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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-25
INDIANA ABOUT HALF DRY
Result of County Option Elections i,
That State.

indianapolis, Feb. 25.-As a result
of the local option elections held in
diana's ninety-two counties have de-
clared against the saloon. Elections
will be held in seven more counties
this week and the "drys" are claim
ing victory in all of these, as there
are no large cities in any of these
counties.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-25
House Favors Nimocks' Bill.

Representative Nimocks bill amend
ing the anti-pass law so that police
men, firemen, city health officers,
members Of the salvage corps and let
ter carriers might accept free rides on
street cars was recommended for pass
age by the house committee Of the
whole.
The house killed the bill introduced
by Ole Peterson of Nicollet requiring
the payment of township taxes in cash
instead of labor, abolishing the poll
tax and re-enacting the law for town
inspectors of roads which was knocked
out by the supreme court after the
last legislature had adjourned.
Farming and dressmaking in state
high school in every county IS the
idea of Senator j. w Wright Of Litch-
field, expressed in bill presented to
the senate.
The long talked Of and expected bill
which would remove the IL o'clock lid
as far as the large cities are CON
cerned was introduced In the house by
Representative O'Brien Of st. Paul.
It amends the present law so that
saloons must be closed from midnight
until o'clock a.. m. instead of II
3. m. to 8 a. m. It provides that city
councils may restrict but not extend
these hours.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-25
|MACvEACH MAY
COMP LIST
Slated for Only Vacancy in
Taft Cabinet.
WILL NOT DISCUSSSUBJECT

While Chicago Banker ls Reticent His
Friends Point to His Recent Actions
as Proof That He Will Accept Posi-
tion.-Must Retire From Banking
Business Before Taking Up Treas
ury Portfolio.
Chicago, Feb. 25.-That Franklin
MacVeagh of Chicago, as previously
tntfmated, will be secretary of the
treasury In the Taft cabinet is be.
lieved by Mr.. MacVeagh's close bust.
ness associates. The fact that he
broke his custom of years in not at
tending the last meeting Of the board
OF directors of the Commercial Ma
tional bank, of which he is chairman,
is regarded as practically conclusive
evidence of his acceptance.
Mr.. MacVeagh personally was non.
committal on the subject The alb.
sence of denial at this late date is
regarded as significant, but what is
considered strong evidence is that Mr..
MacVeagh was in the city and in ex-
cellent health last Friday when he
remained away from the board. In
order to qualify for the portfolio it
would be necessary for Mr.. MacVeagh
to sell his bank stock and sever his
official position with the institution.
That he is quietly preparing to do SO
is believed by those in the best posi-
ton to know.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-25

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Princeton Man Claims That the Pro.
posed Tax Would Not Decrease 9th
er Peoples axes--scheme for Ag-
ricultural Education-House Favors
Nimocks' Bill Amending the Anti
Pass Law.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08

A great deal of time will be given
to the judging, selecting and breed.
ing of corn and other farm crops.
Soil problems, drainage farm machin-
cry, poultry. dairying and horticultur
al subjects will also be taken up in
most interesting and instructive
way.
In addition to the excellent herds
and flocks of live stock owned by
the college, arrangements have been
made to secure a large number oi
the leading winners at the Interna-
tional Live Stock Show. This will
afford those present the greatest op-
portunity ever presented in any
country to see and study the best
specimens of the leading breeds.
a special feature of this years
course will be the meat demonstra-
ton by Mr.. John Gosling, Kansas
City, Mo. This will be the most ex.
tensive and complete demonstration
ever made on the American continent
No live stock man or farmer can
afford to miss, this feature of the
work.
In addition to the regular college
staff Of instructors a number of the
leading men of Canada and the
United States will be present to
present different phases of the work.
Nothing is being left undone to
make this conrse more complete than
any previous course. For further IN.
formation address the Animal Hus,
bandry Department, Iowa State Col
lege, Ames, Iowa. for circular con.
tanning daily program. rates fol-
board, room, tuition, etc.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
MASSACHUSETTS, PROTESTS
AGAINST THE TARIFF.

