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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
MY LADY OF TO-DAY.

I may not ride With helm and shield
And of steel and gold
To toust for her in tilt field
Or fight with dragons old.
may not save my lady fair
From ogres fierce and gray
There giants anywhere,
Nor dragons left to-day.
I may not wear her little glove
Upon my helmet high
But can fold her round with love.
And love her till die
-fCharles Buxton Going, in The American
Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
AMATEUR SPORT IN COLLEGE.

The next step to be taken to better athletics 1t
is hard to prophesy. In my estimation, however,
the way is perfectly distinct. Amateur status
must be put upon an academic basis. Multi
plying restrictions looking toward debarrinG men
who have time made money by using
their athletic skill has been overdone. The prop
er way is TO insure the amateur status OF mem-
bers of university teams as bona flde students
In good standing, To this end very simple
changes In legislation required % Let the
residence requirement prior 10 participation in
intercollegiate contests be raised to one full
academic year. 60 Debar all unclassilied stu
dents and all those who are members OF profess
sionai schools whose entrance requirements are
less than those OF the academic department. (3)
Debar all students who have conditions or who.
by tri-weekly reports. are seen TO De railing be-
low standard In their class work. "a Debar all
students who are directly or indirectly paid for
athletic services In their respective colleges.
Such legislation this could be easily en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
BRAINS AND Drawn.

A leading weekly attributes part of the good
impression created by Count White to the fact
that ''he is big man physically" and adds that
the American people couple "a big body with
big brain and a big heart" 1t is however, u
noticeable fact that many of brainiest and
bravest men have been small of stature. Alex
ander Stephens the intellectual handspring of
the Southern Confederacy. small cripple;
Chief Justice Fuller is an unusually small sized
man. Grant considerably below average
height. and Fighting Phil Sheridan. who did not
know the meaning of fear. known Little
Phil" Stephen A. Douglas under size, and
affectionately called THE Little Giant"
Instances of this sort could be cited by the
hundred.
The size Of mans body has more to do
with the size quality of his brain than II has
with the rise and fall OF the tide.-(Four Track
News,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
THE DEATH OF ELoIsE.

Surely your life draws hourly near @ Minis
But yet little and my hands shat lie
Close IN your the while earth mlsthy
Fades like a cloud against the sunset line
Have we not waited, braveiy desolate,
Telling our rosares of patient tears
climbing these endless stairs OF barren wears 49,.
Nlched by those pallld priests who babe US wafs.f
Have we not toed each to his separate heightf
At last our paths approach. and suddenly
One space shall hold both. and there shall D
A sound OF singing from the shattered night:
And full against the dawn, Gods saints aghast =.
Shall watch us cling and laugh and SOB. AT lafs "
GARRISON In Appletons pookiovsfS
Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
THE DEAF MUTE AND THE MOON,

The moon appears 10 be the centre of every
untaught deaf mute's cosmogony With only one
exception that have been able to find, untaught
deaf mutes all resent the moons apparent SUI
pervisory attitude toward them.
When went to my bedroom the moon shtned
In and laughed at me- / didn't like it. shook
my fist at the moon"
when / went to walk the moon chased me
] hated the moon. l made faces at the moon
As q stmuant to undesirable emotions the
moon must exert considerable influence upon
the moral life of the uneducated deaf One
little boy oheyed the impulse 1t Is human to feel
when persistently nagged. He tried 10 kill the
nagger
THE moon went wherever | did, / hated the
moon and l afraid of II. My mother and /
went to call on Mrs. Smith across the Potomac
River. | was afraid OF the moonheauls on the~
water I said In signs that was afraid to cross
the bridge My mother covered nay eyes with
her handkerchief so / could not see the moon
beams the water She held my hand tight
/ asked Emma Smith tn let me take Johns gun.
She put cap and powder on the gun, shooted
at the moon. The gun made fire and smoke
The moon went behind clouds. thought had
killed the wicked moon. was very glad that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
LINCoLN's BOYHoOD STRUGGLES FOF
EDUCATION.


