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Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-17
RAILROAD SIDE
 OF THE FREIGHT
 RAIE DISPUTE
Santa Fe Officials Make Clear Statement of the Situation As They and Their Em- ployes See 1t

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 1e.-t tSpeciaD
 l. II. Ledger western chairman of
 the grievance committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
 who has been in attendance upon the conference between the employees of the various western railway com. panies and officials in Chicago, will return immediately to the west in order to poll the strike vote which is to be taken by the engineers before December 10th.
 Sixfy-one roads are fn the affected 7cae and, should the strike be called the western business of the country vii be tied effectively.
 During the absence of Ledger in the east, the western office in charge of John Finley, one of the oldest en- g1aeers employed by the Santa Fs.
 The employees interested have gtven out the following statement of conditions which underl3e the pro posed strike:
 -Basicly, the whole thing simmers down to question of fire aht rates As employees of the various roads we are dependent upon their pros perity for cur own advancement. If the roads are not prosperous. any ad- vance made in the working schedule 1 and in the rate of pay win be of but ! temporary value. In order that we may have the continuous increase in wages that the advancing cost of living demands, the roads rsust have the money with which to pay us. but at the present time, conditions have grown SD hard that t is impossible for us to wait for the Interstate Commerce Commission to alter them--l
 lt has been the common excuse hat railroad rates hare been sr that the selling prices of all com . iaoddtses were governed accordingly 1 Conditions in this country do not ,ear this out or support the clcim in l my manner. Statistics from the Fed. raj Bureau of Labor show that liv ng expenses increased II per cent in ( he year Of 1909 alone. Statistics rom this same Bureau also show hat in the past ten years the increase ; IT pay m ali classes of labor in the industrial world and on railroads ias amounted to only 12 per cent. or per cent more than the cost of iiv
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of the most powerful committees.
 On the other hand, 1t is pointed out that harmony also would suffer from a maintenance of the senority rule, as that rule would give to the South the chairmanships of all of the great committees and leave unrecognized the new democratic membership of the Northern and Western states.
 Under the Senority Rule.
 Under the senority rule, the com mittee on agriculture would go to Lamb of Virginia; banking and cur reacy to Pujo of Louisiana; census to Hay of Virginia; foreign affairs to Flood of Virginia; imnigration to Burnett of Alibana: Indian affairs to Stevens of Texas: interstate and for eign commerce to Adamson of Ceor. gia: judiciary to Clayton of Alabama; merchant marine and fisheries tn Clark of Florida; patents to Legare or South Carolina: pensions to Richard son of Alabama; postoffice to Moon of Tennessee; printing to Finley of South Carolina: public buildings to Sheppard of Texas; public lands to Robinson of Arkansas; rivers and haT bors to Sparkman of Fiorida terri tories of Lloyd of Missouri, and ways and means. the greatest of all. to Un- derwood of Alabama. unless Champ Clark of Missouri, who is now the leader, should fan to secure the speakership.
 Appropriations, under the senori.y rule. wouldgo to Fitzgerald of New York, but it is said that such is his unpopularity with the prospective speaker that the place probably would be given to Burleson of Texas.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-17
UhEARTH RELIC

There is On exhibition at E.. D. acCartney's second hand store on G avenue an old 3S-caliber Colts pistol that was dug out of a well that had cayed in sixteen or seventeen years ago. It was found at depth of 4s feet and although buried so long is in very good condition. The well was a natural orc or cave that was orig inally used hy the old overland stage as a stasd. and is situated at inc foot of the Chiricahua mountains nea- Tr'r'-a- creek.
 In addition to the pistol there was found a coat and hat buried in the earth and near the pistol. The old weapon had crust of blue clay around the handle which had perfectly preserved it bright and new in an pearance, but since being exposed to the air themetal has tarnished and taken on all the appearance of age.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-17
FIGHT 7O CURTA|L POWER
 OF SPEAKER BEGINS SOON

