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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-02
THE WORLDS FREEDOM,

The trembling of the Russian empire
on the brink of ruin marks an epoch
in the history Of the world which is
decidedly gratifying to those who be-
lieve that universal liberty is the des-
tiny OF the human race
Not many centuries ago the power
OF the king over the life, liberty and
property of his subjects was absolute,
and no one dared to question the idea
that he ruled by divine right. But as
education became more general the fall
lacy OF this idea became better under
Stood and no intelligent man would
now think of considering the king as
anything more than a personal repre-
sentative of the state-a mere figure
head.
Russia is the last of the supposed
civilized nations to hold on to the ride
ulously absurd doctrine. and to per-
nit religious bigotry 10 blind the eyes
OF the people to the truth that the car
is nothing more than a weak and cow
ardly man who by accident of birth
mas been made ruler over them.
And even in the benighted country
the truth is beginning to dawn on the
more enlightened subjects. The car
is pitiful illustration of the absurd.
lty OF making ruler out of man who
lacks every qualification for such DO
sition.
He is weakly trying to hold fast to
power which he can not control. The
voice of the people has been raised
against the tyranny of the car and
his advisors who have become the ac-
tual rulers of the country The power
OF the car over the lower classes is
slipping from his grasp, and yet in his
self conceit he will not admit it. He
clings to the bauble that he rules by d.
vine right while he trembles in his pal
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they believe the people who elected
these delegates were sufficiently honor
able and intelligent to select men who
We're worthy of sitting in the councils
of the party
But the disruptionist leaders, not
content with the drubbng received at
the hands Of the voters, are now urg-
ing that the men who were selected
by the people with the expressed or i'm
piled understanding that in the con-
vention they would represent the will
of the people who selected them, shall
be false to their trust and assist them
in nominating crowd who are in har-
mony with the designs of these dis
ruptionist leaders.
1t is unnecessary to discuss this
matter from the standpoint of these del
eSates, for they are men who are not
purchased for promise nor driven
by threat. Neither are they men who
will disregard a trust merely to please
a crowd who have been repudiated by
the people.
But it shows the lack of honor and
the low estimate of integrity held by
those who are advocating the plan. In
fact, it is evident that these leaders are
measuring the other mans coin in their
own measure. They believe that when
man is selected by his fellow voters
to fulfill political duty, and these
voters so select him because they en-
pect him to fulfill that duty in a GER
tain manner, he is at liberty to betray
their trust and play The traitor to
those who trusted him. 1t is the most
that could be suggested and could only
come from men who would be willing
to do the act themselves did opportuni-
ty present itself, and are therefore un-
able to appreciate or comprehend the
value that men of honor place upon
their political integrity to those who
selected them.
There are times in the history of
great political convention fights when
delegates are compelled to depart from
the implicit instructions of their con-
stitutents, but it is so often that one
is found so unworthy of his trust that
he will violate it at the beck and call of
one who merely hopes to use it for the
qualification of personal grudge or
to accomplish personal end which
the public will not endorse.
The people of this state have spoken
in voice which could not be misun-
derstood and have decided in favor of
a continuation OF republican rule. Men
have been selected as delegates to
jamestown to carry out that expressed
will OF the people 1t is so understood
by all except the disgraced and de-
| horsed leaders, and now they advocate
a plan of disregarding that mandate
of the voters. 1t is in strict keeping
/ with all their other attempts to ruin
the party by unworthy and dishonora-
| BILE methods
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Encouragement From Mars.