EDUCATION.
He pursued his studies with very unusual
purpose and determination not only to under
stand them at the moment, but to fix them firm
ly in his mind His early companions all agree
that he employed every spare moment in keeping
on with some one of his studies. His stepmother
tells us that when he came across a passage
boards If he had no paper, and keep it there I'M
til he did get paper. Then he would rewrite
it, look at it, repeat it. He had copybook.
kind of scrapbook in which he put down all
things, and thus preserved them. He spent
long evenings doing sums on the fire shovel
Iron fire shovels a rarity among pioneers
Instead they used a broad, thin clapboard with
one end narrowed to a handle, arranging with
which they set their skillet" and owen" to do
their cooking 1t such a wooden shovel
that Abraham worked his sums by the f1ickering
freight, making his figures with piece of
taking drawing knife and shaving it off clean
again.
The hours that he was able to devote to his
penmanship, his reading and his arithmetic
We're by no means many; for, save for the short
time that he was actually in school, he was
during all these years laboring hard his
fathers farm hiring his youthful strength
to neghbors who had need of help in the work
of field or forest. In pursuit of his knowledge
he was on an up hill path yet In spite of all
education placed him far ahead of his school
mates and quickly abreast of his various teach
ers. He borrowed every book in the neighbor-
hood The list is short one Robinson Cru
Progress" Weems's Life of Washington" and
History of the United States" When every
thing else had been read, he resoutely began
the Revised Statutes of Indiana which
Dave Turnham the constable. had in daily use,
but permitted him to come to his house and read.
-(Heen Nicolay. in st. Nicholas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
JOSEPH JEFFERsoNs INHERITANCE.

Before lies ancient playbook. rescued
from the scrap heap of a junk dealer. II con-
tains three small pamphlets hand stitched with
coarse linen thread: THE Emperor of the
Moon; as performed at the Patagonian Theatre,
London: Damon and Phillida; with the
Musick prefix'd to each Song and English
Readings; Comic Piece IN one Act. They are
dated 1777. 1865 and 1887. On the frontispiece
of eachs playlet is inscribed signature.
jefferson The autographs have so nearly faded
into the yellow dimness Of the time stained
paper that 1t is not possible they could have
been written by the genial comedian or our day
Each signature is evidently old as the book
itself
One day. curious as to the ownership of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
INSULTING NATURE.

the moon was dead."-(Sarah Harvey Porter
in The Reader
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29

shun'd by all Company-except such as have
been guilty of the Crime. N.B.-Several
Men of no Character. Old Women and Young
Ones of Questioned Reputation, are great
Authors of Lies in this Place being of the sect
of LEVELLERS"-(W. D. Howes, in Harper's
Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29

way to the front seized him by the arm as he
passed.
'IBe YOU the prince?" she demanded BE you
the prince?"
81 am madame" he answered and dashed
frantcally up a convenient stair.
The big woman turned and faced the crowd
wild with happiness.
"I seen him an I touched him." she cried
joyously.
If she is not still alive. she probably died
happy because of that experience. A little boy
who was held up for view called out:
why, pa, he's only a man. and that ex-
pressed good deal OF the general idea that the
Prince of Wales was something more than just
a handsome, good natured, generous boy-one
of the best young fellows in the world.-(Albert
Bigelow Paine in Pearson's Magazine.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-11-14

