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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-05-21
SENATOR TULLEY SCOTT

IF the last legislature, which
was democratic, and the preceding
legislature, which was republican,
may be accepted as criterion,
then representative government in
the state Of Colorado is failure.
Both willfully, openly and
brazenly violated the platform
pledges upon which they were
elected. Both shamfully betrayed
the people. Both exercised the
individual will Of the several men,
bers, or the interests that controlled
them, and both refused to repre-
sent the people who sent them
there.
"lf my premises are correct,
then representative government in
the city and county of Denver is
also failure. If representative
government as administered by
both political parties in the city
and state is failure, it is high
time the citizen shall adopt some
plan to remedy the evil and bring
about a restoration of popular gov
eminent.
For years he has turned alter
nately to the democratic and re.
publican machine. made candidates
for relief, and in either case when
elected his so-called representa-
tives have Knocked at his calamity
$50 far as we can now see. the
only hope of the people lies in the
principle of direct legislation as
against representative legislation,
and in the power of the people to
recall faithless public servants; the
right of every elector to vote di-
rectly for the law he wants and
against the law he does not want ::
the right of every elector to say by
his vote whether or not a public
servant shall continue in service or
whether he shall be discharged
from that service.
Il would regard the granting of
this franchise rs the most infam-
GUS Of franchise crimes upon the
part of privilege against the peo-
pie of Denver. whether now living
or yet unborn.
by what moral or natural right
may private corporation dole out
at its own price and upon its own
own terms that which God has
given TO man as, next TO air, his
prime necessity?
The principle Of direct legisla-
ton is directly on trial in the COM
ing election in the city of Denver.
For that reason it is the most i'm
portant election ever held in this
city, affecting as it does the state
rs well as the city.
IF the principle shall fail in
direct test here, what may we hope
for its success in the state?
my experience as a member of
the legislature has led me TO con-
clude that the people of Colorado
will never be able to secure any of
the important laws they are now
demanding until the principle of
direct Legislation has been en-
bodied in our constitution.
I'm Colorado, privilege rides the
democratic mule with the same
ease and grace that it rides the re-
publican elephant.
IL am convinced that private in
tercsts and special privilege domi-
nate the law-making power in this
city rs if they were absolute own
ers of us all"
Tulley Scott is pretty good in
surgent. The state at large, how
ever, is not ms experimentation
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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-05-21

When il comes TO the art Of
watering things the Gamers are
the top.notch artists. Our folks
recently weighed four cans of peas
and found exactly thrce.fourths Of
Il pound Of water in them, for
which they paid at rate Of l2h
cents per pound.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-05-21
THREE :: BARGAINS |!
Are you looking for Snap?
Don't miss a line of this ad,
Want a Ranch close in?
Or, Do You want Business Lots?
Or a Residence?
WE'VE GOT EN-

A quarter-section planted entirely to
peas; fine soil, good water, three miles
from postoilice. $l20 an acre.
We have other ranch lands, any num-
Der OF acres, any location, any price,
from $50 an acre for partly improved, to
$50 an acre.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-05-21
The finest lots for . business building
in Monte Vista. In the heart Of the city.
No chance to get any closer in. And
remember this is the last chance.

Beautiful. Broom home, screened
porchcs, house newly painted and paper
ed, lawn and shrubbcry, big barn, auto
apartment, COW shed, poultry house,
nrtcsian well. This property complete,
with rugs, stoves and range, furniture
and entire contents for
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-05-21
$4,000

This is the biggest bargain in resi-
dencc property in Monte Vista.
We have the exclusive sale Of the
above described property. See us quick.
This won't last long.
The San Luis Land Bureau
W. A. MAYNES. Secretary
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21

Gid not appoint those officials or have
an opportunity to supervise their acts.
The recent liquidation extended 10
schools and other institutions of the va
rious monastie orders, and not TO the
church buildings proper. The church edi-
fees belong to the state, but none of them
have been sold None of them are in
cluded in the recent liquidation. The cure
and his priests occupy them, but nothing
is provided by the government for main
tenance and repairs. In view of the re-
cent liquidation it is not probable any
government will seek to have the church
edifices sold, and this is result that
the opponents of the church in France
did not desire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
mo., Fa.ning FolIe,,s rl,rIft

