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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-12-26

The REPUBLICAN is issued
one day ahead Of time this
week, to enable the office force
to enjoy Christmas day in
peace. We take this opportur-
ity of wishing all of our friends
a very Merry Christmas.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02

and fired a volley from carbines. Three
of them were killed by the royal
guards.
A week ago it became known that
the overthrow of the Portuguese mon
archy was planned by Republicans.
Premier Franco established a rigorous
censorship in order that news of the
conspiracy might be suppressed, but 1t
became known that many participants
had been arrested and that the officers
in the Lisbon garrison were under sus-
picion of being implicated. The kings
growing unpopularity had been accen-
tuated into popular hostility by his
stubborn refusa, to interfere with die
tatorial acts on the part of his prime
minister, Franco, who was allowed to
govern by decree. The king himself
had frequently asserted the royal pre-
rogative In defiance of the popular will.
He carried out with high hand
the divine right" farce which from
time to time in the annals of European
royalty eliminates in tragedy. He dis
regarded the constitution, attempted to
revive the obsolete doctrine which over
and over again has provoked regicide,
that the state is the king and the king
the state-that the terms are inter-
changable. He ignored the fact that
he reigned as limited monarch" He
ignored the popular will. He ignored
the constitution. He has paid the price
and has left Portugal in grips with
| faI che "a
reformed monarchy or, what is much
more probable, a republic.
Tie assassination, which will shock
civilization and will terrify every
monarch of continental Europe, is the
elimination of a long period of discon-
tent and unrest. Carlos began his
reign in 1889, and it has been disturbed
by serious colonial, financial, social and
political troubles. The month after his
accession was marked by a successful
revolution in Brazil and the expulsion
of the emperor, Dom Pedro. This was
a blow to Portuguese prestige in South
America, and before she had well re
covered from the effects Of it the safety
of the nation was imperiled by quar-
rel with Great Britain with regard Il
Portuguese East Africa. Open rupture
which could only have one result, the
addition of the African fragment of th'
shattered Portuguese empire to tbs
British, was narrowly averted, but ma
tional faith in Carlos had been lost
irretrievably. Henceforward his enc
mics we're "those of his own house
hold" and he was uneasily aware tina
he was an object not Of fealty but o
suspicion and distrust. If he had ben
TO the blast, if he had yielded to tn
storm, he might possibly have save'
himself. But stubborn, unyielding' un
reasonable, refusing to abandon tn
unpopular Franco. he fell, the victim
Of self win and of purblind refusal {
exercise the powers Of observation tina
God had given him, and TO see that tn
national temper had been tried beyon
endurance, that the national patienc
had been exhausted.
! And what Of the morrow in Portugal
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02
ARMAMENT FOR PEACE


DY the assignment of National
n Guard organizations to the army
corps, the National Guard will be
placed on war footing. The regular
army will still be the nucleus of the
national military force, but the real
strength of the country's military will
reside in thu state troops. In a pacific
country no more admirable plan of
constant preparedness for war than
this has ever been devised, and it is
small wonder that the government is
felicitating itself on the solution of
what 1t eonfesses has been a perplexing
problem. Uncle Sans country is not
avowedly military. And yet it must be
able to cope upon brief notice with any
perpetually military power that may
throw dow the gage of battle. In
gals once said that purity in poll
tics was an iridescent dream. This
statement may be more cynical than
truthful: but we may borrow enough
of its spirit to assert that immunity
from danger Of warfare is an iridescent
dream, or a brightly tinted rainbow.
The time may come when the war
drums throb no longer and the battle
flags are furled In the parliament OF
man, the federation of the world. But
this Utopian condition will not be pro-
duced Ky garrulous peace conferences
or by announcements of disarmament
intentions which are followed almost
Immediately by armament programs.
Never since the Napoleonic wars ana
Waterloo has the British empire made
such colossal preparations for COMBAT
as she has made since the turtle doves
cooed at The Hague. Why this stu
pendous naval program? Why this
endless procession of Dreadnaughts'
each excelling in strength any entire
navy at the time of the war or the
rebellion? Our American fleet is EN-
gagged on a practice cruise" The OBJ
ject of the cruise is-what? Sport?
Fun? Experience? Or defiance? Euro
pean nations are uneasy. Current ex-
penditures for naval and military pro-
grams would have bankrupted the en-
tire CIVILIZATION OIL one huiiNASN JN
ago. And it is all 'for fun? 1t would
not be safe to tell that to the ma
rines," for gullibility is no longer asso-
ciated with the sea soldier If in time OF
peace the nations are preparing for
war, it may be assumed safely that
war will come Civilization will pay
the price that staggers humanity. Then,
blood-sick and weary, two nations VIII
furl their battle fags-for awhile and
for awhile the war drums will be mute
and for awhile mankind will attempt 10
adjust its differences by parliamentary
methods.
Peace is more American than war.
The prayer of every good American
should be: May God speed the DAY
when the song of the angels-Peaee
upon earth, good will toward men-wiii
re the song Of civilization all the year
round. and from Christmas to Christ
mas
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02
THE PETITIONS IN BOOTS"
MUST NOT BE SUPPRESSED

