HIMSELF.
Is Not "Mr. Dove" But the Police Ar
rest Another One.


BY the Associated Press.
Chicago. Nov 25. Joseph Wei.
suspected by the police of being Mr.
Dove" the alleged murderer Of Chauf-
fcur William Bate. cleared himself
This afternoon He visited the Audi
torium Hotel and faced Edward Sla-
win. the boy In charge Of the switch
board. through whom Dove" ordered
he automobile for The fatal ride Fri
day night Slavin said he was not
Dove.
Police have taken Edward Grabow.
a saloon keeper living in Joliet. in
The belief that he knows something
OF the murder He admits he called
at the garage from which Bate was
hired. about an hour before Bate left
there. and says he knew Bate well.
He has declined to answer some aues-
tions put to him by the officers. and
they think he has knowledge of the
crime. although he is not suspected Of
being the mysterious ~Mr. Dove"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
TO D|SFRANCH|SE
ARMY OESERTERS
ZEN. cHAFFEE MAKES THAT
SUGGESTION IN HIS ANNUAL
REPORT - REORGANIZATION
PROVES WISE.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Washington. Nov 25.-Iieutenant
.eneral Chaffoo. chief of STAFF Of the
'rmy in his annual report says in
lis opinion little new general legis
alton is needed at this time. lie
'ays sufficient time has no. elapsed
'inco the reorganization Of the army
determine wisely what legislation
necessary. lie suggests the en-
ctment of state laws disfranChising
lcserters from the crmy.
Relative TO the general staff corps
ne says;
Attendant proof Of the wisdom of
congress IN establishing the new
,orps and prescribing it's duties is
found In the record Of its frs years
work, which warrants the confident
expectation that in due time the high.
ly important objects of the law will
be fully accomplished
A number of extracts from reports
VI general officers favorng a restora-
tion Of the canteen are given.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
BREWERY WORKERS
LOST EACH POINT
DIFFERENCES WITH BROTHER.
HOODS OF ENGINEERS, FIRE.
MEN AND TRANSFERS GO
AGAINST THEM AT fedora.
TloN MEETING.
by the Assoclated prest.

BY the Associated PresE.
San Francisco. Nov % After
spending almost the entire day In a
bitter debate the differences between
the Brewery Workers unicn and the
international Brotherhcods Of En-
glncers. Firemen and Teamstera
were settled by the American Fedora.
tion of Labor, The vote of every
point at issue, with one minor exoep.
ton. was ag inst the Brewery Work
ers union. The action CT the Fedora.
ticn permits eng neers. flremen and
teamsters to elect whether or not
they shall secede from the Brewery
Workers union.
The delegates unanimous y votes.
TO use every effort to make e.ective
the union label as II was avowed that
enemies Of organized labor were en-,
deayoring to destroy the labels
meaning
A resolution to do away with the
Washington lobby was y0tnd dom
after socialistic delegates had made
speeches in favor Of it's passage. The
Socialists were opposed on tie floor
By President Gompers, who Utterly
denounced the Socialists for what he
termed their sneering TRADES
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
CAR RECEIVES
THE zEMSTvO|STS
.'Iirst Russian Congress" Wins
Important Step
CREATES A SENSATION
WILL THE EMPEROR TURN HIS
BACK ON REAcTIoNARiES
AND GRANT HIS PEOPLE
A CONSTITUTION
THE sUsTioN.
8y the Associated Press.

