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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

member from Il marine district would
have known in the beginning. This
is an illustration of the usual fitness
of committee appointments. Lawyers
are appointed on committees having
financial matters upon which to
formulate Legislation, business men
from the cities are serving upon COM
mittees having agricultural questions
to consider.
Better results in national legislation
would be secured If the new members
were assigned to the work to which
they had devoted their energies in
private life, and in few years the
legislation OF the nation would be
largely in the hands of experts in
nearly every line. The result would
be IL decided lettering of the legisla-
ton, less wrangling in the halls of
congress, and less speechmaking for
political purposes, and for more salts
factory laws for the people.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
DEMOCRATIC HOPES.

The ''off-year" insurgent will find
great comfort in the editorial opinions
of leading Democrats newspapers.
The New York World (Dem.) says;
We recently asked if the Democratic
party was dying. 1t is far from dead !"
1t then points to the recent elections
in Pennsylvania Ohio and Massachu-
setts.The st. Louis Republic CDem.
offers the discouraging suggestion
that the Republican party has no
popular asset except the president,
whose actual value is not known I'M
til he has passed through the cru
cial test of the present Congress.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal. the
New Orleans Picayune, the Atlanta
Constitution, the Jacksonville Times
Union, and other representative DEM
ocratic papers see in the election re-
turns evidences that the Republicans
are not invincible, and tell the DEM
ocrats there may be hope for them in
1908. These exultant remarks are
generally regarded as a strong bid for
the votes of the assistant Democrats
who helped to elect Cleveland in 1892.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
INSURANCE INVESTIGATION.

The life insurance investigation has
no more cold blooded feature than
that which Andrew Hamilton, the
chief lobbyist, disclosed when from
the safety of a residence in Europe
he said:
Payment by my check would neces-
slrily have disclosed the fact that the
retainer by me and would thus have
necessarily hampered that portion of
my work which was most efficacious.
This statement referred to the pay
ments made by Hamilton to persons
who had assisted in influencing leg
islation to suit the demands of the in
surance companies. If the statement
is true, it is severe Indictment of
the legislators of the states, and
places the members in the same cat
egory as the officials of the insurance
companies. The American public will
require much more than the word of
man like Hamilton to convince it
that those selected from the great cit
iZen body become the objects of bar
ter and corruption as soon as their
official life has begun. The whole
theory of Hamilton is that he could
by the use of large sums of money,
so influence the legislatures that no
laws inimical to the interests of the
great insurance companies would be
considered. The story, however, will
not bear investigation. Whatever leg
islation would be injurious to the in
surance companies would be injurious
to the great army of policy holders.
and the officers were the mere SER
wants of the people. These policy
holders were scattered in every state
of the Union and were sufficiently
numerous to have made themselves
felt in any concentrated effort in
shaping legislation. A protest from
them would have caused any law
maker inclined to injure their inter
ests by obnoxious legislation to stop
and consider. Such movement
would have obviated the need of Ham,
ilton's work, even if there was need
for it, which is decidedly doubtful. !,
would be more reasonable to believe
that the vast fund of $4,000, which
Hamilton admits he handled, went in
| to the private pockets of some of those
who have been convicted of high
crimes in insurance matters.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
80 49, 80 -
THIS DATE IN HISTORY

1521-Martin Luther excomniuni
Gated.
1661-First appearance of women
actors said to have been made ut Lin
coin Inn Field theatre. London.
1724-Philip V. of Spain abdicated
in favor of his son.
174O-Benedict Arnold born.
1777-Battle between American and
British forces at Princeton. N. J.
1793-'Third partition of Poland ar
ranged between Russia. Austria and
Prussia
1SO4-lnsurrection of Irish c0nvicts
in New South Wales.
1S30-Methodism first introduced in
Germany.
S57-Assassination OF the arch
bishop of Paris lSibour.)
18S5-Earthquake shocks felt in
Maryland. Virginia and New Hamp-
shire.
1891-Fifth avenue theatre, New
York city. burned.
1S95-Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop. w. c.
T. U. leader. died.
1900-Gen. Leonard Wood released
20 prisoners unjustly detained in
Cuban jails.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
PULSE OF THE PRESS
A Sensible View. !.
IDonnybrook Courier.1

