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The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
THE DECADENCE OF RESPONSIBILITY.
Atrophy of Personal Conscience in the Individual Citizen Is the Worst Menace to Our Prosperity-Tbose
 Who Are Not Vigilant Cannot Complain.

only by the vigilance Of tho ordinary citizen that can hope simply the Freedom entitled to- but the law order which which md for which we lcsaic Each of should take direct interest in affairs that fellow It be that the typical American absorbed In business much personal anbi- Gppcd in Aury schhy mduecnt appreciate this of The decnlenCe of personal responsibility in the American citizen Is the prosperity free people Many the deiorabe conditions that distress ns at the lime due the auophy of personal conscience in the individual citizen We longsuhcrng people and are often o necessity of agitation and reform when the measures should the elect The people supposed be about their affairs and administration matters they have directed there Is sad coming in this respect and here the vigilance of the citizen necessary If o then why he criticised? Ought the community at large to be who spend their time and thought in trying to abnses?-FostOn Herald
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

New Mexico timber company which
 ondeayored hy fraud to get possession of government lands and that he tried
 to push through congress q bill en'
 abling the company to override the
 law is somewha broken by the fact
 that the accuser seems to have been willing to be bought off before making
 the charges public That MT sherman like the other friends of Speaker Can
 non, Is inclined to regard the country
 as an oyster may be frankly admitted But there IS no reason to suspect hS personal ntegrity-certaInly mono IA suggested by this attack at the very close of tho campaign, There arc
 thousands of voters who wish that some one else had been selected to run on the ticket with MT, Taft But | they are not in the least likely to allow that circumstance to turn then
 to MT. Bryan. Least of all will they | pay attention to accusations which
 there Is no time to slft,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

candidacy in New York state. That assertion has since been unqualhedy refuted by the president himself on number of occasions,
 Even were the story about MT Sher- man a true one, it is highly improb- able that 1t would lose many voters to the republican national ticket As 1t is, the positive denial by Mir sherman that there is anything in the whole tale of a New Mexico land grab with its charges of bribery of government officials added for spice may be ac- cepted at this late date as satisfactory The very fact, as the Springfield Re publican has pointed out, that the charges have not come out until this late date is in itself suspicious. They are unfair on their very face, inasmuch as no adequate opportunity can be given at this late date for those ac- cuscd to make an adequate and cx- tended defence All voters will take that into consideration This the World itself must have realized The conclusion is obviously that the Wo.li has only just run counter to these charges and, because of the late date, 1t has hurried them into print without that thorough investigation they should have.
 On the other hand, another thing which disparages the worth of these charges Is the fact that they originated with q California lawyer, recently bankrupt, who has shown q wiling ness on more than one occasion to be bought off This incident, combined
 with the sale of the now-famous Archhold letters, which Mir. Hearst has been reading, points to the fact that the presidential campaign of 1908 will | ulllNuDttu4S uS lullB lSlll'iI''''H ''' one In which professional blackmaiers played a prominent part but to little effect Says the Hartford Times of the incident: "The attempt to blacken his (Sherman's) reputation in this affair
 must be regarded as a complete fail ure," Says the Courant; "The first o,
 the expected, discounted roorbacks of
 the w!nd-up week the one that came
 whiting and burbling out of Mir 1 Pulitlzer's neck of woods is alroady a
 deader Even the New York Post says
 that James S, sherman has cleared l himself"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
1t when the conceit ls taken ont of a freshman The Jewish Ledger,
Mrs Newlvmed- Fred. dear. l

Mrs Newlywed Fred, dear I have done you a great injustice,
 Mir Newlywed---In what way2
 Mrs NeWlywed Well | suspected you without reason l asked several of your friends thnt you go 10 tn. club with if you ever knew how tu play poker and everyone of them thought a minute and said you didn't Chicago Daily News.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
This Cannot Be F. V. Bebs.

