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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13
A COPY BOOK MODEL FOR MR..
ROOSEVELT.

Like the man who left off fighting
from supper, it has pleased this editor
to say that he is disinclined to contin-
ne this controversy further because it
gratifies my passion for notoriety. He
must have a more contracted mind, a
paltrier spirit, than even l imagined,
if he can suppose for one instant that
an ignoble controversy with an OBJ
scure animal like himself can crafty
the passion for notoriety of one whose
works, at least have been translated in
all the languages of polished Europe
and circulated by thousands in the
New World. 1t is not then my pas
sion for notoriety that has induced me
to tweak him by the nose and to in
flict sundry kicks upon the base part
Of his baser body; to make him eat
dirt, and his own words, fouler than
any filth; but because I wish to show
to the world what miserable pol
troon, what craven dullard, what a
literary scare-crow, what a mere thing
stuffed with straw and rubbish is the
soi-disant director of public opinion
and politics."
oh, no. Those words were NOT
van Smith. They were merely the ut
terance of young Mr.. Disraeli fifty
years ago in the London Times. Such
words have been used before. They
might be a good copy for the president
need one.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13

swallowed the whale. He shook the
larboard and starboard bells alternate
ly and yelled down the speaking tube
till he had the engineers madden than
March hares. Nor did he let up until
the head engineer threatened to come
up to the hurricane deck and visit the
pilot house with tornado.
''One of the gals, having noticed him
at the speaking tube asked Mark what
he was doing there. oh, he said I
was talking to the boys down on the
boiler deck Couldn't l talk to EN-
asked the gal. Sure replied Mark,
and the gal placed here pretty lips to
the mouthpiece of the tube, but before
speaking. turned and asked, Who
shall | call forT The head engineer
was the reply. What shall / say? oh,
anything. Tell him to unship his pad
die wheel The gal followed instruc-
tons in tones as sweet as peaches and
cream. But alas, the master Of the
throttle valves, thinking it was Mark
up to more of his monkey tricks, Yell
ed back, 'Unship that dodgasted ugly
mug of yourn. you snolligoster.' That
gal was red headed in more ways than
one when she left the pilot house.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13

be appropriate and one which can be
used So that the recipient on look
ing at the gift in use day after day,
shall remember the giver.
Barrie, in his inimitable my Lady
Nicotine" tells story of man who
received a Christmas present which
sums up the situation. The gift was
an absolutely impossible smoking
stand, which, if it was ever used. i'm
mediately collapsed. After many
vain attempts, the man saved it till
the next year, when he paid off debt
at Xmas with it. But his JOY at get
ting rid of it was short lived for after
a few years. radiance back it came
from another source, it never having
been used, but it kept constantly in cir
culation because no one wanted it.
Such gifts are worse than none.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13
CONCERNING THE NAVAL b.
REAUcRACY.

1t was as far back as 1876 that wit
ness before the naval committee of the
house testified that in his opinion,
the bureau system has gradually I'M
dermined the discipline of the navy de-
partment, and must sooner or later be
changed" A few years later 1t was
Cleveland who called the system "a
humiliating weakness" 1t is the
same old bureaucracy fighting and
squabbling, except when they call a
truce to divide the plums. 1t is the
one sore spot in the administrative de-
oartment.
In an interview of Roosevelts pub
iished in this months Parsons mag
azine, he says that reorganization is
absolutely necessary" Henry Reu-
lerdahl, the man who made the navy
wake up under his criticism just be-
lore the sailing of the fleet to the ORR
mt. alAewho showed that the bureaus
aad been building vessels of obsoles-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13
THE SCHOOLTEACHER.
How a Young Man Fresh From Col
lege Makes His Start.

How q Young Man Fresh From Col
lege Makes His Start.
A young man fresh from college who
decides to become schoolteacher has
many things to consider. The profess
sion, If it can be called profession, is
still unorganized. No standard Of ex-
cellence, no diploma certifying ability.
is required. Methods Of teaching in
public schools in New York state are
very different from those in Colorado,
and those in Utica are different from
those in Buffalo. There are private
schools of all kinds. There are almost
as many methods of teaching arithme-
tic as there are Of teaching vocal mu-
sic. To obtain his first position he Or
dinarily joins an agency. He takes to
the agency his record at college, supple
mented by as many pleasant recon-
mendations from his professors as pos
sible, pays his yearly fee and promises
the agency a certain percentages per
cent usually-of his first years salary.
Occasionally his college will find a
place for him in one of the schools that
prepare directly for it. At any rate, he
will fnd without great difficulty a posi-
ton that will support him. Perhaps it
will be in a little UNCONVENTIONAL
boarding school, where he will teach
thirteen different subjects during his
first year, as one man l know did. If
he survives his first year successfully
and with some measure of content in
the work he is likely to be a teacher for
the rest of his life.-Leslie's Monthly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13

