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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
RELIGIOUS
Methodist Bishops Elected.

The general Methodist Episcopal con.
ference at Baltimore finished its ballot.
ing for bishops May &C. when the pre-
scribed number had been chosen. They
are Anderson of New York, Neulson
Of Ohio, Quayle of Chicago, Smith Of
Pittsburg, Lewis Of Sioux City, Presi-
dent Hughes of De Pauw university
and Bristol Of Washington. The cons
ference gave a warm welcome to the
delegates from the Methodist Prot
estant church, who appeared in the In
terest of reunion. At their head was
President Lewis Of the Protestants-
The judiciary committee decided to re-
open the heresy case against DR.. 81. G.
Mitchell of Boston university.
Presbyterians Welcome Union.
The general assembly of the Presby-
terrain church in the United States con-
tinued its sessions at Kansas City and
took formal action looking to union
with the Reformed church. the general
synod of which was In session at
York, Pa The latter body has approx
ed the proposed articles of agreement
for the use of all Presbyterian
branches. The convention at Kansas
City expressed gratitude to Rockefeller
and Carnegie for their gifts to Presby.
terrain colleges. A report in favor of
doing away with all labor on Sunday
was received and debated, but action
was deferred.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05

Fl 81 : z 4f5
Topeka. Kan, has a1reaiy begun ad,
vertising for men and teams to assist
in the coming grain harvest He calls
for 21,500 men and 1875 teams. The
harvest is expected to begin in the
southern belt about June Is. Farm
ers will pay $4 and So day for man
and team
Worlds Biggest Clock Starts.
A clock started on top Of the soap
factory of Colgate & Co. in Jersey City
last week is believed to be the largest
clock in the world. 1t is thirty-eight
feet across its dial, and the mechanism
weighs 1000 pounds. The minute hand
Is twenty feet long and its end travels
twcnty-four inches every minute. AT
night the hands are outlined with In.
candescent lights, red lights marking
each mineral and white for each min.
ute mark.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
NO PERPETUAL FRANCHISES.

Mr.. Pinchot, of the forestry depart
ment. has been making highland
thus far successful one-against the
granting of perpetual franchises to
water power companies which are
seeking to utilize the streams in the
forest reserves. He Is right; a per-
petual franchise is an unspeakable
menace. No one can see far enough
into the future to define the terms and
conditions of perpetual franchise.
No one can estimate the value of such
a franchise thousand years hence,
or even hundred years hence. No
franchise should be granted for more
than 20 or 25 years and then the gov
eminent should reserve the right to
regulate prices charged for power and
should also reserve the right to take
over the plant at any time upon pay
ment OF actual value, exclusive of the
value of the franchises.
The government is not supposed to
give away anything valuable and 1t
ought never to have to buy back a
franchise. A power company which
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not object to strict regulations or to
surrender to the government at the
will of the government, and corpora
tons which seek to get something for
nothing and then employ the public
grant to exploit the public have no
claim to consideration.
Mr.. Pinchot is right in insisting that
there should be a time limit on fran
chises-he ought to go step farther
and insist upon the governments right
to protect the public by taking over
the plant whenever public interest de
mands it. Each generation should be
left free to make such use of the eartf
as times and conditions require. NJ
generation has right to fetter the
future with perpetual franchises.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
.ODAL.LER
The Beautiful