The newspapers of the state are at
present teaming with articles on re-
form. Politically, some are advocating
reform while others are content with
things as they are. 1t is always a
difficult thing for people to know what
to think when the cry of gang" ma
chine" and reform" in repard to poll
tics. is raised in different quarters.
In most cases it is not safe to put
much faith in the men who are calling
loudest for reform. They generally
have an ak to grind. OF course there
are exceptions. 1t is best, however,
to be sure that there is something
very wrong with an administration
and that a change is reasonably sure
to be an improvement before breaking
away and joining the ranks of the pro-
fessed refOrmers. In local politics it
does not take long as rule to locate
an undesirable official and relegate
him to the rear.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
PRACTICAL VS.. THEORETICAL.

At the recent state gathering the
teachers of Minnesota declared them
selves in favor of a textbook that
would require more practical and less
technical grammar Had they have adj
vocated a textbook requiring more of
both practice in the use of the English
language and at the same time more
thorough study of the principles of
that language in the form of technical
grammar. they would have gotten
nearer to the proper idea OF teach
ing language in the public schools. 1t
is regrettable fact that the public
in the teaching of language than in
almost any other subject. The reason
is not difficult to find. When the pub
lie schools of the older states added
| English grammar to their curriculum.
the textbooks were entirely techni-
cal, that is, they dealt entirely with
rules and gave no opportunity for
their practical application. They fur
nished the skeleton. but entirely ne
elected to clothe 1t with that which
would make 1t useful Against this
condition. there naturally arose a re-
volt and crying demand for more
| practical teaching OF the English
tongue. AS a result the other extreme
! was adopted and the schools were
\ y,,ifh
! ly to the practical use of the language
as it was termed. Students were
trained in the construction of English
without the least idea as to the
reason of such construction. Conse-
| quently the knowledge acquired be-
came superficial. Not only was the
bedrock principle of education-the
development of the child's reason and
udgment-entirely eliminated, but it
became an educated parrot, using its
language by note. and entirely I'M
able to master new problems or diff
ticulties over which it had no al
ready been led. The results obtained
from the system were fully as I'M
satisfactory as were those under the
old style of the technical grammar
fad. Both are wrong. What is
needed is a happy combination of both
systems that vol give the student a
thorough understanding of the prin-
ciple OF the English language and so
combine this with it's practical use
that neither will suffer from either
over or under development.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

One of the most peculiar things in
connection with the actual working
OF congress is the assignment Of new
members to the several committees.
The appointments are made for per-
s0nal reasons, and the fitness of the
member for the work he will be re-
quired to do does not enter into the
matter at all. With the probable ex-
ception Of the judiciary committees.
the craftsmanship of which are US
ually filled by the best lawyers of the
respective branches Of congress, the
intricacies of the work to be done is
largely learned by the committee
members while working up from the
bottom of the ladder. The new men,
Der is often assigned to committee
whose work is entirely foreign to his
former occupation. A few years ago
William L. Wilson. the author OF the
Wilson German tarln bill of the last
Cleveland administration. was defeat
ed by by Aston G. Dayton, a country
lawyer of mediocre ability, whose
home was in country hamlet in the
heart of the Allegheny mountains. and
in the entire congressional district
there was not single navigable river
even. His defeated opponent was
man of national reputation, and while
defeated by the treachery of his own
party, the reputation of the man who
had accomplished his defeat became
q matter of national interest. Mr..
DaytOn's first appearance in congress
was like that of country boy sud-
denly dropped into great city. The
public was disappointed, and to add
to the already ludicrous situation. he
was made a member of the committee
ON naval affairs. He knew less about
naval construction and naval organ
ixati0n than the average man knows
of Sanskrit. 1t took ten years of his
congressional life to learn what a
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