ments in our population so forsaken by
God and man that they can get hear
Ing only through such mediums, let us
look to it. The situation may mean
something worse than misfortune on
our part.
Needless thousands in Chicago saw
nothing but a grotesque diversion in
the savage dispersion of a few hun
dreds of hungry marchers the other
day. but men wiser than the police Off
Gals learned therefrom that restitution
was increasing alarmingly and that the
ordinary relief agencies were already
overtaxed, and a great fund was at
once subscribed to assist in the work.
There is a lesson in all this for every
city In which, through no fault of their
own, the unemployed are increasing in
numbers and in desperation. Hunger,
does not set out upon it's woeful parades
for sport Hunger asking bread or
work is not Inherently lawless Hun
ger marching at midday is a different
thing from hunger prowling at night.
There come times In every commun-
fly, no matter how preoccupied 1t may
be, when the most important business
OF hand is to know ones neighbors. II
those sojournorg chance TO be Starya-
ton and Suffering the blame is all our
own II VIC heed them not.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02

10 exhaust the right of the assignee to
take up a claim for himself, citizens
who have sunk capital in Imperial val
lay improvements may lose not only
their titles to land occupied by them,
but mas have to sacrifice their invested
improvem ents. The regulation that is
being enforced is of course good. Its
aim is to prevent speculation, and to
do away with the dummy system by
which a capitalist may become pos
sessed of one or more parcels of land
for purposes purely speculative. Like
many other regulations, however, it
may cause injustice here and there. If
some elasticity could be introduced, if
settler end assignee could make oath
that a transaction had been conducted
In good faith, and that the intending
settler was compelled by stress of cir
cumstances to make an arrangement
by which a Iroxy could act for him
temporarily, until he was able to sever
his old ties and unite himself perma-
nently to his new business of rancher,
there might be occasions in which sub
stitution should not, in fair play, be
punished by forfeiture. Still, here is
only another instance of the danger of
negleoting the observance of law or
rule or regulation in letter and in
spirit. A noted philosopher who had
been accused of liberality of views,
amounting to free-thought, presented
himself as a candidate for admission
to a church. Not since Saul stood
among the prophets was there such a
surprise II cannot say that I have
changed mr. Views to any radical eX-
tent" he said. ''but there are so many
people. who believe that am wrong
that 1 would be a fool if held stub
bornly that their ideas were entirely
groundless. In a case where the alter
native TO the security afforded by be-
lief is-er-so harassing, 1t is best to
be on the safe side" In all matters re-
lating to tenure of land, or contract, or
agreement, or undertaking, ut is best
to be on the safe side"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02
THE SAFE SIDE

