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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

terry without getting himself indicted
by federal grand jury.
The property which President
Roosevelt disposed of to the two
jealous senators from South Dakota is
highly valuable. The government of
the United States pays large sums of
money annually. for its maintenance,
1t seems to be up TO the prosecuting
attorney Of the District of Columbia to
make up his mind whether in awarding
il by the flip of a coin and the draw
ing of the long slip and the short slip
the president has violated the federal
law which Enthusiastically forbids that
sort of thing to the ordinary citizen.
For the president it was the easy
way out of an embarrassing situation.
But the easy way is not always the
lawful way. All parties engaged in the
gamble are satisfied except Senator
Gamble. who did not live up to his
name. since Senator KittredSe had the
best of the luck and got the juiciest
,of the patronage plums dealt out to
South Dakota.
But so eminent an authority on eth
les and law as the president poses TO
be ought to question his conscience
closely as to whether In choosing the
easy way in this instance he has not
violated both moral and statutory law.
If the senators would quarrel over the
patronage. would it not have been bet
ter to have required. them to call in the
governor or the chief justice of the
South Dakota supreme court to act
with them as a committee of arbitra-
ton and award?
These considerations are passed
along TO the president. to the authori-
ties of the district of Columbia and TO
the senate and house committees on
the district Let US have an authori-
tative decision as TO whether it is law
full to dispose of federal patronage by
lottery while similar disposal of less
valuable property is forbidden and the
law forbidding it is vigilantly enforced
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

Lets nave light" said she weakly.
ignored the suggestion.
Does she want TO lie now" I said,
stopping directly before her.
Don't. Tod" she said. "You
mustn't
-''She shall be if she wants to be-"
declared.
Think of all the plans that have
been made for me. Tod | mustn't r.
''Drat the plans. You shall be just
what you want-just what you your
self want" said l.
felt Der hand on my sleeve. Then
she drew me toward her
IL want to be the little girl in blue
your little girl in blue" she said. with
something Ikea sob.
In y minute she was in my arms.
''She didn't die after ALL" l said ex-
ultantly.
NO. Tod. dear. They tried to kin
her. hut they couldn't" she whispered
Now. now. please. let's have a light"
Laughing. released her.
"All right. Let's have a light" said
I. And after we've got the light let's
call in the family. There's bound TO be
big row over this. Phillipa. so let's
get it over as soon as we cam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03
Force of Democratic Principles.

Mr.. Bryan's drawing of the line be-
tween the points in which President
Roosevelt has shown some sort of re-
mote resemblance to a democrat and
those in which he differs widely from
a democrat only emphasizes the fact
that the people of this country are
true to time-honored democratic prin-
ciples.
In order to keep their party in
power, after it had been put in by
Mark Hanna, both President McKin-
ley and President Roosevelt found it
necessary to adopt a number of the
cardinal policies of the democracy.
President Mckinley led with his policy
of obliterating civil war sectionalism,
for which the democratic party had
always commended.
President Roosevelt saw at an early
date that if the republican party did
not curb some of the great monopolieS
that had grown up under its fostering
care, that task would be delegated to
the democratic organization. That
was as evident as anything in Amer
lean politics could be-
But, with the exception that he has
stolen a few bolts of democratic thun-
der, President Roosevelt is by nature
and by habits of thought the most I'M
democratic of all the % men who have
served in the presidency.
His rash and impetuous assumption
of autocratic power far surpasses any
thing that was charged in this line
against the most harshly criticised of
his predecessors.
His contempt for the constitution
his assaults upon the rights of the
states and his novel doctrines of con
stitutional Interpretation would have
been deemed little short of reasonable
| by any earlier generation.
| In all this there is not a. trace of the
code of principles which make up the
democratic creed. President Roosevelt
has in him not pinch of the leave,
OF democracy. He has shown himself
only clever opportunist who has
taken up a democratic idea or two tC
serve his radical republicanism.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