(From La Follette's Magazine.)
The people Of Massachusetts,
showed unmistakably on election day
that they are not pleased with the
Payne-Cannon-Aldrich tariff law,
And their displeasure nearly lost the
state to the republican party.
THE REPUBLICAN PLURALITY
IN 1907 WAS $4,000.
The Republican plurality in 1903
was $4,000.
Tho Republican plurality in 1903
was 1900.
These Democrats gains were
made en- two issues. Chief OF these
was the tariff; tho other was Gov
ernor Draper's veto of an eight-hour
bill favored by Labor. The veto of
the eight-hour law, however, was not
so important a factor in the decline
of the G. o. p. since the Masschu-
setts labor vote is normally over
whelmingly Democratic.
The enormous gain of the Demo
cratic candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor is doubtless the minimum
measure OF the disaffection against
!. the high tariff. Toss, who had been
. Republican, changed his party to
run on the Democratic ticket, on the
sole issue of the Payne-Cannon, Aid.
rich tariff law. He reduced the Re.
publican plurality for Lieutenant
Governor to 12,000-a plurality that
ts normally as great as that of the
rest of the ticket.
This can have but one meaning
The rank and file of the Republican
party in Massachusetts are in oper
rebellion against the manner in which
party pledges were repudiated b,
the gAldrich- Cannon machine in Con
gress. And note this. Big business
lin Massachusetts was especially ia
vored by the new tariff law. The
cotton and the woolen schedules beal
witness to that fact. Yet the work
ingmen voted their protest against
the law. The Ultimate, Consumer
(whom Senator. Lodge said was /;
"myth") voted an even more emphat
ic protest, against it. They indicated
by SO voting that they understood
pretty clearly that the benefit of ex
cessive protection" is not passed OF
to Labor, is not conferred upon tn,
Ultimate Consumer, but goes tt
swell the overflowing Golfers of Biz
Business. Each ballot so cast regis
tered rebuke to those leaders IL
Congress who forced through high
trins measure in the fact of part.
promises for downward revision.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
FARMERS SHORT COURSE Al
IOWA STATE COLLEGE,,

The Iowa State College will offer
its annual short course in live stock,
corn judging and other kindred
branches from January 3rd to 18th,
1910. Thouands of farmers have avail
ed themselves of this opportunity in
past years to secure Information re-
garding their daily work. The pres-
ent prospects indicate a larger at.
tendance this year than ever before.
The courses have been carefully plan.
ned to meet the needs of the busy
man. Nothing but good, sound, prac.
tical work will be given. Especial at
tention will be given to the judging.
feeding, care and management of
horses. cattle. sheep and swine.
There will also be lectures on the
most prevalent diseases and the best
methods Of combating the same.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
ell about the construction Of the
CLIMATE REPORT.

