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football aa brutal, hope to give their
own occupation relative respectable
ity. Jockeys SIRE frequently killed in
horse TRcess but the chief objection to
this snort II not It's danger but the
gambling II fosters. Drivers Of auto.
n1obiies are ground under wheels. and
even spectators are killed, without any
cutlery for the suppression OF motor car
racing.
The Real Complaint.
Such mollvcoddles as cIarnor
against football create the impression
by what they say that their principal
grievance is not the peril to the play
ers, but the pleasure the comGats give
to the spectators. This was how a
searching historian analysed the Puri-
tan antipathy to bear batting: the suf-
rer1ng OF the bear was not so wrong as
the exhtlaration OF the onlookers
We have yet to hear complaint
from college students themselves
against football. Parents of children
killed or hurt do not file a protest.
The privilege OF an undergraduate to
refrain from football is equal to the
right Of an automobilist to avoid risk
ing his neck In speeding. When those
most affected by the danger of the
gridiron do not complain, why should
any one else set up howl.
Colonel Mosby contends that Ma
poleon would have made a poor
quarterback. If so, the deficiency
would have been physical, for the Office
of directing team calls for no mean
amount Of strategic skill, and any war
into which we are plunged is likely
to develop successful military COM
manders out of successful football
players. Also the Mosby idea suggests
that In our most strenuous sports we
have healthful outlet for the passion
which in the older. days made men
yearn for one another's blood Man
kind has always loved a fight, either to
be in 1t or OF ii.
''Virile mankind courts danger. Rae
ing automobiles, flying machines, fight |
ing in the ring and playing football |
all afford mild substitutes for war. !
and are undoubtedly agents of an in
scrutable progress in the development |
Of the race to its highest fate"
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o'sRIEN HAS GOOD OFFER.
PhiIadelphian Receives Bid to Fight
Burns in Australia,

New York, Dec. 13.-Unsuccessful in
securing the heavyweight Champion
ship fight between Jim Jeffries and
Jack Johnson, Hugh Mcintosh. the
Australian promoter, is now trying to
induce Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien to
mage trip to Australia. and fight
Tommy Burns a twenty round bout,
for which he is to be guaranteed $12.-
600 for his end, or take on three men,
with Burns as the last one, for s1S.-
600. s.. King, who looks after Nc
Intosh's interests in this country. was
authorized by the latter to make this
offer to O'Brien. King is confident
he will get O'Brien's consent to make
the Journey to Australia, as Jack has
always been anxious to fight Burns
ever since Tommy got the decision
over him in twenty round battle at
Los Angeles, Call few years ago.
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vans offer to referee has been left In
the background


Mott, N. D. Dec. I2.To The
Forum: The Columbia elevator. on
the Milwaukee right of way has been
completed and Will begin buying grain
Tuesday, Dec IA. Mr.. Gehrke will
have charge under the direction OF Mr..
Yale. auditor for this district. Three
other elevators are in process Of con-
struction at this point, one OF which
will soon be completed.
Work on the Milwaukee grade from
Mclaughlin to New England, via.
Mott has been discontinued for the
winter as the weather was too cold to
accomplish much. The Northern Pa
CHIC graders and steam shoveIs have
also laid UP for the winter. About
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-13
ICORBETT WILL
help JEFFRIES

London, Dec. 1s.--Among the pas
sengers aboard the Mauretania. leav-
Ing Liverpool, was James ]. corbett,
formerly the worlds flstio champion
AT the earnest solicitation OK Jeffries
ne goes to America to fight Jeffrfee
daily and take charge OF his training
to put the latter into the best possible
condition to meet johnson. To do
this, Corbett abandoned highly suo-
cessful music hall tour through the
English provinces before it had half
finished.
Tn not going over for the money, ;"
said corbett. "Jeff offered me very
large salary. which 1 refused. / will
accept only my expenses. want
Jeff to lick Johnson and I'm going to
punch him good and hard to get him
into shape to do it"
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Who'll Referee.

