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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-02-24

ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA
Howard Camp No. 3973, meets every
Thursday evening at Sprague's Hall
Visiting members cordially invited
Anna W. May, Recorder; Clara Scott
Oracle
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
and the women who never shirk do
the things which really are almost
work. !"
NOW HE IS SORRY.

Here is pathetic letter from 3
former Dickinson woman whose husv'
bank took her back to Ohio three
years ago thinking It was 50 much
better there than In Kansas:
editor Reflector: Please stop
our paper as my husband told me he
didn't want to hear anything from
Kansas. He is SO homesick to 90
back! We came to Ohio three years
ago. He don't like 1t at all here. |
think we will come back sometime"
Such is the fate Of the man whe
leaves Kansas. 1t is solemn warn-
ing to ali who are fortunate enough
to be located in this Garden 81 Eden
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
IEGIsLArIoN ExTRAVAGANCE.

Something like $4,000 bills have
been introduced In the present Con-
gress. A large part Of these will
never be enacted into law, and a
very respectable proportion of those
which eventually will be passed re-
fer to private matters. At the same
time the rush to correct every al
legged grievance by a new statute.
and the addition of hundreds Of laws
not only by Congress but by forty
six state legislatures, is an evidence OF
our tendency toward extremes. To
Say that the country would be better
off, says the Finsncier. II congress
and the legislatures Of all the states
adjourned for a period Of two years
is rather broad assertion, but this
sentiment seems to be gaining ad-
|herents day by day.
The American love for new laws
is equalled only by the growing love
for litigation. Our courts are clog
gsd by the vast number Of cases
which confront them and justice, as
expressed IN taxation, is getting TO
be rather expensive luxury. Every
new public law passed means as a
rule new litigation, which, while 1t
may be an excellent thing for the
legal profession, is drain on other
people. Once in a while some cur
ious Investigator writes an article
showing that there are more judges
and more courts in Greater New
York or in Chicago, or some other
large city, than in all England. Such
figures are impressive, but up to this
time seem to have had little effect.
Probably 1t may occur to the people
Of the country who support this
wasteful form Of extravagance that
their legislatures might put in few
sessions repeating or unmaking the
laws which at present cucumber the
statute books. II the thought ever
does take hold It viii prove a bless
inb in more ways than one. A soll-
tary advocate also arises occasionally
to tell US that If we enforced the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14

The feeling Of respect entertained
BY the senators and the represcnta-
tives in national congress for the
late Justice Brewer are perhaps hes:
shown by the actions Of the two
houses Of Congress on the day they
adjourned out Of respect for h:m.
The references to the death Of the
prominent Judge are recorded In the
Congressional Record.
After Senator Curtis Of Kansas had
introduced the resolutions in the
senate and they had been agreed to
and the senate adjourned, Represen-
tive Calderhead Of Kansas introduced
like resolutions In the house. The
following are Mr.. Calderhead's re-
marks as they appear in the Con-
gressional Record:
"Mr. Speaker, rise to announce
to the house. that 1t may be matter
Ia -r1 M VnQftnc
80, -. INT ar,ornoe,
mon, wsa known 70 all the members
!, ~ Housa tb,a morning. and to
-, IN II. ,-rav, MIN personallv Il came
with a deep sense Of sorrow and OF
narsono, Ioss Jpsfice brewer was
,Sau.,,,sa With Kansas and all her
S M, from her tary,torial days I'M
80 ~ t,me whom he came to take
-. ,,,aea man tha bancb a. the
san.arna oourt ~ he united states.
nnr,rg nat time he held. by the
a,so,,ou - h;s fellow-eitizens. every
t sna,c,a, position known 70 the laws
!, Kansas and after that time he
ho,d averv federa, judicial position
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
4 nnAIPIRTR YINDICATIoN.

