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The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-21

J,other terminal facilities
Senate bill No. SIS. BY Martin Of
Woodson-An act declaring Allen
| county, state of Kansas. to be in the
| class of counties named in chapter 185
! of session laws 1905, and providing for
the appointment of a county auditor in
| said county.
Senate bill No. Sc. By Martin of
Bourbon-An act to amend section
| 5647 of the general statutes of Kan
| sas. 1901, being section 205 of the code
! of criminal procedure, and repeating
| original section 5647 of the general
statutes of Kansas, 1901.
| Senate bill No. 81. By Waggener-
An act authorizing the creation of de-
! posit insurance companies, defining
| their powers and duties, and the duties
of certain state officers in relation
| thereto. and providing that banks and
trust companies. may participate in the
| benefits thereof, and providing penal
ties for the violation of this act.
Senate bill No. 5S. By Waggener-
An act authorizing and empowering
Atchison to issue warrants for the
payment for the construction Of a
high school building in the city of
Atchison.
Senate bill No. SO. By Blaker-An
act authorizing the board of county
| commissioners of Linn county, Kansas.
to pay the claim Of c. H. Brown agains.
said county out of the bridge fund
| thereof.
Senate bill No. 60. By Chapman
An act making appropriation to pay
! the claim against the state on the part
| of J. s. Dalziel.
Senate bill No. 61.-by Hodges-An
act authorizing the city of Oberlin
Kansas, to refund twenty-five thousand
dollars of bonds issued by it on the LIST
/ day Of September, 1888.
Senate bill No. 81. By Hughes
An act to amend sections 1, and 8
| Of n
Kansas, 1907, granting the board of
county commissioners of Harvey coun,
ty, Kansas, the right to sell the pres
ent county Jail building and to dispose
of the proceeds of sale, erect a new
county jail building and sheriff's resi-
dence combined, to levy an annual tax
on all the taxable property in the
county in payment therefore. and the
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-21
Commissioner Smith VS.. The Standard Oil Co.
From the Railway World, January 3, 1908.

Mr.. Herbert Knox Smith, whose zeal in the
cause of economic reform been in no wise
abated by the panic which he and his kind did so
much to bring on. Is out with answer Presi-
dent Moffet. of the Standard Oil Company of In
diana. The publication of this answer it is Of
fcally given out, was delayed several weeks, "for
business reasons" because it was not deemed ad-
visable to further excite the public mind, which
was profoundly disturbed by the crisis Now that
the storm clouds have rolled by, however the Com
missioner rushes again into the fray
Our readers remember that the chief points in
the defence of the Standard Oil Company as
presented by President Moffet, were. CD that the
rate of six cents on oil from Whiting TO East ST.
Louis had been issued to the Standard Oil Com
pany as the lawful rate by employees of the Alton.
CD that the 1S-cent rate file with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission was class and not
a commodity rate, never being intended to apply
to OIL CD that oil shipped in large quantities
between Whiting and East st. Louis is over
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois six and one
fourth cents per hundred pounds, which has been
filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission as
the lawful rate. and (4) that the 1s-cent rate on
oil entirely out Of proportion to lawful rates
on other commodities between these points of a
similar character, and of greater value, such for
example, as nseed oil. the lawful rate on which
was eight cents. President Moffett also stated
that thousands Of tons of freight had been by
other shippers between these points under sub
lstantally the conditions as governed the
shipments of the Standard Oil Company.
This defence of the Standard OIL Company
was widely quoted and has undoubtedly exerted
a powerful influence upon the public mind. Nat
urally the Administration, which has staked the
success of it's campaign against the trusts upon
the result of its attack upon this company en-
deavors to offset this influence. and hence the
deverance of Commissioner Smith
We need hardly to point out that his rebuttal
argument Is extremely weak, although as strong,
no doubt, the circumstances would warrant
He answers the points make by President Mof-
fett substantially follows: CD The Standard
Oil Company had traffic department, and
should have known that the six-cent had
not been filed, CD answer, CD the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois rate secret rate because
it read, not from Whiting. but from Dolton, which
is described "a village of about 1900 popula-
ton just outside of Chicago. only claim to note
is that it has been for many years the point OF
origin for this and similar secret rates. The
Commissioner admits in describing this rate that
there a note attached stating that the rate
could also be used from Whiting.
The press has quite generally hailed this state
ment of the Commissioner of Corporations a
conclusive refutation of what is evidently recog-
nized the strongest rebutta1 argument advanced
by the Standard
In fact, it is as weak and inconclusive as the
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-21