WASHINGTON, Nov. I6.-Another contest over the question of taking from the speaker the power to name standing committees is expected to develop soon after the house of repre- esntatiyes assemblies next month. Thi stime it is not unlikely that the movement will receive the support of Speaker Cannon and his allies, inas- much as the next assignments will be made by the democrats.
 Interviews with Representatives murdock of Kansas and Norris of Ne braska, indicate that they intend to lose no time in reopening the fight waged by insurgent republicans last session, which reformed the rules and deposed Speaker Cannon from membership of the rules committee.
 To curtail Speakers Power.
 It is not known what the members attitude will be when the movement lis begun to further depose the speak Iership of it's great authority, but the chances are they will seek to force battle over the succeeding session, when they will be in undisputed con trol.
 Some members of the house now believe that if the power to ap- ro'nt committees is taken away from the democratic speaker in the Sixty second congress and handed over to thehouse membership, all hope of harmony in thedemocratic ranks may be abandoned.
 It would mean the upsetting of the senority rule and the turning down of many men of long service. who have been the minority ranking members
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FOOD ALLIANCE
 KILLS SUFFRAGE

A Phoenix correspondent tells the history of fight for woman suffrage ! in Arizona which failed in Phoenix last week in the following article.
 sent to the Fl Paso Herald: Tt is believed throughout Arizona ] that the organization of women which i is seeking to secure equal suffrage is alone to blame for the failure to se- cure 1t. There is a story in this con nection.
 Last summer a band of men got together in Phoenix and organized 2 labor party, and it got the endorse ment of the Western Federation of 1 Miners, then in session at Denver. ! It failed to get the approval of Sam l uei Gompers. however, who told the organizers that they were making a serious mistake.
 Anything with a Western Fedora
 ton tag to it is anathema in Arizona
 among business men generally. There
 fore the labor party was not at all
 popular within the territory.
 @Afrs. Francis Munds of Prescott, president of the Arizona Equal Suf- frage association, however, when the so-cailed labor party inserted in it's platform a demand for equal suffrage, SaAilSU uSF HHOit Of fSdl4ZdllOu LO IL. with open purse strings. Fifteen hun dTei dollars constituted her contribu- { on to the warbag Of the new politi- cal organization. it is claimed.
 ''The story got cut quickly. Mrs Munds, in her zeal, was the first to announce it, and that ended the big chance then and there. Editors and voters alike figured that if the votes | tt,r. <.s ,-s. rsrx given to Western Federation organiza- tions, they wanted none of it.
 Since then Miss Laura Gregg of one of the best organizers -be national suffrage assocation ever put in the field, has been lobbying at Phoenix, but to no purpose. The an- swer has been written large by a vote which was more than three ta one; the proposition to grant the bal ot to women on any terms in Arf ,ona was turned down cold.
 The recall proposition went through about as easily as woman suffrage was killed The principal to the recall is it's action ipon the judiciary.
 It applies alike to the supreme jus ice and the justice of the peace. It fleets the misconduct of coRsta- lies as well as mayors and governors, Thile legislatures and judges are open 0 it's provisions as councilmen. In act, no office in the gift of the peo- le Is left safe from revising of hat gift should the public change its aind after election
 Republicans insist that as Presf- ent Taft is judge himself, he will ever permit the constitution to be atifed by congress and will never ap- rove it himself, because he will not ant the judicial ermine to be placed ] position to be dragged into the lire by politicians or corporations .ho may be hit by some judicial de- Ision which they don't like.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-17
ENTERTA.Ns mETHop,sTs

