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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20

successfully and brilliantly carried out
they applauded the American wildly.
The third machine in the air at this
time was that of NJ. Tissandier.
Experts were agreed that Mr.. Curtiss
had made a fine demonstration of his
skill and ability to control his ma
chine. They declared that his bi-plane
was a real racer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
Idle PLANT to START Up.

Columbus, O., Aug. 20.-Orders
have been issued by the Carnegie Steel
company to place its plant at Column
bus in operation as soon as possible 1t
will require some time to get the plant
in operating condition and it is not
likely that any of the steel will be
made before September 1. The Co
lumbus plant has been idle for about
two year,
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Chicago PRODUCE Market.

Chicago, Aug. 2o-BUTTER-Market
steady. Creameries, 23@261kc; dairies 200
2311c.
cases at mark, cases included, 18c; firsts
Zoe; prime firsts, 2115c.
CHEESE-Market strong. Daisies 15h
@15&c; Twins, 141z014szc; Young Ameri-
cas-, 151z@15Ac; Long Horns, 1515@15Ac.
PoTAToEs-Market firm. Choice to
northumberland steady. Turkeys,
15c; chickens, 141zc; springs. 1711c.
VEAL-Market firm. so to 60 lb. WITS,
ssgs1sc; so to IS lb. WITS. 9dS1kc; IS to 10
Id. WITS 91k@1Ic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20

Members of Lincoln Circle are re-
quested to attend the funeral of Sis
ter Mcclure at her late residence,
1911 Fillmore street. Saturday after
noon, at 2:30.
MOLLTE HUNTER, Sec.
EMMA DEPUf, Pres.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
Kansas Ctty Grain Market.


Kansas City, Mo. Aug 20-WHEAT-
Cash: Market 16Sc lower No. 2 hard,
1.0291.0; No. 8. TcQs1.05 No. red, s1.o5;
No. 3. $1.0O91O4.
CoRN-Market unchanged. No mix
ed, 6315G651xc; No. 8, 63H G6311c; No. 2
white. Sc; No. 8, 65k@5Ac.
OATS-Market unchanged to hc higher.
No white. 42q44c; No. mixed, 3S@39c.
RYE-7397Sc.
HAY-Market unchanged Choice tim
othy, 0.5OQ11. 90; choice prairie, $75O@7 rs.
BUTTER-Creamery. extras, 25c; firsts,
&c; seconds, 21c; packing stock, 19c.
EGGS-Extras, &c: firsts 21c; seconds
and dirtes. 12c; southern loss off, 14c.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 257 cars.
CLOSE: MISUNDERSTANDING $3.50; De-
cember, SIG; May, 95lhc.
CORN---September. &c; December. 53xc;
May. 55Xc.
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New York Money Market.

New York, Aug 20.-MONEY-Mone on
call steady. 25A per cent; ruling rate 2N
pg cent. closing bid ~ per cent: offered
steady; SO days "a 03 per cent; and 80 days
3@3A per cent; months 37sG4 per cent.
LOSE: Prime mercantile paper to AZ
per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at SASS. 0564. SIS 10
for 10 days and at $4S665 for demand;
commercial bills $4.S4Aq4.S 47s.
SILVER-Bar silver, sic; Mexican dol
lars, 44c.
BONDS-Government bonds steady; rail-
road bonds weak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
New York Produce Market.

New York, Aug. o.-BUTTER-Market
strong. Creamery specials, 281zc; official
price. 2S1zc; creamery extras, 28c; cream
cry thirds to firsts, 2411@27c
CHEESE-Market firm. Skins, full to
specials. 3Z@121Ac.
EGGS-Market firm. Western extra
firsts, 2@25c; ditto firsts. 22Q23c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
Big Fire at Altus, Okla.

Oklahoma City. Aug. 20.-Fanned by
q wind that overcame the efforts of the
firemen flames have destroyed ten bust
ness houses with practically all thAir
stocks at Altus. The loss aggregated
$4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
New York Sugar and Coffee Market

fair refining 1851; centrifugal, IS test,
SAIL; molasses, sugar, 1886: refined
steady; crushed, $5.75; powdered, $5.15;
COFFEE-Market quiet No. Z Rio,
7A@7hc; No. 4 Santos, $1,000.
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Market Gossip.