"A case came to my notice a few days
ago that APPLY illustrates the snobbery
of many so-called democratic Americans, -
SAID j. I. slaton "A young man who
dreamed dreama and saw visions, was
practically cast off by his family, scorned
by his friends and repudiated by the
woman he loved. Through fortunate cir
cumstanees the young man was started
on the right way and made good, literally
coming money by his work. After his
success his family boosted proudly of the
relationship, his friends were glad to re-
sam the old standing and he married the
woman.
This is a sample of the treatment
often accorded the man who is down, and
| want to protest against it. After all he
is the same being before as after He is
filled with the same capabilities. His
value to the community has not been ma
.terially changed and yet he is made a
lion. The question to my mind is: Was
the worth of the man as a man the same
before as after his success?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21

Few men in Alabama, perhaps, have
studied the immigration question as it re-
lates to the agricultural. horticultural and
industrial progress of this state so thor
oughly as s. Hechinger of Birmingham.
III has given much time to this matter.
Within the past five years he has dis
cussed in the columns of The Age-Herald
truck farming and immigration, and the
articles he has contributed have been
written from a practical point of view,
and have been based on information at
first hands. Mr. Hechinger is a native of
Germany and has the advantage of speak,
ing and writing several languages.
Alabama is naturally one of the richest
states in this country" said Hr. Hechin-
ger, land as it is admirably adapted
to the trucking industry we should be
able, by properly directed efforts, to add
lal gely to our population. We need not
go to Europe for good class of small
fan mers, for there are many worthy fam
iliec living in the northwest, and in east
ern states, as for that matter who could
be induced to come and settle in Ala
hama. Climate is SO greatly in our favor
that COMMUNICATIONS who have pros
pered in the north and west would come
TIC this state, and especially to the Bir-
rlingham district where an abundance of
excellent truck land is available, if they
were supplied with information bearing
OH the situation
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21
PREPARATIONS FOR
CHIEFS OF POLICE

Great preparations are being made
for the convention of the National AS
saciation Of Chiefs of Police which fill
meet in Birmingham from May 10 to
ID. Chief Bodeker. who will be the
host to the visiting officers, has ap-
pointed a committee to solicit funds
from the leading citizens of the city
for the entertainment of the associa-
ton.
Chief Bodeker said last night that
the committee was meeting with good
success and that between $1,000 and
$4,000 would have to be raised in all
to meet the expenses of the conven-
ton. He said that two checks one
for 500 and the other for $500, had
already been received. Mr. Bodeker
has several other persons in view upon
whom he Is counting for large contri-
buttons and said last night that he
had no fear but what the money would
easily be raised.
Mr.. Bodeker will appoint two COM
mittees In the near future, commit
tee on entertainment and a committee
on arrangements. He said that the
ex-mayors and Mayor O'Brien together
with several prominent citizens would
be placed on the committee on enter
ia inment.
The convention is expected to bring
to the city 1900 or 1000 of the coun-
try's most representative men and is
considered a great boost for Birming
ham. There will be a banquet, prob
ably at the Hotel Hillman, special cars
engaged to show the visitors over the
city and everss opportunity will be used
to show them the merits of the Bir-
m in 81 hal m district
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21
An Appeal to the People

