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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-12

paign fund, and any individual from con-
tributing an amount above a reasonable
maximum. and providing for the publica-
tiol, before election. of all such contrib
tions above reasonable minimum
The democratic national committee i'm
mediately proceeded to interpret and ap-
ply this plank. announcing that no contri-
buttons would be received from corpora
tiOns. that no individual would be allowed
to contribute more than $4,000. and that
all contributions above 500 would be
made public before the election-those re-
ceived before October u to be made pub
lie on or before that day. those received
afterward to be made public on the day
when received. and no such contributions
to be accepted hin three DAYS of the
election. The expenditures are to be pub
lished after the election. Here is PLAN
which is complete and effective.
POPULAR ELECTION OF sENA-
TORS.
Next to the corrupt use of money, the
present method Of electing United States
senator's is most responsible for the OBJ
struction of reforms. For one hundred
years after the adoption Of the Constitu-
ton the demand for the popular election
of senators. while finding increased ex-
preston, did not become dominant SEN
tfment. A constitutional amendment had
from time to time been suggested and the
matter had been more or less discussed
in few of the states, but the movement
had not reached a point where it mani
tested itself through congressional action
In the Fifty-secOnd Congress, however, a
resolution was reported from a House
committee proposing the necessary con-
stitutional amendment. and this resolution
passed the House of Representatives by a
vote which was practically unanimous In
the Fifty-third Congress a similar resolu-
ton was reported to and adopted by the
House of Representatives.. Both the
Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses
were democratic. The republicans gained
control of the House as result Of the
election of 1894 and in the Fifty-fourth
Congress the proposition died in commit
tee. AS time went on. however the SEN
timent grew among the people until 1t
forced a republican Congress to follow the
example set by the democrats. and then
another and another republican Congress
acted favorably. State after state has in
dorsed this reform. until nearly two
thirds of the states have recorded them
selves in its favor. The United States
Senate, however, impudently and AFRO
gantly obstructs the passage Of the reso-
tuition. notwithstanding the fact that the
voters of the United States, by an over
whelming majority. demand it. And this
refusal is the more significant when it is
remembered that number of senator's
owe their election to great corporate in
terests. Three democratic national plat
forms-the platforms of 1900, 1904 and 1908
specifically call for a change in the Con-
stitutiOn which will put the election of
senators in the hands of the voters. and
the proposition has been Endorsed by
number of the smaller parties. but no re-
publican national convention has been
willing to champion the cause Of the peo-
pie on this subject. The subject was ig-
nored by the republican national conven-
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OTHER ISSUES WILL BE DIS
CUSSED LATER.

'Shall the people rule?" I repeat, is
declared by our platform to be the over
shadowing question. and as the cam
paign progresses / shall take occasion
to discuss this question as it manifests
itself in other issues: for whether we
consider the tariff question. the trust
question. the railroad question, the bank
ing question. the labor question. the
question of Imperialism. the development
Of our waterways. or any other of the
numerous problems which press for So
luton, We shall find that the real ques-
ton involved in each is, whether the gov
eminent shall remain a mere business
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Asserts That the Democratic Party Is Friend of
Industry and the Steadfast Protector of That
Wealth Which Represents Service to =.
Society; That 1t Seeks Not Revo-
luton, But Reformation.

asset of favor-seeking corporations or he
an instrument in the hands Of the people
for the advancement OF the common veal.
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HOUSE RULES DEsPoTIC.

The third fundamentally employed to
defeat the will of the people is found in
the rules of the House of Representatives.
Our platform points out that the House
of Representatives was designed by the
fathers Of the Constitution, to be the
popular branch of our government. re-
sponsive to the public WILL" and adds:
1.-THE House of Representatives.. as con-
trolled in recent years by the republican
party, has ceased to be deliberatiVe
and legislative body. responsive to the Will
of a majority of the members. but has
come under the absolute dominion of the
Speaker, who has entire control of its de-
alterations and powers of legislation
I'VE have observed with amazement the
popular branch of our federal govern
ment helpless to obtain either the con-
sideration or enactment of measures de-
sired by a majority OF its members"
This arraignment is fully justified. The
reform republicans in the House OF Repre-
sentatives, when in the minority In their
own party, are as helpless to obtain
hearing or to secure a vote upon a meas
ure as are the democrats. In the recent
session of the present Congress there
was a considerable element I'm the re-
publican party faVOrahle TO remeulal leSis-
lation; but a few leaders, in control Of the
organization. despotically suppressed these
members. and thus forced a real majority
in the House to submit to a well or
ganized minority. The republican ma
tional convention. instead of rebuking this
attack upon popular government. eulo-
gized Congress and nominated as the re-
publican candidate for Vice President one
of the men who shared in the RESPONSE
bility for the coercion of the House. Our
party demands that 1.-The House of Rep
resentatives shall again become de-
Lucrative body, controlled by a majority
of the peoples representatives. and not
by the Speaker and is pledged to adopt
such rules and regulations to govern the
House of Representatives as Will enable
a majority Of it's members to direct its
deliberations and control legislation. -,
Shall the people rule?" They cannot
do so unless they can control the House
of Representatives. and through their
representatives in the House give ex-
preston to their purposes and their de-
sires. The republican party Is committed
to the methods now in vogue in the House
of Representatives: the democratic party
is pledged to such a revision Of the rules
as will bring the popular branch Of the
federal government into harmony with
the ideas of those who framed our Con-
stitution and founded our government.
YYYTYT nTc
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WHY NO ANTITRUST LEGISLA-
TIONP

