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The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
lonias Convict Poet Wants
a Fuss Made Over Him, Too

Dick Coffin. convict No. 5406 In the
Ionia reformaJory. is no SLOUGH of a
poet, either The newspaper-reading
public has met Collins verse not in
frequently, his pen having been put
10 song from time 10 time on topics
OF public interest for the expression
OF an inside view, serious or other
wise
The pardon Of Convict John Carter
from the Minneapolis state prison has
now inspired Coffin. but he says this
isn't the poem that he is counting
upon TO regain his own liberty Here
is Carriers latest:
MAKE Fuss OVER ME-"
We'll, they're pardoning poets all over
the world.
And its time / was doing soar
or want 10 get out with the rest Of
And revel in freedom galore.
80 I'm reel on a cute little jingung
@; rythmic rhyme-Huuy Gee
please tell me just when
I'm be leaving the pen
Hurry ~. make fuss over me.
Oh, I've secured my sky-piece for sew
enteen years
Now the -steubenvine poets
have shown
Ne the end OF the long. hungry wait.
so TN tear off poem with wandering
- feet
Send il ont on press agent spree.
Then pack up my dope
And be ready 10 slope
Hurry up. make a fuss over me
Sure is me that can dish up the goods
IN the line
OF DoetrN meter and lilt
Already that pardon Is hoating along
Ia the buckets OF ink have split.
must have been quite overlooked In
But at last am due 10 90 free:
For I'll send out rhyme
Surest cure Tor time
Hurry up make fuss over me.
When the governor passes the liberty
out,
III stand in the very first rank
For III cut my suspenders and danSle
straight up.
In soul-string stanzas OF blank.
There's nothing much To IT, in fact us
Just something that Wings Ger the
Ana a Tar away home"
OH. there = brains 60 In my dome,
Hurry up. make fuss over me
I'm the genius mat is-only one on the
That can do unk-four-nushins
This isn't the poem I'm going to write
That VIII give me pass through the
wall
= f4-4-+ F%-++-
FIRE dress
Appears tyou viii all climb tree)-
I'm be- pardoued. / think
For singing such INK
DICK COFFIN. 40. 54O6
Michigan Reformatory
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
Famous Gems of Prose
BY Jacob NJ. Manning.
TO THE SOLDIERS.

Soldiers from the army and navy,
once soldiers but now again citizens.
We hail YOU today as our benefactors
and dellverers. We welcome YOU
home from the fatigues OF the march.
the Wearisome camp. and The awfui
ecstasy of battle Through -four ter
rible years YOU have looked without
quailinE on the CHASTITY vlsaee or war.
You have patiently borne the heats OF
summer and the frosts OF winter. You
have chcerfully exchanged the de
lights Of home for the hardships OF
the campaign or blockade Not only
the armed foe. but the wasting
malaria has lurked along your resist
less advance. fon know the agony
and the transport of the deadly EN-
counter How many times, standing
each man at his post in The long line
OF cleaning sabrcs and hayonets.
-evefr-tunrt -rfrurtrrt ami rvrrv eve
distended YOU have caught the peal
OF your leaders clarion. and sprung
through the iron storm TO the en-
brace of victory, But all that has
passed away The mangled forests
are putting on an unwonted verdure
the fields once blackened by the fiery
breath of war are now covered with
their softest bloom. and the vessels
Of commerce are riding on all the ma
tional waters.
The carnage, the groans. the cries
for succor. the fierce onset. and sui
len recoil, the thunders OF the artil-
lery. and the missiles screaming like
demons in the air, have given way 10
paeans, civic professions and songs OF
thanksgiving. The flag OF your coun-
Try. so often rent and torn in your
grasp, and which YOU have borne to
triumph again and again. over the
quaking earth or through the hurri-
cane OF death in river and bay. rolls
out its peaceful folds above you,
every star blazing with the glory Of
your deeds, in token OF nations
gratitude. We come forth 10 greet
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
Thomas Taqaart.

