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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-27

general for the Sunday schools of
North America. The Sunday
idea has new vision and its i'm
provements and erlargements are
marching on. Like the tariff, it has
been revised upward"
Much interest is felt in diplomatic
circles here with regard ito Score
tary Knox's role as peace-maker amid
the troubled conditions in South Am
erica, Central America and China. 1t
is thought that If Secretary Knox's
proffer to China has actually been
sent to Pekin and accepted there, a
remarkable situation in foreign udla-
tons will have been established. IL
was somewhat remarkable action
on the part CT the Secretary 10 offer
to all this counary could in CO.
operation whit the Pekin government
to check anti-foreign outbreaks. A
spirity of hostility is spreading
throughout China and is directed
against all foreigners, including the
japanese. 1t is said that the rioters
are cutting off their queues as an ex-
preston Of their desire to change the
policy and rule and perhaps the dy-
nasty. If Secretary Knox's plan shall
receive the approval of the Chinese
government, 1t is possible that ancth-
sr march to Pekin similar to that con
sequent upon the Boxer uprising may
result.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-27
Baptist Church.

Regular services rext Sunday. Sun
day School session 9:45 o'clock. Morn
ing worship at IL O'Clock. Theme of
sermon. THE Duty of Pastor"
This sermon will be followed in the
near future with a sermon on, 1.-The
Duty of Church Member" and we
are very anxious for our members to
hear both sides of the question. Even
ing worship at 7:45 o'clock. All
will find a welcome at these services
y,tu ]. w. BRUNER.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-27
congress SLOW IN
Cleaning UP WORK;
Stubborn Fight Over Sun
dry Civil Bill.
Hard Contest Also Expected on
Postal Savings Bank
Measure.


Washington, May 22.-Shivers have
bee, CHASING .tbor,s.,,.,., 49,, 49,, II,
,ho ID.
WIZ iiiuS' iSce
SCI 'ous colves's IN fhe-r States or
diStltcis If they come back 10 the
next Congress. ever since John DWIGHT
the Ren,hltcan ,,,t, 20 -,
REPRESENTATIVES ,ss,,aa a.. -.
thar the nres,art - -, -
adioorn basora 1,,i,. -
oven tho r,os.t ,,o,s,,,,.-.,-
had tbo,,gb4 a. -,
difficultv IN oe.+i,
end of 1,,ra ~.
since Mr. nwiah. - - - p''-1
and IN that .i,,o lI..,o -
been mada
That tho nradtotioa
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inc both t,,,noh,-. .
at, 49, ." " w
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the vass,o, ,,,;,, ,.,,, II, -.
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spnd,.y oiru rim - -, -. -
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q, +ha or,,,ud st.. 49,
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he ~anortod di,e.o. 80 - -,
or N +ha presidert
Tba no,-,al s,.,-sno,. hal. ,sr 1911
ba, -, -, 80 ''-.' ""'o"
tee n, po.,,ffioas ,nd D.. D. =
readv for +ha poo,,h1,.o, =.
will no bal, y,,od,,o,.o
caIIv oil % ebo pon',,,.oe -
Ho,,se signed tho call r. =, 80, IA,
lv +bsrafo-a ,ba. .ho ,,-.,-,-'
the Hill will no o,or, ,.oa,,,a,
surgan,+ linz. 7. :. - ,.-,.-
betwaar Easterr. ord W,
hors
Tho oauo,,, nil, .o,- -,
comroi1toa 20 tho 80 'iI.,.-
mamhsrsbin 90 4bo L. - =.
nrobaG,Ia +bo- man.. No. -.
tba firm, !, n,hioh :. -,
will Ia n,do In hho h,,
Tho caucrs u.,l, .oi.o a., So. -
hill ~ Drafted is .,.onl.ou,, In,
and rb,+ urdoo. i,, o,,,,.ationa g..
com n,uritias mich. >, -, .
monav and that 4, vo,,,d ~ .o,.or
10 New yort and othar 49,,
eenters
After ra,oeirg IN a ,,,o,., 49, H.
letharpic e.ata ON tho set ooior
dar fer many waAks tho S.a+abood
bill suddenly has b.en called ~ ,aLe
an active mart in bringing .ba or,,os-
ing factions .ooetbar D,. tho uaiIroad
hill Regp,ar Renublica,s concada thay
need Democratic notes m mass rho ad-
in a form satisfactory ~
President Taft.
There are many of Aha con-asta al
'eaal.es Of the hill which meet natur-
allv with tho favor of tho Darpocra,s
but they cannot overlook the nrosnect
of being able to drive a shrev,d mar
gain. They hold chat the Statehood
bill must receive if they aid the Re-
publican majority i'm nassing their
railroad legislation.
Many of the Republican leaders are
inclined to agree that a vote shall be
taken ON the Statehood hill The
measure as renorted INV Senator Raw
AieN as ieP0i'Ou ny SetA'"r pS'
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-27
SuNNYDALE.

