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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
Up to the People Again.

There have been rumors for several
months that the supreme court would
declare the primary law unconstitu-
tiOnal, and the decision handed down
Wednesday was not unexpected. 1t
seems a very difficult matter to frame
a primary law in this state that will
stand the test of the higher court,
though similar law exists in other
states.
The people of the state of Illinois
want a direct primary law. There is
no doubt of that. Governor Deneen
listened to public opinion when he
forced an unwilling legislature to pass
such law. The supreme court has
twice annulled the law. but the gov
ernor will call the legislature in extra
session and demand the passage of a
law that will meet the courts objec-
lions.
That a primary law viii be fought
by the politicians is apparent. They
fought it in the past and will oppose
it more bitterly in the future.
If the people want such a law they
must assert themselves.
The old system of cut and dried eau
cuses and boss made and boss contrOll-
ed state conventions are the ideals the
political bosses seek. They can manip-
ulate the caucus and run conventions
by deals and bargains. They do not
want direct power lodged with the
people. The primary law took power
from the professional politicians and
the supreme court gave it back to
them.
The issue. however, is a live one, and
will be pushed forward. The result
remains with the voters. They can
compel the legislature to pass a fair
primary law, and the indications are
that they will demand their rights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
Sane Fourth for Chicago.

Spurred by Americas record of 5,G23
Fourth of July casualties in 1908, 4,413
in 1907, and 5,4GG in 1906. Mayor Busse
has officially declared for sane
Fourth" for Chicago, but the suburb
of LAGRANGE has outdone that, having
taken the lead in trying music as a
Substitute for fireefackers in celebra-
ting independence day. Band concerts.
orchestra concerts and chorus singing
are 70 be pitted against the sound of
powder. The deadly work of the giant
cracker and toy pistol. as summarized
by the Journal of the American Medi-
cal association, shows $50 deaths upon
the last five Fourths, $40 being from
and casualties of various kinds is the
total for five years of pyrotechnical,
decorating celebrations.
Chicago's rules will attempt to bar
cannon crackers, toy pistols, any fire
works containing explosives more VIC
lent than black powder, and dealers
found selling or keeping the tabooed
nOiSe-makers are threatened with fines
and the revocation of their licenses.
The limits of the Fourth are strictly
prescribed and fireworks or noise-mak
ers of any kind are under ban except
on the one day when the dog hides in
the basement and the parents vainly
long for peace and quiet. All the
wholesale and retail dealers in the
city have been informed concerning
the exact provisions of the ordinance
and the police have been instructed to
be on the lookout for the display or
sale in any store of the prohibited
varieties of explosives.
The appearance of any of these ex
plosives in the hands of any persons
will be the signal for police investi
CATION and the arrest of offending cit
liens and dealers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
That Spurious Cleveland Article.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat was
among the republican newspapers that
made what political capital they could
during the campaign last fall out of
the forged article which one Branden-
burg palmed off on a New York pub
Usher as a Grover Cleveland produc
ton. Now the st. Louis sheet says:
The literary pirate, BrandenburS.
will be convicted not of misrepre-
aenting the sentiments OF Mr. Cleve-
land toward Mr. Bryan, but of forging
the signature of Mr.. Cleveland to those
sentiments. This makes a difference
judicially, but none politically or prac-
tically."
Yhis comment is disingenuous
While the offense with which the of
fender is charged is forgery and not
misrepresenting Mr.. Cleveland's views,
the article did misrepresent Mr.. Cleve-
lands views. and made him say what
he never said and never would have
said, had he lived Democrats who
admired Mr. Cleveland and democrats
who had severely criticised many of
his utterances and acts, were satisfied
that the article was fraud and so
characterized it. Democratic journals
generally, denounced it as a fabrica-
| lion from the internal evidence which
Ii; contained.
The Globe-Democrat's attempt 10
minimize the wrong of using the
fraudulent article to gain votes for the
republican party among admirers IF
Grover Cleveland is in keeping with
the original scheme to publish the ar.
ticle, for such a purpose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
INDIGNANT.