Speaker Cannon declines to resign the
speakership. and the republican members
by an almost solid vote decline to de-
clare the office vacant This means that
the standpat organization, commanding
offices and unlimited money, proposes to
take an appeal to the people next No
vember. and if they succeed in electing
a standpat House they will then take a
final appeal to the people in 1872. This
is the meaning of the determination OF
the organization republicans to keep
Joseph Quincy Cannon in the speakers
chair, despite the reputation of his one
man policy by the House. The Will of
the majority does not move him or
them, for they believe they can procure
money enough to re-establish the Reed
Cannon system in the House. An cleo
ton of a standpat House next Novem-
Der means the reelection of Cannon and
the reinstatement of Cannonism. This is
made plain by the speakers course, and
the people will be quick to see and rise
to the situation
But Aldriehism in the Senate needs
condemnation even more than Cannonism
in the House, and the two issues should
go together. BY Aldrichism is meant the
bending of all legislation to serve the
interests that contribute to the organ
ization campaign fund. 1t is Aldrichism
that sends all bills that affect the inter-
ests to committees that will either pigeon
interests can go on plucking the people
as before. 1t is Aldrichism that de-
vised the present tariff which serves the
Aldrichism that has packed all Senate
committees against the mass of the peo-
pie. The Senate is. perhaps, ripe for re-
volt against Aldrichism as the House is
against Cannonism.
This beautiful pair should be reviewed
by the people together. In this way the
battle excellently begun in the House
will be transferred to the people. who
VIII have an opportunity next November
to put an end TO Cannonism forever, and
they will have in 1912 a chance to bury
both Aldrich and Cannonism in a COM
mon grave. The great issue is now up
TO the people
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21
Battling for An Open River

Admiral Evans, writing in Hampton's
Magazine for March, says the railroads.
owning a good share of the water fronts
of New York and San Francisco, will
endeavor when the Panama canal is
ship lines with regular sailing dates pass
ing between the two great ports of this
country. In that case they will hold
railroad level and to the average man
the canal would then bring no benefit
From this probability that Admiral
Evans presents with force and PLAUSIBLE
ity even a wayfarer in this district will
see what may we'll happen when the
Warrior and Tombigbee are opened in
1912. If anyone thinks water rates and
water transportation will be conferred
on this district automatically by the
opening of the river. he certainly has
another guess coming His first guess
will be laughed out speedily.
After the river is opened a big fight is
before this district before the full utiiza-
ton and advantages of an open river
will he felt here. Actual TRANSPORTATION
must be installed to and from tidewater
and an independent line to the river must
be built at this end of the line.
| Some may say 1t will be time to cross
the bridge when we come to 1t, but In
his matter there are some things to be
done before we secure the use of the
river at all, even If the government had
spent 100000 upon it.
Barges must carry to tidewater our
COAL coke, iron and steel, and bring
back Cuban ore to reinforce our red
and brown ores. This is the sole hope
of greatness that lies before this dis
trict, and yet our business men may si
still and let the railroads nullify the
government expenditure OF 100000 while
they rob this district of it's sole hope Of
greatness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21
Wholesale Graft In France
1871

Premier Waldeck- Rosseau estimated that
church properties seized by the state
would put s2OO.oOoooo in the treasury. AS
= matter of fact, the sales of the properly
~ brought in but $4,000, 900, and the ex-
penses absorbed s1s.2OoOoo of this sum,
leaving but IS 100000 net money.
The sale of the properties was left in
irresponsible hands, and now one Duez,
= liquidator is short 100000 in his
accounts All in ALL the law of associa-
tions Of July 1, 1901, has proven a failure
no FAR as financial results are concerned
rhe church issued decree of excom-
munication against all purchasers and
the price of property offered for sale fell
10 low figures Between the action of the
church and official spoltation the mon.
starry result becomes an astonishing Incl
dent
The blame does not rest against Premier
BRAND. for the business was transacted
1onr before he came into office. The
pr operty in question had been sold, and
: me church had become accustomed t.
se1f-control gaining from 1t vigor and al
awakening that was unknown In the day
~ state support. All this was accomp
sfshed before Mr.. BRAND became premier
ana the recent developments Of rotten
ness IN public OFFICIALS will not be apt t
have any effect against a government tina
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21
neoutiful MemoriaI window.

