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Accepted as a Republican.

Accepted as Republican.
Upon his return to the city, Mr.. Cum
minis was waited UPON by q committee
and was prevailed Npon to accept the
nomination for the legislature. and in
letter accepting this domination he said:
II enter upon the discharge of the duty
you have placed upon me as a republic
can. earnestly devoted to the success
of the principles of the party to which
have always belonged"
The next day after this, Mr. H. S. Will
cox, candidate of the greenback and
union labor parties for representative at
the same time, published challenge to
Mr.. Cumrnins for joint discussion in
which he said:
II am prepared to assail your position
on local option and your position as a
defender of the principles and practices
OF the republican party
The names Of Cummins and Baker went
upon ticket which was headed by VIII
liam Larrabee for governor, ]. A. T. Hull
for lieutenant governor. Henry Sabin for
superintendent and G. s. Robinson for
supreme Judge. Mr.. Cummins worked for
and voted for this ticket, and he was
elected by the largest majority of any
candidate on the ticket In Polk county.
The democrats did not make any nomi-
nation at their convention for represen-
tative but the county central committee
placed the names of Cummins and Baker
on the ticket, after number of leading
democrats had opposed this action and
denounced tho committee for consenting
to the election OF republicans to the leg
islature. Mr.. Cummlns took his stand
in the legislature as a republican, en-
tering the republican legislative caucus
and took part therein upon all party
questions. with the single exception of
prohibition. Mr.. w. H. Redman of
Poweshiek county was elected speaker by
the republicans over L. d. Hotchlkiss OF
Davis county, the democratic nominee
Mr.. Cummins voted for Redman, as he
did for all other republican nominees for
positions in the house.
Voted for Senator Wilson.
Mr.. Cummins entered the republican
caucus for the election Of United States
senator and participated therein, and on
the election of senator he was one of the
fifty-nine members of the house to vote
for James r. Wilson.
AS a member of the legislature, Mr..
Cummins introduced a bill to grant the
Iowa railway commission the power to
regulate rates. The Commission at that
time was In much the same condition as
the interstate commerce commission has
been the past fifteen years, having au-
thority only to recommend. and little real
power to do things. Mr.. Cummins OBJ
posed the alternative plan which was
presented in the same legislature of hav-
ing the legislature itself fax railway rates
in Iowa. He took a very active part In
the discussion Of the railway rate bills
before the legislature: had much to do
with perfectlng the bill which finally
passed the house and senate unanimous
ly. and upon recommendation of Govern
or Larrabee. he was made one OF the
house members of the conference COM
mittee which prepared and perfected the
bill as 1t today stands upon the statute
books of Iowa. Governor Larrabee has
recently testified to the ract that he re-
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Individual Responsibility.

We need to check the forces of greed.
to insure just treatment alike, of capital
and of labor, and of the general public to
prevent any man, rick or poor, from doina
or receiving wrong, whether this wrong
be one of cunning or of violence. Much
can be done by wise legislation and 81
more must be done by steady training q
the individual citizen. In conscience and
character. until he grows to abhor cor.
ruption and greed and tyranny and bru.
tally and to prize justice and fair deal
ing.
The men who are to do the work of thu
new epoch must be trained so as to han
sturdy self respect, a power Of sturdy
insistence on their own rights. and With
It a proud and generous recognition Of
their duties, a sense Of honorable obli-
CATION to their fellows. which viii biua
them. as by bands of steel, to refrain In
their daily work at home or in their bust
ness from doing aught to any man which
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crease state taxation. The executive
council. of which the governor, auditor,
treasurer and secretary Of state are men,
bers fixes tho state tax levy each year,
but under the Law. must fix It to raise a
sum Of money which with fee collection
and other sources OF revenue will yield
the sum declared by the legislature to be
necessary for state use. The fixing OF the
levy 10 therefore little else than a clerical
act. The tax levies in recent years, how
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the present administration more than $50
in general taxes in Iowa
Cunonoine We 0orfer

