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Ing the $4,000 salary and the $125
allowance for stationery. Being a
thrifty Norwegian and accustomed
to the simple life of Granite Falls,
this was very easy proposition to
him.
There are very few of the south
ern congressman who employ secre-
taries, but there are few who fail
to certify to the expenditure of the
entire amount of the 500 a month,
winter and summer. Once a north
ern congressman did fail to draw
this allowance. He was Franklin
Bartlett of New York, now out of
politics. He certified to the expendi-
ture Of SIS a year for actual clerk
hire. Bartlett was regarded as very
eccentric.
1t is the common practice for
groups of congressman to combine
and have one clerk between them.
Each pays the common clerk SIS or
500 a month, so that the clerk is
able to earn about 500 altogether.
Last winter group of these pro,
fessional secretaries agreed that
the scale of wages was being cut
to an intolerable degree, and that
it was time to form a union and
strike for higher pay. The con-
gressmen began to get nervous
about the publicity threatened, and
the result was the insertion of All
item in one of the appropriation
bills providing an annual salary of
$4,000 for one Of the committees
which previously had enjoyed no
such perquisite, and this money
was used to satisfy the malcon-
tents. The strike was declared off
1t was only very recently that
Jim Watson of Indiana, member
| of the ways and means committee,
found it necessary to have a regu.
I lar secretary. Representative Grif.
fiths of Indiana had his wife or
daughter as secretary, as did ex
Congress Robinson of the same
state, while Holiday had his son.
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so-called EschTownsend bill; the
senate killed it. The attorney gen.
eral has given an opinion that rate
making is not judicial function,
and can not be exercised by the
courts; the senate committee on
interstate commerce has held a six
week session and gathered six vol
umes of testimony; on the basis of
this bill is to be recommended by
this senate committee. The provis.
ions of this report will be a matter
of unofficial knowledge when the
president writes his next message.
Therefore, his former recommended
lions are pretty certain to be dis
cussed. If not reiterated, by the
president. in the light of the sub
sequel developments.
Other Ideas Timely.
The presidents purpose to recon-.
mend federal supervision of insur.
ance companies was voiced before
the scandals which have lately add.
ed so much to the public's informa-
ton on this subject, He may have
had something similar in mind
when he wrote: Il urge that con.
gress carefully consider whether
the power of the bureau OF corpora.
tons can not constitutionally be ex,
tended to cover interstate transact
lions in insurance"
II will be recalled further that
the president, in the same messages
urged that congress pass legislai
ton requiring the national cam,
paign committees to make public
their receipts and disbursements.
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HOW C0NCRESSMEN AND HIGH OFFICIALS
GRAFT" THE Government PAYROLL

hold Of the Office; but he was not
available, and was dismissed. Then
he was saddled on the house of rep
resentatives rolls as clerk to the
committee on fisheries.
James A. Hemenway, lately chair.
man of the house committee on ap.
preparations, but recently elected
to the senate to succeed Fairbanks
has a brother, William I. Hemen
way, on the house rolls as mess
enger.
Colonel Dan Ransdell. sergeant
alarms of the senate. has son in
his employ there. Representative
Jesse Overstreet of Indianapolis
has brother who is assistant to
the doorkeeper of the house of rep
resentatives, and l believe he has a
brother-in-law and other relatives
in the service. Representative
James T. McCleary of Minnesota
has a son as clerk of his committee
on library, and as his secretary
This summer McCleary took an eX
tended trip to Europe at govern
ment expense to study styles in
monuments and memorials.
Each member of the house is al
lowed $1,000 a year for "clerk hire
AS good many know, this money
is drawn and pocketed by a ma
jOrity Of the members without be-
ing expended for that purpose
Sometimes the member INDUCES in
the pleasant fiction that wife" or
daughter" is clerk" and has earn
ed that sum. Quite as generally
even that pretense is discarded, and
the member merely makes the
necessary certification that this
sum has been expended, and puts
the money into his pocket. The
fact that he signs a lie does not
trouble him.
Last winter Representative A. J.
Volstead of Granite Falls, Mimi.
made the boast that he was living
and supporting his family on the
$1,000 clerk hire allowance, and say
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tees report. 1t Is already known
that Mr.. Elkins wants a bill max
ing the courts the arbiters of rail
way rates.
The president has assured many
of his summer visitors that he has
not changed his views on the rem.
edy for the railway situation. Last
December, in his annual message,
he said:
above all else, we must strike
to keep the highways of commerce
open to all on equal terms. To do
this 1t is necessary to put a full
stop to all rebates. Whether the
shipper or the railroad is to blame
makes no difference; the rebate
must be stopped, the abuses of the
private car and private terminal
track and side track systems must
be stopped"
He said also:
while l am of the opinion that
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WIVES, SONS DAUGHTERS AND BROTHERS GIVEN
DUMMY JOBS TO HELP PAY THE FAM
lily EXPENSES.
Secretary Shaw, Grosvenor, Hopkins Hemenway, Over
street and Other Big Bugs Among the Many Wro
Work Relatives Into Soft Jobe at Good Salary.