When Bishop, the ten thousand dol
lar press agent of the Panama Com
mission, loses his job he may conclude
to enter the field of real Journalism,
but we serve notice on him now that
he is too high-priced for The Even
ing Times. While we aim to employ
the best talent to be found in the
country, we want men who can per-
form any and all kinds of newspaper
work-except digging canals.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
All Right Where He In.
HankinSon News

The insurgent papers are suggesting
the name of State Supt. Stockwell as
possible nominee for governor
should the present organization lead
ers be overthrown at the primaries
next June. The News doesn't profess
to know what Mr.. Stockwell's per-
sonal ambitions may be, but we be-
lieye he is needed where he is. 1t is
much easier matter to secure guber-
Material timber of average ability than
to find man who could replace the
present state superintendent without
injury to the educational interests of
the state.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

A grim Joker is that Iowa farmer
who, in response to promise that he
would receive $1,000 from his father
IN Germany for each visit of the stork
to his domicile. has up to the present
time made twelve drafts on the pater-
nal exchequer in the dear old father
land and the end is not yet.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
OUR WEEKLY.

The Times Publishing Company has
purchased the plant, subscription list
and good will of the Grand Forks
Courier. which will hereafter be
known and published as the Weekly
Times and Grand Forks Courier. 1t
is proposed to make this publication
the greatest dollar weekly in the
Northwest.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

Let reverence of law be breathed by
lrattles in her lap; let it be taught in
tho schools seminaries and colleges;
lst 1t be written in primers. spelling
from pulpits and proclaimed in legis-
lAtive halls and enforced in courts of
juctice; in short. let ii become the
0olitical religion OF the nation"
Abraham Lincoln.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

A man named Rogers announces
his candidacy for mayor of st. Paul on
the democratic ticket, and advances
the argument why he should be NOM
mated that for "A years he has voted
the straight democratic ticket. Heav-
ems! what an awful record! Think of
a man boasting that he voted against
Lincoln. Grant, Garfield, Mckinley and
Roosevelt, and putting that up to the
American people as reason why he
should be eelcted to Office!
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

Speaker Cannon insists that he is
by no means impatient for the dawn
of the millennium. Uncle Joseph
should possess his soul in patience as
there is no immediate prospect of the
socialists assuming control of mum
dane affairs.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
All In the Point Of View.
ISheIdOp prnRrpSS

The principal object of the .repub-
lican insurgents is the overthrow of
the bosses, and they are now busy
hunting for a leader to help them ac-
complish their purpose. The head of
your faction is peerless leader"
the other fellows chief is an 'unprin-
cipled boss"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
Advertisement Tell the Tale.
CMinneanoliS 'ralaprnv,

Though you paper scintillate with
the sparks of your wit and its col
umns TEEN with the best news, but
you have not a generous supply of adj
vertisements, it shall not avail as
boost" for the town. in the mind of
anyone who is sizing UP the situation.
The reader will admire the paper and
conclude that the editor is especially
capable-but he'll feel that the town
is "Dunk &"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
WEDNESDAY ], JANUARY 5 ,1lilO \
hr. sehopenkoffcr in his 'silaWth Of