MIR. BRYAN IL TO be commended FOR
taking a hand in the Indiana sena'
torial contest in opposition 10 Thomas
Taggart This is not local question.
The issue of Mr. Taggarts candidacy
il not confined 10 Indiana. Ii con
Germs every Democrat in the country
who has the welfare of mis- party at
heart and every sucn Democrat may
properly express his opinion.
As Mr. BRYAN said In his letter to
Gov Marshall, the situation demands
"a ciean-cut platform and a strong
candidate Mr. Taggart is not a
strong candidate. He is machine
politician allied with special privilege.
he represents the same reactionary in
fluences in the Democratic party that
have already been repudiated by the
Republicans Of Indiana. In a contest
between Mr. Taggart and Senator
3everidge 1t is Beverage who would
be- the better Democrat
The World sincerely hopes that the
Indiana Democrats in their state con
vention will name q candidate for
United States Senator and that that
candidate will not be Thomas Tag
CART. He, should be n man who will
bring strength. not weakness. 10 the
ticket. and for whom Democrats In
every other part OF the country Will
not have 10 apologize. This is no
time for a step backward The coun-
try has its ewes on the Democratic
party I'm every debatable state. wait
ing 10 see IL it is fully restored TO
sense and sanity. TO see II il Is under
the leadership of It's best elements,
10 see ii II is nj TO be intrusted with
new power The voters nave already
shown that they are willing 10 follow
Democrats like Harmon Gaynor, Foss
and I1aveEs These men are the kind
OF Democrats that require no explana
ton ana they are the kind 10 bring
70 the front The country is dissatis-
fed with the Republican party under
the reactionary leadership OF its Aid
riches and it's Cannons. but the coun-
try is not going 10 turn the Republi-
cans out OF office in order TO sub
stitute a Democracy Of the Ryan Bel
mont Taggart Conners-M Murphy type.
In the election OF 1903 the Indiana
Democrats cast 1888 .262 votes and out
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27

yOu-sires and matrOns. young men
and maidens, children and those
bowed with age 90 own the vast debt
when we can never pay, and 10 say,
from full hearts. We thank you--God
bless YOU
But while We thus address You. you
are thinking OF the fallen With
soldiers generosity YOU wish they
could be here 10 share in the hard
earned welcome Possibly they are
here from many grave I'm which YOU
laid them after the strife pleased
with these festivities. and with the
return of JOY 10 the nation, but far
above any ability OF ours either to
bless OF 10 injure You may tarnish
your laurelS, or an enyious hand may
pluck them from Won. But your fall
len comrades are exposed TO NO such
accident They are dOubly fortunate.
-the-Same- exen4-IlA leA-eres++4.
them with honor has placed them be-
yond the possibility of losing their
crown Many OF them died in the
darkest hours of the republic; others
in the early dawn of peace. while the
morning stars We're singing together.
But victory and defeat make no diff
conquered In the final triumph. Their
names will thrill the coming ages. as
they are spoken 10y the tongues Of the
eloquent and their deeds viii forever
be chanted by the immortal mnstrels.
They were together brave men. who
re pose I'm the public monuments. all
OF whom alike, as being worthy of the
same honor, The country buried. not
-. = .r;..
and justly for the duty Of brave men
done by all. their fortune being such
as God assigned 10 each
by fairy hands their kncll is wrung.
BY forms unseen their dirge Is sung;
There Honor comes. pilgrim gray,
To bless he turf that wraps their clay
Aud Freedom shall awhile repair.
TO dwell weeping hermit there.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
Il, EDITORIALS BY THE PEOPLE.
Jolt for Constant Reader

Another Jolt for Constant Reader.
To the Editor OF The Times: |
read i'm your issue OF April l3 letter
from Constant Reader" criticising
YOU for publishing the statements OF
the scientists that Halley's comet
would have no harmful effect upon
.rs This letter. think. needs word
of comment
Constant Reader states 1T does
her or him GOOD TO see an old repro
bate who hasn't done anything but
lie and swindle all his life rush down
ito the mOurner.s bench and beg for
the saving OF his soul Now how does
this action help make good the wrong
done by theSe liars and swindlers. cr
IN what way Is man elevated morally?
80 long as YOU hold forth the easy
terms OF forgiveness for these time.
hardened sinners. SO long crime VIII
run amuck and courts viii be kept
busyt
Constant Reader would have the
church membership increased by hav-
rng The truth suppressed and people
lut back In dark ages as they were
when Grand old Calico declared the
earth was round and was put In prison
and prosecuted until forced 10 recant.
and this too. by religious crowd.
Now We hold In admiration those
noble scientists. thinkers and reforrl-
ers who have done so much 10 raise
nan TO a higher plane intellectually
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
N@4 Z f5>&D, w.t.
MISBRANDING OF A DRUG
LIE cAsE OF RApAM,s MIcRoBE KILLER.

