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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR
HOLD TO THEIR FOLLOWING
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tor, but by a majority of these who
signed. Another resolution pledgins
their support to Hopkins to the last
was defeated.
There are conflicting statements as
to how many were present at this
caucus. The Hopkins people claim
there were GO present in person AMI
that 20 signed the pledge, either in
person or through their friends. The
anti-Hopkins crowd claim that there
were not over 40 present at the con-
ference, and that the number of sigma
lures will not exceed 45 members Of
the legislature
In Hands of Democrats.
The democrats seemed to hold the
key to the situation. While Lee O'Nell
Browne. the leader of the democrats
in the house, stated last night that the
democrats would stick to Stringar
there were other democrats of the be
lief that there would soon be break
10 some republican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
Full Weight,
Good Goods,
Fair Prices,
Cleanliness

Maybe the place where you
buy isn't as particular on these
points as we are. Our custom
ers have a peculiar way of stick
ing by us, and you would too If
you tried our goods and orr
ways-look over the following
list and see what you want. a big
saving on every item:
Blue Ribbon pastry flour, %
cent package zoe
Ralston health foods. 10
cent package 10c
Uncle Sam breakfast food,
20 cent package ........2 poo
Pillsbury's vitos, Is cent
package ...... .......... 1oc
Mothers Oats, 10 cent
package, 2 for 15c
HomiDy grits, 10 cent
package ...... ......... 10c
Blue Ribbon pancake -four,
3 packages .25c
Purina pancake flour, 3
packages ...... .25c
Marquette maple. and cane
syrup, Il gallon can. .25c
Marquette maple and cane
syrup, ~ gallon can. Soc
Heinz's large dill pickles,
per dozen .12c
Fancy bulk mince meat. per
pound ...... .......... 12lac
Pure juice sweet cider,
per gallon ...............2 zoe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
ian. II In History.

1143-John Fitch. inventor Of the
steamboat. born in Windsor
Conn; died 1T9S.
1T93-Louis XVI Of France guillotined
In Paris; born 1854.
1924 Thomas Jonathan Jackson
c"Stonewall'D born in Clarksburg.
w. Va; died 1863.
1905-The United States assumed tenn
porary protectorate of the repub-
lie of Santo Domingo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
OLDEST ARMY MAN TO QUIT
Is Aged rs and Has Career Dating
from Fremont's Expedition.

Burlington, VT. Jan. 21.-Dr. S. w.
Service of the 10th cavalry, senior vet
erinarian, U. S. A.. stationed at Fort
Ethan Allen. who has the distinction
of being the oldest man in the United
States army both in point of age and
service. has applied to the war depart
ment for retirement. He is now IS
years old and has had a remarkable
career, starting his military life in the
Fremont expedition across the CONT
nent in 1858.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21

Smedley Orr. - Friends of Ray w.
Smedley of this city and Miss Alice
Orr of Hillsdale will be surprised and
pleased to hear of their marriage,
which took place at Galesburg Mon
day afternoon The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Mr.. Van Pelt of
the Methodist church at his home.
Mr.. Smedley is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. c. Smedley of S03 Fifteenth street,
and is employed at the Island City
Shoe store. They will make their
home in this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21

board of charities which will be intro
duced today provides for board of
complete control of all functions of the
institutions. The board of charities,
increased to seven members, is re
tanned in an advisory capacity.
The board of charities measure,
which will be known as the admins
|tration bill, and the Berry bill are
|alike in almost all their provisions.
The administration bill puts the in
|stitutions under the authority of a
single board and the Berry bill pro-
vides two boards of independent pow
|ers. The choice between these plans
or the combination of the two is up to
the legislature.
Provisions of the Berry Bill.
The principal provisions of the Ber-
ry bill are:
The governor shall appoint a board
of three members, to be known as the
board of financial managers of the
state charitable, penal and corrective
institutions, which shall have full fl
nancial and administrative control of
such institutions. The members shall
be appointed for a term of five years
at a salary of $4,000 a year and travel
ing expenses not exceeding $4,000
One of the members shall be select
ed from the minority political party,
and none of the members shall hold
any other public office.
The board shall succeed and replace
all the boards of trustees and mana
gers now controlling such institutions.
Each institution shall be visited at
least once each quarter by member
of the board, who will have power to
examine all records and methods of
management The board shall confer
annually with the superintendent of
the institutions ON methods OF man.
agement
The state treasurer shall receive and
disburse all moneys appropriated to
the institutions or accruinS therefrom.
The present board of charities shall
be continued under the title of com
missioners of charities" with duties of
supervision of the curative and correc-
tional methods employed in the insti-
tutions.
Included in Administration Bill.
The administration bill includes the
following provisions:
The state charitable, penal and cor
receive institutions shall be governed
by board of three members appoint
ed by the governor and compensated
by salary of $500 a year.
The present board of trustees are
abolished and the entire administra-
ton of the institutions lodged in the
board of control, the financial admin
istration being delegated to fiscal SUI
pervisor employed by the board at a
salary of $4,000 year.
For the purpose of visitation, inspec-
ton and recommendation the present
board of charities is retained with its
advisory but not administrative du-
ties.
All supplies for the institutions shall
be purchased under direction of a
board of estimate composed of the SUI
perintendents, the fiscal supervisor,
and committee of the board of con-
troll.
Asks n Constitutional Convention.
Just before the adjournment of the
senate Mr.. Curtis introduced a resolu-
ton framed by the Legislative Voters
league urging the calling of a consti-
tutional convention for the revision of
the states present constitution.
The resolution recited the pressing
need of numerous amendments to the
scheme of government, only one of
which may be submitted to the people
each year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
TO PAY S1,623, 900 IN SILVER
Oil Attorney Plans Three Carloads of
Money to Meet Judgment.

