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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14
THIEVES ABOUT TOWN.
Night Providers Steal Valuables
From Citizens of DecOrah Dur
ing the Past Week.

1t has been some time since De-
corah has been visited by thieves,
but during the past week at least
two residences have been victimiz-
ed by night providers, the loss to
Mrs. F. N. May being a large one.
She had case of jewelry stolen
which contained valuables repre-
senting the collections of several
years, many of them presents and
keepsakes, the monetary value of
which was much less than the asso-
Citations through which they came
to her. Among the things lost was
a diamond ring, a diamond set gold
watch, her engagement ring, we'd
ding ring, diamond brooch, gold
pins, etc. They were all in a jewell
ry box which was kept in the buffet,
and she feels the loss of them keen
ly.
One night last week Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Leytze left some rugs and pillows
on their front porch, believing them
to be safe. but they were purloined
during the night.
Others have heard people prowl-
ing about their houses during the
night, and it is possible that there
have been losses that have not been
reported to us.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

Whatever may be said of Joseph
Gurney Cannon elsewhere, he is still
the dominant Republican of his
district. There is not that solid,
united army behind him which he
has enjoyed for so many years. Op-
position to his standpattism, es-
pecially on the tariff, is washing
against the foundation of the struc-
ture Of his personal following and
is making inroads which wise
man would heed.-John Callan
O'Laughlin in Chicago Tribune.
Exactly. Uncle Joe has opinions
of his own, also he has the courage
of his convictions; he dares to stand
for what he believes to be right. II
takes a dyed-in-the-wool progress
i've" to be real topper; he always
has his ear to the ground ready to
follow wherever the noise is loud
est. Uncle Joe is not built that
way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14
HOME INTERESTS FIRST.

Some people who feel they can't
afford both, give up the home news
paper for a metropolitan sheet.
1t does them little good, however,
to know what President Taft and
Kaiser William are doing, provided
they are ignorant what bargains are
offered in their home stores, what
functions are going on in their pub
lie halls, what kind of a government
the local politicians are giving,
what sort of schools their children
are attending.
Life is successful or unsuccessful,
according to whether you make the
best possible use of your surround
ings. Failure to read the home
newspaper daily means the missing
of the business and social opportun-
tiles within your reach. 1t does you
little good to learn that Smith won
q fortune in New York, and Mrs.
Smith achieved social triumph in
Washington, provided you thereby
let slip the opportunities for ad-
vancement and pleasure offered you
daily in your home environment,
but which you are ignorant of be-
cause you fail to read the home
newspaper.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14
INSURGENCY.

The world is full of wrong. There
is thieving; there is graft; there is
lying; there is hypocrisy; there is
all manner of meanness. This con-
dition has existed ever since the
fall of man. There is as much indi-
vidual meanness as there is corpor-
ate meanness. In fact there is
more. When a state fair is held
the hold-ups are almost universally
by individuals. The square deal is
nearly always from the corporation.
1t is right to insurge against all
manner of evil; against dishonesty,
big and little; against thieving,
large and small. Against all these
things there can not be too many in
surgents. The world is full of
hypocrites and against such there
can. not be too great an in
surgency. The insurgent should
practice what he breaches. He
should not be a radical insurgent
against the other mans occupation
or interest ard standpatter when
it comes to his own. These are the
tests of true insurgency.
The daily newspapers are record
ing just as many criminals; they
are telling the story of just as many
crimes as formerly. This will be
true until the end of time-until
the regeneration of the race.
The insurgent should have clean
hands. He should not be an Office
grabber. He should stand by his
own platform. he should not ac-
cept a man who is a scoundrel on
general principals as an honest man
simply because he is an insurgent
on some one particular thing.
To every man who is battling
against wrong and for the right,
no matter who he is or where he is,
or what political faction he belongs
to, We say more power to his arm;
more brightness to his eye; more
strength of will; more independence
of manhood.
There should be insurgents al
ways in political parties, in church
es, in lodges, in communities and
wherever evil may abound. More
insurgency would help; more sim
cerity would help.
The good men who are battling
for-the right should all get on a
higher plane and work more sin
cerely together. Insurgency should
be more than pretense. 1t should
be public help. 1t should not be
so radical as to suggest revolution.
1t should never be lawless. This is
a government of law. 1t must stand
or fall by the impartial observance
of law.-Des Moines Capital.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14
THE COLONEL TO REPORTERS.