ST. Petersburg, Nov. 25.-The unex-
pected may HAPPEN after ALL The
meeting Of the Zemstvoists, the first
Russian congress" as 1t is called,
may indeed work an Inauguration Of
new era for Russia. Emperor Mich
olas initiator of the plan for lniver-
sal disarmament may turn mis- back
upon the reactionaries and crown his
reign by granting 10 his subjects the
constitution which his grandfather
I had already prepared when he fell BY
the hand OF an assassin
The basis OF such possibility Is
the significant fact that this afser
noon the emperor received III the pal
ace at Tsarskoe-selo. four prominent
members of the Zemstvo congress
and listened at length to their views.
1t develops that when Minister of the
Interior Mirsky presented the zemst-
vo memorial and resolutions Novem-
ber "a, the emperor was SO deeply
impressed as well by the contents o.
the documents as by the character Of
the signers that he Immediately ex-
pressed desire TO personally receive
the deputation Of four.
The zemstyo therefore went to
Tsarskoe.selo by imperial command.
AZ their audience IL Is understood
they explained fully their position
and reiterated the views expressed
by the memorial, that the salvation
Of the empire from ruin by revolution
lay in the adoption Of the general
ideas expressed In their memorial.
While Il fl understood the emperor
gave no indication Of his purposes ex-
cept the sympathy he displayed. the
deputation, when they returned to St.
Petersburg, were In high spirits. MAJ
turally they declined to say anything
for publication regarding the visit.
News that the delegation had been
given an audience By the emperor
created a tremendous sensation, re-
ioicing among liberals and amaze
ment among uncompromising sup
poriers of the old regime.
One OF the regiment liberals who
participated in the congress declined
tonight TO share in the juhilatlon Of
some of his colleagues, and express
Cd the opinion that victory was yet
long way off, although he said he be-
leyed II was sure to come in the end.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
WAITRESS GOT
100000 DAMAGES
BUSINESS MAN OF NEW OR
LEANS WAS TOO PRoMIs
CouS WITH HIS KISSES"
AND HUGS TO A CHICAGO
GIRL.
By the Associated Press.

Chicago, Nov 25,--Mlss Nellie
Burke, waitress in North Side
restaurant, was awarded verdict OF
$4,000 today in breach of promise
suit against John Spreng, manager Of
the Louisiana Plate Glass and Win
dow company, and prominent busi-
ness man of New Orleans Although
Spreng denied the story the young
woman told and asserted that refer
ences to kisses" hugs and other
tokens of affection in his letters were
only the indiscreet ulterancCs of q
mere friend. 1t took the jury but thir
ty minutes TO decide in favor Of Miss
Burke
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
CHARGED WITH
W|FE'S MURDER
MISSOURI FARMER GOT MAD 5E-
CAUSE HIS BETTER HALF
WOULDN'T SELL OUT AND
GO TO OKLAHOMA.
By de Assoclated press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST Joseph, Mo, Nov. 25.--Georg
| Gay and Leeter Gay. father and son
arrested today on the charge of muir
dering Mrs. Gay near Agency. Wed.
nesday were brought TO ST. Joseph
and locked in jail this evening. Both
husband and son deny all knowledge
of the crime and still adhere to their
original story that upon returning
from the field they found the woman'g
body bound hand ana foot with her
throat cut from ear to ear, liGeless up.
on the floor of their home There
was apparently no motive for the
crime.
Detectives have been working on
the case with the result that at the
cemetery where the murdered woman
was buried today Sheriff Spencer took
the father and son into custody inn
mediately after the service at the
grave
1t was developed that George Gay
ana wife frequently quarreled and
that they had separated several
times, the last time about six years
ago.
It Is the theory of the authorities
IF law that because the wife would
not consent to sell their farm and
move to Oklahoma, George Gay. in a
IT Of anger following a quarrel, killed
ler in the presence of their son, who,
through fear, claimed he found the
'orpse while his father was in the
leld, where the two had been work
ng.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
FRANK DUNCAN HANGED.
Noted Safe Blower and Murderer
Ends His Career at Blrming.
ham, Ala.

BY the Associated Press
Birmingham. Alt. Nov %. Frank
Duncan the noted safe blower and
murderer of Policeman Kirkley. was
hanged in the county Jail yard here
today shortly before noon. Duncan
was pronounced dead twelve minutes
after the drop fell. From the scat
fold he gave long talk to one hun.
dred people who were allowed to wit
ness the execution. declaring his In.
nocence The sheriff took great pre-.
cautions for the hanging. the jail and
cour; house being specially guarded
by deputies.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
PREACHER DIES
FROM FASTING
SAID HE WAS o5EYlNG a DIVINE
COMMAND AND WOULD BE
MUCH MORE USEFUL, AS A
RESULT.
By Id Assoclated Press.

Cincinnati. Nov. 25.-Death from
fasting under the impression tha be
was obeying a divine command is the
singular fate Of Rev d. c. Buckles.
4 former Methodist preacher Of Addy-
stone. a suburb of Cincinnati. He
was found dead today ia his led. He
had been fasting forty days He had
been for years a local preacher In
Clermont county ana came TO Addy-
stone last year He became an adj
heren. Of a religious body outside the
regular denomination. To his for
mer pastor who pleaded with him he
said he was acting under a direct
command from God and he would as
a result De much more useful. His
sister living with him has also been
fasting and she declares today her
brother is not dead but sleeping.