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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06

Imagine 10000 tenants Of single city who say sud
denly to their landlords, :You charge too much. We
will not pay. Neither will we out, for there is
where else to go
That is what is happening in New York, and has al
ready spread to Brooklyn and to Chicago. There is an
chance that other large cities will also be affected
1t is the protest of the poor.
The tenement jewellers of the owy East Side say they
are being robbed Rents, they say, have increased by
100 per cent within the past five years. If there is
money strngency the avenue they say what do you
suppose is going in the sums! If Broadway can't af
ford to buy pearls how is the East Side to buy bread
Both affected by the real imaginary hard
times only the East Side feels it first and feels it
bitterly
They have been holding meetings down Pike and
Cherry SITS. Since there other light the company
brought candles They have perfected plan of warfare
AS soon as tenant dlspossessed he is taken in by the
other tenants. Eviction will be slow work, they think
and they remember that they number 100000
Here we face one more big American probem-have
the poor any right to receive dollars worth of home
for dollar?
New York tenement houses are not very different from
the tenements of other big cities. Some better,
worse The great majority have been built not for
comfort but for rent They unsantary. They offer
little light and little air They smell. If you have ever
been in of them you know what that In
mens supposed be of the better class the average
for four is 500 month"; 1913 for three rooms $l
for two. OF the four perhaps two have windows.
The dark the bed chambers You put cot
in them, and, if you crowd chair Into these huge
blocks of jumbed houses the poor of the cities hud
died like many forlorn sheep. They don't like the
sums They stay there because there's other place
for them When rents advanced the first time it
meant awful struggle. But they endured it. They
scrubbed and sewed and bent in the sweatshops
few hours longer that the funerals ncreasedbut they
stayed So they have endured succeeding advances eat
ing less and less and working longer and longer Then
rich played with millions Wall ST.. and the
winter came and prices higher and higher, until
the poor have looked at each other and said How
we liveg'
That is what you reading about in these stories
from New York and Brooklyn and Chicago.
Maybe there ISM anything you can do Maybe You
don't any little houses where the poor live Maybe
you didn't advance the rent So this year. maybe you
can't lower it So today-$2 means much, you see!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
ALLISON, u. S. SENATOR SINCE
1873 TO BE SHOWED OUT AT so

Special Correspondence to The Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. els Sena-
tor VIM. b. Allison, nestor Of the
senate, to be- retired in favor OF
Gov. Cummings, Of Iowa?
Official Washington is stirred
again by the oft-repeated rumor
which comes now stronger than
ever before. The governor is re-
ported to be laying the lines for
the overthrow of the veteran sena-
tor with deliberate care.
Senator Allison Is one of the
most conspicuous men in the upper
house of congress. II long service
counts for anything he Is great
deal more important to the people
at large than any public man living.
He has served in the senate
since March 4, 1873, and prior to
that time had served four terms
in the house of representatives He
has broken all records for mere
length of service; he has reached
the topmost round in the ladder so
far as personal influence goes IN
congress.
There is more of him on the
federal statute books in the way or
important laws affecting the life
of the nation than of any other
man alive. His early earned repu-
tation as a financier has survived
the years, and today there is no
member of either branch of con
gress whose opinion Is so valued on
all financial matters, including OF
course the tariff.
The veteran Iowa statesman has
never been given to display and
long winded speeches on the floor.
But for quarter of a century he
has been recognized as the hub of
the senate inner circle.
He has refused offers OF seat
in the cabinet more often than any
other man in the history OF the
United States. Almost every re-
publican president for generation
has sought his assistance in his
executive work. Over and over
again he has declined appointment
as secretary Of the treasury. Twice
he was near the presidency.
Senator Allison has been In pub
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
Mems
Underwear

Heavy wool, derby,
ribbed underwear, in
tan and gray; all sizes
shirts and drawers;
regularly $1.25; on
sale at .79c
Mems natural wool
underwear; in heavy
weight; shirts are dou-
BILE breast and back;
all sizes shirts and
drawers; regularly
$1.25; on sale at. .79c
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06

There is only one thing that re-
MAINS" Walter said, as he and
Lord Ravenspur walked up and
down after dinner with their CT
CARS. "That photo, uncle. The
one that you were so worried about
in the studio on the night when
Sir James was attacked by Silva
in mistake for you. Where did 1t
come from, and why did it agitate
you so?"
81 had almost forgotten that Ra-
venspur smiled. We'll, that photo
was tied with small packet of
jewels, round Vera's neck when |
carried here away from Italy. | did
not know till lately that it was a
photo of her mother. She must
have been a lovely woman then.
Being an artist, | rather idealized
that photograph-indeed, painted
the picture that Silva stole from it.
1t was only when the picture was
finished that | discovered | had
made a very strong likeness to
Vera; and then | had my doubts.
Here was Vera's mother in the
flesh again. Had | done wrong
Had Flavio deceived me? The
thing has troubled my conscience
ever since. A woman with face
like that to be fiend! Never!
And yet
still. it is all over now. There
have been faults on all sides, sc
that we can all afford to forget and
forgive"
(The End.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06

