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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-09-10

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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-09-10

The Minot stores from now until
November 1, will close at $3.50 sharp.
according to an agreement just
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and serving as librarian in the Portland
Library. he was engaged as editorial
writer OF the Oregonian by its owner and
publisher, Henry J.. Pittock, with whom
he is associated at the present day. Some
twelve years later he bought a large in
terest in the enterprise, which he still
owns
one who served the oregonian for many
years, asked 10 write n sketch OF Mr.
Scot, said;
Not long since visitor In Portland
from Melbourne. having heard his host
mention Mr.. Scott as a distinguished citi-
zen, asked how the editor had earned his
title.
He does the thinking for oregon.
was the witty reply. And he's been do
ing 1t ever since came here. forty years
ago
Scott n Journalist.
Mr.. Scott is journallst-this word Is
not m!sused when you speak OF him-who
preserves the ideals set up and the tradi-
lions honored by Horace Greeley. Charles
A. Dana. the first Samuel Bowles. and
Henry Watterson yet he keeps his paper
abreast Of the rapidly changing spirit Of
the times. While he has added all the
notwithstanding features that popular
taste demands. the editorial page retains
the old vigor, the Intellectual richness,
and the Astounding catholicity that have
ever marked him for distinction In Amer
lean newspaperdom.
'All his life he has been a student.
Very much Of his store OF knowledge and
his view Of things, great and small, that
affect the welfare of the world. he has
given 20 his readers. This is his lies
labor; he will probably keep 1t up the
next ten years. He has an ample for
tune, but he can't break the habit of hard
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policies. writes editorials. orders news,
glances at proofs, and personally directs
every department Of his paper From
noon TO midnight every day OF the year
he Is at his desk. aud busy. But his
Office door is always open, and any man
or woman or boy or girl who wants TO
see him may do so without the formality
Of card. A certain sternness OF counte-
nance and parsimOny Of words are the
safeguards OF his time. but there are
many who have found that his heart is
as tender as a woman's, and there are
few men with a keener sense Of humor.
At the age % seventy, sound IN body,
in the intellectual vigor Of fifty Harvey
w. Scott. editor of the Portland Ore
gonian, continues 10 put his impress daily
upon the great newspaper that he Gre
ated. His vocation and his diversion are
hard work. To this he has been trained
since childhood.
At fourteen he came the plains across"
from Illinois with HIS father, a farmer,
who settled in the wilderness Of Oregon
IN 1SJ2. and began conquering II with
AK and plow. The sturdy boy. a giant
in frame and muscle. did mans share
In winter he attended for a few months
the poorly equipped school. AS a private
at seventeen. he fought Indians in the
widespread outbreak OF 1S55-57
Gets College Education.
The war over. young Scott determined
TO obtain an education. His father was
still working to make a home for large
family. The boy had 20 face a task Of
paying for his education himself. AT half
a centurys distance It is not easy 10 see
his struggle for a handful OF money N a
sparsely settled frontier. where every
body was poor But he had ambition and
courage. He worked in sawmills. taught
school. chopped wood worked on farms.
helped his father. employed his few spare
hours in reading history the Bible. and
Shakespeare, and az twenty-one entered
Pacific Universlty-the oldest west Of the
Rocky Mountalns-and az twenty-five re-
ceived his diploma as its first graduate.
Two years thereafter. while reading law
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that It attracted the attention Of the en-
tire newspaper world, and much lay at
tention as we'll
Worked I'm Washington.
Before he went 10 Los Angeles and took
hold OF the struggling weekly that he has
developed into one Of the leading papers
Of the country. Otis got his newspaper
training as foreman in the government
printing office, as editor Of the first Fed
eral soldiers paper, the Grand Army
Journal; as Washington correspondent for
an Ohio daily. and as head of a paper
In Santa Barbara He was one OF the
men who nominated Lincoln the first
time. and he has been active in the coun-
ellis of the Republican party since war
days. Despite his three-score years and
ten. he Is exceedingly active, and. like
the old-fashioned editor. keeps his hand
and eye on every department OF his
paper.
Capt. Henry King. the veteran editor Of
the st. Louis Democrat. left a
newspaper Office to go to the war, and
when the war was over, although for
tune pointed in another direction. II was
TO a newspaper Office that he returned
There Sre many older editors than he
out rev nave seen as many years OF coh-
tinuous service. With the exception of
the four years in the army, it has been
practically lifelong.
He was but a small boy when he was
apprenticed TO the quincy Wing, at
Quincy, Ill, and he stayed with the Whig
until he became its editor. That is a
habit OF his. he stays. When the civil
war broke out he did not quit; he took
vacation. enlisted as a private in an
Illinois regiment, got into the thickest
of the fight before some people knew II
had commenced. and stayed with the
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07

