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char rters, can vote directly on the ex-
clusion of the saloon. These eleven
minor cities have a combined popula-
tion of 33,496. So, as matter of fact,
there is better than a third of the
people ofnthe state who are absolutely
disfranchised as far as voting on the
liquor question is concerned. This is
what the brewers call '"local option" :"
The contention of the Democratic can
didate for governor is that this con-
dition puts too much power in the
hands of the brewers, and leaves too
little with the people. He is against
such proposition now and all the
Then there is another phase of this
situation even more serious. The
brewers are: merging the saloon busi-
ness into trust. Years ago the sa-
loon was owned by the individual, who
was usually fair sort of citizen in
the community in which he lived. 1t
was to his interest to make the busi-
ness as respectable as possible. Now
the saloons are owned largely by the
big brewers, and are run by hired
men who get percentage on the bust
ness done, and it is their policy to
take all in sight, regardless of right or
decency. This is one reason for the
growing opposition to the saloon.
The brewery trust is also RESPONSE
Bile for the organized entrance of the
saloon in politics. The saloon now
has more "owned" men in the. Min
nesota legislature than any other big
interest. They vote these men of
theirs solidly. on all questions con-
corning the liquor traffic. Nor are
they satisfied with their services for
themselves alone. They hawk their
services to other interests It is a
clear case of legislative prostitution
of barter and sale.
How long does the voter believe
such conditions can exist without
bringing public disgrace to the fair
name of the state? -,
Now is the time to stop it, Mr..
Eberhart is receiving the support of
the big brewers and liquor dealers in
the state. Are you going to add yours
Will you lend your aid to this work?
Do you want Minnesota to be of the
breweries, for the breweries and by
the breweries? =; II.
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Democratic Candidate Gov
ernof. Is Neither for Nor
Against Them
WOULD LET PEOPLE DECIDE
County Option Means That Residents
Shall Have Voice in Rcgu-
Iating the Traffic.

The Democratic candidate for gov
ernor is not making an anti-saloon
fight. He is in favor of the passage
of county option law, and if elected
governor will recommend the passage
OF such a law to the legislature. But
he holds, and holds rightly, that the
mere passage of such law will not
close a single saloon in the state
Such a law, if passed, will, however,
give the people of any county the
right to say whether they will have
saloons in the counties or not. Under
such a law, If a majority of the peo-
pie want saloons, the counties of
Brown, Carver, Blue Earth, Stearns,
Wfnona and others would have them
In plenty. On the other hand, if a
majority didn't want them, they would
be shut out. 1t is not a question of
prohibition; it is not even a question
of temperance. 1t is simply putting
1t up to the people. Letting them de.
eide 1t for themselves, instead of hay.
ing the brewers decide it for them.
There have been oceans of rot writ.
ten about the county option move.
ment, and the meaning of the term
county option" The. word, "option''
means choice; therefore county op.
tion" is simply county choice: 1t is
not of itself for the saloon or against
them. If a county option law is put
on the statute books such, an enact.
ment will not close saloon in Min.
nesota.> = It will, however, give the
people of any county the right to say
whether or not saloons shall be Ii
censed. In other words, it puts it UP
to the people to decide. T s.'.* ! =, :,
The brewery agent says he is In IA
vor Of local option. That the city, the
village, the township, under existing
conditions, may vote for the exclu:
sion Of the saloon, and he is against
further change--the brewer favors
things as they are. IN > *,..A s,.1.- s.1
His statement 10 only partly true
as to conditions. It Is true that under
existing conditions the village and the
township can exclude the saloon, but
as rule the cities can not. For In
stance: The 1907 Minnesota Blu.
Book gives q list of seventy.one or
ganized cities In Minnesota, with an
aggregate population Of 7S6, 1913. This
Is 80 per cent Of the entire population
of the state or these seventy -one Or
Eanized cities only eleven. under theil
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C0NGREGA7I0NAL|STS
PLEDGE EFFORTS TO !
~ CAUSE OF UN|0N|SN|

BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 2S.-Pledging
the efforts of the Congregational
church in America as a whole to the
cause of labor, the most sweeping
declaration ever made by a religious
body has been made by the Congrega-
tional Brotherhood of America, which
is in session as a. part of ten days
convention of the denomination here.
This action is expected to be endorsed
by the national council Of the church
before the convention ends.
Voiced by HI. H. yBeardsley, a for.
mer mayor Of Kansas City, the declar-
alton of the Congregational brother
hood is substantially as follows:
I'VE deem it the duty of all Chris.
tian people to concern themselves di-s
rectly with certain practical industrial
prob oblems. !. 49,: s&1. J, ~ H. il. +
.For the right Of all, men to the.
opportunity for self-maintenance. Il
For the principle, of conciliation
and arbitration In industrial dissen-.
tions.t 49, - ;..sss.5.- >s ,@.., :. $#
For the protection Of the worker
from dangerous machinery. occupa-.
tional disease, injuries and mortality.
For the abolition of child labor
For such regulation of the con-
ditions of toll for women as shall safe
guard the physical and moral health
Of the community. III " s5S II ST
= For the suppression Of the sweat
ing system Ss s,ss .5s3 S
For the gradual and reasonable
reduction Of the hours t.of labor to
the lowest practical point. s55ssx 81
For release from employment
one day in seven. q Il s.#e
Tor a living wage as minimum
in every industry, and for the high
est wage that each industry can az s
ford. 8st Il
For suitable provision for the old
age Of the: workers and for those In
capaciated by injury 5s55s5sss3
For the abatement of poverty,
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ALSO"IN TWIN CITIES.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.-An mailers are
urged to stay away from st. Paul
and Minneapolis, according to John
Longfellow, a member Of the mailers'
union in the former city, where a
strike is now on
The trouble started when local
union No. % tried to establish !. a.
union shop and secure recognition
OF the union on the big dailies of
the Twin Cities which carry the labels
OF the Typographical union. Interna-
tlonal Organizer Brady is in st. Paul
aiding the strikers.
numerous advertisements have
been inserted in the Chicago papers in
an attempt to secure strikebreakers." -"
says Longfellow. Every attempt will
be made to keep the men away from
those cities"
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YANK 5000 ASSISTANT
PMS OUT OF POLITICS
AND INTO CIVIL, SERVICE;

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 29.-
One of the things which the post
office clerks have been compelled to
endure and which came under the
condemnation of the National FEEDER
alton of Post Office Clerks at Chicago
was the domineering of the assistant
orally at the suggestion of the bosses
of the party in power.
This practice precluded the possi-
bility of the post office clerk to rise
very high in the postal department
and at the same time gagged him in
such way that when he dared to ut
ter a word against the political pre-
JUDGES of his superior he was liable
to have charges filed against him.
With his ear to the ground the
postmaster general has felt the omin-
GUS rumbling of dissatisfaction
against the boss political system of
appointments and now it appears that
the demands of the post office clerks
union have been needed and about
5000 assistant postmasters of money
order Offices will be taken out of. polf-
tics and placed under the civil SER
vice.
According to semi-offical announce
men the action of the president in
extending civil service protection to
these employees had the hearty rec
ommendation of Postmaster General
Hitchcock. His policy, it is said, is
to put the post office department on
a self-sustaining basis. It is also un-
derstood that the president will rec
ommend to congress the enacttne mt
of legislation that will put all second
and third class postmasters under the
civil service, thus removing the vast
army of 1000 federal office holders
from the field Of politics. .
With this legislation, backing up the
proposed executive order, all post
masters. with the exception of first
class postmaster, will be selected by
competitive examination and a. con-
gressmen will, be left out in the cold,
The proposition is likely to arouse
considerable antagonism in congress,
The appointment of postmasters con-
stitutes one Of the few remaining priv
lieges of the downtroddenzleg legislative
class. n.. ,DIsrss oya, 49,. .. 4 *s@@
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DYNAMITE CANARD AT
Los ANGELES REACTS
TO WORKERS. BENEFIT

r, WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 28.-
The. direct cause of the destruction
of the Times printing plant is the
subject of detailed report just re-
ceived from Los Angeles by the Sec
retary of the metal trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
firms the statements made by eye
witnesses Immediately after the ex-
plosion.
I'm regard to the disaster Of the
Times building" writes the secretary
of the Los Angeles Metal Trades
Council, while the committee, ap-
pointed by. the mayor of Los Angeles,
brought in a report that the destruc-
ton of that building was caused by
the explosion of. nitric glycerine, we
have a very large committee ap-
pointed by the State Federation Of
Labor while in convention here, with
two. leading attorneys to investigate
the explosion: and we feel sure, that
we can produce: evidence with state
ments :and affidavits, signed, by, in
diXiduals who worked in this, build
ing, that 1t was a gas explosion
caused by the escape of gas from de-
.fective mains under the building. The
first explosion was that of gas, the
second was the explosion of several
thousand gallons of ink stored in what
they call Ink Alley back Of the
building."< go -
The final sitting of the Times ex-
plosion will come when damage suits
are brought into court by the families
of the dead men. Theories of dyna-
mite to make. newspaper stories for
Harrison Gray Otis in his fight
against organized labor, will not feed
widows and orphans, and the actual
conditions of the ancient Times build-
ing, with it's leaky gas mains and eel
lars full of inflammable oils and
inks, will be told, unchecked to the
jury.
Vice President Joseph F. Valentine
is now in Los Angeles and is ar
ranging for ample financial support
for the metal trades on strike Picket
ing has been resumed by the strik-
ers and with the publicity lately CIV
en- to conditions in Los Angeles, labor
leaders on the Pacific coast have
every confidence in their ability to
win. =.
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TRANSCRIPT OF DANBURY
HATTERS' CASE Is BULKY

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct. 2S.-
A transcript of the testimony in what
has come to be known: as the Dan
bury Hatters' case, wherein the Hat
ters' union was sued by D. 2. Loewe
&. Co., under the Sherman anti thrust
act, TO recover, damages alleged to
have. been sustained by the unions 8
boycott and a, Judgment for 1922, 900
was obtained against the latter has
been completed here. The transcript
makes five volumes, or 2,769 pages,
and was used in the appeal that has
been entered. The case will probably
be argued, this fall. 1t began in 1908.
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SMOKY CITY NEWSPAPERS
SILENT ON MAILERSTR|KE
LABOR UNIONS
WILL SELL NECESSARIES
AT COST TO WORKERS

BROCKTON, Mass, Oct 2S.-Upon
the suggestion Of President John F.
Tobin of the Boot and Shoe Work
ers' International union, nineteen Of
the local labor union in this city are
laying out the preliminaries for es-
tablishing a distribution warehouse
from which to sell, slightly above
cost, shoes, groceries and other neces-
saries of life. The warehouse is to be
located near the center of the city
and shoes, food and clothing are to
be purchased in large quantities for
cash and sold directly to the con-
SumerS.
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COLORADO FARMERS UNION
OPENS UP NEW COAL MINE:

ERIE, Cal. Oct, 2s.-The third
union coal mine to be operated by
the Farmers union in Southern Col
orado has been opened near here.
Run on a cooperative plan union
men are employed, many of the min
ers being personally interested as
stockholders "A quarter section Of
land has been leased and a shaft has
been sunk over 300 feet to, an IL
foot vein In the best coal to be found
in Colorado. i'm a'* S5 zs. 4 &s; sIz
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Is, &, Much indignation has been ex-
pressed at the police espionage OF the.
delegates to the California State Fed
Grafton g Ito Of Ia Ia hor, ] which met. Ii Los
Angeles last week.
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;!sSl Pl7ennsylva ania court has ruled
that an eight hour law for state ems
ployes can be- enf forced even ii III Il
smen hired by e contractor
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FAITHFUL GET BLOOD NONE;

TaIIHFUI GET BLOOD MONEY
PARIS, Oct. 28.-The Paris, Lyons
and Mediterranean railroad has is
sued circular thanking the !. en-
ployes who remained at their posts
turing the recent strike of drivers
and firemen. The company announces
That it will give to these loyal men
100000 francs extra in bonuses at
the end of the year. j .1:s $s4 III. I: 15s
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TO HOLD PROTEST MEETING.

w OCI. 3d.
Charging the coal corporations of the
western part of the state with. num-
erous outrages against the striking
mine workers in that section, Presi-
dent E. E. Greenawalt has called a
special meeting of the State Fedora
ton of Labor to be held at Green's
burg on November 1 to protest
against the existing conditions. ,".
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SOME SHORT TALKS
ON MANY" SUBJECTS
BY RETIRED TEACHER.
Fashionable Eads.