cent type, says: Millions and millions
of dollars have been misspent under
this system"
1t is little encouraging then to see
that the newly appointed naval secre-
tary, Mr.. Newberry, is opposed to the
administration Of the navy by bureaus
and will reorganize the navy as far as
possible on a business basis. He is a
man of excellent judgment and has
been selected on account of his well
known ability for organization in bus
mess.
It has been said that with business
methods in force the department could
save enough to purchase an additional
battleship each year and that more
over, the building of battleships would
be brought up to the latest models and
kept there.
The trouble has been that the affairs
have been run by one little set of old
err men who will listen to no one who
is not of their rank in the service. The
experts in the service are all younger
and better trained men to whom no
heed is paid. This is the very oppo-
site from the business office method
in which suggestions are listened to
from the head draughtsmen.
Here's hoping that the Business Man
Mr.. Newberry, can save the country
several millions a year. He knows
business if he does not know battle
ships. The president once held the
Job of assistant secretary and he prob
ably has some idea of what sort of
man it takes to run it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13

sought to compel husbands to cook
breakfast on Sunday mornings in or
der that their wives might go TO
church, and one who desired that six
successive visits by yound man to
the home of young lady should be
regarded as evidence of an engage
ment to marry. But. alas. Oklahoma
rejected this utopian program and
snugly snoozing under its nine foot
bed sheets. it sleeps on while there
are manly sores on the body polite
to be healed.
1t woke up for a few minutes to
pass law that required every compli-
mentary notice concerning candidate
that is printed in newspaper to be
labelled advertising" in ten point
type, but the Oklahoma editor still has
legal, if not moral, right, as he sees
fit, provided that the citizen does not
commit the indiscretion of running for
office.
Those who rejected the plan of de-
creasing inebriety probably went upon
the theory that it was unwise to &C
quire a reputation for bravery. Mary
land did. however. make it unlawful
to serve free lunches in beverage en-
poriums.
The Virginia legislator who tried to
outlaw kissing several years ago has
had no imitators recently, but in Lou
isiana the man who comes late to the
theater has been regarded as a proper
subject for legislative consideration
and possible classification among the
malefactors.
Many states have been supplied
with laws that mitigate the terrors of
the Mercy Widow hat, but the Sc
laws are not of this years vintage and
that ubiquitous vexation probably ar
rived too late to cause increased acti-
witty on the part of the legislative grist
mill. Since women have ceased to
sweep the streets with long skirts
Sartorial eccentriticies have given
very little concern to ambitions pub
licists. If it is difficult for members
of state legislatures to have their
beautiful dreams for regulating the
universe assume shape, it is well-nigh
impossible for a member of congress
to achieve the same object. Very lit
tie legislation, either wise or other
| wise, got by Uncle joe the boss OF
the big law-making factory in Wash
ington, at the last session. Neverthe
less the difficulties that beset him die
not dampen the ardor of the man who
had little bill intended to make life
| more seraphic.
First and fore most there was ]
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13

The would be lawmaker who goes
to legislative chamber with the idea
OF converting his native state in a
Utopia does not get much of a show
in these degenerate days. Hhis efforts
receive little more announcement
than those of the feline vocalists that
assemble on the back yard fence at
the midnight hour to produce what
they deem musical concert. His idea
OF making life zone grand, sweet
song" is very apt to draw forth the
emphatic ejaculation Scat" But ne
is not to be discouraged, and he has
labored as INCREASINGLY the present
year as in any other.
There were more of him, perhaps, in
Oklahoma than in any other state, for
Oklahoma gave promise of extending
to him the glad hand, patting him on
the back and telling him to go as far
as ne liked. But even the baby state
which started out with a constitution
that provided for regulating nearly ev'
erything except the planets and the
deather, and seemed eager to com.
plete the job, has not produced the
fondly expected.
The new state has enacted that no
tells must supply their guests with bod
sheets not less than nine feet in
length, btu Texas blazed the way in
this far-reaching reform.
Oklahoma legislators descended up
on their capital with a large assert
ment of ideas for the betterment OF
the human race equally as unique, but
they took most of them back home
again. 1t was an Oklahoma man who
regarded the cigar store Indian as e
SANDER upon the real redskins among
his constituents and who wished tt
Danish it from its traditional post o.
| honor at tobacco shops, but the cigal
| store Indian still holds forth in Okla
homa as well as elsewhere, and if the
tribe is diminished it is for a far diff
ferent reason than that he has enem
les in the camp of the lawmakers.
| Another Oklahoma solon wished tt
prohibit the use of cracked CROKER!
on the table, another to make it al
offense to use a roller towel NOR,
than two days, another to compel rail
roads to disinfect their railroad tick
cts, another to prohibit passengers OF
street cars from crossing legs whel
they have mud on their feet and an
other to compel householders to bea
rugs and carpets outside of the corpor
| ate limits of any town.
There was even one lawmaker VIII,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13
Medicine That Is Medicine.

