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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
Cannon at His Old Tricks.

There Will be no investigation of the
sugar scandal by a committee OF con-
gress. Speaker Cannon so decreed, not
in so many words. but by referring the
resolution providing for an investigat.
ing committee to the committee on
rules.
Speaker Cannon is the committee on
rules, to all practical ends, because he
has appointed as members of that com.
mittee only men who share his views
absolutely.
Cannon's action in regard to the SUI
gar trust investigation will be salts
factory to President Taft. and all
standpats and reactionary republicans,
The position of the republican lead
ers in Washington is that. too much
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

prominence has already been given the
sugar scandals for the good of the
G. o. p.
So, thanks to Uncle joe" the sugar
trust, friend and ally of the party in
power, will escape congressional in
vestigation on the following charges,
each of which was set out in the res
olution SO promptly throttled by the
speaker: q
l. Unlawful monopoly.
2. Violation of Sherman antitrust
law.
8. Conspiracy to ruin independent
sugar ref1neries.
f. Blacklisting grocers who handled
independent sugar.
3. Importing cheap contract labor.
6. Bribing officials of customs serv-
ice
Z. Swindling of government by viola
ton of tariff laws.
g. Robbery of government through
use of short weight scales.
8. Accepting rebates in violation OF
interstate commerce law.
10 Violating factory and health
laws.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

up. After few minutes Of this eX-
ercise it again disappeared toward
the north, and after another respect
able wait there was a fresh jerk and
the train began to move slowly.
Again hope leaped afresh and visions
of supper arose before the furnishing
passengers, but alack. They found
they were moving south. instead of
north. Two blocks down the track
they came to another stop and there
followed another dead calm of 10
or l > minutes.
1t was now s O'Clock, three hours
and 20 minutes after the devoted
bunch had begun their wait at the
station, and everybody had become
resigned to a night of starvation.
When hope had sunk TO it's lowest
ebb there came a slight tremor and
it was discovered that the train was
moving toward Rock Island. The
station was reached and passed with
out halt and the lights of the town
slowly faded out of sight. A mile
down the track the brakes suddenly
began to grind and once more the
cavalcade halted.
The brakeman and conductor
strolled out and got off the caboose
to reconnoitre. The former returned
after awhile and got section of air
hose. Ten minutes passed Then
the train started, ran two rods and
stopped. No use, they will never
get it fixed" was the general verdict
But it was not as bad as that.
After a wait of a quarter of an
hour, all told, the train again got IN
motion, and at $3.50 it pulled up
within walking distance of the Milan
depot. There, everybody still able
to walk deserted it and fastened
home by street car, having consumed
four solid hours in travelling eight
miles.
VIII the people of the lower end
of the county be glad when they can
ride to Rock Island by trolley? You
bet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
A Fiend Incarnate.

Chicago Tribune; President Zelaya
of Nicaragua has impressed his char
acter on his country in more than the
killing of the goose that lays the gold
en- egg; in more than stopping devel-
opment of the lowlands, which will
grow every tropical product, and the
highlands that produce no coffee which
is not better than the best OF Brazil
Religion has been made a mockery.
The paganism and Indifference which
In the name of liberalism Zelaya has
fathered is worse than atheism, which
does indicate some intelligence He
has talked schools, without any of the
actual accomplishment which makes
Cabrera a comparatively progressive
and enlightened ruler.
His immortality has become the pat
tern for a generation Of youth He
acknowledges the paternity Of Is chill
dren. When he travels through the
country. If he chooses, he orders any
pretty girl he sees to be sent to him.
I In vain the parents might beat their
heads against the gates of his archi-
tectural monstrosity of a palace, with
his monogram In bright blue and white
on the gate, where his soldiers guard
him. And there are still mothers and
fathers in Nicaragua who do not mind
such things, though not many after Ia
years of Zelaya, they say ~
Let the father protest too much, and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
Our Mercer County Train Service
Approaching and Pass a