'And~you'a always be loyal to her or
to her memory" asked she.
Always said emphatically.
We were silent again for time.
"Dear little girl in blue" | muir
INJURED.
.I'm-Tm awfully sorry. Tod" she
said simply.
perhaps I'd better explain that she
didn't really die" said |. ITO other
people she simply changed-grew I'm
mind and in worldly knowledge. but to
me she died"
ooh" said Phillipa meaningly.
"She wanted more worlds to conquer
when she grew" | went on. "She was
no longer content with me. Instead of
my simple little girl in blue there
came a proud, ambitious woman, who
demanded all the world could give
money. position, power"
Did she get them?" asked Phillipa.
"They were offered to her"
"Why didn't she take them, then?''
she said.
That don't know" said l.
Perhaps she grew tired of pride and
ambition said Phillipa. Perhaps
there were times when she wanted tO
be just the little girl in blue again."
81 wonder" said | musingly.
Lets have n light" said Phillipa.
Don't" said |. Il wonder if she die
ever want TO be the little girl in blue
| again"
Eyes, she did" said she fatty.
/ sprang TO my feet and began Il
pace up and down.
"Then why wasn't she?" / demanded
:, "Well. it was hard she began.
"Does she want to be now?" l cried.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

"She was even more afraid of cows
than most girls, so when she spied n
placid animal recumbent under tree,
peacefully chewing its cud, she at first
refused to so through the pasture at
all. Her husband Gained her fears to
some extent, and they started by, when
the COW slowly commenced to get up,
hind legs first. as they always do. At
this the little lady shrieked with terror
and said:
"Oh, Bob, hurry, hurry. He is get
ting ready to spring at us. "-EXchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03
The Rooseveitian Message.

The message of President Theodore
Roosevelt read in the first session Of
the Goth congress today is one of the
most voluminous documents ever sub
mitted by a nations chief to that dis
tinguished body. and yet it embodies
nothing particularly striking i'll sug-
gestion or recommendation that has
not been contained in former messages
submitted by the present executive.
It is strictly Rooseveltian in character,
being vigorous in tone and employing
the simplest language, launching into
the discussion of national problems
and questions at the very outset with
out wordy introduction and concluding
abruptly without perroration or review.
The president holds that the repub-
lie is fundamentally sound, although
serious differences exist on matters of
national policy that have bred sore
spots. He stands for frankness in
deanng with national and international
questions. maintaining that dishonesty
must be eliminated even though the
innocent suffer; advocates numerous
forms of remedial legislation, relative
to currency, chief of which is more
elasticity; reterates his denunciation
of trusts and monopOlies but does not
exactly open the way to effectually
abolish them.
The inheritance and income tax rec
concentrations are among the strong
est propositions that are presented in
the message. President Roosevelt
takes a positive stand for the proper
development and maintenance of in.
land waterways. in which connection
the deep water proposition as it ap
plies to the Mississippi receives hon
orabie mention. He makes plea for a
larger navy, and while he responds to
the appeal of the publishers of the
United States for the repeal of the
wood pulp duty as the only basis Of
relief from the expressions of the rob
Der paper trust, and makes the proper
recommendations relating to the same
he stands pat on the evil that is al
the bottom Of all trust organization
and holds that the tariff should not be
disturbed until after the presidential
election.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03
CENSUS HUMORS.
Returns of Occupations That Are Diff
ficuIt to Classify.