The following is the government re-
port OF the weather conditions for
iowa during October.
The mean temperature for the
month was slightly below the normal:
the average daily deficiency ranged
from 90 degrees in the northern dis
tr1cts to 2.3 degrees in the southern
districts. The warmest periods of
the month were between the 1st and
the 9Th and between the 29th and
31st, when the maximum temperature
ranged from 10 to 80 degrees in the
northern, and from Is to 95 degrees
In the southern districts; the highest
occurring generally on the I'd, but at
many stations the maximum for the
month occurred on the Sd, 4th. 9Th
7th or 9th. The coolest period was
between, the 10th and goth; the low
est temperature occurred on the 18th
or the 18th, except over the extreme
northern and northeastern counties
where it occurred on the 2sth. Dur.
ing the past 19 years, there have
been five cooler. Octobers, but thef1
are no records Of as low temperature
during the first Is days Of October
las vas registered this month on the
l2ths and 18th, when the. minimum
Temperatures ranged from 10. to e
degrees over the northern and from
10 to 20 degrees over the southern
counties. The ground was frozen to
such an extent that potatoes re
naming in the ground were consider.
ably damaged. Cabbage and turnips
were also injured, and over the south
ern portion of the state, many thous
and bushels Of apples were frszen or
the trees. AS there had been n,
killing frost or freezing temperatures
previously to the 18th, much of the
vegetation was still green; and corn
though ripe, was not dry enough to
Withstand such severe freeze with
out injury to its terminating quail
ties. The leaves fell from the trees
soon after the freeze without their
usual fall coloring.
The precipitation was generally be
low the normal over the northern
two-thirds of the state and slightly
above the normal over the southern
third. There was no rain between
the first and seventh, but from, the
Sth to the 18th the rainfall was gen
eral and was mixed with light snow
flurries on the 11th and 18th, which
IS much earlier than usual for the
first snow of the season. From, the
18th to the 18th, there were only 8
few scattered and generally light
showers, but from the goth to the
2Sd and on the afternoon and even
Ing of the 31st the rainfall was again
quite general. Between the 24tl
and the goth the weather was gener
ally clear and pleasant. While the
rainfall was below normal, there has
been enough moisture for the growth
Of winter wheat and for fall blowing
but not enough to have any material
effect on the stage of streams and
ponds which are low. Corn huskine
was begun about the middle Of the
month but reports indicate. that
there is still too much moisture In
the ears to warrant It's being crlbbed
in large quantities. A great deal OF
care should be taken in selecting and
caring for the seed corn, or next
years crop will show a very poor
stand.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08

services and political contributions
rather than on the services rendered.
The letter, strange as it is, is not
out of harmony with present tenden-
cies. The moral sense of the people
has been greatly aroused of late
and men are beginning to yield to
the truth. Men who have. been robb-
ing the public, in one way or anoth-
er. are beginning to see that it is
impossible to continue in such ways
without endangering the republic and
Its various governments as they are
now administered in the larger CEN
ters of population.
The New York letter is an inspira-
tion and it gives the hope and the
promise of many reforms.-Ce
Rapids Republican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
IOWA WILL SHOW FARMERS.

f., With an exhibit which has been
collected by more than a years hard
work. the department of agronomy
and agricultural engineering of the
state college at Ames, will show
some 100000 farmers what the state
is doing to increase the production
and consequent profits on the farms
This means Iowa gives free now,
the information secured by years Of
experiment and the expenditure of
Thousands of dollars. The exhibit
Is being installed at Omaha. where
the National Corn Exposition is to
be held from December to Is.
The plan is to show the five gen.
-eral spil types of the state by new
and attractive sketch map. The
profitable management of each of
these soils is presented by the re.
suits of various fertilizers used in
growing the 1909 crop. Some re-
markable differences have been pro-
duced both in yield and quality of
grain. Comparative samples will
show that either a profit or loss
may be obtained on the same piece
Of land.
Some remarkable new varieties of
cereals have been recently produced
at the Iowa experiment station, chief
among which are some new winter
wheats that promise to rival the
famius red winter varieties of Alber-
ia. They are admirably adapted to
use in central Iowa.
The Department of Agricultural
Engineering proposes to show what
1t has learned from experiments to
secure an economic power for farm
use. New methods for using cement
and clay in the erection of farm
buildings will also be shown. Chief
among these is the new Iowa silo.
This is the silo which forced the
stave and iron silo companies to cut
their prices $50, and it is estimated
0,000 was saved to the farm
Srs Of the state inS1s09. NJ. L. King,
the layentor, will be In charge and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
THE USUAL WAY.

Twas the month before Christmai
and all through the store
The presents were piled from the
roof to the floor. IN
There We're garments and jewels and
knicknacks and toys,
And carloads of toys tucked away in
the hooks
The clerks were all happy and care.
less and gay;
They waited with patience the whole
live-long day.
They had time. to please all, and to
please, was their aim
But wonders of wonders-not one
shopper came.
Twas the day before Christmas, and
through that same store
The people were rushing with Shrek
and with roar.
The aisles were jam and the jam
was q mob.
To get twenty-five presents was each
; buyers Job.
The clerks were distracted, and worn
out and sad;
The people were worried and wearied
and mad.
And each of them thought as she
pushed through the store:
MY goodness. Why didn't / do this
before?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
WHY CANNON is AceaEss,ve.