Austin, Texas, Jan. 21.-According
to a Waters-Pierce attorney here, the
Judgment of $1,623,000, which was OBJ
tanned by the state, will be paid in
silver dollars delivered at the state
treasury. The judgment and interest
will amount to almost s2,000,000 If
the amount is paid in silver dollars,
the money will weigh 101 ,425 pounds,
amounting to about three carloads,
and 1t will take an expert 40 days to
count ii.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
IN BEHALF OF CHILDREN
National Child Labor Committee Meet
ina at CHICAGO.

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 21.-Physical and
social evils growing out of the employ
ment of children as wage earners were
set for discussion when the 9Th annual
conference of the National Child Labor
committee opened today. One aim nj
the session is to induce congress to
create child labor bureau which shall
remedy evils now existing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 5, rises ia: moon sets
All p. M; moons age 291a days; 7:04
p. M, new moon in constellation Sag
ittarius with the sun. eastern time;
planet Mercury visible low In west
after sunset and for several days to
come; suns declination 1913 degrees
south Of celestial equator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
CITY CHAT.
The ReXos-roller rink.
Kerler & Co. weave rugs.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.

herler d co. weave rugs.
Buy home of Reidy Bros.
Don't fail to see the Rexos.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Real estate loans. John X. Scott
For bus and express, Spencer G Trefz.
Read Walkers real estate bargains.
Godfrey's laundry gives green trad
ing stamps.
Let Krell & Johnston do your tin
and furnace work. 1916 Third avenue.
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work. 1526-152S Fourth ave-
nue..
Easy to buy, easy to try, the best
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

ISociety news, written or tclephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, Will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, TO insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and address.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21

Ladies' Aid society and the ladies of
Broadway Presbyterian church tomor
row afternoon at her home, 2i1i
Eighth avenue, at coffee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
Celebrate Wedding Anniversary

Celebrate Wedding Anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Baughman of 2501
Eighth-and-a-half avenue, were pleas
antly surprised at their home last eve
ming in honor of their And wedding
by about Il dozen of their
lady friends of the Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Mrs. Baugh-
man was presented with two pieces of
Haviland china. Refreshments were
served and a good time enjoyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21

Knights of Columbus Dance.-The
knights of Columbus. local No. 65S.
held the second of their series of
dancing parties last evening at X. c.
hall. About so couples enjoyed the
dancing and refreshments were served
during the evening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
THE W E4THER.

Fair tonight and Friday; slightly
colder tonight, with lowest tempera-
ture near the freezing point.
j. NJ. SHERIER, Local ,FOrecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21

Temperature at n. M, Al; ut 3 p. M,
~. Maximum temperature in last II
hours. 43; minimum, 80. Precipitation
In last "a hours. trace. Velocity of
wind at a. M, s miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21

Entertains for Guests.-Miss Marion
McCandless last evening at her home.
800 Twenty-third street. entertained
informally for her house guests, the
Misses Caroline RyOn of Streator and
Helen Cru-nb of Rockford
Miss Dorothy Chamberlin at her
home, 2215 Seventh avenue, is enter
tanning this afternoon for Misses Ryon
and Crumb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21

and Thomas F. Downey, both of Dun
can, Ill. They will make their home in
Duncan.
E. @. v. Dance.-The e. Q. V.
club has issued cards to a dancing
party 10 be given at Elks hall We'd
nesday evening, Feb. 10. Wrixon's or
chestra will furnish the music.
Will Entertain Ladies of Church.
Mrs. c. e. Sharpe will entertain the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21

Crumpton Wieland.- w. b.
Clemmer of the Memorial Christian
church last evening officiated at the
marriage of Miss Julia A. Wieland to
Calvin A. Crumpton, both of this city
The ceremony took place at the home
of Mr.. Clemmer, 1924 Fourth avenue.
They will make their home at 4bJ
Eighteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21
cERTIFIEs TO THE CHANGE
Northern Life Insurance Company OF
ficially Removes to Rock Island.