cial. Secretary Shaw, on the other
hand, sees no reason why he or
Mrs. Shaw should not use the Of
fetal carriage for Sunday or secu.
lar calling, or for marketing, il
convenient.
But then Secretary Shaw sees no
reason why his son should not draw
pay as special agent, or why the
boy should not travel to Hawaii at
public expense, as he did this sum.
mer.
In the recently reported roster OF
United States senators who carry
sons or other relatives on the gov
eminent rolls, the name of Senator
Albert J. Hopkins of Illinois was
inadvertently omitted. He has an
able-bodied son in one of the execu,
tive departments.
One of the most notable cases of
nepotism among the members of
the house of representatives is in
the family of that veteran and hon.
orable pillar of republicanism and
tariff, Charles II. Grosvenor of
Ohio. The government is obliged
to carry his brother Dan, who does
not seen to be a very useful citi.
zen in any capacity. For a long
time he was carried on the rolls
as assistant deputy auditor for the
treasury department. But one day
Brown. the deputy auditor, was kill.
ed-shot by an enraged man with a
pistol. 1t was up to Dan to take
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Is to Outline His Formal Views Before Starting on South
ern Trip-Conferences Scheduled for the Purpose of
Sounding the Lawmakers-Likely to Reiterate Key
notes of Former Message to Congress-

STAFF Correspondence to The Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.--Presi-
dent Roosevelt Is planning a series
of conferences for the first two
weeks in October. for the purpose
of working out the details of his
message to congress. The trip
which he is planning to the south
ern states Will begin about Octo-
Der IS, and will last until about
November 10, so he feels that II Is
necessary to get along in his mes
sage task before he starts.
Railway legislation and federal
control of insurance are the two
topics which will lead the message.
These are now absorbing his atten-
ton. The authors of the Esch-
Townsend bill are to be taken into
consultation October l. and early
In November Senator Stephen b.
Elllins will communicate unofficial.
Iy his ideas Of the senate commit
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-09-30
FARMERS TO FORM
LABOR UNIONS

CHICAGO, Sept, 30.-A deter.
mined effort will be made on the
part of the American Federation of
Labor to bring about the unioniza-
ton of the farmers of this country
and their affiliation with the Ameri,
can Federation of Labor for mutual
benefit and protection. In Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota a number of
farmers unions have been formed
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By ellison Gardner.