"i' SHNNON 10 A00hESSIVE.
j 1t is not half so important what
Speaker Cannon says about Senator
Cummins and the insurgents as 1t is
what the latter propose to do
about 1t.
The speaker and his friends are
entrenched. 1t Is easy to see the ad-
vantage of their position. The in.
ertia of politics is with ther.. It is
the man who proposes change. who
breaks from the ranks, who insurges,
who must have an aggressive pro.
gramme and who must convert the
people by argument and effect his
purpose by organization.
To merely reiterate that Speaker
Cannon is wrong and the progressive
movement Is right signifies nothing
The people will mildly commend the
progressives and solidly vote with the
organization. The tendency to vote
with the organization is SO strong
that progressive movements need
much more to be successful than tc
be right. They must be shrewdly
planned and aggressiyely promoted.
OF what avail will be the speeches
OF half dozen senators, more or
less. II at the first test of local sen.
timent their own states are foun.
renominating and reelecting their op-
ponents? II in Minnesota, Wisoon-
sin, Nebraska, Indiana and Iowa it
is found that the rank and file Of the
party are reasonably satisfied with
conditions as they are the progress.
sive movement will not outlast the
first year of the administration.
Senator Aldrich came to the mid.
die west not half SO much to tslk
about banking as he did to satisfy
himself Just how much Importance to
attach to the uprising. The impress
sion prevails that he returned much
restored in mind and body, and much
less likely to be disturbed by any
thing that may be said in the senate
this winter. The middle west, which
must give vitality to the protest
against Cannonism and AldrichisuA
his discerning eye discovered to be
without organization or leadership
of such character as to make head
way aginst the orgnized power Of
the party.
Speaker Cannon would not con-
tinue his debate with Senator Chm
minis II he did not appreciate the
advantage of his position.-Resister
and Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
At the H.lf.century Mark.

Youth is eternal to him who believes
In eternity. To me youth means any
where from eight onward. / was an
exceedingly old person at eight and
trust l violate no confidence when I
confess a youthful exuberance now
that l have bumped against the half
way post. Fifty is splendid time for
youthful expansion; ones fancy still
retains all its ingenuity while ones
Judgment is bettered by experience.
When sitting on the so milestone the
vane Of mans vision points southwark
to the past and northward to the fu-
ture with a minimum of oscillation.
Rancorons thought and splenetic ,ex-
preston give way to quieter nerves
and calmer view, and the mellow light.
ed vista of the years that have gone
soften the heart of the youth of half
century Of years.-John Philip sousa
in the Circle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Dresden China.

Judging by your recent note, writes
a correspondent. it seems that the
geographical knowledge possessed by
girl typists is about on level with
that possessed by the damsels who
represent the postmaster general be-
hind the counters of our suburban
post offices. Having occasion recently
to telegraph funds to a town in Cor.
many, it became necessary for the
clerk to consult the post office guide.
After long and fruitless search i
ventured to suggest that she was not
likely to find the town wanted in the
section devoted to the celestial EN-.
Ptre. where she was looking. mot
under China" she retorted supercili.
oasly. You said Dresden, didn't
You?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Labor That Aids the World

1t is true that all wealth comes
from labor, but not necessarily from
labor by the hands. The thinkers of
the world have added tnestimably to
Its development, 1t was a portrait
painter who invented the telegraph, a
college professor who produced the
telephone, and the list might be ex.
tended almost indefinitely. 1t is well
that to-day, with all our indulgence
In rest and play, that we remember
that 1t is intelligently directed energy
of whatever kind which makes man
better and helps along the world to
the millennial dawn,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08

Wifey-I remember the night yop
proposed to me, bent mx head snd
said nothing.
Hub comforting vi know 1t wor-
ries yo1 dear, but never mind. you've
made Up Ter II stnee.- -Bostaa Tran.
SeFspt iglf g!l!ssSf
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Problem,

knicker-It is said that you can be
well educated with five-foot book.
case.
Flatter-What would you get out OF
. folding bed that looked like a book.
ease:-Puck.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-05-14
"The Toastmaster".

