davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-12-31


l-4l sof ssction two (Ssc. -. u town.
,lows: Tns northssst quarter (asE
ship one hundred ana aftyssven
l(t ,j,1 1871 north ol ranss eighty.
nine. IN. range 80 49, of the
Firth principal meridian 10 the
county Of Ward and state Of North
Dakota. There VIII be Ode on such
mortgage ct the date Of sale. the
sum or seventyone dollars and
,hirty-nve cents on. $50 together
With the costs Of this foreclosure and
the statutory attorney fees..
Dated this 10th day Of December.
1908.
Il. B. Combs,
Assignee Of Mortgage.
Ben E. Combs, Attorney for AS
signee Of Mortgage, Denny brook.
NJ. Oak. III 1910 10
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
Parties and Corporation.
Kansas City Star dnd.).

NanSaS CITY star Und.)
Honest corporations have nothing to fear
from the democratic party" was the re-
assuring declaration given out at Chicago
oy Mr.. Kern, nominated at Denver for vice
president. Mr.. Bryan. being regarded as
quite a bit of a corporation batter. could
scarcely have inspired this pledge, unless
he is carrying his policy of compromise
and Cancellation into the very Businesses
OF the enemy's country.
There is no cause. though, to fear that
honest" corporations will not find the
democratic party as good as the word OF
Mr.. Kern, If 1t succeeds to power In No
vember. There is nothing to be feared by
honest" corporations from either party.
President Roosevelt has been held I'D to
reprooation as a dangerous agitator and an
enemy Of capital by certain captains of
industry and finance, although the repub-
hcan party has given to these same kickers
the enormous benefit OF the tariff, which
has afforded more aid and comfort to the
American game OF grab than any other
factor in our system of government. But
the president has made no war on honest
corporations. He Is chargeable with no
Interference with trade on the square. No
molestation, either by word or deed, has
come from him to persons who are engaged
In fair and lawful enterprises. His plat
form is "A rightful share to each and all
no more. no less"
The republican party as represented by
Roosevelt and Taft offers full and ade-
quate protection to business that is con-
Quoted on the level, and that Is content
with lawful methods. The democratic party
can offer nothing less than this and hops
to succeed. In the alignment of the two
organizations as II stands this year, capt
tai honestly and fairly employed has nc
cause for alarm. On the other hand, with
Taft heading one ticket and Bryan the
other. capital employed for piratical and
d~isreputable purposes can look for no pro-
lection.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
sHELVED, BUT NOT BURIED.

Notwithstanding the assertion Of
Mr.. Bryan that his demand for govern
ment ownership of railroads is not a
live issue In this campaign, n of his
chief fuglemen in Nebraska, being
none other than Edgar Howard, who
is running the Columbus Telegram
and who wants to run for congress as
the democratic nominee of the Third
district, insists that at will not die"
mo matter what convention plat
forms may say or may not say about
government ownership Of railroads"
declares Judge Howard, still the nom
inal president of the Government Own
ership league which he organized with
Mr.. Bryan's aid and consent to propo-
gate the Bryanite program, still that
great reform idea Is growing n 1t Is
growing fast" Pursuing the subject,
1T may be too soon for the final step"
he reluctantly admits, but 1t is not
too soon fer the preliminary movement
looking to the day when the parent
bndll ~" SS"S
the railroads"
Judge Howard goes ahead in his pa
per telling just how the government
should set about TO acquire the rail-
roads of the country. How would
the people condemn railroad prop
erty?" he asks, and without waiting
for any other answer replies, why
that's easy. The people would con-
denim the railroad Just like a railroad
condemns the property of the people
when it wants to use that property for
right-of-way. 1t Is a poor rule which
will not work both ways. Also, that
rule has been made to work only one
way, but some day the people are go
ing to make 1t work the other way"
And he winds up with this appeal,
Don't be ashamed, friends, OF your
public ownership views"
We suggest that Judge Howard di-
rect that last remark, personally, to
Mr.. Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
ON PRESIDENTIAL FIRING LINE.
Hryanite Prophecies Lined Up with
Present Conditions,
Philadelphia Press (rep.l.

