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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

In the years from 1867 to 1885
there were 1864 divorces recorded
in the state of Iowa. In the years be-
tween 1887 and 1906 there were 34,-
S74 degrees. A yearly rate of 90 In
1880 per 1OO.O 900 population grew to
90 in 1900 in this state. Almost
I 900, 900 divorces in twenty years
IN the record for Iowa. Think OF 1t!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

The movement to erect fitting
memorials to the late Senator Will
lam B. Allison and Speaker David B.
Henderson is becomming national in
it's scope, and receiving hearty CO.
operation wherever presented.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

The production of creamery butter
increased in Iowa last year 10000
900 pounds and the number of cream
cries decreased by forty-twO. leaving
total of 552. This shows the re-
markable change taking place in the
creamery business by the abnormal
growth of the concentrating stations.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

Prof. Benjamin F.. Shanlbaugh. Of
the state university, has been ap-
pointed curator of the state. histor-
ical department. to succeed the late
Charles Aldrich.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

Ora Williams, the versatile news
paper correspondent. has been ap-
pointed private secretary to Governor
Garst. for the brief period of his
incumbency.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

The official count OF the votes In
Iowa shows that there was a diner
ence of about $4,000 votes between
the highest elector on the Republican
ticket and the lowest elector. Which
means that fourteen thousand citi-
zens of Iowa who voted for Taft did
not know how to fully cast their bal
lots for him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

Whitaker of Corydon was the
only prohibitionist of all those who
ran for office in Iowa who was elect
ed. and he captured the Office Of
coroner.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

For sending a lasciyious, obscene
letter through the mails to Colfax
girl. Glad G. Hill of that town has
been sentenced to serve year and
half in the penitentiary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02
Current Comment.

Congress convenes next Monday,
when a ''sizzler" may be expected
from President Roosevelt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

AS a result of the recent election,
only two parties will have the right
to have a list of candidates printed
upon the Iowa primary ballots In
June, 1910. All other parties failed
to receive two per cent of the total
vote cast at the general election. The
total vote cast in Iowa for president
was 494,760. The prohibitionists
cast 1887 and the socialists S.2S7
votes for their candidates for presi'
dent, in each case less than the
required two per cent which entities
them to a place on the primary
ballot.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

II cost A. F. Hicks and Jas. Wrenn
workers at the Mason City cement
n,ant $50 each and cost one day last
week for using profane and bias
rhemous language in cafe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

An agreement has been reached
between the United States and Japan
of far reaching Importance. 1t Is
based upon the idea of encouraging
and defending a free and peaceful
development Of commercial interests
on the Pacific, and contains not only
natural guarantee to respect each
others territorial possessions there,
but defines the attitude of the two
coutries toward China. binding each
to defend by every peaceful means
China's independence and integrity
and to give equal commercial oppor-
tunity in the Chinese empire to all
nations. In the event of complicat-
ion threatening the status quo' the
United States and japan are bound
to consult each other with : view to
aotins toeether. IL
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

A professor maintained by an ap-
from the state may be
placed in every college of recognized
rank in Iowa by the next general as
sembly. This professor will teach
agricultural and will be the result
of system urged in substitution of
the agricultural high school plan sug-
gested at the last general assembly,
but which failed to carry. The bill
providing for the appropriation for
the maintenance of the fifteen or six
teen professorships thus established
is now being drawn and the matter
will receive the appreciation of the
Iowa Agricultural society in the re-
port of it's secretary. John Simpson.
Senator Newberry, who has closed
lis term of Office from the clayton
district, is the father OF the plan
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

Announcement is made through
the Associated Press that Frank RI.
Hitchcock, chairman of the Republi-
can national committee. has been ten
dered the position of Postmaster
General by President-elect Taft and
has accepted the appointment. This
in the first member of Taft's cabinet
10 Le announced.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