Leavenworth Times: When Rep
resentative Fitzgerald recently In
troduced an amendment designed to
bring about the repeal Of the present
tariff law, he did the Republican
party in particular and the whole peo-
pie OF the nation in general favor
that can hardly be overestimated.
The amendment was voted down, and
the present tariff law upheld BY q
vote Of 150 to lie. Every Republi-
can Of the house Of representatives,
without exception. voting to sustain
the present law, while every Demo-
crat voted in favor Of its repeal. 1t
must be understood that some 20
Republicans voted against the bill
on It's passage last August, and now
not one can be found to vote for its
repeal. This is the most complete
vindlcation OF the new law that
could be had. and the Republican
party can hencefOrth 90 before the
country hand In hand with he Preal-
dent with the tariff as the chief Issue
Of the coming campaign.
The benefits that have ACQUIRED to
the country under the operation Of
he new law are more and more ap-
parent every day. Attention has a.
ready been called in these columns
10 the success Of TIE measure a. a
revenue law. ne receipts % ar
during the present flseal rear, end
Ing jane 50 ned, bring soms tso.-
100000 mors nan during re cor
Responding months Of last year. While
lho deficit Of sDout t7o.e1t'eoo 3
rear ago is nov only about ftt.eoo'-
6at nri ths,1 rrtns % Be- % to1li
gl,t ts t.1cll ~ y rip,. oll ~
30 tl1 Of Ill n'siTtsE.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
REna AaAINer TnH ERsT.

Judge Reea has commenced
his active campaign for congress
and the district has clear cut
issue as between him and Mr..
Calderhead. There Is no chance
for misunderstan The
Judge will represent the West.
CLAY Center Times
win her He Is declaring against
the Republican congress and the Re
publican administration. He 4
against the protective tariff bill thai
keeps he manufactures busy and
makes a market for western crops
raised by western farmers and now
selling at higher price than in forty
years. Do the farmers Of the Fifth
district want 50 cent wheat, 3 cent
hogs and 20 cent corn? II they
do, Rees is exactly the man for them
to support. His policy leads in that
direction. He does not represent
the West or the Vests interests moi
has he any sympathy with the things
that make Western prosperity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
VOTING n A DUTY.

In a recent talk with Congressman
McKinlay of California, he suggests
the idea Of law that compels vot-
ing. His idea was that failing to
vote, without a legal excuse should
be held to be criminal act and pun
ished as we punish other misdemean-
ors. whether such law would help
to build a proper sentiment that
would compel the citizen to discharge
his duty toward the government. ]
do not know.
But the idea Is worthy Of careful
consideration. Self government con-
templates obligation. 1t calls for duty
on the part Of the citizen. II we had
4 law that makes 1t penal offense
not to vote, 1t might draw the atten'
ton OF the thoughtless business mar
to his obligations to the country that
protects his property and that pro
tects his life and liberty. II the man
who now boasts that he has nothing
to do with politics will be made to
understand that such boast isia re-
Election on his patriotism, he would
look at politics in a different light
In democracy no man ought to be
heard to say that he has nothing 70
do with politics. If politics are cor
rupt ii il because too many men meg
Iect their duty in yoting.-J. r. Bur-
ton.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
Gov. sTuRRs NO TRAITOR.

Hutchinson News: Gov. Stubbs is
quoted through one Of his mouth
pieces as saying: ''Let them show
where have been a traitor to the
people. They can't do it. Neve-r-r."
OF course they can't. Gov. Stubbs
is no traitor to the people. He Is
just an ordinary governor who began
to run for U. s. senator as soon as
he was inaugurated for his first term.
He has handled the Job Of governor
we'll enough, through his deputies,
but his mistake has been that he
should have waited until he began
his second term before he went to
playing politics for the higher place.
He is no traitor but he would be
a better governor, and he has the
ability to be a better governor than
he has been. His appointees seem
to have been selected largely because
Of their ability to control or be leg
|islators, and while they are excellent
gentlemen it would be much to the
improvement Of the public service II
they would lay aside politics between
campaigns and do the work for which
they are paid.
OF course the governor can say ne
is doing no different from other gov
errors. But they did not begin so
early. And they were not continually
lifting up their eyes and saying that
they were not as other men, those
publicans and sinners. The Stubs
machine is we'll made and there Is
no special call for criticism Il It were
not that Governor Stubs Is very Sc
we're against anybody else building .
machine. What he denounces in 9TH
ers he is guilty Of himself. It it were
a political machine, as Gov. stubbs,
said 1t was, It Is Just as bad for Gov.
Stubbs to construct the machinery
with which he hopes to work himself
into the office Of U. s. senator.
The trouble with the governor is
that he takes himself too seriously
He wants to be called a traitor 50 he
can throw q few fits in the center Of
the stage. He would like to write
prociamations in red ink and issue
ultimatlons in violet. But he is not
a bad man. not a bad governor, ex-
cept that he would be a much better
man and governor II he would attend
to the Job to which he was elected.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
IT WAS IN FRONT.