Philadelphia Press (rep.h,
When william J. Bryan had John w.
Kern nominated for vice president he pub
licly avowed his belief that the presidency
could be won between Nebraska and Indi-
ana. Bryan has the solid south. He ex-
poets in the territory between these two
states to gain the votes he needs to make
a majority.
In 1896 his chance of winning the presi-
dency was In these states. He carried Ne
braska and Kansas. He lacked so little of
carrying Indiana and Illinois that there
were a great many people, including those
closest to the republican nagem Of
President McKinley's campaign. who
thought in August, 1896, that every state
from Nebraska to Indiana was won for
Bryan.
By the end OF August or the opening of
September Bryan may again create a like
scare, but his chances are far less now In
these great central states than they were in
1896. Kansas was populist In 1899 and Cleve-
land carried both Illinois and Indiana In
that year and he split the vote Of Michigan.
In 1896 Bryan came to a central west which
had been electlng democratic congressman
and voting for a republican president.
The reverse is true today. From Ne
~ NAAAANAAA v ANAAb
past republican majorities have been rising
and congressional districts, democratic in
1890, 1893 and 1891, are now and have been
for eight years republican.
This great change which in 1906 made In
diana republican by SOS22 Illinois by lAA-
$50 Michigan by 1854, Wisconsin by So
247. Iowa by 20,s65 and Nebraska, in 1907.
by A.4O6 has not come because Of the pres
emit movement towards the federal reEula-
ton of railroads and trusts. II is due to A
profound alteration in the industries of all
this region.
Since 1896 the manufacturing zone has
crossed the Alleghanies. It is in the central
west Indiana. Illinois, Michigan and Wis
consin have become states of small in
dustries and of big plants. II tho repub-
ran majorities are less in Iowa and Ne
braska 1t Is because these changes have
come there less than in the states Just east
of the Mississippi.
In 1885 these states were still vast farms.
Their railroads were in trouble. MANY in
the hands of receivers. Manufacturers were
relatively few. Labor was in the condition
that brought the great railroad strike OF
1884 In Chicago. Banks were few and hum
dreds failed in 1898, The great central states
We're ripe for populism and free silver IN
1895 "
They are no longer. The solitary fact
that the Illinois Central, once owned in
europe, is now owned in large measure
along Its own line shows the change in
liilnois. The central states from Indiana IN
Nebraska are hunting no quack political
remedies today. They will vote for a
trained efficient, equipped man with the
experience OF 10Th Judge and administrator
William II. Taft.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
Personal NOTES.

What does Bryan care If they nominate
him on FridayT The day he breads is
tuesday,
Upon the hottest Sunday of the year
two Louisville detectives found an ice
chest full Of beer in a chill parlor.
How'd you like 10 be a pair of detectives
The summer season is certainly advanc-
ing, The story of the tree tattooed on a
mans arm by lightning has started on its
rounds. Now let the hoop snake get ready
for business.
Entering his club. the Athenaeum, the
other day, a friend said to the eminent
British surgeon, Sir Victor Horsley: Hal
loa, Horsley, can you tell us what whisky
Is YETI" THE most popular poison in the
world, my dear sir" was the prompt retort.
Miss Elizabeth S. Cotton of Easthampton,
Mass, speaks more languages than any
woman in the world. She has Just returned
from the east, where she has spent a long
Miss Cotton knows forty languages suffi-
GENTLY we'll to read them.
Roland R. Dannis of the Department of
Commerce n Labor is in Berlin induiring
into the field of agricultural machinery,
and Colonel Harris Weinstock of Sacra-
mento. Cal, also is in Berlin as a special
commissioner from the governor of Cali
fornia to look into labor conditions, espe-
cially the matter Of the compulsory arbi-
tration of disputes between employers and
employees.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
THE NEW DIPLOMACY.