oie Sccle ocs ainocs in BeFahr 81
leeen iid) nidbt isbciten, lit es Die
Sodyc Scr aird;c, Sd)r:tte 5itr @db-
RING ieiuer beiligiten Snterciien 81
tb!tn, lDie i'm al,oeren SAT- Die @eicil-
id)aft onrd sic itaotIihen Organc eiit
Siao loid,en Gltern cllt5iebt. Die Del
len lei6life tSiiriorgc pernahlolligen.
glber III @efdDr 'e;sell NiBt 6 oic
Scele cines 2inoea, oieicS Ill ole &c.
beinniiic Der &e!ig;ou III elmer
Sprucbe eiHfiibren 5u roolea, oeren
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES i6nl rlit inncrcr
9totbmenGiqtcit 0ie @rioiiullg Der
'&eilsipnbrbeitcn eridppercn itn0 III
-piclen 6dQer mnm0gli1 n;ad)ea luer
ben. @d3 oaS &ino in Gontnri'
nicn1intcrribt OIL 9teiigiou5fenntltii.
len enpiGagt, lul meiIt fiir cine &c
~bcnsoaucr ouarciden. ltno 0os mil
picl beiBen III elmer ;sseit lpie oic Ill.
icrc, 100 nItf icbcnl @%lirltpdpier cine
nl6cre .gGeitcnldaming" oci. per.
luirri, beiien Glnube fenrc!l lelten
@frho bot. Gem ooinild)en ail,nc
aGer lit oic oc!tide' Spradle cine
irembe. iogar oani. lpenit cs bicic
oIs Ssoiom nc6en octc Wutteriprade
ipridlt. &ua uito gnllj itimrncn mir
ocabalb Gr5bildoi Siablelpsfi ~,
mcilll Ell III ieincm GrloB bcrppr-
best: oSfcin aino lit i'm Ston0e, in
ciner frenlocn Sprodc iid) geborig
uni ielic midtigcn 9lligenblide Dor
5ltbcreiten ,lpie es Die erite hl. Seid)te
uno Ole critic 81. Communion liiD,
nod m%cnigcr, III elmer trcmoen
Spradc tllr ans 3ipung Die t%ieilten
@er5cnsgebeinlltiiic 81 beidten."
Die Mntteriprad)e lit ole Sprad,c
0es Ser5cliS, ia Der Seele, mohte,i
mir bin5uiii9en. mno i'll jcnell bod
lien @llgelibliden ocs Goicins, in oc-
men Der Menid 8ott lild)t, miro or
Iid itets oers Sprod)c beoienell, sic
Die a%ocqunteite llcberiebullg ieiner
@eoanfen 5uldBt, itnb oas' tbut Die
Whuttcriprod)e.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-11-14
Ginc lnitigc Weididte

aus Gem Scbau ser Munilin &iftorin
cr5Gblt cine ulgliidle @omenidrift:
Ter NnuSaeiiiIid)s Ser fN6nioin CT.
iiebt III bcm Gripntgemdc5. ouS itr
IN ieoem touiglihen &olaltc lilr
&erfiiaumJ gcitellt miro. einen 50.
pogci nit p~rodltpollcm @efieocr, Scr
onrd) icinc orollige HeOefunit ole
Spmpatbie bca gon5en &oicS umH
0es aan5cn Gienitucrionals gcipon.
ucl bot. I'll Osborne lieat oaS
3inmer 0es @ciltlid)el in Der N1be
Der Serroiie, Ole nod Dem Speiie
ianlc Der &Oni9in iiihrt. 10 oaB lie
iiinNit cinmnl Den %pael iprehen
horen fonnte. Sic bortc ihn. obnc
Die einSelnen @orte Si p~eriIebcn,
uber ails Dem 2adcn Ger ul0ern
3ub6rcr eriab lie. haB ser Wapagei
etmas SultiaeS geiaat baben nmbte,
,.Was laat bcnn Der Yopalei, DAB
picle Scrren ulo Gumen 10 laut
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-11-14
sass4uua.sss. Js.sssss ais,satsa, nsa IA. ap4 etshsr 1906.

Der 8elt oif Imerifa iibertragcn
iucroen intb blino, mie tic lino, mer-
fen lie audi nidt, oaB lie lid) iclbit
cine Srube graben, bic 8ritbc Der
Sergeiienbeit I'M ltaatlidcn Scben
lie uiterminiren ibr elgcncs NnlebclI
IN Samilie, Sfule itib STRIDE. Sic
iino 8errntber am eigenen 6leild)
mo @lutl Territher ot ieiien foit-
Barren Grbltiid. bon Dem Ger glltmcis
tier Sriebrid) Gottlicb Nlopntod
liegcs'iher iingt:
aGaB feline, ipeld)c lebt, nit NeutId-
lambs Sprade lid)
Sn Dem 5u tiihten @cttitreit mage.
Sic iii ~ Oomit ids fllr5. nit ibrcr
&rdft eS ioge
gn m%annigialt' ger llranloge
3n INNER lercr uno bod 0entld)eI
Menomg reid;
Sit, mas mir ielblt III jcncn groi!cr
,Sabrcm
"a SGcitns ms fpri6lic. moreH:
@lon0ert, mlgemiidn mo nur it'd,
lclbcr Aleicb."
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-11-14