The Nlaih old housewives are as
devoted 10 fahsion as are their young
sisters. The after chow it in dress,
the former in furnishing and arrang-
ing tlieir homes. OF late years the
Eitehen, to be fashionable, must have
a range Formerly the hoGspkeepcr
vas proud Of her good cook stove
and wouIl boast TO her friends Of It's
fine qualities; but now it is the large,
expensive range, 1t does not aeon
lIlsh any mere than the old stove did
and IN swing its advantages the hot
water reservoir at the back side will
be pointed out 1t Is connected with
labrgnth Of pies or tabular boilers
extending through the range and the
whcle constitutes a plant that need
something Of an engineer to run it,
In the winter mornings there is liable
to be an explosion Of frozen pipes, q
shattered range, a damaged kitchen
and perhaps q cook demanding a.
tention from a surgeon, TIE cope.
boiler on the back Of the spa ious oil
cook stove was as convenient as tn,
range reservoir and interfered wi !
must be Installed. though it fills NOR.
nuts lie installed though ii fills MGR,
, than half Of the small kitchen.
Women having somewhat preten
tiCuS homes want furnaces to hea
them The bea-ties of the fUrnac,
acn held up to them, the uniform
heat, etc, but it is enough that the,
are s..onabie. Women do not liiS,
to he bea.nd their neighbors and at
ouanttsncnss in adopting a fashionaM
fall. II IS touEd on trial that ta,
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furnace does not produce happiness.
To operate 1t properly requires II
night and day fireman What is every
body's business is nobody's. The
house grows cold in day time and Il
lis found, that the furnace Gre has gone
out Late at night additional clothing
is aequiretL on the bed In the morn
ms Outing the dres3ings hour, when
fire lis most needed, there is none.
The eli. man is net gQias 10 pc an
.ealls hour fireman, clean out fine fur,
mace ana start a Ere, III ~. as a regy-
lar thing merits the Old lady. to Sc
up the boys and girls is difficult
'eaoHgh after The house has beeonlc
.ccmfofsa hles IfSgthe4e i IS q iaaid o.
all work IN, the h6mp population. she
is not CONS. 70 be q aptnaee' HfeHiaa
and. engineer the range at the sanaG
time. She win find another place
first. The furnace requires base
ment The spring food comes and
spe water takes possession OF the
basement, if the Aoor of it is much
below the street grade. Then there
is continuous chilly weather in tac
Such. are some Of the housewives
fads, that are fair illus.
trations OF al of them
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GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
WANT GOOD OYSTERS.

Washington, Jan. 30-The United
States government is going after
those who transplant oysters from
salt water TO fresh water, especially
near the mouth of sewers, where they
are allowed to fatten. thus making
them much more marketable
This was developed today in the
testimony of DR.. Wiley before the
house subcommittee engaged in III
yestigating the high prices OF food
stuffs. The more sewage the oysters
receive. said DR. Wiley. the more
corpulent and whittier # BECOMES, Civ
ing IL very edible appearance.
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tending to- Women iheiright to vote, a
,a.rjmarless pnslef the next primary Law
ma at eieptions for officials under the
municipal form of gp,eEnment bill
which IS expected to be voted upoE
in the house next week. .,;;.l...
The Legislators extend little ortn
encouragement. j, 70 the Women bu
they're, coming anyway. Defeat Il
considered only a steis, teEard ult,
mate victory With. this Seoaira geous
plan 81 canlnaigh The saffrasists are
unrelentlng, and though theft course
may Isesg elicit universal aIalfo wax
certainly s.linit perstsfeaee aep2nds
respect. white fndiyiduallyj and sol
iectKeIy the gpffragtsts are. -of course
elcoms To sPriugaeli. u
Ii AS to- the general s4iffrage.. mope;;
ment, Golfers, ID nis weeks. number,
Says Suffrage ip the United States
counts the past year as Its most i'm
portant Among the achievements re-
corded was the establishment of
Mems leagde for Woman Suffrage IN
New fprk state. The National g i
lege .of Equal Suffrttse leasneagaiied
/ COS mes, members. Women voted
for the4iirst time in, Michigan on
questions of locai taxation, with the
same, ORDER and quiet at the polls
that is. seen in the suffrage states Of
the Rocky Mountains. Two dis
English visitors ala much
to stf Enthusiasm on this sidesof the
water Before returning to face their
own campaign, now at its !. height
MtS, Pankhgrst made her farewell, al
dres at a great meeting in Cooper
Union. New York. and Mrs. Philip
5nowlon made one of her most i'm.
speeches at fremont Temple,
Boston, at a meeting which Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe also addressed =,
State Register. -,
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Mr.. ponsonby.