Now that Col. Roosevelt is work.
ing on a newspaper, he seems to
have a very kindly feeling toward
the profession, and he handed out
some friendly advice at a dinner
given by the Milwaukee Press Club
Col. Roosevelt is spoken of as an
editor" but actually he will not
be ashamed to take his seat on the
reporters bench with the rest OF
us. After all, the reporters work
is of the mo. permanent value.
and the men wno perform that
function deserve to receive respect
full treatment accordingly from the
public.
An editorial is merely one mans
opinion, and all opinions pass and
fade away. A reporter is a historian
of the worlds acts, and history il
written in the true, judicial spirit,
never passes away.
The most satisfactory newspapers
are those in which, however strong
ly pronounced editorial opinions
may be expressed. the news columns
treat political developments as a
matter of news, in which all sides
are entitled to fair treatment as a
matter of historical justice. That.
II is needless to say, is the policy
of this newspaper.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

Parker The case will probably be
tried before Judge James A. Howe
That conservation of soil is to be
subject for careful study and
practice by Iowa farmers is appar-
ent. Reports come from many dis
tricts of earth washing leaving high
lands without the fertile coat of
earth that has made Iowa farms
such a success. 1t is very likely
some systematic effort will be made
to encourage farmers to study the
matter of soil conservation with a
view of keeping up the productive
ness of the state. Government sta
tistics show that between the five
years ending wi'- 1904 and the
five 900, the decrease
or,cal Dep.. exports was over forty
per cent. In round numbers the
country's exports of foodstuffs in
crude condition and food animals
were 100000, 900 for the eleven
months ending May 81 of this year.
$132,000,0OO for the same period
in 1909 and $1S1,O00.O00 in 1908.
Food consumption is increasing
in America more rapidly than food
production, according to recent
statement by an authority, and that
is the explanation of the falling of
of exports. This same authority
says: This country might easily
double it's wheat yield per acre and
make a similar gain in the quanti-
ity of everything produced from the
land. 1t requires better cultivation,
smaller farms, study of the soils
and their adoption to different forms
of plant life, rotation of crops, Sc
lection of seed as careful as that
which the breeder gives to the par
entage of animals, and proper fer
tilization. BY these methods, from
twenty-five to forty bushels of
wheat per acre and a corresponding
yield of other crops are now being
obtained. If all our farmers could
be educated to the same point,
twenty-five bushels of wheat would
be only fair crop; but this on our
present acreage would give us a
surplus of 100000 bushels for
export.
This change could scarcely be
wrought without the assistance of
the industry which deals with live
stock. The farmer and his land
cannot prosper until stock raising
is an inseparable adjunct of agri-
culture. Important is the fact that
of all forage fed to live stock at
least one-third in cash value re-
mains on the land in the form Of
manure that will aid in restoring
exhausted land to fertility and
maintaining good land to it's high
est productive point"
1t is considered very likely that
in Iowa some systematic campaign
of education and encouragement
will be inaugurated to interest
farmers in the question of soil con-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

The second trial in the famous
Lee O'Neil Browne bribery case in
connection with the election of
Senator Lorimer resulted in ac-
quital of Mr. Browne, the jury re-
turning a verdict of mot guilty" on
Friday. In the first trial the jury
disagreed. The case has occupied
the attention of the entire country,
and the verdict is a great surprise
to the element which Immediately
accept it as an assured fact that
a man is guilty the moment he is
accused of wrong doing. For our
part, we prefer to accept the legal
status, that person is presumed
to be innocent until his guilt is
proven. There is altogether too
strong tendency to muck-rake and
SANDER without just cause.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14
WHY IOWA is GREAT.
Reasons Advanced by President III.
II. Seerley of State Teachers
College.

