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The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
The New Star.

A question upon which there is great difference OF
opinion and consequently discussion is settled by the
dispatches from Washington.
Although Oklahoma will be admitted to the Union
bv the proclamation of the President November 16,
the fact will not be formally recognized IN the
American flag until July 4, 1908 On and after that
date the blue field of the National emblem will con-
tain fortysx instead of foryfve as at present
The law governing the addition of a star to the
flag provides that such addition shall not be made
until the independence Day following the adms-
sion of the new State The forty-ffth star was
added July 4, 1896, to symbolic Utah. which had
been admitted to the Union in the preceding January
Several months ago joint board of the army and
navy of which Admiral Dewey chairman, adopt
ed plan for the Encouragement of the stars in the
flag upon the admission of State and the
scheme was approved by the Secretary of War, the
Secretary of the Navy, and the President. The
forty-fve stars now on the flag arranged in six
rows, the first, third and fifth having eight stars
and the second fourth and sixth having seven each
Under the new arrangement the first, third fourth
and sixth rows will have eight stars and the second
and fifth seven each
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
One r1illion People.

Idaho is on the road 10 the first grand station OF
population This can be attained within eight years
from today every citizen of this glorious common
wealth will constitute himself voluntary member
of the One Million Club and subscribe in word and
act to the honorable requirements of membership.
Let him labor for the State; let him devote him
self to the up1ft of the Sts.te-that Idaho may be
attractive to the people Of the less favored East,
because of Idaho's wonderful opportunity for home
making and for business, and because OF ldaho,s
adherence to the best ideals of citizenship.
The laws observed, the public service pure, the
fair freedom of the citizen assured, the world OF
opportunities opened to honest endeavor; these are
the things which the One Million Club should
achieve and achieving these, the increase Of popu-
1ation is assured.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

soothsavers assume to determine that the debtor Is
the one whose sacred rights must be most consld-
cred The New York banks, owing money to the
of their correspondents and contend that, having
the money in their possession, they are not bound
bv any obligation to their creditors to pay it on CALL
These people who said that the West wanted to
pay its debts in fifty-cent dollars now decline TO
pay their debts to the West in any kind of dollars
except dollars of their manufacture possessing
none of that false quantity which they wrongfully
called intrinsic value"
In 1896 they called the people of the West "repu-
diationists' because the majority of Western clt
zens were in favor of legal enactment to restore
silver to its place as a money metal Today they
ask the country to commend their foresight and their
patriotism and their sagacity when without warrant
of law they refuse to pay back to Western
banks and to individuals the money which was en-
trusted to their custody.
The measures which have been taken by the banks
throughout the whole country, beginning with New
York and extending to the remotest hamlet
of the land may have been essential to prevent
panic In the sense that it act of preserva-
ton of the country from widespread and more Sc
rious disaster let us that it is not only Just
but connnendable But let longer WORSHIP for
their WISDOM their patriotism, their perfect sense
of the balance of things, those pluocratic dictators
kind were the only honest people on earth in 1885,
and who now claim as merit their act OF whole
sale reputation.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09

ticuar the Government of the United States is
under obligation to its people to punish the fraud
and take from the offenders the profits OF their
perhdy. A resolution in either house of Congress-
asking the Department of Justice to communicate
to Congress a complete showing as to whether the
Mormon church countenances polygamy and polyga-
nous living and exerts political influence and gath
ers corrupt fund from its followers with which
to maintain its rivalry of the civil government; such
a resolution if passed and answered in accordance
with the facts, would furnish an enlightenment to
the American people and would give just ground
for proceedings to annul the gift.
The property so restored by the generosity of
forgving Government has been msapplied to es-
tablish, maintain and promulgate the very things
against which the Nation had made its former war
fare.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
Democratic Doctrine.

