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Blue-grass blade., 1908-08-09
BLUE GRASS BLADE

tai battle with all the grace and courtesy of Arthuran
knight The battle which he successfully waged against
priescraft and superstition twin evils that have afflicted
humanity feafuly and long, will pass into future his
tory the mghest struggle waged by for human
liberty and human rights since Rienzi contended single
handed against the gilded robbers Of Rome.
All honor and glory to him who planted the standard of
Freethought upon the mountain heights of morality, amid
the polar SHOWS of human virtue and love- and with clarion
call melting honest follow where he had dared to
lead.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-08-09
PAPAL DESIGNS ON AMERICA.

The voice of the tempter is again heard in the land
With siren song he would beguile the unthnkng into
subversion of the very principles upon which govern
ment is built
Let the expense Of maintaining the schools be borne by
the State Atheists and mont Christians should be
excluded from any Office of authority.'
This is the attitude of Cardinal Gibbons towards the pub
lie school system of the nation and his feeling toward those
who are not of his particular form of faith And who is
Cardinal Gibbons Simply the recognized head of the
Roman Catholic hierarchy in America, institution that
is alone responsible for the cruetes and agonie of the
Dark Ages an era which he would renoduce he per-
mitted to have his way.
Various comments have been made upon the recently
published utterances of Mr. Gibbons concerning the regi
ous scholastic and political creed of the confederated
States. Few of them to grasp the full meaning
true intent of this representative of the Papacy in America
He lays great stress his view that the government should
support the school system be established under the
and authority of the denomination to which he belongs. He
also insists that none but UNCONVENTIONAL schools should
receive governmental support, thus excluding all who
not affiliated with some religious orthodox institution
From the records given by the last it will be found
that less than onehaf scarcely than onehird, of
the people of the United States express proclaim any
allegiance to any form of religion Therefore this
credited agent the pope would suppress and Cypress the
millions who find home the sunkissed fields of this
glorious land because they do not and cannot agree with
him. and see divine revelation through the orthodox
glasses as himself In other Words he wants all to belong
to him. Aye, even the Dark Ages again.
But why does he suggest that the State should
bear the expense of maintaining the schools! Who,
Blue-grass blade., 1908-08-09

maintains the schools now? Does the State!
All, We catch it. The State does actually support
the schools, but it is the State of Catholicism Thanks
to the Revolutionary Fathers, there millions in America
who yet able acquire education, mbibe knowl
edge at the fountain known Freedom freedom
biased unrammeed and indebted by church priest.
Catholic school system supported by the public treasury
would prove bonanza for Rome but Uncle Sam is such
fool Rome thinks, though such thought emaantes from
American cardinal in the name of Rome.
But there is hidden meaning in this abortion he would
fost upon the American people Where is it! What is it?
Listen! 1t is a plan usurp the functions and
powers of government and the fundamental
principles of religious liberty upon which it is built He
would accomplish this by compelling government support
of his parocha schools and, by excluding from public
office all who did not believe in his system of religious faith
and worship He demands that sovereign citizenship
shall recognize the right of his church such government
support He demands, soto that he be accorded kngy
powers public school system. Pity the children!
Constitutional nhibons does not appear him the
slightest alarm But say, who built this play house! Who
first put his foot upon this pile of mud and made his frog
STOOL The requiem sung by the winds of American liberty
alone shall make From a strictly legal standpoint,
the cause he now advocates be described in but way
namely, Treason.
The Catholic church recognizes sovereignty but its
own. 1t claims, practically nation within Il nation. I'm
der our laws be permitted openly defy the
mandates of National Assembly To rebel against govern
mental authority is termed reasonable Then this open
defiance of constitutional nhbitions concerning the
establishment of religion, this attempt stir up strife and
luminosity between the American nation and the papacy,
treason in its aggravated form. The advocacy and
agitation overthrow provision of the Constitution of the
Republic can only be described The Consti
ton is not only expressive of the will of the people, but it
stands as perpetual obstruction against repressve reig
GUS legislation The Constitution is the yesterday, the to-
day. and the tomorrow of national liberty. In that
instrument we find the following:
Congress shall make law respecting the establish
men of religion and mo State shall pass any law
travening the Constitution of the United States
Those eminent authors of that instrument the authors of
orr Freedom holding council in the face of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-23
THE PRESS AND PANICS.

