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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-02-27
srIlIIant Function al Lima.

Lima, Peru, Feb. 26.-The entertain.
ments in honor Of the American naval
officers continue undated and Lima
society is enjoying a series Of brilliant
functions such as seldom has been
witnessed in the capital.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-02-27
An Antl.Rucket Shop Bill Passed.

Guthrie, Ok, Feb. 26.-The house
Tuesday passed a bill by Durant pro
hibiting the operation Of bucketshopa
and the dealing in futures. They also
passed 100000 appropriation for leg
islatlye expenses.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-02-27

Chlcago, Feb. 1e.-The first Of The
racing automobiles reached tbs city
Tuesday nt l:15 , n. Ths leading
car vas he ARM macAlne NhicA 4
hound f1r Fort LsayoEIoA n
kmariean ear val aecun1, ave mn
"a l.hfnf Rvs - lIr.<tll al
- sIllll s..a y !. Ia.ll.l.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17
The Simplest and Cheapest
Way They Will Not Indorse

II am on record as favoring a maxi
mum and minimum tariff. While i DO
not know the views of President-elect
Taft. l understand that he. too, Us in
law was enacted France. Germany and
Russia have passed maximum and min
imum tariff laws. i think IL likely that
To avoid confusion like that winch
arose when the Dingley tarif went into
effect, the new law will become opera
tive the day after IL IL signed by the
II do not believe that the recent lee
ton passed upon the question OF how
the tariff should be revised. II did pro-
claim. though. that the country faNors
a protective tariff and Is against the
theories OF Mr.. Bryan and most or his
Democratic associates. III all trust
made articles were put upon the free
list over half the industries OF the
country would be affected. Serene r.
Payne.
The Louisville Courier-Journal In
answer to Mr.. Payne, says:
IL is interesting TO learn from so ex.
cellent an authority as Mr.. Payne. OF
the house committee on ways and
means, that half OF the American in
dustries are trusts and that the re-
moval OF the duty upon trust-made ar
ticles would affect" those trusts.
Democrats for some time. II Is re-
freshing to see a good Democratic ar
gument Endorsed by Mr.. Payne even
IL he does not subscribe TO the doc
trines of Democrats.
The removal OF the tariff. taking
away from the trusts the fat subsidy
they are now granted by the federal
governments subsidy paid out of the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

II it were In my power to give the
people of the United States one gift
for Christmas, the gift | should give
would be economic liberty. says Brand
Whitlock, mayor OF Toledo, in SYM
postum, IF Were National Santa
Claus" in the December Delineator.
They have had religious liberty ever
since the revolution, and have been
free to worship such gods as they
chose; and, though many OF Them have
chosen to worship the golden calf.
there still s=hope that they may break
that idol. after awhile. And ever since
the great war they have had political
liberty-that is, men have had 1t, and
the women might have II. too, IL they
would only say so; each has n part In
the government, or may have a part,
although. of course, many have turned
their proxies over to the bosses OF
their respective parties and so may BE-
said TO have surrendered this liberty.
But economic liberty men have not as
yet In the old days in America. lack
of this economic liberty was not felt.
Machines that would do the work of 4.
hundred or five hundred men had not
been. developed. and there was always
free land TO the west where any one
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17
Michigan A ways Being
Carried in Advance
y Follows We Are in the Cabinet
Because We Had the Right
Man fer the Place.


states devotion Repubcsns has made Michigan
xepowned its nobody's and its anybodys
CONSIDER congressional delegation at both ends OF the
Survey hricctunphant gubernatorial tnber)
Mchgans dependabeness from the Republican standpoint
seems guarantee the best brains and char
actrr of the party shall be kept at the rear
Only overturnn Warmers trpleexpansion am
hilton precptang will prompt the TO bring
up its reserves
refreshing exception be noted in the selection of Trr-
Nswbery vcor H. Meca secretary of the
navy
recognition being absolutely unrelated political ex-
pediency in way that makes genuine honor and
source oil qualification the people OF the
NevberTy Washington in the spirit of the psalmlst
vowed he would rather be doorper the house OF the
Lord han of the wicked
wealthy coge-trained elected work hard
government rather an continue the vulgar OF
adding relapse into the unprodnctve leisure to
which young men n his powerfully tempted
oyging the i-heah of Mr.. Metca, he has
been ACTING secretary OF The with emphasis the
sAcTING.
he proved himself Of ACTION, as well as
capacity he became the logical
for the succession
Rooseves independence of action and
judgment calling the departmental scholarly
young character and capacity brought Mr. Nsvbery
IA line for this advancement
Michigan method of rewarding mediocrity only would
never have done it.
commonwealth without reference party divisions,
represented in President Roosevels cab
met the unselsh devotion
the countryis the part Of her honored !
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17
America Wants Economic Liberty
But Hin This Should Go Ldeak.-