ATHENS, Ga, Nov. f5:--The forty fourth annual session of the North Georgia Methodist conference convened here today with large number of ministers and lay memb- CTS in attendance. Bishop A. w. Will son. the senior bishop of the N. E. Church, South is presiding, The ses- sons will eontinge for several days. The annsial reports 10 be presented indicate year of unusual activity and prosperity in all departments ot the church work.
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ing increased in the year of 1909

ing increased in the year of 1909 alone.
 s'rrhe railroads have been reguiat- ed to this extent, as shown from the Interstate Commerce Commission re- cords. Since 1883 to 1910 their com pensation has been reduced from 2.42 cents to 2.01 cents for carrying a passenger one mile, and from 1-2z cents to IT cents for hauling a ton of freight one mile, or reduction of about 10 per ce;sts which means that our railroads are hauling all tariffic 40 per cent cheaper than is being done in any other country on the face of the earth estimated in value O. Amer5can money.
 .~rhe Federal Bureau of Informa- ton shows the following figures increases for the years 1900 to 1908: Foodstuffs ... ... ..20.6 per cent Fuel and lighting -. -.30.S per cent Metals and implements .25.4 per cent Clothing ... ... .....16.9 per cent Lumber and building =.
 material. -.. -. ..33.f per celt Or, all combined Showing an increase of 22.s per cent.
 '@The average charge for moving a ton Of freight one mile. based on American currency, is:
 In Great Britain ... ...2 f-3 cents In France ..- ..-- ..... T 1-2 cents In Germany -. =. -...-1 Is cents In the United States. 3-4 cents
 These figures cannot be disputed.
 "Engsaad moves ton of freight 43 miles for one dollar; France, 66I m les: Germany. 75 miles: the United States. 132 miles.
 ..Ycu can take the tariff sheets of Oklahoma alone, which were revised by the Oklahoma Corporation Com mission and put into effect in 1908. and which were used for political purposes by being sown broadcast. Take the reduction in rates on coal :uHlber machinery, building mater al of all kinds. foodstufs. etc. which ! were reduced to the extent of taking s5, eco 900 away from the earnings of hs railroads in the state and publish d as saving been saved to ftse people. T ask in all candor did anyone l ny any of the above articles cheap IF Did they benefit by these reduc- ons? No We have retailers, whole | : sers and ljobbers that did benefitll y them. and they alone. as com afesf with two millions of people -ho did not i, These are the men that are arrayed Ii gainst the railroads on the ratei aestion. and they alone reap fheIs snefits. Such being the case, thei sue of doing the greafest good fori { ie greatest numlser- fs entirely 7 minated and the matter resolvesl \ self into Class legislation for alc feet few. n Railroad rates have been keptl [ 'wn and yet. can you explain why pay more for my butter, eggs, meat. ,ffees tea, vegetables, chickens. cad, lumber, coal ete-.-and all this ming on while railroads are haul E this same stun at tariff rates as sforced by the Commission.
 You must remember that there
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HENRY G. DAVIS IS s7

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sov.fs:- Henry c. Davis. former United States senator from West Virginia and demochat,c candidate for vicepresi- dent in 1901. received congratula- tions today on his eighty-seventh birthday anniversary. MT. Davis, who spends his winters in Washington, is in good heaifh and continues to taxe an active interest in business and in public affairs.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-17
MANY OFFICES
 WILL BE TAKEN
 BY DEMOCRATS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-with the restoration of the democratic party to power in the house of representatives after March 4 next there will come, coincidenial with the reorgan zation of that body. the filling of many places with democrats. New officers of the house will have to be chosen in place of Colonel Alexander McDow- ell, the present clerk; Colonel Henry 1 Nj. Casson. the sergeant-at arms: also a doorkeeper in place of F. B. Lyon. and possibly a new chaplain, post master and parliamentarian. There
 are scores of clerkships to be filled
 and private secretaryships to the chairmen of sixty-two large comm t.
 tees of the house. Altogether there
 will be several hundred choice posts,
 practically all of which are now
 filled by republicans, mainly from Hi.
 nois, Massachusetts. Michigan and
 Pennsylvania, and the selection of
 their successors will give a number
 of the young men of the South 9
 chance for promotion.
 Most of the minor positions, such
 as committee clerkships and private
 secretaTysh will cease on March
 1. when the defeated republicans go
 out of power. Only those whose
 members were retained VII remain
 here, but the more important posts, such as clerk. sergeant-at arms, door keeper and postmaster will continue to be filled by their present occu- pants until their successors are ckos- en. Statute law provides for this, so then when the time rolls around for the actual organization Of the next congress there will be somebody on hand with authority to set the ma chinery in motion.
 The incoming Sixty-second congress. which is not scheduled to meet until December 1911. unless, Of course, President Taft calls it into extraor- ainary session, will be called to order by republican. When the gayei fails in the presence of that great gathering of the house. with major ny of some sixty-odd for control. that symbol of the speakership will be in he hands of Colonel Alexander Nc 3owell Under the statute law of ! he land Colonel McDoweli will not 'nly call the neg congress to order, Q lar as the house Is concerned. but ! 'e will likewise preside over the de | iberations of the house until a speak
 r fs chosen There is no one else | Rho could do so, as there will be no l fficers of the house until after the ouse has determined upon the eiec- ion Of its speaker and other officers
 It will also deyolve upon CoIonel icDowell to make up the tentative |
 unofficial list of members of the | ;ixty-second congress and to handis i
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TAKES A BRIDE