81 have suffered a good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints, but l
have now found a remedy that keeps
me well, and that remedy is Electric
Bitters; medicine that is medicine
for stomach and liver troubles, and
for run down conditions" says w. G..
Kiestler, of Halliday, Ark. Electric
Bitters purify and enrich the blood.
tone up the nerves, and impart vigor
and energy to the weak. Your money
will be refunded If it fails to help you.
soc at A. G. Luken & Co. drug store.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13
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THE TAFT AND CANNON AGREE
MENT.

MENT.
There has been much criticism of
Tafts peace pact with Speaker Cannon
from that portion of the press which is
inimical to the speaker. These papers
are unanimous in declaring that Taft
has weakened or else has been taken in
by the speaker. There is little doubt
in the minds of the public, however,
that the man who has been elected to
the presidency knows what he is about.
When the president-elect, as the rep
resentative and head of his party,
came into his own, he was face to
face with peculiar situation. 1t was
reported on all sides that Cannon was
opposed to any but the merest pretense
of tariff revision, to which the repub-
lican party had pledged itself and on
this platform he had been elected.
Taft also knew shortly before the cleo
ton that the speakership was safely
in the hands of Cannon. Unless it
could be conclusively demonstrated
that he was hopelessly in opposition to
much needed reforms he could not be
defeated. The much Wanted strength
of the insurgents" was not as strong
as it appeared on paper. 1t might have
been a good thing had Taft thought
the principles he stood for almost
hopeless for him to fight. But let
us see. If he fought and lost the
whole administration could not have
gained anything from the foes he had
made in the fight and even had he won
there would have been a strong enough
minority in congress to endanger the
working of necessary majority in the
house.
One thing Taft was assured of, and
one thing he is firmly determined on,
and that is to use the veto and to
make 1t clear to the people Of the Unit
ed States that he would not stand for
sham reforms and revision that does
not revise. He can hope to do much
more in this way than by antagonizing
at the very start, a force which has
promised to carry out the policies of
the Chicago platform.
1t is safe to say that in all probable
ity Taft will be more unpopular two
years from now than at any other
time. And that from very obvious
reasons. No matter what the tariff
revision may be, there will be half the
people who will not be satisfied. Be-
tween the producer and the consumer
there is a wide difference of opinion
as to how the tariff ought to be revis-
ed. The revision of the tariff can
under no circumstances, be at all pop
ular. 1t may very well be that Taft
will find himself under fire from both
these extremes at the same time and it
is no wonder
1t is. perhaps, too much to hope that
the people will stand behind him and
aid him in any fight he may have to
make as did Roosevelt against con-
gress.
The thing which people must remem-
Der is. that Taft cannot please every.
body He must strike an average
which consumers will think too high
and producers too low.
The situation is one in which les
ser man might be afraid. 1t is worse
than the Devil and the Deep Sea puz-
Ele.
The people must be prepared to be
patient, and to be impatient at no time
asnecfatly at the very start
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13

At a dinner of the president of the
Indiana society of Chicago, to the
guests of honor, after they had passed
by Wabash Mussels, Elkhart Celery,
and Posey County Baked Corn, they
came to Wayne County Pumpkin Pie
which was accorded the place of hon.
or on the menu. fitting climax!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13

Evelyn-Some OF our proverbs are so
ridiculous-for instance, Where fgno-
rance is bliss Ethel - What's the
matter now? Evelyn-Why, you know.
Fred gave me my engagement ring
last week. and simply can't find out
how much it cost him.-Judge's Libra
~.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13

The president honored the Culture
Belt of Indiana when he picked out
the literary men as reputable" but
he did not pay a high tribute to the
remarkable facility in writing fiction
which the News has displayed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-15
sWEATsHoPs DEFINED.

The portraits Of all the pickpockets
Of our country do not hang in the
rogues' gallery; the pictures Of the
biggest pickpockets Of the country are
not to be found there.
The man who takes money which,
he has not honestly earned from the
pockets of the people, at the gambling
table. or in the SPECTATORS shop, or
in Industry in which young children
are ground up in the sweatsaop in
order ITO supply cheap goods, is far
more Of a robber than the petty thief
on the Streets :
In the life of the baby, the child and
the young man in college, we recos-
nize the things that are made for the
babesthe child and the collegian; but
wnen the young: man, leaves college
and, enters business, this. whole order
isS reversed, and our American people
seem to accept it as truth that man
was made for things, not things for
man and that the measure Of a man
is the amount of money that he can
make.-Dr. Lyman Abbott. =....
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-15
LOUISVILLE RABBI ON CHILD
LABOR.