could go: but the land has been large
'ly taken up; the machines have beer
developed and monopolized, and unles
man can go on 10 the land or get Z
one OF these machines he cannot work
The land and the machines, are owned
not by. the men who work them, bnt b.
others who do not work them and d
not want to work them, so that tn
man who does work them can get {
them. only by permission of their owf
er and on such terms as. he may did
tate. Hence these workers are ne
wholly free. and we should abolisI
privilege In all its forms so that the
might become free.
With this economic liberty shout
like to give 10 the people of my LAM
an ideal life that was far above all mf
terial consideration: an ideal whi9
would lead away from divisions 4
parties and distinctions OF classes. an
reveal TO them In It's beautiful ligh
the true relationship Of men everl
where 10 each other. their essentii
brotherhood and oneness.
But one cannot give another ideals
one cannot give people liberty. The
must get ideals, they must get libert'
themselves, for themselves, else 1t !
mo liberty at all.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17
Laws for Aerial Travel.

Il has been suggested that the next
thing will be TO pass laws regulating
the proper use by aeroplanists of the
newly conquered empire. This has
already been done for balloonists. In
ASH, when French balloons from be
1eaRuered Paris were dropping on the
"8acred soil" of Prussia. royal decree
declared them conhscate as contra
band OF war. And on the conclusion
Of peace a measure was passed which
xorbade. under penalty OF death. ANY
future similar aerial violation OF Ger
man territory during war.
30 long ago as 1880. again, balloon
nbcents were made Illegal In Turkey
20 far as regards ConstantDople and
40 miles around. and In 1872 the pro
hIbition was extended to include the
entiro Turkish empire. In France ii
1784 II wns soiemnly decreed that no
body should be permitted to so up Ia
3 balloon Cor any other kind Of aero
static machine" which was worked By
>urning spifita OF wine OF any other
1seens Of making FIRE.
Later. IN 1911. Il was enacted in
UInnco that no balloon should be per
I<1Gd 20 ascend with any species Of
DoGce Or stove: thar no one should
4; 1 allowed 10 ascend In balloon I'M
- - carried parachute; and that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

we reverently-like unto the statue OF
faith-uplift our faces and raise our
hands to the unchanged heavens and
the changeless father and solemnly re-
peat-"In the name OF God, Amen"
II is not mere fanciful conception
that in this phase lies the power
which produced and the seed from
which sprung the action Of that COM
pany and the results thereof II is,
perhaps, true that he who drafted that
instrument somewhat unconsciously
and as matter of common habit used
that formal phrase with which 1t was
then-even much SO now-customary
to open solemn Instruments; and Il
may be further true that those who
subscribed their names may not have
felt any special thrill as these words
were read aloud TO them In the little
cabin; and yet Ii is further true that
this purpose-to do and to live lin the
name of Gods the only possible
as II Is the amply sufficient explana-
ton Of all which had preceded and all
which has followed that act. Ii has
been plausibly and eloquently urged
that one of the honors TO be given to
these revered men is that they were
AT the beginning" of our institutions;
that they left behind them the old
forms and institutions, based on new
principles and protected by new and
original governmental modes. This Is
a captivating picture and attracts the
heart.
That in this new and virgin contin-.
ent, on this sea-beaten coast, In the
august presence OF Jehovah, these few
pious. loving and heroic souls laid in
prayer and trust the foundations Of a
new and puissant nation. unsoiled
with the ,corruptions, unstained with
the vices. untrammelled with the ira
ditions. unperplexed with the prob
lens OF the old world; that in the very
act OF laying the cornerstone they
also buried all of the past that was not
OF good 10 man and from God: that
thus freed from the slavery OF tradi-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

pockets OF the consumers of commodi-
ties and products controlled by the
trusts would materially affect those
trusts. Ii would disestablish trustism
by creating an open market in which
merit and not monopoly would regu-
late prices.
When Mr. Payne and others of his
clique finish their revision of the tar
if In the interest of the trusts neither
business nor grating will be disturb
ed, and no trust will be injuriously af-
fected.
OF course, the federal government
is not contemplating dissolving the
trusts that, according to Mr.. Payne,
produce one-half Of the products In the
American markets. A malefactor here
and there may be tackled in the
courts, but TO undertake to dissolve
all of the trusts would be to involve
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