May 24.-Mr. r. l.. Taylor and Mr..
Jim Kings daughters have mumps.
Mr.. Charlie Fitzhugh, of Sulphur
Springs Is very sick ar this writing.
Miss Isabelle Mauzy, Hartford, Wis
led her friend. Mrs. F. l.. Sanderfur
from Friday until Sunday.
Mr.. James Wysong has returned
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-27
Two Couple Elope.

Mr.. E. c. Heflin and Miss Connie
Barnard, MIR. W. B. Ashby and Miss
Bessie Brown. both couples from Cen
tertown. Ohio county, passed through
Greensboro Saturday en- route to Rock
port, Ind.,where they were married
They returned to the city and spent
the night at the Bell hotea. and left
Sunday afternoon for their homes.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-27
Wanted.

An organizer in this section for
our sick. accident and life insurance
certificates on very liberal renew
al contract. Write at once. Kentucky
State Manager, 10Sl-1O4l Drexel Build
ing, Philadelphia, Penn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14

The Bedford Democrat is still l~ecturing on the
correct and incorrect manner of assessing prop
erty for taxation. 1t quotes Judge Henry s.
Blair who formerly presided over the Bedford
Circuit Court as saying from the bench that
the market value contemplated by the law
was a price that property would sell for should
all the property of the country be thrown on
the market at one time. This said Judge Blair
would attract investors and create such a mar
ket value" as the law ~contemplatcs. -
1t is the contention of the Democrat that the
market value of a property is its investment
value, or rental value, but that III making his
assessment on that basis thc, assessor should
keep in mind the fact that there should. be. de-
Quoted from the annual rental value a sum suf-
6cient to keep the property in as good repair
from year to year as when the assessment is
made.
1.-Two other words, y adds our contemporary.
" the assessment should be based on the net
rental value
That rule is as good as any other. provided
it is made the rule for each and every locality.
1t matters little whether the assessment be high
or low, provided only it be uniform. If a low
assessment is made and it does not yield suf-
fcient revenue at the prevailing rate of tax
alton, the rate will have to be increased. It
makes no difference to the tax payer, one way
or the other, if he is made to pay the same
amount of tax. The injustice of the present
system consists in this. that assessments are high
in some sections and low in others, whereas the
State rate is the same for all.
We insist upon the rule of the Constitution,
but that rule is interpreted in various ways, so
that each community is a law unto itself and
the rule varies accordingly. We wish that a
test case might be made mp and carried to the
Court of Appeals for Interpretation of the rule.
Let that court make the terms as plain as posi-
Bile and then let the judges in the several cir
cults and cities see to it that assessors follow di-
~rcctions. If that We're done, uniformity would
follow as a corollary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14

Murder Will Out.

We have felt from the start that there was
6aacthing fshy about that "Ballinger exon
Safion.,s We have felt, and have more than
nc intimated that Ballinger had imposed upon
President Taft and hoodwinked him. But the
E6sse II VERSE than we had supposed. The story
which we publish to-day from Cleveland is
|Enxxing. 1t is positively asserted that the
ekcsidcnt' s generation of Ballinger was pre-
by Oscar L.awler, law officer of the De-
E4krfment of the Interior, in collaboration with
1aIinger himself and that President Taft adopt
ESd il as his own, with the public assurance
B<hat " have examined the whole record most
E~Sarcfuly and have reached a definite conclusion
81 III the facts concerning the now famous white
wash, be in truth as they are above stated,
4h1r4-Ss Fes4a- fer profound general dIEaFPaFHt-
Enent in the character of the President. lie
anne to ms advertised as the rare combination OF
A5urist and executive. The country was invited to
lMelcome a change from the square deal by a
blow in the face TO a policy that would do that
NIL and impartial justice which high courts are
I&npposrd to accord. To know that this judicial
president has permitted his negligent good ma
to 90 to the length of honoring with his
R6A3cia1 signature the partisan defense of an
E66ieial under indictment is matter making for
R1tspair Of public honesty and official obligation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14
Abandoning its Greed.