the present administration more tnan $l5O
in general taxes in Iowa
Cummins VS.. Porter.
A further discussion of this matter Of
railway assessment and the corresponding
one of farm valuations was made by
Governor Cummins as follows:
when became governor. the actual
value of all the railways in the state, as
fixed by the executive council in the year
1901, was $1S8 81. O32. The taxable value,
which under the law Is one-fourth the ac-
tual value. was 4707l.2 5S. At the present
time the actual value of all the railways
in the state, as fixed by the executive
council in 1905, is $685. S,796. and the taxa
BILE value $62337 1883. During my admin
istrations, therefore, the actual value Of
the railway property has been increased
SCI 063, 764. and the taxable value $15. 365 941.
This means that the various taxing dis
tricts Of the state are now levying their
taxes on $15,2659N more than they were
In 1901, and as the average rate of taxa
ton Is substantially per cent, it further
means that the railway comp lies are
paying substantially 100000 more in taxes
than they would have paid had the val
uation remained as 1t was In 1901 1t will
be interesting, am sure, to note the in
crease upon the railways as they existed
in 1901, for there has been some mileage
added to the railway property Of the state
In these years.
THE new mileage since 1901 is Of the
actual value. according to the assessment
Of $S,3n 1924, with a taxable value Of
$2,0T,956. We therefore have increased
the taxable value of the mileage as 1t
existed in 1901, sl3.1S7.9S5 1t will be re-
membered- that the power Of the execu-
tive council Is exhausted when the value
of the railway property has been fixed.
1t has nothing whatsoever to do with
%t,~1 AZ
1t is obvious, therefore, that If the coun-
ell has performed Its duty with respect
to the valuation, even IL it Is to be tlouted
and sneered at, 1t at least deserves the
truth, and wonder why Mr.. Porter, with
the records open before him. did not avail
himself of the information.
take the liberty of asking him a ques-
ton. Do you think. Mr.. Porter, that the
railway property of this state is worth
more than SPAS, 34S, 1876, and II more, how
much more? must PROFOUND one fur
ther query. The average actual value OF
the farms in the state for the purposes of
taxation is $40.47 per acre. Do you think
they are worth more, and If so, how
much more? sA
When became governor the average
actual value of farms In this state for
the purposes of taxation was $35SS per
acre. That value is now $4O.47 per acre
an increase of 1913 per cent The increase
In the assessment Of railway property has
been 32.4 per cent.
This generous rival who finds nothing
whatsoever to commend In anything /
ever did or said, suggests that my zeal
for an increase in the assessment of rail-
way property began only when l became
candidate for another nomination. no
ascertain the truth you have but to again
consult the records of your state.
The first assessment of railway pro,,.
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Justice for Capital and Labor.

The work of legislation has been no
more important than the work done by
the department of Justice in executing
the laws, not only against corporations
and individuals who have broken. the an.
ti-trust or Interstate commerce law, but
against those who have been engaged In
land frauds. Scores of suits. civil and
criminal, have been successfully undere
taken against offenders of ali kinds
many of them against the most formida.
BILE and wealthy combinations in the land,
in some the combinations have been dis.
solved, in some heavy fines have been
imposed: In several cases the chief OF.
tenders have been imprisoned.
A Long Lcok Ahead.
1t behooves us Americans to look ahead
and plan out the right kind of a civil-
cation, as that which we intend to de.
velop from these wonderful new condi.
tons of vast Industrial growth. 1t must
not be. 1t shall not be. the civilization OF
a mere plutocracy, a banking house. Wall
street syndicate to class hatred, to rancor,
brutality. and mob violence, for thak
would mean the end of all civilization.
Increased powers are susceptible OF abuse
as well as use; never before have the on.
portunities for selfishness been so great,
nor the results of selfishness so appallinss
for in communities where everything II
organized on a merely selfish commercial
basis, such selfishness. II unchecked, may
transform the great forces of the new
epoch into powers Of destruction hitherto
uneOualed.
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Power To Deal With Wealth,