remainder of his argument The lines ~ The rvh,
cago and Eastern Illinois do run into Chicago
They terminate at Dolton. from which point en-
trance is made over the Belt Line Whiting, where
the oil freight originates the lines of the
chicago and Eastern Illinois. which receives it's
Whiting freight from the Belt Line at Dolton The
former practice. discontinued in fling tariffs
was to make them read from point on the line of
the filing road. and it also general to state on
the same Sheet that the tariff would apply to other
points, e. e., Whiting. The Chicago and Eastern
Illinois followed this practice in fling rate from
Dolton, and making note on the sheet that ap-
Piled to Whiting This In 1895 when this
method OF filing tariffs in use.
NOW let US see in what way the intending ship
per OF Oil could be misled and deceived by the
that the Chicago and Eastern Illinois had not fled
rate reading from Whiting Commissioner Smith
contends that "concealment is the only motive for
such a circuitous arrangement" /. e., that this
method Of filing the rate intended to nnislead
intending competitors Of the Standard Oil Com
pany. Suppose such prospective ref1ner had
applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission
for the rate from Chicago to East st. Louis over
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, he would have
been Informed that the only rate with the
commission by this company 6 u cents from
Dolton. and he would have been further informed
if indeed he did not know this already. that this
rate applied throughout Chicago territory. So
that whether he wished to locate his plant Whit
ing, anywhere else about Chicago, under an
arrangement of long standing. which applies
to all the industrial towns in the neighborhood
of Chicago he could have his freight delivered
over the Belt Line to the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois at Doton and transported to East st.
Louis at rate of ~ Where then is the
concealment which the Commissioner of Corpora
tions makes so much Of? Any rate-from Dolton
on the Eastern Illinois Chappell the Alton,
Harvey the Illinois Central, Blue Island
on the Rock Island, applies throughout Chicago
territory to shipments from Whiting to ship
ments from any other point in the district. So
far from the Eastern Illinois filing it's from
Doton in order to deceive the shipper, it is the
Commissioner of Corporations who either betrays
his gross ignorance Of transportation customs in
Chicago territory relies the public ignorance
of these customs to deceive the public too apt to
accept unquestoningly every statement made by
Government official necessarily true, although,
in the present instance, a careful examination
shows these statements to be false
The final point made by President Moffett that
other commodities Of character similar oil
carried at much lower rates than 18 cents,
the Commissioner of Corporations discusses only
with the remark that "the 'reasonableness of this
is not in question. The question whether
this rate constituted discrimination against
other shippers of oi1,' and he also makes much OF
the failure of President Moffett produce before
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-21
BILLS IN THE SENATE.
Long List Covering Every Variety of
Legislation Introduced.

The new bills introduced in the
senate during the extraordinary ses-
sion of the Kansas legislature climb
ed above the 100 mark Monday, when
ceedings at any moment to bring a
fresh batch floating in from all parts
of the senate chamber.
That the end was not yet reached
was patent in the action of this body
in postponing until today the con-
sideration of a house concurrent res
olution, sent over to the senate last
week. which limited the time for the
introduction of new bills to noon on
Saturday, Jan. IS. There was talk
of postponing consideration of the
resolution indefinitely. but this was
declared to be impossible. The list
of bills now includes the following:
Senate bill No. 1, by Caldwell
An act providing for the selection for
party nominees for United States SEN
ator
Senate bill No. 2, by Caldwell.-An
act relating to primary elections, pro-
viding for organization and govern
ment Of political parties, repeating
chapter No. 115, laws 1891, and all
other acts in conflict herewith, and
prescribing and fixing the penalties
for violation thereof.
Senate bill No. 8. by Brewer.-An
act concerning railroads, amending
and repeating section 1 of chapter
272, laws of 1907
Senate bill No. 4, by Griffin-An
act to authorize the board of educa-
ton of the city of Lawrence in Doug
las county. Kansas, to increase the
| rate of interest upon a certain bond
issue.
Senate bill No. s. by Young.-An
act relating to primary elections, pro-
viding for the organization and gov
ernment of political parties, repeating
| chapter 115, laws of 1891, and al
| other acts and parts of acts in con-
| f1ict herewith and prescribing and
fixing penalties for the violation
| thereof.
Senate bill No. s, by Young-Ar
act to provide for the maximum levy
| that may be made upon the assessed
| valuation of the property in the sew.
eral municipalities or taxing district.
of the state for the year 1908, for the
| various purposes now provided by
| law. and prescribing penalties for tht
| violation thereof.
Senate bill No. z, by Young.-Ar
act in relation to the purchase O
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-21
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness, and that
is by constitutional remedies. Deafness
is caused by an inf1ammed condition OF
the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube.
When this tube is fnflamed you have 9
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when it is entirely closed, deafness Is the
results and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forever; nine cases out of ten are causs
ed by catarrh which is nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case Of deafness (caused by catarrn)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-21