From the 81. Louis Post-D.spateh.
The ST. Paul Dispatch proposes Theo-
dore Roosevelt for Vice President, on
the ground that he viii magnify the
Office and make il NJ for the occupancy
of a really great man. This. then. Is
to be the end Of all his mighty works
and mightier nOise-to be put where he
can do no work and where the stiffness
is like unto the stiffness of interstellar
space. his only duty being TO threaten 70
clear the gallery and wait for the end
OF his term. The Vice Presidency will
become important when important duties
are attached TO it. Until then, big men
should accept 4 10 insure the succession
Of a az man 20 the Presidency II need be.
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army until the shooting was all over and
there was nothing more 10 be done Then
he returned to his job at Quincy.
Grew Up with Kansas.
After four years Of war. however. Capt.
King found the fine old Illinois town
trihe dull. He had been in the midst OF
alarms, and rather liked them. Just
about that time Kansas went into the
alarm business in a large and exceedingly
attractive way. King went 10 Kansas
and grew up with u; stayed with - dur
ing its days Of stormy politics of raven
Gus grasshOppers and whitening drouths.
He became the editor OF the Topeka Capt.
tai, the most influential paper In the
State, and was one OF the most potent
factors in the development OF the lusty
and rantankerous Commonwealth. lie
would have been in Topeka yet. no doubt.
but fate had one more move for him
Just one. Fate in this instance was i'm
personated by Joseph B. Mccullough,
who invited Capt. King 20 become asso-
ciate editor OF the st. Louis GlObe-Demo-
crat. That was In 1883. twenty-five years
ago, and he Is still with the Globe-Demo-
crat. its editor-in-clief since 1897.
When Mccullough died in that year
there were meuy who said his place
could not be filed that his successor.
whoever he might be, would rattle around
in his chair like tenpenny nail IN a des-
located gOurd; but when Capt. King en-
tered the vacant place he occupied it
fully and completely The paper was not
the same, for Capt. King Is a man of
strong personality. and has ideas of his
own; but il was none the less enterpris-
ing, forceful. and brilliant. and he has
kept It well abreast Of the advancement
Of journalism.
He, Ike Otis is a newspaper man of
the old school, who believes In moving
forward with the times. and he wants 10
work the throttle himself He dictates
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Congress Incomnetent-
n the Louisville Courier-Journal.

From the Louisville CourierJournal.
The simple truth Is that the Congress
OF the United States is utterly incompe-
tent to give the country a good currency
system. it's Incompetence being that OF
fundamental ignorance. However much
the average Congressman may assume to
know OF finance, he really Knows perhaps
az much about il as a founder knows OF
trigonometry, and on this subject there IS
little difference between the ignorance OF
the Republicans and that OF the Demo-
cratic Congressman. There must be a
period OF thorough education before real
financial reform can be expected from an
American Congress.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07
Another GrumbIe.