Moines Capital, believing that Iowa
is the greatest state in the constel-
lation, has asked leading men of
Iowa to write briefly on the topic.
why Iowa is the Best State in the
Union" The writer's have diversi-
fled interests and their articles are
interesting and valuable in ac-
quainting outsiders with this states
opportunities. The first letter is by
President H. H. Seerley, of the State
Teachers College, Cedar Falls. He
declares Iowa is great because it's
people are progressive in everything
that has to do with Improvement,
happiness, success or development.
His contribution follows:
THE most remarkable thing
about Iowa is the homogeneous
people that live within it's borders
No other state has such equable
conditions among its people as are
found in Iowa. This is true as re-
CARDS educational qualifications,
moral standards, religious ideals and
business integrity.
They are progressive in every
thing that has to do with improve
ment, happiness, success or develop
ment. They are so aggressive and
so we'll balanced that they have sent
out swarms of their best citizens to
take leadership in other states and
to make the Iowa ideal the stand
ard OF civilization where they be-
come residents. These emigrants
always rejoice over their original
association with the Iowa people
They are proud to unite in boosting
the excellent things for which Iowa
stands, whether they are at the
Hawkeye Fellowship club in Chica-
go, the Iowa society in New York
the Iowa picnic in Los Angeles or
the old Iowa meetings at Spokane
and Seattle. 1t is possible to be
overproud of the material resources
and development of a state: it is
possible to be over enthusiastic con-
corning wealth, farms and other in
dustrial resources; it is possible to
be too much absorbed in the tenn
porary and the immaterial, however
beautiful and attractive. but it is
never possible to overestimate the
Importance of individual moral
character. mental capability, intel
lectual training and personal man
Illness.
"Of these things my observation
has taught me that Iowa has a
greater share than the people of
any other state, as her best products
are men and women fit to be called
to positions of power and influence
the world over. Iowa has produced
so many of these men and women
that the local demand does not
equal the supply, and hence her
sons and daughters have gone else
where to win fame, power and
notable success.
when people are able to pro-
duce the best men and women, and
possess the knowledge of training
for greatness, they have reached
the highest accomplishment possible
to human civilization"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

A democratic congress. after the
record of constructive legislation of
the last session, would bear the
same relation as hole to the
doughnut.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

The clipper Democrats should be
notified that in 1906, the only fair
comparison with this year. the Re-
publicans carried Vermont by nearly
5000 less than now.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

Considering that Miss Elkins has
to give $5,0OO.00O dowry for the
Duke of AbruzZi, she should have
waited for a better bargain at the
next mill end sale.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

We can't quite decide whether the
colonel will run for president in
1912 or not, but some people seem
to think the nomination could be
found by search of his vest
pockets.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

The enormous sum of five hun
dred and twenty-nine millions of
dollars is the amount of money
spent for automobiles this year. 1t
is almost inconceivable, yet ii
shows the great strides the industry
has made within few short years.
How impertinent is the quiry has
the auto come to stay?"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

The election of Henry Wallace of
Iowa as president of the national
conservation congress is signal
honor to the state. Mr.. Wallace is
one of the nations most devoted
conservationists and will do credit
to the office.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

Mr. Gaynor seems to be booked
to run for governor of New York.
No man of his talents can be al
lowed to keep on hiring the school
marms and running the road scraper
for little village like New York.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

The commercial agencies report
good fair trade. With the crops
safe nothing bothers but politics,
and politics keeps few people from
eating their dinner and wearing
clothes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