Under a wise and far seeing interpreta-
the constitution, l maintain that the ma
tional government should have .complete
power to deal with all Of this wealth
which in any way goes into the com
all Of It that is employed in the great cor
porations does thus go in. The national
legislators should most scrupuously avoid
any demagogic legislation about the bug
mess use of this wealth. and should real
ize that 1t would be better to have no
legislation at all than legislation couched
ward men of wealth or else drawn with
the recklessness of impractioable vision
aries But on the other hand. It shall
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REPUBLICAN MODIFICATION.

remember
that revision Of the schedules must be in harmony with and
to impair their efficiency protective
he
ugh to profit
hesic
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State Reforms Good.

President Roosevelt here turned to mat
tiers Of state legislation in Pennsylvania
and congratulated the people of that state
on their legislature having done so much
He especially mentioned the passage Of a
primary election law (which guarantees
to the voters free expression in the Sc
lection of candidates for office" and fin
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COURSE OF STUDY
FOR THE
Mountain Home High School
Issued by the Board of Trustees

The work of a High School is two-fold,
disciplinary and ''selective.' The
ssdisciplinary' function has to do with
the development of the pupil into sym
metrical man or woman, in so far as his
nature will permit. The ''selective"
function requires that the work of each
pupil shall at the same time be adapted
to his Individual characteristics and so
lead towards the work in life which he
expects to enter. The primary object OF
the High school is the development of
proper habits of thought and action. 1t
has rightly been called the people
college - The proper habit Of thinking
and the ability to think we'll are its best
products. At the same time it prepares
Young men and young women Tor still
higher field of work. Guided by this
view of the work and purpose OF High
School. the Board of Education has
adopted the following Course of Study
for the Mountain Home High School. 1t
provides for regular work as follows -Four
years of English, four years of Latin,
three years of mathematics, two years
of science. two years of history, and
enough electives to complete a full
course of four years. 1t is not intended
that the course be an absolute one, but
that it be guide to teachers and pupils,
and that it form basis of q minimum
course. 1t meets the requirements for
admission to the State Universities and
conforms to the State Course of Study. 1t
provides for much elective work in the
third and fourth years, and thus for indi-
vidual characteristics. 1t German is
taken in the Junior year, English and
French history will be omitted in that
wear. but may be chosen as electives in
the Senior year. Physics may be omitted
if German is taken.n German must be
taken two years if taken at all. Pupils
who will not go to college may drop Latin
at the end of the secondycar and choose
electives offered instead, for the remain
ing two wears. This can be done only
by approval of the Board and the Super
intendent. However, the course must be
arranged at the beginning of the third
year.
The course provides for and requires
four years work of at least nine months
each. There must be five recitation
periods per week in each subject Peri
DDS must be not less than forty minutes
in length. No pupil shall carry more
than four subjects at one time, except bj
the approval of the Superintendent, anc
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upon logical thinking and clearly ex-
pressed thoughts. One year shall be de-
voted to plane geometry and one halt year
to solid. A text equivalent to Wells
Plane and Solid Geometry or Beman &
Smiths, will be used
LATIN.
The study of no other subject has in
creased SO rapidly in the last ten years as
the study of Latin. There are 273 per
cent more pupils taking Latin in this
country now than there were then. Ed
ucators generally agree that it is indis-
pensible in the High school. AS factor
in English study its value cannot be over
estimated. BY far the larger part of our
English words are derived directly from
the Latin. No other subject can supply