staff Correspondence to The Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Con-
gress and the higher officials of the
government are morally responsible
for a large share of the petty graft
which abounds in the public serv-
ice. When United States senators,
cabinet officers and members of the
house of representatives and even
the vice president of the United
States. make improper connection
with the public treasury, there is
not much hope for a high moral
tone among the subordinates.
Few people have any idea of the
extent to which government Off
cials and congressman are accus-
toned to use employees who are
carried on the government rolls to
decrease their own private ex-
penses. BY employing government
"charwomen" as cooks, or "messen-
gers" as buffers or Wallets, the per-
sonal expenses Of these public men
are considerably reduced. Then,
when wife or daughter can be
carried on the rolls as a "secre-
tary" or a son as clerk the living
problem is made quite simple.
1t will be noted that no denial
was ever made of the charge of the
disgruntled Addicks of Delaware
that his former friend, Senator J.
#. Alice was. by himself and his
relatives. drawing down" about
$4,000 a year of government
money.
Neither does Vice President Fair
banks deny that his son draws the
salary Of a private secretary. But
that does not tell the whole story;
for | am most reliably informed
that it has been the custom Of the
vice president, who is supposed to
be a man of large wealth, to make
use of colored man as a house
servant who Is on the rolls of the
government bureau of printing and
engraving. and of white woman as
personal secretary, who is a 5000
clerk In the Office of the quarter
master general.
1t was the rather notorious Mr..
George w. Beavers, lately chief of
salaries and allowances in the post
Office department. who brought this
species of graft to a high degree of
perfection by making use of one of
the colored messengers of the gov
eminent as his personal valet. One
of the assistant secretaries of the
treasury department, under Mr..
Shaw's administration, inaugurated
the custom of using the colored
messengers in his home also for
buffers and walters.
The practice of using govern
ment employees as coachmen was
exploited year or so ago, and at
that time this secretary and some
other subofficials lost the privilege
of using the Official carriages" for
making afternoon calls and doing
marketing.
The late Secretary Hay would not
use the official carriage for any pur-
pose not In the strictest sense off,
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''RAISE ME- UP, SOME OF YOU"

RAISE ME- UP, SOME Of' YOU"
The bullet fastened on Bolande's
left leg and brought the giant thun-
derously down. And now the des-
perate marshal is crying in rabid
impotence, Raise me up, some of
you! Raise me up, damn you, and
give me another try at the ="
But Bolande had gathered him.
self into superb position, prone on
the floor, in the old fashion of In
dian fighting. His pistol covered
his frenzied adversary. and he said,
with a paternal quietude of vic
tory:
Marshal, l think we've hit our
last trail. Neither of us is worth
any mort lead. Is it quits?'
Almost reverentially the parti-
sans of each lifted his limp ma
jesty from the sticky pool of his
own blood, and both were carried
upstairs to a little room in the no
tel.
They placed a cot near the mar
shals bed. Outside, the red glory
of the prairie sunset was thrilling
the earth to a responsive flush,
Within the room was greater
glory, the austere passing of two
granite-couraged heroes.
The sinewy hands of the twain
lay clasped outside the coverlet
Bolande was the first to find pow
err for speech.
Are you easy, marshall"
Easy as kid in a cradle, Jess.
How're they comm on your side?"
Same here, old man. But I'm
goin' fast
You won't beat me out five min
utes, Jess"
At length the marshal looked a
request, and one of the men bent
over to hear his feeble mutterings,
then went out and returned with
two glasses of whisky on a cracked
plate.
Across the marshal's face f1utter-
ed the wan ghost of smile, and
he spoke between fierce gulps of
pain.
"You-stood the-last treat, Jess.
Have one-on me-now?"
"Sure-old hoss." was the grisly
cordiality of the tortured Bolande.
Better uck-in-the-next coun-
try!"
How" was the marshal's. &C,
ceptance: and they drank with
painting effort.
We'll, it was a damned good
fight, anyway" Bolande squeezed
the marshars clammy hand as a
asst spasm wrung the clay dry of
his soul. and he was dead.
A long two minutes of silence
smothered life before the marshal
breathed a faintness. half a sigh,
half an answering whisper, Good.
by-Jess-or-is it-how ?" And
the sands of his life were run.
So they died, stern In wrath.
stern in love, each content, rather
than proud. that he-and his friend
had died game. They were
Americans.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-09-30

