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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-30
No. So

w nat we OF inc dClHC SoaoI
want from the Alaska coal fields IS
cheap coal. If we can get 1t we
can compete advantageously with
the eastern manufacturers.
If we submit now to being re-
quired to pay a royalty on coal
and water power, how long will it
be before we are called upon to pay
a royalty upon copper and lead and
gold. There is no more reason for
the one than for the other. And
if we are to pay royalty upon min
eral resources why should we not
pay royalty upon farm lands. One
is as necessary to our prosperity as
the other
1t is the sensational writers who
are responsible for the agitation OF
this subject. | want to see the
chamber of commerce take action
on this matter, and when it does
| want to see it declare in favor OF
private ownership of all these nat
ural resources. If we must pay
rent, | am as willing to pay rent to
the private landlord as to the feder
al government.
When Mr.. Browne took his seat
several other members asked for
recognition, but point was raised
that general discussion of the sub
jeCt was not in order under mo-
ton to postpone for a week, and
the chairman 50 ruled. Before the
motion could be put, however, N.
w. Durham was recognized and
said:
This resolution presents for our
consideration the greatest political
issue now before the American
people. | can see in it an implied,
if not a direct attack upon the
conservation policies of the Taft
administration, plead for the har
mony of this great commercial
organization when | move that it
be laid on the table. This question
has disrupted the National Conser-
walton congress at Seattle. 1t
will, if we insist on acting on it,
disrupt our own organization. On
this account | believe we should
refuse to consider it on the ground
that it is political, just as we would
refuse to consider the tariff. Let
us preserve harmony in our organ
ization by declining to undertake
such questions here, but let each
one of us line up on the question
as his personal or political opinion
dictates.
Mr.. Durham motion was Sec
onded by Gordon c. Corbaley and
upon being put by the chairman
carried by viva voce vote of four or
five to one.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-30
HOW'S This?
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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-30

Senator L,al'ollettc brands Sena-
tor Aldrich in this article as an
obsolete dictator with a superficial
understanding and not chosen up
on any basis of ability or merit "
In his reign" says LaFollette,
there has been little or no indie
pendenCc of party. He achieved
his position by senatorial rotation
and succession. He has formed
the committees, and through the
committee advanced or suppressed
legislation at will. He has never
been obliged to give reasons. He
issues orders. Through such
power he gets abjcct servitude and
has given us a onc-man senate. In
time it is certain to bring revolt
and overthrow.
For the first time at the special
session, Aldrch found a number of
strong men within his party who
would not take orders. That his
diCtum should not he accepted
without question filled him with
amazement, then with wrath and
disgust
Congress was pledged to revise
the tariff upon the basis of diff
crcncc in the cost between domes-
tic and competing foreign produce
tons. 1t took as a basis of infor-
nation the voluntary statement of
parties having sufficient interest to
appear before the committee on
ways and means in public hear
ing and before the senate commit
tee on finance for a private confer
ence. The entire work was crowd
ed into Il few months. Germany
with a commission of 81 of the best
trained men of the empire has Just
completed a revision of the tariff.
She spent six years on the revision.
France spent two full years on an
expert investigation before begin
ming the preparation of a tariff
bill.
In this country tariff revision
was resisted and DELAYED by the
special interest for years. When
it could no longer be postponed in
the face of public demand that
would not be denied. AldriChism
and Cannonism betrayed the public
interest and gave organized COM
biuation a further license to lay
additional burdens upon the con
sumcr.
Necdham charges that Cannon
would not have lost his job in the
house, if he had not received the
aid of Boss Murphy of Tammany,
Pat" McCarren of Brooklyn, the
democratic representatives of the
packing house industries III con-
grcss, and some protection demo-
Gratis from the south. ~
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19
-FOUR ECLIPSES.

During the present year there will
be four eclipses, two of the sun and
two of the moon. The first eclipse
will be of the moon and will take
place on June 3rd. 1t will be total
eclips and will be visible to South
America and Africa and in part of
North America, Europe and North
western Asia.
On June IL there will be total
eclipse of the sun which will be Wis
ible to North America as far south as
line drawn from San Francisco to
the mouth of the Rio Grande river
and in the the northern and eastern
portion of Asia 1t will be a partial
eclipse at the following points: Hall
fax, Montreal, Boston, Buffalo, Chi
cago, st. Paul and Sioux Falls.
On November 27 there will be a
total eclipse of the moon visible to
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19
THE MOVING MACHINE.