No quality helps more in selling
roadster than elegant conformation and
style. If you get these qualities you
have to breed for them and horse to
transmit them surely must not only
possess them himself, but must inherit
them strongly through both sire and
dam. Lodaller's sire, Allerton, 2:09a,
is noted for string beauty when bred to
mares like the dams of Lodaller and
Locanda.
The dam of Lodaller, Lodina, 2:184,
was, in racing condition, one of the
handsomest mares that ever scored for
the word. Like her son, she could race
and maintain her good looks. Her
series of spllt-heat races with Chain
Shot, 2:064, over Wisconsin half mile
tracks, in her last campaign, proved
her much greater trotter than her
record indicates. Her defeat of Chain
Shot at Beaver Dam, was pronounced
by Pres. Newton, of the Wisconsin
State Fair, the best race he ever saw.
Lodaller started out, in emulation of
his dam, by winning seven blue ribbons
in three different states, defeating
many horses, and causing others to re-
main in the barn, that had never before
been defeated. AS race horse he won
four times in his class and was second
in a free-for-all. Then a runaway
crashed into him in his fifth race and
ended his winning. But for this he
would have taken record as good as
2:15 last fall. Some keen judges say
better.
1fyou want to breed trotters handsome
and fast, Lodaller is your horse. His
foals are all fine looking, good gated
trotters, no PAGERS, not even from
pacing mares.
His class as race horse is indicated
by his defeating in contested races,
over half mile tracks, such stations as
Sir Boreal, Allie Dale, Wisconsin Bill,
Henry o., and The Fox. The latter
horse twice.
Lodaller's fee is $4,000 to ins.re
mare with foal. Mares losing their
foals may be returned free of charge
or the money will be refunded, at my
option. Mondays and Tuesdays at
Harmony, MINI. Tabulated pedigree
on application.
M. T. GRATTAN,
Preston, MINI.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
POLITICAL
johnson In the South.

johnson In the South.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota con-
tinued his journey into the south, be-
ing the guest Of several Alabama
towns, delivering an address at the
university. Everywhere he was. re-
ceived with much favor as a possible
candidate for the presidency.
Wright to Succeed Taft.
Washington is talking Of the report
ed offer Of the war portfolio to Luke
u. Wright of Memphis, Tenn. when
Taft retires to accept the presidential
nomination. Although Wright has al
ways been Democrat it is understood
that he intends to vote the Republican
ticket this year. Wright was advanced
from the Philippine governorship to be
ambassador to Japan.
Gompers Attacks Cannon.
In the current number of Federation
list President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor has his fling at
the do nothing congress- and particu-
larly at its dominating member, Speak
er Cannon. He charges that Cannon
represents "the powerful interests"
which placed him there and warns
members that they will be held re-
sponsible by labor for allowing con-
gress to be delivered bound hand and
foot to the will of this one man.
New Hampshire Uninstructed.
The Democrats of New Hampshire
| in state convention at Concord voted
down a resolution instructing for Bry-
| an, but delegates favorable to the Ne.
| hraskan We're chosen.
New Oklahoma Tax Laws.
| Prior to the adjournment of the Ok
lahoma legislature Governor Haskell
signed several radical tax bills. One
| puts tax Oh all incomes over $500
and another makes graduated tax
on land holdings over G4O acres; also
an Inheritance tax. Other new laws
prohibit overcharges by public service
companies, nomination of presidential
electors at the primaries prohibiting
sale Of mineral lands before 1915 ani
jury trials in supreme court contemp
| cases.
Another Prohibition State.
Unofficial returns of the election il
North Carolina May &c. indicated {
majority of from 10000 to 10000 fol
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
FROM THE
MIR. BRYAN'S PAPER
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