Last Friday evening the Juniors of
the High School presented the college
drama entitled "rhe Toastmaster" to
large and enthusiastic audience As
advertised the play was different from
the ordinary run of plays which have
been presented in Yale. There were
no blood thirsty murders nor deep plots
for those present to solve. The play
was comedy of the first water. The
scene was laid in a college town and
the actors were college people.
There were two plots to the story.
One was the freshmen trying to cap
ture the sophomore toastmaster and
the other was the efforts of "Bill'
Morgan to gain the hand of Cynthia
Reed.
Each and every character took their
parts in grand style and everything
ran along smoothly. The jokes which
were sprung in every scene kept the
audience in a continual uproar. As
all good plays end, so this one ended
with the freshmen being defeated and
"Bill" gaining Cynthia's hand-or both
of them as the professor said.
The following who took part certain
ly deserve all kinds of praise for the
way they staged the play. Harry
Campbell as girl certainly is good one.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Bill Morgan. 49,. Who loves and owes
Harry Campbell
"Towel" Fairfax -. The Toastmaster
Ventry Hisey
Bob Kenmark ..... A friend of Bills
Lloyd Andreae
Henry Reed ........ Son of Prof. Reed
Ray Knapp
Tom Ripley ...... A friend of Henry's
Percy Hallead
George Mcintosh. Who loves and hopes
George Windsor
Prof. Reed. Who has something to say
Cleve Bradshaw
Mrs. Reed. Who has nothing to say
Estelle Danielson
Cynthia .............T Their daughter
Jennie Fletcher
Buzzer, their small son who has much
to say. Clarence Spring
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-05-14
Denounces Church AS Insincere.

Though Rev. Case does not believe
in preaching denunciatory sermons but
once in great while, because he thinks
that the almighty love of God should
draw men to him, rather than all eX-
hibitiOn of might and power, yet in
his own words he considers it a good
plan to awaken people to their good
and especially their bad deeds at times.
Last Sunday morning i'm his sermon on
"The Challenge of the Laboring Man
to the Church." he denounced the
church and its ministry on whole as
insincere.
"Every age has its dominating char
acteristics. The Pilgrim age was one
of conscience, then came the patroit
age with loyalty and liberty in the
ascendant After that was the heroic
age bringing humanity to the front
But this is an age of gold dominated
by spirit of greed and graft. We are
now sowing the seeds of rottenness
and graft in our moral fibre. The
glamour of vast fortunes that have
been appropriated from the people by
captains of industry has blinded men,
the franchise is polluted and cash aud
not character is the standard" These
words from the mouth of noted
jurist are wonderful word picture of
the condition of things at the present
time. Stop and consider them.
But while we must plead guilty to
this awful charge are not the American
people awakening to the seriousness of
these things. Many signs would lead
us to believe that this is so-the recent
elections when local option was
brought to the forefront, and members
of political grafters were cast down
from their thrones. The consciousness
of the people is slowly but surely max
ing itself felt.
Men whose everyday lives are unclean,
whose ambitions in the political world
lead them away from the straight and
narrow path are leaders in the church
which enthusiastically embraces them.
Ministers who preach of that better
life and yet do not lead it-these are
examples which the rank and file out
of church take cogniZance of and then
refuse to join hands with such shams.
Of course there are great many
within the church whu are sincere in
their actions and who try to live good
life. But large number, too large in
fact, are exactly the opposite. What
the church needs is three things:-first
self sacrifice; second, character, and
third, courage, in order to get right
with God and with man.
No amount of money or power, rea-
son or ability can effectually lift the
human race. Nothing but the Divine
power can do this, but good men in
whose hearts there is the sacrificial
spirit. The reverend gentleman closed
with plea for more of this sacrificial
spirit and more character and courage
to do what is right.
We expect to publish Rev. Cases
sermon "The Challenge of the Labor
ing Man to the Church" In our next
issue. BE sure and read 1t and you
certainly will be much benefited there
by.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-05-14

w. n. LEARMoNT. Cashier.
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