D'Auber is 4 big. healthy. bearded
man who looks as though he could lift
half hundredweights in each hand as
easily as he picks up his palette.
An elderly rustic. who had been
standing watching him painting by the
roadside. approached him.
mo offesSe. SIR" he began, but is
there anything the matter W. yer?"
mo" answered D'Auber. what
makes you ask?"
Eyer hain't lame. are yer?"
Lame! Good gracious. no."
"Yer hain't lad a misfortune In any
way-the ciaticar or lumbager-that' 5
kind O. laid yer by?"
mo. I'm as we'll as 1 have always
been"
The rustic drew himself I'D and
gaZed scornfully at the artist.
AN yer call yerself man an can
sit thGer a-doin' o that?" he said.
"Wel, I'm observation-disclosures
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
DIMINUTIVE FARMS.
Those In Portugal Have Been Cut Up
Into Very Small Portions.

into Very Small Portions.
The Portuguese are an extremely
conservative people. Every one fol-
lows rigidly the methods employed by
hts father and forefathers In very
many parts of the country the old
wooden plows are still used
When man dies. instead of one OF
the heirs taking the whole property
and paying the remaining heirs for
their parts. the whole property is di-
vided into as many parts as there are
heirs. More than this. each separate
part of the property is thus divided,
Thus, if a property consisted of ten
acres of pasture land, eighty Of vine
yard and ten of grain land and there
were ten heirs. each heir would receive
one acre each of grain and pasture
land and eight acres of vineyard. This
process has been going on for very
long time, so that now in the most fer
tile part of Portugal the land Is di-
vided into incredibly small portions.
The immediate result OF this, accord
ing to the United States consular re-
ports. is that the product of the land
IS barely sufficient ut best to sustain
its owners. South of the river Tagus,
on the other hand, there are enormous
tracts of excellent land lying unused.
but it has been found impossible to in
duce the farmers of the north to move
into this region and take up large
holdings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18

any OF his ncighbors catch them free
Of cost. He bit at once If there was
any buried treasure around there he
wanted his half of it. Indeed, lie
wanted it all If he could get it. He
had heard about the travelling dentist.
and within two hours of his talk with
the woman he was at the van. 1t was
20 cents a pull. and the dentist Sc
lected front tooth that might have
continued business for several years
longer. The pulling hurt like blazes.
but as the man carried the molar away
in his pocket he felt that the treasure
was his. On a Sunday night, which
was Il week ahead, he was to stand
alongside of an elm tree and watch
for the flash of FREELY. Two feet
under ground beneath the flash the
box OF gold would be found
The next day the dentisu pulled teeth
for no less than five different men.
Some of them met each other at the
van and made all sorts of excuses for
being there. Deacon Spooner said he
had been thinking of parting with n
tooth for the last fifteen years, and
Elder Tompkins said that he had q
loose tooth that had prevented hint
from eating boiled dinners ever since
he became Il widower Each had a
slight suspicion of the other, but tried
to act carelessly and gave no Informal
ton. The dentist numbered farmers
Ms well rs villagers among the callers
and when Saturday night came he
could figure that he had performed on
forty-eight men. On Sunday night be.
tween the hours named those forty
eight men We're looking for elm trees
and frefies. The village was pretty
well shaded by clms. but there were
not enough to go round. In some in.
stances two men found themselves I'M
der the same elm. Then they lied &c
each other like troopers as they
watched for fireflies. The freely is
| seen only on certain night. whei
the weather has some quality about il
| that calls them out. and this was one
| of the months when they are never
| seen at all. None of the searchers tool
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18