At the governors conference.
called by the president, Mr.. Bryan re-
ferred to the discussion about the
relative spheres of the nation and the
state and said that there is mo twi-
light zone between the nation and the
state in which exploiting interests can
take refuge from both" He had In
mind the constant attempts of preda-
tory corporations to avoid national
laws by an appeal to states rights and
to avoid state laws by an appeal to
national supremacy. Every one who
has tried to protect the public from
the plundering that has been carried
on by monopolies knows how the big
corporations have played fast and
loose with both nation and state. 1t
was for this reason that the phrase,
twilight zone," struck such re-
sponsive chord. The president imme-
diately seized upon 1t and used 1t to
explain his position. The president
said: "Just word Of what has been
called the twilight land between the
powers Of the federal and state gov
ernments. My primary aim in the
legislation that / have advocated for
the regulation of the great corpora
tions has been to provide some effec-
tive popular sovereign for each cor
poration do not wish to keep this
twilight land one of large and vague
boundaries, by judicial decision that
In a given case the state can not act,
and then a few years later by other
decisions that in practically similar
cases the nation can not act either. l
am trying to find out where one or the
| other can act, SO there shall always
be some sovereign power that on be-
half of the people can hold every big
corporation, every big individual, to
an accountability SO that its or his
acts shall be beneficial to the people
| as whole"
However people may differ about
the methods employed by the chief
executive-and Mr.. Bryan has dis
scented from some of them-no one
can dispute the presidents statement
that every corporation must be
amenable to some sovereign. 1t is
absurd to say that the laws can create
fictitious person, called corpora
ton, and that the creature can ther
defy its creator and Cypress at will
the people Of the entire country.
These corporations have controlled
national politics for years and resen
any interference with their plans
They control politics in several state:
and are reaching out after more. They
substitute newspapers and these pa
pers defame every servant of the PEG
pie and eulogize every official who be
trays his constituents. They con
tribute to the campaign funds to de
bauch politics; they corrupt business
methods and when these corrup
methods are attacked they hide be
hind honest wealth and denounce al
reform as an attack on legitimate &C
cumulations.
1t Ia time to eliminate the "tw'
light zone" and hold to strict account
ability all the agencies created by tn
people. The game of hide and see
must stop, and the nation and tn
state, each in Its respective sphere
must exercise its power to the full
first, to make private monopoly I'm
possible. and second, to so regulat
, quasi public corporations as to max
them subserve the purpose for whicl
| they were created.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
PENNSYLVANIA's OBJECT
LESSON.

The Democratic state convention
recently held in Pennsylvania Is her.
aided as a victory for the "conserva.
tive" element of the party, and yet
it will only prove anew the old say
ing that whom the gods would de-
stroy they first make mad" Nothing
but an insane contempt for every
Democratic principle could have led
to the brazen disregard of the will Of
the rank and file of party unmistak.
ably expressed at the polls manifested
at Harrisburg.
The convention was an excellent il
lustration Of the difference between
conventions and the primary method
of election, and just such conventions
led to the adoption of the primary
system. At the primary, where the
voters had a chance to express them
selves, more than two-thirds of the
district delegates were instructed, and
yet in the state convention the dele
gates elected at the same primaries
Joined in with a political boss to de-
feat instructions.
Take Philadelphia, for instance.
Fortyone delegates, who were elected
at the primaries where district dele
gates to Denver were instructed,
voted In the state convention against
instructions, and the Al votes from
Philadelphia were enough to change
the result in the state convention.
There were number of delegates
from other countries who voted con-
trary to the wishes of voters as those
wishes were expressed at the pri-
maries. Democrats may differ on
economic questions and on platform
utterances, but Democrats cannot diff.
fer as to the duty of representatives
to represent their constituents. A
delegate has no more right to turn
to his private advantage the authority
conferred upon him by voters than
trustee has to convert to his own
use money deposited with him.
The action OF the state convention
was, In effect, an embezzlement of
power and can be defended only by
those who are ignorant Of or indiffer-
ent to, the Democratic principle that
conventions derive their just powers
from the consent of the voters. The
question as to what candidate the
Democrats of Pennsylvania favor is Of
little Importance compared with the
question, Have the Democrats of
Pennsylvania right to voice in the
selection of candidates?'
IL seems that boy ,nf
ing to the opinion of those in charge
OF the Harrisburg convention. The
1act that 1t was necessary to turn
down men like Representative Creasey
and ex-Treasurer Berry shows how
desperate the men in control were.
The action of the convention will
have but little Influence On the gen.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Republican Hesitancy.
The Indianapolis News, independent