A funny Incident following the IN
surgent war in congress is connected
with speaker Cannon. he had Just
had a slight nose bleed, to which be
q somewhat subject. and had taken
his seat In the houae, when an insur-
,sant Republican approached the
speakers desk to confer with him up
on como question and sspied drop
Of blood upon the otherwise immacu-
late shirt front Of the cEar Of ths
house Very much excited, he ex-
GAINED. why. Mr. Speaker, you
have blood on your shirt front" M.
cannon looked straight down BIZ nose
Il ftt little red apseE end. looking
lhs ms irni square e ~ eyel uiih
3 rlim inidkle n BE ovn. Be aid.
Fsl. ~ hood; but you ui1 kindly
|.1s no1c1 Itni Ne IN Ilsrt'-ni,-
|'t0sI IItnno
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14

w. d. Blackburn, editor Of the
Anthony Bulletin is a candidate for
railroad commissioner. He is one
Of the best men in Kansas and would
make a first class official. He has
been resident Of Harper county,
Kansas, 70 twenty-nine years. except
one year in Wichita. A stockman
and a farmer, later he was in railway
service as a basgageman. freight
clerk, station agent and travelling
freight and passenger agent. For
the past twelve years he has been
the owner and the editor Of the An
thony Republican. His practical ex-
perience in business affairs, farm
lines and railway operation qualities
him to perform the duties Of the Of
flee. His knowledge Of the business
and farm interests Of the state, its
traffic and transportation needs,
gives him.. with his other experience,
unusual equipment for the position
he seeks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
FARarRR RRAPINa BENlIFTT.

washington Republican: We wish
every farmer IN this Fifth district
would read The testimony Of the VIII
nesssa that appear before the Con.
Eressional committee appointed 70 In
ventigats the cost Of living Nina
ont o. ten Of them claim that th1
farmer Il TIE nan Who is reabing
TIE most bsnofit from tie tariff lAE.
We believe that Is true ana that Ne
farmers Of the Fllth district VA
Dars sense enough 10 ~ % q that
3 10y lorili nan Itt ooii Brick
neor8 Is 11l renI {, rrr1rsrs o 1Efs
81 place q a Az tl,i r,.I, ma
~. c,ls.lttr1
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
PREAcHERs IN POLITIos.

Atchison Champion; II seems that
when the preachers in the churches
depart their pulpits from the saving
Of individual souls and mix into poll
tics 90 as to get into the Wholesale
business Of directing our general
business affairs that they usually
''sp0h the broth" in their zeal and
impetuosity. They made extra et-
forts IN their pulplts and on the
street against the candidacy and cleo
ton Of Mayor clayton At 81 Joseph,
and be HaB reelected BY an Ovof-
whelming majority They also took
after the newly elected mayor, BIZ
lard Of Topeka. ana denounced hin
because be vas reported 70 b an
atheist and did moi want he Bible
read and studied IN tie public
schools and Ne va elected b. q sod
majority. ne 1reachsi q t1ts1 hs1
about all o. tie ground he en- a.
tina IN a. ilrld 81 tteir labor. nee
,.'l1ll b ~ lsrl'..'pl g ,sals
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
IN ERRoNEous InIPREssIoN.