LAWRENCE. Mass. Nov 1e:-In St. Mary's Church today the wedding took place of Patrick J. Donovan, manager Of the Boston American baseball team, and Miss S>heresa Agnes Mahoney, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Maurice J. Mahoney. A largely attended reception at the home or the brides parents followed the eere- rnony at the church
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are other corporations beside rail reads. and 1t will stand HIS in hand to regulate them. even if they are not public service corporations"
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-17

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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-10
A LARGE PLANT IN TOLEDO IN
CHARGE OF A FORMER
WAUSAU BOY.

The PILOT came into possession oi
a copy Of the Toledo News Bee the
other day; one page of its edition was
devoted to that city's new Sl,000,0O(
tiltering plant, and since it was started
up, the early part of the year, it has
not failed to provide 15,O0O,0 900 gal
Ions of pure water every day. Before
the filter plant started, there were
$1,000 pounds of mud distributed in
bath rooms, lavatories and kitchen
sinks in Toledo, daily. There was
much bacteria in the water supply
before the filtering plant was started;
now there is none.. But that which
will interest the people of Wausau
more than anything else is the fact
that former Wausau boy is in
charge of this large filtering plant.
The article goes on to say:
sd. II. Goodwillie, the chief chem
ist, is the boss of the plant. 1t is up
to Mr.. Goodwillie to get results. The
administration gives him free hand.
No political appointments of help are
thrust upon him. If a man does not
suit, Goodwillie suggests his retire
ment and another is employed. Not
all the men who started with the filter
plant are still working there, but
Goodwillie is still there. He modestly
attributes the unusual efficiency of
the plant to good luck. The results
are indeed unprecedented but it is
possible that honest construction and
good management figure in those same
good results"
David II. Goodwillie, above referred
to, is the oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. l.. Goodwillie of Oak Park, H.,
formerly residents of Wausau. When
David left here with his parents he
was small boy and it does not seem
possible that he can now be at the
head of this large plant. But we do
know that all these years he has been
going through college and fitting him
self for the great battle in life and he
is now making good. The many
friends Of the young man in Wausau
wish him every success in his chosen
work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-10
DEATH OF MRS. WHITEHEAD.

Mrs. G. ID. Whitehead of Wichita,
Kansas, died on May Sd, 1910. De-
ceased was the only sister of DR.. S. N.
Wilson, former pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church of this city, now of Reeds
burg, Wis, and was know to many of
our people, having visited here several
times during DIR. Wilson's stay. She
had been an invalid for years and
markedly failing for months past, so
that her death was not unexpected
by near relatives and friends. The
funeral services took place on the
afternoon OF Friday, May 9th, and in
terment took place in the cemetery at
Kapsas City and she was laid to rest
beside her son, Howard, who died a
few years ago. Mr.. and Mrs. White
heads home has been in Kansas City,
and they had been living in Wichita,
Kansas, temporarily.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-10
COUNTY BOARD
Meeting Is Held Early This Spring
A. ]. Plowman Elected Chairman.