WAsHINGTON April 27ThtS United O
columbia
label is
teed 10 te IA only known ofin6lple
that VIII DESTROY microbes in the blood without
blood
malaria yellow PARALYSIS
diseases that the
The court tuered the United marshal
OF Washington in
whose possession the drug found. the
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27

am o o a suffrage which
reason II we
argument
PIE.
should
should Man
his
elfeydeu fhat Of time to put
the the enfranchsemen OF
8 a
Sc impossible while
they
would submit this they do submit 70
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
It Was a Grand Chance
For Taft to Set Himself
Alright, But Usual, But!
He Has Robbed New York OF a
Splendid Governor To Give the
Country Supreme Judge
With Corporation
lesnings.

III Lesninss. eminent against Standard Oil
81 company and the tobacco trust must
That there Standard Oil
generally admitted
appointment Hughes regarded therefore first hand
standpoint knowledge that the the
against the oil monopoly would the justice to
selected by himself.
President Taft has named for that office Close
ROCKEFELLER Rockefeller slightly interested
in Standard Oil company. recall
Upon Brewer position ikened to that of
country much
his did Lincoln his
crusade the evils besetng and threatening his people
cited that there
prayers support his time there should be
prayers support principles like incentive the
part of President Taft at this time
Few however could have prayed
By nature by training and established by lis
of New York although of many lofty
pronounced backbone and fight
spirit Hughes committed to the cor
poratons and be CORPORATION JUDGE.
By that the public record
and the honesty Hughes that
than convictions could influence MIN
in the discharge of this high duty
will prejudiced judge and danger
Judge very that he indicated by his in
Albany and in his beliefs and that his corporation
tendencies the side which the
people his unbiased consideration
In support Hughes his candidacy for h,
presidency United States point in which
candidacy he supported by the corporations
railroad bill passed by the New York
legislature his first and the helping hand the corpora
I he a second time for the governorship
of fact his acceptance of the office at the
corporation president ubstanatn the
that Hughes people handed another setback
their aims and purposes against power of capital
opportunity the tide of public
timent against running his favor
grand for and all the that
he is the president of the privileged
that against keeping company with
regular crowd Washington he could
brought appointment of for
supreme would have done
more toward inspiring PEOPLES WANING CONFIDENCE.
But appointment Hughes find the president
have done9
pleased the corporations particularly the Standard Oil
pany and the tobacco nightly
undng gratitude Of New
FORKS crooks and gamblers
possibility candidate him 1912
forgotten disappointed the people his
country completely a lie did with his tariff bill
The congratulations and the system
sympathy $ all for Taft
Poor Taft
exhibited ponderoas laundering
putting the right in the wrong place
From Another Point of View
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27

and morally. and We are forced, u
explain religion d;minishes just In
as Intelligence increases.
Preach from the pulpit. Teach from
school room aud insist in the home
circle that there u no possible es-
cape from punishment for wrongdOing
and that salvation is only obtained
by character" II YOU would have the
morals OF this country improved aud
the earth made a better abiding place
for man and other animals This may
SAVIOR Of Buddhistlc havoring, but
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
MOST ANYTHING

fumbllng the papers on his desk.
Moo"
For her new hat?'
Not at all want 10 marry her"
THANK goodness :" said the irate
Harent. Take her-nIlelt- befeFe-esitfyt-
more bills accumulate"
Halley's comet is really quite passe.
according to astronomers They say
that it is disintegrating. and In future
ages will dwindle TO mere wisD.
To test the safety OF the church
steeple. a country preacher climbed
IL with a scaling ladder But he
bored his flock with boasting OF H.
When | reached the top and saw
the huge golden weathercock CLEAN
ing in the sun, what do YOU think
did," he asked
You cheated the cock out of It's
job Of growing, said an old farmer.
Mother: I'm afraid Gwendoiine Is
setting her heart ON young Penniless
Father: Then tell her that We want
her to marry him.
Cards were \hrSt invented in 1890,
for the amusement Of Charles VI.
King of France.
The cost of amusement is increas
ing. too on account OF the contin.
ued stretching of the price OF rubber
the price OF tennis balls has bounced
up 20 per cent higher than last year
what does that matter II IL only pro.
duces the required results better
even that the chuches become empty
than have our ideals reach any lover
level tits a bargain counter that
we can't afford TO miss II we can ey.
change empty churches for intcllec.
tual advancement 81
Yours in the interest Of progression
and a better race.
r. {. JEWELL.
Gregory, Mica.
April 20. 1910.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
From Another Point of View

Here's hoping Jupiter dropped as completely as he
in.
shipped n to have
. coed case.
be young Mr.
nsst O o
with opposition from Aldch
Champion johnson but very
, disposed o nothing
The who is alleged have shipped himself aud got
himself arrested
the local Republicans to the
posed street railway franchise the Democrats willing
should "e
Corporation Counsel Haly
their 49, ~ 'F0' '"'
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
II Was. Was lt7

The New York Press speaks of the
defeat OF George Washington AlGridgl
as a splendid Republican victory. The
outlook is that the grand old party will
suffer a good many splendid victories
OF that KIND between now and the
time the persimmons and paw paws
ripen and the possum wakes fat
Louisville Courier Journal
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
Thc Hand Of Pinchot.