A few years ago the republican leaders
In the House of Representatives were
coerced by public opinion into the sup
port Of an antitrust law which had the
Endorsement of the President, but the
Senate refused even to consider the meas
ure, and since that time no effort has
been made by the dominant party to Sc
cure remedial legislation upon this SUBJ
iect
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WHY NO RAILROAD LEGISLA-
TIONP

For ten years the interstate commerce
commission has been asking for an en-
largement of its powers. that it might
prevent rebates and determinations, but
republican Senate and a republican
House of Representatives were unmoved
by it's entreaties. In 1900 the republican
national convention was urged to indorse
the demand for railway legislation, but
it's platform was silent on the subject.
Even in 1904 the convention gave no
pledge to remedy these abuses. When
the President finally asked for legisla-
ton he drew his inspiration from three
democratic national platforms and he
received more cordial support from the
democrats than from the republicans. The
republicans in the Senate deliberately de-
feated sev-ral amendments offered by
Senator La Toilette and supported by the
democrats-amendmen embodying legis-
lation asked by the interstate commerce
commission. One of these amendments
authorized the ascertainment of the value
of railroads. This amendment was not
only defeated by the Senate, but it was
overwhelmingly rejected by the recent
republican national convention. and the
republican candidate has sought to rescue
his party from the disastrous results of
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this act by expressing himself. in a. quail
fed way. in favor of ascertaining the
value Of the railroads.
OVERISSUE OF STOCKS AND
BONDS.
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candidate. speaking of the election of
senators by the people. says: Person
ally I am inclined to favor it. but it Is
hardly party question" What is neces-
sary to make this party question? When
the democratic convention indorses a
proposition by unanimous vote, and the
republican convention rejects the propo-
sition by a vote of seven to one. does IT
not become an issue between the parties?
Mr.. Taft cannot remove the question from
the arena Of politics by expressing a per-
sonal inclination toward the democratic
position. For several years he has been
connected with the administration. What
has he ever said or done to bring this
question before the public? What enthu-
siasm has he shown in the reforma ton
of the Senate? What influence could ne
exert i'm behalf of a reform which his
party has openly and VIGOROUSLY con-
demned in its convention and to which he
is attached only by belated expression
of personal inclination?
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18

with nothing but the broad canopy of the blue sky
to shelter them and herder and his dog to pro-
tect them from wild animals 1t is a strange sight
to see this immense flock of turkeys roaming the
hills in search of food and making the earth shake
with their gobble, gobble, gobbe. They easier
to take care of than sheep and it has been Mr..
Towards experience that the loss is very small.
This year Mr. Howard raised 1000 birds. Five
hundred of them driven to the railroad short
time before Thanksgiving, loaded in a and ship
ped to Seattle The entire carload weighed 10000
pounds, average of twenty pounds to the bird,
and fetched 20 cents pound, feathers and all,
$4,000
Next year he will engage in turkey raising on
still larger scale The absence of rain and wind
storms during the makes the rearing of the
young an easy job. Ranging the hills, eating
grasshoppers and the tender shoots of sagebrush and
grass gives the flesh delightfully."- gafney flavor that
is not found in the barnyard fowls and the Howard
brand is eagerly sought for in the markets.-Emmet
Index, JAM O.
There is every why poultry raising should
be carried extensively in Idaho. The birds can
run around over extensive area, picking up their
own living, without danger of drowning in the dew
wet grass, and there not much danger from snakes
birds animals The dry climate of this section is
peculiarly adapted to the raising of domestic fowl.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Needed Utilities.

