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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
Let ENGLAND Habe Liberia.

Elihu Root urges the Government to take
Liberia in hand and to do for the blacks of
that African colony what we are doing for the
Filipinos.
Doctor, Booker Washington goes further
and contends that we owe it to Liberia to take
care of her
Liberia, you know is that sea-coast strip of
the African Continent upon which American
phi1anthropists ettled the better class of the
free negroes at the beginning of the nineteenth
century. At that time our leading public men,
South as we'll as North seemed to have con-
fdence in the capacity of the negro for self
government. The experiment of planting the
negro colony was 'heartily champloned by
Henry Clay, who ought to have known better.
Liberia has never been a success and is at
present a comprehensive and pitiful failure.
One of the white missionaries stationed out
there recently wrote to the Secretary of State:
"No words can exaggerate the wretched
condition of Liberia, and it is growing worse.
The deterioration of the race is rapid and the
contrast between conditions in Sierra Leone
and other English colonies in Africa is aston
ishing. The greatest blessing would be that
of becoming colony of England, which has
been remarkably successful in dealing with
the Africans. Otherwise the people of Liberia
will soon relapse into barbarism."
The suggestion is made that England take
possession of the colony. She owns the one
adjoining, manages it WE'LL and ought to have
Liberia, if she wants it. Surely, we don't wish
to have another elephant on Our hands. We
already tote the fearful load of the Philippine
islands, and we are acting as Guardian for
Hayti,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
Bryan Would Not SIGN.

The lady President of the Nebraska w. c.
|. Y. requested w. J. B. to put his precious
name to Petition in which the Legislature
is urged to submit the question of Prohibition
to vote of the people.
Bryan brusquely refused. The last cam
paign of the Peerless was so closely tied up
to the Whiskey interests that his hands are
not free even now. A chronic candidate who
has to depend on the support of the element
represented by Tom Taggart, Roger Sullivan,
Charles Murphy, Fingy Corners and Charles
Haskell needs to be wary in his dealings with
the w. c. T. u.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
The United States -ShaH We Saw ~H"
Or "1hem"2

:
The Hamiltonians are SO intent upon having
the people forget that the Federal Govern
ment was the voluntary creation of separate.
independent, sovereign States that thew dont
even wish the United States to be referred to
in the plural. This is a consolidate nation
and must be alluded to in the singular
Thus, we must not say ''the United States
AXE. We must say "the United States IS"
10 please the Hamiltonians, we are re-
quested to forget history, violate grammar,
and bid farewell to common sense.
Every now and then, we find the editors of
metropolitan periodicals training their
thoughts upon this issue of singular or
plural and laboring, contending that we must
always allude to the United States as 1T.
Our torefathers were not such crazy Ham-
: tonlans In the Constitution itself, the United
States appear in the plural Not once are they
alluded to as 1T" Every time thew are re-
ferred to as them"
Thus Treason is defined:
Treason against the United States shall
consist in levying war against them, or ad-
herring to their enemies, &C."
When the Constitution of 1857 was being
transcribed, nobody could forete1l which of the
States of the old Confederation would ratify
1t. Any nine could do so, and put the new
Federal Government going. Those States
which failed to ratify would be left where they
were,-separate, sovereign States. Because of
the fact that no one knew which of the
thirteen States would ratify the new Consti-
tuition the Clerk was instructed to omit the
naming of the separate States after the words
in the Preamble-"We the people of the
United States"
AS first drafted, the Preamble read, awe, the
people Of the United States of''-the thirteen
States of the Old Confederation, separately
named as in the Articles of the Old Confed-
Grafton.
Upon this clerical omission in the final draft
of the Preamble, Mr.. Webster built great
argument which had the force of constitu-
tional amendment
Inasmuch as The Fathers could not know
beforehand that New York, New Jersey, Vir-
ginia, Georgia, &C., would adopt the new Con
stitution and therefore did not enurnerate the
States that were the adopting States, Mr..
Webster 'argued" that the new Federal Gov
eminent sprang directly from 1--WE, the people
of the United States" generally, instead of
from "we the people of the United States of
New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia and
the other adopting States.
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
PAGE NINE.