Our new American ambassador to
Germany, David Jayne Hill, has vindi-
Gated the judgment of President
Roosevelt, who appointed him in the
face of ill-concealed opposition on the
part of the cSurtiers of the emperor
and open opposition of certain mem
bsrs of the American diplomatic corps,
Ambassador Hill has succeeded in
gaining the complete confidence and
respect of Emperor William and in
creating a most favorable impression
with the diplomatic representatives OF
other nations at the German capital.
In addition to discharging the official
and social duties of his position cred
itably DR.. Hill has been attracting at
tention in Europe through some of his
addresses at banGuets and official
functions. He has done this by de-
parting from the usual diplomatic Gus
tom of uttering meaningless %platitudes
on such occasions and by talking very
plainly and directly on the changed
COuulIlOuS III NV ANAuNlOho bNb"CSh
nations and the necessity of this
change being recognized in diplomatic
circles. In a recent address at Berlin
DR.. Hill said:
The modern diplomatist must discard the
old diplomacy, and instead of separating
nations bring them nearer together. Instead
Of sowing d~issensions among them he must
introduce order. law and justice for their
mutual relations. The best equipment for
him who seeks to do this is a knowledge
of history,
Nations have been slow to recognize
that diplomacy, defined by the diction-
aries as "dexterity in securing advan-
tages," is not synonymous with deceit
and trickery. The world has changed
greatly since the Machiavellian days,
when an immediate end gained by
lying or treachery was considered the
greatest achievement in diplomacy.
Many elements have couspired to pro-
duce the changed conditions, the great
est being the improved facilities for
communication. Before the era Of ca
bles and telegraph lines and fast
steaming ships and railroad trains the
ambassador was in fact the representa-
tive of the state. He had plenary
powers and his government spoke
through him. Now the diplomat has
his chief at the other end of a cable
wire, In cases Of emergency, and be-
comes more an adviser and instrument
Of communication between the ruling
powers. An increasing intelligence
among nations has given the art of d.
plomacy a new meaning and placed the
relations between nations on a new
and more businesslike basis, In this
advancement America has always
taken the lead by keeping its represen-
~tatives abroad out Of court intriEuel
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
MAYOR JrM's COMING RAID.
Proposed Capture OF New York
FrauEht with Frosty Perils.

st Louis Times.
1t Is reported that the mayor OF Omaha
will go to New York to carry the Bryan
war into what was once the enemy's
country" If Mr.. Dahlman goes to the
Empire state he will make friends, just
as he did when he entered the contest
for the mayoralty of his live town on the
upper Missouri.
Many New York people already know
Dahlman. He Is remembered BY everyone
who had any sort of land In the Bryan
arrival from Europe H. 1906. Dahlman
was there with a trainload Of cowboys,
and II was his personally conducted lasso
that caught the democratic chieftain
about the ankle even before Doe Brown
and Lewis Nixon could get over the side
of the Princess Irene to offer their well
comes.
Mayor Dahlmap now says that he will
spend some time down east. He will in
troduce Omaha campaign methods. He
will make 'em sit up and take notice, just
as he did when he and his Indians met
Bryan. But Mayor Jim will find II de-
sirable to know the point at which to
stop, He stands in danger of OVERRIDING
his wild west act. Should that situation
come about he will get a frost after the
manner Of that delivered to Tulsa. And
when New York gets frosty the north
pole isn't a bit chillier.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
TIRE BLAcKLIsTED HUSBAND.


Politics apparently makes stranger
bedfellows in Kansas than anywhere
else under the sun, as illustrated by
a peculiar condition of affairs reported
from William Allen Whites town of
Emporia. Kansans have always taken
their politics seriously, but the climax
of ~partisanship has been reached In
the Ease of Mrs. Mary McCreary Park
man, the editor Of the Emporia Times,
and her husband, Harrison Parkman,
the county surveyor of Lyon county.
Mr.. Parkman is a republican and is a
candidate for reelection, and Mrs.
Parkman is a democrat and a candi-
date for county superintendent OF
schools. Outside Of Office hours and
between campaigns Mr.. aud Mrs. Park
man appear to lead the lives of ordi-
narily contented folks, agreeing pretty
we'll on religious, social and business
questions, but when the nominations
have been made and the keynote is
sounded they go at 1t like brother
lawyers employed on opposing sides of
a case.
Mr.. Parkman labors under a handi-
cap. 1t is one of the rules of the
Times that when 1t is necessary to
refer to the editors husband In print
he is simply 1.-The county surveyor"
his name never being mentioned. This
policy, of blacklisting her husband has
caused some comment in the town and
Mrs. Parkman has written an editorial
giving her side of the case. She
frankly states hat she believes she
has the right to do as she pleases with
her newspaper and that II she puts up
with her husband morning, noon and
night she should not have to be putting
him in her paper all the time. Assert
ing that she and her, husband agree
pretty we'll on religion. literature, art,
the nebular hypothesis, the compare
tive value of breakfast foods and the
proper way of poking the fire, Mrs
Parkman continues:
But we disagree on politics. We think
our husband has a good deal OF sense-tor
a mere man-on lots OF subjects. but on
notifies he doesn't know much. He Is a re-
p~ubl!can-a black republican, a mean black
republican. and as such has no claims on
US either as a mOlder of public opinion, a
fellow citizen or as a wife. We will cook
for our husband. we will mend our hus-
bands clothing. we will darn and brush
him. and keep him up-as our husband.
But a. an offieeholder OF a vile, venal and
corrupt organization, an smissary of Wall
street. and a. an 0Ppressor OF the poor, our
husband has only our unspeakable con
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
BROWNELL HALL