Our surplus stock of fir Is going
fast at the following p-ices:
Doors SIX panel No. 1......... .$a.So
Door and window frames 81 to e1.1S
No. clear ceiling, 6 and 8 IT. .@13m
No. 2 clear drop siding, & 1T. ~
inch flooring .......... 910 and -
You had better take advantage OF
these prices. Observation-Disclosures Lum-
Der Co., North end of Division street
bridge, Phone 1900.
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO URGE
RAILWAY AND INSURANCE REFORMS

at present it would be undesirable,
If 1t were not impracticable finally
to clothe the interstate commerce
commission with authority to fix
rates, | do believe that, as a fair
security to the shippers, the com.
mission should be vested with the
power, when a given rate has been
challenged. and after a full hearing
found to be unreasonable, to de.
eide. subject to judicial review,
what shall be reasonable rate to
take its place; the ruling of the
commission to take effect immedi.
ately, and to obtain unless and un.
til 1t Is reversed by the court of re-
view. The government must in in.
creasing degree supervise and regu.
late the workings of the railroads
engaged in interstate commerce:
and such increased supervision is
the only alternative to an increase
OF the present evils on the one
hand, or still more radical policy
on the other"
What Has Happened.
Since the above was written
there has been a very thorough
public discussion of this topic. The
house of representatives passed the
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Carpenters and builders to use our
surplus stock of fir doors windows.
frames, ceiling, flooring. and drop
siding at bedrock prices. We can save
you money. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lum-
Der Co., North end Division st. bridge
Phone 1900.
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DOCTORS COULD NOT HELP HEs

Il had kidney trouble FOR years"
writes Mrs. Raymond Conner OF Shell
ton, Wash. and tho doctors could
not help me. l tried Feley's Kidney
Cure. and the very first dose gave
me relief and l am now cured. l
can not say too much for Foley's
Kidney Cure" Sold by Chas. Nc
Nab. 400 Riverside avenue. zee
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FEET SWOLLEN TO IMMENsH
SIZE

tI had kidney trouble so bad that
I tould not work, says j. j, Cox OF
swollen to immense size and | was
confined To my bed and physicians
we're unable to give me any relief.
Ny doctor finally prescribed Foley's
Kidney Cure, which made a well man
OF me" Sold by Chas. McNab. ace
Riverside avenue. zee
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Our Daily S{S@rye I
1.-THE Last Trail of Jesse Bo|ande"

paralyzing the lower part Of him.
But even as he quivered to the floor
he grasped his revolver and, agon-
izing into a quick aim, fired again
at Bolande
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Young men, for firemen and
brakemen, Pacific coast and other
railroads. Experience unnecessary.
Firemen SIS. become engineers ana
earn $3.50. Brakemen $50, become
conductors and earn $140. Name
position preferred. Stamp for par
ticulars. Railway Association, care
Spokane Press.
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EpuQATIoHAL

Learn telegraphy and railroad ae-
counting; $50 to 500 a month salary
assured our graduates under bona
Our six schools the largest in AmerA-
ca and endorsed by all railroadn.
Write for catalogue. Morse Schooa
Of Telegraphy, Cincinnati. o.. Buf-
falo. N. Y, Atlanta, Ca. La Crosse.
Wis. Texarkana. Tex, San Francisco.
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Wanted-Trustworth man TO man
age branch office and distributing
depot for large manufacturer. Sal
airy to start with. $500 first year.
and extra commissions and expenses.
Applicant must have good reference
and $4,000 cash; capital secured. Ex-
perience unnecessary. Address Sup
erintendent," Il West Atwater street.
Detroit, Mich.
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What Has Happened.

Foley's Honey and Tar Is peculiar
ly adapted for chronic throat trou-
bles and will positively cure bron-
chitis, hoarseness and all bronchial
disease. Refuse substitutes. Sold by
Chas. McNab. 400 Riverside ave. sss
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A Congressman Who Supported the
Whole Family on His Clerk
Hire Money-Another Regarded
as Eccentric Who Refused to
Draw the Clerk Stipend.
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USED roR PNEUMONIA.

Or. G. j. Bishop of Agnew. Mich.
says; II have used Foley's Honey
ana Tar IN three very severe cases
of pneumonia with good results In
every case" Refuse substitutes. Sold
by chas. McNab. 4O2 Riverside ave
nue.. zee
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b. Avoid serious results of kidney or
bladder disorder by taking Foley's
Kidney Cure Sold by Chas. McNab.
tQ2 Riverside avenue. sss
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Foleys Kidney Cure makes the dis.
eased kidneys sound 30 they will
eliminate the pc sons from the blood.
Sold by Chas. McNab. Ao2 Riverside
avenue. zee
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1t dulls the scythe of Father Time,
drives away wrinkles of approaching
old age-the elixir of life, that puts
hope in the human heart. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain III w
Tea. 35 cents, AxX1z[ZZ&NkzhI
Tea OF Tablets. " W
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SITUATION WANTED.