Even though he has been doposed.
the hand Gf Pinchot still moves AZ
fairs In the national forest reserves.
The proclamation signed by President
Taft Saturday. making 100000 acres
OF forest reserves available for home.
stead entry. was one OF the last things
planned by Pinchot before he went
Boston Globe.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
NEWEST UNDER THE SUN.

My wife has a 81 sill
That's
Il should say You a between a silk
wor and
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
Shockinu.

An earthquake at Atlantic City, II
il were a little later ia the season II
might be suspected that the beach
v as shuddering al some OF the things
il gees Philadelphia North American.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
The Truth. No Matter
Whom II Helps or Hurts

President Taft has appointed
Charles E. Hughes, governor OF New
York. to the seat on the bench of The
United States supreme court made
vacant by the death of Justice
Brewer. n
Owing further 10 the demise OF
Justice Brewer the cases Of the gov
eminent against the Standard Oil
company and the tobacco trust must
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27

Halley's comet is really quite passe.
according to astronomers. They say
that it Is disintegrating. and in future
ages will dwindle TO mere wisD.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27

The first OF May is now the great
labor day In Europe.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27

The census man called early and
delayed me. is the very latest excuse
for the man who is late at the office
these fine mornings.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
AS THE SHEARS GO THROUGH

of these 33S 90 Democrats. a conven
ton ought TO find somebody who Is
infinitely better fitted than Tom Tag
CART TO represent Indiana in the
United States senate 49, y. Y World.)
Praise is Pleasant.
The Republican portion Of the Penn
sylvapia congressional delegation is
conceded TO be the feeblesl and mos;
suOseIvient OF any large state repre-
% ntation in the nation. Il there be
ans marked individual ability among
the present members. the dwariing,
cranping choking. shriyeling system
Of the party machine has kept IL from
showing itself Philadelphia North
American
Take IL From Me.
The Fronchman now knows his duty
to w'rk u fight ana 10 have plenty
Of children. To the man up tree L
looks as # the man who complies with
the last requirement. viii perforce
have 10 fulfl the other two.-New
York American
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27
A SHOCKING REVERSAL.

That man Loudlip certainly Jared me Yesterday"
How did he jar you?"
Talked an hour without saying anything to Jar me
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27

Mother: I'm afraid Gwendoiine Is
setting her heart on young Penniless
Father: Then tell her that We want
her to marry him.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27

Cards we're first invented in 1890.
for the amusement OF Charles VI,
king of France.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-27

Sir" said the trembling young
man. Il wrote 10 you yesterday about
your daughter
You sent the bin for her gown"
The Detroit times., 1910-08-19
:-:..H -CocIRrY

Eugene 8. J. Paulus will sail for
Europe on Saturday to remain abroad
several months.
The forty-second annual reunion OF
the Ninth Michigan Infantry will be
held In Ypsilanu. Sept. l4-l5. Gen.
IL. M. Dufield Is president and ii. G.
Rankin, OF Ypsilanti. secretary.
Ste. Anne's church was the scene OF
a pretty wedding. Wednesday morn
ing, when Miss Anna j.. Godbout,
daughter of Emile Godbout, was mar
ried to Thomas J. Tanquay. The Rev.
Luke Renaud officiated.
Mr.. and Mrs. &. A. Grinnell and
daughter, Geraldine, left Thursday for
a st. Lawrence river trip. At Mon
ueal they will begin motor trip
through Vermont New Hampshire
and New York states to New York
city, from whence they will motor
back to Detroit.
The marriage OF Miss Flora Weeks
TO A. w. Mckinney. of Denver, Col.
was quietly celebrated Monday, Aug
15, at the home OF the bride, No. 297
Melbourne-ave. The Rev. Charles
Bronson Allen oficiated. After Nov
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinney will make
their home In Denver.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-19
Roosevelt May Openly
Declare For Rebels, Aug. 81