1t was we'll into the following aft
ernoon when the trained nurse
came quietly down the stairs and
announced to Lord Ravenspur that
her task was finished. Silva had
died in his sleep. The troubled
spirit was at rest, the tardy con-
fession had been made, and Lord
Ravenspur had no longer any occa-
sion to fear the vengeance that had
followed him so long.
There was nothing much to
arouse public curiosity. A servant
at the house on the common had
been severely mauled by savage
dog prowling about, and he had
succumbed to the shock. The news
papers had a few paragraphs, but
in a day or two the incident was
forgotten.
Ravenspur and the countess were
good enough friends now, and Mrs
Delahay was beginning to recover
| her health and strength again. Al
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06

The great annual White Sale at
the Whitehouse this week. They
are selling Muslin Underwear at
half price and Embroideries at less
than half price. 49,"
See John l.. Sullivan's diamond
set gold championship belt at
Whites bar. $50
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
Black
Taffetas

26 inch black taffe-
tas, sold always at 81
a yard; on sale Tues
day at soc
80 inch black taffe-
tas, has a nice luster
finish; heavy weight,
for waists and drop
skirts; $1.25 value; on
sale at, yard. E. soc
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06

lie life nearly 60 years. He was
delegate to the convention which
nominated Lincoln in Chicago. He
was on the governors staff in Iowa
during the early days of the civil
war, and helped organize the splen-
did force Iowa sent to the field.
His present term in the senate
expires March 4, 1909, two days
after his 80th birthday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
Ladies'
Gloves

Ladies' 16 button
cape gloves, in tan on
ly; on sale at, a
pair ...... $3.50
Ladies' IL button
length white kid glove,
in all sibes; sold regu-
larly at $3.50 a pair;
on sale at, pair. .$2.65
Ladies' black, fleece
lined gloves, in sizes
from 51s to Z; just the
thing for the cold
weather; on sale Tues
day at, a pair. 18c
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
Die AND DOC

The messenger boy wins race
on skates, but it is because his
purp butted in.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-21
TIE RAILWAY MAI CLERKS.

One Of the important branches of
the government service with which the
public comes very little in contact is
the railway p%ostofice. A letter is
dropped into the mail box and no
further thought is given 1t, the writer
feeling supremely confident that 1t will
be taken up and promptly delivered
to the person addressed. The machin-
cry with which this end Is accom-
plished is known in a generally indeti-
mite way as the mail service, and with
a few of its operations the public is in
some degree familiar. The carrier
who delivers the mail through the city
is known to the persons along his
route. The clerks who dispense
stamps at the windows are also more
or less understood, and the postmaster
is forever in the limelight. But back
of these is a great army OF skilled and
proficient workmen, hard-worked and
underpaid, on whose proficiency de-
ponds absolutely the operation of the
service.
The railway postofice is really the
backbone of the mail service and its
clerks are the men on whom depend
more than any other the safety and
dispatch of the letters so confidently
entrusted to the government by its peo-
pie. These men are at the present
calling in a quiet way public attention
to their condition and asking that
some relief be granted them by cor
gress, They are prohibited under the
regulations of the Postof1ce depart
ment from going directly to congress
or from taking any active part in poll
tics and, consequently, are in a large
measure compelled to ask the public
for assistance in their effort to secure
relief in the way of better pay and i'm
proved conditions. They have been
turned down on various occasions by
the appropriations committee at Wash.
ington on account of the never-failinl
deneit in postal revenues, but this has
not discouraged them. They still per
sist in their efforts and are now secur,
ing a very large share of public sup
mort for their lust request.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-21

a small part of the indulgence in to-
bacco. The country used 5000, 0O0,-
600 cigars last year, an increase of 40
per cent over the consumption OF 1900,
and to this must be added an immense
amount Of plug tobacco, mixtures, fine
cut and snuff. In 1870 the country
used about 1000, 900, 900 cigars. or
only one-eighth as many as went up
in smoke last year. The American to-
bacco crop in 1895 was valued at S24,-
25S,00O. 1t increased in 1900 to 353,-
$780, 0O and last years crop was
valued at $76,235, 900, in addition to
which this country imported cigars and
tobacco products to the value of $685.
000,0 00. The per capita consumption
of tobacco in America is now about
100 cigars. sixty cigarettes and four
pounds of plug, mixtures or snuff.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-21
ME-. BRYAN As ~ HEIR.