According to an official of the census
bureau at Washington, that organiza
ton is often puzzled to know how to
classify the returns of occupation in
cases where the enumerators have
given a too literal description of Il
persons employment. There are two
census terms TO cover such cases. OC-
equations not included in the regular
list may be entered as 90 T." mean
ing "other things" or IN. c." which
stands for mot gainful." To choose
between the two sometimes suggests
amusing complications.
An enumerator in Iowa reported
'drunkard" as the occupation of one
of his men. The census bureau en-
tered him as IN c. since the next
column asserted this to be his occupa-
A New York enumerator who
seemed TO evinSe the inclinations of a
detective reported several men in his
district as Crooks "pickpockets'
and gamblers They We're entered
as IN c." although their occupations
may have been more gainful TO them
than TO their victims.
An Alabama man whose occupation
was reported as "odd jobs goes on
the records under 80. T."-"other
things"
While some of the occupations
which the enumerators give are un.
usual, they are probably correct. A
tramp was described as ''loafer. not
gainful, unemployed twelve months
An extra thrifty person in one in
stance was reported as Occupation
miser," and another dives on say
ings." A New England woman whose
husband was described as an ''idler'
gave her own occupation rs washing
and wishing."- Minneapolis Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

With Bryan as the most prominent
character outside of official life in
Washington at the opening of congress
and with the retention of John Sharp
Williams, who has recently come out
for Bryan's denomination for the pres
idency, the democrats aided by the
able generalship of Senator Charles A.
Culberson on the floor of the upper
house, are entering upon career that
promises much at the outset of a ma
tional campaign year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

A press dispatch was received at
this office yesterday stating that Gov
ernOr Deneen has been dickering
with Governor Hughes to deliver the
Illinois presidential delegation to the
latter if Deneen can connect with the
nomination for vice president The
dispatch states further that Deneen
is opposing the Cannon boom, and
for that reason is insisting on a pri-
mary bill containing a provision for
the popular vote on presidential can
didates through the selection of dele
gates to the national convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03
WIVES IN KOREA.
A Humorist Who Draws a Moral From
Their Silence.

Their Silence.
1t is said that in Korea after Il ma
tive woman is welded she becomes
practically speechless. says Newton
Newkirk in the Boston Post This is
in conformity TO custom and caste.
\ Korean wife does not after mar
riage become absolutely mute. but
she does not speak unless necessi-
ty demands it, And, by the way,
if none of us talked any more
than necessity demanded this world
would be full of large chunks of 81
lence. The Korean wife does not chat.
ter like parrakeet. Hot air is some
thing in which she does not deal. OF
course if the house got on fire she
would mention it. or if she were TO
step on snake she wouldn't try to
keep the fact Il secret, but she does not
talk over the back fence when she is
bringing in the wash or converse with
her neighbor when she is washing the
windows If she did, she would lose
her caste and her social rating would
slump faster than copper stock.
Probably many brutal husband
who reads these lines will sigh and
say. "Ah, that my wife were ko-
reanr' There has an impression got
abroad in this land of the free and the
| home of the CRATER that our women
| are endless and tiresome takers, In
| the eyes Of the masses the American
wife holds the long distance record as
| q continuous conversationalist. And
upon this impression jests and jokelets
are freely built The eternally talking
wife is prolific source of inspiration
for comic v'eeklies and the vaudeville
| stage. Two comedians come dowr
front and, with their noses touching
each other, engage in rapid fire con
yersation:
Il got talking machine down to m!
houser'
= "Oh Won got talking machine dow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03
Here's Good Advice.

o. S. Woolever, one of the best
known merchants of LIE Raysville. n.
Y says: IF you are ever troubled
with piles, apply Buckien's Arnica
Saive 1t cured me of them for good
20 years ago" Guaranteed for sores. 1
wounds. burns or abrasions. % cents
at all drug stores.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03
The White House Lottery.

st. Louis Republic: The White
house iiu-jitsu exercises having
passed into history along with
the Iowa prize fight which was pulled
off under the refined and euphenlistic
name of boxing match" we have
a new sensation involving the ques-
ton whether the president of the
United States is the only man in the
United States who can conduct a lot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03
Blind Justice.