T-TTT--TWT T TTE.T
 Kokomo Ind, Oct. 23,--At Lafayette to-day, while riding to the speakers stand, NIr. Taft had this note thrust into his hand by well-dressed man; MT Taft Twelve years ago drove a mortgaged mule to this city 10 hear MT Bryan speak. To-day I came in mg own automobile to hear you Can you guess who I am going to vote for?
 "F. " D."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
.@.- .a'--.------s.s

Mr. Bryan has been bomharded by the osculators. Women insisted or kissing him on one cheek Monday and he gallantly offered the other Being kissed as a public hero marked the be- ginning of the downfall of Hobson and Hobsonism will it of Bryan and Bryanism2
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
No, NO Doubt.
lNew London nnN-

tNew London Dav)
 Conercssman Lilley Is making some mighty strong campaign speeches, There will be no doubt in the minds of even the most dense where he stands upon state matters.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

Higher speed on the main lines has been ordered by the management of the German railroads, so that instead of 90 kilometers or 55.02 miles an hour, it will be 100 kllometers, or 62.lS miles an hour.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
Ncnnlng Whnts
CBoston IIerald)

Ni''SlpN ilfILl'lJ The arrival of MT. Hinkey at Yale for coaching purposes need not necessarily be taken AS q gory omen, however. Hinkey is older than he was, and may have reformed
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
Liiicy Has Been in It.
Giartfnrd Cnl1rant ]

The Journal of Commerce hears that the beef trust has been thinking se- riously of emigrating to Europe iu search of q quieter more peaceful life than it has had of late in this country
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
"scme vlsrt,
(Moriden Record. l

It Is somewhat of q surprise that Taft made no mention of Lllley in his New Haven speech yesterday ospecia- ly when he must have known how muen help a Favorable word from him would have been to Lilley's campaign
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

Mrs. Maria Ludlam of oadby, Leices- tershire, England, is 100 years old. She has long been q smoker, and her friends have marked the anniversary of her birth by sending her parcels of tobacco
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
TheE In.ieratnnd EIis Nillor slnnd.

tRoston Transcript
 TO speak to his old Yale friends must have seemed ike q genuine rest to Mir. Taft. His audience understood him.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

T am very happy to believe that the memorable event, writes the Japanese emperor to the President, Twill surely tend to cement tho bonds of friendship and good neighborhood between our two countries. remain your good friend Mutsurito' Sounds as if he were harboring war-like feelings to- wards us, doesn't 1t?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

The students of the Yonkers hish school went on strike Tuesday morning in order to be able to hear MT Taft speak Sorry to have 10 advocate such spirit of rebellion among the youth of the land, but we must say that is the proper spirit.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
Vnicycn Dnya.
Rnstnn Hernld.A

It was q halcyon and yocferous yes- terday down at New Haven for Bill Taft of 7S
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

American rubber boots and shoes aro finding q good market in southern China.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
Fro,n 2 sngrlc.ens source..

(Frovidence' JourralD
 The force of the recently circulated charges against MT sherman, to the effect that he was once interested in d
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

No new elevator in the city hall af- ter all we now are told Perhaps after all, it might be better for some Of our easy job officials in city hall to walk upstairs and then to put the money into something much more needed as for instance the much-needod new frs apparatus and equipment
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

"Clarent" is a word unknown to the French cultivator. Vinum claretum-- i. e., clarified wine-came into early use iu English as "claret or "clarrv," to distinguish the beautifully pellucid wines of Bordeaux from those of Bur gundy and elsewhere.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
That's tIse Way.

ltNovidence JourualD William Howard Taft, Yale '7S That's the way they think of him down in Connecticut.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

Though the government and private railways of Japan carried 126o)0 900 passengers last year, the deaths from accidents numbered only nineteen and the injuries only 913, or fifteen in 100,- GOO deaths and twenty-five in 10, 000 900 accidents. Not g single fatality occur red on the government lines, though 47500 l00 people were carried. This record contrasts favorably with that of the United States where the deaths from railway accidents were one out of each two and q third millions car red, says Canadian Trade Commission CT Preston of Yokohama.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
A LITTLE LAUGHTER.