It may be we'll for the Democrats of Idaho to
sense what is National and State Democratic doc
trne few there in the party who are str1V-
ing to mislead.
After due deiberaton the committee on resolu-
tions at the National convention of the party IN
1904 unanimously adopted platform in which ap-
peared the following plank
eve demand the determination of polygamy
within the jurisdiction of the United States,
and complete separation of church and state
in political affairs"
After due deiberation the State convention OF
Idaho in 1906 adopted platform in which appeared
the following plank:
eve demand the determination of polygamy
and unlawful cohabitaton within the State OF
Idaho and the complete separation of church
and state in political affairs We pledge the
people of Idaho, that, in the event of Demo-
cratic success at the polls in November, we will
make effective by legislative enactment the wise
and patriotic declarations in Our State Consti-
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09

tuition, contained in Section III, Article vi"
Not only, then, these propositions righteous
in themselves, but they essential and integral
part of Democratic doctrine The party has taken Its
stand in State and Nation rrevocably upon the safe
ground. the holy ground There could be no recess
sion without cowardice to the party and falsity to
the people.
When any pretended Democrat, for reasons OF
personal political ambition or from even less worthy
motive assumes an attitude in contravention OF
these distinct declarations of party faith and prn-
cple, let other and genuine Democrats shun him as
false teacher who would immediate party honor
upon the altar of his own se1hshness.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
Help for Girls.

The women of Idaho and the Northwest can
give their attention to no subject more worthy of
their consideration than the Young Women's Chris
tan Association movement. Many OF our larger
cities now have such institutions, but there is room
for many more in other Cities and the need OF
workers is great.
1t requires brains, energy and perseverance to
establish a successful Y. w. c. A., even in city of
10000 or more inhabitants but when the end to
be accomplished is considered, the undertaking is
we'll worth the effort. The Y. w. c. A. means
much to the women of cities-how much none but
themselves can fully appreciate-and especially to
the women who work for a living and to the young
girls 1t means to the working woman place to
which she can turn for the better things of life
after her hours of toil-where she can have social
intercourse of an elevating order and can have
educational advantages of comprehensive character
To the young girl just entering city life to earn
her living the Y w. G.. A. much more-lt
means place of encouragement and good advice
in time of dependency and place of refuge
in an hour of peril Today in many of the larger
cities of the country the first thing that greets the
eye of the bewi1dered country girl upon arriving
from her home is large sign which directs her
to the Y W. c. A. for information and advice. 1t
is like helping hand stretched out in the darkness
in time of danger, and if it accomplish its object
in merely one instance the labor and money of those
who placed it there have certainly been well used.
1t is not necessary that all of the work of estab-
fishing Y w. C. A. upon practical basis be done
at once. Like every other worthy institution a
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
The New Repudiationists.

The New RepudlatlOnlSIS.
IF the financial wiseacres who think that the des-
tines of the human race revolve around the New
York Stock Exchange, and if all their petty 1m1-
tators throughout the country possess one spark
of decency and logic, they will revise the opinions
which they held in 1896 and in subsequent years
concerning the advocates of money reform IN the
United States. The ground which the advocates OF
free silver occupied at that time is essentially the
ground which the proponents of currency reform
now occupy The demand for more money
the demand is for money
There is an essential difference, however, between
the methods by which the great end was to be at
famed Guided bv the experience of centuries in all
the civilized world, and with strong belief that
the issuance of money was governmental junction,
the advocates of free coinage Of silver sought to
restore the money of the people and to have the
quantity of money increased by direct governmental
action In these days the wseacres who commended
in former times against both the increase and the
nuantitave theory are asking wildly for more money,
but thew desire that its issuance shall be within the
control of the banking fraternity who alone are COM
peent to Judge of the needs OF the world, ana VINO
would make money" in the form of promises by
the banks to pay money.
Of all collapsed causes that ever went into r1d1cu-
1ous ruin the cause of the opponents OF the guam
tative theory and restored silver coinage mas Deen
the most grotesuue Every essential proposition
which they resisted has been proved to be true and
every essential proposition which they advocated
has been proved to be false
The worlds prosperity has been enhanced by an
inflow of gold since 1885, from the m1nes quite equal
TO the total amount of gold money then IN existence IN
all the earth Thus is demonstrated the truthtuness
of the contention by bimetallsts that doubling OF
the basic money of the world would make tor the
nrosneritv and progress of the world.
Financial autocrats whose opinion was valuable
onlv because they controlled money without any
scientific knowledge of finance, insisted that restor-
alton of bmetalism would lead to outflow OF gold
and an inflow of silver; and yet these same people
are today advocating the making of paper money
by the banks and they contend that such production
bv the banks of the United States will not result IN
an outflow of gold and an inflow of their paper
promises to pay gold.
So long as they could gamble in the money OF
the people and control the circulation OF that money
as TO locality locking up at their pleasure because
+bev were the holders and could call it where they
would. thew construed the demand of the creditor
&c beino a sacred demand with which the debtor
mist comply at his bodys peril But when, after
ten wears of prosperity the money belongs TO the
,eon1e and when the West has financially enfran-
cbised itself from the East, these same arrogant
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14
IMMIGRATION.