From the Springfield Republican.
There has not been the faintest echo
Of criticism Of the Intervention OF the
United States, through Secretary Taft.
IN the arrangements for the coming
Presidential election In the Panama re-
publiquita. Intervention, il is undoubt-
eddy, however mild and concealed II may
be under an artistically developed tOrm
Of official procedure. The net result Is
that the United States will manage the
Panama election. and no one can doubt
that Mr.. Roosevelt will select the sue
cessor Of Presiden. Amador, as we'll as
his own successor. Let US be frank
about these matters. Panama, as every
body knows, Is a fake republic. estab-
lshed under our protection as an incl
dent TO the building of the Panama
Canal II would be utter nonsense and
stupidity 10 permit an election in Pan
anna. under these circumstances. to de-
velop an equatorial riot and thus in
crease the cost OF digging the canal by
the American taxpayer.
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work that he began as a child on back
woods farm in Illinois sixty years agC.
Mr.. Scott opposed states rights and
hatetd slavery; therefore. he naturally af-
hliated with the Republican party he
was its voice IN oregon when the State
had more Southern sympathlzers than
Union men. and he has fought it's battles
every campaign since. His first notable
editorial was on the assassination of Lin
coin. No editor or publicist in the land
wrote more ably and effectively against
the free silver fallacy than he. This
craze seized the people OF Oregon. They
were swift TO punish Mr.. Scott for stOutly
opposing financial error and dishonesty.
His paper lost so heavily in subscriptions
and advertising that disaster, If not bank
ruptcy, was threatened. He fought back
stu harder. Some estimate Of Mr.. SCOTS
influence may be made from the election
returns in 1896. when Oregon stood Solidly
for the gold standard-the only State
west Of the Rockies so distinguished.
4 Born Fighter.
Note his personal resemblance TO the
Iron Chancellor. Bismarck and he were
born fighters. and in no battle did they
quail Early in the SOS a bunch Of Denis
Kearney's sand-lot disciples invaded Puget
Sound from San Francisco. They drove
all the Chinese out Of Tacoma and burned
their habItatlons. Then they invaded
Portland Mr.. Scott took up his sword
and declared that this outrage must not
be repeated on Oregon soil. He was in
imminent danger Of assassination: the
Oregonian building was menaced by dy-
Mantle But within a week he. had so
aroused the civic pride, conscience, and
loyalty of Portland that the town was
literally under arms. Merchants, bank
ers. capitalists, and professional men in
one group. civil war veterans I'm another.
the police in still another. slept with their
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Each Of the two leading Presidential
candidates has gone on record as favor
ing the passage of the pending biz which
requires the publication Of campaign con-
tributions. but on April 30. when Mr. Taft
wrote his letter to Mr.. Burrows. there
was still a chance that something might
be done: Since then the Crumpacker
amendment has been added 10 the cam
paign contribution bill, with the result
that It is as dead as Hector. And this
is the moment which Mr.. Bryan chooses
for his appeal. Score one for "Our fat
friend" as Beau Brummel might have
said.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07
THE AWFUL LOBBYIST.
ST. Louis Paper Fears BanefuI Ef-
fects of His Presence.

81. Louis Paper Fears BanefuI Ef-
fects of His Presence.
From the 81. Louis Republic
II there is one capital in this world
which. more than the others. needs TO
lay a restraining hand upon the per-
nicious activities Of the lobbyist OF high
and low degree, that capital is Washing
ton. The business of the lobbyist in
Washington is to fool. 10 cajole, TO pes
ter. to corrupt, or 10 blackmaA members
Of Congress into doing things that they
were not sent there to do The person.
age OF the lobbyist II Il were visible 10
the country, would explain much legis-
lation otherwise uneXplainable. The lob
byist, highly paid for corrupting or mis-
leading weak men who think themselves
honest and intelligent. is the instigator
Of much OF the extravagant expen6i-
lures which are becoming a scandal to
the government and 10 the country. He
Is the real author Of contracts let at pre-
posterous prices and the instigator OF
legislation that will not bear close scru-
tiny. He is a menace 70 good govern
ment and a nuisance that needs to be
suppressed with firm and heavy
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07
SECOND PLACE DISCUSSION.
PIttsburg Paper Believes Vice Pres
ident should BE Strong Man.