Steady job wanted by married man
driving team preferred. Address
8, care The Press.
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Tho Steam Clothes Pressing con.
pany will French dry clean and press
your suit for SOC or your trousers for
ibc: only 8 to Is minutes required:
good dressing rooms: alterations an1
repairing. eco Second avenu& Phone
a262.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Ro.
maine l.. Bogardus, who was re-
Gently convicted and sentenced to
the state penitentiary at Walla
Walla, on the charge OF embezzle.
ment. has applied to the governor
of the state of Washington, Hon.
orahle A. e. Mead. for a pardon,
and that the matter win be heard
In Olympia. Washington, on the
10th day of October. 1905. al 10
O'Clock a.. m, or as soon there
after as the matter can be- heard.
ROMAINE Il. BOGARDUS,
BY e. M. HEPBURN.
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Boy with q wheel. Apply at west
ern Union Telegraph company.
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Special Rate Los Angeles and Re.
turn Via o. r. 4 N. for Con.
vention Women's Chris-
Union.

IIdH temperance
Union.
Rate $52.95 round trip, on sale
October 10 and 20, limit December
20. Stopovers allowed south of
Portland. Particulars at o. r. & N.
office, 430 Riverside.
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Loans on furniture. pianos. horS>a
ate; private; no delay. 4. 4 ~.
aett s2S-s TIE Rookerv. 81
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Loans on long d short tire
Daniel Bros. s3T Hyde block Se-o
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81 opens checking account. The
Peoples Bank. 112 Mill. Long
hours.
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Charles staley. 21s Pacific avenue
South OF N. r. depot l3s-3e
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CAST orr CLOTHING.

Positively highest prices paid re
cast or clothing. N333 6tsvsnaL u
I'LL.
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Freight. furniture. baegage a.
parcel dslivsry. Tel 1O4 31o-o
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-12-07
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

William Chisholm, Sr, a widely
known and wealthy retired steel man
ufacturer Of Cleveland, was stricken
with apoplexy Wednesday, and diet
almost instantly. l3.
representative McNary- of Massa
chusetts has introduced a bill provid
ing for the transfer of the frigate Con
stitution to Castle island, Boston har
Dor, for use as a naval museum.
The Illinois Central railroad ha:
turned into the office of the Illinoi
state treasurer $55O,775. This amount
is the semi-annual payment of 7 pei
cent interest on the gross earnings o
the road in that state..4s.'~
Senator Tillman has introduced
two resolutions in the senate which
are intended to bring out the fact as
to whether any of the national ban Ks
of the country have made campaign
contributions in recent years.
Physicians attending William H
Thompson, president of the Nationa
Bank of Commerce Of st. Louis anC
treasurer of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition company, who has been i'll
for some weeks, state he is dying.
Another American heiress ioined
the British peerage Wednesday
through the marriage in London OF
Eloise, daughter of the late w. l.
Breese of New York, to Lord Will.
loughby Eresby, heir Of the Earl OF
Alcester. iE
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TOGO TO VISIT UNITED STATES
Noted Japanese Admiral Will CONT
Next Year.


Next Year.
San Francisco, Dec. minister
Griscom, Americas diplomatic repre-.
sentative at Toxic, who arrived here
during the day on the Manchuria, con.
firmed the report that Admiral Togo
proposed to visit foreign waters. He
says that the admiral informed him
of his intention to take Japanese
fleet to England and the United States
next year.
General Luke E. Wright, governor
of the Philippines, also came over on
the Manchuria and said that the pri.
mary object of his visit was to be
present in Washington when the bids
for the construction of railways in the
Islands were opened. Conditions in
the Philippines were never more hope.
full than at present. There were prac.
tically no disturbances and the people
were generally contented. General
Wright said:
Miss Roosevelt's visit was creative
of good feeling toward the United
States, for the people down there re
garded it as a Eind of official recogni.
tion of their status as American citi-
zens.'