New York. Dec. 1S.-Between ave
men, three westerners. and two east
erners, lies the choice OF a referee for
the Jeffries fight. Three San
Franciscans, Jack WEIGH, Billy Rocne
and Eddie Graney and Tim Hurst of
Ashland. Pa. and Charley White Of
New York are regarded az the ma
teriai from which the third man in
the ring will be chosen. John L. sulli-
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WF4ER MAJOR LEAGUE
TEAMS ARE TO TRAIN.

FNoslowing are the different cities
where the big league teams will train
next spring:
American League-C Cleveland Alex
andria, La: Detroit, San Antonio.
Texas; washington, Norfolk, Va: st.
Louis, Houston, Texas; Boston, Hot
Springs, Ark; Philadelphia. Atlanta.
Ga; New York, Athens. Ca; Chicago
Los Angeles and San Francisco.
National League Chicago, New Or
leans; Pittsburg, Hot Springs, Ark;
Philadelphia, Southern Pines, N. c.;
New York Marlin. Tex; Cincinnati,
Hot Springs. Ark: st. Louis. Little
Rock, Ark; Brooklyn. Columbia, s. C.
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half the grading on these two l,nAa !.

half the grading on these two lines has
been completed. ~ ''oS
D. Ell. Beecher Of Grand rorp.
p. Towle of Minneapolis ana y 80 -.
1T o. Mott are organizing three new
Danks az towns on the new railroads
east ana west OF Mott, where t,av
own the First State bank.
W =. Steer has resumed the mar
agement Of the Mott hotel ana tha
wnite ciHy can again boast OF one a.
1ne pest managed hostelries in the
Cor. nj.
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War Eagle to Hunter.

Chief War Eagle is at Hunter to-
day and will wrestle there this eve
ming with McGregor in a handicap
match. He may meet Ole Hauge of
Wyndmere later IL terms can be ar
ranged.
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RECORD made BY MCFARLAND and Mo-
ran, 2,737 miles lap, in 1908.
The cash prizes for the teams COM
peting in the race are as follows:
First, $1,000; second, $1,000: third.
$3.50; fourth, $500; fifth, $500; sixth,
$3.50; seventh, $500. Total $4,000.
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c1eveland Plain nealer. 60 n,,.,

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Saws The
Washington Herald: Come on. Con-
gress With all your faults. we love
you still.' There's no doubt about the
sincerity Of this fiippant welcome.
'Hamlet' without the prince is no
more impossible than Washington
without Its legislators.
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,s A,ler exposure, and wnen you fee, !
Toiu colllns on take Foley's Honey and.
ar. the great throat and lung ren,e sss,,'
i 49, s'Ops snc cough, relieves the conges-
100, and expels the cold from vo,,r
s s.y,ss L mildly laxative. H. Il. Ca.
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ARCHITECTS.

HANCOCK BROS. ARCHITECTS. Off
ces, Douglas Bldg, 113 Broadway. Fargo
A.. j. O'SHEA, ARCHITECT, FARGO, NORTH
Dakota.
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DIR. P. Il. BURTON-OFFICE HOURS
10 to II a. M. to 5 and to 8 o. m
ONCE, Stern building. Phone I73-L..
Fargo, N. H..
D.. ]. CAMPBELL M, D.-PRACTICE
limited TO diseases of women-GenIt0.
Urinary and Skin Diseases Office honrS
10 to AZ and to 5. Over Mcdonald
Drug store. Front street. Phone 72g
DIR. A. G. NORRIS, PHYSICIAN AMI
Surgeon Office over Wtlser's Drug store
COS Front street Hours. . TO L. Z to
5 and to 8. Telephone 10S4-L, office
1043-K. Raaldence.
J. w. VIDAL, N. D., HOMEOPATHIC
Physician and Surgeon. Edwards Blk,
Fargo.
DIR. J. q. DILLON, HOMEOPATHIC
Physician, 6O4 Front street Phone G74T
Office hours, II to IL a. IN. and z To <
and 1880 p. m.
DRS. BARROW q WEIBLE, deLENDRE.
Gle block. Office hours from 8 to %. M
DIS. II. II, BAILEY d KACAELMACH
FL, Specialists: Eye, Ear, Nose ana
8. Offices In the Stern block.
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coLoRED FIGHTERS DRAW.
MeVey and Jeannette Go Thirty
Rounds in Paris.