present at his own trial, but, as the
record failed 10 state the fact, a new
trial was ordered.
In the state VS.. Jones go Mo. So,
the adjectives deliberate and pre-
meditated" were used. instead of the
corresponding adverbs, in describing
an assault which ended in murde".
Conviction was set aside.
A case was recently dismissed by
the Kansas City court of appeals be-
|cause the printed abstract did not set
forth that certified copy of the
judgment had been filed. This, al
though the copy was in the courts
possession at the time.
In Taylor VS.. State Go Tex. App. 81
la verdict declaring a defendant
guilty" was held bad on account Of
the misspelling. But in similar case
the word guilty" was allowed to pass
as good enough.
In another murder case the indict-
ment precisely stated that the ac-
cused did feloniously, purposely and
with premeditated malice kill'' the
victim by firing a Colts revolver,
but because it dill not state at WHOM
lit was aimed, the court indulged III
La long and whimsical argument that
| it might have been fired in the air, or
that the victim might have died ii
fright"
A St Louis boodler was freed
through q reversal of his case be
cause the article the had been
omitted from the time worn phrase
peace of the state" 1t should have
been correctly written. the peace uf
the state the mere peace of the
state" meaning nothing, so it is al
legged, in an Indictment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18

"But hcHH much should you guess?"
II couldn't even guess" "Well. sir,
would you sag 1t was $4,000 WORTH
II should put it as high as that. GER
tainly." Would you put IL as high as
S1O000?" YES" Fifteen thousand 2"
Yes" twenty-five thousand" Yes"
Fifty thousand?" Yes" "A hum
dred thousand?" Yes Five hun.
dred thousandY Yes" "a miilion?"
Yes We'll. how many millions?"
roared the astonished lawyer. who
only now began to discover that he
had caught tartar. We'll" said
Mr.. Bradlee very coolly. II told you at
the start l couldn't say, but since you
insist on IT | will roughly estimate 1t
at say hundred millions" You
may stand down." said the attorney,
who was soon nonsuited.-A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
Thinks Ii Saved His Life.

Lester nj. Nelson of Naples, Maine
says in recent letter: Il have used
DR.. Kings New Discovery many years
for coughs and colds, and l think ii
saved my life. / have found il n re-
liable remedy for throat and lung
complaints, and would no more be
without bottle than | would b,
without food" For nearly 40 years
New Discovery has stoou at the head
of throat and lung remedies. AS 9
preventive of pneumonia, and healer
of weak lungs it has no equal. SOLD
under guarantee al all druggists. 81
cents and $I.00. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
Criminal Law.

The st. Louis Post Dispatch has
been making a collection of cases IN
which criminals have been granted
new trials on grounds so trivial that
the ordinary man is astounded at the
way in which villains are allowed to
go unwhipped of justice. The courts
are never weary in pleading for re-
spect for law. Judges are continually
going out of their way 10 lecture
juries against anarchy, and to de-
clare that the foundation of society
depends upon obedience to law And
yet the various judges will grant new
trials upon the smallest pretext, and
allow criminals with money to bid
defiance to the verdicts which honest
juries have rendered. When courts
respect the law, the people will follow
their example.
In the case of a Missouri murderer,
the conviction was set aside and new
trial ordered because the foreman IF
the jury spelled first" fist
Another murder case was ordered 10
Few trial because the word "breas.t"
In the indictment was spelled "brest.
Another murderer got new trial
because, in the Indictment, it was
stated that the victim did instantly
die" the phrase in vogue being "did
then and there die"
A man convicted of murder was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
The Argus Daily Short Story
aE;3 "a : ~; Story with peeth-By M. Quad.
VI Copyrighted. 1908. Associated Literary Press.

The village Of Brinkly was and il
today a place of about 1000 inhnbit-
ants. and the country is thickly set
tied with farmers for seven miles
around before coming to another vii,
lage, but only one dentist has ever
made it pay there since the place was
founded. He didn't stay but couple
Of months. but lie carried away Il roll
of money as large as log.
1t wouldn't lie polite 10 say that the
villager ard the. farmer do not give
proper attention to their teeth, but
they are never in q great hurry about
it. They hate to part with the old
roots and snags and keep putting off
the evil day when they have got to
get into the eXecutioIers chair 1t
might have been said of Brinkly and
the surrounding country that not an
adult had Il COED set Of teeth and that
up to certain day no one was giving
dentistry any seriogE thought Then
on Monday mornfhg a change took
place. y travelling dentist who had
his Office in a van drove into town
and opened shop. For two days no
one went near him, although he hung
out n sign of the most painless Kind
of painful dentistry.
Then n strange woman arrived. She
was dark compleXioned, dressed like
gypsy and passed for one. She was
n mysterious woman on a mysterious
errand. She had come to that locality
to search for a great buried treasure.
She couldn't search for it by her lone
some, rs the spirits guarding it had
put a ban on her, but the gold was to
be found through some one else. That
some one else must have Il tooth drawn
TO propitiate the spirits. Then he
would be led to the treasure and would
whack up with her. The hours for
finding the treasure were between mid
night and o'clock in the morning.
and the searcher must on no conSid-
Grafton say word to any one about
what he was after. If not finding the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
Inherited.