HIHE embattled farmers are in arms
in Imperial valley TO resist posi-
"A BILE attempt to dispossess them OF
lands which they believe they had titu-
larly and in fact acquired. The COM
missioner of the general land Office has
made a ruling that the assignee of a
desert entry Substitutes himself for the
entryman, makesSinal proof and pay
rnent under such assignment, and has
exhausted his right to make entry un-
der the deserl land act, even though
the extent of acreage in the assigned
entry does not reach the total of 32O
acres allowed under the provisions of
the law.
The settler will make strenuous
fight to secure reversal Of this ruiz
ing, which is said to be in fiat CONTRA
diction of the system that has been in
vogue with the approval Il the local
and office and the authorities at
WASHINGTON.
1t cannot be disputed that much land
is held by assignees, and if TO assign
land Is to give away the right Of the
bona fde settler. and at the same time
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02


nent. In the senate were Sumner,
Sherman, Anthony, Burnside, Morrill,.
ingalls,, Edmunds, Logan, Cam
eron, Brown and at various times two
negroes. These men were the leaders
in politics and craftsmanship, and they
have left no successors of their own
type.
Not one of the veterans in either
house is noted speaker. Few of them
ever talk at all, except in explaining
some bill. The senate has become the
deliberative body, but the eloquence
comes from the younger men from tho
prairies and the far west, men some of
whom were scarcely born forty years
ago, and the rest were in knickerbock-
ers at school.
These changes are notable, but the
passing away of the ancient regime is
not to be lamented. There are, per-
haps, fewer intellectual giants, fewer
forensic orators than formerly, but, on
the whole, it is body of able men,
who are in Washington for business.
The lobby is discredited and the work
of legislation is carried on persistently
and, on the whole, very we'll
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02
IN FREEDOMS CAUSE

III HAT distinguished Briton. General
Joubert of South Africa, is in the
a United States in the interest of
the Imperial government in order to
ask the assistance of the American
government in driving slavery from Its
last stronghold in the eastern hem
isphere. Portuguese Africa. The English
speaking peoples may we'll congratu-
late themselves upon the conversion of
Gen. Jotlbert. A few years ago this most
gallant soldier was still as narrow In
his views as any British Tory or old
time southern cotton planter That the
Beers either practiced or encouraged
negro slavery was one of the undeni-
able accusations brought by the Brit
ish when they were trying to justify
to civilization their aggressive attitude
toward the Dutch farmer folk of the
Rand. For awhile after the close of
the Transvaal war Joubert followed
the example of Achilles, and sulked.
He withdrew himself from association
with the hated Ruinek, tried to forget
his knowledge of the English language
and associated himself with the Portu-
guese in Angola. The Huguenot-Dutch
warrior had not been long domiciled
in his new residence before he was
brought to an overwhelming realiza-
ton of the fact that there is only one
white mans civilization, and 1t Is the
kind that is practiced by the people
whose ancestors compelled a king to-
sign Magma Charta, and sent another
king packing from the western colo
mics. There are many inequalities in
life under the Union Jack, and under
the Stars and Stripes there are few,
which we deplore, which are unneces-
sary and un-American and will be
amended. But taking one considera-
ton with another. justice is recognized
in the English-speaking world to an
extent that cannot be comprehended
or appreciated until the free-born
American or Briton tries to live in
alien lands. After Joubert had experi-
enced enough Portuguese civilization
to safe the veriest glutton of horrors,
he hurried back to his old enemy the
Briton, and fell upon his sunburned
neck-his derided "rui-nek," red neck
and wept.
1t will not escape the attention of the
observant reader that Joubert does not
appreciate the political distinctions
which separate the English speaking
countries, but, recognizing only the
predominant part that conformity they
play in world-progress, goes from the
statesmen of London to the statesmen
of New York to ask them to unite
forces in an altruistic common cause.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02
RESTORA TTON OF IRELAND
rs BRTTALV,S NEW POLICY