From the Pittsburg Chronice-Telegruph.
Clearly. Il Is imperative that the Vice
President should not be a political acct
dent. but a man equal to the duties OF
the Presidency and deserving to figure as
prominently in convention and campaign
as the man destined for the higher Office.
Such men, il is true, naturally aspire 10
Presidential honors. and see injury 10
themselves in their being mentioned for
second place. Logically. however It is
from among these aspirants to the higher
Office that the Vice Presidential nominee
should be chosen, and, this being con-
coded, the chances Of securing the right
man would be vastly improved II can
vases for the Vice Presidential nomina-
ton were encouraged, without impairing
the title Of those considered for the Presi-
dental nomination II il should prove that
they are possible winners. Reflections of
the Vice Presidential nomination when Il
comes are unheard OF. Why should re-
jections In advance, whether voluntary
or perforce. be the rule?
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SOME POLITICAL

gings that had been literally sailed. Just
what other qualities for so exalted n
position Mr.. Hammond possesses do not
instantly appear. If nominated and
elected, Mr.. Hammond would have the
privilege, however, OF presiding over a
body Of which a former boss of his,
Senator Guggenheim. of Colorado, and
the smelter trust, is a member.
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Only n RumOr.

From the Hartford News.
\ Washington runor credits w. J.
Bryan with planning to turn the Demo-
cratic nomination for President over to
Senator Culberson, Of Texas, in the event
that he cannot command a two-thirds
majority for himself. Mr. Culberson would
make a conservative and useful Presi-
dent, but his nomination would hardly
appeal 90 the voters Of the Northwest as
would that OF Gov. Johnson, OF Mime
sofa The feeling that Bran cannot win
and that some stronger candidate should
be nominated seems TO be spreading.
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The vice Presidency.

FINN the Century.
II is very greatly to be desired that,
even without regard 10 fatal contin-
Gencies, the Vice President should be
himself of Presidential caliber; that he
should. in the manner Of his selection, in
his commanding abilities, in the dignity
Of his personal character, not only bring
Strength 10 the ticket" during the
Presidential campaign, but in the cxer-
else of his high Office. after election. in
spire confidence in his disinterestedness
and In his character generally. and that
he should not, as has sometimes hap
pened, become the center OF personal and
petty disaffection with regard to the adj
ministration which az any moment he
may be called upon TO supplant.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07
SYMPOSIUM OF DEMOCRATS.
Editor Finds Nine More Candidates
Than Are in the Running.


Than Are in the Running.
From the Springfield Republican
The surprising feature Of the symposium
on Democratic Presidential candidates in
the June North American Review is that
the editor succeeded in finding ten OF
them. AS the Review comes out. there
Is in reality only one candidate left In the
field, Mr. Bryan. and he gailops along
lazily triumphant toward Denver, and the
setting sun. The past week s. conventions
killed the last hope OF heading him off.
Even the Florida Democratic primaries.
which week ago were reported to have
gone anti-Bryan have now produced, on
the official count, four Bryan delegates,
the remainder of the delegation being left
to a second primary to select. The North
American Reviews list cf ten candidates,
however. possesses a sort Of melancholy
interest and merits the lugubrious distinc-
ton OF being reprinted: w. j. Bryan, Z.
w. Carmack, G. A. Culberson, John w
Daniel. Joseph w Folk, George Gray,
Judson Harmon. John A. Johnson. Henry
Watterson, and Woodrow Wilson. Henry
Watterson viii smile.
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sands Of voters as he did then. and.
moreover. he has gained a good many
friends by his speeches before the chau-
tauqua assemblies and religious bodies.
On the other hand. he has apparently
made no Roadway with the business men
Of the country and his advocacy of gov
eminent ownership OF railways and other
socialistic measures has increased the
distrust OF him as a Presidential posi-
hi1itN
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07

From the New York Sun.
Unless the Senate rules are changed
TO permit Of law-making by the majority.
unless courtesy is qualified. there Will
come into the Senate. or collect in the
committee rooms little retinues of train
ers. rubbers down. and handlers regularly
hired TO prepare relays OF Senators for
long distance talks 10 defeat legislation
obnoxious to professional reformers. The
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07
PLEA FOR PUBLICITY.
Opportunity for Good story IL
Names should BE Given.