Commissioner Sargent of the bureau of immi-
Sraton IN his annual report, shows that more than
one million immigrants came to this country during
'he nscal year ending June 80 last He shows fur
'her that their physical and mental condition was
materially lower than that of the immigrants who
came to our shores in former years
lhey came chiefly from southern and eastern
Europe, and Mr.. Sargent adds that 'the countries
which are inhabited by races nearly akin to our
own have supplied us with smaller numbers during
the past year than during 1905"
III tne I,Ioo,735 immigrants who came here in
i9oo italy sent 273,I2o, Austria Hungary 265I 3S
anu NuSSia 1905, or together more than half the
total 30 accustomed Americans to big immi-
gratron hgures that single years totals will make
niue or no impression upon them
but have they not good reason to pause and
poIuer p "hat VIII happen if immigration con-
t,iues Tor decade at the present rate? Simply
tiS, thdt III 1910 the country will have received an
dudition 70 Its population by immigration of H.
100000. number equal to the entire population of
the United States at the time Andrew Jackson was
elected president ""
hat vast total is the equivalent of a nation
a nation but little akin to Americans in blood or
uddltions and distinctly inferior in stamina and
mental vigor to the sturdy races that built un the
republic "p NV
mere is no indication that Americans are in,
any way dsquieted by the incoming of thls vast
multitude. Nor is it likely that ANYTHING the com
missioner may reveal in his reports will make anv
ueeP or lasting impression on them Thev will
SIMPLY let matters drift and content themselves
WIN taking about the wisdom of restricting i'm
inigrauon' but without doing anything to restrict
immigration.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14
BUY DIRECT FROM the FACTORY and
SAVE DEALERS PROFITS
HOWARTH&kELLYC0.
ass WESTMINSTER ST.

of ct. Anthonys Catholic church, made
his annual report yesterday, which was
very gratifying 10 all concerned. The re
ceipts for the year were Sl23ll.3, and the
disbursements s11 ,57S26. He has paid on
the church debt during the year &oco,
leaving a church debt OF $500
ENTERTAINED A FEW FRIENDS.
Charles Rhodes. one Of the officers Of
the Grover Fishing club. entertained at
the cottage OF the club at Rocky Point
yesterday Messrsl owen O'Garra, w. II.
Glenman. James Mccarthy. John Kelly,
Frederick Cooke and Albert Ladue. The
menu consisted OF a lamb roast and all
that goes with il.
GENERAL MENTION.
A horse attached to a light carriage
owned by Arthur Cormas OF 221 Valley
street ran away from Fruit Hill avenue
yesterday and fell over a 20-foot embank-
ment into Dyer's mill pond and IT was
with much difficulty that the QUIT was
pulled out. But little damage was done.
Thomas K. Beatty found near his shop
on Stokes street this morning two pairs
Of eye glasses, which the owner or own
ers can have by calling at the store OF
John 20 Connell, 1914 Westminster street
At st Mary's Catholic church there is
TO be formed class from among the ad-
vanced scholars Of the Sunday school Tor
the study Of Christian doctrine. which
will be conducted by the Christian Broth
ers.
Ernest Hansford. boy. was taken into
custody this morning at his home, &
Robin street. for making an assault upon
Simon Bownes. q rag peddler.
Manufacturers lodge of odd Fellows
arc making arrangements for fraternal
visit TO Harmony lodge at East Green
witch on Thursday evening, Jan. 81.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14
KILL THE BILL.