According to Des MOines dispatch
a new travelling mems organization
called the "Minks," from the initials
of the states of Minnesota, Iowa,
Nebraska and Kansas, has been
secretly organized with member
ship of $1,000. There are no dues
and the object is to force the hotels
of the states named to give better
accommodation and better rates to
travelling men. 1t is expected the Or
ganization will double in numbers in
a short time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

Advssl1sla6 Aalsss-Dbplay. y cent? ~ inch
"A eaeA insestisa~ at rate. Centac0 for
81 leos inehn ~ esah ~ inch. Lseah 10
eeo0 ~ nna.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

O0oo..o15 west VWaAos 0tsoot.
DotA Ioaophsnoe. uunbes -.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

n BoNA Ills circslatlsa. laftss
a than Any Eaellsh papsf h
vlnnsehiek county ever had.
nakss this The best for Adver.
tlsess. We crew every week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02
City Meat 1arket
Bollinger & Goltz, Proprs.
FRESH and SALTED MEATS
Vest Water St. Decorah. Iowa.
Il. T. BARTHELL
Attorney.at.law
JUSTICE OF PEACE.

sP,eCIAL ATTENTION TO COLLECTIONS
oHlce First Door West Of National Bank OF
DecOrah.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-02

THE United States Post office
Department requires all ssb.
scriptions to weekly nswspapers
to be paid. Look up the Yellow
Address tag on this paper and see
how you stand.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-01-07
THE FOUNDER OF INDIGESTION.

The founder Of indigestion was Noah: he for
got to leave the pigs ashore From the HOG
comes lard: from lard. Indigestion. The mo
ment you put lard-cooked food into your
stomach. you send a pressing invitation foE
dyspepsia to come and take possession.
You don't need to use lard. though. unless
you want to: there is a cooking fat that makes
food any stomach can easily digest. 1t Is
COTTOLENE: no hog fst-just pure vegeta-
BILE oil, nutritious. wholesome: makes 1aky
pie crust. crisp d~oughnuts. light. rich rolls
and cake-in fact. all the things o like. but
cannot eat perhaps. because they do not
"agree."
C~OTTOLENE has been well named the
perfect shortening."
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-01-07
A Mans Right to Work And Live.

a VANS klgnt 20 work And Live.
N. o. Item.
The news of long bread lines, hun
CRY, voorhees, people, tenement house
evictions that comes from New York,
the tale of industrial troubles that
comes from other parts of the country
naturally raises the question in the
minds OF many as to the necessity for
people being out of work in a country
as great and rich as ours.
We don't believe that any man
should ever have an excuse for not
working; that any man should ever
be without some kind of a Job.
Tothis end we think that the cities,
parishes, counties, states and the
federal government should provide
certain classes of public work tina,
should always be open to people
otherwise unemployed.
The right of a man to work is q
basic right with society. 1t involves
his right to live, to keep his family
from starvation.
And there is so much work to be
done so much that will benefit all OF
us if it is done that we should not
grudge the taxes or hard-time expen.
ditures that would be required to
provide such work.
One Of the best things that has hap.
pened in a long time in New Orleans
was spntting the. prisoners in the
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-01-07

White Pine Expectorant is a
Common Sense Remedy, scienti-
fcally prepared, and guaranteed
to permanently cure Coughs,
Colds. Hoarseness and all inflam.
ed conditions of the Lungs and
Air Passages. It is pleasant to
take. 25 and SOC bottles at the
Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-01-07
WHY ARE THESE THINGS SOP