Do you believe that honesty paYs?' Yes, generally about ten or twelve per week, Boston Transcript.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

Scott-That young friend of yours has quite a pleasing address
 Mott-Ies, he lives over on Joy street -Roaton Transcript.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
SAYINGS AND DoINGs.

China uses a great deal of lead, prin- clpally for lining tea chests
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

sMore than fifty organizations exist fin spain for the study of Esperanto.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

Ex-Governor McLean's assertion at tha Hyperion theater last evening that hil recent Waterbury speech was mis- leading as reported in the columns of Tho journal-Courier is surprising in aamuch our account of what he said exactly agreed with that sent out by the Associated Press to all of its mem bers
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

eshby--Professor ts 1t ever possl, ble to take the greater from the less? |? There Is a pretty close approach. to
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
Maurice Maeterlinck, who, it is an

Maurice Maeterlinck, who, 1t fig an- nounced Is to receive the Nobel prize for literature this year, has been called "the Belgian Shakespeare a title he Is h. no means averse from holding As he Is now only forty-six, 1t is prob able that he has not yet given of his best Laat year he purchased the an ciont abbey of Saint Wandrille, in Nor mandy This historic retreat was in ruins, but the poet set about having the place repaired so that he can en- tcrtan hls friends amid picturesque surroundings
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

q do not believe there are ten men in the state who think MT Lilley got Q fair show before the committee" says Governor Mclean If that is the case, then how can there consistently be more than that numbcr of voters in the state who believe in Mir Tafts running-mate, MT. sherman, who was a Imme mover in congress to get that committees report accepted?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

Johann Martin Schleyer invented Vo- lapuek in a flash of inspiration ono sleepless night Devotion 10 the orig inal Voapuek is still paid by a pub lieatlon printed in Gratz the capital ot Styria Austria, entitled Yolapuekab bled Lczendonik and at present edited by tho aged Bishop Schlever himself who took up the work on the retirement of the previous editor eighteen months ago, Bishop Schleyer is now seventy six years old.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

Done Noble, You Bet. (Springheld UnionD Mr. Pluvlus he done noble.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

Tuesday was President Roosevelt's Aftieth birthday Say what one may, he Is q man who has done things To have served two terms as president and to have tried ones hand at nearly everything from spelling reforms to leading charges In war, is no mean accomplishment especially when all has been accomplished before fifty Furthermore MT Roosevelt is to-day as able physically as any man of thirty as sound as they make 'em, and good for decades to come. Ky the way, is he to become sporting editor of tic Outlook?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

Heretofore Belgium has neglected to provide anything like adequate scien- thc training for dental practitioners, any one that chooses being allowed to practice dentistry. Now however, par liamont has under consideration pro iect regarding aMnerVision Of dentistry
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29
Our Own
 SHIRTS AT SI.5o.

Made In om factory and made full and comfortable, us are all our shirts. We put ten yards more Into dozen shirts than any factory we know about. Some people, used to the close-fttlns kind, complain of too much shirt when they first try our garments; but never after they have worn them. It is not of record that they want to go back to the conventional. short, closc-fitting kind. These shirts are made with the usual thor oughness and finish of our prod- uct. We secured some first class material very advantageously and the price is the result. The de. signs are In effective stripes.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

II has been found that underlying the plain of Sharon in Palestine, at various depths ranging from eighteen to eighty feet there is an lncxhnustible supply of good water for all purposes, For ages the inha bitants have utilized this knowledge, pumping mp the water with primitive arrangements, Now, how ever, these methods are being sup planted by modern engines and outfits, and q new period of prosperity is at hand
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-10-23

WHITE SEWING MACHINE, drawer head automatic,
furnished with either Vibrator Rotary Shuttle Movement
elegantly
saved woodwork Fitted with ball bearings supplied
fu set OF the latest style steel attachments This
young lady who has future home view The this
the This
style and contains all the right
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-17
WHO'S WHO?