the study of Latin in it's power to give to
the pupil the ability to do close, concern
treted, independent thinking. 1t requires
just such thinking to master Latin, and
the absolute mastery of English comes
only after the mastery of Latin.
The first year of Latin should be de-
voted to the study of the elements of the
language. Much attention should be
given to punctuation, infection, word
order, and translation into idiomatic
English. The so-cal1ed literal translation
is often very detrimental to good English.
Absolute mastery of the infections is
necessary. The laws governing these
infections should be constantly utilized.
In the second year four books of Caesars
Gallo Wars will be read. Almost two
fifths of the time of this year should be
spent studying prose composition. Dur
ing the third year Ciccro's first four
orations against Catallne and also one of
his longer orations will be read. Lido
matte translation should be insisted upon.
Some attention is to be given to the style
and the augmentation in the orations
read. Pupils should be familiar with the
circumstances under which each Grafton
was given. Onc-fifth of the time this
year shall be devoted to prose compost
ton.
The study of the first six books of
Virgil's Aeneid constitutes the work of
the fourth year Scanning should be
taught from the first.
The literary and historical values of
the books read should not be neglected.
One-fifth of the time of this year also
shall be devoted to advanced prose COM
position.
SCIENCE.
The science offered consists of one-half
year of Physical Geography, one-half year
of Botany, and one-half year of Physics.
Chemistry will be taught only at the
option of the Board of Education to meet
| individual cases.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPH.
| Onc-hslf of the first year shall be de-
voted to Physical Geography The
causes, significance and results of the
physical phenomena should DO emphs-
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a. George Elliott-The Mill on the
Floss.
b. Churchill-The Crisis.
Written reports shall be required.
FOURTH YEAR.
1. Composition. Zone recitation per
week..
a. Study of augmentation, essay,
grafton, novel, etc.
b. Study of narrative, lyric, and dra-
matte poetry.
2. History of English literature. Zone
half of time not devoted to composition)
Painters History of English Litera-
ture shall be used as a text.
3. Classics for class study. (Same
time as second)
a. Milton-Paradise Lost.
b. Shakespeare Macbeth.
c. Cancellation with Amer
lea
d. Long Building of the Ship.
q. General reading.
a. Dickens-Tale of Two Cities.
b. Shakespeare King Lear
Instead of deovting two or three peri
DDS per week to composition on litera-
ture, it is advised that the same proper
tiona1 amount of time be given in sue
cessive recitations.
MATHEMATICS.
Three years study shall be required in
the High school mathematics. One and
one half years to algebra and one and
one half years to geometry.
ALGEBRA.
From the beginning pupils must under
stand that the letters represent numbers
just as properly as figures do, but that
letters represent abstract numbers. Alge-
bra in no way contradicts arithmetic.
Algebraic operations must be interpreted
by means of mathematical truths already
learned. Much time should be spent in
leading pupils to properly understand the
positive and negative signs. The equa-
ton should be viewed and studied as the
grcaest instrument of mathematical re-
search. The demonstration of the equa-
tion by means of the graph should be
emphasized. Log arithms may be omitted.
A text equivalent to Wells Essentials, or
Beman & Smiths will be used.
GEOMETRY.
The study of Geometry as a science
should be accompanied by many practical
exercises and original problems. The
teacher must insist upon definite and
clear language in stating the definitions,
thcorems and demonstrations. In demon
strstions, pupils must use their own
language. Mere verbal memory must be
avoided in the demonstration of thcorems.
Pupils must study relations, not words.
Great use can be made of original proofs
in developing clear, logical thinking and
reasoning. In original problems the
analytic method is much better until the
demonstration is complete, and then the
synthetic proof is better. Insist always
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then, only when the previous work of
such pupil warrants it.
ENGLISH