The Caldwell News column of things for newcomers
to do to make life in Caldwell and vicinity profitable
and attractive to them brings out some interesting
suggestions in its initial entrance on the scheme.
81. w. NJ" suggests a wooden mill to scour the
home product.
Deer Platter" suggests experienced sorghum
mill operator who could make the sort of Sorghum
of our boyhood." perhaps Deer Flatter" forgets
the change of taste between boy and man,
81. 3" suggests digging deep in the ground for
gas or oil.
"T. S. B. thinks the dry sage land about Caldwell
and the nnumerable winged insects that abide there
would make ideal turkey range.
John S." believes the natural deposits of earth
across Snake River, just the edge of Owyhee
County, show unmstakabe signs of kaolin, hence an
ideal location for pottery works.
Stranger" gets satrical and suggests that an ele-
giant business to engage in would be that of the hyp
notst who would locate in Caldwell and make the
people there believe that cashiers checks were real
greenbacks He suggests that day time only would
suffice and he could spend his evenings at home
Another correspondent mentions the necessity of a
bookkeeper in Caldwell who could attend to several
sets of books at time and thereby fine salary
All these suggestions are worth while, and many
other splendid benefits will forth through this
we'll devised plan
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Delayed Three Years.

The opening of the Occur d'A1ene Reservation
for homesteaders may not occur till the spring of
1911.
This is the opinion of Government official, as
expressed in a letter sent out. He sums up his
reasons for this follows:
'The matter cannot be definitely determined at
this time But l can tell you what has to be done
before the land will be open. | am informed that
the surveys are nearly completed, nearly enough SO
that the alotments will probably be early in the
spring of 1908.
"The number of Indians to be allotted on the reser-
walton is estimated at from 600 to 800. Judging
from progress made in allottng other reservations,
these should be completed in two seasons, late in
1909 Then the allottments will be submitted to the
Indian Department for approval and after approval
the land that is not allotted will be classified and
appraised
I'm doing this appraising the officer must visit each
legal subdivision. How long time will be required
in doing this one can only guess at certainly not
less than one year.
$50 think one is safe in saying that the reserva7
ton may be opened some time in 1911. There is
question as to whether not it necessary that the
surplus lands be appraised, but the facts prob
ably as stated in this communication. "-Genesee
News.
This seems like unreasonable delay and the
News informant must be mistaken After the
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Judge Woods Gained.

At the recent adjournment of the District Court
at Standpoint, the attorneys of that place presented
Judge Woods with gold-headed cane token of
their esteem for him. AS jurst the Judge has
given universal satisfaction to the attorneys of his
DISQUALIFICATION Searchlight
The lead trust which controls the Frrieral group
of mines in the Occur d'Alenes, undertook to elect
their Judge at the last election in Shoshone and
Kootena counties. They succeeded in controlling
the Republican convention after bitter fight The
antitrust Republicans won in the primaries in Sho-
shone County by an overwhelming majority, but
lost in Kootena by small margin. Kootenai had
three or four the most votes in joint convention,
however, and nominated the Guggenheim candidate.
Judge Ralph Morgan, then serving satisfactorily to
the people of the district was the candidate of the
antitrust Republicans.
1t was an open secret at the time that the Demo
Gratis intended to endorse Judge Morgan, it being
assumed he would be renomnated. They nominated
Major w. W. Woods, however, against the Gug-
genheim candidate, and the people elected him, al
though the district is strongly Republican. 1t
notable local victory for decent government and
a deserved rebuke to attempted dctation by cor
poration in the selection of Judge. That Major
Woods is making an ideal Judge is not in the slight
est degree surprising to the people of Idaho for he
is we'll known throughout the State Il is crafty
ing just the same, because it is encouragement
character and principle, who when given positions
of power and responsibility will safeguard their in
terests.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
II Western Suspicion.

A stranger reading the great New York daiies
would be led to believe that what we denominate
'Wall street" is the grandest organized charity in
all the world and that the who operate there
the only patriots in all this land says the Omaha
Investigator If the stranger should come out
West and read the papers he would find that the
estimate of Wall street was not concurred in. The
West has long had suspicion that Wall street was
a den of thieves and it feels absolutely certain
of it. The declarations to the contrary in the New
York papers makes impression upon them. The
time was when every Western banker thought that
all the economic knowledge in the country
tered in Wall street and that that knowledge
used for the benefit of the whole people. So they
denounced those who criticised the street as
chists. Very few of them entertain those opinions
now, and good many go so far to say that the
seat of anarchy, if by anarchy mean the defiance
of the law is right in Wall street
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Ham er'S Canvass.

One Thomas R. Hamer of St. Anthony is after
the congressional nomination "hot bricks" Hamers
boosters, it appears, against Gooding friendly
to Hepburn have sneaking regard for Chairman
Brady, and in their estimation, Congressman French
is nonentity Hamer may win the nomination on
this sort of boosting" but we will wager ten
spot that if this Mormon fond1ing makes the race
the next Congressman from Idaho will be Demo-
crat-Idaho Mountaineer
Why should the independent Mountaineer draw
the line on this particular Mormon fondling?" The
Mountaineer safely wager its ten-spot that no
one will be nominated by the Republican convention
unless he is Mormon fondling"
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

vey is completed, the alotments to the Indians and
appraisment of the land should be quickly finished
and there is good reason why the proclamation
opening the surplus lands should not speedily toll
low. Shoshone, Kootenai Bonner and Latah coun-
ties are greatly be benefited by this opening and
the Indian Department at present administered is
very prompt in carrying out the will of Congress-
There is no sound reason for not throwing the sur
plus lands of the Occur dAlene Reserve open to
settlers this fall or at the latest in the spring of 1909
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Press and Comment
44444E444+EE44E444+EEEE+EFE,
Mentioned For Governor.