the political organization of the coun-
try, while nominally representing the
Irish farmer, is, in fact, only allowed to
do for the greatest interest and indus
try in Ireland just so much as the
smaller trader in the Irish country
town will permit. That is the whole
plot of the comedy-or, / might say
tragedy-of farmer and super-farmer
in Ireland"
The Irish Agricultural Organization
society, under the presidency of Sir
Horace Plunkett, will henceforth pur-
sue an independent and vigorous policy
FOR the Improvement of rural life
through. agricultural cooperation. the
society will continue to accept state
subsidy from the department of agri-
culture. which it has done since 1910,
only for a lin tied period, or until IT'S
flnancea can be placed on a basis OF
complete self-support. 1t will not, how
ever, antagonize the department out
will aim to supplement the good work
of the latter in promoting technical cd
ucation for the farmers, by developing
cooperative methods in the business OF
farrniD0
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02
RACE QUESTION SETTLEMENT
PRACTICAL, NOT UTOPZAN

tration, under humiliating conditions,
of such East Indians as are now, and
have been for any number of years,
residents OF the Transvaal, and for the
Imprisonment or deportation of those
who refuse to register again. All the
claims and obligations of empire"
vanish into the thin air beside the fact
that the South African colony does not
want Asiatics because 1t can not assim-
Hate them or work with them politically
and economically. Even the Liberals
who are criticising the government only
suggest certain concessions and COM
promises that do not affect the main
Issue. The Tories are discreetly vague,
for If they were in power they would
find 1t just as necessary to consult
colonial opinion.
Law and treaties must reflect public
opinion, and public opinion is guided by
the essential underlying facts of life.
We are very far from Utopia and the
universal republic that recognizes no
racial or economic differences.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02
THE BLACK DOUGLAS

=" ARRIMAN has a wider stride
than the Colossus of Rhodes.
We COMPLAIN about his methods
In California. and wailing across the
continent comes a cry of anguish from
New York, where, it is said, he has
issued orders to his man." former
Governor Ben Odell, to support Hughes
for the Republican nomination, in or
der that he may defeat Taft, and
thereby hurt the feelings of President
Roosevelt Hartman cares nothing
about Hughes. He is not interested in
him as a man. or a statesman. He
merely wishes to use Hughes as a
piece on the Hartman chess board, in
order that If possible he may give
"check to the king by cornering or
otherwise into, fering with President
Roosevelt. The condition of a repub-
lie in which one financier and railroad
"magnate" attempts to act the part
of Warwick light be deemed to be
hopeless If we were not aware that
Mr.. Hartman has a magnificent apti-
tnde for heroic bluffing, and that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has an equally mag
n!ficent aptitude for calling" success
fully the most heroic bluff.
In the meantime, the people of the
United States will not miss the fact
that the work of president-making is
being conducted with unusual effront-
cry and arrogance and with disre-
gard of the voice of the voter unpar-
alleled n American history. The Re-
publican convention may put the fat
n the fire b. nominating q dark"
candidate. whose identity may not even
re gueseable today. And what is more
TO the point, the country may choose
snd elect .. conservative Democrat.
There is such a thing as being too
sure.
This is illustrated by the well known
| Scottish story of the Black Douglas,
famous border marauder whose name
was such a terror to the English that
mothers used to sing to their babies,
Hush 70 hush you, do not fret you;
! the Black Douglas shall not get you"
| One evening when a mother was Groom
| ing this cradle song in the barracks
of an English garrison, a heavy hand
was laid on her shoulder, and gruff
9oice said: "D;nna be so sure of that.
my good woman" 1t was the Black
Douglas Don't let us be politically
too gay and sure. Don't let us leave
the BLACK Douglas" altogether out OF
our calculations.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02

alton and it's sue
cess attest care
full planning. Its
method and the
fact that a num-
Der of men acted
in concert, par
ticipating in the
Grim e, indicate
revolution. King
Carlos of Portu-
gal and his crown
prince, Luis Phil
ippe, were killed;
the kings second
son, Prince MAN.
uel, was wounded,
while the queen,
Amelie, who arose
in the carriage
and tried to shield
the crown prince,
was unhurt. The
assassins were a
band of armed
men, who lay in
wait in the bushes
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02
THE THAW VERDICT