On Mars, astronomers declare,
There are canals-a timely topic
And you or ! can see them there
BY observation telescope.
Nobody knows the reasons why
Those rutS We're dug across creation:
They must have cost the MartianS high
Under some past administration
l wonder. up among the stars,
What happened when they first COM
menced them;
Was every Congressman on Mars
Eith ,hem dead for or dead against
Did forty thousand engineers
Shout Tel the truth and shame the
And wransle forty thousand years
On lock construction or sea level?
Were those long bitches. dug by picks.
Controlled by labor agitators,
Or We're they dug by politics
And patent muck-rake eXcavators?
| wonder ii those brawny scamps
Who threw the dirt We're heavy
eaters,
And, if their sanitary camps
Were free from graft as well as
Skeeters?
That tough old contracts done at last
And stands the marvel of our nation;
For envy or conEratulatiOn.
In distant ages, let us hope,
Our troubles also may diminish
And Mars may turn her telescope
On Panama and see our finish.
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ADJUSTMENTS
"The Umnire.o


In the second act of The Umpire"
the musical comedy which ran 3O4
nights in Chicago. there is foot ball
game that figuratively arOuses riot
OF enthusiasm in every audience that
sees it. Twenty-Five young girls line
up in complete football armour and
engage in a regular out-and-out con-
test that is as much in earnest as
many intercollegiate games. There
are runs around the ends, double pass
es, mass plays on center. scrimmages
and half a dozen other grid-iron pro-
ceedings accomplished as skillfully as
ii penant were at stake, and it Oc-
casionally happens that the play be-
comes SO sincere that time has to be
called while the bruised half-backs
nurse their injuries.
The perfect illusion of the game is
due to the fact that the players were
coached by no less an authority than
Professor A. A. Stage, athletic director
and foor-ball coach OF the University
OF Chicago. Messrs. Hough and
Adams. The authors of '1The Umpire"
al Imni OF the university and are very
popular both with the faculty and with
the thousands OF undergraduates in
the institution; so their request that
Professor Stagg assist them in per-
fecting this feature of their most sue
cessful entertainment was readily ac-
ceded to. Each member OF the team
has had personal instruction concern
ing the way to fall and be fallen upon
with The least possibility of injury.
The largest department store in Chi
cago reports that it's music depart
ment has sold more of the songs of
The Umpire than of all the other
productions of the season put together.
Among the musical numbers in 1.-THE
Umpire" which are particularly pop
ular are you Look Good to Father"
Gross Your Heart" THE Umpire is a
Most Unhappy Man." Lets Take a
Trolley" and The Drums of the Fore
and Aft" the latter being a dashing
military march, done with great spirit
by fifty girls,
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The Old Times.

Those We're good times he used to
ITS not like those times nowaday."
No times like those today" he said.
Then sat and mumbled absently;
THE world amt what it used to be,
FOR times We're good, | tell you, then
] wish We had EN- back again.
His! His eyes We're dim. his hair was gray;
WHY u rem ln msr w ine pest. neg b say
Would ramble riminiscently.
ITS not the same" his plant he'd
raise;
Its not much like the good old DAYS
When was young. and i can see
The world amt what it used to be-"
Out where the idly winding brook
Cnrled on along its shallow ways
And babbled of those better days
Its not the same: it's plain to see
When | was young" and murmurcd
then;
II wish we had 'em back again."
So thin and feeble and so old
He was. and trcmblingly he told
The al ,ns n ?f' What aaY hey USED r9 to
Why. can remember when" until
His saddened eye would brim and fill
With tears that Sorrow brings and
Upon the bier of other days.
Those We're good times" until one
stood beside him as he lay
With such Il peaceful smile that seemed
Brought from the days whereof he
dreamed.
Those We're good times; they We're in
TRUTH"
WHISPERED for the days of Youth
Are always fair-and j knew then
lie had the old days back again.
j. w. Foley.
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A GREAT EVENT,