Springfield, III, Jan. 21.-(Special.)
The Northern Life Insurance COM
pany of Chicago filed with the secra-
tary of state today a certificate Of
change of location to Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21

January Thimble Beetle ladies OF
the First Baptist church will hold their
January thimble bee tomorrow after
noon at the home of Miss Mary
Welch, S3S Twenty-first street. Miss
WEIGH will be assisted by Mrs. Steel
man, Mrs. A. j. Bullock and Mrs. H.
w. Reed.
ney-Strawn.--Dr w. S. Marquis
at the parsonage of the Broadway
Presbyterian church yesterday af-
ternoon officiated at the mar
riage of Miss Gertrude E. Straw
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-06-01
a full and simple life.

a full and simple life.
The more real education the less
crime-and the more homes, the few
er prisons.
The fear of punishment may deter
some, the fear of exposure others,
but there is no real reforming power
in fear or punishment. Men can not
be tortured into greatness, into good
ness. All this, as l said before, has
been thoroughly tried. The idea that
punishment was the only relief,
found its limit, it's infinite, in the old
doctrine of eternal pain; but the be-
levers in that dogma stated distinct
ly that the victims never would be
and never could be, reformed.
AS men become civilized they be-
come capable of greater pain and of
greater joy To the extent that the
average man is capable of enjoying
or suffering, to that extent he has
sympathy with others. The average
man, the more enlightened he be-
comes, the more ape he is to put him
self in the place of another. He
thinks of his prisoner, of his employe,
of his tenant-and he even thinks
beyond these; he thinks of the COM
munity at large. AS man becomes
civilized he takes more and more into
consideration circumstances and con-
ditions He gradually loses faith in
the old ideas and theories that every
man can do as he will and in place
of the word will" he puts the word
must" The time comes to the in
telligent men when in the place of
punishments he thinks of conse-
quences, results, that is to say, not
something inflicted by some other
power, but something necessarily
growing out of what is done. The
clearer men perceive the cOnse-
quences of actions, the better they
will be. Behind consequences we
place no personal will, and conse-
quently do not regard them as in
| Elections or punishments. Conse-
quences, no matter how severe they
may be, create in the mind no feel
ing of resentment, no desire for re-
venge. We do not feel bitterly to-
ward the fire because it burns or the
| frost that freezes or the flood that
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overwhelms or the sea that browns
because we attribute to these things
no motives, good or bad. So, when
through the development of the in
tellegt man perceives not only the
nature, btu the absolute certainty of
consequences, he refrains from car
tain actions and this may be called
reformation through the intellect
and surely there is no better refor-
nation than this. Some may be, and
probably millions have been, reform
ed. through kindness, through graf
litude-made better in the sunlight
of charity. In the atmosphere of
kindness the seeds of virtue burst
into bud and flower. Sruelty, tyran-
ny, brute force, do not and can not
by any possibility better the heart of
man. He who is forced upon his
knees has the attitude, but never the
feeling of prayer.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-06-01
ROBERT |NCERSO[['S SPEECH,
GRIMES AGAINST CRIMINALS
Great Free Thinker Discusses the Three
Pests of Community and Says That
More Crimes Are Committed Than Are
Prevented Under the Present System
of Government.

Iduce what they eat and use-and
am almost certain that a large ma
jority would be opposed to theft.
Those who worked would not permit
Those who did not, to steal the result
of their labor. In other words, self
preservation would be the dominant
Idea, and these men would instantly
look upon the idlers as the enemies
of their society.
Such a community would be self
supporting. Let women of the same
| class be put by themselves. Keep
! the sexes absolutely apart. Those
who are beyond the power of refor-
nation should not have the liberty TO
reproduce themselves. Those who
can not be reached by kindness-by
! justice-those who under no circum-
stances are willing to do their share,
would be separated. They should
dwell apart. and dying, should leave
no heirs?
What shall be done with the Stay
ers of their fellow men-with muir
derers? Shall the nation take life?
1t has been contendei that the
death penalty deters others-that it
has far more terror than imprison-
lment for life. What is the effect OF
the example set by a nation? Is not
! the tendency to harden and degrade
mot only those who inflict and those
who witness, but the whole commun-
lily as we'll.
| A few years ago a man was hanged
! in Alexandria, Va. One who witnessed
| the execution on that very day muir
Cered a peddler in the Smithsonian
grounds at Washington. He was
tried and executed and one who wit
messed his hanging went home and on
the same day murdered his wife.
The tendency of the extreme pen
atty is to prevent conviction. In the
| presence OIL uodlH II Is easy III a Jul y
to find a doubt Technicalities be.
come important, and absurdities
touched with mercy, have the ap
Ipearance for a moment of being nat
ural and logical. Honest and con,
scientious men dread final and ir
revocable step. If the penalty Were
| Imprisonment for life, the jury would
feel that if any mistake were made il
could be rectifiei; but where the
lpenalty is death a mistake is fatal. A
conscientious man takes into consid
Grafton the defects of human ma
ture-the uncertainty of testimony
and the countless shadows that din
;. and darken the understanding ant
refuses to find a verdict that, i
wiring. can not be righted.
The death penalty, inflicted by th'
government is a perpetual excuse
for mobs.
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Concluded from Monday.)
Part iii.