My Countrymen: In. the midst OF
I fierce disputations. OF trials and per-
| lis there never was frement when
the heroic sacrifices, the devotion TO
! truth. the fidelity OF conviction to those
who landed not only at Plymouth, but
ut all points in New England, did not
receive my hearty gratitude and cor
! dial praise.
I We are the children OF exiles and
emigrants. We spring from the same
! common root. and are OF the same
blood. our fathers came for the same
general purpose and together won a
common independence; and today,
standing near where Elder Brewster
| and William Bradford, John Carver
and Miles Standish landed. l am as
much at home as under the shadow
OF the monument which Massachu-
sets helped 10 build to Henry Clay.
And when | projected myself into the
mighty and overwhelming future with
the ever-increasing application Of
truth 10 human institutions. ! never
attempt TO separate what the sons of
New England will do from that which
Virginia's and Kentucky's sons may
also do.
I'm the name of God. Amen."
On the 21st day OF November, 1920.
in the cabin Of the "Mayfiower," as
she lay at anchor in Provincetown
harbor the compact signed by the
adult males OF that immortal ships
OF exiles began with this
solemn phrase--the formal. technical.
beginning of solemn instru-
ments; and today. amid such different
we repeat with intense
and loving emphasis the old phrase,
and load each word with gratitude and
praise. AS we gather to dedicate
this monument TO the memory of those
illustrious forefathers, TO the honor OF
their principles and convictions, TO the
grateful applause Of all freemen for
their labors and sacrifices. and our
selves and the future to the preserva-
ton and amplification OF true liberty,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

ton and the thralldom of institutions.
their hearts filled with sincere love
OF God and earnest love for man, they
were divinely led To reject the evil
and select only the good in the forma-
ton Of a new society thus fabricated
by them-is indeed a picture. which,
when drawn by the hand of master,
enchains the eye and enchants the
heart But this is not the historic
nor the philosophical truth; and does
injustice 10 the forefathers and TO
those who were co-workers with them.
and the more truthful Is the picture
OF them and their work, the greater
honor do we render unto them.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17
ForeseeIna .he wra.h 70 conc.

The Detroit Times asserts editorially
that Gov Warner was reelected by
the brewers and saloon vote and gives
list Of % counties which gave large
maiorities for Hemans while at the
same time going heavily for TAFT
Then The Times warns the liquor ia.
tereNs that they are apt TO be pun.
ished' for their action by some OF those
same counties next spring. predicting
that a number of them will go dry
AZ that time.--Isowell Ledger
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

from the Pitsberg peepul & Pa was
full OF ginger wen he CAIN hoam!
Ha Ia. sed Pa. thay viii try to beet
Us, will thay? II maiks me Ian. sed Pa,
1 feel like walking on air, Pa sed.
feel like | was fiotoing on heesy
cloud. Pa sed. my hart is vary
hubby, Pa sed!
You doapt tell me. seG Ma, ware did
an the bubbels cum from? | hoop
that gent NAMED Pomagy diden'
stake you TO the bubbles,
n No Nam, sed Pa This fnspirashnn
wich yon see me with isent from any
false start, IL Is belsaus the Giants wor
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

yurcs, ware It biteth like boa con-
striktcr * stingctn like anaconda.
sed Ma,
was RELY & truly at the gain, scd
pc, q my heart is busting with pure
Joy, three cheers for Scrappy Littel
Mac. Pa sed. | cGd walk on the air, /
cud t0te in the agur sky, sed Pa.
Then Pa saw the close line out in
The yard & he sed ia. a idea, | will
walk in the air. will fote on the
clouds. am going TO walk On thai
close line.
Doant dare to do il, sed Ma. / am
certainly doing 10 dare. sed Pa, & all
I ask you TO do is to watch my smoak'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