One thing the United States senate should do
when the Crumpacker bill, which has been nassed
the house OF representatives comes before i for
douon ana that is to vote non-concurrence The
measure Is pernlclouS one inasmuch as il nro-
poses to strip the postofce department Of tbe rob,
10 issue fraud orders against those who use the
mans for illegitmate and dishonest PURPOSES
-, II the senate should by any mischance pass the
Oil resident Roosevelt will be fully warranted in
vetong II. Under the law of 1890 and the addi
uona statute passed in 1896 the postmaster-pcn
eral was clothed with certain judicial mowers ;r
connection with his control of the mails but these
powers IN no way interfered with or deprived the
courts OF their functions. Their right Of review
is uninpaired and unabridged
ne records make it plain that the rights of
nonest citizens have not been invaded in any man
her since the postmaster-generars powers were
enlarged More than 24oo fraud orders have been
ISSUED since 1890 and of these less than thirty were
contested in the courts, and not one was found to
have been wrongfully issued
Swlndlers OF every conceivable sort have been
checked and deprived OF the use of the mails dur
ing the seventeen years the postmaster-general
has exercised this judicial function During the
two years ending with June last the mails in Gao
cases were closed to cheats and these include %
lotteries, blind pools, investment schemes based
on bonds representing more substantial security
than not air and non-exstent real estate deusive
work at-home propositions, medical cure-alls
surgical invitations to the commission of crime
absent treatment frauds. racing pools, divinnp
rods, bogus stocks and many variations of the
familiar endless chain cheat
No doubt all of these fraudulent enterprises
could have been dealt with bv the courts but onIv
after months of delay during which the swindlers
would have extracted all they hoped to from their
dupes 1t is entirely true as the postmaster-pen-
era says in his latest report. that "Expedtion
would be impossible under the rules customarv
followed in judicial tribunals"
If the public is to be protected and this pov
ernment saved from becoming the agent of pro
fessonal thieves and swindlers, prompt and effec-
tive action is necessary, and promptness is possible
only under such fraud order system as in now in
force.
The duty OF the senate in the matter is obvious
The house blundered in enacting the Crumpacker
bill. The higher branch should correct that blum
der by killing the measure
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14

that his ambition is not political. he says
what might be scoffed at, coming from
another man, but not from him, because
II only puts into words what has long
been understood. When he says he is not
eeking the presidency. he will be believed
But he will run IL he is invted-which will
not happen, he thinks, III for no other
reason. because OF what seems 20 me TO be
objections 20 my availability. which do not
appear To lessen with the continued dis
charge Of my official duties" One can
see the judge smile as he wrote this CEN
tence-the smile of candidate Indifferent
enough to the outcome to be able to enjoy
the humor Of a situation that seems un-
favorable 10 his chances. But is IL un-
favorable? Are Taft the man and Taft
the cabinet officer so inevtficably mixed
UP that there is no separating them? I'm
the public mind possibly they may be. but
In individual minds IL is so easy TO dis
tinguish between the two that IL is hard
to believe that they are incurably con-
fused. Even I'm n bad Hight the Judge
looms up much too substantial TO be mis-
taken for anybody's shadow. After all.
what is most significant about his declara-
ton II that II implies that he will not
retire TO the bench until after the next
Republican presidential candidate Is noml-
na natod.-Harper's Weekly.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14
PLAN TO OBSERVE
GOTH ANNIVERSARY

Weybosset lodge. No. 1884, @ T. o. Of
Odd Fellows, will celebrate its snth ami
versary at the Trocedero on wedna,day
evening. Feb. s. There will be n formal
reception from $50 10 $50, grand march
al $50. supper at 10. and music will be
furnished by Fays American Band or
chestra.
The reception committee includes r
Lee, g. L Prout, r. Harris T. T.. Saw.
yer, r. Fisher: committee of arrange
ments. W. w Williams, j n. Cromwell
r. Hart. q. c. Sullivan. X v. Paris. l..
q. Virgins, q. l.. Libris. w. NJ. Richard
son, j n. Perry, q. L. Prout II. w.
Johnston.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14
DIED