Names should BE Given.
From the Detroit News.
Let us have this publicity ali along
the line" Who gave the money and
how much. TO print those little booklets
knocking" the Roosevelt policies? Who
gave the money. and how much. TO in
stitute that quarter-page newspaper ad-
vertising campaign for Gov. Hughes?
Who gave the money, and how much. 10
circulate the Knox safe and sane
speeches throughout the country Who
subsidized the numerous press bureaus
that attempted to attract attention from
the President and split II up among half
a dozen candidates? Who sent speakers
to Corporation banquets all over the
country. paying them fees and expenses?
And that conspiracy fund'-who sub
scribed TO it, There are a lot of eX-
penditures connected with this campaign
that do not appear within the scope Of
the national committees. The fight has
now narrowed down TO a certain nominal
ton and an equally certain election. but
who furnished the vast sums OF money
required TO finance that nerce attack on
the Roosevelt policies when those policies
and not particular candidates were the is
sue?
Yes, IL we are TO have the publicity, let
us have it all along the line.
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Wont NEEDLE There.
From tho Indiana oolis News.

From the Indiana DOliS News.
AS far as the country knows. President
Roosevelt is quite content that the Re-
publican national convention shall nomi-
nate its own candidate for the Vice Presi-
dency. At least there does not seem 10
have been any active campaign by the
Federal machine for any particular can
didate
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Strong for Guild.

From The Boston Transcript.
Massachusetts will never acqulesce in
any ante-convention agreement for settling
the Vice Presidential nomination. along
any Of the lines now reported from Wash
ington sources. II desires to go on record
for Gov. Guild. and TO have a full oppOr-
tunity afforded for testing his strength
with the delegations of other States.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07
First open Candidate.

From the Pittsburg Sun.
The first open. avowed candidate for the
Vice Presidency appears in the spec
taeular. high-salaried John Hays Ham
mond, whose mining experiences might
serve to save a too-conhding man like
Taft from investing in any political dig
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Fame Sidetracked.

From the Springfield Republican.
Senator Jeff Davis. of Arkansas, lost
one Of the opportunities c. his career in
not being in Washington to sustain the
La Toilette flibuster. In such antics he
would have shone resplendently. Poor
JEFF, Sidetracked on the way to fame
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HI. strength and weaLne...

From the Wall Street Journal.
Mr.. Bryan is in some respects weaker.
but in other respects stronger than he
was when he ran in 1896 and in 1900. Now
that the Republican party has adopted
some of the ideas for which he was de-
nounced twelve years ago, Mr. Bryan
does not appear quite so radical to thou
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07
Keen a Walking

From the Bristol Herald.
1T is announced that the Democratic
delegates will have to walk a block in
Denver to get drink" says the Knox
Vile Sentinel, This means that lot Of
Democrats are going to act as II they
thought they had been sent to Denver as
walking delegates
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More Timber.

From this Knoxville Sentinel
The North American Review considers
Mr. Carmack Presidential timber The
Democrats Of Tennessee viii elect him
governor. as the Democrats OF 1899 did
Polk, and four years from now 1t may be
that the country will be ready for
Southern man for President. 1t is a
rather peculiar coincidence that the early
home Of President Polk was next door TO
where Mr.. Carmack now lives in Column
bia
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Not just Yet.

From the Cleveland Leader.
The Colorado men who vowed. in 1896,
never to get a haircut until Bryan was
elected are beginning 10 perk up bit,
but 1t would be foolish for them to ar
range a contract with the BARRIERS just
now.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07
Delegates in office.

From the Springfield Republican.
1t is figured that 800 or 400 OF the dele
gates TO the Republican national conven-
ton in Chicago will be Federal office
holders. The like OF this has not been
seen since 1882 at the convention In MIN
neapolis.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07

Prom the Richmond News Leader.
Five iiundred United States marines
will police the polling places OF Panama
during the Presidential election there.
Doesn't that recall bayonet rule in the
days Of reconstruction when this was
District No. /?
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No Danger.

From the Brooklyn Standard Union.
w. r. Hearst expects to be in Europe
six weeks. Just for a joke, It would be
funny II the INDEPENDENCE League should
pretend to do something meanwhile.
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what's Thar

From the Pitisburs Gazette.
La Toilette is simply an animated tack
trying 20 puneture the tires on the
wheels Of progress.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07

Senate is warned. VIII II modify its
rules and cease 10 be the greatest debat-
ing club in the world. or will it be talked
10 death?
The Washington herald., 1908-06-07

Prom the Chicago Record-Herald-
Nevertheless we firmly believe that
somebody viii accept a nomination for
the Vice Presidency next month.