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall, CommissionS,
Grains Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office no West Sixth ST. Phone 1851
Liverpool cables: Opening-Wheat 2s@1zd
lower; corn unchanged.
Second cable: Wheat unchanged to sd
higher; corn unchanged to sd lower.
Chicago car lots today: Wheat 10. corn
23O. oats 400
Chicago estimated car lots tomorrow
Wheat 81, corn 154, oats SIS.
Kansas ity car lots today: Wheat 49,
Northwest car lots today 81. last year
1886.
Closing cables: Wheat asd higher to I'D
lower; corn unchanged and 1sd lower.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
Topeka slarkeG

FURNISHED 3y the Chas. Wolf Packing
Co., yaros close at noon Saturday. We
cannot use pigs. thin sows or hogs
weighing less than ITO lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless Same are wei finished.
as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give
below prices effective at once. until FUR
Their nottce.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20

Topeka, Kan. Aug. 20.
HIDES-Eo. / @. s: hides. 111sc; No. 3
G. 81 hides, 101kc: side brands 9lkc flat
glue hides, 51zc flat: No. c. s. bull hides.
SC: No 2 q. s. bull hides: sc; Deacons. 8o
To sc; slunks, 15c to sc; No. / horse
hides, $3.50; No. 2 horse hides. $50: No.
horse hides. 75c: dry flint butcher. heaviea.
lie; dry flint fallen, 16c; dry flint nghtG
l7HISc: dry salts. 14c: dry culls. 10.
WOOL-Kansas clear medium combinR
and clothing according to brightness). II
D23c; light fine. 1fd17c; heavy fine. uO
ilc. Defective woods. 10 to Sc per ID. lasas
Grain Market.
Furnished by J. b. Billiard. corner ka1s
sas Ave and Curtis ST.
Topeka, Kan, Aug. ~
CORN-60c
OATS-56a3sc. ~--
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
Topeka, Kan, Aug. 20.

stuff.
Market BUTTER BUTT SRiu AND + EGGS. 'A''''' I
FURNISHED sy TIE Tspe GontlRRs snS Creamery
CHICAGO EGGgsoc.
\. Y. EGGS-Fresh country, doz..219
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago. 2s1Ac;
N Ei Lei 1BsUTTER-2s1z
WHOLESALE prices furnished by Cope =
800 Co; lS a1, Kansas "A Avel a,os -
POULTRY-Hens. live. weight. IOc:
spring broilers. IL to lbs. BE; ~ and
heavier, 121Sc; young ROSTERS, per ID. &C.
T MaonsEs sI0if P FsRRujFTr AND PRODUCE.
Furnished by SEMI sTd P z ESs wholesale
CAfITORNIA PLUMBS-Per crate. 81. %.
BANANAS-Medium sized punches. 500
large sized punches go Per ID, SHc.
GeiiRAPEs-Per basket. S5c,
MANGO PEPPERS-Per basket. soc.
spnish. per crate. $50
: CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Plums. $1.75.
BARTLETT PEARS-Per box. SOS.
CABBAGE-Per cwt.. $1.25.
LEMONS-California, per box. $3.50.
NEW BEETS-Per bu., GOc; per diamond
NEW TURNIPs-Per bu., soc; per dia-
TOMATOES-Per diamond basket SOC;
per climax basket. SOC $3.50,
'' ROCKY FORD cANTALoUPE-Per
WATERMEToNs- lb.. nc
CHEESE-wis. Y. A. Cheese, per ID
nc; Limberger. per h.; lie; Wis yellow.
iT1Lc: yellow Daisy. 20 lbs. 171kc; New
wis Brick, 17c; Domestic Style Swiss. per
h., 1S1zc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
Kansas city Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug O.-CATTLE-
Receipts 1000, including 1000 southerns.
Market weak. Packers and feeders loo
lower; native steers. $4.5G7.50; southern
steers, s.. 25@4.65; southern cows, 50d
3.S5: native cows and heifers. 81 2566.5O
stockers and feeders, $3OOd5.00; bulls
81. 1898. rs; calves. So 50m7. Is; western steers
So. SOQ16- go; western cows, $2.75GI4 40
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market 10c low
err. Bulk of sales 81. 65G7. IS: heavy, 81. 7561
785; packers and butchers, 81. 70d7. go; light,
81. 50d7. IS; pigs, $6.25@7. %.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Market steady.
Muttons, 81 25G6. 10; lambs. IS. 05G7 IS;
range wethers, S40OG5.25; range ewes, $3.50
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Range of Prices of Stocks.