Roosevelt and Taft seemed to
agree pretty well at st. Paul, and
such razors as may have been fly
ing through the air were of the
safety variety.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller, who is
reported i'll, seems to keep out of
the papers quite we'll. Few $1,000
clerks wives would be satisfied
with what publicity she gets
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

The elective system has smashed
the grip of the dead languages on
education, but the making of fudge
continues to be required both in the
women's colleges and the high
schools.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

The United States loses the prin-
cipal point on the Newfoundland
fisheries case, but all the fish in
dispute are not worth what an hour
or two of war would cost had not
arbitration come in to settle such
disputes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

The North Adams, Mass, Tran
script says many of the politicians
have infant paralysis. 1t looks
more to us like cholera infantum.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

American tourists have spent
$250,000,000 abroad this summer,
Of which at least three-fourths was
of the nature of social advertising.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

Lightning rods are being put up
over the White House. Are these
to draw or repel the presidential
lightning of 1919?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-09-14

Air ship travel ought to be very
cheap because the return trip is SO
often of the nature of free ride.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-27
Leaders PLEASED
Concluded from page onel

health and all OF them are 'confiics-
ing. 1t is evident. however. that
there is a feeling OF great apDrehen-
sion among the friends Of the SEN
ator here and among the party lead
ers who are actively engaged In con
Quoting this year's campaign. While
they probably do not believe that
the senator's illness Is necessarily
fatal. they nevertheless regard 1t as
serious. and are by no means as-
sured how ii viii turn out. The sis-
uation makes the importance OF the
outcome of this years campaign.
therefore, all the more important.
There might he such thing happen
as there would he two United
States senator's for the forthcoming
legislature to elect instead of only
one. The party leaders sincerely
hope not. but they are. nevertheless,
taking into very serious consIdera-
ton this very grave contingency.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-27
Imnor.tant Campaign.

This Is the most important cam
paign that the Republican party has
fought since It came into power VITA
Atkinson. in 1896" remarked On
up-sgate RepubIfcan leader who rs
sojourntng In the capital for a few
days. ''The party was united in that
year" he continued. 1T was united
in 1900 when White was elected and
the job OF re-districting the state
was involved. And yet. while White
was elected by the largest majority
the state has ever given;a Republic
can candidate. we had only one ma
iorfty in the legislature on joint bal
lot or course, that was under the
old Democratic gerrymander OF the
state, but yet White received nearly
10000 majority of the popular vote.
So, you see. with the party not har-
monious and fighting together for
one common achievement this year.
IL is by no means impossible for the
Democrats to win the House of Del
egates, and the Legislature on joint
ballot at the polls next month, even
though the state is districted under
the act OF 1901 passed by the Re-
publicans. A few delegates lost here
and thare-a slump on the legislative
ticket in such large counties as
Ohio, Kanawha. Cabell and wood and
the hope of Republican ascendency
glimmering. ! am glad to see that
the Republican State Committee is
keen1y alive to this grave situation
and is making a terrific fight to i'm
press upon the minds of Republican
voters. collectively and Individually,
the great Importance OF their voting
the Legislative ticket straight. The
loss OF the legislature this year
would deal the Republican party n
blow from which 1t could not eX-
pect to recover in the next ten years,
at least. 1t would give the Demo-
Gratis one United States senator sure
that next January-and it might
! give them two, II anything should
happen to Senator Elkfns. 1t would
give the Democrats the power and
! the right to redistrict the state, and
] it would enable them to tie the
hands OF Governor Glasscock and
keep them tied for the balance OF
his term Thus, many things that
he hopes to .do--the laws already en-
acted he hopes to perfect, and the
f; platform promises he hopes to fulfill
)h!s party might be In fine fet-
tie for the great battle OF 1919, could
not and would not he done. This is
In my judgment, the most important
crisis in the history OF the Republi-
can party so far as West Virginia Is
concerned
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-27