If you wish to realize what the be-
Rock Island Southern means to the
people along the line, and why the
people of Buffalo Prairie and other
townships that have no rail facilities
now want an interurban, just take a
trip out over the Mercer county
branch of the Rock Island some fine
day. You will also learn why the
present facilities are not used to
greater extent than~they are in shop
ping trips to Rock Island.
Rock Islanders who attended the
farmers institute at Taylor Ridge
early this week had a fair sample of
the experience that comes to every
patron of the road with distressing
| frequency. In the very start they
were compelled to wait at the Twen-
tieth street station an hour or more
both mornings before the train that
| should have started at $50 actually
/ left. Difficulty in turning the engine
/ in the crowded local yards was given
/ as the cause, and as nobody, not even
! the dispatcher, could tell when the
/ locomotive would get out OF the yards
there was nothing to do but wait till
! it showed up.
But it was getting back to the city
at night that tried the patience of
( the luckless passengers. About a
dozen waited. supperless, at the Tay-
/ Tor Ridge depot Tuesday night from
! 4:40, about the time the last train
/ in was supposed to leave. till 8
/ o'clock. when it did actually leave
1t was known that the train was
somewhere on the way and the
/ would-be passengers found it neces-
sary to stick around for fear OF being
| left. About $50 the train was re-
ported at Reynolds, four miles south.
About an hour later it crept in at the
far end of the Taylor Ridge yard, and
then the mystic rites observed on the
| line from time to time in passing a
| station began. Regular patrons of
the line are well versed in the cere-
monial.
First, the train approached to
within about a block of the depot.
Then it stopped half an hour About
the time that the uninitiated bad be-
come convinced that the engine had
| died" there was a stir of life at the
other end of The yard, and the lin
| tied rolled in from Rock Island. Ap-
parently the newcomer had been ex-
pected from the usual superfluities
for the afternoon, so In about 10
minutes it pulled out on its way.
That gave the northbound train its
cue for the next move, and IL pulled
up to the station. The passengers
were soon aboard and waiting ex-
pectantly for something to happen.
For long time they were kept in
suspense. Not a sound came from
the front end. Just as they had about
made up their minds that the train
had broken in two and the engine
had slipped of down the hin with
I the front section there came a bump
and a Jerk. 30. JOY" they thought,
cit will soon be over. now
But it was not to be- There was
another long wait BY and by there
was heard great footing somewhere
down in the yard and the next min
ute the engine began running back
and forth on the other track along
side the train, apparently warming
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

he is sent to Jail or to convict labor.
The perquisites which Zelaya takes
from Nicaragua as whole, the brutal,
sensual class OF commentaries each
takes for. his own in his bailiwick No
woman who~is a Nicaraguan citizen is
safe. Worse morally. worse CONNER
cially than 90 years ago, is the verdict
of all old residents. Sucking his coun-
try's strength in sensual enjoyment
Zelaya promotes the gangrene of de-
generacy. It's parallel is not to be
found in Christian or so-calied Chris
tisn country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
BRYAN NOT TO FORCE ISSUE
Denies He Will Try to Make Prohibit
ton National Cry.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 11.-Denying
the published report that he intends
to force the prohibition issue on the
democratic party, W. J. Bryan says
in his Commoner Of yesterday.
Mr.. Bryan does not expect to see
prohibition a paramount issue in ma
tional politics. If that ever comes it
is not likely to be in Mr.. Bryan's day,
Mr. Bryan may, however, be truth
fully credited with a desire to assist
in securing. for the several states,
absolute and exclusive control over
the liquor traific-including control
over all shipments of liquor as soon
as the liquor enters the state.
''It will be interesting to see how
some democratic editors will explain
their opposition to the good old dem
ocratic doctrine that the state ought
to be allowed to attend to its own
business"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
HuTnOr and
Philosophy
TAKING A CHANCE.
ny DUNCAN N. .Sn1f7H

WHATS the use OF writing this.
Working on the lines and meter
So Il has a graceful swing
And an easy sort OF teeter7
Who will read II anywav7
Who will speculate or ponder
On the work in molding n
That the writer has TO souarderP
Many gems of purest raw.
Some near-gems. too. are a Loser
And are wasted on the air
JUST for lack Of a periser.
Men with work enough for two.
Women in the Kitchen cooking
Over IL may run their eyes
Without for the Jewel looking.
That's the way with many thinRa 2
Into which we put gray matter.
BY the wayside they succumb.
Never getting TO the batter.
II the world would only pause
AS its vision idly drifted
Over this or such as this
It perhaps might be uplifted
Who will read these simple lines7
VIII some soul subdued and stoio
Finish every single word
With a patience quite heroic7
Much obliged II you're the one.
We will ever be your debtor.
Had we but suspected II
We had tried to make them better.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

Why does a merchant place signs
over his door? 1t is to advertise his
business to the people who. pass by.
An advertisement in a reliable news
paper is more than several thousand
signs spread over many miles. Prob
ably one in The Argus will be seen by
a hundred thousand people. The mer-
chant cannot carry everybody to his
sign. but the newspaper can carry his
sign to everybody, if he advertises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
SwindIers, Rich Haul.

Denver, Dec. 1.-THE Maybray
gang of swindlers obtained S162, 000
on fake .footraees, according to J. S,
Swanson, postoffice inspector, who
testified yestel day in the case against
Ernest L. Powers, charged with
swindling j. C. Bowman of Denver
out of $4,000 in a fake foot race
pulled off in Council Bluffs. Iowa, in
June, 1908. Powers, who is a Den
yer university graduate, was found
guilty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

There is something in a name, after
all. A Kentucky town named Somer-
set turned from wet" TO dry" and at
Tuesdays election turned back from
dry to wet" And Fall River, Mass,
which has been on the water wagon,
has fallen again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
What She Expects.