the country In litigation that wou
be more expensive TO the taxpaye
than letting them alone. BY the ST
pie expedient of changing the tar
law. more In the way OF trust bus
ing" would be achieved at once thi
could be achieved In a dozen years
strenuous work in courts. And III
simple means of getting at the root
the evil the Republicans have refusi
to adopt and will refuse to adopt.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

two (2)' gaimsin one Cd day. that Is
some baseball cinb, sed Pa.
Three cheers for the army & navy,
the army & navy forever. Pa sed. .
Columbia tire gem OF the oshun & /
wish | was In Dixie, sed Pa.
PAS Hart Busting with Pure Joy.
Leek heer, sed Ma, what is all this
loud talk about, what am TO under
stand. is Il true that you was to the
gain? Or, sed Ma. was you fusslng
around sum of them faverit places OF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17
A. wIllIAM :. KIRK.

1.-THE picter ON my slait today IS IA
walking on the close line, IL is q
snap shot picter, Ma sed. bekaus
Pa was only on the rope one minnit'
sthen he fell off the rope & Ma laffed az
81 wanted TO laff, but was afrade ia
wud spank me, Pa Is afrade TO spank
Ma
The way Pa calm TO walk on the
rope was beekaus he was TO baseball
gain & he saw on the skoar borde
that the Giants had won two CD gains
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17
An Efficacious Method.

you say you are marrying you
Van Rox to reform him? That's !
BILE of you. but | didn't know he h
any vices"
"Oh, yes. People say he's getti
stingy with his money."-Clevela
Leader.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

ascents were not to be begun later
than one hour before sunset nor earlier
than an hour after sunrise. No ascen;s
acre TO be undertaken during the gar
nering OF the harvest nor fof six weeks
iirior thereto. Chicago News.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17
WlIhnq to obliae.

When YOU feels any temptations
comm along, said the friend and adj
wiser, you mus SAY. Get thee be-
hind me. satan"
"Da's what done said" answered,
Mr.. Erastus pinkley, AN den I mag
ines | hyuhs Satan answer me back.
'Da's all right Wc's both gwine de
same way nohow an il don make no
diffnnce 20 me which leads de pub.
cession. Washington Star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

Music Is said TO be the food OF love
but you can't induce the butcher
and grocer to swallow such talk.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17
Famous Gems of Prose
IN THE NAME OF GOD" AMEN
BY w. C. p. BRECKENRIDGE.


Plymouth L.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-17

Anybody being able to carry
Michigan. it is not surprising
that only once or twice in a CEN
fury we get. into the cabinet.
If anybody can carry Michigan
nobody needs TO be honored TO
hold tho state fast to IFS Repub-
lcan moorings.
Politically-st home and in
Washington-the yellow dog de-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
BENNETT FOR HUGHES.
altitude BeIiered to Reflect Drift
of Sentiment.

Representative William 5. Bennett yesterday pre-
dicted that the 18th Assembly District dele
CATION in the next Republican state Convention
would be for the denomination OF Governor Hughes
Mr. Bennett has close relations with President
Parsons Of the Republican County Committee and
his leaning toward the Governor is generally
car,ied as Indicative of the natural drift
rnent among the Republican leaders toward tho
Governors denomination
IF am a delegate 10 the next Republican state
Convention as l expect TO be-" said Mr. Bennett.
Il shall be for Governor Hughes's denomination.
and In my Judgment. the whole delegation from
the 18th Assembly District will be for him
In the absence of nearly all the locally prou1i-
nent Republicans from the city yesterday little
comment was heard Governor Hughess state
ment. which he said that u the party wanted
him he would accept a denomination.
The friends OF Mr.. Parsons say that while the
president of the county committee is no longer an
enthusiastic supporter of the Governor. he has
freely said 10 his friends that IL the Governor
wanted a denomination he would get il: also. that
the organization could well refuse a renonlina-
tion 20 a Governor whose administration has been
a affirmation OF Republican principles.
State Chairman Woodruff is expected back from
his camp in the Adirondacks on Monday evening
President Parsons is spending Sunday with bis
family az Lenox, and is due in town on Tuesday
SAx . soateEenss with State Chairman "oedsaEs-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