Colonel Bryan has said and done
many ~ill-advised and foolish things in
a political way but, as the campaign
progresses It develops that he capped
the climax in that line when he claimed
TO be the political heir Of the Roose-
welt policies. The absurdity of the
pretention is apparent in view Of the
speech Of Temporary Chairman Clay
ton at the Denver convention, de-
nouncing the record of President
Roosevelt, and OF Mr.. Bryan's nation
wide series of speeches criticising prac-
tically every official act OF the pres
ent administration.
The record again furnishes album
dant proof refuting Bryan's claims.
Perhaps the most prominent of the So
called Roosevelt policies" was the
regulation of railway rates. President
Roosevelt declared for laws on that
subject in messages to congress, fol-
lowed It up with appeals to the peo-
pie and finally won a notable victory.
While he was making that fight, Mr..
Bryan was declaring that attempts at
failure and that the only remedy for
railroad abuses was to be found in
government ownership. He chung to
that doctrine until as late as May,
1907, a year after the Roosevelt rate
law had been passed by congress. Can
Mr.. Bryan be considered the logical
heir to the Roosevelt railroad rate pol
icy?
President Roosevelt was elected vice
president in 1900, when Mr.. Bryan
was the presidential candidate on the
opposing ticket. In that campaign
Mr.. Bryan made "anti-imperialism"
the paramount ISSUE. He demanded
the immediate recognition of the in
dependence of the Philippines and an
Overwhelming majority of the Ameri-
can people decided that he was wrong.
President Roosevelt has been most
active in urging legislation looking to
the advancement of the Filipinos to
the point where they will be capable
of self-government. Mr.. Bryan, within
the week, has reiterated his demand
for immediate recognition of the indie
~pendence of the F%ilipinos. Can Mr..
Bryan claim to be the heir of Presi-
dent Roosevelt in relation to the Phil
ippines?
Mr.. Bryan has, in his whole public
career, been consistent, If on nc other
subject, in his demand for a reduction
of the army and navy. President
Roosevelt has been the leader of the
movement for a larger army and navy.
Can Mr.. Bryan prove heirship to the
presidents army and navy policies?
Mr.. Bryan is opposing the presi-
dents plan for regulation Of the
trusts, for amendment of the inter
state laws, for an emer-
gency currency and practically for ev-
cry reform in legislation urged by the
republican administration. Can he
imagine that his fellow citizens will
take him seriously when he tells them
that he Roosevelt's political heir, when
the president is solemnly warning
them that Taft, not Bryan, stands for
his policies his undertakings his ideals
and all that he holds highest and most
important in public affairs?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-21
TAKING STOCK OF RESOURCES.


Following up the work inaugurated
at the conference of governors at
Washington, the National Conservation
commission has a force of experts at
work preparing al inventory of the
country's national resources. This is
the essential preliminary step to a re-
port to congress showing just what the
nation has in the form of latent natural
wealth, and the proper plans for its
conservation and development for the
benefit of the whole people. The COM
mission has decided upon a wholesale
plan of cooperation in this work, send
ing for information to government
representatives in the field, to govern
ment representatives stationed at diff
ferent localities, to bureaus of statistics
all ove the country, to county clerks
and assessors, to manufacturers, lum--
Der dealers, railroad and steamship
companies and to farmers. The data
secured from these sources will be
compiled and tabulated for the infor-
nation and guidance of congress.
These inquiries call for information
on the widest range of subjects, in
Guiding farms and mineral lands; crops
and crop production; about swamp
lands and overflow lands and irriga-
ton; for ali facts about navigation
and the use of inland waters; cost of
water transportation and railroad
rates and the possibilities of the de-
velopment OF water power; for all data
about forests and the existing waste
and possible economies in the produc-
ton of them; upon the amount of min
erals left and the probable duration
of the mineral supply, and upon the
supply of live stock, game and fish.
In spite of the political excitement,
it is cheering to note that the differ
ent states are taking a keen interest in
this work, state conservation commits
stons being organized at the rate of
three or four a week. The movement
is not regarded as having any partisan
significance whatever, the whole peo-
pie apparently being aroused to the
Importance of a policy of preventing a
destruction of the country's national
heritage. 1t is expected that the data
collected will be sufficient to create
something of a sensation when it is
presented to the text general meeting
of the commission to be held at Wash
ington early in December. 1t will
show the possibilities yet remaining
for the development of the national re-
sources in a manner to keep the United
States at the head of the column in the
worlds march of progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-21
which Is the safe Man.