"women have simply no understand
ing of business"
Mop
Not at all. Take my wife, for ex.
ample. What do you think she looks
TO me for?"
"Give it up"
ITO be savings bank on my own
account"
That's not a bad idea"
but. In addition. she expects me to
be a bank of issue for her."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
Her Evidence.

Her Evidence.
"why did Mrs. Brown look so down.
cast and disheartened?
She said her husband never thinks
about her any more"
Indeed"
"Yes; just regards her as a part OF
the unregarded household furniture"
"what makes her think so7"
HE never asks her TO have her pho
tograph taken"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

with the sugar trust He wants to let
the department of justice do all the in
vestigating. 1t wouldn't be amiss. how
ever. for congress to inject little gin
ger and tobasco into the department Of
Justice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

The peculiar properties of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy have been thor
oughly tested during epidemics of in
fuenza. and when it was taken In
time we have not heard of single
case of pneumonia. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

A negro in Kentucky who was ac-
cused of criminal assault was indicted,
tried, convicted and sentenced &c be
hanged, and the whole proceeding took
but a few hours. Here is cure for
lynch law in capsule form that the
various states ought to take. H. -.i-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

No one will be more elated over the
Taft tariff suggestions than Senator
Aldrich unless it is the presiding Off
Ger Of the house-'Uncle joe" That
hands off, protection is the kind of
tariff protection they need most at this
time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

The proposed extensions of street
railway lines are worthy of considera-
ton. The Tri-City Railway company
should, and it is believed will. meet the
demands of the public in spirit Of
fairness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
Reasonable.

81 have my opinion. sir"
"Have you. my dearT
81 have"
"rhen ask only one thing"
"What is itT'
'SThat you keep it to yourself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
Uneppreeiated.

The coming of old winter
Makes towards of US all.
We creep into our overcoatS
And for our mufiiers call.
We wish we we're opossums
That we might hibernate.
But IL would help a tribe
II dad would call Cs late.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

Put a Red Cross stamp on your
Christmas package. But don't get-the
kind OF package" which will require
the services of a Red Cross nurse the
next morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

If you are suffering from bilious
ness. constipation. Indigestion, chronic
headache. invest one cent in a postal
card, sent to Chamberlain Medicine
Co, Des Moines. Iowa, with your name
and address plainly on the back, ana
they will forward you free sample
OF Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11


evil, and many people are quite philan-
thropic enough 10 SIT up nights to de-
wise schemes I ruut the evil out.
The winter of discomfort that the
coal and ice men suffer untold pangs
from is sweet. warm and pleasant for
the rest of US.
1t takes lot of courage to secure a
rich wife. but it Is by no means certain
that it doesn't take greater to annex
one that isn't
In this world Of contrarieties there
is no use in trying to have the other
fellow get your point OF view. for If
he were to it wouldn't be yours.
1t is a touching sight to see an old
acquaintance. and in some pathetic
case it is your poeketbook that is hard
est hit.
The fellow who gets the worst OF IT,
being wise. swallows his discontinue.
denies its existence and proceeds. TO
claim the victor's Iaurels through the
pages of the magazines. =
Some eminently slnIess people are
the cause of a long list OF frailties.
peccadillos and crimes in the lives OK
others.
A man doesn't admire a clever wo-
man for the saVO, reason that he does
not admire a clever man. he Is
little afraid OF each OF them.
The really heroic things that we DO
like eating a had dinner and saying
it is good. never get into the medal
class.
Probably alI's well that ends well.
but when the good end Is long way
of there's not much comfort in the oil
and tocthless saw.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

The winter of discomfort that the
coal and ice men suffer untold pangs
from is sweet. warm and pleasant for
the rest of US.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Money is said to be the root Of all
evil, and many people are quite philan-
thropic enough 10 sit up nights to de-
wise schemes Il RIOT the evil out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

Cause of Com
plant.
Seems to me
the moon has q
kick coming"
"On W b a [
grounds ?"
"Well. it Is the
brightest Iu m l.
nary OF the night
and yet IL isn't
cast for a star
part"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

AS the births of living creatures at
first are i'll shapen. so are all innova-
lions. which are the births of time
Bacon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

1t takes a lot OF courage to secure q
rich wife. but it Is by no means certain
that it doesn't take greater to annex
one that isn't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

This ought to be busy evening for
the Christmas shoppers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
THE ARGUS.

BY THE .. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
Boost for the belt line.