FURNISHED by J. e. Gall, Commissions,
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Office ITO West Sixth st. Phone 4s6.
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!cago Grain Market

Chicago Grain Market.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth st. Phone 1851
Chicago. Aug. 20.
Open High Low Close Yes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20

New York, Aug. 20.-OTTON-SpOt
closed quiet 10 points lower. Middling
uplands 81. 65; middling gulf, $3.50; sales,
917 bales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
Kansas City Live Stock Sales.

1.-THE following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards. Kansas
CITY. and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay Robinson & Co, live stock commits
sion merchants, with office at all mar
kets.1
Kansas City, Aug. 0.-CATTLE-Re-
ceiptS 1900 head. Market slow.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market slow
&c to 10c lower. Bulk of sales. $7.65GT.S5;
top, $7.95.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900 head. Market
steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20

| fluctuations furnished by James c. Smith
& Co.. los East Third StI
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
0VS~. t~~ ~
n As<s

enough, until ysu come to analyze
them. They are. in fact four:
wife" "knife, '"rife" and "strife.''
OF these wife" is a particularly
diaicdlt word to ft fniU verse, be-
cause Of its Commonplace aisssooia-
tons; while wife" and aknifs' are
both concrete terms. not at all like
~ to be suitable ut the right mo-
ment. Hence q student of poetry
would discover that any reference
to ''life" at the end of a line is al
most invariably followed by an em.
ployment of the word strife. ".The
case of "love" is little better. The
true rhymes to s"love" are "above,'
"glove," IS b ove;" and dove"
"Shove" is out of court as unpoet-
ical, and glove rarely is wanted.
The possible connection of loves
and doves having been long since
exhausted, it will be found that
''love" necessitates "the gods or
"the heavens above" or "Him who
reigns above" But some relief is at
forded by the series of words rhym-
ing with ''move," which frequently
have to be called into service. An
other tough Gu to m g is 'tsin.''
"Gin" aud ''bin" do very we'll in
prohibition poetry, buttbe meagre
list, sin, thin, "''tin, ""din, ""fn,"
''grin, skin" (op "akin,") pin
"shin," IS k in" IS p in" CIV m"
"Djinn," is largely made up of i'm
possible words. Metre is another
hard proposition. Every versifier
knows the agony of composing An
excellent line, which will fit in his
scheme only by the introduction
of weak epithet or adverb. /
doubt if any work needs go much
patience, so with the exception Of
those extraordinary d esigns on
cents and dimes, which are occa-
sionally seen. The theory that
the poet is born, not made, is falses
the poet is born and made. He
serves an, apprenticeship, during
which he will receive nothing but
encouragement and will produce
nothing of permanent value.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
Then with your arms about me, sweet,
Then-to the heights!

Bert Hubbard, of East Aurora, is acknowl-
edged judge of philosophy and knows the art OF max
ing Little Journeys to the homes OF Great Men read
able and proftable-but Bill Reedy is q poet-he
communes with the lyrical songsters. He knows
them inside out and upside down-ancient, medieval
and modern and when he puts his seal OF approval
on pieces of poetry prints them and sends ten dol
lar check for each to the author, not once-but Of
tener-well, the halo goes the writer's occput-
and that is what has happened to Carter or Angllcus
or mayhap Lord Cholmondely in disguise.
To write poetry and have it printed is one thing.
To write' poetry have it printed and get fat sub
stantial remittance from the publisher is quite DIFF
ferent story. Most poets compelled to pay pub
fishers to have their illusions printed: but here is
genius whoreposes in durance vile, chirps his lays,
reduces themto writing sends them to an expert IN
rhymes-Bill Reedy-and joins the great and glorl-
Gus galaxy of paid poets.
This matter is worthy the attention OF the State
Board of Pardons and particularly the Governor and
the Warden prisoner who can manufacture and
sell poetry-original stufto highclass journals is
genius whose light ought to shine in the literary
armament with full e-undiminished- IN
obscured by the boted bars of bastile.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
Gangrene Gossip.

