Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-12
CURRENT EVENTS.
Stolen From The Exchanges.
That Come to Our Table.

says that "high finance is wholesal
robbery" The doctor must hav
been settling for his ice.
Boys have been stealing Rocke
feller's apples and he is having tn
place parolled at night, The boy
often have independent pipe line
running into other mems orchards
A witness in the investigation
when asked il he was not, in certain
transactions, dealing with intelligen
men, replied that he was dealing
with legislators. The members o
the Legislative committee are wonder
ing what he meant.
The president last year recon-
mended law directed against cor.
ruption and bribary in federal cleo
tions, but inamuch as congress could
find no federal elections it did not
pass any law. But now the presi-
dent can come out and say what he
means. He means to attack inter
state commerce in campaign funds.
what is your philosophy of
life 7" asked Mr.. Edwin Lefeyre of
President Paul Morton. And Mr.
Morton replied: Did you ever
hear the western adviceY so live
your life each day that you can at any
time look any dam man in the eyes
and tell him to 90 to hell?" That's
my philosophy of life." We would
not haggle over the quantity of Mr..
Morton's philosophy, but it is diff
cult to preceiye how such advice,
accepted literally, would inure to
the benefit of an insurance company.
In the case of the grand lodge of
A. o. {. w. of Kansas, against Jane
Haddock, widow of John Haddock
the supreme court last week held
that fraternal insurance order can
not by the adoption of a bylaw
declaring that no person shall be
admitted or retained as a member
who is engaged in the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors, made void the bene-
ficiary certificate of such a member
unless special action is taken in his
case. Haddock was engaged in sell
ing liquor when made member of
the organization and at his death
the lodge contested payment of his
policy.
An interesting conference was held
in Sioux Falls last week TO lay plans
for the capture of the next reprbli-
can state convention. Ex-Congress-
man John A. Picker, was over from
Fsulkton, ex-Secretary of State
Thomas Thorson was up from Can
ton, ex-C Commissioner Of Insurance
III. G. Shober represented Highmore
ex-Consul to Keil Wilbur S. Glass
was here from WATERFOWL, ex-Attor-
ney General Coe /. Crawford from
Huron, ex-Representative j. p.
Packard from Redfeld, ex-Deputy
Attorney General Chas. E. Deland
from Pierre, ex-senator Ross Parks
from Lily, Day county, ex-Railroad
Commissioner w. T. LaFolIette of
Mitchell and O. S. Kasford of Red
field, ex-Chairman Of the republican
state committee were Of the party.
Elk Senator Pettigrew was in the
city, which made the visit very
cpportune. This is extremely inter-
esling.
Mr.. Bryan ignoring the sad fate
Of Judge Parker when the latter tried
for the presidency on the main
proposition that we ought to haul
down the flag in the Philippines, is
preparing to visit the islands to get
anti-imperialistic powder for the
next presidential campaign. 1t is
40 secret that be hopes to win the
nomination Of his party in 1908, and
il is understood that he regards
Japan's victory over Russia an evil
dence that We have all along under
rated the capacity Of the Filipinos
for Independent self-government
Whether Mr.. Bryan, Ike Messrs
Qrosvenor and Cochran, will reverse
hIs views ION our duty in The Philip.