Down they go The collapse of
the old system is hardly realized, just
now that we are reading about the re-
election TO the senate of few of the
intrenched. There were senatorial
elec ions under the diract-primary
laws last summer in nine states. Anti
machine senators were cleo ed in Orea
gon, Washington, North and South
Dakota. Kansas and Iowa. In Mis-
souri, Folk carried eighty per cent. Of
the counties and was defeated by the
machines in Kansas City ind st Louis.
Stephenson of Wisconsin is hardly to
be called a reactionary. In Illinois a
fifty thousand majority was rt G stored
against Hopkin The reason he was
not defeated is TO be sought in the
shortcomings of the primary law in
Illinois. The fact that under the pri-
mary laws the past year the people
won six and the reactionaries two
seats, with the ninth man dog fall,
indicates what these laws will do to
the Senate when they get into full
action, When one reactionary senator
is moved down at a primary and is
replaced with free man, the free
mans colleague has to vote right or
quit Fifteen republican states, hav
ing thirty senators, choose senators
by direct primaries; thirty being a
majority of the republican caucus.
Two years hence the people will start
the moving machine again. The pri
mary is an issue now in Utah, Color
ado, Idaho, New York and New Hamp-
shire. Suppose that two out of five
states adopt i making seventeen re-
publican states what becomes of the
Aldrich control2 With the primary
law operating in the west the election
in New England of men like Calling
er becomes more and more negligible;
for only as those men make a part of
a majority machine are they danger
Gus. They have no power of persua-
sion, no gift of statemanship. They
are crafty; they are full of tricks and
wiles. But the primary sends men
10 the senate who can not afford to
succumb to tricks and wiles; if they
succumb they 60 home. Golfers
Weekly.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

An Illinois state senator vans. a
law providing for some kind of tag
or handle the name of married men so
that the unmarried ladies may pass
them by without bestowing upon
them more than glance in their
quest for suitable mate. Whether
the indicator will consit of some word
as prefix to the name or, what is
more likely, brass tag worn On a
leather collar around the neck the
same as a dog license tag, the dis
patch does not say.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19
VITAL STATISTICS

Following are the vital statistics
for December and January as filed in
the office of the Clerk of Court.
MARRIAGES
Charles A Kiel to Sarah'Page, Lake
Preston, Dec. 8.
Frank p. Dorwagen to Florence
Willard, Lake Preston. Dec. 23.
James b. Hunt to Lulu Trousdale,
De Smet, Dec. "A.
j. r. Andrews to Martha Z. Moody,
De Smet, Dec. 30.
A. B. Jacobs to Floy Dodge, De
Smet, Dec. 30.
William f. Sartwell to Mabelle
Esther Noyes, Erwin, Jan. 20.
DEATHS
Barbara Yeaman, De Smet, Jan. 2,
sc years old.
Peter John Peterson, Arlington,
Jan. II, 43 years 2 months old.
Lizzie Pawlish, Lake Preston, Jan.
10, 81 years 8 months 2S days old.
Leonard Wilson Keith, Lake Pres
ton, Jan. "a, 5. months l8 days old
Anna Gustavson, Erwin, Jan. 22,
AZ years 3 months 26 days old.
BIRTHS
2l births reported
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

IT is amusing to see how readily
the house has fallen into the trap pre-
pared in regard to the publication of
insurance statements The leading
machine papers, who have not yet
given up the hope of waging sue
cessful campaign in this state in 1910,
have united in denouncing the public
alton of insurance statements, brand
ing it as bribe of the press, and de
claring it to be useless expense and
and ''holdup" of the companies. 1t
is true that it is an attractive patron
age to newspapers, but these same
papers never had word to say when
they were getting good share of the
patronage. Their idea in opposing
the system at this time is to bluff the
legislature into abolishing the system
and thus stripping the administration
of patronage, thinking that without
the patronage the administration will
fail to have newspaper support In the
next campaign. In this these old ma
chine papers are shrewd and have
succeeded in bluffing the house into
passing such bill. Should the ad-
ministration take the view of these
papers that the patronage is bribe,
it will be equivalent to admitting that
1t bribed the papers for support In
he last campaign. In the event of
such an admission, the administration
should lose the support of the papers.
The claim made by the supporters of
the bill that ihe s. atements are of no
value TO the public is proven 10 be
false by the provision of the bill which
provides that the statements must be
filed iu the office of the register of
deed in each county for the benefit
of the public,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19
POST CARDS FREE.