In discussing financial conditions
the National Printer Journalist, of
Chicago says that 1.-The press and
the printing office have suffered
with all interests, through the re-
cent financial crisis and it is duty
to themselves as wei as to the pub
lie to help for ward the rapid i'm
provement in conditions and to help
in the preventing Of the recurrence
of similar disasters in the future
The National Printer Journalist ha1
spoken very much to the point, AM
it indu' ges in some more pointed
talk when it asserts that "there can
not be any question that the press of
this whoe country has, unwittingly.
often been used as the instrument OF
stock gamblers and railroad manip-
ulators, but, when distress came it
acted as an active force for the re-
storing of confidence
This leads up to an article in the
New York Trade Review OF Deem
Der 10, under the caption of What
Is the Matter With New York;" in
complimentary imitation of William
Allen Whites What Is the Matter
Of Kansas"
Many columns could be written
on What Is the Matter With New
York;" 1t has the rottenest bank
ing system in the world. In a few
hours frenzied tinancier Is trans
posed into a banker. He then be-
comes the custodian of other peo-
puts it New York has banking sys-
| tenn which lures INSCRIPTIONS ad-
to prostitute with their names and
habits the respectable title of bank
er; condition which. when tested
by the simplest rules of sound tlnan-
ciering, fails hopelessly to fulfill its
fundamental functions, giving in re-
turn only the gibbering vocal idioms
of a Vanderilp, the turgid of Shaw,
or such chattering inanities as Eos
| ter Higgings may evolve. Now
York's banking system is lamentably
weak From the chairman and ex-
! ecutive committee of the clearing
house, with its brass band methods.
| to the meanest petty larceny OFF,
cials OF the lightest "gas bag" state
! institution there Is q startling lack
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-23
BRUTAL AS WE'LL AS CRAZY.

, BRUTAL AS WE'LL AS CRAZY.
The news comes from New York
that Harry Thaw is anxious to d.
yorce his wife. The story seems an
credible. It is beyon belief. There
seems to be no doubt that Harry
Thaw Is a man OF rather weak men
tai faculties, but we do not believe
that he is so crazy that he does not
fully realize that 1t was his wife's
evidence which saved him from the
death sentence at his first trial.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw may not be
the kind of woman she ought to be,
but that she has been loyal to Har-
ry Thaw nobody doubts Even
though she was not q chaste woman
when he married her. and no doubt
had very loose ideas about a correct
moral life, these things were not I'M
known to Harry Thaw. She unbos-
omed herself to him, SO that he
might not be able to say in later
years that she had deceived him.
When he was on trial for the kill
ing of Stanford White she laid bare
her soul as woman was never known
before to uncover the secrets of her
life and expose to the gaze Of the
public the character that had been
blackened until it was shocking to
those who looked upon it. She did
this to save Harry Thaw from death
in the electric chair, and now for
him to cast her adrift would be one
of the most striking examples that
this country has ever known OF
mans cruely to the woman he has
sworn to love, honor and protect.
But people of the Harry Thaw type
know little and care less for the
sacredness OF an obligation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-23
of banking knowledge. a wretched

of banking knowledge. wretched
disregard of consequence in so far
as it affects others, q self1shess OF
personal defense, an inability to un-
derstand, much less practice, the act
ual purpose Of their calling, which
explains just what's the matter with
New York, and by comparison places
the bankers of the United States
outside of New York on a pedestal
of well merited approval and conf
dence
The recent panic, like all panics,
was foolish, for there was no posi-
bility of loss outside of those who
were directly or indirectly connect
ed with the wild speculation in Ne"
York.
1t is believed that both the bank;
and the people have learned valua-
Bile lessons and it is wise on the
part of the press to repeat and en-
force these lessons that they may
not be forgotten. The occasion
affords home newspapers an excel
lent opportlity to proclaim the wis
dom of Investing funds at home, IL
order to build up home institutions,
help local improvements, make
farms more productive and reduce
the cost of marketing home products
and increase values by constructing
good roads. rather than to seek
wealth through speculation in stocks
or grain bought on margins through
the manipulations OF brokers and
stock jobbers, or the sending OF
money away from home, because a
greater interest could be obtained,
to be loaned to spectators.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-23