u tr. SchDpenkoffer In his ':GiluWth of. L
the Ennguage. says ' VI Il.
I'm these days when our vocabulary
Is being enriched by many new words
4 whose origin and derivation cannot be
traced to q certainty, there isIa con-
slant tendency to substi tute, 10 that
/ the exact meaning Is liable to be con-
fused and lost. We should strive to
guard against this and by proper use
Ak their exact meaning. The words
/ graft and Doodle, are cases In point
Their meaning is entirely different
\ Doodle is the price paid for an 0fhcial
act tor vote, the taking or giving OF
which is crime. Graft Is the profit
Of an ,official act which, although
within the law is morally wrong and
not to be tolerated in well-ordered
communities. ss.s
1 Minneh filled with laughter.
Turning said: You nre CRATER; So
Take another. it's no matter 4,
+ Till the public catches on:
Till the maiden called for quarter,
Yelled and hiked for Running Water
4s a nm Longfellow
Space will not permit our going in
to this matter at greater length
A bachelor should learn to say
No" He can never tell when some
widow may propose to him.
Gold dissolved in woman's tears
is said to make an excellent cement
for mending broken heart.
man NAV he honest and still take
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
The Big Four.
dickinson Recorder

After reading the Searchlight, the
reform organ published at Fargo, we
were almost convinced that the popu-
lation of North Dakota had dwindled
down to just four people-the two tall
ented editors of the aforesaid paper
and Alex. Mckenzie and Jud La
MOure.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

Walter Wellman will try for the
North pole in an air ship. Well,
many newspaper man has went up
land down) by the same route and
let us hope the famous writer will
not light his pipe" until he lands
the bean stalk.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
Hard to Please.
North naknfa pofriOt

Some of the "insurgent papers are
kicking because Gov. Sarles held a
reception at one of the banks in La
Moure last week." and the Litchyille
Bulletin wonders if Alex. Mckenzie
and Jud were also present at the La
Moure reception. Well, what If they
were? You kick if they meet in St.
Paul and you kick if they meet in
North Dakota. 1t is case of damn
ed if you do and damned if you don't"
So there you are.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
More About Graft.
IMfntleapOlis J Journal. II


The publications Of definitions Of the
word graft" in The Sunday Journal
has resulted in attention being called
to the views OF the eminent philologtst
who conducts thes Fergus Falls Jour
nal. DR.. Adams 1t seems. had recent
occasion to define the word graft" for
the benefit of hi readers on the Tor
denskjoid prairies and he made ian
exhaustive examination of the au-
thorities" with the following result:
In Hostetter's Family Almanac we
find:
Graft N. (see CRATER. Deriv.
either from Grab, to take. to seize.
or from graft, to make grow upon or
insert in).
First-The benefiting Of public
official or his friends at the public.
expense through an official set
SecOnd-The using of ones official
position to gain advantages denied to
Others
Third-To so act or do that an Off
calls fellow citizens are injured while
he and his friends profit.
Fourth-TO take for ones self or to
give ones friends special privileges.
Sixth-To take that which belongs
to the public for private use.
Seventh-To grant ones self or
ones friends immunity from that
which others are compelled to do.
Eighth-To do thing, pretending
that it is for public benefit when 1t
is only private.
Illus. To SO run a sewer that an
alderman may get the benefit Of It
while his neighbors pay for it. To sell
to the city through a dummy when
the law forbids an official to do 1t
directly. To SO place street lights that
an alderman can enjoy it and the pub
lie cannot. Etc. etc. etc.
His graft was bold.
And yet within the pale of law.
he was as subtle an,I. CRATER as eyer
Or fixed his street at wards expense.
Shakespeare.
Black was a postmaster in the art
of grating. He was a thorough par
Humanitarian. He always had his
matters we'll in hand. His reports
were always carefully prepared and
every move was contaminated with
clock-like precision. Although pos
sessing a sensitive nature he was bold.
almost brazen, in the carrying out of
the jobs in which the combination,
whose servile tool he was, was inter-
ested. The lord mayor, whose vast
and varied interests frequently en-
croached upon public rights, relied
upon him implicitly and he never fail
ed. His associates on the board with
one or two exceptions, were honest,
but they were obtuse or weaklings
and offered no resistance. The Or
ganic law governing the city was ig-
nored. forgotten, and his grating went
on unhampered and unchecked."-
| McDougal's "The London Council"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

In the year 1905 it is said that 1547
marriages occurred at st. Joseph,
Michigan and the papers are publish
ing this fact. Here is a means of
advertising certain to bring results
and st. Joe will be crowded next sea-
son without doubt.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