IA d recent sermon. Pastor Maurer Of the Cen
|&Sr congregational Church of New Haven, I'M
ertook to show why his church had decided
x1t assent to the Apostles Creed was no long
EE to be required as prerequisite to member
f6:;p. He declared that the Greed still com
Danded his admiration and reverence. He be-
zerex that it will always keep its place in the
&tnrgies but he thinks it Is misused when en-
0aDyed as a test at the church IS door sill.
I've are requiring men to express their faith
nd belief in terms of this Creed, he went on.
And If d man loves Christ, believes in him,
<8ishes to accept him. before men, as Lord and
Master, wishes with all his heart to submit him
EERlf in humility and sincerity of heart to the
z&kxifl Of God, but differs from the Nicenc theory
rs The Trinity or the parentage of Christ, or
&unot understand how it was possible for
Ehrist's physical body to ascend into heaven,
96hich flesh and blood cannot inherit, or whose
AEHaknn tells him that therQ cannot be a ressur-
ITer4irIl al the hndy-@f call your attention TO
d fact that we are compelling that man to twist
ma jnggle phrases into meaning what they were
BE0t intended to mean. and before the very al
Ell of God are urging him to be insincere.
ENhc church must have a place for every man
Tho can meet the test of discipleship, or pay the
price. Men will find their way to God, and Woe
Ehe III Zion If they are forced to find that way
EDUtside the Christian church.
But il the church has no written creed, ne
chart, how shall it guide It's course And
HI each member has Il creed of his own, how shall
there be any unity and communion?
Il Pastor Maurer's statement of the ease is plansi-
III enough. but to an outsider the action of his
'&ahErch has the appearance of a bid for new
members
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14
Primary or Convention.

@ Recommending on The discussion which has been
Eoing on in some of the Virginia newspapers con
xsnerning the primary election plan, the Whining
Ytafa Star says:
The virginian wants to refer the question to
4fhn fountain-head-the people who do the vot-
ING. That is Democracy. The same power
which is 10 decide the question as TO the primary
38S8n best decide as TO whom they would nomi-
mate to fill their offices. There is no higher
power than the sovereign people. They could
%&}afalr be expected te exercise thrir right to votr
Nun the merits Of the primary plan or the con-
Mention plan, and. in doing so, decide TO take
HH4hnir nominations ont of their own hands by
N3eaying them to conventions composed of only
N fnw Of the people.
! Conventions can be packed and primaries
s#eaIi be debauched, but it is up to the people to
&pply the remedy. They can do it better if it
f3S left in their hands-to their vote.
The people rule, the Virginian remarks, but
when they do not make their own nominations
They merely think they rule. To believe that the
s{i87people rule and should decide for themselves
SA2 10 the primary is equally as good as saying that
|sfhey should also decide as to who shall he
Atheir nominees for the offices.
The nearer you bring any question to the
people the more correctly is the principle Of a
n Brfaocracy illustrated. The primary puts the
8lrnesti0n into the hands of the people, and il
their primary is debauched by any man or set
H. men the people can crush Them and ealla halt.
Abe people are not capable of making their
s#MHAn Nominations they are not capable of de-
&61ding how these nominations shall be made =
I'VE would have our esteemed North Caroline
1atnmporary to understand that this newspaper
, 3unalterably in favor of the primary election
ut choosing candidates and we cannot but
E[lexe that the great majority of Democrats in
f1inia are like minded. But the plan has
Nsr had a fair trial in Virginia except in
Ss1 eoptests- Wcsbave no legalized plan and
1N0pkh the last State Convention declared IL
~ favor Of a primary election law and in
SHssd fhe State Committee to endeayor to Sc
NV enactment a Saeh ) law. tie General
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14
jug although severaf-biits

ASSEMBLY took no actions although several bits
were offered, including one prepared by the
leommittee.
We say that the State primary election plan
has never had a fair test in Virginia because the
plan itself is faulty and because there are plenty
leaders who prefer the convention. Instead OF
trying to help the primary its opponents have
tried to discredit it and make it unpopular. In
two instances of late the primary was discarded
in favor of the convention, in open defiance OF
the party law on the subject. One newspaper
went so far as to say that Democrats In that
were tired of the primary and were in
rebellion against the party law. Then came the
proposal that the question be submitted to vote
of the Democratic masses. whether or not the
primary should be retired and the party return to
the convention method of making nominations.
The Virginian is quite willing that the people
shall have an opportunity to settle the matter.
We think it would be a fatal blunder for the
party to abolish the primary. but the people
have the right to decide for themselves. More
over, if the party primary law is to be ignored
and openly defed, it would be in the interest Of
party organization to abolish it and substitute
a law that will be observed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14
Cest of R~attieships.