Bring in the interur.bans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11

In this world OF contrarieties there
is no use in trying to have the other
fellow get your point OF view. for If
he were to it wouldn't be yours.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-04

"A Gamblers Sweetheart. The
opening play of Marie Nielsen and
company who open three nights
engagement at the opera house
Thursday night. January eth Is q
play that deals with life I'm the yest
in the early days. and is full Of good
clean comedy and intense dramatic
situations. II deals with a man Of
the western type who falls Ia love
with western girl. but her father
refuses TO let her marry him because
he Is a gambler. Through love OF
this girl he finally renonnceg gamb-
ling and becomes stock broker and
also becomes very wealthy. The
scenes Of the play are laid IN the
west and New York City Miss Mel
sen as the western girl porfrays her
part in a natural manner and her
supporting cast are all well suited
to their respective parts. There VIII
also be several excellent specialize
between acts.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-04
A DANGEROUS COUCH
Vile Of Newark. Ohio. Mar Had
Symptoms Of Consumption.
Was Badly Run Down and
Reduced in Flesh.
RESTORED To HEALTH BY VIh0L

About twO years ago my wife
was In very poor health. She had 10
appetite, Was much reduced IN flesh
and for three months had 2 very
bad cough, with ali the symptoms ~
consumption yinoi was recommend
ed aud she began taking ~, before
the first bottle was used her sDpf-
title Was better. aud she Yag 3mDrog-
Ing IN health; ~ Inc Time she had
taken three bottles the cough was
gone. She Is still taking Vipoj and
cannot say TOO much IN SO praise, y
n l.. StebletOD, Newark, Ohio.
The reasoB that viBOI IL 10 sur.
eessful In such cases Is because il II
the only preparation that contains
tonic iron together Ylfh al NJ tbf
healing. bodybuilding elements VI
cod liver oil. actually taken from
fresh Gods liyers. bur no oil
Without besjipfiOB We proclaim
our faith IN VlDol for chronic
coughs colds or bronchitis and ~
a body builder and strength creator
for old people
ANYWAY. II sou Try II and IL Gosss
no good ne VIII refund yogf JaoDeg
on demand Hood Il Curtin, Drug
gists. Waxsbaehie Texae
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-04
WHY UoS'T yor ROAST Emp"

Ia the glow Of tho Yuietde an ed
itor in Oklahoma bias been telling
his readers some plain yet bnstling
truths in the glow of the Yuletide
h ls 40 be- h0ped rhaf the readers Of
She aforesaid Oklahomau VIII read
his truths and profit thereby This
paper would rather praise men and
thinRs thau roast them. n affords
hs makers more genuine pleasure.
Legitimate criticism does NOT come
under the caption Of Roast EN- '
aud the Roast I'm advocate
should pea he idea as well as the
dif1ereHCe pefcolate through The
brain cells in their crauiums Sow
This Oklahonga editor the wields a
Faber ou the star Of the Daily OK
iabomauJ has troubles Of his Own
aud biz troubles are not The troubles
81 his teadera or the troubles OF The
Roast FIN tribe Listen to this
sermon from the very apex of his
lony eBiuenoet
THE gas supply WAS running low
on recent Winuy day. IN conse-
Quenc" Of which large number Of
local consumers were shiyerug in
tneir homes Why don you roast
'emy came in . gcufable chorus to
the Okah0msa office The power
Bas m Internationally The other even
inR ~ the crosda were tlliBR every
available inch Of space on the street
cars fof home Cccasiouing much de-
iay aud annoyance WINS don't you
roast em2 Inquired everybody we
mot Tho lights vent Out the otber
eYeuiue lusf as everybody was Sit
ing down t0 supper uecessltatiug q
resort No either lamps or tailoW cam
dies during abe aieai hour WIS
dOuf sou roast om1 ls che gratui-
fouf advice heard 90 every hand
'Ny DdehbOu chickens come into
my yard aud destroy mg garden
complained aH irafe citizen recently.
WY don't sou roast people Who
kcep cAickens ig fOWn? Some boot
logger or lolnusr having eluded Tie
vigilance of tAe officers had sold a
bucoic visitor 81 oY,slasd IF M
trabaHd splus DOt long agJ, of
abich b. bad imb.Ded 700 free r As
be- teeied along he street looking
for steady footing. every other
man He met Stopped 10 inquire,
WIS don'f you roast em2 And 30
b. 9Oes Mrays BIAS and always viii.
Sine ouf u every ten men Imagine
flaf me chief function Of newsDa-
per- 30 roasting people and institn-
lions u anything R0es wrong, the
newspaper. NE fools must rush IN
where angels fear ~ Tread and
roast somebody 81 something or jt
b defellct 10 ~ 'dgty % numerous