The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-03
MONEY INTERESTS OPPOSE
THIRD TERM FOR TEDDY
Usual Sensational Stories of Public Men Being Sent Out bv
Washington Correspondents Citizens Depre-
cate Recent Race Riots-Intmation That Officials Have
Been "Winking at Illegal Land Entries

Democrats have no show in the next
election, but as sure as the sun rises
the President elected by the people
In 1912 will be Democrat. The
Panama canal bubble will then be ripe
for pricking, the tariff will be under
process of revision and the upshot
of the whole matter will be Demo-
cratic President. Paste that in your
hat! The laboring classes are al
ready becoming flushed with their
victories, have more money in the
bank than ever before, and working
man with few hundred in the bank
becomes a mighty important indiv-
idual. The majority of the members
of various labor organizations are
Democrats, and their actions will be
like that of the late attempts of the
American Federation of Labor to butt
into politics: Vote for a laboring
man, but be sure he is Democrat,
Senator Hale is the latest addition
to the country's advisers. He warns
the country that two-thirds of the rev.
enues of the country are spent in pre-
pairing for war and assuming the bur-
dens of past conflicts. Although our
war expenses are 100000, 900 a year.
according to the Senator, there is not
much likelihood for reduction. Think
ing men like Capt. J. A. T. Hull, chair
man Of the committee on military af-
fairs of the house, are mindful of the
advantage that would be taken by any
one of half dozen nations If they
could catch us off our guard.
More important is the announcement
that the Postoffice Department is an
nually mulched of approximately
$5,OOO,OO0 of the peoples money in
excess of the rightful cost of railroad
transportation of the mails. It looks
triflle queer that member of the
House should discover this fact when
the government has a supposedly
highly-intelligent business man at the
head of the department, and he either
knew nothing of the stead or else?
That's the way it goes in Washington.
Men in the West testify that they
sent fifty letters to the General Land
Office regarding illegal entries of land,
yet the officials look wise and blindly
continue on their way. OF course Incl
dentally few land agents who were
pressing the charges too hard were
transferred, but they disturbed our Of
fetal slumbers.
After several months of usurption
of the power of government in Cuba
this government is beginning to think
OF withdrawing. 1t requires several
months for Uncle Sam to work out one
strong think, and then he holds to
that idea till the crack of doom. 1t
will be but short time until the
same farce will take place in Cuba
again, followed that time by the per-
manent sovereigncy of this govern
ment over Cuban affairs. Why not do
it now?
The joke is on Representative sher-
man, the author of the section of the
pure-food bill covering canned goods.
The Representative is interested in
the canning business himself, and
when the local supply of sweet corn
ran short he made arrangements for
a supply from Maryland firm. When
the time for delivery drew near he
was informed that the firm could not
place Sherman's label on the goods.
They said: "Some d fool down
in Washington had law passed last
winter prohibiting it; that the label
must state where the corn was can
ned" Hoist on his own petard!