Paris, Dec. 1s.-In the fight here
between Sam Money and Joe elan
nette, the American colored heavy
weights, the referee declard the bout
draw after thirty rounds. The de-
cision created an uproar.
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DIR. ]. Il. FRENETTE. DENTIST. OF
Gee Huntington block, over Bijou In.
trance on Broadway. Fargo. ~ d.
DIX. b. Il. BALL, DIR. J. l.. GRAVES,
DIR. John Il. Cromb, Dr. w. x. Addison
Dentists. Rooms s to AZ, First National
Bank block. Office hours $3.50 TO l2rO
m, and 1:30 to y. IN. Telephone
383-L.
Dk. Ii. L. STARTLING, DENTIST. ROOM
8, deLendrecie block, corner Front anT
Seventh streets south, Fargo n d
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ACCOUNTANT.
ATTORNEYS.

WALTER THOMSON, EXPERT &C
COUNTANT. Phone 1897. 112O Third
avenue south, Fargo, N. ID.
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Read end Answer Today's Want Ada
"A Forum Want Ad VIII Sell It FOR Won
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BARNETT RICHARDSON. ATTOR-
neys at law. Office. 4 and Morton
building. Broadway Fargo.
/ ROBERTS, AUGUST. HENDERSON
block, Broadway, Fargo. Probate prac
tice a speciality.
3 TURNER, Fl. r., ATTORNEY AT LAW
Offices In Edwards building, Broadway
Practices In all courts.
: MILLER. HENRY r., Attorney AND
Bank block, Fargo.
EMERSON Ii. SMITH, ATTORNEY
Commercial Bank building, Fargo. Prac-
tees In all courts. Particular care given
to probating estates.
ROBINSON, j. E., ATTORNEY AT LAW.
612 Front street, Fargo. Practices In ali
courts. Tax cases a speciality.
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PIANO TUNER.
PHYSICIANS

PROF. VIM. KLlMMEk, ia NINTH AVE
nue. south. Master tuning and repairinT
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cIV,J ENGINEER.
DENTISTS,

FRANK L. ANDERS. CIVIL AND ME-
chanicRl Engineer Corner Twelfth and
Front streets. Phone 2O65.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-26
High School Declamatory
Contest

1t is not often that the citizens
of Wagner r. given any greater
pleasure than vas given them
last Monday evening when the
Wagner schools gave their enter
tainment in the opera hall
A splendid crowd vas present
which responded heartily to the
different members on the pro.
gram. the two primary grades
especially bringing hearty APP
plause, and both we're compelled
to respond TO encores. On &C.
count OF illness, Miss lola GroH
was unable 10 take her place as
one of the contestants, but with
that exception the program was
complete. The young ladies
and the two young gentleman
who took part ell did we'll In
their resp ective selections, and
the judges markings were very
close. Miss Irma Grabil won
the medal, Miss Olive Jones TAX
ing second place, Miss Esther
Hoyer third, the marking on
the three Of them being very
bsing very close, and the balance
Of the contestants were not far
behind. Especially do We wish
TO mention the boys who took
part in the club drill. While
none of the move m ents we're
very complicated, yet the boys
showed that they had been
thoroughly drilled in this exer.
else. and their work was splen-
did.
Leo Naeve received an encore
on a fine violin solo, aud the
school orchestra was encored
and then re encored. The re
ceipts will used TO purchase
some supplies.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-26