1.-The country Is prosperous and the
taste for aesthetics Is growing as evil
denced in many ways, notably now In
the demand for memorial windows and
other forms of ecclesiastic art" said
layman.
Very fine work in stained glass is
being done in New York, and IL is
stated that Tiffany has executed a
greater number of memorial windows
to be dedicated this Easter than in
any former year.
"a memorial window of beautiful de-
sign and color will soon be dedicated at
Grace Episcopal church, Admission, the
gift of Mrs. Alfred Lee Tyler, in menu
DRY of her husband. 1t was executed
in Tiffany Favrile glass by the TIT
fanny studio, of New York, under the
personal supervision of Mr.. Louis c.
Tiffany.
"The general coloring of this window
is combination of rich blues and
green's. The design is on the order OF
the famous Charities cathedral cleres-
tory windows Three cartouches, con-
tanning small figures, occupy the upper
center and lower sections of the win
dow. These figures illustrate Faith
Hope and Charity.
"At the base of the window is a
panel containing the inscription:
In Memory of
Alfred Lee Tyler,
May 10, 1884,
June 2, 1907.
h. ic a
family crest"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21
ALDERMEN ARE ON
PINS AND NEEDLES

Fittsburg, March 20.-That former Coun-
Gilman John It. Klein, by his confession
OF the whole councilmanic bribery plot
which has been simmering since June
1908, has caused many uneasy moments(
to present and former officeholders wasl
apparent today about the city hall and
the Fort Pitt hotel, where detectives thel
Voters league officials and the assist
ant district attorney are said to have
suites of rooms in which they have been
ouizzing men said to know of the graft
riot. in addition to what has been told by
Klein.
Klein in his confession is said to i'm
plicate 50 or more former and present
councilmen, and for "A hours detectives
have been serving notice on the men so
named. In the meantime Klein's friends
snc family have not heard from him, and
anxious ones said to be DESTROYS of reach
ing him before tomorrow are pointed out
about the corridors of the hotel. 1t is not
dined that Klein is held incommunicado
in suite of rooms guarded by two de-
tectives. District Attorney Blakely will
nor deny that Klein is not at the hotel
and asserts "the commonwealth will show
its hand tomorrow. You may look fo1
sensational developments then
II is planned. according to reports I'd,
have those named by Klein appear before
the grand jury tomorrow. The forema !.
OF the jury is Harrison Nesbit, a forme
rational bank examiner and now presi
dent of the Bank of Pittsburg National
association.
All day today detectives from the all
torney generals office have been roundup
up the victims of Klein's exposure. MI
names are made public. or even permitted
to leak out. 1t is said also that several
bank officials, some Of banks not hereto,
fore mentioned in- the bribery scandal
VIII be summoned before the grand jury
tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21

ular in birmingham as open air band
concerts. IN most cities music in the
parks is paid for by the municipal gov
eminent and it may be that the alder
men of Birmingham will see their way
clear to make a moderate appropriation
for such a purpose this summer. Daily
concerts by a large local band could be
provided for ten weeks for something
like $500; or three concerts week for
ten weeks for slsoo or $1,000. II the city
authorities do not feel as if they could
spare as much as $500 from the public
treasury. they might appropriate $1,000;
and to that amount might be added $500
by popular subscription
Now, if the city cannot afford to make
any appropriation it may be that the
Music Study club, with the cooperation
Of the Chamber of Commerce, can raise
5000, which would pay for three con-
eerts a week throughout the summer.
Summer is dull without music and no
ct, of Birmingham's size can well af-
fcrG to be without band concerts. There
is hardly any city that does not have
free open-air music.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21
VANISHING CORNER OF PARIS
Pereival Pollard in the Boston Evening
Transcript