o~iflofen2" fraate lie Den geiiser
Oes Sogels. Ger @eiitlid)c muroc
iueIB, uie iein Sbeybemb mo itar-
melte: uMajeitat, Der Goga ipridt
~iiberhaupt iiidlts @erniinitiges."
Hn Oieiem gugenblide ifrie- DER
8opagei Der trob ieines n5oflebells"
nod nift boilife Maliereil allgc-
nolnmen tat: .gre poi, Sictoria?
90 90 alOna, non nalp olb mommn!"
3ic aouiain Qadbte) mo ingte (on-
geblldD 5l Oenl beItiir5ten &aplnn;
Sd bin gliiflid) (?) enblid cinmal
cine Gimme in mcinem 9teiebc III
b0ren, ole oas SIT iagen iuagt, mas
i'd lclblt ld)on laltge iIbcr mid
0cllfe."
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-11-14

leslidlc Icd,t 5nm Insreifcn, phnc
iuiebcr augcariffcn sn mcrosu, Sic
fam id,lagcn, a6cr ic bari nid,t amd)
gciAlacgn iucrScu, weoer 6md)Ita5-
lid, nod fisirlih."
.3aS mdrc 10, lpenn 0ic Tro,lcl
it'd inncrbai6 Der Oreu5en pabrcr
Srouenluiirbe bulten. Noh mie Dor
pcrbleibt ieOod) 0ic 0rage, ob Die
M0nner, Ole Yilid)t gum Sdmci9el
mo 5ur Grfiiaimg i6rcr @olanierlc-
pilid)tcn bohen. mcnl 0ic tSraueu
anS Der Stiic ibrcr Nanslidjteit Der
ans IN Ole puliiiidr Nrrua Scs Slant
pies rnS ocr 6craa3iurocrnn0 trc-
ren. 9tibt3 lit sreif6orer ais sic
GriemntaiB oab cine iid)ere Me0tlo.
ton oea Stinmrcdt$uciena i'm Sim,
bnrnent uaicrcr ireicu SnItihltionell
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-11-14
Die SOotcugrabcr Der ocmtiden
Sprad)e bicr in Nlmcrtfa.

Nir 9lullbeu nid]t, OaB Die bent.
ide Sprad)e in Nmerifa allslterbcu
miro. Sic bat Iid iiber $50 Sabre
crbalten, lie miro nod mond)eS Sa6r-
blln6ert ii6erleben. GoS be5e,lgt oas
Sd)idlnl GlIaB'a, no trob f%rali5oii-
idcH Ginillllies, oos Geutlfe crhal-
tcll blieb, oas be5ellgt &eunipIpa-
MEN, 100 lett Glloe oea ie~dbssebnten
&~nhrbunoerts oos 0eutid)e 5lt
@nnic lit.
0cntld)e 3cltlnlgcn IN Sen Serei-
nigtcn Stunten pernc6rcn lid, tic
wcrocn niht merliger. Gos Suite
relic fiir Die oclitide Sprod,e lit bier
in Nmerito in allen arcilcn &C.
mublcn.
Wim iogc audi nidt, ooB unicrc
Oclttide anuerifonilhe SilgenO Die
0euihe Sprade lid,t licbe.
$50 DID ainoer 0euider Eltern Die
oeutlde Sprad,e niht liebeiL linb oie
OeItid)en Gltern ielbit idulO n tic
iino on erlter Steqe Die SootcngrG-