Your confounded extravagancies
will put me in the poor housed"
stormed Mr.. Ponsonby. "'tis nothing
but clothes, clothes, clothes all the
time, not to mention other things.
Have you any idea how much you
have spent for clothes during the last
six months?"
We'll, | don't know the exact
amount" said Mrs. Ponsonby, without
the culver of an eyelasn. but III dare
say the sum total isn't as much as
you have spent during the last six
months for poker chips"
"Ahem Ahem'" coughed Mr.. Pom,
sonby ut seems to me that heard
the doorbell ring I'll go and see who
1t u.s."
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When They Fled,

Trained to the minute, the mem,
bers of the poison squad renorted to
Chemist Wiley, the Newark Star says.
Have you eaten anything the PAST
month other than the prescribed
strychnine, arsenic and bich'oride of
mercury" asked Wiley Nothing, :"
answered the squad In chorus Good
for the supreme test Is at hard F." con.
tinued Wiley Il want to see If these
cold storage eggs are all right Eat
But the members Of the POISON squad
TO a man, had fed.
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TAFT WALKS s MILES
Through M4.I aud S,ush, With Capt
Gutt anG Ger. Edwards--Iad
Bcen to Gee Newiands.

Washington. Ian 90 TAFT tgampod
fiyn miles through mud and 5!ush 20
day. with his automobile slowly mog.
ing in the rear lie naA been To the
home Of Senator Newiands in Chey'
Chase saburhs. When he started tt
re turn he suggested 20 Gen. Edwards
and Capt Butt who We're with him,
that hey walk. The president it i
understood talked With Newlands
about the federal incorporation bill.
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TO LOWER MEAT PRICES
Congressman From New 'Y3fk VIA
otter Diii'sto suspend the g.
Tariff One Year s

New York. Jan. 30.-Congressman
Otto Foelker who, wnen a state SEN
ator. was carried from his sick bed TO
cast the deciding vote on the Hart
Agnew racing bill, will introduce Il
bill in congress to suspend the tariff
one meats one year, Tie believes TIE
prices viii then drop.
Alderman Bowling WI introduce
an ordinance providing that all cod
storage foods be so labelled and tag
ged with the date when storage be
gan.
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HEnNZE BILLS STAND.

New York, Jan 26.--Judge Housh
in the criminal court today denied
the motion to quash the indictments
against Sanford Robinson, Arthur P
Heinze, Carlos Garfield. Calvin O
Ge6r and F. AulTgtus -sinze, Ar
guments on the fife demurrers pens
ing was set for Feb. Z.
The indictments charge conspiracy
to obstruct the administration Of jus.
ice in the spiriting away of BOOKS
and papers in the United Copper
Company while under subpoena.
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- How To- buy, potatoes at. 30 cents a
,hnshel, sell them az d.50 and SSH
make no money has been demon
stfated by a DesMoines grocer. Had
that mathematician been at the ban
aliets Iii Cairo last week, President
Antrim fpf the Board of Trade. and
A1fetfiiah Cannon, who sprung some
seemingly difficult problems on the
visiting Illinois Engineers and Sur.
veyors.s might have found the laugh
on themselves.
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u There's another twenty columns, or
!. more of reading matter in this paper
1 which means more to the people of
u Cairo than. ordinary, reading matter,
but,probably win be read by fewer
. Of alfem. I 1t all relates to street i'm.
afikoseMents and it's preparation cost
the people of Cairo a handred phrks
sof si-money well spent however, as
the. legal work in connection with tie
public improvements is important and
Jas been uniformly well done, 1. So
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SHERIFF SHIPS PARTY
CONCLUDED from First Page)
A RousNG WELCOME.

Chattanooga, Tenn, ian. 30,-W{h
bands playing Dixie and Home
Sweet Honey stsaptain Joseph F.
Ship and hts epyapauions Wee.
greeted this egenpg bt at lea5tl ~
COO citizens when he Nr'iged+ from
Washington, who're he completed a
term of Imprisonment for 1conten4 t
of court in connection with the lYael
Ing of Eli ,Iottnson. aegie, FiSa,
thrdng surged seward the'Strain,, Hei
went, &shouted apds laughed women
we're frantic, When Ship greeted his
wife and was driven homeward.