Conceding to william j. Bryan all the
honesty of purpose that his most ardent
admirers claim for him, that he means
well, Is he a man of experience and safe
Ideas to be intrusted with the great re-
sponsibilities and duties OF the presidency
He is unsteady and unstable in his views.
In the twelve years he has been before
the country he has jumped from one thing
to another with the nimbleness of an aero
bat. His paramount issues Of one year
have been lightly cast aside for whatever
new thought might be considered catchy
with the people in another year. He has
skipped from free silver 20 government
ownership of railroads and has skipped
away from both Of them for something else.
What assurance has anyone. who is will
irg to accept his paramount issues Of this
campaign, that he will not promptly aban-
don any or all of them as soon as some
thing else attracts his attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-21
WELL WORTH WATCHING.
Projected Union of Railroad Workers
and Railroad Capitalists.
ChiCn1o NaWs

The American Railroad Employees and
Investors association is the name of an
organization combining in one body both
railroad officials and employees. A. j.
Earring, president of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul railroad, is chairman of the
executive committee of the new organiza-
ton, and p H. Morrissey, grand master Of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, is
its secretary. The purpose of the organiZa-
ton is to exercise an influence on legisla-
ton affecting railroads. 1t is expected that
the new body, among other things, will
support the movement for a general in
crease of freight rates.
1t is, of course, the right Of any body of
men to get together and organize for any
purpose not contrary to law. Nevertheless,
the organization in question is rather out
Of the ordinary. 1t is not customary for
business men to join with their employees
in organizations OF national scope. The new
railroad association reminds one OF the way
manufacturers and wage-workers in GER
tain tariff-protected industries have COM
bined in the past for the purpose of pro-
noting their joint interests in tariff legisls-
ton, This resemblance is not reassuring.
If the power OF the railroads and their
employees is TO be used in politics for the
furthering of railroad interests the public
should know II. If political activity be not
the purpose OF this new association 1t is
pertinent to ask whit. is its purpose. II
the railroads want only that TO which they
are entitled what is the need of an Or
ganization OF this nature? Why should not
the railroads rather bend their energies to
making a clear presentation Of their case
that will appeal to the mair-minded public?
It Is difficult to see what good the new
organization will accomplish, but its pos
sibilitIes for making trouble loom large. 70
the extent that II flaunts It's power before
the public and seeks to accomplish it's ends
in legislation through the exhibition Of that
power instead OF through appeals for fair
play the railroads invite the politicians TO
make the railroad question an issue In poll
tics. II the men Interested in railroads,
both as investors and employees. band to-
gether to WELD political influence, there
will be a disposition on the part OF the
general public to throw it's strength on the
other side,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-21
Banking and Politics

anyone can tell, he would put his vagaries
into effect when the opportunity offered
and plunge the country into unreliable
commercial horrors.
The cross which he depicted as crushing
labor to the earth, when the cloud lifted
and capital breathed freely again, was
found to be one of silver. not gold, for the
threat OF silver was as potent as It's re-
ality. Labor, the partner of capital, was
aroused from its lethargy and never in its
history has the world witnessed, as was
witnessed in the United states, such a
complete transformation from a position of
utter despair and impotency to one OF glori-
Gus freedom and unequalled prosperity and
progress.
Mr.. Bryan doubtless still believes in his
silver theories; it would be too great a
comedown in his mind to now disavow them
and thereby d~issipate the misty film
through which he has shone as a philoso-
pher and friend of mankind. But he talks
it no more. To further advocate 1t would
subject him to the scorn and ridicule of
his enemies, and would be as dry as dust"
to everybody else. But he has discovered
something to take its place, which Is also
Of a financial character and, which he be-
lieves may be made a political asset OF no
mean form and substance. and he pro-
poses to press 1t with his old-time silver
vim and energy.
This is the guaranty of bank deposits.
The poor depositor is now the sbuJect Of
his commisseration and the question as
he presents 1t is one calculated to enlist
for him a sympathetic support.
1 believe shall be able to show that in
this latest endeavor Mr.. Bryan would re-
verse the old democratic slogan of drive
the rascals out" with bring the rascals
in" That the proposition is accompanied
with the same feature of taking money
from one set OF men and giving It to
another set, without reason or recompense:
That he would divert the means belonging
to honest and conservative business, and
use them to bolster up the fortunes and
operations of the speculative and dishonest
business.
While the dangers which the success OF
the scheme would threaten the commercial
interests Of the country are fully equal to
those in his free silver proposition, ! will.
l believe, further show that It is a gold
brick proposition for the ignorant and un-
wary, equal to any vulgar expedient ever
practiced and far exceeding them all in the
magnitude of its conception.
HENRY w. YATES.