Wichita Eagle The impression a
growing rapidly in the East that the
(. Western farmer does nothing bus
ride about in his $4,000 AUTOMOBILES
looking over his broad acres dnFing
the day time, while at night the afore-
said farmer is busy in his counting
room py private office trying TO
make figures fast enough to keep
up with his profits on hogs, cattle, al
! falfa, wheat and other products Of
the rich and bountiful soil Of this
glorious Western country.
! A very few years ago the denizens
! Of the benighted East firmly believed
that when Western farmer went
to work he carried with him his trusty
rifle which he swung across his back
as he followed the pillow, drawn BY
two rusty. flea-bitten hungry ponies
Of the Indian variety, through the
virgin prairie, stopping occasionally
to take shot at a noble redman who
would creep stealthly through the
tall grass hoping for chance TO-
wing the pioneer, He also believed
that during the evening hours the:
brave wife Of the hardy farmer spent
her time plueking arrows from the
back Of her husband and rubbing on
rattlesnake oil to take out the in
flamation. He pictured the sod sham
ty of the farmer and saw, IN his
dreams. the man and woman flying
across the prairies on the backs Of
the pillow horses attempting to escape
from a prairie fire.
The Eastern man was wrong II
the views he held five or six years
ago and he Is just as mistaken in thef
new impression he has formed. Ills
true the farmers Of the West have
been prosperous, but there are com
paratIvely few of them who own
$4,000 autos and who spend their
time riding in them. The average
Kansas farm can be covered in an
automobile in a mighty few minutes,
and the farmer who makes a success
Of his business does not spend his
time tamperlng with motor carH. he
farms And he farms right The
Eastern man should learn that L
takes q mighty smart man TO farm
and II he believes to the contrnry ali
he has 10 DO Is to tackle the JOB.
But The Easterner must have some
thing TO taik about and Il be wants
to deelars than Kansas Is nothing
bat q great garage and that All the
people who are not farmers ouning
autos are auto dealers o. auto driy-
err. Il Is his blessed privilege. An
the farmer is asking q The Eastern
robals Il 0at hey win continue 70
bus sood PORK nnd rood becf AZ ne
present prlcea They can heHofo tho
isrmer IS q mllBon1lrs. q political
flto hlakef. IN Indian ntttdf or
tunc1 ~ r1I1t1rs IA lnnsI.I..I
&, &c western l.rnsr
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14
THuRspAY. APRIL a. lslO.
VIE TARupT AND THE FACTS.

THE TARIFF AND ThI rnOAS'
"The time has arrived when II Is
possible to have something more
aubstantIal than mere affirmative
and negative assertions concerning
the merits Of the new Payne-Aldrich
tariff law" says the Des Monies Capt.
TAI recently. when the discussion
was limited to the declarations OF It's
friends that It is the best revenue
measure ever enacted and that Of Its
enemies that 1t is o failure, 1t was
mot to be expected that the public
would be given that degree OF en-
1iehuenment which aids in the reach
ing Of sound conclusions. The new
law is now a little more than seven
months old. Facts are already avail
able which show the trend Of It's
operations. When President Taft
smoke at Providence the other day
he made bold to emphasize the fol-
lowing:
'First-It is the best revenue get
ter we ever had.
'second--It has by the returns
shown that 1t has the largest free
list.
'Third-It has shown that the
rates Of the Dingley bill have been
materially reduced
president Taft has been Vigor-
ously assailed In some quarters pc
cause Of these declarations, but now
comes Edward B. Clark, the Wash
ington correspondent Of the Chicago
Evening Post--a newspaper OF no.
tably insurgent tendencies--and
makes It plain that the president
knew exactly what he was taking
about. Mr.. Clark says that the pres
ident had authority from the bureau
OF statistics in the treasury depart
ment for every claim made at Provi-
dence. The bureau supplied him
with information to the effect that
the average rate Of duty paid on all
imports for the last six months was
21.02 per cent ad valorem and that
the average rate for the same SIX
months for the four proceeding years
under the Dingley law was 24-OS per
cent.
1.-THE information from the bureau
of statistict was accurate. and #
shows as far as figures can show
when thus used that there has been
q downward revision Of the tariff.
From the treasury department IT
is also learned that IN six months
from August 20 to Feb. 5 last the
customs receipts amounted to $780,
O92,S56.b4.
"During the most nearly cores
ponding period OF last year for which
the figures are available the receipts
Were Si39, OOS.O76.
Nov why should not President
Taft be commended rather than CEN
.sured for presenting the facts9 Shall
prejudice be permitted to so obscure
the vision that truth cannot be well
comedY Or will the masses Of people
prefer to know the exact situation in
order that they may not be blindiy
led into the doing Of that which shall
result in disaster to commerce and
industry throughout the nation7
eve predict that the time is not
far distant when instead of animad-
version we shall be hearing praise
for president Taft because he had the
courage to give the people the facts.
when that day arrives not only
President Taft but the Republican
majority in congress will be vindi-
Gated"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14