In the account of the launching Of the battleship
Florida at the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday appear
Ing under a New York date line In the Richmond Even
ing Journal. the following remarkable statement was
made:
An important fact in the launching OF the Florida
Ia that the vessel Is being built in the government
shipyard. and her total cost will not exceed 3s.0 10000.
which IL abort s3.0V6,0o0 less than the price that would
have been paid TO a private company"
Those who are familiar with the history Of hattlesl.ip
construction will know that this is utterly absurd. In
at $4,000. coo. 1t Is altogether probable that these figures
will be exceeded when the final settlement comes. But.
allowing that the ship is TO cost SO. 900. 900. there is abb
solutely no ground for the statement that she would
have cost as much, to say nothing of $4,000 900 more,
had she been constructed at a private yard.
The battieship Delaware. about the same class Of
ship as the Florida. was built at the Newport News
plant for ~s3.sS7,000. exclusive of guns and armor, and
completed and ready for battle she cost only 81, 502, $50.
or nearly 100000 less than tho government estimate of
the cost of n ship building by the government. The bat
tleshiP Utah, sistership of the Florida. Is being con-
structed at Camden. \. j., the contract price being
s.. s46. 900. This means that the Utah will cost COM
plete about S. TOO. or just 10000 less than her gov
ernment- built sister.
In the famous b~attieship building race between the
was built here fer s7.425si3, while the Connecticut was
constructed at the navy yard FOR ~s7.s11.f1s. The local
built ship was finished in four months less time than
the navy yard took to complete her sister, and the speed
of the Louisiana exceeded that of the Connecticut by
about half a knot. ~ 81
The government yet has To prove Chat II can build
warships as quickly, as cleaply or as we'll as they can
be built in the first class private p~iants-Newport News
Press
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14
THE PEOPLESFORUM
Arlington Monument.

IVA Bh1 E
To the Daughters of Virginia:
You have doubtless read with interest the stirring
accounts sent from the reunion IN Mobile, OF the
veterans who so braveiy fought for their country and
their rights. and who 30 distinguished themselves by
their noble. glorious deeds.
Did you read of their hating steps. OF tho trembling
limbs, Of the feeble frames. but who, with hearts stiHl
fun OF fire and OF pride, marched beneath the battie-
SCARED flags which they bore in the sixties?
Your hearts thrilled with pleasure as you read how
Dixie" cheered and encouraged these old men. dearer
to us as. with each advancing year. their ranks grow
less.
Should we. can we. forget such reminders?
Let us do all within our power to deepen THESE
sacred memories of the long ago, that our young people
will know the noble record OF their ancestors.
How shall we make immortal their deeds? What
better can we do to perpetuate them than to erect
this grand and effective shaft at the old home Of
Robert u. Lee. beautiful Arlington?
There two hundred and sixty Ave of our brave SOL
diers are buried-those who died in prisons and hos
pitfalls In and around Washington the last six months
OF the cruel Civil War.
They died uncared for and unknown. Our Chapters
asked permission to bring them back and bury them
in their own homeland among those for whom they
fought and suffered and died. That request was re-
fused them by the United States government.
Daughters, l feel that IL there were but one rnonu-
ment in our Southland. that one should be In Airing
ton.
Yours, for continued effort,
MRS. THOMAS S. BOCOCK,
Director Arlington Monument for Virginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14

anxieties. \ little while ago the Landmark was
frightened out of it's wits by p~rowling auto
mobiles. Next our contemporary had n ease
of dog fright. Now the Ledger Dispatch says
that 'it is little short of miraculous that some
body was not killed by the showers Of flower
pots that were blown off the windows on CRANKY
street Monday afternoon by the sudden gust of
wind"
What's the matter with YOU fellows down
there? Are You naturally timid? Or is it a
case of "the wicked flee when 20 nan pursueth?''
In either event, Norfolk seems to be an open
field for the accident insurance agents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14
Our State Contemporaries
Convention and Primary.