Lest You Forget
~ BELL LONG DIS
f1o4ah TANCE" puts you there
tSl85 and back while your
S5 4-A competitor is on the road.
E.4S41U5yfA Rates are low.
Missouri & kansas Tel Co.
Phone 999.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23
Millions in Water Power.

The calculation has been made
that American rivers annually car
~ 10000, 100000 feet Of water,
which descending an average of
$500 feet, develops a force Of not
less than 800, 900 horse power.
Ii only one-tenth of this was har-
messed and used it would represent
at $50 per horse power, an annual
value Of 100000, 900, which is
equal to the value at the mines of
ali the bituminous and anthracite
coal produced in the United States.
The substitution of water power
for power obtained from the COM
bnstion of coal would tend to do
away with the smoke nuisance in cit
les, conserving health and in many
cases enhancing the value of prop
erty. No wonder that, after year s
of neglect, the Water powers of the
country are once more being laid
under contribution TO perform
tasks for the benefit of man.
Evening Wisconsin.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23
labor employing agency in the dis
trict he represents. How can the
laboring man consciertious!y sup
port Mr.. Smith.

Oar attitude in this school b0o!,
controversy, which has suddenly
oeen sprung here again with, the
evident purpose of tliscreditino
the Republican candidate for re-
preventative, il net one OF defend
ing the text book Law or the party
which is responsible for it, we are
simplyon the side If those who con
stitute The county text book com
missions, men who are honestly
enaeayoring to comply with their
obligations under the law. We
want to say to Prof. Fox, who has
sprung the controversy, and to
the Independent, which upholds
him in it, that if they want to give
the people of Washington county
an evidence of the honesty Of
their convictions and purpose in
the matter, let them publicly ask
Governor Folk, on the occasion of
the !atter's visit TO Potosl on The
26th inst, why he, as Governor OF
the State of Missouri, gave his Of
fetal approval to a law that is held
by them 10 be SO ''iniqui.ous."
'Nongh said. Get busy, ard ask
the Governor.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23
Pointed Paragraphs.

1t takes clever woman not to
say smart things.
But few men seem to realize how
homely they are.
Some men 60 around looking
for temptations to yield to.
Any man has too much money
who has more than you have.
Success will get block out of
its way to dogde a lazy man.
Speaking of momen's complex
ions, seeing isn't always believing
Nothing hurts a woman like hav-
ing to pay for something she has
used.
The attractiveness of a plain
woman may be due to her unrutfled
temper.
The safe side of a lawyer is the
off side-if il is about thousand
miles off.
Until Cupid RECEIVERS his sight
marriage will continue to be more
or less of a faiIure.-Chicago
News,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23
Taft and Labor.

Much campaign oratory is being
devoted to the attitudes of the two
leading presidential candidates in
their relation to the present
problem of labor and capital. It
is contended by Bryan leaders that
their chief will get most Of the
labor vote, on the ground that he
is the tried and true friend Of that
large and important element. They
insist that Judge Taft while sitting
on the Bench rendered decisions
that were distinctly antagonlstic
to labor and that he cannot be re-
garded as possessing all open mind
in relation to its cause.
Also do the gentlemen opposing
Taft say in this connection that
many of the big labor leaders will
deliver the vote Of their frstern-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23