ney general of the state and q candi-
date for governor.
"And Senator Davis, who was ar
that time governor, told me that he
had promised M. d. l.. Cook that II
he would testify to facts that
would secure an indictment against
Mr.. Rogers, that if he Cook Were
prosecuted and convicted he (DavIS)
would pardon him before he could
be sent to the penitentiary. And
the strange thing about 1t is That
Davis was using every endeavor to
keep r. l.. Cox from even beng
taken before the grand jury and
every endeavor to keep NJ. ID. IL.
Cook from even being prosecuted al
all, at the very time he was goinS
over the state running for the Unit
ed States Senate upon the platform,
4 am going to have Cook and Cox
in the penitentiary in less than SIX
months.
Moreover, Prosecuting Attorney
'Rhoton invites Senator JEFF Davis
to meet Rhoton in every white
'schoolhouse in this judicial dis
trict and in every ward In Little
Rock and Argenta and discuss the
records Of Lewis Rhoton and JET
Dayis.--hrk. Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-23
FISH OFFERS TO
RETURN PROXIES
Loser In Fight for Illinois Central
Control Says He Is Unwilling to
EmbarraS Stockholders.

New York, Feb. 22.-Stuyvesant
Fish has given out the following
statement and mailed copy thereof
to each Illinois Central stakeholder:
The Hon. Farlin @. Ball, judge
of the Superior Court Of Cook coun-
ty, IL, yesterday dissolved the in
junction which he had granted on
October IA, 1907, restraining the
Union Pacific Railroad Company and
the Railroad Securities Company
from voting the 2S1,231 shares of
Illinois Central stock held by them
which constitute nearly three
tenths Ito be exact, 1856 per cent?
of the total capital of $50, 400
shares
proxies have been given to Char
les NJ. Beach, J. w. Cutting and my
self by many of those in the service
of the company, by shippers resi-
Diet on or near the railroad, by
those furnishing 1t with material
and supplies, or interested in indus
tries built upon the railroad for
transportation and by others who
for various reasons may not now
desire to have it known that they
have done so.
LAS the voting on March 2, 1908,
will of necessity leave in the hands
of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company a permanent record of all
those in whose names proxies are
voted, it is due to the stockholders
in America and in Europe alike that
I should say that If any of them wish
to withdraw proxies given to Mr..
Beach, Mr. Cutting and myself, they
have but to advise me Of the fact, in
which case such proxies will be with
held from presentation at the stock
holders meeting, and if so requested
thercaf FIR returned unused to those
who executed them"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-23
FLEET TO RETURN
VIA SUEZ CANAL
Secretary Metcalf Makes First Def
mite Announcement Of Proposed
Movement of Ships After They Leave
San Francisco.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Interesting
developments to the further movement
of the American battleship fleet were
made public at the conclusion of the
cabinet meeting today by Secretary
Metcalf, comprising an invitation from
the Australian government to have the
feet visit that country. Secretary
Roots reply is the first authentic indi-
cation as to the intended movements
of the fleet, after the journey to San
Francisco has been completed. After
expressing his appreciation of the In
vitation, the secretary says:
The eventual movements of ou~
fleet have not yet been determined.
While it is probable that the vessels
will return by way Of Suez, l would be
glad if some of them could be sent ia
Australia, but it would be premature
to surmise this. The invitation was
first mentioned in letter by Hon. Al
fred Deakin, prime minister of Aus
tralia, addressed to John P. Bray
American consul general at Mel
bourne, dated December 2"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-23
The Largest Bona Eide
Circulation of any Pine
bluff Newspaper.
LEWIS RHOTON AND JEFF
DAVIS.