Der Der bcrtid)en Sprad)c.
Nit bcitld)cn &in0eril III einenl
Tort cnaliid)t iprefelL, beiBt nid)t
aQeiit einelt Srellbruh an leinerl
oelttiden Gltern begeben, ionoern
0ifnet S6iir mo Sbor Den ieid)tcn
lSriu,iDipu 0rS Icidbtfertioeu llrueri.
faniSmmS.
NeiBt oaS oeutid.amerifunilhc
Gino Der miloen Stromnnng iiberge'
ben, Die IN 0en glanbensloiell, ienia.
tioneIlen Trebcr5elgnilien. pulgc
o9clbe Sl1tter" 9cnomt, 5n i'm
I0ei lit.
Neibt oas 0cntihe aino ocntidc
5ittclL oeutldc SugcnoenL 0citlaa
@riinolidfeit ucrgeiien mod)en.
sln 5meiter Stellc iino Die SooteG-
grGber Der Sc;tiAcr Spradle in III.
iercn eigcncn Sdlllen 81 iirbci
2ebrer mo Scbrerinlen mcrocn oil'
geltelt nit mo ohne Sobit
oic iih pom 6icier folideu Str0.
mung iraleu laIien. 9lac ltutcrbnl.
TING nit ocit &inoern IL Scr freiell
3eit, lit engliih, sic aeuiidle &raml.
matif, onS belltid)e Se'c6aG, III Ell
rWiuB". Gar balo iinrcl naS Ole
GiuAtr aHS II. b~ebnnbelu GAS Cent.
iGe cbot!io. &e6c abcr Dem Eric.
Iier. Der cinjliereifeu iuNtl Gr miro
ais cin @intcrljlecr beirod)!et ruiS
ooIa 6o0p" bctitclt.
sfn orittcr Steile limo cS unlcrC
@cld1itslcnte nnb mlicre slrbeiter
+! Stutt tiir 0elltihe Mod)ellblGttcr 81
%obonnirerL conierpotIpeu ocutlden.
tG9lid)en 3citun9en aiti Die Seine 81
bclfeil, itolj 5u lcin oorour, ooB mon
0cltid, lit mo mir forurcn nit
&cd)t itolj oGrouf lein licbt man
lie nit Ocn mulgGreu bon 9iiaell
~itrotcnOcm engliidcn @cBblattern III
Der &ono. Sic be5oblen nod obcn-
orcin fiir ole &nrifnturbiloer. Die liz
NIT Sorlicbc brlllgeli, mellll etlpas
Scutides los lit in Der @elt.
9ln piertcr Steae line Ole Sootep.
grader Scr beittiden Smradc IN Der
Ycrlon nand)eS ilungcn SodImiirocl
81 ilid)el. Der III ieiuer Sdule oas
5000 morning, Satber" eingeiiibr;
bos a@elobt iei Seins Gbriitiis" ober
aus oerlclbcn pcrbnilnt bot. Ter in
TfarrbaiIle olld) ridtS anoeres ais
GnglIld) rcoet uno manherortS Dos
@ort @ottcS Gngliid, p%crfiinoigt, ipr
meoer Elm Wumo u%orbonoen, nod
ein ioldcr Wlmld) bon Sciten scr
o%eutid,cn Bcrncinoc ae0uBert nor,
oeu III,
81 niioern lie eS 9euoltiam. nai
oic Gigcnihoitcn Der ebcliten 9tatiol
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-11-14
@pnncr,