both. parties, a Christian gentleman.
and a Republican sound on all party
principles. The committee could
have given less desirable eandt-
date. but It did not II chose the
very best material 1t could hnd. That
proved its party patriotism and It's
loyalty to Republicans above every
thing else. And with the party al
most ruined and wrecked, this very
same committee put up one of the
finest fights ever fought in the his
tory OF West Virginia politics and
succeeded. in putting into the execu-
tive mansion one of the%best goy-
ernor's the state has ever had.
Waging Great Fight.
This year, the same committee,
with the quiet. patient, reticent Sam
". Matthews in charge. is wagiug
another splendid fight and expects
Ito win another splendid victory de
spite party dissention and personal
tiles No state chairman. save and
except Dawson, was ever so roundly
abused and SO little understood and
appreciated by the mass of Republi-
sans as Sam Matthews. What
ever may be said for or against him
there is one fact concerning him
that is absolutely true-there is no
better Republican living than he is,
no truer or more loyal friend, no
fairer and more broadmInded man
in listening to the complaints OF par
tymen who fancy themselves a&-
grieved. and no more skillful cam
paIgn manager and keenIy observant
and farsighted politician than he is.
But there Is one thing that cannot be
phone; there is no egot!sm In his
makeup; and he is first and above
everything else a Republican. Ha
will not retire from the chairman
ship under fire OF enemies, and
neither will the other members very
likely. bur will serve out the tenure
for which he was elected and let the
people choose his successor on the
committee, as they chose him. In the
regular and the legal way.
In the meantime. tt9e Republic
cans who would vote the Demo
cratic ticketeas a reDulSe 10 the COM
s4alttee. <as Is beiuF irEkd by the
s55nrnalsEE of ch1itb fcGraw
ought to Srealize tina they ould be
slElfrt ing evefSb ody5 Use and them
selves without even touching the OBJ
l;jeet- or their political wrath. The
democrats may get the legislature,
| the. sI4ited States senators, re-dis-
ttrlct the state. elect all Ave OF their
con gressional candidates and all
their county candidates Jas we'll,
with. the votes of misguided, anger
blinded Republicans, hut the state
committee would remain unfeazed
till the party in state convention In
1919 changes the personnel OF is
membership.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-27
Committee n New Ono.

The origin OF the fight against the
Republican state committee was the
committees ruling during the
swisher-scherr fight The present
corImIttee was not In existence ut
that time. The present committee
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-02-05
SHORTER CHAPEL AFRICAN NJ.
e. CHURCH.

Corner Twenty-third and Washing
ton streets. Sunday and mid-week
meetings, from October. 1908. to
April, 1909.
Sunday Services.
Sunday school at s:45 a. NJ Mrs.
Effie Waldron. superintendent.
Preaching at II 4. m. and 1880 p. m.
m. Monthly communion the fret
Sunday at IL IN. Glasses one and six
meet at 12:45 p. m.
Allen C. E. League at $50 p. m.
Miss Gertrude Nichols. president.
sacr deconcert the first Sunday
evening OF each month under the d.
rection OF the League at p. IN. Ser
mon omitted.
Mid-Week Meetings.
The trustees meet the first Tues
day at 5 p. NJ. Official board meets
the second and fourth Tuesday At
1880 p. m.
Eureka Literary Society every
Tuesday night at p. m. Raymond
Clark, president.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
al p. m.
The Sewing Circle meets the nrst
and third Thursday afternoons at
2:30. Mrs. Ella Leniza. president
The w. n. N. s. meets the sec
ond and fourth Thursday afternoons
at 2:30. Mrs. E. N. Ward. president
The Stewardess' board meets the
first and third Friday afternoon at
$3.50. Mrs. Unity Hall. president
Teachers meet every Friday al
700 p. m.
Glass meeting every Friday al 500
p. IN.
cordial welcome is extended 10
al. who enter our doors.
A MILTON WARD. Pastor.
Residence ll9 23rj St