In the speech he is using on his
present stumping tour of the state
Senator JEFF Davis says:
Gentlemen, a band of freeboot-
ers and robbers have infested our
state capitol; have Influenced and
controlled state legislation for the
past ID years. During my admins
tration as your governor l sought to
uproot it. I set out to bring to
Justice these vandals of the law,
whether great or small. In my
campaign two years ago I promised
you that Cook and Cox and Geld
well should wear felon's stripes.
My offer was refused, and for
what reason God Almighty and
Lewis Rhoton only know, and defy
the prosecuting attorney to allow
me, free and untrammeled, the priv
dlege of prosecuting these cases
without fee or reward. and I prom
se you that at the next term of
the Pulaski Circuit Court these men
will be wearing fe'on's stripes. Cook
Is indicted many times, yet no effort
d ever made at his prosecution.
Caldwell is indicted many times, yet
he Is today strutting the streets OF
our capital city with no sleuth-
Nf tn low ot a
Tom Cox, the old he-ma' efactor OF
them all, has never so much as had
an indictment returned against him,
and I come to you today to retract
all that l said commencing Lewis
Rhoton and his efforts as prosecut-
ing attorney. You say why do
mention this in this campaign? Be-
cause, my fellow-citizens, I made
you a promise that the law should
be enforced as against these men,
and today l freely and frankly give
you the reason for the failure"
But as to the efforts Of Gov. JEFF
Davis in the Doodle matter Prose-
cutting Attorney Lewis Rhoton said
last Tuesday:
Another thing tnat the senator
did that has much significance is,
when the Doodle investigation began
in 1905 and he found that T. l..
Cox had been subpoenaed to so be-
fore the grand jury. he called ne to
his office and begged me like baby
not to have T. l.. Cox taken before
the grand jury and assigned the re-
markable reason that he was afraid
that Cox, being the chief boodler
would not tell anything that he
knew. Also the senator urged and
insisted that l should not prosecute
M. D. L. Cook, provided he (Davis)
could induce Cook to go before The
Pulaski county grand jury and
swear to state of facts that would
Justify the grand jury in returning
IN Indictment against the Hon. r.
Z. Rogers. who was then the attor-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-23

Ethel Barrymore closed her New
York season in her new play, Her
Sister," last Saturday night. Miss
Barrymore's road season will last
we'll into May and will take her as
Tar "a Vancouver. B. G.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-23

0Atored 1T Posto1ncs at Pine BluR.
2Rk., ~ second class mail matter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-27
BEECH CHOSEN COMMANDER
One Hundred and Fifty-five Delegates
Present at Convention.

Montpelier, Feb. 26.-The 41st an
nual encampment of the Grand Army
department of Vermont opened this
morning with 155 delegates present.
The officers elected were:--
Department commander, Col. Chas.
e. Beach OF Burlington; senior vice,
commander, Charles H Woodbury. of
st. Johnsbury; junior vice commander
A. d. Beckwith of Ludlow; medical
director, l.. II. Hemenway of Manches-
ter; department chaplain, s. B. Blod-
gett Of Cabot; assistant adjutant, and
assistant quartermaster general, Car
los N Williams of Burlington; repre-
sentative at large to the national en-
campment, W. H. J. Vancor of Burling
ton; delegates, A. n. Haskell of Will
mington, f. Bell of Springfield, w.
II Ward of st. Johnbury, 4. ]. Foster
of Waterbury Center, Josiah Grout of
Newport; alternates, W. H. Gilmore
OF Fairlee, w A. Lynde Of Charleston,
George p Marden of Burlington, Geo.
II. Waldron of Springfield, Lafayette
Myers of Cabot and Edward Baker Of
Montpelier. The officers were in
stalled by Past Commander Hugh
Henry of Chester
The time of the annual encampment
will be changed from mid-winter to
some time between May j and July
l. to be fixed by the three highest Off
GERS. The business of the convention
was closed tonight so that the delegates
could leave on the evening trains OF
| in the morning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-27
Three Dead In Floods.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IT, Tho
death Of at least three persons and
much property damage was caused In
eastern Pennsylvania by floods pre-
cipitated by heavy rains and melting
snow. Bridges were swept away, mills
and manufacturing establishments In.
undated and railroad tracks flooded SO
that traffic was interfered with. J. G.
Clauss, farmer, was drowned above
Easton while attempting to ford the
Bushkill creek. which had overnowed
its banks; Frederick Gurkensmyer OF
York was caught in the food while
gathering driftwood in Codorus creek
and drowned. and Michael Gallagher,
Jr., aged ten years, Of Allentown lost
his life by falling into the swollen wa
tiers in Jordan creek.
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To Safeguard the Eougo,

LONDON. Feb. 2T.--The house Of
commons last night after IA short de.
bate, adopted resolution asking the
government ito dc all In its power to
secure the transfer of the control of
the Kongo Independent State and,
failing such transfer within reasona.
BILE time, assuring the government OF
psrliaments hearty support of any
measures that it might I've necessary
for the British government to take. ell
Their alone or in conjunction with the
powers that signed the Berlin act, to
insure the effective carrying out of its
provisions" Sir Edward Grey, secre-
tary for foreign affairs, in speech
sympathizing with the terms of the
resolution repudiated on behalf of the
government any desire to establish po-
litical or territorial claims.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-27
OTTO KELSEY.

