The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-10

SAASA0Ay NA0S" - WAN S S0
under the Sherman antitrust act has
recently shown the public what had
| for some time been we'll known to the
department Of justice-that many es.
| Establishments and enterprises widely
and emphatically advertising them
selves as independent of all trusts are
simply branches Of the very trust to
which they profess deadly enmity. l
think there is reason tt believe that
certain organs of public opinion, per-
haps under the like guidance, pursue a
| similar tortuous policy. They seek to
| obstruct the execution of the laws by
yehemently and perpetually demand
| ing impossibilities of those charged
| with their execution" Regarding the
selection Of the proper man he said:
II am not advocating any person, but
things that the man now is doing. He
| should be a man who is not the serv-
ant of any interest, class or combina-
| ton, but a man who will represent the
| people,"
Bailey Will Not Resign.
United States Senator Bailey Of Tex
! as has issued a statement concerning
the published report Of rumors that
he would resign and ask the Demo
Gratis of the state again to indorse him
for the senate. He ~pronounces this
rumor as entirely %unfounded and states
that all his friends perfectly under
stand that the opposition to him does
not constitute 10 per cent of the regu-
lar Democrats of Texas. ''This being
true" he says, my friends would
hardly consider it necessary to my
| vindication that ] must humor the
whims of political nondescripts, Social
lists and anarchists"
Motto on Coin Resolution.
"~Responding to request" Represent
alive J. Hampton Moore Of Philadel-
phia has introduced a resolution pro-
viding for the restoration and contin-
ued use of the motto ''In God We
Trust on all silver and gold coins Of
the United States. The resolution calls
for the destruction of all dies from
| which gold or silver coins minus the
motto could be coined in future.
Prays For Bryan's Election.
The presence of w. ]. Bryan in Guth-
| rie, Okla, recently inspired the chap
lain OF the lower house Of the legisla-
ture to pray that Mr.. Bryan might be
the next president of the United States.
Immediately after the prayer the house
broke into a storm Of applause that
lasted several minutes. The speaker
added emphasis by putting it as a
question to the body. Every Democrat
present answered cave" Later both
branches of the legislature met to lis
ten to a speech by Mr.. Bryan, and he
was aftcrward given a reception, dur
ing which he shook hands with sew
eral thousand people.
w. j. Bryan Now a Senator.
Governor Broward of Florida has ap-
pointed William James Bryan Of Jack
sonville to the United States senate to
fill out the %uneXpired term of the late
| Stephen r.. Mallory. Mr.. Bryan is a
young man. being only about thirty
years old. He is a native of Florida.
Knox Defends FrankIin's Title.
Speaking at the New England society
dinner at Philadelphia, Senator Knox
took issue with Hannis Taylor of Ala
bama, former minister to Spain, on
the question as to the claim made by
the latter that the constitution of the
United States had been designed by
the noted jurist Peletiah Webster,
who gave the world the half breaking
idea of a federal government operat-
ing directly from the citizen. Senator
Knox asserted that there was evidence
to establish the fact that Benjamin
Franklin was the originator of the ia
nous document. Now Mr.. Taylor has
challenged Senator Knox to a joint
public debate on this subject before
the Bar association of the District of
Columbia. Mr.. Taylor claims to have
unearthed the document Of Feb. lG.
1888, in which Webster announced the
entire plan of the federal constitution.
He hopes to be able to compel the SEN
ator to publicly admit that Franklin
never conceived in any form the sys-
tenn of federal government which Web
ster invented.
Foraker SCOTS at Regeneration.
In making an address at the banquet
given in connection with the conven-
ton Of the Merchant Marine league at
Cleveland, O., Senator J. B. Foraker
delivered himself of these sentiments:
I'VE are passing through strange expe-
riences. The plainest common
propositions with respect to great bust
ness transactions are whistled down
the wind If they do not happen to suit
the excited fancy of a lot of self con-
stituted representa- xa9z
tives Of an alleged N#M
moral regeneration EN...A
Of the business A1#NA$S#Asy
world. All this ia kAsX#S####@y
unnatural, unwar. 1.M#Y
ranted and injuri- Xkxll
GUS, and we are now S@~
paying the penalty. 49,
The most stupen- senator
dous prosperity the world has ever wit
messed has been checked and chilled.
1t will be months, probably longer, be-
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