davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

campaign. Only five years before he had
spoken of the Missouri compromise as
being canonizcd In the hearts OF the
American people as a sacred thing. which
no ruthless hand will ever be reckless
enough to disturb Yet now with his
own ruthless hand" he recllesSly dis
turbed that compromise, and sacr1lGed
the peace and quiet Of the country TO his
ambition. Wonderful as was his clo-
quence and personal magnetism, Doug
las might we'll have Doudered over Wal
poles oft-quoted saying. ''quieta non
movere," which translated into plain
United States means Don't stir up
skunk"
The first blast of the tornado came In
the shape OF an "appeal Of the Independ
ent Democrats in congress TO the people
OF the United States" The insurgents"
who signed this earnest protest were
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

house insurgents is educated; only
seven stopped their general education in
the common schools (and all but two OF
these studied law later). Eleven have
high school, academic or commercial col
lese educauons; thirteen have been
through regular law schools and eighteen
GA per cent? are college and university
graduates. Three are Harvard men and
three Yale men, while one was educated
at West Point and another at the Uni
vcrslty OF Berlin.
Line UP your house members in n long
row. graduated according 10 early oppor-
tunity. and you Will find m insurgcnr on
either end--the one-timc grlmy young
ditch digger at one extreme: at the other
the son Of a secretary OF state, An
others father was a blacksmith an
others a major general. \ whole lot of
these boys followed the plow; one was
"A printers devil'' and another telegraph
messenger, while still another travelled
abroad and went to school in Switzerland
One ran away from school 10 enlist as
soldier boy in the civil war.
There Is more of the lawyer in yo-Ir in
surgent than in any other faction IA
house, Four llfths OF the army
voted lnr-'s'--l - con,'eli'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

tered the senate, became its president
pro tempore, and would have succeeded
10 the presidency had the impeachment
OF Andrew Johnson not failed by a single
vote. It would seem that there are times
when insurrection pays.
Then northern legislatures protested
against the bill, the northern press
flared with angry remonstrances. pctl-
tions piled In upon congress mountain
high One of the most significant was
from 20o0 OF the $500 ministers of New
England The undersigned clergyrnen
of different religious denominat ations IN
New England" so ran their petition,
thereby. in the name of Almighty God
and in His presence. do solennly protest
against the passage OF what is known as
the Kansas Nebraska bill. We
protest against II as great moral wrong.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

Senators Chase and Sumner and Repre-
scntatives Giddings, Wade, Gerritt Smith
and Alexander De Witt. In acathng
language they arraigncd the bill rs IA
gross violation OF a sacred pledge, as Il
criminal betrayal OF precious rights. as
part and parcel OF an atrocious plot to
exclude from n vast unoccupled region
immigrants from the old world and free
laborerS from Our own states, and com
vert it into drcary region Of despotsm,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

means so per cent Only 50 per cent OF
the membership Of the whole house are
lawyers. Cwo-thirds of these insurgent
lawyers have been prosecuting, district
OF city attorneys. and over a third have
sat p their state legislatures. while FIVE
have been local judges.
Little Of Business Man or Farmer.
Worry little OF the business man or cap
italst is to be found in this new faction.
Only one-seventh OF the entire force
which enlarged the rules committee are
business men. Two OF these are mer-
chants. three are country bank Officials
one is real estate man, ono an iron
mine owner and anotheC-who supplies Il
part OF the insurgeRt ammunition-is the
agent of a powder company. An equal
proportion have been newspaper men,
but quarter have been school teachers.
Less farmer even than business man Is
your Republican non-Contornnist OF the
lower house, Only three Of the forty
three call themselves farmers, and one
Of these Is Il California fruit grower,
Four-hft are middle westerners. one
sixth are fasteners and only two arc
from the Pacific slope, IT is worthy of
remark also that n majority of this fac
tion We're born in the states which they
represent although most OF these states
were settled by pioneers from the east.
The insurGent representation of the states
Is: Wisconsin, eight; Iowa, seven: Min
nesota and Ohio. four each; Nebraska.
Kansas and New York three each, Mich
igan and Massachusetts,. two each. and
North Dakota. South Dakota, Indiana,
California, Washington, New Jersey and
Vermont. one apiece.
All come from the plains or the nat
country. None of them. lives within
sight OF anything that might be taken
for a mountain. except Plumley of Ver-
mont and PoindeXter Of Washington.
Tho latter WAS born on the Mississippi
rivor, and the only other Pacific coast
insurgent-IIayes OF Calfornia-came
from Wisconsin.
Nearly Third Are Badgers.
The state OF Wisconsin is our brewery
par excellence for insurgcnt blood. as
well as beer. and by no means do It's
olght insurgent members OF the house
represent It's entire insurgent influence in
that body. Twenty-e eight per cent-near-
ly third-of that faction in the lower
chamber are either residents or natives
OF the Badger state. Those who. like
Hayes. left their native Wisconsin to sow
seeds of insurgency elsewhere. are Hau-
gen and Woods OF Iowa, and Steenerson
OF Minnesota. An even dozen of the
house insurgents are Badgers by birth or
adoption. Four OF the nine irreconcil-
aDlos are Badgers by both birth and resi-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