The Great Red River Valley EXPOSE
ton which will open in this city July
81, is the best arranged county fair in
the state. and this year will be far bet
ter than in the past which is saving
great deal, for there has never been
a dull season since it was first inaug-
hrated.
1t will have the two features of coun-
ty fairs so we'll balanced that there
will be pleasure and profit for every
one who attends. The plan is to give
days of such sensational and amusing
attractions that the fair will be TO
them summer outing.
1t is the one misfortune that the FAM
lily on the farm, especially those loca-
ted at a considerable distance from the
towns, do not have the opportunity of
enjoying the things that constitute the
daily amusement of the city resident.
AuSS ho'C Vic oppol unity lOT STUDY
and absorption Of the best in the liter
ature of the day. and as rule they are
better versed in matters of general
formation than those who live in the
cities.
But the mind needs relaxation, and
the offer the best opportunities for that
available to the poole who have SO
much of the strenuous life during the
summer.
The management of the Red River
Valley Exposition have secured for the
pleasure of the patrons some of the
best attractions to be found in the
country.
1t will not be long before the pic
turesque cowboy will be a matter Of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-02
DAMAGE BY STORM
In and Around Bemidji Was Severe
No One Injured.

NO One injured.
According to parties who have ar
rived today from Bemidji, the storm
of Thursday night did considerable
damage in and about that city. Sew
eral fine oak trees, in the Boulevard
park, were blown down and a number
of chimneysswere thrown from houses.
The wind attained great velocity, and
the lightning flashed in a terrifying
manner. On the Schoolcraft river and
Lakes Markuette and Plantagnet,
south of Bemidji, the storm did even
worse damage. At the outlet of Lake
Plantagnet, the Jester dam, which
spans the Schoolcraft as it leaves the
lake. was almost totally destroyed The
water was blown over the dam, which
could not Withstand the strain, and
two wings of the structure were car
ried down stream. On Marquette lake
an anchor was torn from a large boom
of logs, belonging to T. A. Hatcher,
the boom was broken and the logs
scattered about the lake. A large
amount of standing timber was blown
down in that vicinity. Lightning
struck at several points in the woods,
but so far as known no residence was
hit, and no one was injured.
Several Grand Forks people are
camping at the lakes, but no injuries
have been reported.
Lake Plantagnet is where the Y. M.
c. A. association camp is to be made
this month. 1t is q beautiful sheet of
water located in Hubbard county,
Minnesota.
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history, and even now to thousands of
onr newer citizens they are matters of
story and romance only The band
which will be at the fair is composed
OF the last OF those whose exploits with
horse and gun made them famous Il few
years ago, and afforded the basis for
uances. They are the last remnant Of
that once important class which was
so necessary to the west when it was
one great herding ground. They will
have with them one of the horses which
President Roosevelt rode when he was
a citizen Of North Dakota. and was not
ashamed to Wear flannel shirts and
OverallS.
Another thing which has been pro-
cured for the especial edification of
the farmers and their families is the
aggregation of sensational and amnse-
ment features which attract thousands
at such famous resorts as Coney Island
and Wonderland.
The thrilling bicycle somersaut
while the rider is literally flying down
an inclined plane, is something that
would attract hundreds of spectators
in any of the cities. II is brought to
The very doors of the farmers of thi.
state at practically no cost TO them
The famous DEVILS Flume is another
OF the same class. In truth the whole
four days will be crowded so full of
these things that they will pass like
a great panorma.
But these are not all the attractions,
for the farmers themselves have done
| their part towards the success of the
fair. The stables and pens will be filled
with the finest stock that was ever
! gathered together in one fair. AL
really enough has been entered to guar
antee an exhibit that cannot be rivalled
this side of the Chicago stock show.