Under the combined influence of serious
work, kindly courtesy, and youthful merry
making the students of this Boarding and
Day school for young women and girls
beauty and dignity Of wholesome, social re-
lationships. Students holding certificates
covering the full entrance requirements OF
a standard state university are admitted
without examination to junior year Of col-
legiate course. Certificate in college-pre-
ley, Smith, Mount Holyoke, University OF
Nebraska, University Of Wisconsin and
University of Chicago. Exceptional adVan-
tages in music, art and domestic science.
Well equipped gymnasium. and outdoor
sports. Students mothered sympathetically.
For illustrated Yearbook address Miss
Macrae. principal. Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
Look at the Figures.

Minneapolis Journal (rep.),
There are 4S3 votes in the electoral col
lege. 1t will take 242 to elect. Assuming
that Mr.. Bryan told MT. Ridder, as is al
legged. that he could be elected without
New York, II becomes important TO con-
slider the ground OF that confidence. Bryan
has TO start with the 15 votes Of the
south. This is conceding to him Missouri
and Kentucky, both OF which, -on their
record, are doubtful states. He needs
ninetyseven more. To get them without
New York he must carry such states as
Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, South Da-
kota, Nebraska and others whose repub-
licanism seems even less likely to De
wrenched from its m%oorings than that OF
New York. New York would appear to all
conservative investors in election wagers a
better democratic bet than any OF these
states. New York is $4,000 republican
Hence, on figures Of past performances.
democracy cannot win without New York
and cannot get New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

tempt. He should thank his lucky stars
that we do keep his name out Of the Times
That would appear TO be enough to
hold an average husband for a time,
but Mrs. Parkman evidently knows
Mr.. Parkman and suspects that he will
try to show that he is not a gutter,
so she adds this postscript:
We know enough of our husband should
he attempt to press this matter too far to
make his vote in this election little more
than scattering. But up TO the present we
have said nothing. We have believed that
our duty as a wife had some claims on our
duty as an editor. But a word to the wise
should be sufficient. and If our husband
has learned a lick of sense from past ex-
periences with us he will take a grand inn
mortal tumble to himself and call off his
dogs. We think a good bit of our husband,
first and last, and in one way and another,
but we will permit of no fo~olishness from
this republican county surveyor. He is a
bad lot and we withhold certain matters in
this affair on account Of the responsibility
of the parties concerned.
Mr.. Parkman's rituation commands
sympathetic condolences, What profits
it to a Kansas politicians to have his
clothes mended, his socks darned, his
meals cooked and his lodging fur
nished and made attractive If he has
to go over the political route incog?
Any liberty loving. Judge in Kansas
would declare such treatment to come
under the head of cruel and unusual
punishment forbidden by the constitu-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
Taft's Superiority.

Springfield CMass) Republican 0nd).
Mr.. Bryan's handicaps are very serious.
He must encounter the hostility OF the
conservative wing OF the democratic party,
and his two previous defeats tend to de-
stroy his prestige among all those who like
to support a winning candidate. It Is also
palpsble that, however strong a character
he may be, within his special limitations,
his long career as IN agttator has tended
to unfit him for actual governmental WORK
and has developed the orator and doctrin-
aire at the expense OF the practical. well
posed administrator In personal fitness
for the presidential office Mr.. Taft offers
by far the superior qualification
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

The defenders OF concrete construc-
ton for school buildings seem to miss
the point. The real question is
whether the school board should pay
$1,000 to a specialist for plans and
specifications for a building for which
a firm of competent architects has al
ready been engaged on the full archi-
t~ectural fee. Twelve hundred dollars
is 8 per cent on $4,000. and IL con-
crete construction is really cheaper
and better 1t ought to reduce the per-
centage cost for plans and speciica-
lions rather than increase It.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

The Independence league party of
the District Of Columbia, in mass
meeting assembled 70 the number of
~twenty-eight men and two women, has
instructed it's delegates to vote for
william Randolph Hearst for president
and John Temple Graves for vice
president. Hearst and Graves sounds
funereal enough, to say the least.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