Everybody is making collections
of post cards. Here is chance to
get some very fine ones-and they
won't cost yo0 cent. If you will
send us so cents at once, whether you
are an old or a new subscriber, we
will credit you with full years sub
scription and also send you by return
mail 20 handsome post cards, no two
alike, and they are fine. If you will
send 60 cents, we will credit you with
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

The house has passed the bill to
abolish the publication of insurance
statements. Just what its reason
was we do not know. The cost of
publishing the statements is borne by
the companies SO there is no cost to
the state, and it is a cinch that to
eliminate the expense of publishing
will not have the effect of reducing
the cost of Insurance. At the same
time the house passed a bill to com
pei railroad companies to publish
their time cards in at least one paper
in every town at the regular legal
rate. The house goes on record for as
much secrecy As possible relative 10
the conduct of insurance companies
taking hundreds of thousands of our
money each year, and favoring a con-
siderable outlay by railroads for a
service that is already rendered the
people at a cost to no one but he
publisher.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

The bill TO increase the number of
supreme judges from three TO five is
sliding through the Legislature like it
was creased. -Iroquois Chief.
OF course, the additional expense of
100000 per annum for the two new
judges is not great item, but it does
look as if it might as well be saved
for a few years. If the three judges
on the bench would work as hard for
their 100000 per, as they would
have to work to make that amount
above expenses in private practice,
the two extra judges would perform
about as useful function as the fifth
wheel on a wagon. The only argu-
ment in favor of five judges at the
present time is that the quality OF
the service might be improved; that
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19
THE YOUTHS COMPANION IN 1909
2l births reported

The amount Of good reading given
to subscribers to The Youth's Com
panion during the year is indicated
by the following summary of contents
for this year:
30 STAR ARTICLES
Contributed by Men and Women Of
Wide Distinction in Public Life, in
Literature, in Science, in Business, in
a Score OF Professions.
$50 CAPITAL STORIES
Including six Serial Stories. Humor-
Gus Stories; Stories of Adventure,
Character, Heroism.
1000 UP-To-DATE NOTES
On Current Events, Recent Discover
les in the World of Science and ma
ture, Important Matters in Politics
and Government.
20OO ONE MINUTE STORIES
Iuimitable Domestic Sketches, Anec-
dotes, Bites of Humor, and Selected
Miscellany. The Weekly Heath
Article, the'Weekly Woman's Article,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

STEPHENSON, of Wisconsin, who won
the nomination for senator in Wis
cons'n at the primary, but who lacks
a few votes in the legislature, is being
Investigated. 1t is claimed he corrupt
ed the campaign with his money. He
was the first witness examined and
testified to paying out S52,571,O5.
Stephenson says the demands came
loud and often from campaign
managers,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

THE South Dakota Press Assn at
its meeting in Pierre last week au
thorized a test case 10 be made of
that feature of the antipasS law
which prohibits the exchange of ad-
vertising for railroad mileage. The
matter could be cured by the legisla-
ture now in session, but there is small
prospect of this being done. There
seems to be feeling with great
many who owe their prominence en-
tirely to the work of the press of the
state that the way to show their inde-
pendence is to ignore, or take from,
the rights of the power which made
them political possibility.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

a years subscription and will send
YOU so cards, the "Tour of the World .
These are also in fine color effect,
with descriptive matter, and show the
historic places throughout the world.
These cards are the finest that we can
secure and are worth the price asked
for the paper alone.
Address, South Dakota Farmer,
Sioux Fall. $. D.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

The watch dog" of the treasury is
favorite stunt for some one or more
legislators al every session. 1t gives
them little notoriety and doesn't t
discommode those who want to make
a grab for their particular interest.
1t all works nice until near the end of
the session when the dog is poisoned
and the legislators dispose of every
thing in sight. A man named Whit
ing is doing the stunt this year.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

CONGRESS- has placed the salary of
secretary of state back at S8,000.00
per annum SO that Senator Knox can
accept the position and draw the
salary legally. It's matter of tech
nicality; the people of the country
could well afford, and would be glad
to pay Knox five times the salary, if
he could not be had otherwise. Sal
airy is no object so long as good
man has that position, and Knox will
fill the bill all right. By the way,
the secretary of state portfolio las
been the most ably filled of any
cabinet position in the last dozen
years. Either the appointive power
has used better judgement in this or
had unusually good luck.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