PereiYal Pollard in the Boston Evening
Transcript
7 +. as now seems likely. the sweep of
progress is to alter utterly what is
i perhaps one of the most famous
street corners in the world. the path OF
such as delight in pressing about Paris
is no longer going to be as smooth as
it was. For who that has not written
or detained about Paris but has in
sisted upon the charm of that corner
of the boulevard where the terrace of
the Cafe de la Paix gives not only upon
the boulevard itself but upon the mag
nificent space in front of the opera, the
fine descent of the Avenue de rOpera,
and even the terminal of that most
hideous and commonplace Partisan
| thoroughfare, the Street of the Fourth
of September. Long 1t had been ?
Oh erished saying of that extinct type,
the boulevardier, that you had only to
sit long enough at one of the little
round topped tables upon that terrace
Jet US use that direct translation for
the Frenchman's "terrasse," meaning
simply the portion of the sidewalk near
est to the building, which portion rno
cafe proprietor covers with tables and
chairs-to see all the celebrities of the
world go by. There is not writer IN
English, from Richard Harding Davis
up-or down, as you may choose to
think-who has not used that pleasant
allusion. 1t is fable that every great
corner in every cline has arrogated to
itself; but 1t has been more true of tn at
Cafe de la Paix corner than of any
other. The boulevardier, in the elder
been succeeded by the Rasta, from
South America, and the millionaire.
from North; and now that great corner
itself is to go; or 1t is, at any rate, to
change just as the tribe of the boule-
Warbler has changed To be succeeded
then. by what?
By nothing less, or more, than that
Mecca of the American woman, the Bon
Marche. That is the word that has
gone forth, that the entire block, to in
clude the Grand hotel, is to be torn
down and made over to accommodate
the great department store that has
piled up fortune for the Maison Bou-
cicault. Evidently the rivalry of the
great institutions on the right" bank
has at last become too much for the
establishment at the top of the Rue du
BAG; 1t has determined to array itself
in closer conflict and proximity against
the Louvre, the Printempts and the
Galleries Lafayette. American and Eng
lish. 1t has been true. have not much
minded the jaunt over to the left bank;
1t was always so fatally easy to fall
into the cab habit and simply utter
syllables to the coachman. Plenty of
the numbering old omnibuses went
there, too, from the "imperiales" of
which you still get the finest views of
Paris in its most central life and move
menr. But, despite notions to the con-
trary, 1t Is not the Americans who sup
port the great shops of Paris. the GUS
tom most desired is that of the Paris
ians themselves. What the Americans
buy. let us say once year, the Paris
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-21
Every time serves for the matter
that is then born in Ii.
Antony and Cleopatra.
Paving the Price for the Presidency

THE recent death of Thomas c. Platt
has brought out some interesting facts IN
relation to the campaign of 1888, wheh
General Benjamin Harrison aeiea'eo
Grover Cleveland. Mr.. Plat left MEM
orandum to be published after his death
in which this passage is found:
"a few days before the election Mr..
Quay. who was chairman of the COM
mittee came to Mr.. Platt's office with
a long face. He said he was utterly dis
couraged; that the demands made upon
him for money were tremendous; that the
treasury was empty; that he had ex-
hausted every source from which he could
hope to secure funds.
How much do you want? asked Mr..
Platt
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars at least. We must have that amount
or close the headquarters, replied Mr..
Quay
Mr. Platt is not rich man, but This
credit is good, and he went out and bor-
rowed $4,000 upon his own personal note
and turned the money over to the treas
urer of the national committee. Mr.
Quay has frequently asserted that tina;
money elected President Harrison
This money was confessedly contributed
a few days before election, too late to be
of use in circulating campaign literature,
or for use in any other legitimate way.
1t was used in short to buy votes. 1t
will be remembered that Mr.. Harrison
was elected blythe vote of New York
state, and the presumption is that the
money was used to buy votes in New
York city. Mr.. Quay at any rate never
hesitated to say that the money in ques-
ton carried the election. Mr.. Harrison
secured the electors of New York by
a plurality of 13,002, much to the surprise
of the democrats of that state.
Whether Mr.. Harrison or any one act
ing for him agreed in return for the
money to make Mr.. Plat a member of
the cabinet we need not stop TO discuss.
That point is in dispute. but the raising
of the money and its use at the polls in
New York or Brooklyn is not seriously
disputed. And all this occurred but %
years ago, and the entire political his
tory of the country does not disclose an
other such attempt to buy the presidency
By the corruption of votes a few days be-
fore the election. True, Hartman jumped
into the presidential game a few days
before the election of 1904, but no one be-
lieves the Hartman money affected the
result.
Judge Parker would have been defeated
without the use of a dollar "a few days
before the election" Not so in 1883. That
election was purchased, and the facts are
now. pretty plainly brought out. and the
Harrison election in 1888 becomes as faint
ed as was the seating of Mr.. Hayes in
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