| To the average man there is moth
ing more attractive from an asricul-
tural standpoint than fine stock. New
York society turns out Ell masse every
year to witness the famous horse show
in Madison Square Garden. yet there
cannot be found in all that exhibition
finer stock than can be seen at the
coming fair in this city.
The agricultural exhibits are largely
OF an educational nature. but there will
DE suf1clent spice from the other fea-
ture' to keep the time from weighing
too heavily As matter of fact in this
state the majority Of the people are
muct at home in an agricultural gath
erins. 1t is the life of the country,
and it is popularity of our natures
that we find most pleasure in talking
on matters in which we are interested.
The city will open its doors to the
people who attend the fair, and they
will find one of the most royal well
comes which can possibly be extended.
There must be the most cordial rela-
ton between the agriculturalists and
the people of the city, for they are mu-
tnally dependent on the other and the
fair is certainly the most oppOrtune
time to cultivate this relationship.
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Any new county. fully organized ac-
oording to law prior to the holding Of
aid convention. will be allowed two
9olegates at large.
The delegates present from each
oounty at said convention are author
I'D to fill vacancies occurring in the
delegation to which such county may
0o1nty.
The attention Of republican county
0entral committees and electors is cali
- to the new primary law governing
ne selection OF delegates to the state
o0@vention-chapter 100 laws Of 1905.
The state committee will pass upon
h. rights Of those entitled to partici-
ste in the preliminary organization,
ma will meet for that purpose. at 10
Xaeus to the date Of the convention. at
- PLACE OF holding said convention, to
eeaf all contests. The credentials oil all
SeaeHates and notices Of contest must
- Ned with the chairman Of this COM
eattee. on or before the hour desig-
nafod herein for the meeting OF the
eommittee to pass upon the rights Of
SSeeates. and notices of contests must
= accompanied by written statement
g the order Of hearing and determining
o0atests will be given by the commit
- In accordance with the dates of the
1n6 OF such notices and Statements
WITH the chairman.
order Of the Republican State Cen.
0Al committee, at meeting held in the
slsy OF Fargo. Saturday, April q, 1906.
Il. B. HANNA.
~. q. Jewell, "A' "an'
Secretary.
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ace lest his subjects hurl him into eter-
nifty by means of deadly bomb.
In every part of domain comes re-
ports of defiance to his authority and
attempts to destroy his power. A
quarter of century ago he would have
answered these protests by Punishment
to Siberian desolation. Now he can
neither grant the demands asked with
out destroying his own power over
the people nor can he quell the rising
storm which must sweep him from his
throne.
ii is the passing of tyranny in Rus
STA. Like the majority OF such revolu-
tons il is being accomplished only by
means for which revolutions should
blush. and at which a civilized world
shudders. But better day will dawn
for the people of Russia. They will
learn in the bitter school of experience
that before they can rule themselves as
a nation they must learn to rule them
selves rs individuals. They will learn
that anarchy is not freedom, and that
liberty is a guarantee of the life and
property Of another. They will learn
that reason and not passion must be
the corner stone upon which all liberty
is built.
When they have been schooled in the
fundamental principles of political and
religious freedom, they will be able to
take from the unworthy hands of ty-
rant the power he seeks to retain over
their lives and property and to eXer-
else ii for the hetterment of mankind
The last step in the emancipation
OF mankind will then have been taken
and except for the savage tribes which
will probably never rise above their
present conditions because of the low
order of their intellect, the nations of
the earth will he free. Ii such an
event will mark new cycle in the his
tory of the world, and those who have
dreamed of the universal freedom OF
man will behold the dream come true.
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Pulse of the Press
And This Is Reform.
TCourtney Gazette.l