Why should the state take without
compensation the labor of these men;
and why should they, after having
been imprisoned for years, be turned
out without the means of support?
Would it not be far better, for more
economical, to pay these men for
their labor, to lay aside their earn
ings from day to day, from month to
month, and from year to year-to
put this money at interest, so that
when the convict is released after
five years of Imprisonment he will
have several hundred dollars of his
own-not merely money enough to
pay his way back to the place from
when he was sent, but enough to
make it possible for him to commence
business on his own account, enough
to keep the wolf of crime from the
door of his heart?
Suppose the convict comes out with
five hundred dollars. This would be
to most of that class a fortune. 1t
would form a breastwork, fortress,
behind which the man could fight
temptation. This would give him
food and raiment, enable him to go to
some other state or country where he
could redeem himself If this were
done, thousands of convicts would
feel under immense obligation to the
government They would think of
the penitentiary as the place in which
they were saved-in which they were
redeemed-and they would feel that
the verdict of guilty rescued them
from the abyss of crime. Under these
circumstances the law would appear
beneficient, and the heart of the poor
convict, instead of being filled with
malice, would overflow with graft
tude. He would see the propriety of
the course pursped by the govern
ment He would recognize and feel
and experience the benefits Of this
course and the result would be good
not only to him. but to the nation as
well.
IL the convict worked for himself
he would do the best he could, and
the wares produced in the peniten-
tiaries would not cheaper the labor
of other men.
VII.
There are, however, men whop ur'
sue crime as a vocation-as a pro
fession-men who have been con
victed again and again, and who viii
persist in using the intervals of lib
erty to prey upon the rights of others
What shall be done with these mer
and women?
Put one thousand hardened thieve:
on an island-compel them to pro
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-19
SENATORS WISH TO
CHOKE SNOOT OFF
Utah's Apostolic Statesman
Makes Himself Obnoxious by
Constant "Butting In
Special to The Tribune.

Special To The Tribune
WASHINGTON, May 1s.-The Re
publican members of the finance com
mlttco are trying to devise some sort
Of cxtinguishcr that Will suppress Smoot
in the senate tariff debate His daily
appearance in thc debate and the out.
put OF involved English and the utter
lack of lucidity is a source Of daily
annoyance to Senator Aldrich and TO
tho other Republican members of the
committee. The Utah senator has been
advised to keep still,
A member of the committee said to.
day that the senator from Utah was
making himself decidedly unpopular by
his manner This statement is borne
out by the studied effort TO ignore or
snub him when he butts into tho de-
bate. This is not the statement of an
enemy or critic Of the senator: it is
the statement of a fact admitted by
his friends.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-19
ST0ESSEL AND NEB0GAT0FF
RELEASED FROM PRISON

ST. PETERSBURG, Nav lS.-Licu-
tenant General Auatolc NJ Stoessel and
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff have been re-
leased from confinement in the fortress
of ST. Peter and ST Paul by order Of
Emperor Nicholas. The health Of both
men has been gravely affected by their
confinement.
General Stoessel was found guilty by
courtmartial Of surrendcring the fortress
of Port Arthur 10 the japanese and was
serving sentence of ten years i'm
prisonment. Nebogatoff was sentenced
10 be inferred in a fortress for the same
lcngth of time for surrcnderinC TO the
enemy at the battle of the Sea Of
Japan. Stocsscl began his sentence
March 20, 1908. while NebogatoT took
up his quarters IN the fortress on April
l., 1907
Rear Admiral GregerofI and Lieutcn-
ant STyrnohi, subordinate officers under
Nebogatof in the Russian Japanese war,
were pardoped and released from the
fortress of ST. Peter and ST, Paul
month ago, These officers had been
sentenced to death for having sur
rendered their commands, but IN view
Of cXtenuating circumstances their sen
tcnccS were commutcd.