@cihIitSiGbrc,

Su fiiioen lit mo nid,tS ioilte 10 mid,.
tig iein iiir unlere Uclcsaeber, ais
oicles Sroblem.
.Scfiirluortcr bcS Srnnenitimm-
rehts meiicn nui Den beillamen Gtu-
iluB bin. Der IN oen Stooten, no ole
Srailen bellte ltimnlen fonneu. oui
Ole @cieb9ebuue ~crjielt morNen lit,
sd befiird,tc inoeiieu ooB oicic
9eutc cine falide slnihauung bon
llriod)e mo @irtum9 boben. @iro
Die meiic mo iortibrittlihe @eieb-
aebumg in Den ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Stautcn gegen Die 0elcsgcbumJ her
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-11-14
Marieat aalemDeg
fir Sas Snhr 1906.
r

NM
IieIcr beitullsgeItattcte, 207 2eic,
ipalten unlfaliel,oe mo reid iau.
l~trierte 4alenber Bat folgenoen SSn.
balt:
&u~litGnbigcs &alcnoarinn init stuff
itcten ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in
@ort uno @ilo. Sen Mbbiloimgen
bon siuDlf Icien Mumat3Gciligcn
nit begleitenber poetil1er 2ege!ioe
bon Corp. 8eregrina.
SanHricrtcs 0cScnfblatt iGr Sas
SaBr 1906.
NcnjagrSgrHf bon g. e. HcDel-
bcrger.
Die lcibiid)en naS gciitlialcn @erfe
Ger SarmDcrsisfcit. Son 7.
AlcG" 8ammqartner. S. j.
Bic @cgcgnung Mnrins init ibrcm
frcustragenocm Sotnc. @eoiht
bon T.. Iler. 8aumgart
ner $. j.. 81 Dem glcid;ncnigeu
S~arbenornf und) Dem Sriainalc
BEG Observation-Disclosures % a
. dl mats
Shiangcnsnngen. Gr5dblung ails
Dem Solfslebeu bon 2oren3
9eiser.
Sas &rens i'm Often. Gpiiooe ans
Dem rgiiiih : japaniihen ariege
bon 81. Sruld a.
Ter flcinc Sin. Cine Grs1blung
ans Dem mooernen Stalien bon
so. 8.
Wcnn Scr Scrr Sas Sans nidlt bant.
Gr5dblung ans Dem Solfslcbcr
bon 81 {. Sol. Giippers.
Sin SintenfleY. &riminal.N opelle
BON Iricbrid Sbieme.
Sis aarfrcitagsprcOist. 3opele bon
Sobaunes NaDrbp er,
:. j.
3mci &prte. Geoidt bon g.
2 6 m ii
@eppu. 6arbenorud nnd Dem 8e.
mdtbe bon Z. ppn SlaaS.
ms fpmint 0ud nod" G~r5Gblanl
bon 6. 81.
%ensin-cia !Mrilmi;tel. Cine alito.
mobil@ eidJidlte Don Irtb III
u d] leitner.
SabrcsrnuSinm BON 0ri 0eni
nit pielcn @iloern,
@iclc prGd)tiGc Original : Samiira.
tipnem ppn bcluGbrtrn &iinitlcru
idmiidcn Sicicn neiteu 3abrsung
mcldlcr and, luirScr ocn bc.icbtcr
&nnotalenoer catbGlt.
YuS Dem Ste.igenaunten fam lid
Scher Elm llrtleil bilGen iibcr &c
ooS Nltcreiiante. mos IN mierel
Gramic 5l iiiioeu lit.
(, &ir lenoen ShneH Den &olenoe!
~foltenirei. tpeun Sic io1leid) Shret
riidlt1n0igen NbonncmentS @etrag
mo $500 fiir &oroliSteiablun9 Gin,
ihifen. Senncn Sic CEN Nctror
prompt ein. Nenn 0ic Nadfr60e ii
cine arobe unO IS 6iirite unicr Soe
ratb lGliiel perlriiicn ieiu.
N%dltun0&poa
Surenl Gouner,
@ciAditSiiibrer
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-11-14

IS madlt luS nid)tS leid,ter
un1ercdlt ais Ma1t.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-14
A DEMOCRATIC PROCEDURE.
New Texas LAW Tends to
Corruption In Politics..

New Texas Inv Tends to
Corruption In Politics..
The Democrats of Texas are deter
mined to have majority rule. The last
legislature adopted a provision for the
instruction Of delegates to conventions
by providing that 10 per cent Of the
voters Of any political party can petit
ton to have such propositions as they
desire voted upon at any primary cleo
ton. If a majority Of the voters de-
clare for the proposition the delegates
to county and state conventions are
thereby instructed to vote for the
same. This amounts to the installing
Of the direct initiative in Texas, as the
Democrats control the state and the
legislature will have to carry out the
platform Of the party thus expressed
by popular vote.
This system can be used to instruct
for candidates or policies and will
compel delegates to conventions to car
ry out the will of the majority express
ed at caucuses and will prevent cor
porations and other interested parties
from corruptly trying to influence the
action Of conventions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-14
American Influence In Cuba.

A Spanish view Of Cuba's independ-
n progress is given in a recent num-
Der Of the Economist and Financier,
published In Madrid. This paper dis
cusses frankly the situation in Cuba
now and under the old Spanish rule,
which ended with American Interven-
ton in 1893. Figures are given to
show that the revenues are now large.
ly devoted to improvement Of schools,
roads and sanitation with marked re-
suits. In conclusion the article de-
clares that Cuba had to escape from
Spanish sway in order to fulfill her
destiny among nations.
In connection with this Spanish view
it is important to note that while Cuba
is politically free to carve out her own
future she is still under the spell of
outside influences. Many Cuban Off
Gals act upon the principle that the
United States has acquired and will en-
force a prior claim upon the trade of
the island, just as Spain did before the
liberation. This is a reflection upon the
good faith and honor Of the American
people. Cuban legislators go so far as
to assert that the support or rejection
of certain measures favorable or IN
favorable to the interests of the is
land will bring them into disfavor in
this country. But the United States in
tervened solely with the purpose of es-
tabiishing in Cuba a free and self re-
specting government, capable Of pad
ding its own canoe"