Little Willie-Say, pa. why do they
always have bandage over the eyes
of Justice.
Pa-Probably because the lawyers
have talked the poor woman blind,
my Son.-EXchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

The depositor who wants his money
from the bank if he can't get it and
who does not want it if he can is
again in evidence these days. There
never has been the slightest DANCE
that he would lose a cent if he allowed
the bank to retain the money and han
die its assets in the customary bust
ness way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

Boating, football, swimming, auto
mObiling-all exact a toll of life The
Chicago Tribunes statistics show 20
fatalities for the present hunting sea
son and ST hunters shot without fatal
consequences. Being taken for a fool
leaves one with his life. but being
taken for deer leaves ones relatives
with his dead body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03
A Good Investment.

The greatest health regulator is
bottle of good beer taken with meals.
Cross-Country is the best obtainable.
Telephone West SO old, or 60S9 new.
ROCK ISLAND BREWING co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

"Out of job:''
"Yes-and they put woman in my
place"
Gee, Well. I'll tell you--why don't
you marry the woman?" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

This is truly first class athletic
communicated Island for baseball
Moline for football and Davenport for
pueiliSm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03
TIE Argos.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill tEn-
tered at the postoffice as secondsclass
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

Lewis Single Binder cigar-riches5
most satisfying smoke on the market
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

President Roosevelt has once more
been heard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

Confidence has been. restored, md
hair cuts are again in order
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year In advance.
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
tion. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-03

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03
Confused the Elevator Man.

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= ,, a, - g.. ~. e "
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.11or avomr,a 80 ,aon stannad ;nt =
nv, cor +ha n+por .,on nne said .r;fth
49,, ~ a+ha. 80, 49,, : s.a-
80 - ~ 5000 e.. go 49,, 40 ;+oa o,,d
wa,+oa for 80 ,,,,a. ,,ad a,.den 49,.
49,. $3.50 ~. -. ~ ~ nau ueieo
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03
- hi1osoph IF Uncle Si1as.t.

in straps break and / s. cant hold
back nohow: only wish could use
. sledge hammer instead Of my CAB.
AS fer Chicago she Is so completely
in the coils Of the liquor interests that
she doesn't know her soul is her own.
Talk about ulating the liquor traffic
by high license. The proposition is
certainly numerous. Just ask the
breweries. . i + . I. .@=. =s.s3s
For some time heavy pressure has
been brought to bear on the demo-
cratic mayor here to have the Sunday
closing law enforced. His excuse was
that the law had not been enforced for
Is or 20 years, and the Chicago sa-
looms were not subject to the state
law. AS to enforcing the terms of the
license that could not be done fer if
one mans license was revoked they
all should be, for all saloonkeepers
were guilty. -: - i.' =
Some newspapers have been expos
ing the Haunting lawlessness of many
of these dens of vice. The thinking
citizens have been denouncing and
protesting, but its like pinching a rag
baby. The fact is that the liquor
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03
Stolen stage Names.t

SSOASA@ S&SA46S M IL G8e5tN.. = srS
The peerage has It's troubles, like all
Of us. A writer IL a paper written by
marchionesses for marchione is
rather plaintive. Il hope = she says,
''that all those with influence will do
all they can to encourage the present
tendency Of young women on the lyric
stage to use their own names instead
Of borrowing artificial ones from the
peerage. One young person took q.
fancy to the name Of my eldest girl
and wore it with her tights for q sea-
son or two, to the mingled amusement
and annoyance of the family" There
is certainly some foundation for this
complaint. 1t is never pleasant to
have ones name worn by other peo-
pie, especially with the publicity 4 in
separable from the stage. It was a
curious custom, this Of borrowing
names for theatrical purposes, and it
Is perhaps as well that it IS dying out.
There was seldom any reason for it.
OF course If man wished to play
Romeo and his name was prosaic or
repulsive we can understand his wish
ing to call himself "Percy Montgom-
ery'' or Crank de Vere" But for
the ordinary person there Is no such
need. One Of our humorists, who in
his youth spent some time on the
provincial stage, has put It on record
that he adopted what he considered a
suitable stage name and liked it until
he came across a man Of that name
who had adopted his the humorist's)
name for stage purposes. London
Globe. - D..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03
George ILL., Ready Wit.