i.y to Mr.. Bryan. This l.oint may
be disposed of in sentence. The
labor vote is not of the kind that
is deliverable; it will line up on
election day Just as the indy iduals
that compose it decide in their con
venience how they will vote. The
other point, however, is of some
importance.
Treating the matter trom The
independent view point of the
Times, it becomes evident that
there is Il possibility that Taft may
lose votes through misconcep;ion
among labor;ng men nf his real
attitude. Frederick N. ,Judsou Of
this city, who has come oat is sup
pert of Judge Taft, has written
paper for the Review of Reviews,
in which be says ''There is no
foundation for the suggestion that
the decisions Of Judge Taft were
in any sense unfriendIy to labor"
When il is realized that Mr.. Jud-
sch is not onIy Il lawyer Of high
standing and ant! unimpeachable
integrity, but was attorney for the
Railroad Brotherhoods in the Wa
bash Raiiroa,. case, it will be seen
that he is in a position to contri-
butte important evidence support
ing the assertion that Tuf: was
first OF ali friend of Justice, than
which no labor leader would ask
more. 1t may be that some Of the
decisions Of Judge Taft were ad-
verse from the labor standpoint,
but, a5 Mr.. Judson says, ''lt would
be an imputation upon the brilliant
judicial record of Judge Taft to
Suggest that lii any of these opin-
ions be declared the law as friend
of any class Or that he made any
judicial utterance in any of the
cases other than US a living oracle
Of the law, bound to declare in
every case brought before him
not his own private judgment,
but the judgment of the Law"
Honest labor--and most labor
is honest in rank and fiIe-would
not ask Taft, Or any other man
sitting on the Bench, to deliver an
opinion other than one meeting
the exact demands of absolute JUS
tice. When the day comes that
labor, Or any class for that matter,
asks for prejudice in its cour Is,
there will como with it sad hour
for the principle of American
liberty st. Louis Times.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23
ENEMY OF TARIFF.
Labor World Sees Danger in Bryan
Plan Of Tariff for Revenue Only.
(f'rom the Labor Worldly

Workinsmen and producers generally
should not delude themselves with the
belief that, If Mr.. Bryan shall be elect
ed President, bis plans for revision or
the tariff will present no menace to fh"
country. Mr.. Bryan is the profeSsed
enemy Of the tariff system. lie would
impose duties. II at all, for revenus
purposes only. On articles competing
with what he chooses to call trust-matte
goods he would have TO duty at Gil,
Any apparent deficit In import duties
arising from revised schedules he esti-
mates would be more than made up by
Increased Imports. Of cocrse, his hop
is to strike at tho grea: .,roterti>l
States. which happc'. I" te Republican,
in politics, Ike Pennsylvania. New
York, Ohio, Illinois. Indiana. West Nir-
Sinia. etc. 1t does not seem TO matter
to him that every dollars worth OF for
eign goods in the competitive class corn-
ing into the United States on revenue
or free trade basis necessarily by 80
muck reduces the dcTnoud for home
goods. thus disI'acIns Just that much
American labor. What he wants to do
is to rebuke ans! avcnce himself upon
protected manufacturers who DO not
agree woth him in politics and who VIII
have none OF him ut the polls, says an
exchange.
But while Mr.. Hryan is cunning for
protected industries and Republican
7, IL, or.ff In ~
should be In force il would fall alike
upon all sections Of the country, the
only differences beteEeen one State and
another being In the degree of hardship
imposed.
We hear Of workjngmen saying that
this time they iuter4 to vote for Mr..
Bryan. because for the past ten months
we have had hard times. But what
good will that do? How Is tariff for
revenue. ignoring the protection idea
altogether, going to open the shops and
mills? How will the election OF Sena-
tors by direct vote start the wheels Of
industry? Or the publication of cam
paigD contributions? Or the further
harassment OF the railroads? Or the
reorganization Of the House, so that
the Speaker may be poweriess? Why
open this country now TO the markets
of the world when we have not su..i-
cient demand TO consuine what we our
seives manufacture: Under Repubii-
can rule we have jGst had ten years of
unparalleled prosperity. Under Dem
p.ratic administrations we have never
had prosperity for any period. long Or
short.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23
Negro Disfranchisme1t.