The indianapolis News, independent
Republican, says:
THE party governing for twelve
years now has seen it's high-built and
gilded prosperity come down with a
crash on the eve of a presidential cleo
ton; has seen the sacred tariff that
it has worshipt coming to its own in
such inequalities and injustices as to
make dissatisfaction loud and deep.
The people have been suffering from
high meat prices, high lumber prices,
but who shall dare put anything on the
free list? Who shall dare reform the
steel schedule to stop the plumber
ing of home buyers compared with
favored foreigners? Who shall make
an end of the preposterous treatment
for years of the Philippines for the
benefit of the sugar and tobacco mo-
nopolies? That also involves the tariff.
And thing that has been the un-
quenchable light on the altar since the
party's birth is not to be touched with
hasty or unholy hands. Men must have
time to think. Especially so when all
this synchronizes with audacious legis-
lation against old and tried supporters
the corporations and with the time
when new man is to be found for
president and-hardest of all-party
leader. There is the additional burden.
New policies impend. High tariff and
corporationism will not longer do.
What shall take their place and to what
degree and in what shape?
1T is indeed a most interesting
political development tnat we are wit
Messing. 1t is great party in the air
to certain extent, not knowing lust
what step to take next. So this un-
willingness to act is no mere haughti-
ness. 1t is a sign of hesitancy; the
hating of great host that heretofore
and thus far has marched without falt-
ering, now surrounded by so many new
conditions as to be doubtful of just who
are its friends and to be uncertain as
to the landscape, not recognizing in
stinctively what to do at the parting of
ways"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
INDUSTRIAL
r. r. Opens New Short Cut.

p. r. r. Opens New Short Cut.
The new double track freight line
from Pittsburg to Trenton, N. j., was
declared open and in operation May
rs by the Pennsylvania railroad Off.
Gals, who also said the line would be
soon extended to the seashore.
June I Employment Day."
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Prosperity association has issued
from st. Louis call to manufacturers
and commercial concerns to make a
concerted effort to resume operations
on June / so as to give work to the
unemployed.
Strikers Reject Arbitration.
President Dupont of the Cleveland
Municipal Traction company announc-
cd that the motormen and conductors
on strike had voted almost unanimous.
~ against submitting their rights to
seniority of unemployment to an arbi.
tratfon tribunal. Therefore it had been
decided to give choice of runs to those
men who continued to work during
the strike. Police Chief Kohler assert
ed that he had obtained confessions
from two strikers telling Of the dyna-
hitting of cars and saying that they
got the dynamite at strike headquar-
tiers. Officers Of the car mems union
denied any knowledge Of the alleged
confessions or the men making them.
Textile Mills Resume.
The week has shown a marked in
crease in the volume of buying and
selling in eastern cities, and the i'm
mense textile plant of the Dobsons In
Philadelphia has started up for the
first time since last fall. Orders in the
carpet, plush and velvet departments
give assurance of activity for some
time to come.
Steel Workers Admit Negroes.
The annual convention of the Anal
gamated Iron and Steel Workers at
Youngstown, o., resulted in the de-
cision to allow negroes to enter the
organization. This action was taken
in the hope of preventing the use of
colored men as strike breakers in fu-
ture.
Kansas Calling For Help.
Free Employment Agent Gerow Of
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05

the factory towns went dry Glenn
comes out of the fray with flying col
ors, while the license forces have mi
grated to New York for their next bat.
tie.
Bryan and Taft For Publicity.
Secretary Taft gave out telegram
he had received from w. ]. Bryan and
reply. What Bryan said was:
II beg to suggest that as leading can
didates in our respective parties we
join in asking congress to pass a bill
requiring publication of campaign con-
tributions prior to election. If you
think best we can ask other candi-
dates to unite with us in that request"
To this Taft replied by quoting let
ter he had written to Senator Bur-
rows on April 80 urging the passage
of the pending publicity bill. He adds
that since then he has publicly advo.
Gated such law.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05

ana print paper. I,ne majority say
they found no evidence of combina-
ton in restraint of trade. but did find
that increased costs in production had
entered largely into the advance of
prices. They think a removal of the
tariff would result in the destruction
of the forests, dismantling of our pa
per mills and higher prices of paper
instead of lower. On the other hand,
the minority say that 1.-THE tariff plus
the tariff engendered combinations"
does account for all of the advance in
price of paper.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05

erai result, because the convenrloi.
only selected four delegates-atlarge
ga having been previously selected
at primaries). but the object lesson
which the convention furnished in
boss rule carried to the extreme will
be valuable to the state, for it will
hasten the regeneration of Democratic
politics in Pennsylvania, and regenera-
ton is necessary, If the Democratic
party is to be more than an adjunct
of the Republican party. AS it is now,
the main purpose seems to be to pre-
vent the Democrats from taking ad-
vantage of the widespread opposition
to Republican corruption.
Only by instructing can the voters
control; the uninstructed delegate Is
q guardian without bond.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
BY MEAD PUBLISHING CO
Official Paper Of City and County.
Fly Blisters.