The state of North Dakota has had
its first trial of the primary election
law and considerable complaint is
heard concerning the law. 1t is too
cumbersome to be pratical and in or
der to vote intelligently the voter
would have to be well acquainted with
every man on the ticket, and that is
an impossibility. In Courtenay per-
cinct there was some queer marking
OF ballots. A good many of them
showed the work that had ben done by
those who went around to see" the
voter. They showed conclusively the
work the insurgents had been doing
as many of the ballots were only
marked for the candidates whose
names appeared on the tickets the
insurgents handed around. We believe
ii would be much better if the candi-
dates representing the different fac
lions were placed in separate columns
and then the voter could vote for the
faction of his choice. or if he wished
to vote a split ticket he could do that
and it would not be necessary for him
to be acquainted with all the men
whose names appear on the ticket.
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wORST'S GOOD IDEA.

President Worst OF the North Da-
kota Agricultural College has made a
suggestion concerning the visitors who
are taken to that college every year
TOR the purpose of studying the methods
in vogue there, which deserves con-
siderable attention.
1t is his desire that as many farmer
boys as possible shall be included in
the list of those who make the trip. 1t
is a splendid plan. 1t is true that the
primary purpose of these excursions
was that the farmers of the state might
study the methods pursued by the en-
perts in securing the results which
have made the college famous as one
OF the foremost in the land The farm
ers have learned much and they have
certainly protited by the opportunities
which they have had.
They should continue to study the
problems of agriculture at short range,
for by such means has this state been
brought to the front in scientific farm
ing. But there is a double purpose in
having the boys visit the college on
these excursions.
1t has been a lamentable fact that of
late years the farmer boys have been
drifting into professions and into bus
mess, leaving a dearth OF young men
for the farm They have proven far
superior to the youths of the cities
whose primary purpose in boyhood was
to play the dude
The great practical problem in our
economic policy is to secure return
OF the youth to the soil Agriculture
has been looked upon as one of the
lower callings, requiring neither brains
nor special training. In fact. one of
the reasons why so many young men
have turned from it in the past has
been that it offered no chance for men
tai activity. Thinking men want an
occupation which will permit the use
of the mental faculties. This condition
is now becoming feature of agricul-
ture.
The boy who visits the Agricultural
College with one of the excursions
will see the demonstrations OF the high
er side Of agriculture and they will
have higher conception OF line pro-
fession than they would have had from
years of experience Oil the farm. They
will see that instead of the calling be-
ing one OF a mental character, that it
has more opportunities for the display
OF trained intellect than even the So
called learned professions. They will
go home enthusiastic advocates of farm
life, and instead of rushing into an over
crowded profession in which medioc-
lily StdlluS uO CIldIlCe OF winning, ana
where the pathway is strewn with the
corpses of improperly directed ambi-
ton, they will qualify themselves for
the profession Of scientific agriculture
alists, where the opportunities are as
broad as the blue skies of heaven, and
where the pears OF professional star
walton are unknown.
1t is this noble purpose which has
prompted the suggestion of President
Worst that the excursions include
large number of farm boys. If he can
create an enthusiasm among the young
men of this state in the field of agricul-
ture and turn the talents of the boys
into this channel, thereby to some ex-
tent equalizing the relation between
the farm and the city, he will have done
a work for which the generations to
come will pay him homage.
A THING OF DISHONOR.
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Should Keep Posted.
[CandO Herald

The Grand Forks Herald should
keep itself posted. Ever since the
result of the primaries were known
it has placed Towner county's dele
cation in the insurgent column, and
given us credit for 10 delegates in
stead of 9. The Herald has been de-
feated and should be honorable
enough to admit it. The truth is our
delegation stands to in favor of the
regular" republican organization.
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Deserve Endorsement.
[Cooperstown Courier. I

Congressman Gronna and Marshall
received a splendid endorsement at
home and should receive a renomin-
alton at the hands OF the jamestown
convention. Their work in congress
has been for the good of the people
OF the state and we see no reason why
they should not be endorsed for an
other term.
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Caught With the Goods.
Fargo Call

What has become of all the "show-
ing up of leaders of the republican
party in North Dakota that the in
s.lrsents. We're going to make before
the close of the campaign for the pri-
maries? AS a matter of fact, about
every one of the leaders of the insur-
gent movement has been caught with
the goods on him, and been shown
up as CRATER, pure and simple. Isn't
that fact?
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4 Clumsy Juggler.
Rugby Optimist.]

The Grand Forks Herald can come
pretty near making figures lie-even
though that is generally considered
an impossibility. They take enough
delegates from the "stalwart" list
every day and put over in the doubt
column to make majority for the
insurgents. 1t looks all right in print
to person that don't know any
hetter
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Shy Of Glory.

The Grand Forks Herald now admits
that the insurgents have not to exceed
one-third of the entire number of dele
gates in the coming state convention,
although it made very extravagant
claims shortly after primaries and
kept up the noise for some time.
Newspaper readers want facts and do
not care to have them juggled or con-
torted to suit the papers or even their
own peculiar leanings or desires. The
Herald did not cover itself with glory,
in this instance, as a furnisher of
reliable news