ENGLISH.
English is of the most important
subjects. Four years must be taken. 1t
has for it's purpose the ability to express
ones thoughts, and to feel and TO think
the thoughts of others. The former is
the aim of composition teaching; the
latter, of teaching literature.
FIRST YEAR.
/. Thor ough review of English Gram
mar together with themes, including
form work, spelling, sentence construc-
ton, etc. (Six weeks.
2. Composition; (three recitations
per week. short themes shall be required,
mainly in the form of narration.
3. Classics for class study. 1.-TWO reci-
tations per week.
a. Longfe11ow-Evange
b. Whittier-Snowbound
c. George Elliott-Silas Mariner.
d. Goldsmith-Vicar of Wakefield.
c. CooperZThe Last of the Mohicans.
f. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice.
4. General Reading.
a. Lew Wa1lace-Ben Hur.
b. Mrs Unconditional Sur
render.
c. Thackeray-The Virginians.
oral reports snail DC required.
SECOND YEAR.
/. Composition. 1.-TWO recitations per
week.
Short and long themes shall be required,
intoxicating largely description.
2. Classics for class study. (Threc
recitations per week.
a. Colcridge-Rime of the Ancient
Mariner.
b. Tcnnyson-Princcss.
c. Hawthorne Selections from Twice
Told Tales.
d. pe-Translation of niad, books
1, II, Ill, XIX, Xxx, XXI, XIII, XIV.
c. Webster-Bunkerhil Grafton.
f. Lowcll-Vision of Sir Launfal.
3. General Reading.
a. Major-Whcn Knighthood was in
Flower.
| b. Dickcns-Oliver Twist.
| Written reports shall be required.
THIRD YEAR.
1. Composition. 1.-TWO rcc1tations per
week.
Short and long themes shall be re-
quircd, mainly exposition.
2. History of American Literature.
| Zone half of time not devoted to compo-
it is given by Painter.
time as sccoDd)
| a. Scott-Ivanhoc.
b. Shakespeare-Jul Caesar.
c. Webster-Reply to Hayne.
d. Bryant-Thanatopsis
! c. Emcrson-Books.
! 4. General Reading.
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sized. The pupils should study carefully
the facts about them. Physical and
chemical principals should be explained
when necessary. Dryer, or an equivalent
text, will be used.
BOTANY.
Only certain phases of botany can be
well pursued in the High school. This
work will be taught but one half of the
first year, and SO must be brief and gen.
eral. The general appearance of plants,
forms, colors, gross anatomy, ETC., and
their more evident adaptation 10 their
surroundings, animate and nominate,
may be observed. The constructive ele-
ment of plants may be studied, noting
not merely the forms and arrangement
of the parts, but also the fitness Of each
element, and the suitable arrangement of
elements to meet the external conditions,
such as mechanical strains, the force of
gravitation, etc. Atkinson's Elementary
Botany or a similar text will be used.
PHYSICS.
One year will be devoted to the study
of Physics. This is an experimental
science and must be taught largely by
experiment. Ample Physical laboratory
apparatus will be supplied to meet the
demands of this subject.
GERMAN.
Two years are offered in German as an
elective during the last two years. The
first year shall be devoted to the study
of the elements of the language, using
beginners book and supplementing it
with Guerber's Marchen und Erzahlungen
and Storms Innuasse. Much attention
will be given to conversational German.
In the second year German grammar
will be studied about two-fifths of the
time ''Hohcr ais die Kirchie, - "Aus dem
Teben zines Taugenichts, der Neffe ais
Onkel, - and ''Der Bibliothekar" will be
read.
HISTORY.
The required history course shall con-
sist of two years work. The first years
work consists mainly of the history of
Greece and Rome. Before taking up the
study of Greek history general view of
the o rental nations will be taken,
noting especially the contributions they
have made TO civilization. Some time at
the close of the year will be given to
brief study of Medieval Europe
mainly as a preparation for English and
French history the next year. The Cru
sa 1cs, the Reformation and Renaissance
should be noted. The second years. work
shall consist of English and French
history. Special attention shall be de-
voted to the development of political and
religious liberty. Myers General History
or a similar text will be used in the first
year of history. The equivalent of tho
work given by Montgomery in his
English and French history shall be
taught ia the second years work.
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