DOWNEY-In this city, on the 18th
inst. Michael Richard Downey. aged
40 years and five days.
Funeral from his late residence
No e55 Broad street. Tuesday. Jan.
18th, at s:i5 n. m Solemn requiem
mass at ST. Bernard's chapel. oxford
street at "A. IN. Services at St
Mary's church. Bristol. On arrival OF
IL a m. train from Providence. Rels-
tives and friends are invited TO at
tend. Burial at Bristol II. I.
this city. on the 18th,
John. son Of the late James and
Mary OConnell.
Funeral from his late residence. 50
Bosman street, TUESDAY. Jan. 18th. at
T:f5 a. m. Requiem mass 81 81 per-
nards chapel. oxford street, a. q
a. m Funeral private.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14
AS TO SECRETARY TAFT
AND THE PRESIDENCY

Secretary Tafts declaration OF his atti.
tude toward the Republican norns-
nation for the presidency 10 Just
such a disclosure Of his state Of
mind as an honest gentleman might
naturally make. but es few men
ever have made IN relation 20 the presi-
deucy Every word OF y obviously came
from the hig secretarys inner conscious
ness and has on " the marks OF vera
cious and confding candor When he says
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14

capacity of who has successfully guided the
affairs OF great enterprises, and he would give
Rhode Island representation that would be strong
able and potential, instead of that weak, coorless
and vapid representation the state has had during
the past twelve years at the hands of George Pea
body Wemore.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14
TODaY'S DIVER SIONS
K <EITHs THEATRE - c

NEIFHs THENTVE = CONTINUOUS
performance.
IMPERiAI-The Americans
EMPIUE-"Chinatow Charlie"
NttkEis-Motion pictures and illus
tTated songs
NEW SCENIC TEMPLE. Mathewson
street Motion pictures and illustrated
songs
wEsrMiNsTEn-Fred Grwlns Big
show.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14

New York is extremely selfish. II has decided
to abolish the horse and will thus remove from
sight the one thing that cheered the hearts of visi
tors from the rural districts with the thought that
their villages were progressive than the great
American metropolis.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14

The dog may have its faults, but there is one
thing on which it shows more good common sense
than man. The dog knows when its had enough
to drink.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14

When the Standard Oil trust settles with
Uncle Sam there should be heap more money in
circulation
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14

An American Egyptologst has just found the
mummy OF Queen Thi, wife of Amen Hotep III.
yet all the detectives OF the United States have
never been able TO find Charlie Ross
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14

For obvious reasons the Journal has revised
It's former opinion that the carpet-bag speaker is
gentleman and a scholar"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14

II is suggested as an explanation OF those
Pennsylvania earthquakes that the sesmograph
misread quake for quaker.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-14
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC MARKET Co.
CARPETS
RUGS
MATTRESSES
CURTAINS

Furniture cleaned without remcrs1
from your residence by the Vacuum sys-
TEN. No compressed air Is used, there
fore dirty or moist air from the street
cannot get into the house through our
pipes.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

"The Love Route" has proved a
mighty fine route to travel
1.-THE Social Whirl." a hit in New
York, is a big success on tour
Louise Cunning made big success
In 1.-The Flower Girl in Chicago.
Mrs. Fiske has made Il great hit in
New York with The New York Idea y
Manager Savage has added another
American girl TO his prima donna
forces for Madam Butterfly" This
Is Ethel Houston. a contralto who came
from Paris three years ago to sing con-
tralto roles with the English Grand
Opera company.
Vera Michelena, the prima donna of
1.-THE Tourists practically stepped
from a convent on TO the stage: also
her father. Fernando Michelena, the
once famous tenor. while singing as n
choir boy in the great cathedral OF
Venezuela was heard by a man of
wealth who saw great promise in his
voice and sent him to Rome to study
music