The Albert Lea Tribune says: The
Mankato Free Press hands this very
pertinent query to the gentlemen at
tending the recent conferences in St
Paul:
The report is current that Con-
gresham Tawney has selected Alex
Brundin, of Albert Lea, and Sen
ator Campbell, of Austin, to repre-
sent the First District at the ma
tional republican convention. Who
will the people of that district
select to represent them at that
great gathering?
The Free Press is right. The present
condition of the republican party in
Minnesota was brought about by the
so-called Headers" doing things which
the rank and file refused to ratify oil
stand for. If we are to accomplish
for the party, is is time fol-
the leaders to 60 to their neighbors
and seek information, instead of gather.
ing in the Twin Cities and arranging
matters beforehand. Congressman Taw
ney has assured the writer that he die
not call a conference for the purpose OF
considering the question of who would
be delegates. Under the circumstances
perhaps the leaders will kinly tel
the people, who did invite them to st
Paul to discuss the matter
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-17
WHERE TAFT STANDS.

In view of Secretary Taft's candi-
dacy for the presidential nomination
some question has been raised as to
his views on the tariff question. He
is accused of being standpatter,
whereas he is revisionist. Among
the doubling Thomases is Otto A.
johnson of Morris, Mimi, who wrote
IA letter of inquiry to The Minneapolis
Journal in which he stated that he had
nowhere seen a statement from Secre-
tary Taft declaring: First that there
was a need of immediate tariff revision
second, along what lines such revision
should be made.
The Journal replies as follows: Sc
cretary Taft's whole political record
in recent years shows him to be a
tariff revisionist and in no sense a
standpatter. He declared himself very
definitely and explicitly in his speech
in Columbus on Aug. 20 last. In this
speech he indicated his belief that the
present schedules are in many instan
ces too HIGH, because they are in eX-
cess of the differential between the
cost of production here and abroad.
He showed that when the tariff sche-
dulles are in such excess, 'there. is
formed great temptation to mono
police the business of producing the
particular product so overprotected,
and to take advantage or profit i'll the
excessive tariff This denies to the
people altogether the economies of pro-
duction that competition under pro-
tective tariff should develop" After
full discussion of the subject he
made this explicit declaration:
ut seems to me that even most of
the extremists in the matter of the
tariff are of the opinion that it would
be not only wise but unsafe for the
party to fail in its next presidential
platform to pledge inself to revi-
sion of the tariff as soon after the
next presidential election as possible.
Those of us who favor immediate
revision can well afford to waite until
after the next presidential election
in order to secure substantial acquies-
cence by all republicans. Certainly
delay of action for eighteen months
ought to furnish reason for no pro-
tectionist to invite the certain bust
ness disaster that democrat revision
on free trade lines would involve.
Furthermore, with presidential cleo
ton four years removed we can count
on a revision less affected by politi-
cal considerations than if made in the
heat of national campaign"
The standpatters want to "let well
enough alone" Secretary Taft wants
the tariff rivision Immediately after
election and he wants the excess in the
differential between cost of production
at home and abroad cut out. Could
anything be more direct or explicit?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-17
WOULD TOUCH THE TILL
SOMERSET PLASTER HEALER is
THE PREY OF ROBBERS.
Yeeemen Raid Town and Once They
Entered House Where Doctor"
Makes His Home.