through White Plains yesterday, probably saved
her own life and that of her father. who was
riding with her.
A heavy thunderstorm at its worst when
a car driven by Harry Brown, son of John j.
Brown president of White Plains and secretary
of the Republican County Committee of West
chester County, hit trolley on the Mamaroneck
White Plains * Tarrytown Railroad at Ma
maronecl avenue and Broadway. Brown had a
school friend with him at the time. The auto
mobile struck the trolley car with such force
that it threw Joseph Turner the conductor, to
the ground and broke his, shoulder blade and
fractured his hip
The machine sSidded and hit the car which
Miss Messenger was driving in the opposite di-
rection When she the accident 10 Browns
car she gave her machine a sudden turn and
warded off the blow of the other automobile.
She escaped with slight injuries Browns
friends arm was broken His car is a total
wreck Dr. George c, Weiss and his assistant
DR.. r. H. Brown, OF Mount vernon. attended
the injured and took them home in his auto
mobile.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
JERSEY MAYOR GONE.
Missing Egg Harbor City OHc'dI
Vas also Postmaster.
cBx Telegraph to The Tribune)

Egg Harbor City, \. J., July 25.-The dlsap-
pearance of William Mall, Mayor and p"stnas-
ter of this city, has caused considerable specu-
lation Postofice inspectors who investigated
that office TO-DAY declared the postmastership
vacant, and the City Clerk has called special
meeting of the City Council for Monday night,
when Malls successor Mayor will be ap-
pointed.
Mr. Mall hired team and, accompanied by
his thirteen-year-o son. drove to TuCkerton.
n J. where he bade his farewell and board
ed 4 train.
Mr.. Mall was member of many secret So
cietfes, executive member of the Atlantic County
Republicans. member of the Egg Harbor Build
ing and Loan Association and head of the Mall
& Dey Carriage Company.
1t is thought that he has sailed for Germany,
of which country he was a native. HIS wife
and five small children are left without means
of support The postoffice affairs were con-
Quoted too day by Miss Bertha Theilacker. the
assistant.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
N +. MACK CHAIRMAN
CHOSEN AFTER FIGHT.
Murphy and Conners Yield to Bryan
Haskell Treasurer.

Chicago July 25-At meeting OF the Demo-
cratic National Committee here to-day he FOL-
lowing officers were chosen to have charge OF
the coming campaign:
NORMAN F. MACK Of New chairman of the
national committee
/. P HALL. of Nebraska. vice-chairman
JRE,Y WoODsCN. Of Kentucky. secretary
CHARLES \ HASKELL Governor of Oklahoma treas
JOHN I MARTIN. of Missouri. sergeant at arms
The selection was made after sevcn-hour
conference with William J. Bryan and John w.
Kern It the first time in many years that
a national chairman had been selected by the
Democratic party only after a bitter contest
had been waged. The choice of Mr.. Mack was
made possible only after the New York leaders
Charles F. Murphy OF Tammany. and w j.
Conners chairman of the State Democratic
Committee. had yielded to the personal desires
off Mr..
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
PRISONS TO RETURN.
Gires Up Trip to Maine Because OF
GOrernOr's Statement.
1Ex relssrsrh to me Tribune ]

Pittsfeld, Mass, July 25-Herbert Parsons,
president of the Republican County Committee
of New York declines discuss the political
situation anent the announcement by Governor
Hughes that he will be candidate for renoni-
nation.
You must excuse me from saying anything
OF tire subject just now; really 1 can't discuss
it," he said when asked for an expression as TO
whether the party was willing 70 accept the
Governor for another term
Many kilograms have been received by Mr..
Parsons relating to the political situation caused
by the Governors willingness TO be rencmnated-
Mr. Parsons will go 20 New York either to-
morrow night or Monday morning. cancelling
proposed trip to the Maine coast or account OF
the Governors statement
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
FRIENDLY TIP TO AUT0ISTS.
Driver Had Card Warning Him Not to Speed
in Staten Island When Arrested.

..I,o not speed here; police in plain clothes are
watching YOU and you will be arrested, was
nrinted on card which the police got Yesterday
from Percy Holsworth, of No. zoo West l4Oth
street when they arrested him for speeding IN
tea,- street Stapleton. Staten Island Hollsworth
,;5 tho card had been handed to him by man
AT the 81 George ferry. Now the entire force on
staten Island is looking for the man who has been
Timing off the automobilists
HolIswOrth speeding twenty miles an honr
when arrested the police With him in the
machine were two women and two men, who were
on their way out West. At the station house the
man said he had no money and deposited dia-
mond ring for security