VIZ are inclined to believe with the
Argus Leader that the anti treating
bill if it becomes law, will be dead
letter. As it applies only to the treat
ing to alcoholic beverages, those who
care to follow the custome will very
properly brand it as class and fanatic
legislation. To be consistent the bill
should apply to all things usually
handled in that manner.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

kITTREDGE has bObbed up In the
senate with a lot more stuff that he
doesn't know about canals OF one
thing he is tain, AID that is the
administration is for lock type canal,
and, as he is "ferninst' the admins
tration, all that is left for him is to
advocate a sea level canal. There
has been a great deal of unreliable
information dished up to the people
regarding this canal. Kittredge at
first advocated sea level type at an
estimated cost Of Sl39,000,444. His
friends Immediately set him up be
fore the public as a great man on
international law and Panama canals
As matter of fact h didn't know d
thing about canals, and all the second
hand information he had was from
engineers, the best of whom did not
agree. Kit now shows that Sl54,
100000 have been spent on the NAL,
sum of more than S20,000,000 more
than his first estimate of the cost of
sea level canal. This is probably
true, but the reader must not lose
sight of the fact that the ditch isn't
even deep enough for the lock type of
canal as yet. And no locks have been
constructed. A big dam constructed
with material taken out of the ditch is
about all the preparations made SO
far that wouldn't have to be made for
the sea level type. This shows con-
clusively that Kit didn't know what
he was talking about when he estimat
ed his first original cost at S139,OOO,-
444. That we are correct in this
statement is clearly shown by the
fact that there is still question as to
which type of canal will be finally
chosen. This will be determined, uu-
doubtedly, before any expense for
locks is entered into, and while the
work accomplished will count as much
for one style as the other. On the
other hand it is fact that the origin
al estimates for the lock type of
canal were way TOO low, it will prob
ably cost nearly double, or more than
S400,000,000. The engineers who
estimated the job were way off.
Roosevelt went down and looked
around three or four days and came
back expressing himself as dee-light-
ed with the success of the venture,
Taft went down and spent about the
same length of time and found every
thing progressing satisfactory
Neither one ever had any experience
in such work and are no more com
petent 10 Judge than any other man
ignorant of such affairs. The truth
is that Roosevelt, Taft, and Kittredge
know nothing about it except wha,
they are told, and it is a case. where
the doctors do not agree. The cana
will be finished without doubt, bu.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

The old machine papers of the
state are after Wheaton's scalp and
hope to prevent him from reappoint-
ment to the office of food and dairy
commissioner. They have bIuffed
the Legislature into turning down
Wheaton's recommendation of pure
drug law, and it now remains to be
seen whether they can bluff the gov
ernor into refusal to reappoint to the
second term.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19
Timely Editorials, etc.

TIT TIT ~ y
A full description of the current
volume will be sent with sarnplecopies
of the paper to any address on re-.
quest. The new subscriber who at
once sends $l75 for years subscrip-
tion will receive free The Youth Com
panion's new Calendar for 1909, 'In
Grandmother's Garden" Autographed
in thirteen colors.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
IA Berkeley Street, BosToN, Mass.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

North America and the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans and in the easteru
portions of Asia and Australia. At
Sioux Falls the moon will enter the
shadow shortly after midnight and
will not leave the shadow until about
80 in the morning.
There will be partial eclipse Of
the sun on December II and l3, not
visible in North America.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

THE jag cure home will provide
a place or two for some 2x4 insurgent.
By all means let us have the home.
The inebriates of the state do not
need it but the cheap politician does.
-Huronite.
It's a wonder John didn't consign
the wole insurgent faction to the in
ebriate home. That's about the way
he feels.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

The king of Spain has announced
his determination to make flight
with Wright in one of his aeroplanes.
Better to do that than to try flight
in one of the ships of his navy.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

the opinions of the court might have
a higher standing among the other
courts and give better service to the
people of the state This may be
sufficient reason for increasing the
number from three to five.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

it looks now as il it would cost the
people more than either side to the
controversy ever estimated. Whether
it will be paying institution is an
other thing they do not know.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

{ EGAN lost his case before the SUI
preme court and was enjoined from
holding the Office of states attorney
of Minnehaha county.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

bury-ss.
|, r.. n. Andrews Cash, of the above named
bank do solelnny swear that the above
statement IL true to the best Of my knowl-
edge and belief.
II. NJ. ANDREWS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn before me the IL lth
day of Feb 1909
w. III. WARREN, Notary Public.
Correct ATTEST:
A. w. STONE
A. s. ALQUisT
ID. n. LoFTUs
Directors
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-01-07

The above IS copied from a news
paper published in Glasgow. Scot
land. Miss Russell is we'll known
here. where about three years ago
she visited her uncle. Mr.. 7. +.
Johnson. Miss Russell was a beau
tiful girl and made many friends
during her visit. II will be remem-
bered that her presence at the Rich
mond Horse Show created a furore.
the young lady having been taken
for New York bescty then much
in the public eye. The bridegroom
IS an officer in the British army,
stationed at Calcutta with regiment,
The bride was living with her sister,
who also married az English officer
in Calcutta at the time Of her mar.
rage.