now alignment of parties. and the men
who signed II were the original 'insur-
gents" Nor do they seem to have suf-
fered politically from their boldness.
Sumner remained until the day Of mis-
death a senator from Massachusetts; :;
Giddings was reelected to the house as
long as he cared to serve. Chase was
secretary OF the treasury under Lincoln
and chief justice of the United States,
and "Bmff Ben" Wade subsequently en-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

gress his Kansas n cbraska bill repeal
ing the Missouri compromise line OF So
30 and opening an area larger than all
the free states then admitted TO the in
fluX of slavery In defense OF his meas
ure. Douglas invoked the principle OF
'squatter sovereignty" holding that the
people OF territory should decide
whether they wanted slaves or freedom
In reality. tho bill was bold bid for
Southern support in the next presidential
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

mann, Wis., are Germans With only
few exceptions the remaining names are
typjcally American. like Cooper, Hub
bard Johnson, Taylor. Gardner. Hayes,
Kendall. Norris.
And as TO education. Only one Of Your
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

dence. All are either residents or natives
of our middle country.
or these irreconcilables-the Old guard
OF nine, which fought the speaker to
the last ditch and refused to surrender
the eldest is Davis of Minnesota who is
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

co, and the youngest Murdock of Kansas.
who Is 50. Davis was born in Illinois
and was taken TO Minnesota when i
years old. After attending n business
college at st. Paul he moved TO st, Pc
ter, where he studied law and mounted
the ladder by the usual rungs-prosecut~
ing attorneyship and seat In the legis-
lature. He says of himself in the Con-
gressionnl Directory: aside from his eX-
tensive general practice OF the law. he
achieved marked success as a criminal
lawyer"
Murdock, Boy Prodigy.
Murdock was named Victor after his
mother. who wrote 1t Victoria" His
state is called bleeding Kansas" in hon
or of the color OF his knlSy hair. While
at school in Wichita. he says, he 'be-
gan the printers trade during vacations,
at the age of 10 years, became 4 news
paper reporter at 49," and at 20 got
Job lon a Chicago paper. After marrying
at The age Of 10. this precocious youth
reformed TO Wichita as managing editor
OF a p~-:-.and when only u was elected
only irreconcla0le not
Ole wsssL--M1a5 b}ra on
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

inhabited by masters and slaves, Will
the people permit their dearest interests
to be thus made the mere hazards of a
presidential game
This appeal was the beginning OF a
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

the Mississippi river, at Memphis, three
years after the war. After going TO an
academy in Virginia, he studied law at
Washington and Lee university and then
went out to Washington TO become prose-
cutting attorney. district judge and repre-
sentative in congress.
AISLE Gronna the North Dakota mem
Der OF the old guard. was the child of
pioneers. who, after his birth in Iowa.
three years before the war, carried him
TO Minnesota. Here he grew up to be
schoolmaster. but. after teaching for two
years. got the far western fever and went
TO Dakota, where he taught school,
farmed, kept store and ran q bank. The
four Badgers OF the old guard-Cary,
Cooper, Lenroot and Nelson-were all
horn in the state which they represent,
and are all lawyers except Mr. Cary.
who having been left an orphan at l3,
with five younger brothers and sisters TO
look after. had little time In his early
days for study. After working five years
as D telegraph messenger he became an
operator at is. and by 10 was able to
take his little brothers and sisters out
of an asylum and give them an indepen-
dent home. Later he got into politics in
Milwaukee, becoming alderman and
sheriff.
Cooper and Lenroot both came TO con-
sress by way OF the Wisconsin legisla-
tUre. while Cooper and Nelson are both
college men, who took postgraduate
courses in law. Cooper was president of
his class, and Nelson edited the State
for year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

That shock was given by Senator
Stephen A. Douglas. the redoubtable
Little Giant" from Illinois. In a mo-
ment OF profound political peace. when
the lease of his party upon power seemed
good for n generation he committed the
monumental hlunder OF launching in con-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17
VIII History Repeat Itself?