II entertained some friends at din
ner the other night at well known
hotel in Boston" said New Yorker.
just returned from the Hub. '.and
was served by an ebony giant on
whom lampblack would make n white
mark. 1t is the custom at that par
ticular hosiery for the walters to
write their own orders. Upon receiv-
ing my bill + could scarcely check the
items. The spelling bore no similarity
to amy other under the sun
"'Sam,' ] said. this is the worst
spelling 1 ever saw ard added face
tiously. where did you learn to spell :?
without moving muscle Sam re-
piled courteously, 4 reckon, boss.
must have inherited it from my ances
tors
The laugh being on me. Sam got an
extra tip."-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18

A casual paragraph in the report of
the tariff proceedings in the senate
says that "Aldrich moved that radium
be placed on the free list" This is
tors first contribution to the non
dutiable schedule. With radium re-
duced to 100000 a pound, he is con-
tent to let in the pauper radium of
Europe duty free. When the tariff
discussion is closed and the republican
majority is hoped and barreled up by
the oil and sugar trusts. Senator Aid
rich can point with pride to the fact
that he made radium duty free to the
American workingman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18

this r.to consideration. but waicsd and
thought of the treasure.
Before 10 o'clock Monday forenoon
the dentist had men waiting while
others We're being served. There were
some among them that had come to
lose their first tooth and others to lose
their second. The fellow was light
ming puller, but there were two or
three patients left over when darkness
fell and he closed his van. The new
ones on this day had been told by the
woman to stand under beech trees.
There was just ae big n crowd on
Tuesday. and it Was not fairly dis
POSED Of uatil Thursday. OF course it
had got noised around the village that
there was something up. but not Il
man peached There was something
more than suspicion among them
now. ard the only way was to lie to
each other. They did lie. Men who
had always scOrGed the slightest eva
sion new came out and lied as easily
as If they had always made IT bust
ness. They lird TO each other and to
three teeth drawn all at once. so as
to have the bulge on the one and two
| tooth fellows.
| Ealf Il mile west of the village vas
n beech grove. Outside OF that there
| want q beech tree within two miles.
On Sunday night more than 100 men
We're in that grove before the clocks
We're through striking midnight They
| rubbed elbows and they crowded each
| other. Some pretended that they We're
walking in their sleep and others that
they were looking for stray hogs or
| cows. When IN hour had gone by
| some one saw or thought he saw q
| light moving about beyond the creek
! that skirted one side of the grove
| There We're q yell and q rush. As men
ran they punched and kicked each
other. They even jumped upon each
others back. Fifty men fell into the
\ creek and fifty more on top of them.
1t was a grand battle royal. from which
no one escaped scathless. Next day
some Of the crowd wanted to consult
the woman and get closer particulars;
but though they drove all over the
, country. she was not to be found.
| And then arose another complication
Fifty men. disregarding Sunday nights
and elm ard beech trees, began n day
time hunt fer the treasure They even
went so far as to spade up each 9TH
er's garden. 1t was three days before
the search ended and the excitement
died away. and then the bambooZled
began to thinl; of their teeth. though.
strangely enough. they did not connect
the gypsy woman with the loss Of
them. The dentist was ready. He
could replace teeth as we'll as diSplace
thcm. He sent for an assistant and
had all the work he could do for two
months. and his prices were Just dou-
bic those charged in the city. He
didn't get quite all he had operated on
before. bat it is still contended IN
Brinllly that he went to Europe.
bought an old castle and IS still revel-
Ing In power and luxury. Now and
then In the FREELY season n man goes
out at midnight and leans against an
elm or beech tree, but If guided to
any certain spot the most he finds by
digging is an old oyster can or the
skull of dead and gone horse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
A REAL ESTATE EXPERT.
His Right to the Title Not Shaken by
Cross Examination.