George III. was the author Of many
clever sayings. Meeting Lord kenyon:
at g leyee soon after that eminent JUS
tice. had been guilt OF an extraor-s
binary explosion Of Ill humor In the:
court OF kings bench, the king remark
ed to him
" Ny lord chief Justice, 4 hear that
You have lost your temper, and from
my great regard FOL. you i am glad to
hear Is, Tor i hope you will find a bet.
ter one.
Having knigh ted 81 gentleman named.
sDaysats g levee held on the Goth Of Sep
stember his ma esty said low 40
know that nm 81 king, for have
turned Day Into knight and have made
D ady Day ichae lmas London
telegraph.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03
}WHAT DID YOU SAY Il


sanction OF the law or whether it's to
be relegated as q menace to moral
and material development. The way
I look at it is that farmer who would
let lot of cookie burs grow free in
his corn field isn't considered a man
of overly sound judgement; but if he.
would actually plant, SOW, and Guilt
vate cookie burs with his corn, he
would be considered an outright IDIOT,
Now know, boys, if there were
some outside enemy as was a threaten
ing the country, most of you wouldn't
be very slow in droppin' your tools or
leaving your counters and pickin' up.
the musket to fight for Uncle Sam.
But fellers, the brewing trust is do.
in more harm to our nation than any
foe we ever had. Its no pipe dream!
Them s the ice cold facts. And if you
can't see it that way now you will
some day.
I reckon I haint no prohibition spell
binder. Oratory doesn't always count
so much on this proposition. What
it takes~is little plain common sense
honestly applied. 49,
Some times I think that us humans
Fare moresor less governd by our pre-
JUDGES. Reason or q desire for the
right does not always enter into con-
sheraton. rs known fellers as have
| voted fer things they knowd was wrong
merely fer party reasons or to spite
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03
St. Andrews Cross.

On the night before the battle be-
tween the two allies, Achaius, king Of
the Scots, and Hungus, king of the
Picts, and their common enemy, King
Athelstane, the Saxon, st. Andrews
cross (the crux decussata-X) appeared
in the sky to the former. The northern
kings vowed to adopt the cross as their
emblem and St. Andrew as their patron
If they won the victory. The battle
turned in their favor, and they kept
their vow. This happened in the tenth
century, and the emblem and the saint
have been favored by the Scots ever
since.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03
It's THE JOLLY sPR!hdT,rsE
EVERYONE .sGLAp,
I Now Why, NJ. Conf NAN |
- AXE, YOU SO SADs

must have shot up an inch during the
last 10 hours. The spring fever is
epidemic and the grin on the ice man
is something superlative
Talking about things superlatiye
makes me think that maybe my young
lady friends would be pleased to have
me give them q few pointers on the
new spring styles of bonnets from this
center of fashion and refinement It
will be a matter of great satisfaction
to know that the modes this year are
breaking away from the: old tame
sterotyped forms that have bound us
SO fast during the past decades.
More freedom in selection is at once
discernable. Instead of only flowers,
berries, ribbons, plumes and stuffed
birds, this season heralds in larger
variety of decorative materials, such
as pigeon grass, red top, shredded
wheat, onions and mushrooms. One
very attractive bonnet that particular
" took my fancy was one of hippo
Ipotamus. grey mounted with a cab.
bage leaf thru which was threaded q
bunch of rye straw. Another very ar
tistic creatiou-was one with an ear Of
corn. resting on bed of lily of the
valley. The husk of the corn was
partly opened exposing to view cun-
ming little corn cob. White dent is
considered the most proper this year
tho yellow flint is also allowable,
The: flower creations this year are
stunning. A lady who sat in front Of
me in the street car yesterday had one