What has happened once may well hap
pen again. Today the issue is not one
of chattel slavery, but It is fully as vital
A century and a quarter ago there be-
gan a new movement in history that in
its effect upon the daily lives, thoughts
and habits OF men has been vastly more
important than any political revolution
of which there exists a record. BY the
invention OF labor-saving machinery.
such as spinning jennies, power looms
and steam engines. man freed himself
from the limitations of his own puny
strength and harnesseG nature TO work
for him. Society passed from the band-
craft into the Industrial stage.
This Industrial revolution OF which
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

as n breach of faith emincntly unjust TO
the moral principles Of the community,
and subversive OF all confidence I'm ma
tional engagements; a measure full
Of danger To- the peace and even the eX-
lstencc Of our beloved union. and expos
ing ua to The righteous Judgments OF tho
Almighty"
Douglas. however. had crossed the
Rubicon and could not turn back Con-
ndent in the support Of the administra-
ton, nc determined to force the bill
through and trust 10 time to alIly the
storm. The debates were u contest OF
trained gladiators, In which, in the dcx-
trous sword play of sophistcal argu
ineDt, the little giant" was more than
II match for any antagonist that could bc
brought against him. His closing speech
was made in the early morning hours.
yet great crowd flied the galleries un-
III daybreak to listen to his eloquence.
Shaking his enormous head. he tossed
every enemy who dared TO cross his
path. Never before had a bad cause
more effectively had the worse been
made TO appear the better reason. His
audacity won the applause and admira
don even OF his enemies. Never before
have L had so much respect for the sen
ator as 1 have tonight" exclaimed Sew
ard
Tho bill passed both houses and be-
came law. In Douglass own words,
u Travelled back TO Illinois by the light
OF nv own flaming cifieies.' lie had
sowed a whirlwind that utterly wrecked
one or the Ola parties ana from the Gp-
vastating effects of which the other has
even yet never fully recovered. BY put
ting freedom and slavery face 10 face on
the plains of Kansas and bidding them
grapplc, he made tho further evasion Of
the slavery Issue an impossibllty.
Republican an ''Insurgent" Party.
Tho Insurgents" in congress were
Joined by hundreds OF thousands OF anti
Nebraska Whlgs and Democrats. and the
Republican party was formed. IL the
beginning. therefore. it was an lnsurgent
party, Abraham Lincoln was an IN
surgent."
Southern Wings perforce joined the
Democrats; those in the north turned
organization called the KNOW Moth
mgs." Most northern Democratic lend
ers kept 10 the party anchorage, however
much they might sway at their moor
ings; but their followers turned ReDubli-
can by hundreds OF thousands Among
the early Democratic Insurgents" were
Lyman Trumbull OF Illinois. who was
elected Douglass senatorial colleague.
N. = Banks. who was chosen speaker
Of the next house. and John c. Fremont.
Republican candidate for the presidency
In 1856. AS the great issue became more
and moro acute, many more Democrats IS
cut their cables and sailed into the Re
publican harbor Among these were
Oliver p. Morton. Edwin NJ. Stanton An
drew Johnson, John y. Logan and U. S.
Grant.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17
Eastern Insurgents.

Tho other two New York insurgents,
Parsons and Fish had start. in life
quite in contrast with FoellSer's. Both
were partly educated abroad, Parsons
at the University of Berlin after he had
left Yale and Fish in Switzerland. Par
sons on his return from Germany. stud
led NJ the law schools OF both Yale and
Harvard and then settled down 10 law
and politics in the metropolis, becoming
alderman. president OF the Republican
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17
Immigrant Insurgents,