The MOST detestable, despic-
able, deleterious d dangerous
delinquent anywhere is the dis
seminator of gangrene gossip. He
is a mischief maker and trouble,
trainer par excellent, but in the end
he generally receives his just de-
serts. This sort of an individual
suffers from the disease known as
exaggerated 6 ., a complexities
cosmos and the complete souri6ca-
ton O f the scrambled sphagetti
strings in his cranium. Such indi-
viduals are found in every COM
munity and u 5lic institution. They
some tmes exhibit the Sumption of
indulging in enlarged and exag-
greatod encomiums upon their own
weak and wishywashy capabilities
or noncapabilities. This sort of a
juggling jackass is most prolific
user of the personal pronoun l and
most always uses the classical ex-
pressions, 81 seen" and II done"
He is a sycophant to those over
him and a tyrant to those under
him-ifany such there be.
T h germinator + gangrene
gossip is about as welcome as the
black plague or the yellow fever.
Ell contaminates everything he
touches. He is generally a pur-
veyor of putrefied pifle and could
not under any circumstances prop
erly parse or punctnate an ordinary
sentence of the English language.
His chief object in life is to make
others uneasy and uncomfortable,
if he can. Such a person soon
sinks into metsphorical cesspool
of his own filth in which he found
ders around likes big fish in a small
bucket of water. ''
Such person should be avoid
ed whenever possible. Let him
flock by himself or with others OF
his ilk. It will ssve awhoie lot OF
.fweaf and tear on the average per-
'fson who loves peace, purity ind
| PERFECTION $ = 'ssH = : y $
IS ss1s' A. D.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
EDITOR RIAL.

THERE'S GENIUS in our midst'-a poetic gen.
ius if it please the court. The name of this genius
is Carter-or rather to be more correct that is not
bis name, but for the present it serves as cogno-
men-and whats in name-a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet" This genius also sports
a sobrquet which serves a nom de plume-An-
glicus.
In The Mirror of January T. of this year Angli-
Gus contributed the following under the heading, A
Septme of Despair:
How weary the hours!
The long, long years how slow!
Time palsied, scare devours
The minutes as they go.
My cringing spirit covers
Before unworshipped powers
Lord! Must these things be SO?
How weary are the hoursl
The long, long years how slow!
I mock your tales Of towers,
Of heroes long ago.
Spring scatters down her showers,
reck not of her flowers. i.
Lord! Must these things be SO?
How weary are the hoursl :
The long, long years how slow!
Ye beauties in your bowers
Your fragrant--rotten show
Eftsoons the worm devours,
I mock ye too, We powers,
Lord Must these things be SO?
How weary are the hours
The long, long years how Slow
Recently fe W of his poems h a appeared in
that highclass literary weekly. the ST. Louis Mirror
presided over by the Prince of Muses., William Ma
RON Reedy In the st. Louis Mirror of few weeks
ago there appeared the following under the title O
Rose in the Wilderness by the aforesaid Anglicus
They have split the wine they have shattered thu
cup, 3as.e s9 gagoh @.sa 8
They have prisoned me-
The songs that sang are scarce stored up ~
egg In memory -. fs' ea-si9 sas So
But hither, where nanght but henbane grows.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
Prisoners.

Since we are prisoners, and sense by sense,
All life obIiterates our Why and Whence,
And our release lies in no distant goal,
But in the effort, the aspiring soul
pity him who vague fury feels
When through his cell some astral glory steals!
Who neither hope nor vast despair can know,
And when high Freedom calls is to loath to 60,
Whose cofined body in its opiate glooms
Some pale and unprotesting soul entombs!
I pity him who with contented hands
And placid heart his own stern Keeper stands
Arthur Stringer in Hampton's
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

CANADA is establishing navy. England will
loan Canada two battleships for nucleus Bad
craftsmanship. Without navy Canada has done
frstrate up to the present writing. With navy
Canada may become too big for its breeches.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

The CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, oleancut
daily, continues to thrive and prosper beyond the
most sanguine expectations of it's founders. The
Monitor is ably managed and we'll conducted. 1t is
firstclass daily purveyor of news when it lie news
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

FOOTBALL is certainly more brutal than prize
fighting, but the latter sport has been denatured by
the fakirs-the same as sculling, horseracing and
sprinting-al good old sports when conducted on
the level.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

THERE has been no South American revolution
of note to disturb the worlds peace and tranquility
for more than six months. They are probably wait
ing for the big show to be pulled off by Great Britain
and Germany.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

MATCHES are being manufactured in India at an
expense of twentysix cents gross The Light OF
India will have no difficulty in being kept going.
But wages in India are only two cents aday Never
theless, the East Indians are kept in darkness
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

PROHIBITION is on the gain and the consump-
ton of beer, wine and whisky is the increase &C.
cording to cal statistics With both sides gain
ing in their endeavors everybody ought to be salts
fed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
70 INMATES.