WHY ARE THESE THINGS SO7
There are over 100000 men
idle in New York. $4,000 in Chi
cago and hundreds of thousands
IN other parts of the country.
Why should this be so in a
country capable of supporting a
thousand times the present popu.
lation in comfort and plenty?
Why should a condition exist
in an enlightened and free people
such that a man who is able and
willing to work can not get work!
Why should a panic. such a
one as the present industrial de-
preston is charged against. fall
upon a people stopping their in
dustries, throwing thousands out
Of employment and bringing
want and misery upon thousands?
There are evidently serious
defects in our social system, and
the necessity Of solving the prob
lem of their correction is becom-
ing a pressing one. There is a
vast unrest among the people,
who are FESTIVE under present
conditions, who feel that they
are not getting a square deal",
and unless a statesman is found
who can straighten out the
angle of our unjust social sys.
tenn, then a terrible day when
the people will assert themselves
may certainly be expected. And
that day is not far distant.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-01-07
WHAT MAY HAPPEN
EDITOR CROWELL SAYS THERE
Is DANGER OF REVOLUTION.
ENFORCEMENT of Speculative Spirit
in Industrial Fields Spells Disas-
ter, He Says-Mibd,e Class
Is Discontinued and May
Overthrow Leaders in
Corporate ureed.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-Revolution in
America which will make the French
revolution look like a tempest in a
teapot, the confiscation of great
wealth and estates wrongfully acquired
and general chaos as a result of alb
normal and unsound SPECULATION,
we're to-day predicted by DR.. J.. F.
Crowell, associate editor of the Wall
Street Journal, and chairman of the
Social and Economic Section Of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science. His strong
u%tterances in his speech ere backed
up by still more pronounced ones
made off-hand to inquirers who
sought to learn what, in his mind,
would be the ultimate outcome of pres
ent conditions.
After considering the field of legiti-
mate speculation. which, he said, did
not include the domain of manufac-
lures, agriculture, transportation and
banking, DR.. Crowell said:
"The encroachment of the specula.
tive spirit upon these industrial and
commercial fields spells danger.
The leaders of great enterprises to-
day probably do not adequately ap-
p~reciate the smoldering fury of dis.
content which their own management,
of business has steadily engendered
in the hearts of a thinking populace,
There are dangers in this direction
which the ho~ggishness of corporated
greed has done more than anything
else to bring to a crisis in American
society. 1t is worth while needing in
dications in time if vast interests, as
we'll as individual and general welfare
do not wish to pay exceedingly dear
for their irresponsible trusteeship O.
prosperity.
1.-The great middle class of the
country has never been more discon.
tented and uneasy than now" DR..
Crowell said in ampliication of his
speech, "The statement attributed tc
r. T. Crane to the effect that condi.
tons in this country parallel those
before the French revolution is true
with this difference, that the French
revolution was a tempest in q teapot
compared with what might happier
here in America.
"PeOple who are educated in the
public schools and can think are tolo
that prices r going down, tina
things are cheaper. This is economi
cally untrue. And while I am not Z
socialist or an agitator, a lie, espe
cially an economic lie, means war;"
do you believe that such q clasl
will Gomez" he was asked.
"It depends entirely upon the Harri
mans and the Goulds," he said. ST
they wish to preserve their great es
tates, let them look to their course
A people aroused to q full knowledg,
OF the extent to which they have beef
duped will not worry over whether Of
not they have any moral right to col
fscate whatever they can find. The,
will do it without looking to Sc,
exactly who owns it,"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-01-07