Sweden contributes one OF the irrecon-
cilables-Lindbcrgh OF Minnesota But
he remembers nothing of his native land.
his parents having brought him when a
year old TO the state of his adoption,
where he grew up on n farm, He be-
came a lawyer as we'll as ii farmer. and
has been an extensive writer for masa-
zines ana newspapers on political econ
olny.'
The other Immigrant insurgents, Kus-
termann (Wls) and PoellSer On. V. are
Germans, The former after being grad
uated at the Academy of Dctmold, en-
tered q wholesale dry goods house in
Hamburg. Then, when Is. he came 70
Green Bay, Wis, where he has been
merchant for over thirty years. Foelker
was brought over by his parents when
10. First the family lived in Troy, n. Y,
then they moved to Brooklyn. They
We're very poor at first and the lad had
to attend night school In order 70 get
his education. But he got IT, and topped
off with law course. When % he
was elected to the state assembly. and
two years later was unanimously noml-
mated for the state senate, II was while
in this body that he cast the deciding
vote In favor of Governor Hughes anti
ace course gambling blu. after being
taken out of q sick bed and carried TO
Albany and back at the risk of his life,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17
A COMPOSITE PEN PICTURE

POPULAR FALLACY THAT YOUNGER WING
OF PARTY IN HOUSE
THAT HE rs NOVICE LEGISLATION.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17
Unable TO Work

ed with Backache Dizziness
Baxter Tried Most Every Known Remedy Without Relief
completely
sample Bottle VIII Be Sent Any Reader Of
Salt Lake
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

only irreconcilaDle not
die wasl--MaS bPra on
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-26
DEATH RECORD.



IOWA FALLS, Ia, Nov 8.-(Special. -
News has been received here Of the death
OF Rev. Mathew Wing, a pioneer minister
Of Iowa Rev. Mr. Wing was born in Can
ada, in November. 1916, and began preach
ing when % years OF age. He was at one
time pastor Of the Christian church at
Greeley, Ia, and later preached the Uni
versalist faith, being stationed at one time
at West Union and later at Nikader
While at the latter place he married his
second wife, who, with two sons ana a
daughter, survive him. The daughter Is
Mrs. Ava May Miller, the wife of the at
torney general Of North Dakota. Rev. Mr..
Wing came to Iowa in 1s49 and was well
known over the northern part Of the state.
Mrs. Katherine OEburn.
After an illness lasting more than a year.
Mrs. Katherine c. Ogburn, widow Of the
late Charles c.. Ogburn. died Friday morn
ing at the home Of her daughter, Mrs. r.
r. Morgan, 1907 Pinkney street. Mrs. Og-
burn was 80 years old. She was one OF the
earliest settlers in Omaha. Mrs. Morgan.
her daughter, who Is the only survivor. Is
the wife OF officer e. r. Morgan of the
Omaha Police department
The funeral services will be held from
the Morgan home at o'clock Monday
afternoon. Burial will be at Prospect I'm
cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-26
wAKELEY SUCCEEDS n. 5. HAL
Bishop williams Appoints Jurist (,
High Church Place

AbHuAhNH LuEI8I TO
High Church Place.
Judge r. WalJeley has been appointed
chancellor OF the diocese Of Nebraska by
Bishop Williams to succeed the late r. s..
Hall
Judge Wakeley IS the oldest and best
beloved member of the Douglas county bar
ana many honors have been bestowed upon
him in the course OF his long life. de-
voted churchman, the new honor will I'M
doubtedly please him more than any OF the
others.
Judge Wakeley has been a vestryman of
Trinity cathedral parish for more than
thirty years and is the second Oldest mem
mer of the vestry. In point Of continuous
service Henry w. Yates is the Oldest. as
Mr., Yates has been a member OF Trinfty's
vestry for a years, length Of time which
Is believed to constitute almost a national
record.
Judge Wakeley has not been formally
notified Of his appointment, but will be in
a day or two.
Bishop Williams will not submit his
canomcal list of five names to the vestry
for the successorship of Dean Beecher untif
after the conservation Of the new bisbop
Of Kearney.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-26
Internal Lake in
the Boring Glacier
Floods River Valley
Alaskan Icebergs of Gigantic Size
Torn Loose from Ice Field by
Force of Natures CONFUSION.