all desiring to SEND lH
wish that the privilege will be grantee o
complying with the following rules Write your own name ana
with and address person 10
must be kept clean ana
which it received placed IN your door
requested comply with this oroer
whe sending a not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

go - 80 1851 e~ssss.s.
God Has sent me wild. red rose.
Aaa my hssIs i i free.
Your love came light ss breeze in May.
Az slsihdrop..s pstter. e'
A chance word dropped in an artless way
Ii random chatter
But theflove fkat Same So light. my dear.
y Has made this grim old prison here !
? x little matter.
Farley not with shsggard Despair
In the lonely nights;
Let himsnot STROUD The distant flare
OF the beacon-ighte,
A few scant years of shalned defeat,
Then with your arms about me, sweet,
Then-to the heights!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

CH1NA;s going to spend twenty million dollars in
this country for American. made war a tie ri s.
China is rapidly becoming civilized according to the
modern code of international ethics.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
CHURCH NOTICE.

Service Chapel Sunday morning
Catholic alternate Sunday Rev. C. f.
and Corcoran chapans.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

cit is EASIER to handle surplus than deficit, =
said Gen. Fred. Grant twenty years ago. 1t all de-
ponds upon whether or not the deficits public or
private one. =
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

AsMARr, goodlooking woman in France can shake
the foundations of its government Woman suffrage
is not needed in the French republic. ss.as -
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

Gov. EBERHART is making hit as a public
speaker-the same as his predecessor. Guberna-
torial speeohmakng and lecturing seem to be infec
tious. '9
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

Mr. JOHN D. RocKEFELLRR has an excellent as
sortnsent Of wigs. Some 81 his ffishs may not know
him in the ext world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Will Cast Montana Vote.

HELENA, Jan. ll.-General Charles
S. Warren of Butte will carry Mon
tana's electoral vote to Washington
and drop it in the box for William
Howard Taft when the electoral col
lege meets in the nations capital.
The presidential electors. w. r.
Gallick and General Warren of Butte
and Paul Mccormick of Billings met
in the Office of the secretary of state
at 2 O'Clock this afternoon and on the
third ballot General Warren was
chosen as messenger to carry the vote
to Washington.
Each of the three electors wanted to
go to the capital and for a time ii
looked like a deadlock might ensue,
as each man voted for himself on the
first W ballots. On the third ballot,
however, Mr.. Gallick voted for Gen
eral Warren. This, with the gen,
erals own vote, which he cast for
himself for the third time, gave him
the majority vote and the honor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Taft Is Finally Elected.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL. William
Howard Taft was elected president OF
the United States by the electors who
gathered today in the capital cities OF
the various states to cast their votes
for president and vice president.
Although the returns will not be
canvassed by congress until mex,
month, it is confidently anticipated
that Taft and Sherman were success.
full in today's election.
The principal business before to.
days sessions of the state electors
was the selection of messengers to
carry the news to Washington. Each
state selects such a messenger, and il
most of them there have been many
candidate for the honor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

N. Pray, was one of the thirty.av
members who refused to participate ir
this slap at MIR. Roosevelt. MI. Pray
undoubtedly represented the views
and wishes of his constituency In thit
matter, and his action will receive
general commend alton in this part o.
the country.
The grievous offense with which the
president was charged, and which was
resented by congressman, was the use
of language that vas not diploma attic
and polite, and was calculated to re-
feet upon the dignity and good name
of the Legislative branch of the gov
eminent. The president told congress
men in very plain and blunt words
that the restrictions placed by them
upon the use of the secret service
operated as q protection to criminals.
and incidentally prevented the use Of
the service to investigate congressman
themselves.
The language used by Mr.. Roose'
welt may have been of the rough.rider
kind, but he apparently had cause for
using words whose meaning could no,
be mistaken.r-. IA communication on
the came subject and in polite and
respectful language, had been ad-
dressed to congress by the secretary
OF the treasury, but had not received
proper attention, and the president
followed it up with a "big stick''
Message that brought the entire after
before the the country. He challenged
congress to defend It's action in max
ing the government secret service less
effective than was necessary to detect
and punish, crime, and its answer is
that the challenge is not in respectful
and polite form.
That is the status of the secret
service controversy at the present
time. No%.response has been made to
the presidents request for better
service in the department under
discussion; no satisfactory reason has
been given for the restrictions placed
upon the use of the secret service by
congressman who, :by q vote Of 212 to
IS, seek to rebuke and humiliate Mr..
Roosevelt.
If it were possible to place this
matter before the country at a general
election, land permit the people to vote
upon it, we believe congress would be
visited with a rebuke quite as emphat-
ic as that with which it attempts to
discredit the president and his ad.
ministr alton.