The following announcement OF
services in the Methodist church and
that you are cordially invited to at
tend them:
SUNDAY. MARCH =
lots Morning Worship.
$50 special Epworth League Missionary
Meeting. Missionary work In India will
be IA ken up.
Short song aud prayer service conducted by
second vice president.
The Lesson by X. y Frink.
short essay on custom in India " Esther
Hoyer.
Epworth League Pledge aud its application
70 missions " Nrs. A. j Hoyer
Or. Batter. short sketch. BY Noe Johnson.
Cost for support OF nauvs worker in Indls
~ Chas DahlSerg.
story OF india from United states Consul.
Generai by Wanda Baker.
Growth OF India missions by Irna Gr4btil.
Need Of missions in India by Mrs. u. q
JohnsoL.
7~:3o-song aud Praise Service. Rev. A. T.
James Of Geddes will preach morning AID
evening.
THURSDAY. APRIL
100 to 90 u. IN .-Theme for discussion viii
be Benefits ~ be derived for tho sivsI
IN giving to missions
To q. g indis q ual- Rev. {. r.. WILCOX
II To the church Rev. A.. J. Hoysr
Ill Round table In charge VI X. T. trink
Discussion Opened ty @. O.. Johnson
. .3o-son service Rev. A. J. fioyer,
Address-One million. nve hundred thousand
dollars for mixsioas-Re z. f. wilcox
SUNDAY. APRIL 9Th
lM~Asionasy sunday
10 Is Morning Service devoted 10 Missions
$50 Evening Service. Why support Mis-
s,ons. Rev. {. T. wilcox OF scotland will
lie in charge. THIS will be u great day.
SUNDAY. ApEILu
Easter sunday
OIL. Prayer Meeting In League room.
Il: 4 Easter service conducted by the
Pastor.
40 EDworth Leagus Easter program will
he gwen.
sunday school each Sunday At Is:oo.
Epworth League At 80 y. IN.
special Invitation Is extended TO all these
ierviccS,
A. J. HOVER. Pastor.
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Rev. J. w. Allen left Monday
for Rapid City to look over the
country. He returned Wednes.
day evening, and informed us
that he had taken up a quarter
section of land on which he in
tends to move soon. We will be
sorry Ia see this family leave
Wagner, but we a and do wish
them all kinds OF prosperit Y
in their new home.
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Sheriff Mckay was down from
Platte Thursday attending to
some business matters.
Louis Skunk. who's few weeks
ago had one Of his limbs cut Oh
by the train. Is once more out
and around.
Mrs. r. Fenzl now has a new
baker,. Fisher Of Milwaukee,
and has once more started her
bake shop. She has an adv. in
this issue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Trum DO
returned Thcrsdav evening from
a trio to Tyndall. Oae OF their
grandchildren returned with
| them 10 remain awhile.
III. G.. Bark has returned
from his trip to Chicago. Nil
waukee aud the Twin Cities,
where he had been 10 add to
already fine stock of general
merchandise.
j. L. McFarland's herd Of fine
Duroc Jerseys has beer havin x
some big increases lately, the
largest one being a litter of
twenty-one pigs TO II mother,
sixteen of then being alive and
fine healthy fellows.
Albert Amundson has been,
busy this week moving his
hardware store into his new
place, and G. w. Bullock has
busy moving his furniture into
the store vacated by Mr.. Am
undson. The vault and other
fixtures are here for the new
bank, and as SOC as possible
they will be doing business IL
the brick building vacated by
Mr.. Bullock.
Last week w. c. Kirkpatrick
negotiated a deal where by Geo
/ Frederick becomes the proud
, possessor of another forty acres
OF land. We say proud and well
he may be be, altho it is only
forty acres; but on this til,
foundation has been laid for one
) of the first homes in Chas. Mia
Go. as there are about two thou
san d growing ash trees. which
have attained quite a size ais,
about two hundred fruit tree.
some of which are old enough
to bear, it being the 2. IL. Dust
er land. w. G. Kirkpatrick also
sold Fred Frederick another
forty acres to add to the eight,
acres he already owns.
!, Louise Wepking wishes t.
announce to the ladies oI
Wagner and vicinity that he
! millinery opening will occur
Thursday, April LIST. An ele
CANT stock Of spring head
wear. All in goods new ant
up-to-date fashions. Ladie'
nl>.ae call
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THE TOWN