CORDOVA, Alaska, Nov. IA disastrous
flood caused by the loosenlng Of the waters
OF an internal lake in Boring glacier, swept
the Bering river valley today, devastating
a large section southwest of the great ice
field Many miners cabins were swept
away and grave fears are entertained for
the lives of the occupants.
Icebergs OF gigantic size were torn loose
from the glacier and dumped into the river
Swept before the rush of water, which
caused the Boring river to rise ten feet in
four hours, the great masses OF ice carried
everything before them. Cabins near the
river were carried out by the water and
then ground to pieces by the ice.
Relief parties have been sent from Katala
to take aid to the stricken miners and to
ascertain IL there has been loss Of life.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-26
Three Persons Shot
in Riot in Chicago
Two Nonunion Garment Workers Are
Arrested on Charge of Doing
the Shooting

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-Three persons were
shot one being wounded seriously, and
many others were subjected to a rain of
bullets here today i'm a riot caused by
striking garment workers attacking non
union workers on the northwest side OF
the city.
Vincent Belleno and his wife, Anna, nom
union workers, were accused by the police
Of firing the shots and were arrested.
The wounded are:
John Kelaity. saloonkeeper; shot in right
and left shoulder.
George Gabior, who owns the saloon with
kelaity; shot in right arm and back; may
die.
Mrs. Albert Alllsta; shot in right thigh,
The saloOnmen were i'm their building
when the bullets crashed through the
windows.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-26
FATAL FIRE IN BOSTON HOTEL
Mrs. John &. Beggs and Son of Spring
field, Mass, Jump from Up
per Windows.

. BOSTON, Nov. 25.--In wild scramble to
escape from the flames which destroyed
Young's hotel at Winthrop Beach, early
today, a mother and her son leaped from
the windows and were so badly injured
that probably neither can recover. the
thirty-five remaining guests escaping I'M
injured. The hotel was burned 20 the
ground together with the garage in the
rear and two adjoining cottages. The total
loss will probably be considerably in eN-
cess Of $4,000
The injured are Mrs. John c. Besgs and
her son, John c. Beggs, jr., aged II years,
OF Springfield. They were asleep on the
second floor OF the building when the fire
broke out az 2 a. m
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-26
PLANS FOR THE CONSIDERATION


Continued from First Page.j
done the wisest thing possible in declining
to reserve seats for anyone.
Bishop-elect Beecher's new robes are the
gift Of the parish which he has been serv-
ing as dean, except the chimere, which is
the robe OF black This is the gift of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward p Peck. The stole will
be the personal gift Of Bishop Williams.
A suitcase to GARY the robes is the gift Of
Joseph Hayden
Trinity cathedral has certainly been a
bishOp-making parish" says a bulletin of
the committee on arrangements in calling
attention to the fact that three of the
bishops I'm the chancel at the end of the
service have been deans Of the cathedral
The three are the man just made bishop
by this service, and Bishops Garrett of
Dallas and Milspaugh of Kansas.
The visiting bishops will be entertained as
follows:
Bishop futile Of Missouri by C. w. Ly-
man;
Bishop and Mrs. Morrison of Iowa by
Mr.. and Mrs. s. ID. BarkalOw;
Bishop and Mrs. Garrett Of Dallas by
Henry w. Yates;
Bishop and Mrs. Graves of Kearney by
Mr.. and Mrs Phillip Potter;
Bishop and Mrs. Millspaugh OF Kansas nv
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred II. Davis
Bishop and Mrs. Thomas Of Wyoming bv
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. French,
Mr.. r. r. North, chancellor Of the mis-
siOnary district Of Kearney, will be the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. George A Thummel
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-26
CONDUCTOR COOK ACQUITTED
Mexican Prosecutor, However, De-
cides 10 Take His Case Under
Amusement.

Ell PAso, Tex. Nov. 25.-John A. Cook
the American railroad conductor whose
case attracted so much attention a year
ago. has been acquitted by Judge Ramirez
at Guadalajara, Mexico, of completely in
robbing freight cars on the Mexican Cen
trail
The prosecuting attorney was not salts
fled with the decision and gave notice that
he would exercise the right of taking the
matter under advlsement for five days.
Cook and his crew had been arrested be.
cause his train was robbed His Mexican
train crew were released on bonds, but
Cook was held in jail so long that American
railroad men petitioned the secretary OF
state to intervene.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-26
CHANGERS DROP LOUCKS CASE
National Officers Conclude south IA.
kOta Man Was AEisIed BY Mr..
Hampton.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Nov. S.-Fur-
Their proceedings against H. l. Louoks OF
south Dakota, author OF a pamphlet, en-
titled, Machine Rule In the National
Grange; Betrayal OF the Organization by
Its National Officers" were stopped today
by leaders In the National Grange, when
IL IN annual convention here. IOucks
fought the leaders for ten hours yesterday
and today they excused him. because he
evidently had been deceived BY the allega-
tons OF Mr.. Hampton OF New York"