vote on the question of Shall Otto
Kelsey be removed from the Office Of
state superintendent of insurance"
The vote stood 80 against removal
and 10 for removal. The vote was as
follows:
Yeas-Agnew, Armstrong, Burr, Car
penter, Cobb, Cordts, Davis, Dunn,
Emerson, Foelker. Gilchrist, HeacOck.
Human. Knapp. Page, SAKE, Travis
(Rep), Fuller and Taylor Dem)-19.
Nays Aids, Cassidy, Fancher, Fan
chot, Gates, Grattan, Hill, Hooker,
O'Neil, Raines, Smith, Tuliy, Wemple,
White and Wilcox (Rep), Ackroyd,
Boyce. Cohalan, Cullen. Frawley, Ora
dy, Harte Hazenhug. McCarren, Nc
Manus, Mullaney, Owens, Transporter,
Sohmer and Sullivan DEM
The result shows that five Republic
an senators forsook the governor, and
he made no gains, for not one senator
who voted TO sustain Mr.. Kelsey a
year ago changed his position.
Kelsey got twenty-seven votes to re-
tain him last year.
1t was believed up to the last minute
that Senators Foelker and Gilchrist of
Brooklyn would vote to retain Mr. KEEL
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-27
MANY MARKED FOR DEATH.


Anarchists Said to He Planning Muir.
der Of Priests.
CHICAGO, Feb. PA murder will
be committed in Chicago within a
month similar to the Denver assassi-
nation of the Rev. Father Leo Helm
richs, who was shot down while adj
ministcring holy communion in St
Elizabeth's Roman Catholic church."
asserted Chancellor K. M. Dunno Of
the Chicago archdiocese. II am posi-
tive that anarchists, anticlericals or
whatever they call themselves have
prepared lists Of priests and clergy
to be killed, and / feel certain that
some Chicago man has been marked
I am the most logical man for as
sassination next, and, although I have
thousands of friends in the ItalianI
colony, l also have many bitter enc
miles,"
Father Dunno said II he was not|
chosen to be murdered other victims|
might be either Archbishop Quigley,|
the Very Rev. F. 8. Angellucci Of the|
Church Of the Assumption or the Rev.
Father Francis Gordon, G. R., provin-|
cial Of the Church Of the Resurrection.
At Denver the police as the result oil
Investigations following the murder Of
Father Leo Heinrichs have traced ut
least thirty anarchists In the anticler-
zeal organization, which has planned
wholesale assassinstions throughout
the country.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-27
JURY FLiPPED A COIN.
Justice Guy Sets Aside Verdict and
Fines Jurors $50 Each.

Justice Guy Sets Aside Verdict and
Fines Jurors $50 Each.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Upon learn.
ing that jury before him in the SUI
preme court had arrived at verdict
by the flip of coin Justice Guy set
fhe verdict aside and fined each juror
$50.
The Jury was made up Of New York
citizens headed by Timothy s. Yale,
the foreman, an accountant Of 2lS
East Eleventh street.
The verdict was in favor Of the New
York City Railway company in suit
brought by Thomas Dixon to recover
money damages for the death Of his
daughter, Lilly, four years old.
Justice Guy learned in some way
that the jurors had tipped coin to de
termine whether to decide in favor OF
the plaintiff or for the railroad com
pany.
How did you arrive at this yer
dictT inquired Justice Guy, address
ing the foreman.
"By the flip of COIN" responded
Yale.
"Was 1t the understanding on YOU
part that IL the coin showed up heads
you would decide for the plaintiff and
II 1t fell tails you would decide fol
the defendant" demanded the court.
"Yes," answered the foreman.
The jurors all said the same thing
when questioned in the same manner.
Justice Guy faced the jury and will
emphasis on each word said:
you have arrived at your verdic
by most improper method, by ont
contrary to law, in contempt Of thi'
court and In direct violation of you
oaths as jurors. l cannot adequatel!
express my indignation at such con
duct on the part of jurors to do thei
duty In so serious an Issue. / there
fore impose fine of $50 upon each o.
you for contempt Of court"
He then told the jurors they could
not serve in his court on any othe1
case.
Under the provisions of law in sucl
a case the jurors will be notified o.
the formal entry Of the fine and vii
then be called upon to pay up or suffe1
the further penalty of Imprisonment.