J. v. Janda was a visitor in
Scotland Monday.
Frank Patton was a sightseer
in Chicago this week.
9. w. Bullock is putting a
new front into his store.
Mrs. Henry Bonnin was a Wis.
itor at Yankton Monday.
The fine spring days are
mighty hard on the mud.
w. p. Joseph va an yer
Sunday visitor at Tyndall.
John Naeve left Monday for
Chicago and intermediate points.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Trumbo were
east bound passengers on Thurs.
day.
Fresh bread, pies. cakes and
cookies at Belmont's shoe
shop.
Mrs. A. B. Haley returned to
her home at Denver, Colorado,
Monday.
MIR. Thomas Hawkey went to
y Tyndall on a business trip
I Thursday.
j. W. Lindsay was down from
Geddes FRIDAY attending to
business.
Big Sale at the Wagner Feed
y Store on Platte Flour. Best on
market. Try it.
IL. w. Johnson was down from
Lake Andes this week on some
business matters.
Frank Mccormick was at
Yankton over Sunday visiting
with his sister Ruth.
County Auditor Wilson was
down from Wheeler over Sunday
visiting with his family.
/. w. Davis returned Monday
| to Armour after a very pleasant
over Sunday visit in Wagner.
l A. j. Baker will sell fifteen
head of work horses at public
auction nextTuesday afternoon.
1 have a fine line of spring of
] hats now on sale, for ladies',
misses, and children. Louise
Wepking.
DR.. and Mrs. J.. J. Donovan
and DR.. Ellis left Monday for
u Gregory county to attend the
land sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Croft
\ of Fordyce, Neb, are visiting
/ ct the Cooper home. They ar.
rived Tuesday evening.
For Sale-tifty White Face
1 Bulls at S35 each, for a short
time only. All good. young ami.
FINALS. S. E. Mcfarland.
Sale of work horses by A. j.
4 Baker, next Tuesday afternoon.
4 Fifteen head of mares and
4 geldings will be up for sale.
For sale. House 1924. single
IN story; and stable: also four lots
81 i'm east Wagner. Jacob Greaser,
III 1-6-3mI
d Frank Thompson has pur
III chased two lots in the old school,
n house blocks and will erect
Il residence there this spring.
III For Sale: My house and ont
n and a half lots south of the new
school house; for particulars
write Frank Ray, Utica, S. d
Harry Thompson. Lee Bole
steel, Virgil Baker went to Ar
mour on Wednesday to brias
homo a bunch of horses for A. J
Baker.
a, Amundson has moved hi
stock of hardware into the build
ing formerly occupied by Hey
meyer, and is ready to meet hi
customers.
have some good improved farm
in Southern Minnesota | will trad
for a good business. General Mel
chandise or hardware preferred
Write Box is, Danvers, MINI. 3-l9-
Farmers, don't neglect I
~
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For sale-Blue stem seed wheat
for sale by l.. Engelhorn, R.F. D.
y. $40 Up
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-26