The y. S. Government did not colonize the
negroes in Liberia. Private individuals and
societies did it. The Government is not COM
mitted in any way.
Therefore, we think it would be better not
to increase Our burdens by assuming response
b1llty tor the rotten and demoralized colony
1t England Graves Liberia, let her take it.
She can manage it as we'll as we, and it never
could be anything but source of expense and
trouble to u.s.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
GObeyn0y Smith Violates Oath of office.


Heretofore we have had occasion to specify
some particulars in which the present Gov
ernor of Georgia has gone contrary to the Con-
stitution which he is sworn to protect, pre-
serve and defend
lie has been erratlcally profuse in the mat
ter of pardoning criminals out of the peniten-
tiary, but If he has ever obeyed that clause of
the Constitution which requires him to make
an official report of the reasons which moved
him to c1emency, we have not heard of it.
He certainly was most negligent in the mat
ter of that illegal deposit of public funds in
the Neal bank and in the failure to have the
States interest properly safeguarded. The
generous courts held that the States deposit
must be returned before the other 5000 de-
positors could get anything; and thus it hap
pened that the Governors negligence in allow
ing the Neal bank to have more Of the States
money than the law authorizes seriously in
jured the 5000 unfavored depositors who are
still waiting for their money.
The appointment of Murphy Gambler to be
Railroad Commissioner, during the TERM for
which he was elected to the Legislature, is an
other case in point.
The Constitution is just as plain as can be.
The States policy is to prevent members of
the Legislature from using their official posi-
ton to secure something better during the
term for which they are elected. Here is
principle-a great and necessary principle; but
Governor Smith has paid no attention to it.
He has appointed Murphy Gambler to posi-
ton which Murphy Gambler helped to create
The Office was created and Murphy Gambler
appointed to it during the term for which
Murphy Gambler was elected to the Legisla-
ture.
How any lawyer can hesitate in pronouncing
this appointment violation of the Constitu-
tion we cannot see. Murphy Gamblers resig-
nation from the Legislature does not remove
the disqualification. An accepted resignation
cannot wipe out the fact that Murphy Gambler
has been appointed to another salaried office
during the time FOR WHICH HE WAS
ELECTED. Not the time during which he
SERVED. No-not that at all. The Consti-
tutonal disqualification embraces the term for
which he was ELECTED.
Well he was elected for two years, wasn't
he?
And Governor Smith appointed him to an
other salaried office during those two years
How very, very, VERY anxious the Gov
poO
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09

Read the East oreeonian.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09
EDITOR PUTNAM OF MEDFORD
TRIBUNE EXONERATED

Salem, March 9.-George Putnam,
the editor of the Medford Tribune
was completely exonerated from con-
vlction in crlmin9l libel, secured
against him before Circuit Court Judge
Hanna, in the opinion handed down
today by Superior Court Justice Beau
The prosecution of Putnam grew
out of factlonal troubles over local
option at Medford. Mayor Reddy
was assaulted by man with an AK,
and the grand jury refused to indict
his assistant. Putnam's Tribune GEN.
sured the grand jury. The same grand
jury indicted him for libel. Putnam
was thrown into Jail At the trial,
testimony which the supreme court
in opinion of today says should not
have been accepted was excluded.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09
To Buy Land i'm Alberta.

Bert Huffman of the colonization
department of the Canadian Pacific
railroad left this evening with a par
ty of land buyers for Calgary, Alber-
Ia, to look at Canadian Pacific wheat
land in the Bow river valley. The
next party will leave her about
March 90. In the meantime Hugh
y. Johnston who is in charge of the
Canadian Pacific offices at Walla
Walla will start a party to Calgary.
About 16 sections were sold through
the Pendeton and Walla Walla Of
fices of the Canadian Pacific during
the month of February and there
promises to be an unprecedented
rush this spring into Alberta. The
Canadian Pacific is offering special
inducements to homeseekers in the
way of cheap lands easy terms and
by doing all kinds of farm work for
its purchasers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09
POLICEMAN MURDERER CAUGHT
AFTER SEVEN YEARS CHASE