Does any Republican candidate in Virginia go before
the voters of his party for a desirable nomination and
submit to them his name and claims to he voted upon
directly in an open primary? Does the average Re-
publican voter have any voice or chance for q voice
in the selection of a nominee of his party for any Office?
Will the average Republican voter In the Ninth district.
for instance. have any chance to vote against the nomt-
nation Of Mr.. Slemp for Congress? win he not find.
II he takes the trouble to attend his precinct or county
meeting, that everything has been arranged, cut ard
dried, by the managers. chiefly Office -holders? In all the
time he has been In that party in Virginia has he had
one chance to go to the polls and vote for the party
nominees according to his own preference and by bal
lot? He never has.-Roanoke Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14

Mr.. Bryan announces that the lower house Of the
Legislature Ii ready to pass an Initiative and referen-
dunn resolution In special session. That puts the issue
up to the Senate and gives exceeding interest to the
record OF that body on two questions
Because the handful OF House members who opposed
the initiative and referendum resolution at tho regu-
lar session were the wettest of the wet, and because Il
was the Douglas county Democrats who fought 1t
hardest In the Senate, there is a tendency to assume
that the alignment on county option and the initiative
Senate vote was In each case the same. II to 1G,
~heightens this Impression.
An analysts Of the votes IN the Senate shows, how
ever, that the alignment on the two questions was
nowise the same. OF the is votes for the Initiative
and referendum and for county option, only 10 were by
men who voted aye on both questions. Six senators
supported county option and voted against the initiative
and referendum bill, and six voted for the initiative
and referendum and against county option.
Thus, 30 far ms the vote shows. county option lines
initiative and referendum. Five Republicans and eleven
Democrats favored III: ten county optionists and six
anti-county optionists favored 1t. Eight Republicans
and nine Democrats opposed IT; six county optfonists
and eleven anti-county optionists opposed II.
So mingled were the elements In this vote that one
Senate with the measure up In . special session. The
fact that the six county optfonists who voted against
the initiative and referendum were all Republican,
and the vice versaa" all Democrats hints that the
LIQUOR question may have determined the vote except
as affected by party considerations. Some Of these
six Republicans may have felt called upon to oppose
because Mr.. Bryan was for. and some OF the six Demo-
Gratis to favor for the same reason. Al this time the
demands Of consistency might cause = change. for
III county option Republicans are to remain opposed
for it they will be compelled by the same consideration
to turn aeainst county option wo that MI. Bryan has
turned toward r.. And they VIII hardly do thatT-Ne-
braskR State Journal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14

A ieanet sent out by Professor Edmond s. Meany. Of
the University Of Washington, at Seattle. seeks a con-
sensus OF opinion Of those to whom Il has been ad-
dressed, about 5000 in all. upon the name that should
thIs country. II contains q considerable portion OF =
discussion that occurred In the United States Senate
on January II. 1907. More than a dozen senators. rep
iesenung all geographical diyfsions OF our country and
ootn parties. participated that day in a debate that was
very interesting IN its presentation OF facts or theories
ana without Q single word of acriHony or even tentative
renection upon motives. The question was should an
ACT OF Congress relative to certain pensions refer to
the war as one OF Rebellion as a Civil War" upon
o motion to strike out "War Of the Rebellion" and in
sert in lieu thereof Civil War;" which was finally de-
eiaed= n the
There seems no good reason for division on this ques-
lion. Educators OF the South are pretty well agreed
that war Tor secession lis the correct term. and the
war between the States falls short in that there n an
absence of motive. an objection amply met In the
name suggested. The Cincinnati Enquirer Interestingly
discusses the movement as follows:
the history Of that war In its inception and progress.
whether from the experience Of actual participation In
or close following as readers of the dramatic and tragic
scenes. that II would be more correctly historical to use
the word secession The States of the South. one
after another, by their representatives at their capitals,
adopted ordinances of secession.
The people loyal 10 the preservation OF union spoke
OF those acts as Of secession and of those who pafttct-
pated In them as secessionists' Wherk the calls for thu
1evies of troops were made it was fhe common un-
to prevent the success of secession and to maintain the
integrity OF the entire country by forcing those who
sought to secede to remain in the Union Of States.
This seems logical enough. and yet there was only
name Of War of Secession'-one seemed inclined to
follow the editorial thought OF the South, which has
been, and still 10. for War Between the States as the
name for it"-Montgomery Journal.