tWO Ire O6l1y street
Mar. 81, 1909.
Louis Kirscheuman came
down from Geddes thiS week,
and has taken hold OF his end Of
the business at the City Drug
Store.
Fred Wepking Of Avon was =
visitor in Wagner Tuesday OF
this week, with his sister. Miss
Louise Wepking. He was a very
pleasant caller at the New Era
Office.
b.. Brown of Carol, Iowa,
father Of l.. J. Brown, has come
10 Wagner to build q residence
on his farm near the water tank
east of town.
+. w. Hipple has purchased
the bowling farm north OF town
and moved out there TO become
an honest tlller of the soil be
tween auctioneering spells.
AT the Congregational Church
Sunday morning Rev. lorn's
subject will be Where's your
Brother" In the evening
Whose is the Image?" Come
aud bring your friencs.
j. B. kirkpatrick OF Washta
Iowa, returned to his home last
Thursday, but before leaving he
secured through his brother w.
c. X. another one hundred and
sixty acres of Charles Mix Co.
dirt.
l have purchased the Bowling
nursery and have a number of
forest trees aud evergreens ]
wish to dispose of soon as pos
sible, as | wish to use the land
for other purposes. Will be
sold cheap. r. w. Nipple.
At Rosebud, S. D., on Marcel
9Th, Mrs. Anna Schanandore
died of pneumonia. She lived
at Greenwood, S. D., until las
year when she went to the Rose
bud where she has since resided,
She leaves a son seven years
old.
Lost, a paper box about 2x4xt
inches containing Il z. c. b. j,
gold badges, each one bearing
name of owner, between Farm
ers Lumber Yard and my resi-
dence in Grimes & Absher's
addition. Finder please return
to v. j. Petrick or New Era
Office 1926
The Yankton Sioux Indians
are (some of them putting their
money to practical uses now.
as a few of them have in the past
few years. This season more o.
them are figuring on putting W
good residences. Harry Thomp
son and son Frank have ALREADY
been asked to submit bids on al
least six new residences.
The weather is more spring
like now, but the great amour
Of water left by the meltet
SHOWS has left the ground 81
wet that the roads have beer
almost impossible and trave
has been reduced to a minimum
Before long, however, unles
there is a big change in tn
weather. farming operation
will be in full blast.
The baseball fever has struc
our players good and plenty
and nearly every fellow who
a ball tosser, or would be, Is GU
fitting himself for the comm
fun. We understand that ther
is a movement on foot to organ
ize a ball team in Wagner TIL
season, composed mostly {
home boys, and il such is III
case. we hope they will receis
plenty Of encouragement frol
our citizens, as we believe "
can have about as good a tear
as any Of the towns.
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Kindly Notice

The following announcement OF
services in the Methodist church and
that you are cordially invited to at
tend them:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-14
BRYAN WRITES
LETTER TO TAFT
Advocates Election of Senators
by the PeopIe-0piniOn of
the Tariff Bill.

Kansas City, July 1S.-"This tariff bill
is a bad bill-a bad. bad BILL" said VIII
liam J. Bryan in the course Of an inter
view at the Union station here today.
on his way to Springfield, Mo. But /
am waiting. I am waiting to see what
Is the Republican definition of the word
revision. I know what the dictionary
says about il. I suppose 1 shall not
have long to wait. But it is important
to know"
Mr.. Bryan said he believed there
would be no new party because of the
tariff situation If the people want
tariff REFORM" said he, they can get it
through the Democratic party. Some
Democrats are now misreDresenting the
majority sentiment of their party, but
they will not be able to control the
paTty's action
Then il must be remembered that
the rates for which the Democrats voted
were very low rates and not at all to be
compared with the high rates the Re
publican leaders have voted for or have
supported. The Democrats did wrong
think, in not voting for every reduc-
ton proposed"
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Bryan to Taft.

Lincoln. Neb.. July 13.-WHliam J.
Bryan today addressed a letter TO Pres
ident Taft asking him to allow the peo-
pie TO vote on popular election of SEN
atOrs- Mr.. Bryan says:
ITO President Taft; Now that the
states are going TO vote on the ratiica-
ton of the amendment specifically au-
thOrtzing an income tax, why not give
them a chance to vote on an amend
ment providing for the election of Unit
ed States senators by popular vote? In
your speech Of acceptance you said that
you were personally inclined to favor
such a change in the constitution.
Would this not be an OpportUne time 70
present this subject to congress? Two
constitutional amendments, one author
lzing an income tax and the other pro-
Eiding for the popular election Of sen
atOrs would make your administration
memorable, and I pledge you whatever
assistance 1 can render in securing the
ratification of these amendments. With
great respect 1 am, yours truly,
w. J. Bryan"