New Richmond, Wis, Jan. 10
At an early hour yesterday morning
yeggmen made another daring and
partially successful raid on the village
of Somerset, made famous of late by
Or" John Till. There were at least
three men in the gang that raided
Somerset this time.
In the moonlight they were seen stir
ring about in and out of the store of
the Lagrandeur Mercantile company
some time after midnight. The post
office safe was demolished with nitro
glycerine and the contents taken, aggre-
eating about $500. There was $l60 i'll
stamps and postal funds and between
$50 and $40 worth of change belonging
to the store. The report of the explos-
ion awakened at least one man, but
through fear of being shot he made no
attempt to give the alarm. The rob
bers took their time. and carefully
examined every envelope and paper in
the safe, hoping to find a cache of cur
rency but in this they were unsuccess-
full.
The lure that tempts robbers to
this little inland village is the tales
of fabulous wealth "Dr" Fill is sup
posed to possess, and in the popular
mind he is supposed to have large sums
of money near at hand at all times.
A few weeks ago the house of William
Cloutier, where CDR" Till makes his
eadoalarters, a half mile or SO out in
the country and quite away from the
village, was entered by sneak thieves
between the hours of seven and nine in
the evening, and $3.50 in cash was stol-
EN- from Cloutier's bedroom, while the
family, ''Dr" Till and his attendants
were about the place. Other attempts
have been made, and there has been
an occasional holdup reported, but that
is the largest haul ever made at one
time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-17
FAvORS TARIFF COMMISSION.

The Free Press is pleased at the
favorable attitude of The Winona Re
publican and Herald toward the Bev-
eridge bill for the creation of tariff
commission. The Republican and Herald
is beginning to see the light which has
long been hung out for those stand
patters who regard the tariff schedules
as something quite as sacred as holy
writ, and is joining the multitude
which believes that the republican
party is fully capable of revising the
Dingley measure without precipitating
an industrial crisis. While the Bev-
eridge bill is designed to take the
tariff "out of politics" and place it
upon business basis, the political
party in power at the time changes
are made will be held responsible for
the operation of those amended sched-
ules.
The Republican and Herald agrees
with The Free Press that this is the
sensible way to go about the .ques-
ton of revision. The Beveridge pro-
posal is for commission of five mem
bers, each of whom shall be an eX-
pert upon the tariff or some general
branch thereof the term of service
to be six years and the salary $1,000,
and the secretary of commerce and la
Dor to be the ex-officio chairman; SEN
ators and congressman are barred from
appointment on it; the provision for
investigation is ample; and the COM
mission is to tabulate the results of
its investigations respecting the cost of
production and all other things af-
fecting the tariff, which report is to be
laid before congress at the earliest
possible moment ''for the use and
guidance of congress in its revision
of the tariff"
The fact is, the average representa-
tive in either house of congress has
given but little study to that tariff.
He is not familiar with the multitude
of. schedules which go to make up the
Dingley law, and of their relation to
The diversified trade conditions of the
country. To revise the tariff, there
fore, in safe, sensible and practical
way needs special study of its de-
tails and a commission of experts to
make the changes deemed advisable.
The chances of an intelligent and
equitable REIMBURSEMENT of rates would
be greatly improved by thorough
going inquiry into the workings of the
old schedules and presentation of
the changes which have taken place
in industry and commerce in the last
decade Conditions have greatly al
tered and, the role. of ). the United.
States as d manlfsc tufing anti Itla ding
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-17
WILL OF MRS. CARL DICE
Distribution Of Her Property to Broth
er and Sisters.

from tuesdays daily.
The will of the late Mrs. Ida L.
Dice was fed for probate today. 1t
is dated Jan. Z, one week ago today,
and the estate disposed of is es-
timated at .$l,4OO of personal property
and $4,000 of real estate, the latter
being the double store building on
South Front street
The Store property is given to the
brother, Fred L. Hoyt of Monroe,
Mich All of the rest of the prop
erty, except what is specifically men
toned, is to be divided equally be-
tween the sister, Mrs. Florence /.
Sawyer of Hillsdale, Mich, and three
nieces, Mrs. William Gibson and
Misses Mae and Hazel Hoyt of Mon
roe, Mich.
The solitaire diamond ring is left
to Fred. l.. Hoyt, the cluster diamond
to Miss Matte Pay, the china dishes
to Mrs. Sawyer, and the clothing to
Mrs. Sawyer except the furs, neckscarf
and imuff, which go to Mrs. Gibson.
Fred l.. Hoyt is named as executor.