Chicago March 9.-After a chase
of seven years for the unknown mur-
derer of Policeman Patrick Dnffy, of
the local force, the authorities today
are in receipt of information that the
murderer Is Vincent Briscoe who
served a sentence for burglary at San
Quentin, California, under the name
of Frank Bennett. 1t is alleged that
Bennett is the man who shot and
killed Duffy when the latter search
ed a company of men on the street
suspected of burglary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09
LOCALS
Pastlme plctures please AM.

h0AAihc pitoSC oAi'
For rent rooms. Ala Calvin.
Best pictures and prizes given at the
Pastime theater.
A warm theater with new and lively
pictures-the Pastime.
Fresh fish every day at Pendleton
Cash Market. Phone Main 101.
Penland Bros transfer. stand at
Tallman's corner. Phone Black 1891.
]. B. HALEY. express Leave order,
Welch's cigar store: Phone Main 10
Lost-Gold bracelet with initials
a. ;. engraved on it. Finuer return
10 this office, Reward.
Gus La Fontaine has just received
a fresh lot OF crawfish, crab and oys-
ters in the shell at the Quelle.
For rent-New 5-room cottage,
with modern conveniences. Lot
5OxlO0. Also new barn and yard.
Enquire 613 Pine street.
Foleys Honey and Tar Cures
coughs quickly. strengthens the lungs
and expels colds. Get the genuine in
yellow package. Koeppen & Bros.
Fine new line of Hams, Bacon,
Smoked Meats and Lard at Pendle-
ton Cash Market Phone Main 101.
Pendleton Cash Market. best meats.
Given away-dozen sterling silver
pearl handle knives and forks. Prizes
given away every Monday. The old
est and still the best show-the lit
tie Dime.
Mrs, II. Long Of st. Louis, has
opened dressmaking parlors at 613 |
Garden street; one of the best seam
stresses from the east. Call and give
me a trial.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09
LOCAL BOWLERS WILL
PLAY IN WALIA WALLA

Pendleton's bowling team is get
ting into the best possible condition
for the double header contest in
Walla Walla, Friday night. The local
men will go over on the noon train
and will meet two different Walla
Walla aggregations on the same eve
ming. The first game will probably
be with the team representing the
Commercial association, while the
second will be with a general city
team.
The local men have been doing
some fine work on the alleys lately
and expect to make larger scores Fri
day night than they have done here
tofore in a match contest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09
To the PnhliC.

/ wish to announce to the public
that the Hunziker jewelry store will
continue as in the past, under my
personal management. We will strive
to give you the best work obtainable
from expert watchmakers and our
stock will be of its usual high grade.
You are assured satisfaction as We
guarantee all work and every article.
VICTOR HUNZIKER, Manager.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09
o. II. & n. PREPARING FOR
PORTLAND-C CHICAGO FLYER

Two new o. R. & N. dining cars
were taken through the city today en-
route for Portland where equipment
Is now being assembled for the new
transcontinental flyer that the Har-
riman system is to start summing May
l. The train is to be known as the
Portland-Chlcago flyer and will be
one of the finest passenger trains in
the United States. 1t will be an eX-
elusive train and will handle no local
business. The time table has not yet
been announced.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09
RUSSIAN DOUMA VOTES
FIVE MILLIONS FO RARNIY

st. Petersburg, March 9.-After an
all night session the douma today vot-
ed $5,OO0,OOO million dollars to be
used placing the Balkan fleet in shape
for action and $2O,0OO,OOO to restore
the army equipment and munitions
which We're depleted since the Japan
ese war.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09
TAFT CONFERS ONLY WITH
CANNON AND FRIENDS

Washington, Nov 9.-President
Taft is reported today to have invited
only the supporters of Cannon to the
White House tonight for the confer
ence over the proposed changes in the
rules of the house, indicating that
Taft will not support the insurgents"
IN their fight against Cannon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09

"Shanghaied"-a story true to life
"The Prince and the Dwarf beau.
tifully hand colored; "The Foxy Hus-
"Circumstancial Ev
idence" and Swords"
These are all new, never having
been shown here before and are said
to be exceptionally clever.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09

New moving picture machine for
sale. Inquire 5O7 Garden St. Pen
dleton, ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-09

receiver of the Pendleton Cloak &
Suit House.
DR.. H. E. Pinkerton, of the federal
bureau of animal industry, was one
of the home coming passengers on
this mornings Portland train. DR.. S.
W. Mcclure will return tomorrow,
both men having been in the metrop-
oils for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-25
FIELD TRIALS
NOT COMPLETED