Ebert Hubbard: The man who
talks gossip is a fool; but the one
who repeats 1t is a rogue. Your
friends are those who tell you Of
the kind things that are said Of you;
your enemies are those who, in the
holy name Of frIsndship, come to
you and poison your atmosphere BY
the other thing. Blessed are the
feet of thoOe who bring glad tidings'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-14

Atchison Globe: Close observers
say the stubbs sentiment In Kansas
Is changing, Formerly Stubs was
as popular in Kansas as Colonel
Roosevelt is in Africa, or Egypt, or
Italy, and in other parts Of the world,
but lately there is said to be good
deal of Indifference toward Stubs.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

herself such an engagement is speedily
broken. Indeed It has happened more Than
once on the East Side that a young, man
has left the young woman just before the
wedding, when all sorts of viands and fish
and wines were on the table and the guests
We're beginning to assemble for the we'd
ding ceremony and feast; the cause Of his
desertion was his discovery that the BRIDE
to-be had no doWry.
Girls are often assisted i'm this matter
Of saving for a dowry by their parents.
The mother Of the girl will economic in
her household expenses, she win take in
boarders. she will engage In occupations
which viii enable her to earn something,
even II no more than a quarter a day. so
as to provide or help to provide her daugh-
ter with a dowry,
Talk about your foreign noblemen look
Ing for American heiresses to put them on
the road to prosperity" commented an
East Side resident. why. weo have plenty
of men around here who are not noblemen
and who are looking for a dowry all the
same.
"of course there is no objection TO 0
woman helping her husband-to work up a
business. There is no objection to a woman
saving money so that she may have a few
hundred dollars Of her own when she gets
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

married. But It seems to me ana to a
great many people besides me that this
encouraging the working girl to save a
dowry is doing a great deal of harm.
lin a measure as the girls save the boys
become more and more shlftless. In a
measure as the girl denies herself neces-
saries in order to save no luxury is too
great for the young man. Shiftlessness and
recklessness in the boy is tolerated and
even encouraged.
III you call the attention of the parents
Of such a boy to their sons shiftlessness
they will only smile at you and tell you
that after he is married and gets a good
woman with a large dowry he viii make
a fine business man.
More lasting good to both the men and
the women on the East Side would result
II the girls were taught TO save less and
preserve their health and the boys in turn
we're taught to spend their money less fool
ishiy, to save and not rely upon the dowry
and the business sense OF their wife-tO-be
to smooth over all the weaknesses and habits
OF shlftlessness they have acquired before
their marriage"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

sible to procure a bottle of champagne or
a glass of beer before retiring.
In fact, in many ways the enterprising
host has an eye for business. He has
learned how to mix a cocktail and travellers
can procure baths. These Chinese inns
are found beyond the wall on the road to
Kalgan. where the railway will run in the
near future.
As you get further inland European
comforts and ideas of civilization depart,
but II is possible almost anywhere along
the main roads to purchase soda water.
The inns are invariably built in the form
OF a square. AT one side distinguished
travellers and Europeans stop, and opposite
the coolies and servants live. The chairs,
carts and wheelbarrows are always placed
In the Quadrangle.-Wide World Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16
COCKTAIL MIXERS IN CHINA
FIOwery hinRdOmiteS Catching On
to American Liquid Com
fcctiOns.

When you leave the train at Nankon.
twenty-seven miles from Picking. and make
your way toward the great wall Of China,
you proceed along a dusty road In sum
mer and a sea OF mud during the rains.
The journey is on donkeys or in chairs
carried by coolies.
In the middle Of the Nankon pass there
is a Chinese inn where the caravans halt.
The manager offers travellers accommo,
dations according TO Chinese customs,
but European beds are placed in the dais
in the compartments, and It is even pos
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

A medicine need not be disagreeable to
be effective. chamberlain's Cough REMEDY
is pleasant to take and always cures.b