The late Mr.. N. J. Bradiee was sum-
moned To appear as an expert on real
estate in Boston some years ago in Il
lawsuit over the value of certain prop
not knowing Mr.. Bradlee. undertook
to counterfeit his testimony. In the
cross examination the questions and
What did you say your business
was. Mr.. Bradlee?" began the lawyer
We'll, l have charge of a good many
trusts, mostly real estate" said Mr..
Bradlee. How much real estate have
you ever had charge of at one time?'
well, don't think can say exactly"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
HuInOr and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN n: SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

When a woman feels 1t her duty "a
make calls her gown is new and her
hat the latest model.
1t only takes an ounce Of pluck to
pound a bully.
1t is mans nature where he can't
comfortably avoid pernicious thing
to conclude that 1t is for his good.
The average train of thought carries
no freight.
1t is easy to believe in luck when
things go crosswise, but when they
run smoothly it is easy to he seen that
oneself is on the job.
One is sometimes tempted to think
that the food of certain acquaintance
must be baled hay.
Having a steam yacht is really no
evidence of intelligence. but there eau
be no question that every intelligent
person ought TO have one
Beauty is skin deep. and sometimes
it is a skin game too.
No sane man is impudent to his boss
unless he has his next job cinched.
If others could see us as we see our
selves perhaps they would embarrass
us SO that we would be compelled TO
change our views
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
The VOYAGE,

Pleasantly and quite at ease
Down the stream of life we glide,
With the meadows and the woods :
Lying fair on either side.
As We view the shifting scene
And we hear the robins call
We are quite inclined to say
It's a good world, after all.
There are snags along the way,
Drifting wood and floating ice,
And an eddy here and there
Just TO give the journey spice
And some small excitement lend.
So the voyage will not pail,
But we master them and say
It's a good world. after all.
Sometimes there are toll and sweat.
Labored pulling at the oar.
Bringing as their sole reward
Aching bones and muscles sore,
But the rest that comes is sweet,
The respite at evenfall,
And We fold our arms and say
It's a good world. after all
So in sunshine and in shade
Slowly down the stream we float,
Toiling for a space and then
Listening to the wild birds note,
Drifting through the balmy spring,
Summers suns and mellow fall,
And we close our eyes and say
It's good world. after all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18

Now that the board of supervisors
has adjourned, Sheriff Kittilsen might
once more turn his attention to that
self-imposed task of cleaning up the
town-and keeping 1t clean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
TONIGHT.

If you would enjoy tomorrow, take
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets tonight. They produce an agree
able laxative effect, clear the head
and cleanse the stomach Price, 25
cents. Samples free at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18

If you have any doubt about Rock
Island real estate being on the move,
take a glance through the pages of
this issue of The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and WeeAIy at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. III. lEn-.
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.]
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
Cured.

"Mr johnson is different from other
people"
''In what way?"
"He doesn't believe he would be .
success on the stage"
'That is strange"
"No; he has tried it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18

Would Taft have been persuaded to
change his mind about the desirability
and constitutionality of an income tax
if Teddy had been here?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
Any One Would

Cant you find a place for him In
the establishments
81 am afraid not"
els there nothing he can do?"
well, he might make q congress-
man."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
Both Essential.

Jones-Old Oilrich bought an auto
mobile.
Brown-Take him long to learn?
Jones-Yes; one month to run the
machine and two months to pronounce
the word chauffeur" properly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
GETTING Suited,

"Why SO glum?"
"The doctor ordered me not to
smoke"
What are you going to do about itf'
"Change doctors"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
Friday, June 10, 1909.

Ii has again come to pass that one
of the primary needs of Illinois is
primary law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18

The Terre Haute Star says that Mr.
Aldrich will need a good hard rest this
summer more than usual.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-18
How He Knew.

"She is beautiful girl"
"Didn't know you ever met the fam
Fly.
"Oh, yes: looked them up in Dun,s
and BradstreetS.