Charlotte, N. c., November 24-The
derby of the Continental Field Trials
club at Barber was not completed to-
day, owing to the inability to get the
puppies on birds. This necessitated
longer runs and as a consequence only
six braces went down during the day.
Ten dogs were taken into the second
series, as follows:
First Sport Woolton, pointer. owned
by ]. A. Bigelow and handled by E. d.
Carr; Eugene NJ, setter. owned by
Frank Reilly and handled by w. III.
Elliott; Trixie GarWood, owned by
Reilly and handled by Elliott; Botna
Lass; handled by G. c. Lockhart; Uncle
Dave, owned by G. c. Parsons and han
died by Jake Bishop; Kentucky Eagle,
owned by Mr. Swasher and handled by
Il. D. Carr Rhodanide, setter, owned
by Frank Reilly and handled by Elliott;
East View, setter, owned by D. G.
Macdonald and handled by Carr;
Creole Sue, setter. owned by G. c.
Parsons and handled by Bishop, and
Master Wick, setter, owned by H r..
Edwards and handled by G. T. Dozier.
There are still four dogs of this
series to run and the derby will be
finished by noon tomorrow, unless the
Judges decide on q third series, which
is unlikely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-25
AUTO DRIVERS ARE
TOO RECKLESS

New York, November A-Aroused to
Indignation by a peculiarly atrocious In
stance of disregard of human life by
chauffeur Police Commissioner Baker this
afternoon issued a call for mass meet
ing to urge legislative action. Alice Mo-
hen was struck down by q touring car
last night and when the driver found her
body clogged the wheels, he stopped to
jolt the machine free and then made off
at high speed. .+-.-s+
Mr. Baker said:
ANY engineer who runs a harmless
donkey engine In this city gets his license
from the police department. If an acct
dent occurs and he is responsible his IL
cense is revoked Why, even with the
asphalt rollers the law requires that
man go ahead of one of them and wave
a danger signal, but 60-horsepower auto
mobiles run wild through the streets and
what can We do? Arrest them? Bah.
bah. We arrest a chauffeur and he Is
fined SO. which he pays and goes out and
does it all over again. =
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-25
plan to Stop Betting.

Des Mones November 24-An addition
al number of bluecoats will be stationed
at the brakes stadium Thanksgiving cay
to prevent betting on the games between
Ames college and Drake university. Hill
M. Bell, president of the latter institu-
ton, announced today that gambling on
the game would not be tolerated ard any
student caught flashing bill viii oe ar
rested.
lions. In favor of the maintenance OF
proper academic standards. And when
these two university interests come In
conflict, as they sometimes must inevita-
bly do we have no hesitation in say
ing that in our opinion the latter must
prevail To that exaggerated idea OF
athletics which would give it precedence
over intellectual training and scholar
ship, the primary and fundamental pur-
post for which universities exist, we are
unalterably opposed And believing as we
do, we insist that unless student shows
reasonable proficiency in his studies from
the beginning of the season until its
close. he should not be allowed to par
ticipate in any form of student activity
which makes such large demands on his
time and attention intercollegiate ath-
letcs To take any other positions would
be IN our deliberate Judgment to prove
ourselves unworthy OF hhe high trust
which the state has imposed upon us.
JOHN w. ABERCROMBIE.
President.
CHARLES II. FAREWELL.
Dean.
FLETCHER r. DRESSLOR,
Dean Department of Education.
EDGAR p. KAY. aaiHE
Dean Department of Engine ~
HON. IS. THORINGTON,
Dean Law Department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-25
FLORENCE IN THE
FIELD OF SPORTS

Florence, November 24.-(Special)-
Florence has made her debut this year
into the field OF athletics, and though
the beginning was small the spirit dis
played, both in college circles and by
the public. augurs larger things for the
future.
Up to this year President M. C. Will
son of the State Normal college has
prohibited football, but he has now re-
versed his policy and leased football
grounds for five years. The team has
played several match games this sea-
son. making a creditable showing, and
on Thanksgiving Day viii wind up the
season with Athens on the home
grounds.
Saturday afternoon the basketball
team of the State Normal college and
the Florence University fore Women
will play their first match game. and
the students of both colleges are an
ticipating the event with keen pleas
ure As the teams have not matched
strength before the result is problemat-
ical, with each body of students bet
ting on their own team. However the
odds are all in favor of the Normal
college team which is composed of
veterans, while the University team was
organized this fall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-25
FACULTY AT TnE
UNIVERSITY SETS
FORTH IT'S VIEWS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE -


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any such rules, or if it has them. they
are not enforced. To secure absolutely
accurate statistics relative to the practice
OF each of the Is institutions compri sing
the association is manifestly impossible
in the present emergency. II so happens,
however, that we were last year sub
tected to the same sort of criticism as
at present, though 1t was happily by no
Z leans so widespread or severe. In or
n, sr to ascertain whether we were really.
"a charged making unreasonable de-
ms nds on our athletes, the authorities
1v1> rte to each of these institutions, cit
Ing our rule and asking for informa-
tiorY as to any similar rules which they
nigh be enforcing. OF the is institu-
tons written to "A sent replies We trust
we ar q not violating confidence when we
take q g liberty of publishing a brief quo
tation from each letter received IN order
that al much light as lossible may be
thrown on this particular phase Of the
question
Vanderbilt University.
ssNo I'M, iergraduate student taking less
than "a ours per week or it's equiva-
lent is elia bile to membership on any ath-
letic team.
students reported as raining IN tnlrd
grade $50 TO $50 In more than two studies,
in four,l q, 'ade 20 to 5O in more than
one. or In IA rd grade in one and fourth
Grade in an, other. shall not be allowed
to take ptsrt in any intercollegiate con-
tests until they attain the above ihci-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-25

Everything is ready for the first
basketball battle of the season tomor-
row night at the Young Mems Christian
association. Columbus, Ca, will play
in Montgomery tonight and will reach
Birmingham tomorrow at noon.
Reports from Columbus are to the
effect that the team travelling this
year is the fastest that has been put
out in long time, and they are con-
fident of defeating the local squad. The
lineup of the Birmingham team will
put Brown, Weber and Balsam at for
ward; Bethea and L. Strange at center;
C. H. Estes Hilty and Captain Burmeis-
ter at guard.
1t Is possible that the squad will be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-25
Test of Anti-cambIinq Law.

Oakland, Cal. November 24.-Charles
Brown and Edward Martin. bookmakers,
accused of violating the nti-gambling
law, were arraigned in court today and
the preliminary examination was set for
Saturday morning. The men were arrest
ed on charges of felony. Under the
statute the judge has the option of con-
sidering the offense either misdemeanor
or felony To test the law thoroughly
the California Jockey club requested that
the men be charged with felony.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-25
Cyclone In Georgia.

Eastman. Ca, November 24.-Meager de-
tails of a cyclone which passed over
Leon about eight miles from Eastman
have just reached here. The cyclone
struck the town about o'clock this MORN
ing wrecking the homes of w. c. Causey.
]. n. Thompson and a Mr.. White. The
school building was completely blown
away. No. lives were lost. The storm
was accompanied by hail and heavy
doWnpour of rain.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-25
RACING WILL OPEN
AN JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville. Fla, November 24.-Every-
thing is In readiness for the opening to-
morrow of the big race meet at Moncrief
park when the bugle blows Thanksgiving
afternoon, and the indications are that at
least 1900 people will be within the big
Enclosure. For months the men behind
the racing movement at this place have
been actively engaged in preparing the
plant, which has been pronounced by
many race horse experts as the equal of,
If not superior to, any of the winter
tracks.
More than 200 horses are already here
and more are coming in every day The
track will have a large following from the
east and already large delegation is here
from New York and other eastern cities.
The big event opening day will be the
Thanksgiving handicap of one mile for
3-year-olds and up Jack Atlkin is entered
in this race and will carry top weight
of 1876 pounds.
The meet Is to last 10 days or more.
and the indications are that it will be one
of the most successful winter meets ever
held In this country. There will be six
races daily and wherever practicable
seven events will be run. The city Is filled
with visitors from all sections of the
country, the turf writer's from many of
the leading papers being among the
crowd.