At the Democratic convention
held in jefferson City May 20,
1908, to select delegates to the
national convention, Mr.. Crittcn-
den, who had just passed through
a campaign as u Democratic candi-
date for mayor of Kansas City,
offered resolution proposing dis
franchisment of the negroes Of
Missouri.
1t was referred to the committee
on resolutions by majority vote
and received 335 votes out of 947
on a motion to adopt it. 1t is now
known as "The Crittenden Reso-
lution," and is a good thing to
keep on file. Crittenden is sou
of former Democratic Governor
of the State.
The resolutions read as follows:
Whereas, the election returns of
the past few years show that in
all the larger cities of Missouri,
and in the state itself, the balance
of power is i'll the hands OF the
negro race; aud,
Whereas, a large percentage of
this lace, in spite of more than
forty years of freedom and every
educational opportunity, is igno-
rant or criminal and who'll y un-
worthy of exercising the most
sacred rights Of citizenship; and,
Whereas, as consequence of
the law restricting the suffrage in
the southern states to those worth y
to exercise it. hordes of vicious
and criminal blacks are migrating
from the South to the border
states, and especially to Missouri,
constituting an ever increasing
menace, not only to cur political
institutions, but even to our homes;
therefore, be it
Resolved, by the delegates of
this convention, that it be declared
to be the sense of the convention
that the serious duty of the Mis-
souri, State Legislature and the
people of Missouri, is to SO restrict
the right of suffrage in this state
that the ballot will be denied to
the ignorant, the vicious and the
criminal of the negro race.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23

accumulation of money to become
an endowment for education of the
children Of the State. Oae of the
several sources Of revenue devoted
c Exclusively 10 tha: fund by the
Constitution is The escneats from
estates not claimed by heirs within
twenty years after :hcir admins.
traiion. Many estates are never
claimed. This money gees direct
II into the school fund, and it is
pIain robbery to divert it, yet the
Fnrtieta Genera! Assembly, in
which ibe Democrats had q lnrgc
majority, passes! 4 bill taking S30,
900 cat Of that fund aud pnfting il
in The general revenue fund to pay
the current expenses of the State.
The act was clearly unconstitu-
tioual aud void, yet the Democra-
tic fund commissioners {the Gov
eraor, Auditor and Secretary OF
Sta,e) made the transfer, thus ap-
proving and completing Il de!iher
ate robbery Of The children of the
State.
Every Republican bat two voted
against the bill and every Demo
crat in the Legislature voted tor
it.
State Treasurer Gmellci, laid al,
the facts before the Senate OF the
las. Legislature and asked that
the money be restored to the
school fund. The matter was re-
fcrred to the Senate judiciary
Committee and was never report
ed for action. Democratic Sen
ators treated it As Il trifiing matter.
How will the honest people of
Missouri treat it!-Giobe Demo
Graf
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23
GOOD AS THE D:1Sr II NNT
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DANGER EN DELAY.
Kidney Diseases fe. Too Danger
Gus fer po:osj people to
EegieG,.

The great danger ot Kidney troubles
is that they get hrn boi,i before the
suiiatsr recognizes them. Health II
gradually undermined. RacEaciIe,
headache, rersnusuess, iameness,
soreness, iumoa2n, urinary troubles.
drcpsy, diahetes and H;ighCs disease
follow in meici'e>s srCce>Sion. n0a't
neglect yonr k.dDevs. Cure the kid.
neys with the c-vtain and safe remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pr.., which have
cured people right l. no ia Potusi.
w. Il. C1piplnu, liv,ng In the north.
ern part OF Putosi, ~ gays: "I sui
fered for sUue time ON a pain in tue
small OF my back j. 6 over the kid
neys and white not worry severe u Waa
very Annoying. [ krcw my kidncys
needed tonic by the irregular action
OF those organs aud the high color OF
the secreJ,onS A friend advised me
to try DoaF's Kidney Pills go / went
to the Cirv Drug SS0r. aud procured
a box. a fes dn>es entirely eradtcxt-
ed the trouble aud iets my back IN a.
excellent condition"
For sale by pii d 'ie-a. Price 80
cents. Fnster-tiitil. Co., RuffaiO,
New York, sofa ages,'s for the Untted
States.
Remember the na'ae-DeaGs aud
take no other
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-23

The unfortunate accident of Or
vile Wright in his aeroplane test
at Fort Meyer last week, in which
an army officer lost his life and
Wright himself was seriously hurt,
will prove disconcerting to expert
mentalists in this line, but the
work on the problem will go on
unceasing. A bird with an in
jured wing falls to the ground as
easily as damaged aeroplane.