The following editorial is taken from
the Philadelphia North American rep:
.When John Sharp Williams played
revivalist and pleadedin mock sermon
with the republican majority in congress
either to permit or to refuse to
permit vote on the Stevens
bill, to place wood pulp on on the free
list, the democratic leader furnished
good fun.
s'But it was more serious comedy
than it was considered by the republi-
can congressman, who grinned at his
satire and ignored his plea. AS mat
ter of fact, his call for thirty members
of the majority to join the solid minors
ty in vote expressive OF the real
sentiment of majority OF
congress, and the wish of practi-
cally the entire public was the bitter
est of rebukes.
"What Mr.. Williams did was to place
two fly blisters on the Cannon clique
and on those who submit meekly to the
speakers vicious tyranny. They laugh
ed on Wednesday. But they will not
laugh when the sting of those blisters
grows hottest next November.
'The first blister was put upon the
'standpatters. These have been blind
to changes in business conditions.and in
public sentiment. They have been too
narrow-minded to understand the cause
which have induced the true leaders of
the party to declare for tariff revision.
The result is that the democratic lead
er was enabled to show the false re-
publican leaders in an attitude of alb
surd perplexity, unable to advance o,
retreat without complete self-stultii-
cation.
s'And the second Williams blister was
his striking exposition of the complete
control Of the Cannon machine ovel
the once representative house of rep
resentatives.
1.-THE truth never was more singing
than his plea for only thirty good re.
publicans to sign the petition to the
speaker, already signed by 162 demo
Gratis, to grant reorganization to some
one to move the passage of bill aimee
at an iniquitous and oppressive mo
nopoly.
''Mr. Williams is right. There are
many more than thirty republican con
gressmen who, in their hearts, know
the justice and the need of this legisla
ton. But they sit more like mice
than men, fearing Cannon more thar
the will of the whole people, expires
sed by the peoples president.
'It is not a pleasing spectacle fol
any honest republican. Yet we thinl
it well that light should be throw
thus upon men without sufficient cour
age to vote for their own convictions
The exposure came at a good time
The newspaper publishers of the cour
try are in Washinton, either in perso
or proxy. They are there saying tw
words for the public to every one TO
for themselves in their protes
against the outrageous extortion of tn
forest-wrecking paper trust. They ar
seeing for themselves how the cove
senators and congressman truckle an
shame themselves at the dictation G
the Aldrich clicque and the Canno
clique.
"From them truth long Suppressed, Q
else CLOSED over, will be given to tn
people. And, when it is too late t
laugh at Williams grim humor, man
of these misrepresentation will lear
that in the country the people, afte
all, have the last word and the las
laugh"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.

Many have done excellently, but
none have made drawer fight than
the Pennsylvania Democrats, who
have met and conquered the consoli-
dated forces of predatory wealth. But
the victory was won at the primaries,
not at state convention.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05

Nature has provided the stomach with
certain natural fluids known as the di-
gestive juices, and it is through these
juices that the food we eat is acted
upon in such way as to produce the
rich, red blood that flows through the
veins of our body and thereby makes
us strong, healthy and robust, and it is
the weakening of these digestive juices
that destroys health. 1t is our own
fault if we destroy our own health, and
it is so easy for anyone to put the
stomach out of order. When you need
to take something take it promptly,
but take something you know is reli-
able some thing like Kodol For Dys-
pepsia and Indigestion. Kodol is pleas
ant to take, it is reliable and is guar
anteed to give relief. 1t is sold by E.
III. Tomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
WHERE2

Now that Alabama and Michigan
have acted to what states will those
anxious guardians of Democracy. the
New York Sun and the New York
World, turn for relief from the rule
of the majority?