In a recent sermon Rabbi Enelow OF
Louisville Referred to the evil as fol-
lows:
Child labor is sucking the l1fe-
blood Of our offsprings and bring1ns
them to early death just as surely as
the edict of the Egyptian monster who
ordered that the eldest born of the
1sraelites' should be drowned in the
great African stream. From time nm
memorial all civilizations have under
stood that the burden of destiny rest
ed on the shoulders of the young. and
they have taken precaution that their
children should grow up strong in
order to be able to meet the new
problems of their generation. The
putting to task; of our young means
that we are draining our resources
before they have fairly begun. The
timeh as passed when this was un.,
derstood only by dreamers and ideal
lists. Practical business men Ut the
head of the great corporations are
coming to see that it will not do, and
are shaping their courses to fit the
new thought on the subject" ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-15
GOSPEL OF LABOR IN GREAT DE-
MAND. '-

We have received a marked copy OF
the Mankato Journal of the 7th inst,
containing the following announce
ment:
w. e. McEwen to Lecture.
"Wh. E. McEwen, of Duluth, editor
of the Labor World one of the
strongest labor papers in the country,
secretary of the State Federation of
Labor and State Oil Inspector under
Gov. Johnson, will visit Mankato next
week and deliver an address at Union
hall in the Williams block Friday
evening, Feb. IA, under the auspices
OF the Trades Assembly,
Mr.. McEwen is an earnest speaker
and one thoroughly acquainted with
his subject
Everyone Is invited and no admis-
sion will be charged
At this writing we learn that Mr..
McEWen was greeted by the largest
audience ever convened in Mankato.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-15
Conlmercial Clubs and Real Estate
: speculators Are Up Against the
Real Proposition Now. Men
May be terrorized and Bulidoz-
ed But American Women Will
Fight For Homes and Children
Like 'tLions at Bay"
Lockout Conspirators Who Ruth
lessly Ignore the Rights Of Over
Three Thousand Women and
Children in Duluth Will Learn
to- Their Sorrow That American
Women Cannot Be Starved Into
Submission.
tion: is, and shall govern ourselves
accordingly. .>-, - -. S.
A Crisis ReacF1ed.

tton: Is, and shall govern ourselves
accordingly. 49,, ..~-, -. ~. S.
A Crisis Reached.
This unnoly war upon our hus-
bands, the, wage- -earners, has reached
a point at which forbearance ceases to
be q virtue, and as we women do the
buying for the family, there is no law
human or divine that requires us
to patronize any merchant who lends
his influence to any movement aimed
at depriying us of bread and butter,
and we cannot be compelled to do so.''
Will: Organize League. (.
About 400 women, wives Of Duluth
wage-earners, are enthusiastic for the
formation Of Label League, and
pledging themselves not to patronize
a single merchant in Duluth in any
line who, is known to be an enemy to
organized labor. The final work Of
organizing the league will be per-
fected on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
Mrs. Wanpeckas adjourning words
were signiflcaf1nt;, sisters remember
that every liberty that we enjoy today
was won by organized resistance to.
tyranny" .:@ ~: - s.
when we all combine and refuse
to- be wronged, injustice will take it's
departure from our midst" "Oppres-
sion is always intensified by abject
submission ! ~..ss> ( < I s,.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-15
PUBLIC ARE GETT|NG
WEARY Of LOCKOUT
Disinterested Parties are Taking
Active Measures to Bring
Conflict to Close.
Insist That Business Interests
Have Suffered Enough from
the F'ruitless Strife.

Very many of our citizens are be-
coming convinced more and more, that
the further prolonging of the present
industrial strife is inexcusafble, and
that both parties to the conflict ought
now to be willing as good citizens to
resume their former relations and re-
store peace.
Certain of our citizens not connect
ed with either interest are circulating
petitions urging the appointment Of a
conference committee to effect an
honorable adjustment of whatever
may have been the occasion Of hostili-
ties.
It seems to be conceded by every
one, regardless Of relation to the con-
f1ict, and who has at heart the well
fare Of our city, that the present in
dustrial strife, is productive Of noth-
ing but harm to our business inter-
ests, and ought to be adjusted without
delay.
We sincerely hope that our friends
OF organized labor will give due con-
sideration to the desire of the petit
TONERS, and use every legitimate
means. to effect a reconciliation be-
tween employers and employees. and
thus bring to a close an unpleasant
episode in the industrial history of our
city.
tbs said that the darkest cloud
has silver lining. We are optimistic
enough to believe, that when this
cruel war is over" the relations he
tween employer and employe in Du-
luth will be pleasanter than ever be-
fore. The present experience has
heen an enliRhtener for ho+h