After being interviewed in a den
lists chair one day last week Sena-
tor Foraker said: Il hope to heaven
that on the day l am buried nothing
of interest in Ohio politics occurs, for
if it does that young man will pry
up the coffin lid and ask me for the
particulars"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

DR.. Osler insists that it is not hard
to die. Now if that erudite gentleman
will proceed to give practical DEM
onstration in support of that theory.
much will be forgiven him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03

When the Stork of Time dropped
little kid 1906 into this cruel world
he selected rather strenuous wealth
er for the youngster.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
Wrong Latitude.
princeton Union.]

While refreshing our memory upon
generalities from Old Moore's Alma
nae we ran across this, startling in
formation: "Dec 21-winter begins.n
The almanac was obviously one of an
edition printed for circulation in the
West Indies or some other like lati-
tude
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
The EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, N. D.

Some papers are ''horrified" at
President Roscvelt's sending letter
of sympathy to poor old Lanky Bob
Fitzsimmons. It 10 well known fact
that the president is an athlete him
self and his action in this case was
no doubt meant as generous. whole
souled sympathy for a fallen gladia-
tor. not an endorsement of the game
as it is played at. Among the "horri-
fed ones will be found some puny,
knock-kneed editors who can not
make a shadow, themselves but are
the first to sureptitiously peruse the
papers to note the outcome of the
contest
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-03
NOTE AND COMMENT

Some boys in an English school
were asked the other day to define
editor" Here are some of their
definitions: AN editor is man who
handles words" AN editor makes his
living out of the English language"
IAN editor is somebody who does not
do anything himself, and when some
body else does goes and tells other
people all about it, An editor is
man who has the industry of beaver,
the instincts of; bee and the patience
OF an ass. Exchange.
The Grafton News and Times is
twenty-five years old. Now as ever
the News and Times is without COM
peer among the weekly newspapers of
the northwest. The Evening Times
extends congratulations and wishes it
and its talented editress, Mrs S. E.
Bates, another quarter of century
of continued prosperity.
7. S. Scott, for many years the
faithful and efficient foreman OF the
Langdon Republican is the founder
OF the new paper at Munich, The
Leader. Besides being an expert
printer. Mr.. Scott is an old and en-
perienced journalist of recognized
ability and should do we'll in his new
field of labor
Captain and Mrs. T. E. LaTourette,
among the earliest pioneer settlers
of Nelson county, recently celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary at
Lakota. The genial captain and his
good wife have multitude of friends
in the Red river valley who trust
that they may live to celebrate their
diamond wedding.
The patrons of the Aneta postoffice
are up in arms against the local post
mistress for making practice of clos
ing the pOstOffice at six o'clock D. IN.
The aid of Congressman Gronna has
been invoked in order to make the re-
calcitrant lady extend the closing time
at least Il couple of hours.
The Record appears to be inclined
10 mildly jubilate over the forthcom-
ing production of the Black Crook"
in Grafton. The last black crook that
made his appearance IN Grand Forks
was promptly "pinched" by the po-
lice for having been caught taking
undue liberties with u S. mail matter.
The Cavalier Chronicle celebrated
its fifteenth birthday last week. Edi-
tor Fairchild is giving his patrons
much more than their moneys worth
in his excellent paper, and as a re-
suit he is enjoying an unusually large
measure of deserved prosperity.
The Palladium congratulates Post
mistress Patterson and her able corps
of assistants -on the highly satisfac-
tory manner in which the business
rush incident to the Christmas season
was handled at the Bismarck post
Office.
The Mayville Tribune reports that
Dell Shaw, the poet-prfnter Of the
Goose River Farmer, is "scabbing' in
one Of the st. Paul job printing estab-
lishments. His employers furnish
him with a body guard to protect him
from the indignant striking printers.
II taking stock Of his friends and