In the matter of keeping u streets
in good repair an ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure. Omaha
pavements are ruined every day by
needless cutting and careless dumping
of materials around new buildings, No
other progressive city In the country
would for a moment tolerate the mis-
use of the streets as practiced by
Omaha building contractors.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

Nebraska democrats say they want
to put local tickets in the field this
year in every county in the state. They
had none in twenty-eight counties
last year. They should advertise for
victims willing to go up against sure
defeat.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
PATENT BRYAN CAMPAIGN SON

New York World.
CAir: "When Johnny Comes Marching
Home,")
Hurrah! hurrahl
You bet wen nominate him then,
rha rsn wsI cheer, the 'boys' will shout,
some democrats may then turn out,
n well all feel gay when Bryan he runs
again.
In 1916, too,
Hurrah! hurrah!
Wen try our best to put him through,
Hurrah! hurrah!
Though years may drag their weary length,
He'll show no signs of falling strength,
again.
In 1870, then,
Hurrah! hurrah!
He yet will be the man OF men,
HurTah! hurrah!
The men will cheer, etc
Hurrah! hurrah!
Wen nominate him as before,
Hurrah! huTrahl
The men will. etc.
Hurrah! huTrah!
He still will be our candidate,
Hurrah! hurrah!
The men, etc,
In 1882,
Hooray! hurroo!
Bryan again will surely do,
Hurray! hurroo! etc.
Murray! etc.
In 1910, Wow! etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

Lincoln is about to wage war off,
clally on the mosquito. We presume
that this is part of the cleanup in an
ticipation of democratic visitors to
Fairview. The first step toward max
ing the democratic pilgrims immune
mosquito bites should be rescind-
ing the z O'Clock closing order
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

Omaha continues on the increase
side of the bank clearings ledger not
withstanding the fact that most of the
other cities show comparative de-
creases. Omaha ought to be a gamer
by this sort of Advertisement.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
Tive OF "A Kind.
New York Man HenN.

WV IUIh NIdH NVUJs
Bryan. beaten in 1896 by COL $40 votes and
in 1900 by $40, 100 votes. Is again put up
for the presidency. despite his record Of
defeat. To be consistent. the democratic
party has associated with him, and charged
with the specific task OF carrying In
diana" a twice defeated candidate for gov
ernoT OF that state.
John w. Kern fell S.l6s votes short of
success in 1900 and s4.Ss4 in 1905, and these
are the two worst defeats ever sustained
by a Hoosier g~ubernator'al candidate. His
experience in public affairs has been con-
fined to service in the legislature and as
city attorney OF Indianapolis, and to sew
eTal unsuccessful quests for higher office.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
same old Calamity Howl.

Since the democratic organs have started
out vigorously to accuse the republican ad-
ministration OF responsibility for last falls
business reaction they obviously refuse to
give any credit 10 the gain in business ae-
tivity. A fact that destroys your campaign
ammunition cannot be true. This may be
a logical deduction. but It caves TO the
democratic campaign the keynote OF the
same Old calamity howl
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

Mr., Bryan has the right idea In ap-
peaIing to the farmers for campaign
contributions. The farmers have tie
money as a result of twelve years of
republican government.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

Our amiable democratic contem-
porary cartoons Mr.. Hearst under the
caption, "Oh, my! Look at What
We're Losing!" Picture to yourself
the cartoon that would have appeared
If Mr.. Hearst had only responded to
Mr.. Bryan's entreaties for him to get
into line.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

While Mr.. Bryan is losing some
money by his inability to go on the
ehautauqua circuit this year. he Toes
o have TO pay to have his lawn
moved,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

Martin r. Preston, nominated by
the soeialist-labor party for the presi-
deney. will not be the next occupant
Of the White House. He is in prison
under a twenty-five years sentence,
has not reached the constitutional age
and has declined the nomination. Then
there ara other reason
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

Ambassador O'Brien says that In the
veal he has been in Japan he has seen
no sign among the Japanese of hos
tility to America. The Japs have evil
IDENTIFY caught onto the Hobson joke.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

Increasing business makes early en-
largement of Union station imperative.
While about it, why not build a sub
way connecting with the Burlington
station and make the two a real Union
station2
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20

1t is to be presumed that the big
railway magnates would all like to
raise the railway rates, but what they
would like to do and what they will
be permitted to do are two different
things.