We take real pleasure in reproducing the follow
ing from the Troy News of January 3rd:
NJ E. Lewis, of Moscow, has been mentioned as
good gubernatoral material In this The News
desires to enter a very decided amen. The State
of Idaho contains no man better qualified for the
responsible position than Hon. A. E. Lewis, OF
Latah County. Mr.. Lewis is not an orator, but
he is man, broad -gauged, competent and possessed
Of degree of executive ability rarely found And
then he is honest He has been tried IN the crucDie
of public service and made good. He has been
trusted with the management of important private
and public things, and handled them with executive
ability that has compelled admiration from every
citizen acquainted with the facts But Mr.. Lewis
is not seeking the nomination He is not an office
seeker in any of the word. 1t is even doubt
full if he could be induced to accept the nomination,
but it is not probable that he would turn high
honor down if given him by the people OF the
State
For purely business reasons Latah County ought to
demand some office worth something besides empty
honor We ought to demand place on the State
Board of Equalization. The lack of this has cost
us thousands of dollars this year alone, and each
year will add to our penalty unless the people de-
mand justice The south has sense enough to realize
the financial value of these things, and as long as
Latah is satisfied with few crumbs she will get
nothing more. Our people will never get justice UNI
til thew have sense enough to ask it 1t is with
pleasure that The News seconds the nomination of
Hon. M. E. Lewis of Latah County for Idaho's
next Governor.
The Troy News has light on conditions in
the State and would like to change them. The
Scimtar has suspicion that ]. H. Brady, of Poca-
tello has received the consent of Joseph F. Smith
to run for Governor the Republican ticket. We
are not prepared yet to assert this as fact but
would on account of friendly regard for the
News advise it to investigate We surmise too,
that Joseph F. has given his consent to Burton L.
to run again for Congress- The church would hardly
select both the Governor and Congressman from
Latah.
We are absolutely certain it will save The News
much worry and perhaps some humiliation III the
future if it would take a trip to Salt Lake before
becoming really interested in the candidacy of Mr.
Lewis for Governor.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Turkey Hing of Idaho.

A. NJ Howard, who lives on the bench north of
town, is the turkey king of Idaho. He is the only
man in the State who markets turkeys of his own
raising by the carload.
visit to his turkey farm during the late summer
and fall is both interesting and curious. The fowls
banded together like sheep and herded in the
hills, where they feed on grasshoppers and sage
brush and bunch grass. At night they are punched
together in some sheltered spot between the hills
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Factory Located.

We learn from esteemed contemporary, the
Post Falls Advance, that the M H. Reynolds Steel
Safe and Manufacturing Company has decided to
locate its factory in that enterprsing community.
We congratulate Post Falls on its enterprise
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-04-16

Dr.. S. D. Rambo was in the city last
Saturday, enroute to his home in Ma
rietta, after pleasant visit to Rock
ledge, Fla.-Blakely Reporter.
Yes, the Doctor had been visiting his
family, and that is why it was so
pleasant" and no man is more de-
voted to his family than clever DR..
Rambo. ~aus--ss-a-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-01-30
Southwest Corner.

We will try once more t.
send the Times a few notes
from Penny street and vicinity
We forgot to write last week
until it was too late for tn,
weekly issue but while reading
the items from Clay we noticed
that your correspondent from
there, throws cut a great gift
If CAB or has a very handy
tongue in his head and vet not
be able to dig up any news of
any great local Importance in
his immediate neighborhood.
We think the Essential! motive
that prompts one to write
should be two fold, namely; for
| the general interest and bene-
fit of the people and to assist
the editor in compiling the
news for his paper. In the
latter case the great majority
of the people are not aware or
do not fully realize the arduous
task imposed upon an editor
when he has to make a person
al canvas gathering the news
for the Daily publication. You
will meet the Editor on the
street and he will give you a
poke in the ribs and ask you,
"What do you know"
Ninetynine cases out of
every hundred the one address
ed will say, | don't know any
thing" Just think of it! Is
he telling the truth? Or is he
willing to admit that he is a
Simon pure unadulterated nat.
ural born idiot just for the sake
of getting the editor to pass on
and not bother him. We like
to see the items from the var
ious parts of the county anc
take especial delight in reading
the Times each week for in it!
columns we can discern the
handiwork of those who toll fol
the best interests of Harrison
county.
Well we started with the in
intention Of jotting down a few
words from this part of tn