TIME Thaw verdict will please the
sentimental, will shock the Puri-
l. tans, will demonstrate the power
of money, and will at the same time
show that an unlimited supply of FUNDS
is as mischievous as any other form o,
overindulgence when the person TO
whom the funds are given is young, in
experienced and irresponsible. We
have no quarrel with honest wealth.
The man Who by his efforts or by
his ingenuity, acquires a competency or
q fortune is entitled to it. But wealth,
as Andrew Carnegie points out from
time to time, carries with it vast re-
sponsibilities, and a young millionaire
who shows hat he is unable to realize
or to measure up to these RESPONSE
Utilities should be placed under the re-
straint of a hard-headed supervising
guardian until he has shown that he
will be true to his trust, faithful to his
stewardship. That is the Gospel Of
Wealth." preached by DIR. Andrew Car
negie, and undoubtedly practiced ny
some of our foremost and richest citi-
zens. But man who shows that he is
ignorant of the Gospel Of Wealth" or
that he intends to harden his heart
against its teachings should be treated
like any other heather. 1t is fortunate
that in the United States we are able
TO say that case like that of Harry
Thaw makes a black background that
brings out in strong relief a cheerful
and inspiring picture, that of a group
of the wealthiest citizens of the wealth.
lest nation on earth doing 1.-The best
they know how" and therefore as truly
entitled as the poorest toiler to the APP
| proving "Well done, good and faithful
servant" But to send ''crazy' young
millionaire to the madhouse AFTER
| be has killed his man is a belated way
of dealing with responsibility
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02


cover OF the night. In others, as in
Boston and ST. Louis, it proclaims its
distress by marching. In others, as In
Chicago, it attempts to show Its gaunt
faces and, 1t is driven from the streets
by battalions OF armed policemen.
No great harm can proceed from one
of these petitions in boots" as they
have been called. The direst mischief
and the most cruel wrongs may follow
upon their suppression. No city, no
matter how great and powerful, can
afford 70 blind its eyes and dull its ears
to human suffering. In the last analy-
sis the security of life, liberty and prop
erty rests upon a society the humblest
o. whose members are at least fed and
housed, says the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
II is the misfortune OF line idle and
wretched that they often fall under the
influence of professional agitators en-
Toying no public sympathy, but misfor-
tunes arc not crimes. If we have ele-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02

process than that of the lowest Euro
peans, and this alone is sufficient reason
FOR discrimination in the matter of inn
migration. says the Indianapolis Star.
Japan understands this now, If she
did not a year ago, when the question
was new and confused. Moreover. the
grave complications that have arisen
in South Africa in connection with the
admission. registration ana aepopta AZ ion
king. are calculated to induce sober re-
fiecfion, The Transvaal has but just
received the gift of self-government.
vet the imperial power refraips from
exercising its reserved veto and per-
mits that colony to adopt stringent
Hesitation for the prevention of Indian
imnieration. for the compulsory regis
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02

non, Bingham, Payne and Dalzell, while
Keifer is back from Ohio after long
absence. 1t is a rare distinction for
man to serve twenty years consecu-
lively in the house, and in the last
two years death and other causes have
removed a number Of the veterans,
while there are more than one hum
bred absolutely new men. 1t would be
a hard task for any one to name fifty
men who now have seats, and perhaps
the average person could not mention
a score. In these days there is less
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02

of farming and domestic necessaries
and in the development of cooperative
credit In 1891 the Irish Agricultural
Organization society was founded for
the pursos of promoting this co-ope-
rative policy, Says the Boston Tran
script. Opposition quickly sprang up
among tae small local traders, who saw
in the extension of cooperative buying
en- the par+ of the farmers a menace to
their business interests. This class con-
trolls the Nationalist parliamentary
party, W mich has consequently opposed
the cooperative movement at every
step. The national influence, moreover
10 dominant in the department of agri-
culture. The result of this combination
Of small tradesmen and Nationalist poll
iticians was the recent dismissal OF Sir
Horace Plunkett from office. Sir Hor--
ace himself has tersely characterized
the situation as follows: 1--WE find that