PARISH PRISON w NoLh w Viz o"0ooS'
We believe in this, for there is NO
reason the rest of us should work to
pay taxes in order that others may
idle In Jail.
But it is not right that a man who
commits a misdemeanor and is a
petty criminal should have food and
lodging with or without work, while
another who is honest should not
have work to do.
The great cities Of the North and
East are the dumping ground for
European immigration. They could
scarcely take care of their surplus
population cut adrift in tight money
times.
But throughout the South, where
more workers. more immigrants are
badly needed, where millions upon
millions of workers a find place in
time there is no good reason why the
states should not adopt a policy OF
public Improvement that would
guarantee work of some kind at all
time to workers.
This is not socialism that we are
urging. 1t is common business sense
Louisiana needs more railroads: il
needs first-class public roads. New
Orleans needs public improvements OF
a class thatIshe cannot afford to pay
for in flush times when labor is high.
But she could afford to pay a minim.
UNI wage to her idle workers or to her
surplus workers to proceed with this
work.
Forty.odd years ago this country
put two millions of e in the battle
field to destroy one anOther's lives, to
do nothing economically, but waste
wealth. In addition to the waste OF
five billions of dollars, public deb,
was foated.
How absurd to say that men shall
walk the streets looking for work.
and women and children shall starye
in a land as rich as this.
We need constructive statesman
ship here. Why should a state OF a
nation make ~stupendous appropria'
tions for a and do nothing to ward
off the effect of panic, of hard times
g. <ho Jo W., ~ nooonC
All of US prosper most in prosper.
ity into people-that wealth comes
out of toll combined with good
Judgment and propitious conditions.
But a nation with our wealth, with
our boosted civilization, should moi
and cannot see its people want fol
bread. Every one says that u city
and state are we'll off in these times
Should we not take steps to see tha1
while the ground is fruitful and the
people will work we should never
want?
There is nothing the matter with the
credit of the federal government
There is a great deal the matter with
the channel of the Mississippi. Hun
dreds and hundreds of dollars should
be spent on our waterways, on oul
roadways, on needed public improve
ments. We have not scratched thu
surface of our wealth as yet.
Society should have no quarre
with the man who is willing to work
It is the man who won't work, thu
man who wants to profit overmucl
from the work of others. the parasite
that we should not have sympath!
for.
But even as a man is entitled *
life, liberty and the pursuit Of hap
piness, we hold that he is entitled tt
work at a sufficient price at all time
to prevent even such conditions a.
we have had in our country within tn
past fifteen years. And the stat
should be prepared at all times t.
furnish such work.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-01-07
LAFAYETTE
RATES.

in Lafayette are entirely too high
and in many cases prohibitive.
This state of affairs should not
be permitted to endure any long
err than can be helped. 1t is d
serious injury not alone to indi-
viduals but to the community as
q whole.
1t is an injury to the one indi
Vidual because by making him
pay more than the Insurance is
worth it takes therefore unjustly
and wrongfully from his earn
ings. It is an injury to the other
because it prevents him either
from taking out any insurance
or else forces him to take out too
little.
1t is an injury to the com
munity because high rates tax
the community too large a sum
in proportion to the protection
received. In other words there
il a drain of ready cash from the
community out of proportion to
the benefits the community as a
whole derives. Every cent of
ready cash taken out of circula.
ton in a town decreases business
and frequently even a small sum
makes a big difference.
1t is an injury to the COM
munity further because by pre-
venting insurance in some cases
and making 1t only partial in
others, it exposes the COM
munity in case of fire to a large
loss of capital.
The amount of business, the
number of people employed,
public improvements. in fact the
prosperity of the town depends
absolutely upon the active CAPT
Gal invested there, and therefore
danger of loss should be guarded
against as largely as possible as
everybody is directly interested.
For which reason not only
should the business men of Lafa-
Yette take up this question of
Insurance rates at once but also
Che Council as representatives of
the people and therefore under
obligations to do do ali in their
power for the general welfare.
It is easily within reach of the
city to secure a second class
rating and no time should be
lost by the Council in doing what
d necessary to secure that rate.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-01-07

Fresh groceries taste better
than the other hnd-we keep
fresh groceries. Morgan & De-
4baillon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-09
The Twentieth Democratic National Convention;
Some Nominating