This is remarkable year. So fal
two comets have appeared, spring
opened away back in March, and last
week the regular June meeting of the
county board was held-we said June
meeting, mind you.
As has been the rule for some years
the only business of importance tran.
sacted on the first day was the cleo
tion of a chairman and vice-chair.
man. F. X. Schilling, who held the
office of chairman for several years,
did not care for the honor any longer
and the candidates for the chair were
A. j. Piowman of the town of Elder.
on, and w. NJ Daniels of Mosinee.
The former was nominated by Super.
visor Henry Miller of this city, and
the latter by Supervisor Jos. Chess
of Athens. On the informal ballot
each candidate received twenty-nine
votes. On the first formal ballot Mr..
Plowman received a sufficient mum
Der of votes to make him chairman,
Supervisor J. n. Manson moved that
the vote for Mr.. Plowman be made
unanimous by rising vote, which
was done. The chair then appointed
Supervisor Anthony Guenther to es-
cort Mr.. Plowman to the front. The
new chairman thanked the members
for the honor bestowed on him and
then he proceeded to business.
There had been much agitation
an0 much anxiety in the republican
ranks for month past, as to whom
they should select for chairman of this
august body. Their choice fell upon
DIR. Daniels of Mosinee, and Chair
man Chesak OF the republican county
committee, came over from Athens
to take hand in landing the plum.
Also Bob Connor of Stratford felt
the necessity of being on the ground
and the "push" Of Wausau were
buttonholing every member of the
board possible and trying to persuade
them that Doc Daniels was the man.
Heretofore there has been no politics
in the chosce for chairman of the
county board but the honor has been
passed around to competent men
from various parts of our county. 1t
is to be regretted that it has been
felt necessary now to make it party
matter. 1t seems since Mr.. Chesak
became chairman his idea is to grab
everything that can be grabbed, but
in this he has not his party's full
approval
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-10
CANE FROM MERRILL.

Sitting up on one of the branches
of tree in M. A. Hurley's yard, with
one eye squinted at the town clock
and the other at the crowd below, a
porcupine supplied amusement in the
Fifth ward Friday morning. He
looked like one of those goose berries
which are armed with darning needles,
but he was a goose~berry on large
scale. He saw everything he looked
at, and heard most of the expressed
"idees' expurgated from the think
tanks of those who stood down below
and did the Wales-Goodyear act. For
fear that the Merrill Herald will ac-
cuse Wausau of being backwoods
town, on the strength of the above
mentioned incident, we will say this
Some boys with long poles chased the
porkey out of the tree and he was
temporarily made prisoner, until a
white object which he carried on his
person had been examined. The
white object proved to be portion OF
the Merrill Herald of recent date,
containing a heavy editorial on "Har-
mony in the Republican Party-What
We Know About the Same" The
fragment of paper was held in place
on the quill pigs back by several of
the. animals brads, which pierced 1t,
showing conclusiyely and without a
doubt that he came here from Merrill.
There is so little doing up there that
there is good reason TO presume that
the walking bunch Of toothpicks came
down to Wausau 20 see a good live
city. Nothing as is yet known ever
thrived in cemetery, and we believe
1t is only a fair presumption to say
that the aornery'' looking animal
won't go back to the up river burg
again. Nay, nay, Pauline.
After the porky had been liberated
he turned his face toward the east
and started down the street. A dog
with as fine collection of spots as
some men have on their character
started TO play the whale and Jonah
act with the animal. The dog should
have known better. He's wiser now
His owner has been busy since with
ice tongs and pliers, in an effort tc
extract the dog from the quills.