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1s.-The
breeze which waited the tidings from
Oyster Bay today that Roosevelt
had broken with Taft" carried away
much Of the haze which has obscured
the political horizon for the past few
weeks. 1t revealed more clearly
than at any time during the present
situation the lineup OF the contest
ants in the coming congressional cam
paign. Although the statement OF Col.
Roosevolt's stand In relation to the
present administration did not take
the form OF q quoted remark 1t was
none the less authoritative. That 1t
was not unexpected at Beverly was
shown by vfrefresidvnt Stcrmnnls
remark there yesterday that the turn
ing down OF Col Roosevelt by the
state Republican committee could
only be construed as a victory for
the administration. This. coming
from the second Official in the party,
is regarded by Col. Roosevelt as tan
tamount to declaration OF hostilities
against him by the present admins
tration. He figures, therefore, that
the responsibility must be located at
Beverly rather than at Oyster Bay.
In this fact and In this forcing OF
the hands OF the administration fol-
lowers Of Roosevelt see an expIana-
ton for what appeared at the time
to be q bit OF very. poor political STRAIT
egg, namely: The presentation of his
name for temporary chairman to the
New York state committee In the
face Of a certain rundown. The
maneuver served to show that the
state machine politicians have elected
to cast their fortunes with the ad-
ministration's forces rather than the
progressives Tor In other words, the
insurgents) with whom Col. Roose-
Welt has now allied himself.
From the fact that Clifford Pinchot
and Victor Murdoch are both known
to have been consulted by Col. Roose-
welt on the text of the latter's Ossa-
watomie speech of Aug. 81. there
seems TO be considerable ground for
the prediction that this occasion will
be the one on which 1T. r." VIII
make his first public profession OF
faith az an ont-and-out insurgent.
With Roosevelt OF the reservation
and In the saddle against the admin
istration forces the hopes OF those
political leaders seeking to harmon
ixe the rapidly diverging factions OF
the Republican party have been badly
shattered. With ct. R." working for
harmony and President Taft's new
guard consisting of Norton, Crane,
Longworth, seeking to remove the
administrations dead weight consist
ing OF Ballinger, Aldrich. Cannon.
Hale ct al, there were indications a
few days ago of an early and typical
Republican reunion. Today there is
The Detroit times., 1910-08-19
L. O. 7. M. RATES DEFENDED.
Schedule Adopted at Kalamazoo De
veiops Stir In Convention.

Upwards of 500 members OF the
Ladies' Of the Modern Maccabees
came to Detroit on Wednesday for a
convention. During the session some
stir was occasioned by the change
In the rates at the Kalamazoo meet
ing, held early In the summer, and II
was necessary for some Of the Macca-
bee men attending the National Fra
ternal congress to explain that the
readjustment Of the rates was just
and equitable before the ladies would
be convinced that everything was all
right Those who made the explana'
ton were Past President Piper, ID. d.
Aitken, Of Flint, and Abb Landins, the
actuary who prepared the new sched-
ule. Among the prominent women
present were Mrs. Emma f. Bower,
OF Port Huron, grand record keeper
OF the order; Mrs. Frances E Burns,
Of st. Louis, Mich, great commander
Of the organization, and DR.. Isabella
Holdom, Of Port Huron, great medical
adviser.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-19

port for speaker
"But as Mr.. Cannon himself, In his
speeches 90 far I'm the campaign and
In his recent declarations has made
his candidacy for the speakership. an
issue. l for one. do not propose TO
dodge that issue. l shall oppose Mr..
Cannon's election as speaker and
shall do SO In the manner that l con-
slider a proper and effective one for
the settlement OF controversies In my
party. only In the Republican caucus.
made up my mind before the adj
journment OF the last session or con-
gress that Mr.. Cannon could not be
reelected and my opinion has been
strengthened since through cores
pondence and talks with my col
leagues. I am not speaking OF those
who have openly opposed him In the
past, but those who. like myself. have
supported him. l am absolutely con.
WINGED II there is full attendance
at the Republican caucus that Mr..
Cannon cannot be again elected
speaker.
IT have genuine affection for Mr.
Cannon as a man and the highest re-
spect for his splendid fighting quail
ties. l have supported him Ave times
for the speakership, having voted for
his election four times and once
against his removal, but cannot do
so again. l repeat that shall oppose
the reelection Of Mr.. Cannon TO the
speakership and that ] am firmly OF
the opinion that his reelection Is i'm
possible. l want II thoroughly under
, stood that I say this only upon my
own responsibility and upon sugges-
ton OF no one else"
Longworth gave out his statement
from the summer executive Offices and
was exceptionally anxious that the
fact be emphasized.