ord of the fact that at these meetings
much Nip and tobacco were consumed.
The limited suffrage which existed in
the colonies prior to the Revolution
made the caucus a natural outcome,
and the members of IL We're the legal
voters of a community. After peace
was established the practice was con-
tinued for the want of something bet
ter and was extended to the selection
of state and national officers
II is probable that the very first po-
lItical convention ever called regularly
for IA stated purpose, with regularly
elected delegates, met at Utica, n. ",
in September, 1924 That was within
the lifetime of number of voters now
living and II the statement is not
correct let them come forward and cor
rect It. At that Utica convention DE
witt Clinton was nominated for gov
ernor OF New York, with James Tall
madge for lieutenant governor and
they were elected. 1t was not party
convention, being coalition move
ment,
The Utica convention proved TO be
so satisfactory that the question of
calling a national convention was dis
cusscd. After a good deal of eloquencc
had been employed pro and con the
matter was dropped with the opinion
that such a scheme was entirely inn
practicable from the immense extent
of our country aud from the great eX-
pense necessarily incident to an at
tendance from the extreme parts OF
the United States" This conclusion
does not seem unreasonable when II is
remembered that at that time there
was not mile of railroad in operation
I'm the land and that ii would have
taken weeks TOR delegates from some
points TO reach the convention town,
II was the development of American
transportation facilities that made po-
litical conventions possible.
II Ia now agreed that the first ma
tional political convention ever held in
America was called by the Anti Ma
sonic party In 1880 AT Philadelphia.
That party was organized by political
reformers who were opposed 10 the tx
listing order of things and especially to
what were known as "Jacksonian
methods" II had rapid growth aud
at one time assumed formidable pro-
portions No nomination was made at
Philadelphia, but the convention adj
iourned TO roassemhlc az Baltimore
4 the following year That time IL nomi-
{ mated William Writ OF Maryland
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-09
DIPLOMACY in THE ORIENT.

10 ihustia'e 'ie uiisultaplilty of
european proceuuIe III oriental atiails
VIII cue IN lilcinelt III recent poiiti-
cai history ~ ! u,NeS' says uiploma-
tlst' a ecr,''''' Nuro'Si ci'ci mad ac-
CARED notor1ety by nus ru'hless oppres.
sion oil the Ariileiiians IN MS district
me cohsuls 'o'''ii'u"''S 'o'''piaihed Of
ms miSueeus 10 .he ambassadors IN
ConstaI''i'ople, anu t"eSe gentlemen IN
thelr TURN auuIesSeo tieir complains
TO the ottoman government AT last
the scandal became SO great mat The
sultan reai'zeu ti'at some satisfaction
must De gwen.
Inc chleI hau many iriehus IN the
palace ana an 'i'ge'hous suggestion
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-09
THE NEW AUDITORIUM AT DENVER

600, to utilize the falls Of the Uru-
quay river for motor force TO provide
light and power throughout Uruguay
and the Argentine
Loroyol, the, French engineer, reports
the discovery OF q tribe OF Indians la
Guerrero MeXlco-ovcr 400 Of them--
petriiied In a natural cave extending
hfteen lniles underground.
Dlaboio bids fair 90 become a nui-
sancc IL Is prohibited IN parts of Ber-
lin, and Switzerland is following suit.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-09
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ka man that he declined absolutely 10
do violence to his honest convIctions.
that hc refused to accept the no,nlna
ton without a plain declaration The,
his faith in free silver was sim ,,n
shaken.
Although new issues had appcarco
and the financial question had becom,.
less nsistont, Mr.. Bryan saw to II th,f
the silver plank was made a prominen,
feature of the Kansas City platform
The war with Spain and the subsc.
uuent acquisition of the Philipninns
had made the money question loss
prominent but Mr.. Bryan did not tol,r
advantage of that fact TO modify his
thcorN. A single intlmation hcwevcr
slight that he had readiusted his
financial views would have united his
party and made him its unchallengod
leader, but az long as he was con.
WINGED of the truth of his contention
he was ready to accept the conso.
quences. even the defeat which camo
at the election.
Four years later Mr.. Bryan did no,
seek the nomination. He made no Go.
crct of his intention TO permit the dis
affected wing of his party to make tho
ticket. He appeared at the conyen.
ton as delegate and had something
to say as to the PLATFORM but he was
not active in the selection of the
ticket
And now, for the third time. this
man who has preserved his fair rcpu.
tation ut all times and in all places is
about TO conduct a presidential cam
paign, Personal worth and personal
endowment are potent indeed, but they
are far from being everything that
contributes to the making of an
American president If they were
with Bryan and Taft in the field. the
problem would he thousand times
more difficult and the result would be
even more problematical than it Is.
c. b. SANDERSON.